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MEW-L

Socket 370 Intel

810 Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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

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Page 4: ...M 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 45 4 BIOS SETUP 46 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 46 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Comput...

Page 5: ... 5 4 LDCM Local Setup 82 5 5 LDCM Administrator Setup 84 5 6 ASUS PC Probe 87 5 7 ASUS LiveUpdate 88 5 8 Drivers 89 5 9 Other 91 5 10 Uninstalling Programs 98 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 101 6 1 Display Properties 101 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 105 6 3 ASUS LiveUpdate 110 6 4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player 111 6 5 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer 112 6 6 Hardware Information 114 7 APPENDIX 115 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet...

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: ... your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives NOTE The 80 conductor ribbon cable is designed with a 40 pin connector 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Mother...

Page 8: ...28 or 256MB up to 512MB supports a maximum of 4 sides JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included in case you want to manually adjust the processor s external frequency Smart Slots Optional five 32 bit PCI rev 2 2 with two 16 bit ISA ex...

Page 9: ...t Analog Device s 3D sound circuitry sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz Full amplified audio output can be directed to the chassis internal speaker in order to save space save money and reduce complications associated with ex ternal speakers Chassis speaker volume can be digitally controlled through OS 3D PositionalAudio Brings new levels of realism to games with sounds being posi tioned in...

Page 10: ...Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB s max using PC100 compliant SDRAM ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart 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...

Page 11: ... the system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function PowerButton Through 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 in 3 8 External Connectors for more information button Re gardless of th...

Page 12: ...onnector Wake On LAN Connector One or Two ISA Slot s on ISA model only PCI to ISA Bridge on ISA model only Intel 82559 Fast Ethernet Chipset on LAN model only AC 97 V2 1 Audio CODEC Five or Six PCI Slots optional at the time of purchase Audio Modem Riser AMR Connector Joystick MIDI Line Out Line In Microphone In Connectors VGA Monitor Output Connector Parallel Connector Serial COM1 Connector LAN R...

Page 13: ...ions 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Part Locations 7 6 4 5 1 26 24 22 21 20 23 17 18 25 27 11 12 13 14 15 16 8 9 2 3 19 10 NOTE The ISA model is shown above One or two ISA slots are optional at the time of purchase The model with two ISA will have only 5 PCI slots ...

Page 14: ...I Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PANEL IDELED FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE ISA Slot 1 ISA1 ISA Slot 2 ISA2 ATX Power Connector IR R180 Intel I O Controller Hub ICH 0 1 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 0 1 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Row DIP Switches PCI Slot 5 INT MIC COM2 LAN_EN LAN_PWR SPKEAR Audio Modem Riser AMR Bottom USB1 USB2 Multi I O...

Page 15: ...PS2KBMS p 31 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 32 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 32 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 p 32 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 33 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 R...

Page 16: ...ply Connector 20 pins 25 SPEAKER PANEL p 43 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 26 KEYLOCK PANEL p 43 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 27 PLED PANEL p 43 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 43 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 29 PWRSW PANEL p 43 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 30 SMI PANEL p 43 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 31 LED PANEL p 43 System Message LED 2 pins...

Page 17: ...r 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 object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or...

Page 18: ... or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE For JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF Setting JEN Disable Jumper 1 2 Enable JumperFree 2 3 default MEW L JumperFree Mode Setting Jumper JumperFree 1 2 3 1 2 3 JEN 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L ...

Page 19: ...g of your computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave this setting on its default 3 Onboard Audio Setting AUDIO 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 the AMR slot seeAMR Slot laterinthissection IfusinganISA...

Page 20: ...LAN_EN 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 5 Onboard LAN Power Setting LAN_PWR available on LAN model only The onboard LAN power may be set to normal or standby power Select Nor mal if you do not have a power supply with 720mA standby power Selecting Standby will allow the use of Wake On LAN but may not allow system bootup if the power supply s standby power is insufficient Setting LAN_PWR Normal 1 2 Standby 2 3 de...

