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ME-99B

Socket 370 Baby AT Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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

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Page 4: ... VGA Shared Memory with DIMM 22 3 5 2 General DIMM Notes 22 3 5 3 DIMM Memory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 24 3 7 Expansion Cards 25 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 25 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 25 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 26 3 7 4 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 26 3 8 External Connectors 27 3 9 Power Connection Procedures 39 4 BIOS SE...

Page 5: ... ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 71 5 4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver 72 5 5 Install VGA Driver 73 5 5 1 Making Monitor Adjustments 74 Video Setting Page 74 Display Modes Page 75 Gamma Correction Page 76 5 6 Install Audio Driver only with onboard audio option 77 5 7 Install ESS AudioRack32 only with onboard audio 78 5 8 Install ESS Software Wave Table only with onboard audio 79 5 9 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx ...

Page 6: ...f this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be 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 differe...

Page 7: ...iscover 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 disk drives 1 Ribbon cable for VGA with mounting bracket 1 Connector set for serial ports 1 Connector set for PS 2 mouse and parallel port 1 Bag o...

Page 8: ...ystem memory or optional dedicated onboard VGA memory up to 8MB SDRAM Onboard Audio optional Features an ESS Solo 1 PCI audio chipset with 3D surround and positioning capability and integrated audio CODEC Digital Flat Panel Interface w optional LCD chip A direct digital connec tion is provided for connecting a digital flat panel to your PC This interface transmits sharp bright images by eliminatin...

Page 9: ...CI Concurrent PCI allows multiple 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 compliant SDRAM ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart...

Page 10: ...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 on...

Page 11: ...CD chip TV Out chip optional 9 LCD Header w LCD chip onboard TVOutInterface w TVOutchiponboard 10 Function DIP Switches 11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 12 Audio Connector w onboard audio 13 ESS Solo 1 Audio Chip on audio model only 14 VGA Header 15 SiS South Bridge with Integrated Hard ware Monitoring 16 2 ISA Slots 17 Wake On LAN Connector 18 Wake On Ring Connector 19 Multi I O Chip 20 Programmabl...

Page 12: ...I3 ISA Slot 2 SLOT2 PCI Slot 4 PCI4 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS SiS 620 Chipset Integrated AGP 2X VGA SiS5595 with Hardware Monitor Multi I O CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power IR IDELED CD2 CD1 MODEM COM1 COM2 PARALLEL DIP Switches DSW2 KB PWR_FAN CPU_FAN PS2PWR P8 P9 LCDHD ESS Audio Chipset AUX KB_UP WOL_CON CLRTC SMB WOR Audio Header AUDIOCON VGA Header Socket 370 FLOPPY USBIRMS 2 MB SD...

Page 13: ...ECONDARYIDE p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 6 IDELED p 29 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 7 CPU_ PWR_ CHA_FAN p 30 CPU Power andChassisFanConnectors Three3pins 8 WOL_CON p 30 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 9 IR p 31 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 10 USBIRMS p 31 USB IR PS 2 Mouse Module Header 18 1 pins 11 VGA p 32 Monitor VGA Output Header 15 pin female 12 LCDHD p...

Page 14: ...14 ASUS ME 99B User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 15: ...ng computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system...

Page 16: ...uency Multiple SW2 2 Frequency Multiple SW2 3 Frequency Multiple SW2 4 Frequency Multiple SW2 5 Onboard VGA Setting SW2 6 Display Memory Setting SW2 7 LCD Setting SW2 8 Onboard Audio Setting 2 I O Voltage Setting SW1 6 SW1 7 These switches allow you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGPset and the CPU s I O buffer Setting both switches to ON increases the voltage supplied by 0 3V ...

Page 17: ...fault Add 0 1 Volt WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave SW1 8 on its default setting 4 Onboard VGA Setting SW2 5 The onboard AGP VGA may be enabled or disabled using this switch Disable the onboard VGA if you are using a VGA card on the expansion slot Setting SW2 5 Enab...

Page 18: ...le DSW2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 Display Memory Setting SW2 6 You can select the display memory allocation mode When UMA is selected the integrated graphics accelerator uses up to 8MB of system memory as display memory In Non UMAmode display memory is shared with system memory If you disable this the display memory can be up to 8MB SDRAM NOTE When this is set to UMA be sure that the...

Page 19: ...may be enabled or disabled using this switch Disable the onboard audio if you are using an audio card on the expansion slot NOTE This setting is available only on motherboards with the onboard audio option Setting SW2 8 Enable ON Disable OFF ME 99B Onboard Audio Setting 0 1 ME 99B Disable Enable DSW2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ...

