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ASUS ME-99 User’s Manual

6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE

6.1.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon

Right clicking the PC Probe
icon will bring up a menu to
open or exit ASUS PC Probe
and pause or resume all sys-
tem monitoring.

When the ASUS PC Probe
senses a problem with your
PC, portions of the ASUS PC
Probe icon changes to red, the
PC speaker beeps, and the
ASUS PC Probe monitor is dis-
played.

6. S/W REFERENCE

ASUS PC Probe

Summary of Contents for ME-99

Page 1: ...R ME 99 Socket 370 Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...VGA Shared Memory with DIMM 24 3 5 2 General DIMM Notes 24 3 5 3 DIMM Memory Installation 25 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 28 3 7 4 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 28 3 8 External Connectors 29 3 9 Power Connection Procedures 41 4 BIOS SET...

Page 5: ...D 72 5 3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 73 5 4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver 74 5 5 Install VGA Driver 75 5 6 Install Audio Driver only with onboard audio option 79 5 7 Install ESS AudioRack32 only with onboard audio 80 5 8 Install ESS Software Wave Table only with onboard audio 81 5 9 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 82 5 10 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x 83 5 11 Uninstalling Programs 84 6 SOFTWARE REF...

Page 6: ...determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV t...

Page 7: ...1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA 33 UltraDMA 66 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy drives 1 Serial COM2 cable connector set 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD wi...

Page 8: ...d autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Versatile Memory Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 768MB Integrated Graphics Integrated AGP 2X graphics controller can use shared system memory or optional dedicated onboard VGA memory up to 8MB SDRAM PCI ISA Expansion Provides five 32 bit PCI and two 16 bit ISA expan...

Page 9: ...Onboard VGA Memory Up to 8MB of dedicated onboard VGA memory Digital Flat Panel Interface A direct digital connection is provided for con necting a digital flat panel to your PC This interface transmits sharp bright images by eliminating digital to analog and analog to digital conversions which can accumulate noise and degrade image quality TV Out Supports optional onboard TV out function 2 FEATUR...

Page 10: ...ultiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS smart series motherboards support the new generation memory Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB s max using PC100 SDRAM ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides m...

Page 11: ... prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button The system can be in one of two states o...

Page 12: ...rdware Monitor TV Out Chip optional Wake On Ring Connector Function DIP Switches Two ISA Slots Programmable Flash EEPROM 2Mbit Multi I O Chipset Five PCI Slots OnboardAudioChipwithIntegratedAC 97CODEC onaudiomodelonly Serial COM2 Header Joystick Midi Line Out Line In Microphone In Connectors on audio model only VGA Monitor Output Connector Parallel Connector Serial COM1 Connector Two USB Connector...

Page 13: ...ASUS ME 99 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 13 14 15 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 8 10 12 11 16 17 9 Parts 2 FEA TURES ...

Page 14: ...RY IDE SECONDARY IDE ISA Slot 1 SLOT1 ATX Power Connector 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS IR CLRRTC 0 1 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 0 1 DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Row PCI Slot 5 PCI5 ESS Solo 1 PCI Audio 5 3 1 ME 99 SiS5595 with Hardware Monitor Keyboard Controller SiS 620 Chipset Integrated AGP 2X VGA CD2 CD1 MODEM AUX COM2 VGA DIP Switches DSW2 D...

Page 15: ...tor 6 pin female 3 USB p 30 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 30 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 p 30 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 31 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 31 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 31 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 32 Primary ...

Page 16: ...k Switch Lead 2 pins 23 PLED PANEL p 38 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 24 RESET PANEL p 38 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 25 PWRSW PANEL p 38 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 26 SMI PANEL p 39 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 27 LED PANEL p 39 System Message LED 2 pins 28 ATXPWR p 39 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins Layout Contents 3 H W SETUP ...

Page 17: ...omputer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded...

Page 18: ...ltiple 3 Frequency Multiple 4 Frequency Multiple 5 Onboard VGA Setting 6 VGA Frame Buffer Setting 7 LCD Setting 8 Onboard Audio Setting ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON OFF 1 Keyboard Wake Up 3 pin KB WAKEUP This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set this jumper to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing any key or the spacebar depending on your motherboard to power u...

