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ASUS MEW User’s Manual

5. SOFTWARE SETUP

5.3 ASUS Update

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Summary of Contents for MEW

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

Page 2: ...g in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe QuickStart and JumperFree are trademarks of ASUSTeK Computer Inc Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International...

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Page 4: ... Memory Installation 25 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 28 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 28 3 8 External Connectors 29 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 ...

Page 5: ...odel only 85 5 4 2 VGA Driver Setup 86 5 4 3 Audio Driver Setup audio model only 87 5 5 Other 88 5 5 2 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 88 5 5 3 Intel Security Controller Driver 89 5 5 4 YAMAHA S YXG50 90 5 5 5 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver 91 5 5 6 PC cillin 98 V4 06 92 5 5 7 Adobe Acrobat Reader V4 0 93 5 6 ASUS DMI Utility 94 5 7 Flash BIOS Utility DOS 95 5 8 Uninstalling Programs 96 6 SOFTWAR...

Page 6: ... in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to...

Page 7: ...e 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete 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 80 pin ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives Note The 80 pin ribbon cable is designed with a 40 pin connector 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy drives 1 Bag of...

Page 8: ...efresh rates and resolutions Versatile Memory Support DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 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 switc...

Page 9: ...Supports remote monitor diagnosis and management Alert On LAN in network configuration 2 1 2 Specifications Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase Smart Audio Software Audio and Hardware AC 97 V2 1 CODEC compliant Analog Device s 3D sound circuitry sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz Full audio output can be directed to the chassis internal ...

Page 10: ...face 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 Windows 98 must be u...

Page 11: ...itor will warn the user 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 BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Switch for more information button Regardless of...

Page 12: ...Connector Onboard high speed 4MB SDRAM for integrated AGP VGA 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 Connec...

Page 13: ...ocations 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Part Locations 7 6 4 5 1 27 25 23 22 21 24 18 19 26 28 11 12 13 14 15 17 8 9 16 2 3 20 10 NOTE The ISA model is shown above ISA slots are optional at the time of pur chase The model without ISA will have 6 PCI slots ...

Page 14: ...Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 Panel IDE LED FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE ISA Slot 1 ISA1 ISA Slot 2 ISA2 ATX Power Connector IR CLRTC 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 INT_SPKA Audio Modem Riser AMR Bottom USB1 USB2 Multi I O MEW 4Mbit Firmware ...

Page 15: ...BMS p 29 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 30 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 30 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 p 30 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 31 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 31 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 31 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 RJ45 ...

Page 16: ...ly Connector 20 pins 25 SPEAKER PANEL p 41 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 26 KEYLOCK PANEL p 41 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 27 PLED PANEL p 41 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 41 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 29 PWRSW PANEL p 41 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 30 SMI PANEL p 41 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 31 LED PANEL p 41 System Message LED 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...er 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 o...

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

Page 19: ...your computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave this setting on its default 3 Onboard Audio Setting available on audio model only 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...

Page 20: ...AN_EN 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEW 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 default Standby...

Page 21: ...e Safe Mode to force a multiple of 2 in order to enter BIOS setup to correct the problem Setting SAFE_MD Disable 1 2 default Enable 2 3 MEW Safe Mode Setting Normal Default Safe Mode 1 2 3 1 2 3 SAFE_MD 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEW 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 automatically reboot in order t...

Page 22: ...dip switches DSW must be set to OFF MEW 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 R MEW NOTE Freq...

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 78...

Page 24: ...s BIOS 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 64 128...

Page 25: ...W 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock FRONT 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEW 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 module will shift between left center or right to identify...

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: ...ilable but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an extra IRQ will be used If your mother board also has Midi enabled an extra 1 IRQs will be used leaving 4 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require IRQs System IRQs are available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are ava...

Page 28: ...ccess channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier To select a DMAchannel see PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration NOTE The on board audio by default uses DMA1 IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards see PCI PNP USA IRQ Resource Exclusion in 4 4 3 PCI Conf...

Page 29: ...be exceptions Look on IDE ribbon cable 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 detecte...

Page 30: ...e 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 openi...

Page 31: ...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 Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 9 Fast Ethernet Port Conn...

Page 32: ...th 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 pin IDE cable MEW IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN...

Page 33: ...V standby power MEW 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 R MEW 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 exte...

Page 34: ...pending 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 Inte...

Page 35: ... Black Right 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 R MEW 17 Internal Speaker Connector INT_SPKA 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 sound...

Page 36: ...ctor 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 Infrared Module Connector SIR 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND NC NC G...

Page 37: ...gital 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 precedent Thi...

Page 38: ...crophone 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 onto the ATX connectors MEW Internal Microphone Connector MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground INT MIC 0 1 0 1 0 1 MEW ...

