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MES-N

Socket 370 NLX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 4: ...4 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 24 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation 25 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 28 3 8 External Connectors 29 3 8 1 Back Panel Connectors 29 3 8 2 Midboard Connectors 32 3 8 3 Riser Card Connectors 35 3 9 Power Connection Pr...

Page 5: ... 5 2 1 Installation Menu 72 5 3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 73 5 4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver 74 5 5 Install VGA Driver 75 For Windows 95 76 5 6 Install Audio Driver only with onboard audio option 76 5 7 Install YAMAHA XG STUDIO 77 5 8 Install YAMAHA YSTATION32 78 5 9 Install Network Driver 79 5 10 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 80 5 11 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x 81 5 12 Uninstalling Program...

Page 6: ... 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 differen...

Page 7: ...ck that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 2 1 Motherboard 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual 1 NLX form factor system housing riser card and power supply ASUS slim CD ROM optional LCD panel connector with bracket for LCD model only ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASU...

Page 8: ...grated 10BASE T 100BASE TX and a LANActivity LED for moni toring network conditions Integrated Graphics Integrated AGP 2X graphics controller can use shared system memory or optional dedicated onboard VGA memory up to 8MB SDRAM Onboard PCIAudio withAC 97 CODEC optional FeaturesYamaha s PCI audio chip with 3D surround and positioning capability and connected to an audio CODEC that enhances DAC ADC ...

Page 9: ...to be enabled and or for Ultra DMA Mode 4 Concurrent PCI 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 AdvancedConfiguration...

Page 10: ... enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to 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 ...

Page 11: ...d B Connector RJ 45 Connector LAN LED VGA Connector Joystick MIDI Connector LCD Header w LCD Chip onboard LCD Chip optional Audio CODEC optional 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 LAN Controller Chip optional Yamaha Audio Chip onaudiomodelonly Slim CD ROM Connector Programmable Flash EEPROM SiS South Bridge with Integrated Hardware Monitoring Multi I O Chip CPU ZIF Socket 370 DIMM Sockets SiS Chipset with He...

Page 12: ...rd Controller SiS 620 Chipset Integrated AGP 2X VGA CD_IN AUX_IN LCDHD 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB SDRAM RJ 45 PS 2 KB MS Parallel Port Connector COM 1 COM 2 Joystick MIDI Super I O CDROM Connector GAME FREQ MULT BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 CL_RTC BUS FREQ FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 CPU_FAN DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 1 0 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB SDRAM PCTS VIRQ VEN_DIS SCTS Audio Codec ...

Page 13: ...Memory Support 2 Socket 370 p 26 Central Processing Unit CPU Socket Back Panel Connectors 1 PARALLEL p 29 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 2 COM1 COM2 p 29 Serial Port Connector Two 9 pin male 3 PS2KBMS p 30 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female 4 PS2KBMS p 30 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 5 RJ 45 p 30 Fast Ethernet Port Connector optional 6 LAN_LED p 30 LAN Diagnostic LEDs 7 VGA...

Page 14: ...WR B9 N Riser Card Back PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 ISA NLX_EXT NLX_SLOT IDEB IR LED_CTRL B9 N WAKEUP JP 2K IDEA FLOPPY CHASS_DET USB1 B9 N Riser Card Front HEAD_SPK IDE1 POWER IR NLX R Riser Card Back CIR FLOPPY PCI1 PCI2 SLOT1 NLX_EXT RISER MIC Yeong Yang Riser Card Front WOL_CON YEONG YANG USB IR PWRLED HDD_LED RESET PWRSW SPKR IDE1 IDE2 CDIN SLOT1A SWITCH Panel Yeong Yang Riser Card Back Power 3 2 1 NLX R ...

Page 15: ...wer Supply Connector 20 pins Power Yeong Yang NLX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 4 IDE1 NLX R p 36 IDE Connector 40 1 pins IDEA IDEB B9 N IDE Connectors 40 1 pins IDE1 IDE2 Yeong Yang IDE Connectors 40 1 pins 5 FLOPPY NLX R p 37 3 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connnector 34 1 pins FLOPPY B9 N 3 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connnector 34 1 pins FLOPPY Yeong Yang 3 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connnector 34 1 pins 6 USB NLX R ...