Page 19: ... 0 1 Volt ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Add 0 1 Volt Add 0 2 Volt 3 CPU Vcore Voltage Setting DSW1 8 This switch allows you to select the core voltage VCORE supplied to the CPU Setting DSW1 8 Normal OFF default 0 1V ON ME 99 CPU Core Voltage Vcore Setting DSW1 Normal Default Add 0 1 Volt ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 WARNING U...

Page 20: ...DRAM NOTE When this is set to UMA be sure that there is a DIMM inserted into DIMM socket 1 Setting DSW2 6 UMA ON default Non UMA OFF 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 ME 99 VGA Frame Buffer Setting DSW2 UMA Non UMA ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP 4 Onboard VGA Setting DSW2 5 The onboard AGP VGA may be enabled or disabled using this switch Setting DSW2 5 Enable OFF default Di...

Page 21: ...CD EN ON 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 ME 99 LCD Setting DSW2 Disable Default Enable ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 Onboard Audio Setting DSW2 8 The onboard 32 bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this switch Disable the onboard audio if you are using an audio card on an expansion slot NOTE This setting is available only on motherboards with the onboard audio option Setting DSW2 8 Enable ON...

Page 22: ... ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 140 00MHz 140 00MHz 35 00MHz 150 00MHz 150 00MHz 37 50MHz 144 97MHz 145 00MHz 36 24MHz 155 00MHz 155 00MHz 38 75MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 75 00MHz 75 00MHz 37 50MHz 66 82MHz 66 82MHz 33 41MHz SYNC CPU DIMM PCI 90 00MHz 90 00MHz 30 00MHz 95 00MHz 95 00MHz 31 66MHz ON 1 ...

Page 23: ...5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 0x 6 1 6 5x 13 2 7 0x 7 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 0x 5 1 4 5x 9 2 5 5x 11 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 0x 3 1 3 5x 7 2 4 0x 4 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 1 5x 3 2 2 0x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 Set the DIP switches by the Internal speed of your processor as follows BUS Frequency Switch...

Page 24: ... at 100MHz use only PC100 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 100MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability NOTE For motherboards that support asynchronous mode set the memory bus frequency to 6...

Page 25: ... 99 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock Front 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 TheDIMMsmustbe 3 3VUnbuffered forthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to ident...

Page 26: ...t then upwards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture below is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no f...

Page 27: ... must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free NOTE PCI slots 1 and 5 share the same IRQ Both ISA and ...

Page 28: ...t that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are han...

Page 29: ...osest to the power connector for hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu ...

Page 30: ...through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin COM1 A ready to use serial port is provided for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See ...

Page 31: ...or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO Line Out can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for...

Page 32: ...s with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through Boot Sequence in 4 6 Boot Menu IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use an 80 conductor IDE cable ME 99 IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 ...

Page 33: ...ower supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power ME 99 Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 12 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received th...

Page 34: ...go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CP...

Page 35: ...round CD2 Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground AUX Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 16 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup port this feature You must also configure the setting th...

Page 36: ... 1 0 1 ME 99 ME 99 LCD Header LCDHD 1 11 10 20 20 No connection 19 No connection 18 TX2 17 GND 16 TX1 15 TX0 14 GND 13 TXC 12 0 5V 11 FDDCDAT 10 No connection 9 GND 8 TX2 7 TX1 6 GND 5 TX0 4 TXC 3 GND 2 PLSENSE 1 FDDCCLK 17 TV Out Connector 12 1 pin SCART This optional connector allows you to connect your computer directly to a TV with a SCARTsocket NOTE This connector is available only on motherb...

Page 37: ...MBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 1 ME 99 SMBus Connector SMB 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 20 Serial Port COM 2 Header 10 1 pin COM2 The optional serial port bracket can be used to add an additional serial port for additional ...

Page 38: ... system 22 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking 23 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin KEYLOCK This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep or soft off mode 24 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case m...

Page 39: ...ED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox This function requires ACPI OS and driver support 28 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation beca...