Page 39: ...Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHA 0 1 0 1 0 1 R MEW 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 ...

Page 40: ...ETUP 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following PANEL illustration is used for items 26 32 MEW 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 R MEW ...

Page 41: ...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 suspend mod...

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Page 43: ...he LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture 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...

Page 44: ...ootup Larger num bers 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 COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A 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: ...on 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 Enter The ...

Page 46: ...ooting 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 Mem...

Page 47: ...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 Dele...

Page 48: ...ce 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 keypa...

Page 49: ...at a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field t...

Page 50: ...d 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 suppo...

Page 51: ...ul 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 b...

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

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 Se...

Page 54: ... can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the Enter The password is now set to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A N...

Page 55: ...3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Short solder points to Clear CMOS CLRTC 0 1 0 1 0 1 R 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 Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This field displays the amou...

Page 56: ...ency 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 trans...

Page 57: ...ion options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load 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 sta...

Page 58: ...mory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options 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 th...

Page 59: ...ptions Disabled Enabled Onboard VGA Enabled Leave on default setting if you want to use the onboard VGA If this field is disabled all Display Cache configurations will not be available Configura tion options Disabled Enabled Display Cache CAS Latency DCCAS 2T Configuration options 2T 3T Display Cache RAS to CAS Delay Determined by DCCAS With the default setting Determined by DCCAS this field has t...

Page 60: ...his 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 may want to leave on the default setting if you are using an IEEE 1394 PCI card Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can...

Page 61: ...tead of a separate controller card Configu ration options Disabled Enabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field 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 bu...

Page 62: ...directional paral lel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configura tion 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 Port Mode abo...

Page 63: ...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 64: ...e 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 the field for that IR...

Page 65: ...t 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 Confi...

Page 66: ...is 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 SIZE field will then ...

Page 67: ... management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity 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 Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMP...

Page 68: ... 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 69: ... 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 system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Enabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to be booted from anoth...

Page 70: ...n 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 time...

Page 71: ...e 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 erro...

Page 72: ...ation op tions Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options 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 ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ...

Page 73: ...S 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 Ful...

Page 74: ... 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 Once...

Page 75: ...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 mak...

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Page 77: ...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 main menu of the support CD only on other screens Exit allows ...

Page 78: ...C Probe 83 5 3 ASUS Update 84 5 4 Driver 85 5 4 1 Network Driver Setup LAN model only 85 5 4 2 VGA Driver Setup 86 5 4 3 Audio Driver Setup audio model only 87 5 5 Other 88 5 5 2 INF Update Utility for 810 Chipset 88 5 5 3 Intel Security Controller Driver 89 5 5 4 YAMAHA S YXG50 90 5 5 5 Microsoft DirectX 6 0 Driver 91 5 5 6 PC cillin 98 V4 06 92 5 5 7 Adobe Acrobat Reader V4 0 93 5 6 ASUS DMI Uti...

Page 79: ...DriverSetup Installs Intel 8255x based PCI EthernetAdapter 10 100 5 4 2 SCSI Driver Setup not available on this motherboard 5 4 3 VGA Driver Setup Installs 810 DC 100 System and Graphics Control ler Driver 5 4 4 Audio Driver Setup Installs Intel R 82801AA AB AC 97 Audio Controller SigmaTel Codec 5 5 Other Allows you to install additional software and utilities to help you make better use of your n...

Page 80: ...alls theAdobeAcrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other lan guageversionsofthismotherboard smanualisavailableinPDFformatatany of our web sites DOS Utility 5 6 ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Gives information on using the DMI configuration utility This utility is located in the DMI folder under the root directory of the support CD 5 7 Flash BIOS Ut...

Page 81: ... plug and play initializing the Add New Hardware Wizard and may attempt to install a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step because Windows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGAchip Always use th...

Page 82: ...5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM At the time this User s Manual was written LDCM V3 32 and earlier does not support this motherboard Please contact your vendor for a later version 5 S W SETUP Intel LANDesk ...

Page 83: ... motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 5 S W SETUP ASUS PC Probe 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 6 Clickhere 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete Setup 7 Clickhere ...

Page 84: ...SUS Update 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 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP ASUS Update 1 Clickhere ...

Page 85: ...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 Clickhere 2 Enter Windows CD path 3 Click here to restart computer NOTE You may be asked for the Ethernet driver path If so enter d lan d being your CD ROM drive 5 S W SETUP Network Driver Setup ...

Page 86: ...double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 6 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 7 Click here and then click Finish to restart 3 Clickhere NOTE If you are asked for the driver enter the path d vga win98 d being your CD ROM path and win98 being your operating system 5 S W SETUP VGA Driver Setup ...

