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ASUS MEW-B User’s Manual

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CONTENTS

4.5 Power Menu .............................................................................. 66

4.5.1 Power Up Control ............................................................ 68
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor ............................................................ 70

4.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................ 71
4.7 Exit Menu ................................................................................. 73

5. SOFTWARE SETUP ........................................................................ 75

5.1 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD .................................... 75
5.2 Operating Systems .................................................................... 78
5.3 Starting Windows For the First Time ........................................ 78
5.4 LDCM Local Setup ................................................................... 81
5.5 LDCM Administrator Setup ...................................................... 83
5.6 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 85
5.7 ASUS LiveUpdate .................................................................... 86
5.8 Driver ........................................................................................ 88
5.9 Other ......................................................................................... 90
5.10 Uninstalling Programs .............................................................. 98

6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ............................................................ 99

6.1 Display Properties ..................................................................... 99
6.2 ASUS PC Probe ...................................................................... 103
6.3 ASUS LiveUpdate .................................................................. 108
6.4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player ............................................. 109
6.5 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer .............................................. 110
6.6 Hardware Information ............................................................. 112

7. APPENDIX ...................................................................................... 113

7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................. 113

INDEX ................................................................................................. 115

Summary of Contents for MEW-B

Page 1: ... MEW B Socket 370 Intel 810 Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ... 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 28 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 30 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 30 3 8 External Connectors 31 3 9 Power Connection Procedures 43 4 BIOS SETUP 44 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 44 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Compute...

Page 5: ...ndows For the First Time 78 5 4 LDCM Local Setup 81 5 5 LDCM Administrator Setup 83 5 6 ASUS PC Probe 85 5 7 ASUS LiveUpdate 86 5 8 Driver 88 5 9 Other 90 5 10 Uninstalling Programs 98 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 99 6 1 Display Properties 99 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 103 6 3 ASUS LiveUpdate 108 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player 109 6 5 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 110 6 6 Hardware Information 112 7 APPENDIX 113 7 ...

Page 6: ...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 on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV t...

Page 7: ...lete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Serial port connectors with bracket 1 VGA connector with bracket 1 Parallel PS 2 Mouse connector set with...

Page 8: ...d circuitry sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz 3D PositionalAudio Brings new levels of realism to games with sounds being positioned interactively around the user making them truly part of the 3D vir tual experience Better music reproduction is possible with MIDI utilizing Wavetable synthesis Remote PC Management Alert on LAN allows network administrators to re motely manage PCs by enabling...

Page 9: ...tection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Smart BIOS 4Mbit firmware gives a new easy to use interface which provides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Hardware random number generator supports new security software for data protect...

Page 10: ...gurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as...

Page 11: ... before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Sugges tions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through the BIOS the power button can be defined as the Standby a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Switch Lead in 3 8 External Connectors for more information button R...

Page 12: ...Programmable BIOS AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec Crystal PCI Audio optional Intel I O Controller Hub ICH Super Multi I O Wake On LAN Connector Wake On Ring Connector One ISA Slot PCI to ISA Bridge Four PCI Slots Audio Modem Riser AMR Connector Three DIMM Sockets PS 2 Mouse USB IR Module Connector Two Serial Port Headers Parallel Connector VGA Header Keyboard Connectors 2 FEATURES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 1...

Page 13: ...ASUS MEW B User s Manual 13 2 3 ASUS MEW B Part Locations 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Part Locations 16 7 5 4 3 2 1 25 22 21 20 19 18 17 15 14 13 12 10 6 8 9 11 24 23 ...

Page 14: ...2 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power IDELED CD1 VIDEO MODEM COM2 COM1 PARALLEL KB PWR_FAN CPU_FAN PS2 P8 P9 LCD Header DFP AUX WOL_CON Clear CMOS SMB WOR Audio Header VGA Header FLOPPY USB DSW MEW B Socket 370 PCI Slot 4 Super I O Intel I O Controller Hub ICH 4Mbit Firmware Hub FWH Audio Codec Intel 810 Graphics Memory Controller Hub CIR PCI to ISA Bridge JEN ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor Audio Codec Se...

Page 15: ...OPPY p 31 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pins 3 IDE1 IDE2 p 32 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 4 IDELED p 32 IDE Activity LED Lead 2 pins 5 PARALLEL p 33 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 6 WOL_CON p 33 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 7 WOR p 34 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 8 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 34 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors Three3 pin 9 MODEM AUX VIDEO CD1 p 35 Intern...