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Page 17: ...ettings through the use of switches and or jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you d...

Page 18: ...SB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate NLX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable and do not have the appropriate NLX power supply 2 Onboard VGA Setting VEN_DIS 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 VEN_DIS Enable...

Page 19: ...ing VIRQ Enable 2 3 default Disable 1 2 4 Onboard Audio Setting AUDIOEN The onboard 32 bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this jumper 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 AUDIOEN Enable 2 3 default Disable 1 2 MES N Onboard Audio Setting Enable Default AUD...

Page 20: ... PCTS 40 pin 2 3 default 80 pin 1 2 3 HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP 5 Onboard LAN Setting LAN_EN available on LAN model only The onboard LAN may be enabled or disabled by this jumper Setting LAN_EN Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 MES N Onboard LAN Setting LAN Enable Default 3 2 1 Disable 3 2 1 TOP MOUSE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N MES N Primary Cable Type Status PCTS 40 pin Cable Defaul...

Page 21: ...r to 80 pin will allow an UltraDMA 66 IDE device that is connected to the secondary IDE connector with a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable to handle transfer rates up to 66MB s Setting SCTS 40 pin 2 3 default 80 pin 1 2 MES N Secondary Cable Type Status SCTS 40 pin Cable Default 3 2 1 80 pin Cable 3 2 1 TOP MOUSE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N ...

Page 22: ...tting SDRAM HOST PCI SDRAM HOST PCI SDRAM HOST PCI SDRAM HOST PCI 133MHZ 133MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 33MHZ 124MHZ 124MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 31MHZ 112MHZ 112MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 37 3MHZ 100 0MHZ 100 0MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 33 3MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 66 6MHZ 66 6MHZ 33 0MHZ 3 2 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 75 0MHZ 75 0MHZ 30 0MHZ FS1 FS2 FS0 FS3 3 2 1 95 0MHZ 95 0MHZ 31 7MHZ 112 0MHZ 74 7MHZ 3 2...

Page 23: ... Intel CPU Model Speed Mult Freq FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 Celeron PPGA 500MHz 7 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Celeron PPGA 466MHz 7 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Celeron PPGA 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Celeron PPGA 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Celeron PPGA 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Celeron PPGA 333MHz ...

Page 24: ...DIMM Notes VGAshared memory with one DIMM When using only one DIMM as shared memory for the onboard VGA it must be inserted into Socket 1 leaving Socket 2 empty At the time this User s Manual was written 256MB DIMMs are either available as registered memory or 128Mbit DIMMs For the system CPU bus to operate at 100MHz use only PC100 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 100MHz most syst...

Page 25: ... pin DIMM Memory Sockets Lock 20 Pins 88 Pins 60 Pins TOP MOUSE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N 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 ...

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

Page 27: ...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 28: ...bus design the BIOS automatically as signs an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it 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...

Page 29: ...isk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 3 8 1 Back Panel Connectors 1 Parallel Connector 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE S...

Page 30: ...lug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards 5 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ 45 The RJ 45 connector is optional at the time of purchase This connector allows the motherboard to connect to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub RJ 45 6 LAN Diagnostic LEDs LAN_LED These diagnostic LEDs hel...

Page 31: ... VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin female 8 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin GAME You may connect game joysticks or game pades to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Joystick Midi 15 pin female ...

Page 32: ...r NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and 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 MES N 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power CPU Fan Pow...

Page 33: ...SE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N MODEM Modem In Ground Modem Out Ground CD_IN AUX_IN Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 4 Audio Jack Connector 10 1 pin JACK_CON This header is provided for audio input and output signals MES N Audio Jack Connector A ribbon cable connects the motherboard audio connector to the back panel audio connector Back Panel Audio Jacks Speaker Out Line Out Line In J...