Page 87: ...tup audio model only 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 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP Audio Driver Setup 2 Clickhere ...

Page 88: ...he 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 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 6 Clickhere 7 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 8 Click here and then click Yes to restart 3 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP INF Update Utility 2 Clickhere ...

Page 89: ...hat 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 step 1 not shown here is the setup menu 4 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 6 Clickhere 7 Clickhere 8 Clickhere 9 Click here to restart 3 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP Intel Security 2 Clickhere ...

Page 90: ...ble click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen step 1 not shown here is the setup menu 3 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP YAMAHA S YXG50 2 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 6 Clickhere 7 Clickhere 9 Clickhere 8 Clickhere 10 Click here 12 Click here to restart your computer 5 Click here after filling out your name and serial number 11 Click here ...

Page 91: ...ctX 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 4 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 6 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP DirectX 6 0 2 Clickhere ...

Page 92: ...and installation menus 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 5 Click here to signify your acceptance of the License Agreement 6 Setup will proceed with the installation if scanning found no viruses in your system Click here to start installation 7 Clickhere 10 Insert a disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 8 9 Selectthepreferredfeaturesbyclick ing the appropriate buttons 11 ...

Page 93: ...oard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 6 Click here to begin installation 4 Clickhere 7 Click here and then click Finish to restart 5 Click here to signify your acceptance of the License Agreement 1 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 5 S W SETUP Acrobat Reader 2 Clickhere ...

Page 94: ...SUS DMI Utility 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 5 S W SETUP ASUS DMI Utility 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 3 Follow the instructions ...

Page 95: ... BIOS Utility DOS 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 5 S W SETUP Flash BIOS Utility 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 3 Follow the instructions ...

Page 96: ...basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallayyytion program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 3 Clickhere 2 Select the program you wish to remove and click here 5 S W SETUP Uninstalling Programs ...

Page 97: ...6 S W REFERENCE R ASUS MEW User s Manual 97 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE ...

Page 98: ... Management 108 Information 109 Color Desktop 109 Color Direct3D Game 109 Display 110 Display 2 110 6 4 YAMAHA S YXG50 111 Starting 111 S YXG50 Setup 111 XGplayer 111 6 5 Desktop Management Interface DMI 113 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 113 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 113 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 114 Notes 114 6 6 Hardware Information 116 Software ...

Page 99: ... speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 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 and t...

Page 100: ...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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 101: ...efreshtimesofthePC stem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 102: ...vice Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program ...

Page 103: ...Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played ...

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Page 105: ...US Utility ASUS Update V2 00 Select the update method Update BIOS from local disk allows you to specify a BIOS image file on your local disk Update BIOS Driver from Internet will au tomatically download an updated BIOS im age file from the Internet if available and start the update process Download BIOS Driver from Internet al lows you to download a BIOS image file for you to upate later Select an...

Page 106: ...ASUS MEW User s Manual 106 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE You will be prompted that running applica tions will be closed in order to continue with the BIOS update process 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS Update ...

Page 107: ...vanced 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 Compatibility box lets you specify that you want your computer to apply chages to system color settings without restarting NOTE Some programs might not display colors correctly without being restarted after you make changes ...

Page 108: ...re 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 default pro file is the active pr...

Page 109: ...r 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 bit color and 8 bit color stan dard color 256 color modes gamma cor rection function is not supported Color Direct3D Game This is the same as the color adjustments for the desktop but this applies to direct3D...

Page 110: ...select the output device PC Monitor or Digital Flat Panel DFP NOTE DFP only works in 1024x768 or less resolutions Change current refresh rate Allowsyoutoadjustthecurrentlydisplayedreso lution refresh rate Change refresh rate Allows you to adjust the default refresh rates for each resolution and color settings 6 S W REFERENCE Display Properties ...

Page 111: ...can be launched using XGplayer through Start Programs S YXG50 Setup Yamaha s S YXG50 software synthesizer as shown here has many detailed settings You may read the S YXG50 Help for informa tion on using this utility XGplayer Yamaha s XGplayer allows you to play the great list of included MIDI files or any other mid or rmi files using the powerful full featuredcontrols YoumayreadtheS YXG50 Help for...

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Page 113: ... system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refres...

Page 114: ... and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left h...

Page 115: ...to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS...

Page 116: ...ature Component or Jumper Settings to learn more about your moth erboard NOTE Hardware information may vary from source to source due to the difference in time each source is produced Here is the order from earliest oldest to latest newest for which hardware information is updated Support CD Screens Support CD PDF Printed User s Manual ASUS Web Site PDF 6 S W REFERENCE Hardware Information Click h...

Page 117: ...en com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer Abit can have one ...

Page 118: ...rams and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems ...

Page 119: ...erance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firm...

Page 120: ...al bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ...

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