Page 16: ...0 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 24 RESET PANEL p 40 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 25 PWR SW PANEL p 41 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 26 SMI PANEL p 41 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 27 TB LED PANEL p 41 System Message LED 2 pins 28 ATXPWR p 41 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 29 PS2 p 42 AT Power Supply Connector 12 pins 30 JTPWR p 42 Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins ...

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

Page 18: ...Free Mode Setting DSW OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 JEN 1 2 3 Jumper Mode 1 2 3 JumperFree Mode 2 I O Voltage Setting VIO This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset PCI and the CPU s I O buffer The default voltage should be used unless pro cessor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO Normal 1 2 default 3 66V 2 3 0 1 MEW B MEW B I O Voltage Setting Normal Default VIO ...

Page 19: ...AUDIO Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 0 1 MEW B MEW B Onboard Audio Setting Disable Enable Default 1 2 3 1 2 3 AUDIO 4 Onboard Audio Codec Setting CODEC The onboard audio CODEC may be enabled or disabled using all of these jump ers Disable the onboard audio CODEC if you are using an ISA or PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primaryAMR on theAMR slot seeAMR Slot later in this section ...

Page 20: ... SAFE_MD Usually socket 370 processors have locked frequency multiples In this case there is no way to exceed the specified multiple whether through motherboard settings or BIOS setup With unlocked socket 370 processors exceeding the specified multiple is possible through BIOS setup Exceeding the specified mul tiple may result in hanging during bootup If this occurs enable Safe Mode to force a mul...

Page 21: ...board is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automatically reboot If rebooting is repeating in effectively set this jumper to No Reboot to disable auto reboot Setting NO_REBOOT Normal 1 2 default No Reboot 2 3 0 1 MEW B Normal Default No Reboot NO_REBOOT MEW B Reboot Setting 1 2 3 1 2 3 ...

Page 22: ...n JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF 0 1 MEW B MEW B CPU External Clock Frequency Selection DSW CPU SDRAM 75MHz 112MHz 83MHz 124MHz 66MHz 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 100MHz 100MHz 112MHz 112MHz 100MHz 150MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU SDRAM 133MHz 133MHz 150MHz 150MHz 124MHz 124MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mo...

Page 23: ...ON ON ON OFF OFF 88 00 132 00 44 00 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 90 00 135 00 45 00 ON ON OFF OFF OFF 95 00 142 50 47 50 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 49 90 49 90 16 63 OFF ON ON ON ON 100 00 100 00 33 33 OFF OFF ON ON ON 74 85 74 85 24 95 OFF ON OFF ON ON 66 58 66 58 22 19 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 82 84 82 84 27 61 OFF ON ON OFF ON 89 81 89 81 29 93 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 94 80 94 80 31 60 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 100 50 100 50 33 50 OF...

Page 24: ...S shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB 3 5 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of 16 32 64 128MB or...

Page 25: ... Pin DIMM Sockets Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 MEW B TheDIMMsmustbe3 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 will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prev...

Page 26: ...e Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture 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 required to insert the CPU Once ...

Page 27: ...your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers or switches 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate with screw on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace th...

Page 28: ...owing table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 Sy...

Page 29: ...l experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PnP ISA cards instal...

Page 30: ...xclusion in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration Choose Yes in IRQ xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Thisconnectorsupportsaspeciallydesignedaudioand ormodemcardcalledanAMR Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s Intel I O Controller Hub ICH This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solutio...

Page 31: ...ith the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 Keyboard Connector 5 pin KB This connector supports either a standard IBM compatible 101 102 key or 104 key keyboard Windows 9x compatible Use a PS 2 keyboard adapter in order to connect a PS 2 keyboard to this AT connector 0 1 MEW B MEW B Keyboard Connector Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an...

Page 32: ...configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through Boot Sequence in 4 6 Boot Menu IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use an 80 conductor IDE cable 0 1 MEW B MEW B IDE Connectors NOTE Orien...

Page 33: ...s with pin 26 plugged NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port 0 1 MEW B MEW B Parallel Connector Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 Pin 1 Parallel Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output such as theASUS PCI L101 Ethernet card not required for onboard LAN model The connector powers up the sys...