Page 34: ...sed the CRT will take precedence This header is for a digital LCD panel an analog LCD panel comes with a 15 pin VGA cable connector to be used on the monitor connector NOTE This connector is available only on motherboards with optional Digital Flat Panel DFP interface support TOP MOUSE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N MES N LCD Header LCDHD 1 11 10 20 20 No pin 19 No connection 18 TX2 17 GND 16 TX1 15 TX0 14...

Page 35: ...om the network IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On LAN is set to Enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control and that your system has an NLX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power LAN Activity Connectors 5 Volt Standby PME Ground NLX R B9 N YEONG YANG NLX R Front B9 N Front Yeong Yang Front 5 Volt Standby PME Ground B9 N Riser NLX R Yeong Yang Risers WOL_CON LAN_LED NLX R only 2 Front P...

Page 36: ...ctor 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby NLX R Back B9 N Back Yeong Yang Back NLX Power Supply Connector IMPORTANT Ultra DMA 66 devices require a 40 pin 80 conductor cable to be enabled and or for Ultra DMA Mode 4 4 IDE Connectors This connector s...

Page 37: ...eong Yang Risers NLX R Riser 6 Universal Serial Bus USB Ports USB Module Connector If you have the NLX R or B9 N risers two Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB devices If you have theYeong Yang riser a 5 pin block is available for connecting an external connector set This connector set can be mounted to an open slot on your computer s chassis USB Function must be set to...

Page 38: ... 4 4 2 I O Device Configu ration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect an appropriate ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s IR connector according to the pin defini tions An optional consumer infrared CIR set connects to the CIR and IR con nectors simultaneously for both wireless transmitting and remote control...

Page 39: ...t 1 1 Speaker Connector Power LED HDD LED Reset Switch Power Switch Pin 1 The front panel display buttons connect to the riser card through a ribbon cable LED_CTRL FCON Right Audio Channel Ground 1 4 Left Audio Channel 8 Stereo Audio In Connector This connector lets you receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive or other sound sources such as a TV tuner or MPEG card Stereo Audio In C...

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Page 41: ...ressed The LED on the monitor 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...

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

Page 43: ... 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 FlashedSuccessfully will be displayed Follow the onscreen in structions to continue To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press En ter The Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Ty...

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

Page 45: ...the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard 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 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 ...

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

Page 47: ...e 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 param eter To call up a sub menu simply move the cursor to highlight the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from f...

Page 48: ...ear are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 and 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 su...

Page 49: ...ou hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive param eters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also...

Page 50: ...ve 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 Block Access ...

Page 51: ...ve 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 Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sect...

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

Page 53: ...r 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences MES N Clear RTC RAM CL_RTC Clear CMOS RTC 3 2 1 Disable Default 3 2 1 TOP MOUSE BOTTOM KEYBOARD MES N Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Con figuration options All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette All But Disk Key Installed Memory XXX MB T...

Page 54: ...ns Disabled Enabled Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to det...

Page 55: ... 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 com mand NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SD...

Page 56: ...reside in a Graphics Aperture Con figuration options 4MB 8MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 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 Configuration opt...

Page 57: ...Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 This allows you to set the address for the onboard serial connector Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboar...

Page 58: ...gh burst bandwidth channel that supports DMA for ECP in both the forward host to peripheral and reverse peripheral to host direction 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 EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional ...

Page 59: ...efault setting of Disabled Con figuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Symbios SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIO...

Page 60: ...rity to the onboard VGA BIOS over other VGA controllers Configuration options No Yes IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU IRQ 5 Used By ISA Yes These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card No ICU 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...

Page 61: ... setting indicates 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 Configura tion options are No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI C...

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

Page 63: ...ing mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the sys tem inactivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Con figuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be ins...

Page 64: ...en and turns off 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 inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Con figuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Doze ...

Page 65: ...d appli cations are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa tion string that will also cause the system to power on Wake On LAN Enabled 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 ad...

Page 66: ...speed in revolutions per minute RPM The presence of this fan 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 Moni...

Page 67: ...oppy 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 se quence 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 Pl...

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

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

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

Page 71: ...ill detect the onboard audio and video chips and 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 a...

