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Chapter 1

This chapter describes the features of the
NRL-LS motherboard. It includes brief
explanations of the special attributes of the
motherboard and the new technology it
supports.

1. Product introduction

Summary of Contents for NRL-LS

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Page 2: ...E1098 E1098 NRL LS Intel Pentium4 based Motherboard ServerWorks GCSL SystemSet NRL LS User Guide ...

Page 3: ...Motherboard NRL LS User Guide ...

Page 4: ...A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECI...

Page 5: ...oduct highlights 2 1 3 2 Value added solutions 4 1 4 Motherboard overview 6 1 4 1 Major components 6 1 4 2 Core specifications 8 2 Hardware information 1 2 1 Motherboard installation 1 2 1 1 Placement direction 1 2 1 2 Screw holes 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 3 Before you proceed 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 4 2 4 1 Overview 4 2 4 2 Installing the CPU 5 2 4 3 Installing the heatsink and fan 6...

Page 6: ...pdating your BIOS 1 4 1 1 Creating a bootable disk 1 4 1 2 Updating the BIOS 3 4 2 BIOS Setup program 5 4 2 1 BIOS menu bar 6 4 2 2 Legend bar 6 4 3 Main Menu 8 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Tertiary Master Slave 10 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 14 4 4 Advanced Menu 15 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 17 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 18 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 20 4 5 Power Menu 22 4 5 1 Power Up Control 24 4 5 2 Har...

Page 7: ...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 interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient 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 th...

Page 8: ...our area If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using contact your local power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the product and adding devices on it carefully read all the documentation that came with the package Before using the product m...

Page 9: ...rdware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes description of the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through t...

Page 10: ...ware products The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS Contact Information on page x 2 Optional Documentation Your product package may include optional documentation such as warranty flyers that may have been added by your dealer These documents are not part of the standard package WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damag...

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Page 12: ... 64 bit 33MHz 3V PCI 1 to PCI 4 1 x PCI 64 bit 33MHz 5V PCI 5 1 x Parallel port 1 x Serial port 1 x VGA port 1 x PS 2 keyboard port 1 x PS 2 mouse port 2 x USB 1 1 ports 1 x RJ 45 port with LED 1 x 68 pin Ultra 160 SCSI connectors 3 x IDE connectors 2 x ATA100 1 x PIO Mode 3 4 1 x Floppy disk connector 1 x USB 1 1 connector for two additional USB ports 1 x Serial Port 2 COM2 connector eRMC and IPM...

Page 13: ...apter 1 This chapter describes the features of the NRL LS motherboard It includes brief explanations of the special attributes of the motherboard and the new technology it supports 1 Product introduction ...

Page 14: ...ASUS NRL LS motherboard Chapter summary 1 1 Welcome 1 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 1 4 Motherboard overview 1 6 ...

Page 15: ...emSet to deliver a reliable and high performance server platform Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your NRL LS package for the following items ASUS NRL LS motherboard ASUS NRL LS support CD I O shield 80 conductor ribbon cable for UltraDMA100 66 33 IDE drives 68 pin LVD SCSI cable fo...

Page 16: ...em memory using PC2100 1600 registered ECC DDR DIMMs The ultra fast 200MHz memory bus doubles the speed of the PC100 SDRAM to deliver the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics multimedia and Internet applications See page 2 10 Single Channel Ultra 160 SCSI The Adaptec AIC 7892X Ultra 160 SCSI controller is onboard to support single channel Ultra 160 SCSI connectors that provide high speed ...

Page 17: ...res the Intel 82540EM Gigabit Ethernet controller to support 10 100 1000 Mbit sec transfer rates for a high speed and highly compatible network connection Onboard VGA The ATI Rage XL PCI based VGA controller integrates an 8MB display SDRAM to provide onboard video solution ...