Page 20: ...z 155 00MHz 155 00MHz 38 75MHz 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 100 23MHz 66 82MHz 33 41MHz 112 00MHz 74 66MHz 37 33MHz 105 00MHz 70 00MHz 35 00MHz 115 00MHz 76 66MHz 38 33MHz 120 00MHz 80 00MHz 40 00MHz 130 00MHz 86 67MHz 32 50MHz 124 00MHz 82 67MHz 31 00MHz 133 30MHz 88 87MHz 33 33MHz 140 00MHz 93 33MHz ...

Page 21: ...5x 5 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 0x 3 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 5x 7 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 0x 4 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5x 9 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 5x 11 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 0x 6 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 5x 15 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 5x 13 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 0x 7 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 0x 8 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Set the DIP switches by the Internal speed of your processor as follows CPU External Freque...

Page 22: ...ket 1 3 5 2 General DIMM Notes For the system CPU bus to operate 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 external frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability NOTE If your moth...

Page 23: ... ME 99B 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins Lock 0 1 ME 99B 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 identif...

Page 24: ...ocket 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 ...

Page 25: ...operate Generally an IRQ 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 Both ISA and PCI expansion card...

Page 26: ... 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 hand...

Page 27: ...ve connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 Keyboard Connector 5 pin KB This connector supports either a standard IBM compatible 101 102 key or 104 key keyboard Windows 95 compatible Use a PS 2 keyboard adapter in order to connect a PS 2 keyboard to this AT connector ME 99B Keyboard Connector Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug...

Page 28: ...ng orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port ME 99B Parallel Connector Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 Pin 1 0 1 ME 99B Parallel Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector 4 Serial Port Headers 10 1 pin COM1 COM2 These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these conne...

Page 29: ...20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters 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 ME 99B IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cab...

Page 30: ...or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins ME 99B 12Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power Power Supply Fan CPU Fan Power GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V 0 1 ME 99B 8 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WO...

Page 31: ...If you want to use USB or infrared IrDA devices you need to purchase an exter nal connector set The external connector set which also includes a PS 2 mouse connector connects to the 18 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s chassis 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 ...

Page 32: ...ve the bracket connector and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space ME 99B VGA Header 16 1 2 15 0 1 ME 99B 12 LCD Header 20 pin LCDHD This header supports the provided LCD cable with mounting bracket Connect the cable to this header and mount the bracket to the case on a free expansion slot You can make available the LCD port by setting the SW2 7 switch DSW2 to ON NOTE This c...

Page 33: ... No Connection 1 7 6 12 14 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin MODEM AUX CD1 CD2 These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector It also allows the sharing of microphone and speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem ca...

Page 34: ...e MIDI Port 15 pins Audio Connector Module 1 2 Red stripe 2 1 26 25 0 1 ME 99B 16 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to an internal modem card with a Wake On Ring out put The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is re ceived through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature re...

Page 35: ... Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus 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 ME 99B SMBus Connector 0 1 ME 99B 5V Ground SMBCLK SMBDATA ...

Page 36: ...sources NOTE Some sound cards allow you to connect to the system speaker signal so that the warnings can be heard and adjusted through your multimedia system 21 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED 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 ...

Page 37: ... is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 25 AT Power Supply Connector 12 pin PS2PWR This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power suppl To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies provide two plugs P8 and P9 each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so ...

Page 38: ...that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB ME 99B ATX Power Connector 3 3Volts 12 0Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground ...

Page 39: ...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 40: ...iter 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 m...

Page 41: ...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 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ...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 47: ...e the cursor to highlight the field representing 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 dri...

Page 48: ...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 en abled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical BlockAccess ...

Page 49: ...rive This 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 Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec...

Page 50: ...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 51: ...r computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences ME 99B Clear RTC RAM CLRTC Short solder points to Clear CMOS 0 1 ME 99B 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 the...

Page 52: ...he 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 boo...

Page 53: ...MHz 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 m...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...parallel 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 ...

Page 57: ...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 disabled and the ex...

Page 58: ...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 59: ... 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 60: ...r 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 t...

Page 61: ... 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 Defin...

Page 62: ...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 63: ... 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 o...

Page 64: ...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 65: ... 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 66: ...ion 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 67: ...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 68: ... 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 ot...

Page 69: ...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 70: ...er 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 Updat...

Page 71: ...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 72: ...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 73: ...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 74: ...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 75: ...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 76: ...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 77: ...rt 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 78: ...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 79: ... 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 80: ...to 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 9 Click here and ...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...u 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 82 ASUS ME 99B User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 ...

Page 83: ...speed 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 ...

Page 84: ...emperature 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 85: ...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 86: ...of 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 87: ...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 ...

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Page 89: ...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 90: ...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 91: ...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 92: ...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 93: ...r 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 O...

Page 94: ...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 95: ...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 96: ...e 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 ...

Page 97: ... 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 98: ...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 99: ...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 100: ...ss 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 Utili...

Page 101: ...anASUS 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 ...

Page 102: ... 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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