Page 40: ...40 ASUS ME 99 User s Manual Connectors 3 H W SETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 41: ...may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the sys tem may have failed a power on test Check your jumper set...

Page 42: ...ter Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file This file works only in DOS mo...

Page 43: ...ile See the next page for procedures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the programming is fin ished Flashed Success fully will be displayed Follow the onscreen in structions to continue ToupdateyourcurrentBIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Typ...

Page 44: ...SUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps Updating BIOS WARNING If you encounter problems while updatin...

Page 45: ...ower On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete or by pressing the Reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back o...

Page 46: ...e a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc or Alt X Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu ...

Page 47: ...he Esc key Sub Menu Note that a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the cursor to highlight the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immedi ately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from ...

Page 48: ...ar are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Sets the type of floppy drive installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support...

Page 49: ...the cursor to highlight the field rep resenting the appropriate channel you wish to setup and press the Enter key to enter the sub menu NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the drive Incorrect settings may cause your system to not recognize the in stalled hard disk To allow the BIOS to detect the driv...

Page 50: ...ive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Access ...

Page 51: ... field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 S...

Page 52: ...u can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the Enter The password is now set to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A ...

Page 53: ...mputer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences ME 99 Clear RTC RAM CLRRTC Short solder points to Clear CMOS 0 1 0 1 0 1 ME 99 Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Installed Memory XXX MB This field displays ...

Page 54: ...e default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Leave on default setting Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on boot...

Page 55: ...Hz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Con figuration field mu...

Page 56: ...Aperture Size 64MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Con...

Page 57: ...is field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 This allows you to set the address for the onboard serial connector Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration op tions 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3...

Page 58: ...arallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Configuration options Disabled 3BCH IRQ7 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only E...

Page 59: ...En abled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup de fault setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Symbios SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If detected the onboard Symbios BIOS will be enabled if not it will be dis abled and the e...

Page 60: ...GA controllers Configuration options No Yes IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a un...

Page 61: ... ISAcard The default setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource...

Page 62: ... this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DC00 address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will th...

Page 63: ...master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define...

Page 64: ...f vertical and horizontal scanning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Doze Mode Disabled S...

Page 65: ...an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Disabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to be booted from another computer via a net work by sending a wake up frame or signal With this feature network administrators can remotely boot an entire network of...

Page 66: ...n rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found...

Page 67: ... Floppy Configuration options Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive Select This field allows you to select the IDE hard disk drive included in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all your connected IDE hard disk drives Other Boot Device Select ATAPI CD ROM Drive Configuration options ATAPI CD ROM Drive Network Plug Play O S No This field allows you to use a ...

Page 68: ...on options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Configuration options Off On Full Screen Logo Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Menu ...

Page 69: ...g if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing the Enter key will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to the fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for confirmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu Once yo...

Page 70: ...non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option all selections are updated and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to oth...

Page 71: ...d may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step because Windows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGAchip Always use the driver available on theASUS Support CD or an applicable...

Page 72: ...r to the online help for more information Install ESS Software Wave Table Optional Expands the audio sound card capability for increased sound effects Install PCCillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information InstallADOBEAcroBat ReaderVx x Installs theAdobeAcrobat Reader software nec essary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Update...

Page 73: ...e or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 11 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish ...

Page 74: ...Master IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here and then click Next to start the installation 3 Click here and then click OK to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 75: ...98 5 5 Install VGA Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here and then click Finish ...

Page 76: ...onitor adjustments by right clicking on the Windows desktop and choosing Prop erties clicking the Settings tab and then the Advanced button Video Setting Page This page allows you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen output This function is available only in 16 bit color high color 65K color and 32 bit true color plus 8 bits for an alpha channel 16 7M color color depths ...

Page 77: ...mation If your screen is unreadable and you are not able to answer the question within 15 seconds your original settings will be restored You may also press ESC to abort the settings changes NOTE Some settings require you to restart the computer for the settings to take effect Display Preview Screen Resolution To avoid flickering make sure the refresh rate is at least 72Hz Select a color depth Thi...