Page 21: ... this occurs enable Safe Mode to force a multiple of 2 in order to enter BIOS setup to correct the problem Setting SAFE_MD Normal 1 2 default Safe Mode 2 3 MEW L Safe Mode Setting Normal Default Safe Mode 1 2 3 1 2 3 SAFE_MD 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 7 Automatic Timeout Reboot Setting NO_REBOOT The motherboard is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automatic...

Page 22: ...dip switches DSW must be set to OFF MEW L CPU External Clock BUS 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 Mode 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L NOTE Fr...

Page 23: ... 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 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 104 7...

Page 24: ...me 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 256MB This chipset does not support ECC However ECC memory modules may still be used but the E...

Page 25: ...M Sockets Lock FRONT 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 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 t...

Page 26: ...sert 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 comp...

Page 27: ...ou 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 the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card WARNING Unplug your power supp...

Page 28: ...ree The following 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...

Page 29: ...lems 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 installed IRQs are assi...

Page 30: ...iguration 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 solution at an incredibly low cos...

Page 31: ... 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 NOTE Onboard Fast Ethernet is optional at the time of purchase The illustrations below are that of the model without the onboard Fast Ethernet 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected ...

Page 32: ...he IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female 5 Serial Port COM1 Connector Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot open...

Page 33: ...re not using any PCI or ISA audio card with a game port 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line O...

Page 34: ...wo 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 MEW L IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to...

Page 35: ... standby power MEW L Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 13 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For ext...

Page 36: ...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 per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe Utility or In...

Page 37: ...t Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground AUX In White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground VIDEO In Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 17 Internal Speaker Connector SPKEAR This connector allows you to connect the internal chassis speaker to the onboard audio s output This will allow you to use the chassis built in speaker to listen to sounds normally re...

Page 38: ...nector according to the pin definitions An optional consumer infrared CIR set con nects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmit ting and remote control functions through one external infrared module Wake On PS2 KB Mouse in 4 5 1 Power Up Control must be Enabled in order to use Consumer Infrared CIR power up MEW L Infrared Module Connector SIR 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND NC ...

Page 39: ...res a digital LCD cable connector For the LCD model the individual serial cable with bracket is replaced with the LCD and serial combi nation cable with bracket as shown here Connect the digital LCD cable to the LCD header and the serial cable to the COM2 header and mount the bracket to the chassis on a free expansion slot NOTE If both CRT and digital LCD moni tors are used the CRT will take prece...

Page 40: ...Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin INT MIC This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted microphone to the motherboard instead of having to attach an external microphone MEW L Internal Microphone Connector MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground INT MIC 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L ...

Page 41: ...CHA 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 24 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 stand...

Page 42: ...ETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following PANEL illustration is used for items 25 31 MEW L System Panel Connectors Requires an ATX power supply ATX Power Switch Reset Switch Keyboard Lock Speaker Connector Message LED SMI Lead Power LED 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L ...

Page 43: ...The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 30 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a ...

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Page 45: ... 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 test R...

Page 46: ...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 47: ...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 48: ...rom 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 Flas...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...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 53: ...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 54: ...eads and sectors per track for your drive 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 s...

Page 55: ... 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 56: ...ord 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 password will...

Page 57: ... ON your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences MEW L Clear RTC RAM Short solder points to Clear CMOS R180 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW L 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...

Page 58: ...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 59: ... 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 60: ...43MHz 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 this field the SDRAM C...

Page 61: ... 32MB Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled 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 g...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...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 64: ...the 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...

Page 65: ... By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or 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 th...

Page 66: ...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 67: ...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 68: ...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 69: ...n 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 requirement the...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate 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 tim...

Page 72: ...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 73: ...rive ATAPI CD 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...

Page 74: ...OS is installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled Configuration 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 Fu...

Page 75: ... 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 76: ... 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 77: ...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 78: ...p Installs Intel s 82801AA AB AC 97 Audio Controller SigmaTel Codec 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 f...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...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 81: ...oller Found 1 Click here 2 Click here and then click Next 3 InsertyourASUSSupport CD browse to here and then click Next 4 Click here 5 Insert yourWindows 98 CD and then click here 7 Insert your ASUS Support CD and then click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 6 Enter E WIN98 here and then click OK ...

Page 82: ...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 83: ...US MEW L User s Manual 83 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 84: ... 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 85: ...ASUS MEW L User s Manual 85 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 86: ...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 87: ...ASUS MEW L User s Manual 87 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here ...

