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ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual

SOFTWARE CONTENTS

V. SOFTWARE SETUP ................................................... 59

Operating Systems ............................................................................... 59

MEL-C Support CD (Windows 98) ................................................... 59

Installing the ESS Audio Driver ...................................................... 61
Installing AudioRack32 ................................................................... 62
Installing the Software Wavetable ................................................... 63
Installing PCCillin ........................................................................... 64

VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ...................................... 65

AudioRack32 ........................................................................................ 65

The Command Center ...................................................................... 66
The Miniature Mode ........................................................................ 67
The Audio Mixer .............................................................................. 68
The Digital Audio Player ................................................................. 69
The MIDI Player .............................................................................. 70
The Compact Disk Player ................................................................ 71
The Audio Recorder ......................................................................... 72
Release Notes ................................................................................... 73

Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ............................................. 75

Summary of Contents for MEL-C

Page 1: ...R MEL C Socket 370 Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...oducts and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Symbios is ...

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Page 4: ...ning IRQs for Expansion Cards 21 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 22 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 22 5 External Connectors 23 Power Connection Procedures 33 Flash Memory Writer Utility 34 IV BIOS SETUP 34 Main Menu 34 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 36 6 BIOS Setup 37 Load Defaults 38 Standard CMOS Setup 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 38 BIOS Features Setup 41 Details of BIOS...

Page 5: ...US MEL C User s Manual 5 CONTENTS Supervisor Password and User Password 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 55 V SOFTWARE SETUP 59 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 65 VII APPENDIX 78 ...

Page 6: ...ular installation If 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 interfer ence 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 o...

Page 7: ... on setting up the included support software VI Software Reference Reference material for the included support software VII Appendix Information on available optional hardware Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 f...

Page 8: ... audio onboard Includes a complete online help to guide you through the audio software PCI ISA Expansion Provides four 32 bit PCI and two 16 bit ISA expansion slots Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us ing Intel s PC PCI and serialized I...

Page 9: ...2 IDE specifications so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meets PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play co...

Page 10: ...n requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand any usercanaccessvitalinformationfromtheircomputerfromanywhereintheworld Message LED requires ACPI OS support Chassis LEDs now act as infor mation providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can determine the stage the computer is in A simple glimpse ...

Page 11: ...USB 2 3 DIMM Sockets Multi I O Chip 4 PCI Slots Wake On LAN Connector DIP Switches T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic Optional AGP Port Intel PIIX4 PCIset SB LinkTM Connector Wake On Ring Connector 2 ISA Slots Programmable Flash EEPROM ESS Solo 1 Audio Optional B COM 2 T Parallel Printer B Serial Ports Intel 440LX AGPset Socket 370 ATX Power Connector IDE1 2 ...

Page 12: ...4 Chipset MODEM Socket 370 COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 USB T Port 1 B Port 2 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PANEL IDELED Accelerated Graphics Port FLOPPY CPU_FAN PWR_FAN SBLINK SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 ATX Power Conenctor CHA_FAN WOL_CON CD2 SMB DIP Switches CD1 AUX Multi I O Chip ESS Audio Chipset GAME AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In 2Mbit Flash EEPROM ...

Page 13: ... p 25 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 ATXPWR p 25 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 9 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 26 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p 26 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 27 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors Three3 pin 12 WOL_CON p 27 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 WOR p 28 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 14 IR p 28...

Page 14: ...erboard Settings 2 Install Memory Modules 3 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 4 Install Expansion Cards 5 Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply 6 Setup the BIOS Software 1 Motherboard Settings WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you shou...

Page 15: ...Multiple Selector Frequency Multiple Selector Frequency Multiple Selector Frequency Multiple Selector 2 Onboard Audio Setting DIP5 The onboard audio can be turned ON or OFF using DIP5 MEL C Audio Setting ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Disable ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Enable 3 VIO Setting DIP6 The onboard voltage regulator allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP and the CPU s I O ...

Page 16: ... BUS Clock within the CPU MEL C CPU BUS Frequency Multiple 8 0x 8 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 5x 15 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 7 0x 7 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 5x 13 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 6 0x 6 1 5 0x 5 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 5x 9 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 4 0x 4 1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 5x 7 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 3 0x 3 1 5 5x 11 2...

Page 17: ...ic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of either 8 16 32 64 128MB or 256MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 parity chip and make the proper settings in BIOS Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP Memory speed setup is recommende...

Page 18: ... Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbufferedforthismotherboard 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 identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being...

Page 19: ...install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end the of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the...

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Page 21: ... 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 cards may require to use IRQs Sys...

Page 22: ...at 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 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 handled the s...

Page 23: ...closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than46 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 not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS S...

Page 24: ...INTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Two 9 pin COM1 COM2 The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of BI...

Page 25: ...udio Connectors 8 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 because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead...

Page 26: ...s with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup MEL C IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE rib...

Page 27: ...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 MEL C 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V Power Supply Fan CPU Fan Power GND Rotation 12V 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON These connector connects to LAN...

Page 28: ...s anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5Vstandby power MEL C Wake On Ring Connector WOR Pin 1 PIXRI Pin 2 Ground 14 IrDA Compliant infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared ...