Page 18: ...off mode regardless of the BIOS setting Remote Ring In This feature allows the system to wake up remotely through an internal or external modem if present Wake Up support The motherboard includes Wake On Ring and BIOS Wake Up features Server management The motherboard comes with an ASMC connector that supports the optional ASMC HE ME LE card to comply with server reliability availability and servi...

Page 19: ...protection to the motherboard The BIOS has a boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection and is Year 2000 certified Compliance Both the BIOS and the hardware levels of the motherboard meet the stringent requirements for SDG 2 0 certification The new SDG 2 0 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals support for Plug and Play comp...

Page 20: ...erverWorks South Bridge CSB6 8 Floppy disk connector 9 USB header 10 Ultra 160 SCSI connectors 11 Adaptec AIC 7892X SCSI controller 12 DIP switches 13 Panel connector 14 LPC super I O controller 15 ASUS ASIC 16 2 pin WOR connector 17 4 pin IPMI connector ASMC 18 50 pin eRMC connector ASMC 19 4MB Flash BIOS 20 Onboard standby power LED 21 ATI Rage XL VGA controller 22 5 PCI slots 23 Intel 82540EM G...

Page 21: ...ASUS NRL LS motherboard user guide 1 7 3 5 11 19 14 22 21 12 6 23 1 2 4 7 8 15 17 18 20 10 9 13 16 24 25 26 31 30 29 28 27 ...

Page 22: ...GB system memory using registered ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs IDE connectors These three channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four Ultra DMA 100 66 PIO Modes 3 4 IDE devices Both the primary blue and secondary blue connectors are slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable Third IDE black with PIO mode 3 4 support provides more device connectivity in this server system ...

Page 23: ...ong others 2 pin WOR connector This lead supports Wake On_Ring modems 4 pin IPMI connector This connector allows you to connect devices that support Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI Rev 1 0 or 1 5 50 pin eRMC connector This connector supports control connection of ASUS Server Management Card ASMC daughter cards 4MB Flash ROM This 4Mb firmware contains the programmable BIOS program On...

Page 24: ...t This header supports a COM2 bracket for extra serial connections PS 2 mouse port This green 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 mouse Parallel port This 25 pin port connects a parallel printer a scanner or other devices RJ 45 ports These ports allows connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub VGA port This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA compatible devices Serial port This 9 p...

Page 25: ...2 Hardware information This chapter describes the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes details on the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard ...

Page 26: ...er summary 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 4 2 5 System memory 2 8 2 6 Expansion slots 2 11 2 7 Switches and jumpers 2 14 2 8 Connectors 2 17 ...

Page 27: ... 1 1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 2 1 2 Screw holes Place screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing ...

Page 28: ...3MHz 3V ATX_POWER ServerWorks RCC CSB6 South Bridge 24 4cm 9 6in 30 7cm 12 08in DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM4 64 72 bit 184 pin module 6 7 PCI2 64 bit 33MHz 3V PCI3 64 bit 33MHz 3V PCI4 64 bit 33MHz 3V PCI5 64 bit 33MHz 5V ServerWorks CMIC SL North Bridge COM1 PARALLEL PORT USB1 USB2 PS 2 T Mouse B Key...

Page 29: ...bject such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity 3 Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the po...

Page 30: ...ned technology rapid execution engine 400MHz system bus and execution trace cache Together these attributes improve system performance by allowing higher core frequencies faster execution of integer instructions and data transfer rate of up to 3 2GB s Note in the illustration that the CPU has a gold triangular mark on one corner This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should match a specific ...

Page 31: ...force is required to keep the CPU in place 2 4 2 Installing the CPU Follow these steps to install a CPU 1 Locate the Socket 478 and open it by pulling the lever gently sideways away from the socket Then lift the lever upwards The socket lever must be fully opened 90 to 100 degrees 2 Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The gold arrow of the CPU must be oriented toward the inner corner of th...