Page 88: ...ndows 98 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 89: ... to bring up the setup screen NOTE Before you install the VGAdriver make sure that the INF Update Utility is installed see 5 9 1 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 19 To install other driv ers click here and then click Finish 8 Browse to E VGA WIN98 and then click here 7 Click here 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 9 To install other drivers or software ...

Page 90: ...ver Setup 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 OK to install other drivers and software ...

Page 91: ...dure 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 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 92: ...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 7 Click here 8 Click here and then follow the online instructions ...

Page 93: ...r CD ROM drive 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 94: ...94 ASUS MEW L User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 Click here ...

Page 95: ... 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 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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ...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 ...

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Page 101: ... 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 102: ...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 103: ...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 104: ...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 105: ...eed 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 or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility ...

Page 106: ...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 107: ...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 108: ...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 109: ...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 110: ...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 111: ...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 112: ...Gstudio 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 volume ...

Page 113: ...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 114: ...ASUS MEW L User s Manual 114 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE Windows 98 6 6 Hardware Information 1 Click here ...

Page 115: ... 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 116: ...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 117: ... The following are pictures of the ASUS S370 Series CPU Cards with black plastic retainers attached to the edge The retainer fins are used to hold the ASUS S370 Series CPU Cards in place using the motherboard s Slot 1 retention mechanisms ASUS S370 CPU Card standard model Better Support with Full Retainer Low Cost Slot 1 Compatible Connector Socket 370 CPU Voltage Jumpers Retainer Fin Retainer 7 A...

Page 118: ...st catch on the retention mechanism so that it locks in place 4 Connect the socket 370 processor s fan connector to the motherboard 5 Make sure that no wires or objects come in contact with the fan 7 2 2 S370 Series CPU Card Jumper Settings The only set of jumpers on the ASUS S370 Series CPU Card is used for setting the voltage sent to the CPU Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current s...

Page 119: ...appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firm...

Page 120: ... your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lang...

Page 121: ...rusion Lead 41 CHS Capacity 55 Connectors ATX Power Supply 41 Audio Port 33 Chassis Fan 36 Consumer IR 38 CPU Fan 36 Fast Ethernet Port 33 Floppy Disk Drive 34 Internal Audio 37 Internal Microphone 40 Internal Speaker 37 Joystick MIDI 33 Monitor Output 33 Parallel Port 32 Power Supply Fan 36 Primary IDE 34 PS 2 Keyboard 31 PS 2 Mouse 31 Secondary IDE 34 Serial IR 38 Serial Port 32 SMBus 39 System ...

Page 122: ...rt 38 High Priority PCI Mode 61 I I O Voltage Setting 19 IDE Activity LED Lead 36 IDE Hard Drive 73 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 91 Installed Memory 57 Intel Security Driver 93 Internal Audio Connectors 37 Internal Microphone Connector 40 Internal Speaker Connector 37 Interrupts Request Table 29 Standard Assignments 28 IRQ XX Used By ISA 65 ISA MEM Block BASE 67 Item Checklist 7 J Joystick M...

Page 123: ...ervisor 56 User 56 PC Probe Setup 87 Using 105 PC cillin 98 Setup 97 PCI 2 1 Support 61 PCI Latency Timer 64 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 64 PIO Mode 55 Plug Play O S 74 Power Connection Procedures 45 Power Fan Speed 72 Power Management 68 Power Supply Fan Connector 36 Primary IDE Connector 34 Procedure Expansion Card 27 Hardware Setup 17 Procedures CPU Installation 26 Modem Riser Installation 119 Power ...

Page 124: ...y 69 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 64 System Date 52 System Management Interrupt Lead 43 System Memory 24 System Power LED Lead 43 System Time 52 System Warning Speaker Connector 43 T Translation Method 54 Type 53 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 63 Ultra DMA Mode 55 Uninstalling Programs 98 Universal Serial Bus 32 Updating BIOS 46 Updating BIOS Procedures 47 USB Function 65 USB Legacy Support 59 User Password 5...

Page 125: ...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 126: ...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 127: ... 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 128: ...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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