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

Page 35: ...onnectors MODEM Modem In Ground Modem Out Ground AUX Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground CD1 Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground VIDEO Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 10 Audio Jack Header 26 1 pin AUDIOCON This header supports the optional connector set for audio input output and game MIDI port This connector set connects to the 26 pin block a...

Page 36: ...IR connec tor according to the pin definitions An optional consumer infrared CIR set connects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless trans mitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module Wake On PS2 KB CIR in 4 5 1 Power Up Control must be enabled in order to use Consumer Infrared CIR power up 0 1 MEW B MEW B Infrared Module Connector Standard Infr...

Page 37: ... 0 1 MEW B 14 Digital LCD Header 20 pin DFP This optional header requires a digital LCD cable connector Connect the digi tal LCD cable to this header and mount the bracket to the chassis on a free expansion slot NOTE If both CRT and digital LCD monitors are used the CRT will take precedence This connector is for a digital LCD panel an analog LCD panel comes with a 15 pin VGA cable connector to be ...

Page 38: ... may also remove the bracket connector and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space 16 1 2 15 16 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted microphone to the motherboard instead of having to attach an external microphone 0 1 MEW B MEW B Internal Microphone Connector MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground MIC2 17 True Level Line Out H...

Page 39: ...use PS 2 mouse USB or infrared IrDA devices you need to purchase an optional USB MIR connector set You may use the bundled PS 2 mouse parallel port connector set if you just want to use a PS 2 mouse Either connector set connects to the 18 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s chassis The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards...

Page 40: ...connects to the case mounted speaker You may leave this disconnected if you connect the chassis speaker to the INT_SPKA All three sources LINE_OUT INT_SPKA SPEAKER will allow you to here system beeps and warnings Only LINE_OUT will allow you to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been properly initialized 24 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case moun...

Page 41: ...p can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system 27 Message LED Lead 2 pin TB LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data trans fer or waiting in the inbox This function requiresACPI OS and driver support 28 ATX Power ...

Page 42: ...he black wires are to gether 0 1 MEW B MEW B AT Power Connector Power Plugs from Power Supply Power Connector on Motherboard 5V PG 12V GND 5V 12V 5V P8 P9 ORG RED YLW BLU BLK BLK BLK BLK WHT RED RED RED At a slight angle align the plastic guide pins on the lead to their receptacles on the connector Once aligned press the lead onto the connector until the lead locks into place 30 Thermal Sensor Con...

Page 43: ...d The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween 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 system may have failed a power ON t...

Page 44: ...g bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain m...

Page 45: ...revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS 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 Ente...

Page 46: ...booting up When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn OFF your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Me...

Page 47: ...en you start up 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 in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 48: ...ice 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 Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or keyp...

Page 49: ...ht pointer symbol as shown in the left view ap pears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains ad ditional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field ...

Page 50: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives 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 supp...

Page 51: ...ful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters 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 ...

Page 52: ...ive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Access ...

Page 53: ... field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 S...

Page 54: ...e in a password and press Enter You 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 p...

Page 55: ...Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences R200 Short solder points to Clear CMOS MEW B Clear RTC RAM 0 1 MEW B Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All but Disk Key board Installed Memory XXX MB This field dis...

Page 56: ...uency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU Bus Frequency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration options 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x CPU SDRAM PCI Freq Ratio when CPU Speed is set to Manual This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Bus Frequency Each of the two memory data tran...

Page 57: ... the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detec...

Page 58: ...ions User Define 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the 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 the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE To make changes to ...

Page 59: ... This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA expansion cards that require it Configuration options Disabled Enabled 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 High Priority PCI Mode Enabled This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority You ...

Page 60: ...d allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard Seria...

Page 61: ...y EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to oper ate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel...

Page 62: ...e default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the 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 B...

Page 63: ...Q XX Used By ISA These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card N0 ICU indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field f...

Page 64: ...lt setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISAcard is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Conf...

Page 65: ...the amount used for 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 DFFF 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...

Page 66: ...wer management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User De fine Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IM...

Page 67: ... 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned OFF except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the requ...

Page 68: ...r cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications 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 initialization string that will also cause the sys tem to power ON Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Enabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to be booted from ano...

Page 69: ...lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appro priate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the da...

Page 70: ...he chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V 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 err...

Page 71: ...ROM Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives or allow you to disable this field ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM ...