Page 32: ...nd retention mechanism In case you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified heatsink and fan Your boxed Intel Pentium 4 478 Processor package should come with installation instructions for the CPU heatsink and the retention mechanism If the instructions in this section do not match the CPU documentation follow the latter Do not neglect to set the correct Bus Frequency and M...

Page 33: ...m over the holes on each corner of the module base Keep the retention lock levers lifted upward while fitting the retention mechanism to the module base Make sure that the fan and retention mechanism assembly perfectly fits the heatsink and module base otherwise you cannot snap the hooks into the holes Retention Clasp Snapped over Retention Hole Retention Lock Lever ...

Page 34: ...o the connector on the motherboard labeled FAN3 3 Push down the locks on the retention mechanism to secure the heatsink and fan to the module base When secure the retention lock levers should point to opposite directions Don t forget to connect the CPU fan connector Hardware monitoring errors may occur if you fail to plug this connector CPU Fan Connector FAN3 ...

Page 35: ...s Single Data Rate SDR SDRAM DDR memory however has the ability to perform two data operations in one clock cycle thus providing twice the throughput of SDR memory For example a 200MHz DDR DIMM will support a 100MHz memory bus and a 266MHz DDR DIMM will support a 133MHz memory bus A DDR DIMM has the same physical dimensions as an SDR DIMM but it has a 184 pin footprint compared to the 168 pin of t...

Page 36: ...guration table DIMM Socket 184 pin ECC DDR DIMM Total Memory DDR1 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 DDR2 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 DDR3 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 DDR4 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 Total System Memory Max 4GB The system chipset only supports PC2100 1600 registered ECC DIMMs Make sure to use only the specified DIMM types for stable system operation ...

Page 37: ...n a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The DIMM might...

Page 38: ...end to use Keep the screw for later use 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components 2...

Page 39: ...mpatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices IRQ assignments for this motherboard PCI INTA PCI INTB PCI INTC PCI INTD PCI slot 1 3 8 13 10 PCI slot 2 4 9 14 11 PCI slot 3 5 10 15 12 PCI slot 4 6 11 8 13 PCI slot 5 7 12 9 14 Onboard 82540EM controller 2 Onboard SCSI controller 15 Onboard ...

Page 40: ...n 8 OFF ON Freq Multiple Selection ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF ON Keep the default settings for stable system operation CPU Multiplier Table CPU Bus Speed Ratio SW5 SW6 SW7 SW8 0 80GHz 08 OFF OFF OFF OFF 1 00GHz 10 OFF ON OFF OFF 1 10GHz 11 ON ON OFF OFF 1 20GHz 12 OFF OFF ON OFF 1 30GHz 13 ON OFF ON OFF 1 40GHz 14 OFF ON ON OFF 1 50GHz 15 ON ON ON OFF 1 60GHz 16 OFF OFF OFF ON 1 70GHz 17 ON OFF OFF ON...

Page 41: ...10 100 1000BASE TX networking Set the jumper to pins 2 3 to disable the controller NRL LS NRL LS LAN Setting J1 Default 1 2 Enable Disable 2 3 2 7 2 Jumpers NRL LS NRL LS VGA Setting J3 Enable Default 1 2 Disable 2 3 2 VGA setting 3 pin J3 This jumper is set by default pins 2 3 to enable the onboard the onboard ATI Rage XL VGA controller Reset to pins 1 2 to disable the VGA controller ...

Page 42: ... 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Short the solder pads for about 5 seconds 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data NRL LS NRL LS Clear RTC RAM CLRTC1 Short solder points to Clear CMOS CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 3 Keyboard Power settin...

Page 43: ...ts the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting one end to the motherboard connect the other end to the floppy drive Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug NRL LS NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 NRL LS Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY NRL LS NRL LS Serial COM2 Connector PIN 1 2 Serial port 2 conne...

Page 44: ...er settings BIOS supports specific device bootup If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cable connector Th...