Page 29: ...patible PCI audio card you must link it to this connector Otherwise youwillhavecompatibilityissuesunderDOSenvironment MEL C SB Link Connector NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal 5 6 PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 1 DGND 2 DGND Serial IRQ 4 17 Voice Modem In Connector 4 pin MODEM This connector allows the onboard audio to interface...

Page 30: ...MEL C SMBus Connector 19 Stereo Audio In Connectors 4 pinAUX CD1 CD2 These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a TV tuner or MPEG card Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground CD2 NOTE AUX is the same as CD1 AUX CD1 Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground MEL C Stereo Audio In Connectors For Items 20 26 MEL C System Panel Connector...

Page 31: ...switch 22 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the PWR Button setting under Power Manage ment Setup of BIOS SETUP section Pressing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off ...

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Page 33: ...ch is pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards 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 system may have failed a power ON test Recheck your jumper set ti...

Page 34: ...displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copyoftheoriginalmotherboard BIOS in case you need to rein stall it It is recommended that yousaveAFLASH EXEandthe BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is ei...

Page 35: ...m a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the pro gramming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screenappears Type the filename of your new BI...

Page 36: ... FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 WARNING If you encou...

Page 37: ...u are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn ON the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test ...

Page 38: ...ymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the c...

Page 39: ...mentations on how to install the re quired SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD numberofr...

Page 40: ...ble with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then...

Page 41: ... to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition ta...

Page 42: ...ard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an opera...

Page 43: ...xpansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic cont...

Page 44: ...RAM For SDRAM only This sets the optimal timings of settings for items 2 5 depending on the memory modules that you are using This 8 pin serial EEPROM device stores critical param eter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage inter face and module banks The default setting is 12ns SDRAM If your DIMM mod ules are all 10ns SDRAM you may set this to 10ns SDRAM SDRAM RAS to ...

Page 45: ...16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 c...

Page 46: ...maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module co...

Page 47: ... the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS PO...

Page 48: ...ed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which the suspend mode activates 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 ...

Page 49: ...ant your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system OFF after reapplying power and En abled boots up your system after reapplying power Wake On LAN Disabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours E...

Page 50: ...determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed ...

Page 51: ...or selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Symbios SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card if detected the on...

Page 52: ...n Press Y and then Enter to con firm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defa...

Page 53: ...ing a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the EnterPassword promptappears Amessageconfirmsthepasswordhasbeendisabled Forgot the passwor...

Page 54: ... hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in...

Page 55: ...or your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without S...

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Page 58: ...river 61 Installing AudioRack32 62 Installing the Software Wavetable 63 Installing PCCillin 64 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 65 AudioRack32 65 The Command Center 66 The Miniature Mode 67 The Audio Mixer 68 The Digital Audio Player 69 The MIDI Player 70 The Compact Disk Player 71 The Audio Recorder 72 Release Notes 73 Desktop Management Interface DMI 75 ...

Page 59: ...u must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later MEL C Support CD Windows 98 Insert the support CD or double click your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the Support CD NOTE The Support CD contents are constantly updated without notice V S W SETUP Operating Systems V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 60: ...udioRack utilities Refer to the online help for more information Install PCCillin Installs PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD Read Me View additional notes with Notepad Exit Exit the selection menu Additonal CD Contents The DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash BI...

Page 61: ...ver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive 1 Clickhere 2 Select Search for the best driver for your device and then click here 3 Browse to E AUDIO W95 assuming E is your CD ROM drive and then click here 4 Clickhere 5 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 62: ...ng AudioRack32 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 autorun screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 1 Clickhere 4 Click here to start AudioRack32 V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 63: ...ware Wavetable 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 autorun screen 1 Clickhere 3 Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and then click here 2 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 64: ...the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 3 Enter your name and company and then click here 4 Clickhere 6 Insert a floppy disk and then click here 5 Click Express Install and then click here 7 Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click here Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 65: ... appearance of the AudioRack32 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 AudioRack32 has a miniature mode enabling you to control the AudioRack32 while using minimal screen space Th...

Page 66: ...isplay displays hides the 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 Transpo...

Page 67: ...iniature mode you can play pause stop and control the master volume of the AudioRack32 calls up a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32 invoke the Always on Top command select active components DAT MIDI or CD or exit the AudioRack32 The Stop Pause and Play buttons affect components that are currently active controls the master volume pauses currently playing tracks or files of active co...

Page 68: ...b treble bass and 3 D effects 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...

Page 69: ... end of the wave file or 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 wa...

Page 70: ...laying enables disables 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...

Page 71: ...of each CD you play It remembers 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 ...

Page 72: ... starts a new audio file 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 st...

Page 73: ...AudioRack CD Player 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 ...

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Page 75: ...d 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 refreshing failures associated...

Page 76: ...e available 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 e...

Page 77: ...d 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 VI S W REFERENCE DMI Utility VI SOFTWARE REFEREN...

Page 78: ...L101 on 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 s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake 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 the LAN da...

Page 79: ...3 x 4 x DOS 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 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 ...

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