Page 72: ... when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Flo...

Page 73: ... a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter 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 fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu On...

Page 74: ... val ues to the 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 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 other menus and ma...

Page 75: ...rd BIOS and CPU Browse This CD allows you to see the contents of the ASUS Support CD User s Manual displays the motherboard user s manual in pdf format Technical Support Form opens up a blank Technical Support Request Form for you to fill and print out when you run into technical difficulties and need technical assistance Read Me opens up a file containing additional notes Home returns you to the ...

Page 76: ...d Other INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset This utility in stalls INF files in Windows for the following items System and Graphics LPC Interface SM Bus PCI Bridge Bus Master IDE USB Host Controllers Intel Security Driver Installs a security controller for yourWindows 95 98 Read the Release Notes dur ing installation and the Readme file at the end of the installation for more information YAMAHA S Y...

Page 77: ...o view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Exit Returns to the Installation menu Flash BIOS Utility DOS Version Provides infor mation on the Flash BIOS utility AFLASH EXE Choose Restart in MS DOS mode then type aflash from theAFLASH folder on the support CD This page gives Marketing an...

Page 78: ...er installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices You can either follow the Add New Hardware Wizard to install the device drivers or click Cancel 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 tha...

Page 79: ...9 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 5 3 1 Intel 82802 Firmware Hub Device Found 2 Click here and then click Next 1 Click here 3 Insert the Windows 98 CD into your CD ROM drive browse to it and then click here 4 Click here ...

Page 80: ...er s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 5 3 2 PCI Multimedia Audio Device Found 1 Click here 4 Click here 2 Click here and then click Next 3 Browse to the here and then click Next 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 81: ...d disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ...

Page 82: ... ASUS MEW B User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here and then follow the online instruction to finish installing 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 83: ... hard disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your...

Page 84: ...84 ASUS MEW B User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 9 Click here 8 Click here 5 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here ...

Page 85: ...oard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility such as LDCM is installed To uninstall any program see 5 10 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 86: ...86 ASUS MEW B User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here ...

Page 87: ...ows 98 87 5 7 ASUS LiveUpdate 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 6 Click here ...

Page 88: ...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 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here to install to the default folder 9 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here ...

Page 89: ... Click here and then click Finish to restart 11 Click here 14 Click here 15 Click here 16 Click here 17 Click here 18 Browse to E VGA WIN98 and then click here 12 Click here 13 Click here 19 To install other driv ers click here and then click Finish ...

Page 90: ...herboard 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 only after you have read the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here to install the driverto the default folder 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions ...

Page 91: ...upport 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 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions ...

Page 92: ...ive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 5 Enter the information requested and the click here 6 Click here The serial number can be found on the software license agreement card 7 Click here only if you accept the terms of the agreement 8 Click here ...

Page 93: ...ASUS MEW B User s Manual 93 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 Click here ...

Page 94: ...e 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 9 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 5 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 6 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 95: ...X 6 0 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 5 Click here 6 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here only after you have read the license agreement ...

Page 96: ...otherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 1 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructins to finish installation ...

Page 97: ...ame 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 only if you accept the terms of the license agreement 6 Click here 7 To install other drivers orprograms click here and then click Finish ...

Page 98: ...ing Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstall 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 ...

Page 99: ... and then the Advanced button General The Display box displaysthecurrentfontsize of the selected monitor To use a different font size click the arrow and then click the font size you want The Compatibilitybox allows you to specify when to apply changes to system color set tings NOTE Some programs might not dis play colors correctly without being restarted after you make changes To avoid this prob ...

Page 100: ...ou want for your graphics hardware Full acceleration is the fastest and is recommended for most computers If your ocmputer is having prob lems and you suspect graphics acceleration to be the cause use the highest setting at which you do not have problems Color Management Lists all the color profile currently associated with your monitor Click a profile to make it the active profile Otherwise the d...

Page 101: ...dated drivers and notices Color Desktop Allows you to adjust the quality of your dis play according to your preference Gamma correction is available only in 16 bit color and 24 bit color true color 16 7M color modes In 16 color and 8 bit color standard color 256 color modes the gamma correc tion function is not supported Color Direct3D Game This is the same as the color adjustments for the desktop...