Page 45: ...ficient power to the CPU Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the 12V lead and at least 1A on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB The minimum recommended wattage is 250W or 300W for a fully configured system The system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate NRL LS NRL LS ATX Power Connector For Power Supply with 20 pin Power C...

Page 46: ... black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Lack of sufficient air flow within the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors NRL LS NRL LS USB Header USB1 USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND NC USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND 2 10 6 USB header 10 1 pin USB1 If...

Page 47: ...nector is for the ASMC card Connect the 4 pin ASMC interface cable to this connector 8 Zero Channel RAID slot PCI 4 The 64 bit 33MHz PCI 4 slot colored green supports the Adaptec SCSI RAID 2000S Zero Channel RAID card to provide advanced RAID functionality The card supports RAID levels 0 1 5 multilevel 0 1 and 0 5 cache memory modules with ECC NRL LS Zero Channel RAID Slot NRL LS ...

Page 48: ...ggers and sends a high level signal to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event By default the pins labeled Chassis Signal and Ground are shorted with a jumper cap If you wish to use the chassis intrusion detection feature remove the jumper cap from the pins 10 SMBus connector 6 1 pin J5 This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices Devices communicate with an SMBus...

Page 49: ...onnection Notes This motherboard has one 68 Pin Ultra160 SCSI connectors The onboard SCSI chipset incorporates an advanced multimode I O cell that supports both single ended SE Ultra2 and Ultra160 devices With Ultra160 devices the SCSI bus platform performs at full Ultra160 speeds up to 160MB s and extended cabling 12m or 25m in a point to point configuration When an SE device is attached the bus ...

Page 50: ...signal is received through the internal modem card For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port NRL LS NRL LS Wake On Ring Connector J6 Ring Ground NRL LS NRL LS HD Activity LED J7 TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug 13 HD Activity LED Connector 2 pin J7 This connector supports the hard disk activity LED and illuminates whenever the HD is op...

Page 51: ...ssage LED feature requires an ACPI OS and driver support ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWRBTN This connector connects a switch that controls the system power Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the BIOS or OS settings Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF Reset Switch Lea...

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Page 53: ...Chapter 3 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes ...

Page 54: ...ASUS NRL LS motherboard Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 1 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 2 ...

Page 55: ...ess the ATX power switch If your monitor complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned o...

Page 56: ...ou can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system If you use Windows 95 98 2000 XP click the Start button click Shut Down then click the OK button to shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down The message You can now safely turn off your computer does not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ...

Page 57: ...Chapter 4 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided ...

Page 58: ...motherboard Chapter summary 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 5 4 3 Main Menu 4 8 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 15 4 5 Power Menu 4 22 4 6 Boot Menu 4 27 4 7 Server Menu 4 29 4 8 Exit Menu 4 30 ...

Page 59: ...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 boot disk you created BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH Enter to run AFLASH If the word unknown appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be p...

Page 60: ...apter 4 BIOS Setup 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter ...

Page 61: ... type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will so...

Page 62: ...ge Flashed Successfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file the s...

Page 63: ...ecord them in the CMOS RAM of the Flash ROM The Flash ROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program Press Delete during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 64: ...creen is 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 functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from any where in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu Left or Right ar...

Page 65: ... window press Enter or Esc Sub menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown on the left appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move from...

Page 66: ...y year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2099 Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Sets the type of floppy drive installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese...

Page 67: ...aning passwords typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters are accepted The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration fields ...

Page 68: ...ay be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the...

Page 69: ...ss the Esc key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured User Type HDD After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to s...

Page 70: ...ield configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive...

Page 71: ...e may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successive increase in performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to su...

Page 72: ...rd Auto Repeat Rate 6 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec ...

Page 73: ...gical processors per physical processor package Configuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This field functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data When set to Enabled the BIOS loads the update on all processors during system bootup Configuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default setting Aut...

Page 74: ...sabled Enabled USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If not detected the USB controller legacy mode is disabled When you set this field to Disabled the USB controller legacy mode is disabled whether or not you are using a USB dev...