Page 78: ...r monitor or flat panel displays them from this page Gamma correction is available only in 16 bit color and 24 bit color true color 16 7M color modes In 16 color and 256 color modes gamma correction is not supported Sets the preferred tint of your display Change preview picture Preview picture Sets the preferred tint of your displa y Sets your display s color mapping Restores settings to the origi...

Page 79: ...t CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Choose Upgrade Drivers and then click here 4 Select the preferred language of the driver and then click here to start installation 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 80: ...dio Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 4 Click here to set AudioRack as your default CD player 2 Click here 3 Click here 5 Click here to complete Setup 6 Click here to start AudioRack32 ...

Page 81: ...Wave Table only with onboard audio Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next 4 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 82: ...o bring up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insertafloppydiskandthenclick here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no vi ruses are found Click heretostartinstallation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 3 Click here and t...

Page 83: ...Vx x Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 84: ...ou may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here 84 ASUS ME 99 User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 ...

Page 85: ...peed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility a...

Page 86: ...mperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 87: ...refreshtimesofthePC stem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 88: ...f devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 89: ...e PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 90: ...ASUS ME 99 User s Manual 90 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 91: ...ck32 3 D Tone Controller gives your computer ambiient 3D sound transmitting any sound played through the AudioRack32 into a wider arc Audio Mixer controls the volume and balance of the AudioRack32 devices Digital Audio Player plays and records files in the WAV format MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files Compact Disk Player enables you to play audio CDs on a CD ROM drive In addition the Audio...

Page 92: ...e Digital Audio Player accesses On line Help displays hides the Compact Disk Player displays hides the Audio Mixer displays hides the MIDI Player The Command Center Display Counter shows you which track or file in the playlist the component is playing Component Icon is displayed when the associated component is shown and is not displayed when the component is hidden Transport State Indicator shows...

Page 93: ...ently playing tracksorfilesofactivecom ponents plays currently loaded tracks or files of active components stops currently playing tracks or files of active components 6 2 2 The 3 D Tone Controller The3 D ToneControllerletsyoucreateanatmosphereofaresonantsoundenvironment rather than an audio issuing from a 2D plane See online help for more information The3 D Tone Controller Controls The Spatial Co...

Page 94: ...fects The Audio Mixer Controls The two Playback and Record toggle buttons are used to switch between Playback mode and Record mode The Effects toggle button switches the display to the effects panel where you can use the buttons to enable and disable effects and the sliders to control the amount of the effect There are a number of audio source modules displayed on the Audio Mixer The exact number ...

Page 95: ... to the next file in the current playlist plays the wave file currently loaded enables or disables the Auto Repeat activates or deactivates the Pause opens the Audio Recorder window stops the file currently playing opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes back one second in the wave file starts a new file by opening the New Options dialog box goes forward one second in the wave file brings up the Op...

Page 96: ...the Auto Repeat goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes forward one second in the MIDI file The MIDI Player Display By clicking on the image of the floppy drive you can display the length and name of the current MIDI file in the playlist Click the display to return to the image of the floppy drive The MIDI Player has an indicator to show when you are listening ...

Page 97: ...emembers the last playlist you used with each CD and loads that playlist automatically whenever you insert that CD The Compact Disk Player Controls plays the MIDI file currently loaded goes back one file in the playlist activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist stops the file currently playing enables or disables the Auto Repeat goes back one second in the MIDI file ...

Page 98: ... inserts the Clipboard audio at the cursor or replaces the selected portion opens an audio file mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor saves an audio file starts recording reverses the last change you made to the current audio file plays the currently loaded audio file removes the selected portion of the audio file and stores it on the Clipboard stops the file currently p...

Page 99: ... as Default CD Player During installation you will be asked if you want to use AudioRack CD player as the default CD player Normally Windows 95 CD player is the default and will automatically run when an audio CD is inserted into the CD ROM If you answer Yes the installation program will overwrite the value of the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AudioCD shell play command in the registry You may switch back...

Page 100: ...e system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refre...

Page 101: ...vailable for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save ente...

Page 102: ...s ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 6 S W REFERENCE DMI Utilit...

Page 103: ...nASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard sWOL_CON in order to utilize theWake On LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display LAN data activity 7 A...

Page 104: ... OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downl...

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