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MEL-M

Socket 370 microATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for MEL-M

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

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Page 4: ...ssigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 22 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 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 Features Setup 41 Chipset Featur...

Page 5: ...TS Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 55 V SUPPORT CD 57 A PC Probe 61 B Audio Driver 67 C Yamaha XGstudio 69 D Ystation 75 APPENDIX 83 DMI Utility 83 ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module 87 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 89 ...

Page 6: ...rticular 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 outl...

Page 7: ...tion on setting up the included support software VI Software Reference Reference material for the included support software 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 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Suppo...

Page 8: ... graphical display applications sup porting a 66MHz bus Yamaha Audio with AC 97 Codec optional Provides a PCI audio chipset with 3D surround and positioning capability and an 18 bit stereo full duplex audio codec that conforms to AC 97 analog component specfications PCI ISA Expansion Provides three 32 bit PCI expansion slots and one 16 bit ISA expansion slot Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN activi...

Page 9: ...therboard 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 compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95 98 NT SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS smart series motherboards support the new generat...

Page 10: ...ation crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing 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 a important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode and the...

Page 11: ...PS 2 Keyboard ATX Power Connector B COM 1 T USB 1 B USB 2 T Parallel Printer B COM 2 1 ISA Slot 3 DIMM Sockets Multi I O Chip Wake On LAN Connector DIP Switches Audio Codec optional T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic optional Yamaha Audio optional Hardware Monitor optional Intel PIIX4 PCIset SB LinkTM Connector Programmable Flash EEPROM 3 PCI Slots AGP Port ...

Page 12: ...yboard Controller Intel 440LX AGPset Yamaha Audio Chipset Intel PIIX4 Chipset KBPWR ASUS ASIC PCI Slot 1 PCI1 PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PCI Slot 3 PCI3 ISA Slot 1 SLOT1 AGP 0 1 DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 1 0 1 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 0 1 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 4 5 PWR_FAN T Top B Bottom PRINTER PANEL IDELED SMB Hardware Monitor R MEL M SBLINK WOL_CON CHASIS CD2 CD1 MODEM Thermal Sen...

Page 13: ...wer 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 IR p 28 IrDA CompliantInfraredModuleConnector 5 pins 14 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 2 pins 15 SBLINK p 29 SB Link Con...

Page 14: ...ou 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 connectors 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 1 Keyboard Wake Up 3 pin KB...

Page 15: ...ting VIO Setting Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple 2 Onboard Audio Setting DIP Switch 5 The onboard audio can be turned ON or OFF using this switch MEL M Onboard Audio ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Enable Disable 3 VIO Setting DIP Switch 6 The onboard voltage regulator allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP and ...

Page 16: ...he External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU MEL M CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 66 8MHz 66 8MHz 33 4MHz CPU AGP PCI MEL M 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 ...

Page 17: ...rough Auto Configuration in BIOS Chipset Setup of BIOS SETUP WARNING Memory modules must have 18 chips or less Memory modules with more than 18 chips will cause unstable operation Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMM1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 ...

Page 18: ...ins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEL M 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 ...

Page 19: ...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 one orien...

Page 20: ...20 ASUS MEL M User s Manual III HARDWARE SETUP CPU III H W SETUP This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 21: ...ed 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 The onboard audio by default uses IRQ 5 Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may ...

Page 22: ...upt 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 same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in ...

Page 23: ...Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 with the second drive connector no more than 15cm 6 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 o...

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: ...ctors 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 5VSB You ...

Page 26: ...ugged 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 another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup MEL M IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN ...

Page 27: ...ow 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 M 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power GND Rotation 12V 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEL M GND Rotation 12V Power Supply Fan CPU Fan Power 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON These connector connects to LAN c...

Page 28: ... with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions MEL M Infrared Module Connector Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEL M 14 Hard Disk Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s hard disk or IDE activity LED Read and writ...

Page 29: ...s but not available on the PCI bus MEL M SB Link Connector NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it SBLINK PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 5 6 1 DGND 2 DGND Serial IRQ PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEL M 16 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead 4 1 pin CHASIS This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signa...

Page 30: ...h 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 MEL M SMBus Connector 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEL M 18 Stereo Audio In Connectors 4 pinAUX VIDEO_IN These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a TV tuner or MPEG card MEL M Stereo Audio In Connectors N...