Page 102: ...ed resolution refresh rate Change refresh rate Allows you to adjust the de fault refresh rates for each resolutionandcolorsettings Advanced Allows you to assign hot keys to enable the OnScreen Display OSD To use this func tion select Enable OSD You may want to change the default hot key CTRL ALT O ifitconflictswiththehotkeysofothergames video players or Windows programs Color Video Lets you make c...

Page 103: ...peed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 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 104: ...perature 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 105: ...ets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reach...

Page 106: ...ices 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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 107: ...k Bar Icon When theASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exitASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring ...

Page 108: ...properly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update V2 00 Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate V1 00 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you ...

Page 109: ...y List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the currently playing song as the new current play song 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player To start the Yamaha XGstudio click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA XGstudio and then click XGstudio Player 6 4 1 Yamaha XGstudio Player Control Panel Designates the song after the song currently playing as the new current play song Des...

Page 110: ...maha XGstudio Mixer Control Panel 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 v...

Page 111: ...RENCE Windows 98 Smart Arranger The 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 ...

Page 112: ...ASUS MEW B User s Manual 112 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE Windows 98 6 6 Hardware Information 1 Click here ...

Page 113: ... 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 7 APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card ASUS M...

Page 114: ...S 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 down...

Page 115: ... Intrusion Lead 39 Chip Configuration 58 CHS Capacity 53 Connectors Alert on LAN 40 AT Power Supply 42 ATX Power Supply 41 Audio Jack 35 Chassis Fan 34 Chassis Intrusion 39 Consumer IR 36 CPU Fan 34 Digital LCD 37 Floppy Disk Drive 31 IDE Activity LED Lead 32 Infrared 39 Internal Audio 35 Internal Microphone 38 Keyboard 31 Parallel Port 33 Power Fan 34 Primary Secondary IDE 32 PS 2 Mouse 39 Serial...

Page 116: ...ED Lead 32 IDE Hard Drive 71 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 90 Installation Expansion Card 27 Memory 25 Installed Memory 55 Intel Security Driver 91 Internal Audio Connectors 35 Internal Microphone Connector 38 Interrupts Request Table 29 Standard Assignments 28 IRQ XX Used By ISA 63 ISA Cards Assigning DMA Channels 30 ISA MEM Block BASE 65 Item Checklist 7 K Keyboard Connector 31 Keyboard Loc...

Page 117: ...et Card 113 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 62 PIO Mode 53 Plug Play O S 72 Power Connection Procedures 43 Power Fan Speed 70 Power Management 66 INDEX Power Menu 66 Power Supply Connector 34 Power Supply Fan Connector 34 Power Up Control 68 Primary IDE Connector 32 Procedures Hardware Setup 17 Power Connection 43 Programs Uninstalling 98 PS 2 Mouse Function Control 57 PWR Button 4 Secs 67 PWR Up On Modem A...

Page 118: ...50 System Warning Speaker Connector 40 T Thermal Sensor Connector 42 Translation Method 52 True Level Line Out Header 38 Type 51 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 61 Ultra DMA Mode 53 Uninstalling Programs 98 Updating BIOS 44 USB Function 63 USB Legacy Support 57 USB PS 2 Mouse Infrared Module Connector 39 User Password 54 Using LiveUpdate 108 PC Probe 103 Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 110 Yamaha XGstudio Pla...

Page 119: ...tebook PC 14 1 TFT Color Display 300 333 366 400 MHz Built in DVD MPEG2 Decoder L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 300 333 366 400 MHz M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 233 266 300 333 366 400 MHz ...

Page 120: ...CD CD Extra I Trax CD R CD RW Disk Size 8 cm and 12 cm OS Compatibility DOS6 xx Windows3 x 95 98 OS 2Warp Netware SCO UNIX Cache Buffer Size 128KB Data Transfer Rate CD S500 7500 KBps maximum CD S450 6750 KBps maximum CD S400 6000 KBps maximum Access Time 75ms Supports high speed CD Audio playback Supports high speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Compatible with all C...

Page 121: ... 3 0 AP200 2 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP2500 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 1 1 4 8 AP7500 2 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP7500 AP8000 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP2500 AP3000 Group Servers AP100 AP200 Three 1 6 inch or five 1 inch SCA 2 SCSI hard drives Eight 1 6 inch or 1 inch SCSI hard drives ...

Page 122: ...9 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2100 2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2100 series support 4x86 DX4 100 processor PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory RAID levels 0 0 1 3 5 n...

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