Page 72: ...elp for more information Install YAMAHA YSTATION32 Optional Installs the YAMAHA Ystation32 audio utilities for CD MIDI and WAVE playback and recording WAVE component only Install Network Driver Installs the network driver for the onboard Intel PCI Ethernet adapter Refer to the online help for more information Install PCCillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the onlin...

Page 73: ...le 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 12 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 to complete setup ...

Page 74: ...2 Click here and then click Next to start the installation 3 Click here and then click OK to restart 1 Click here NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the drivers or software because these drivers need to be enab...

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

Page 76: ...setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Finish to restart For Windows 95 1 When the New Hardware Found screen prompts for a driver select Driver from 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 Yamaha Win9X folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK 5 Click OK again and ...

Page 77: ...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 Yes to signify your ac ceptance of the conditions of use or license agreement 4 Select the preferred setup type Follow the onscreen in structions to complete setup ...

Page 78: ...ON32 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 Select the preferred setup type Follow the onscreen in structions to complete setup ...

Page 79: ...ck the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 4 Click here and then follow the instructions to complete setup NOTE In some systems the auto installer may fail If this occurs you will be presented with a set of instructions on how to manually install the LAN drivers To manually open this set of instructions double click SETUP TXT in the LAN folder of your support CD ...

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: ...You 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 MES User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 ...

Page 83: ...peed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility a...

Page 84: ...mperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

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

Page 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: ...thecurrentfontsize of the selected monitor To use a different font size click the arrow and then click the font size you want The Compatibility box lets you specify that you want your computer to apply chages to system color settings without restarting NOTE Some programs might not display colors correctly without being restarted after you make changes To avoid this problem close the program change...

Page 90: ...tion you want for your graphics hardware Full acceleration is the fastest and is recommended for most computers If your computer is having prob lems and you suspect graphics acceleration to be the cause use the highest setting at which you do not have problems 6 2 5 Color Management Lists all the color profile currently associated with your monitor Click a profile to make it the active profile Oth...

Page 91: ...h and font size When you have finished making adjustments click OK You will see the following prompt Colors Yourcolordepthchoiceaffectspossiblemaxi mum resolution and refresh rate Desktop area Use the slider to adjust screen resolution Refresh rate Use refresh rates of at least 72Hz to avoid flickering Font size Click the Custom button to open the Custom Font Size dialog box to create your own fon...

Page 92: ...e color 16 7M color modes In 16 bit color and 8 bit color stan dard color 256 color modes gamma cor rection function is not supported 6 S W REFERENCE SiS 620 Properties TINT Lets you set the tint of your display Change Bitmap Lets you change the default preview picture flower Setting Gamma Lets you set the color mapping of your moni tor or display NOTE The sliders to the right allow you to adjust ...

Page 93: ...he song at the beginning of the list is designated as the current play 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 ...

Page 94: ...re the volumes of your tone generator 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 6 3 3 Abo...

Page 95: ...te Channel Solo Image Switcher AVI file Video image Displays the AVI file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT AVI file is played BMP file Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount of ve...

Page 96: ... file containing still image data with the same name as the MIDI file is placed in the same folder as the MIDI file the motion video or still image will be automatically loaded and dis played in the screen when the MIDI file is played If there is no AVI file or BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file the DEFAULT AVI or DEFAULT BMP file found in the same folder as CSMIXER EXT will be displayed...

Page 97: ...xer They can be arranged 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 6 5 1 System requirements At least 1MB of available hard disk space Windows 95 WindowsNT4 0 Onboard audio option 6 5 2 Using YAMAHA Ystation Player To start the YAMAHA Ystation Player click S...

Page 98: ...C or LINE The window display shows 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 MIXER Component This component controls playback and recording of your sound card MULTI Component This component cont...

Page 99: ...ous song 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 t...

Page 100: ... dialog 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 ...

Page 101: ...nts are 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 Dis...

Page 102: ...YSTATION32 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 Th...

Page 103: ... PCI L101 on anASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its default 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 to utilize theWake On LAN feature of the motherboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED to display LAN data activity 7 APPE...

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

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