Page 31: ...M CD2 CD1 Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground 20 Voice Modem In Connector 4 pin MODEM This connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card It also allows the sharing of microphone and speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card NOTE Your voice modem card requires a similar connector to use ...

Page 32: ...on to the preferred time after which the system must go into suspend mode when you press the switch 23 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 Press...

Page 33: ...ssed 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 settings and co...

Page 34: ...creen 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 copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is eith...

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: ...tems 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 operating system Options areA C C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A F A Conly LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy ...

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: ...g off peak hours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT Thisfeaturerequirestheoptional networkinterfaceandanATXpower supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a c...

Page 50: ...s 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 displaye...

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: ...en Press Y and then Enter to confirm 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: ...word 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 password If you f...

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 57: ...ASUS MEL M User s Manual 57 V SUPPORT CD V SUPPORT CD R V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 58: ...dio Driver 67 Updating the Driver 68 Installing Yamaha XGstudio 69 C Yamaha XGstudio 69 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player 70 Yamaha XGstudio Player Control Panel 70 Troubleshooting 71 About the driver 71 Remarks 72 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 73 Yamaha XGstudio Mixer Control Panel 73 Installing Yamaha Ystation Player 75 D YSTATION32 75 YSTATION32 76 Introduction 76 System requirements 76 Using Yamaha Y...

Page 59: ...alled Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the LDCM directory on the ASUS Support CD ASUS PC Probe Setup Installs a simple utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages NOTE Will not run with LDCM installed Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the ASUSLM direc tory on the ASUS Support CD or see PC Probe section in th...

Page 60: ...line help if you have any questions Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS Support CD Technical Support Form View the ASUS Technical Support Form LDCM Introduce MPEG VCD View a video on the LDCM features Read Me View additional notes concerning this product Exit Exit the current menu Main Menu V SUPPORT CD ...

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Page 62: ...eratures NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if other hardware monitoring pro grams such as Intel s LDCM utility are installed 5 Click OK when the installation is completed PC Probe will run auto matically 1 Click ASUS PC Probe Setup on the main menu 2 ClickOKafterreadingthewelcome message 3 Click the ASUS button 4 Make any desired setting changes Then click Continue A PC Probe V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 63: ...r you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to Run when Windows Starts The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating thatASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the icon will allow you to see your PC status A PC Probe V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 64: ...installing programs is a basic component within Windows 95 You may use this function if individual programs does not provide their own uninstallation methods The ASUS PC Probe can also be removed by the same method 1 If other hardware monitoring programs such as the Intel LDCM are installed the ASUS PC Probe will not run 3 Select the program you wish to remove and click Add Remove A PC Probe V SUP...

Page 65: ...mperature Digital view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature warning threshold Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s voltages Digital view of PC s voltages Upper warning threshold adjustment Lower warning threshold adjustment Digital view of PC s voltage warning thresholds PC Voltage Status PC s Fan Rotations per minute PC s Temperature C F PC s Voltages PC St...

Page 66: ...irror flashes red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Using the ASUS PC Probe PC Probe Task Bar Icon PC Probe System Info Get information on your mainboard and BIOS from this screen Change PC Probe refresh times here Click the items you wish to reset to its default values and click this button Click here to start PC Probe each time you enter Windows PC Probe Settings A ...

Page 67: ...Windows 95 1 When the New Hardware Found screen prompts for a driver select Driverfrom disk provided by hardware manufacturer and insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Click OK 3 Click Browse 4 Locate the D Audio Win98 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK 5 Click OK again and the driver files will be copied 6 Click Yes to restart the computer 2 Click Next when the Welcome...

Page 68: ...ate the D Audio Win95 98 folder on the ASUS Support CD 4 Click OK to select the folder 5 Click OK and your device and driver lo cation will be shown Click Finish 7 Click Browse and locate the D Audio Win95 98 on the ASUS Support CD again 2 Click Other Locations to direct the wiz ard to the audio driver files 6 You will be prompted to insert theASUS Support CD Click OK 8 Follow the self explanatory...

Page 69: ...n My Computer to Bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD 4 When the Conditions of use win dow appears click Yes 2 Click InstallYamaha XGstudio from the main menu 3 When the YAMAHA XGstudio window appears click Next 4 Follow the onscreen instructions to complete setup C Yamaha XGstudio V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 70: ... song Pauses the playing of a song Click this but ton again or click to resume playing Stops the playing of a song and returns the start play location to the beginning of the song Designates the first song in the Play List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the currently playing song as the new current play song Designates the song after the song currently playing as the ...

Page 71: ... audio playback system and application raised If you have connected an external tone generator via a serial cable is the rear panel select switch set correctly For the name of the select switch refer to the owner s manual for your external tone generator If you are using a Soft Synthesizer is it set so that the computer sound output is heard correctly About the driver In order to use XGstudio the ...

Page 72: ...vorite AVI file or BMPfile and click the display screen Apopup menu will appear allow ing you to specify the AVI or BMP file NOTE The maximum size of the BMP file is 320 x 240 dots About the voice list file The list of voices sounds which is displayed by the voice select button is deter mined by the voice list file The voice list will switch between XG format or GM depending on the MIDI file The v...

Page 73: ...lable the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount of velocity of each MIDI channel SCOPE velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount of velocity of each MIDI channel graphically in a radio chart drum and percussion Animation Displays animation with lights that match the drums and percussion used in the drum channel 10ch Smart Arranger Image...

Page 74: ...e SmartArranger allows you to easily change the mood of a song You can switch between seven ensemble voice sets with these buttons To return to the original voice set click Piano Orchestra Mallet Techno Choir Robot Nature Return C XGstudio Player V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 75: ...D drive icon in My Computer to Bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD 2 Click Install Yamaha Ystation Player from the main menu The Wel come screen appears 3 Click Next The Setup Options win dow appears 4 Click the Typical button and follow the onscreen instructions D Ystation32 V SUPPORT CD ...

Page 76: ...ranged in any order and it is not necessary for all components to be open all the time You can play WAVE and MIDI WAV and MID files simply by dragging and dropping them from the File Manager System requirements At least 1MB of available hard disk space Windows 95 WindowsNT4 0 Sound board its Windows driver Using Yamaha Ystation Player TostarttheYamahaYstationPlayer clickStart pointto Programs poin...

Page 77: ...ows the file name format and time MIDI Component This component plays Standard MIDI Files SMF The window display shows the file name tempo and time CD Component This component plays audio CDs The window display shows the track title song name and time MULTI Component This component controls simultaneous playback of the CD MIDI and WAVE com ponents MIXER Component This component controls playback a...

Page 78: ...g Go to beginning of next song Show remove component Open File Open dialog box Open close the CD ROM drive CD player only Repeat playback indefinitely CD player only If your CD ROM drive does not support the Eject function nothing will happen when you click the Eject button Titling CDs Clicking the Name button on the CD Component accesses the Name CD dialog box shown below This allows you to enter...

Page 79: ...log box shown below arrange your CD MIDI and WAVE data as desired You can enter the title of your CD Play Mode When set to Single the data in the play list is played once When set to Repeat the data in the play list is played repeatedly Clicking the OK button saves the play list in the Windows Ystation ini file If the currently loaded CD is different from the one specified in the play list an erro...

Page 80: ...re dis played When set to Select compo nents whose box in the Component Select section are checked are displayed When set to Now Playing only the component currently playing is displayed Component Select The Component Select check boxes allow you to select which components are used for Auto Play Components whose box is checked are used for Auto Play These settings are active only when the Display ...

Page 81: ...N32 is started Disc not loaded This message appears if you click the NAME button on the CD Component and no CD is loaded The Wave data has changed Save current changes This message appears if you attempt to quit with unsaved changes A Wave file with this name already exists Overwrite This message appears if you attempt to save a Wave file using a name that is already used Can t get timer This mess...

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Page 83: ...llows the 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 t...

Page 84: ...iting 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 enter N to go back ...

Page 85: ...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 APPENDIX DMI Utility APPENDIX ...

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Page 87: ...e ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape CAUTION The CIDB component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Check the hardware settings...

Page 88: ...ds with CIDB If there is no power to the motherboard i e re moving the power cord or turning the power supply s switch off the alarm will not sound but the CIDB will still memorize an intrusion event which BIOS and LDCM will detect on the next bootup 2 Motherboard with chassis intrusion components Photo sensor switch and memory will not operate with power removed Power is required to send a signal...

Page 89: ...ard 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 data activity APPENDIX AS...

Page 90: ... 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 downloading data to fro...

Page 91: ...sfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer Ab...

Page 92: ...grams and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems...

Page 93: ...lerance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called fir...

Page 94: ...l bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ...

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