Page 75: ...le if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Onboard PCI IDE All You can select to enable the primary secondary tertiary IDE channel all channels or disable all channels Configuration options All Primary Secondary Primary Tertiary Primary Secondary Tertiary Secondary Tertiary Disabled DDR DQS Delay TAP in DEC 5 Default setting...

Page 76: ...d Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field allows you to set the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable thi...

Page 77: ...ional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate 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 Port Mode above Confi...

Page 78: ...lette Snoop Disabled Some non standard VGA cards like graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this field to Enabled corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Sparse PCI Host Bus...

Page 79: ...d can be used If your SCSI card does not have a BIOS the SCSI card will not function Configuration options Auto Disabled Primary VGA BIOS First PCI VGA Card This field allows you to select the primary graphics card Configuration options PCI VGA Card Onboard VGA USB Function Enabled Set this field to Enabled if you want to use Universal Serial Bus devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onbo...

Page 80: ...Saving system power is conserved to its greatest amount This setting automatically puts the system into suspend mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving allows the least power saving as the system enters suspend mode only after a long period of inactivity Configuration options User Defined Disabled Min Saving Max Saving You should install the Advanced Power Management APM utility ...

Page 81: ...options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into...

Page 82: ...up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode Configuration options Disabled Enabled The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer 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 turns the...

Page 83: ... power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 84: ...s able to detect the CPU fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 3VSB Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Po...

Page 85: ...BBS version 1 01 BBS is an intelligent mechanism that provides flexible ways to set boot sequence for Initial Program Load IPL devices such as CD ROMs network remote boot ROM and SCSI or RAID controllers on PnP cards The IPL devices are classified into three categories PnP devices includes Boot Connection Vector BCV and Bootstrap Entry Vector BEV devices ...

Page 86: ...D CD ROM LAN Option ROM SCSI 3rd Boot BCV None This field allows you to select a Boot Connection Vector BCV device to boot from BCV devices include SCSI controllers or SCSI cards RAID cards and other devices on add on cards with option ROM that hooks INT 13 to BIOS The BCV devices present in the system will appear as options for this field The field shows None if no BCV device is installed 4th Boo...

Page 87: ...rd of how the system was configured the last time it was booted Select Yes if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration options No Yes MPS 1 4 Support Enabled This field allows you to enable or disable the MultiProcessor Specification 1 4 support Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test P...

Page 88: ...4 6 1 Slot Configuration Init Slot 1 2 3 4 5 IRQ Normal This field allows you to set the priority level for each expansion slot in order to determine expansion card initialization order Configuration options High Normal Low Skip ...

Page 89: ...recorded on the sub menu Select Enabled to automatically clear the event log Reset to Disabled to store up event log data An IPMI device must be connected to the server for this field to function Configuration options Disabled Enabled Log Memory ECC Error Enabled This field allows you to set whether Error Checking and Correcting memory errors are logged Configuration options Disabled Enabled Side ...

Page 90: ... 7 1 Event Log Viewer No IPMI Device Detected Unless an IPMI device like the ASMC LE HE server management card is installed the Event Log Viewer will not display any data If installed a detailed range of server data is displayed ...

Page 91: ...urned off When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing...

Page 92: ...values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears 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 make further ...

Page 93: ...Chapter 5 5 Driver Installation This chapter gives information on the provided motherboard support CD ...

Page 94: ...ft Windows XP Professional 13 I ADAPTEC SCSI Driver Installation 13 II Intel 82540EM Network Driver Installation 13 III ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation 14 4 Novell NetWare Server 15 I ADAPTEC SCSI Driver Installation 15 II Intel 82540EM Network Driver Installation 19 III ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation 20 5 SCO Open Server 5 0 6 21 I ADAPTEC SCSI Driver Installation 21 II Intel 825...

Page 95: ...m and display relevant drivers for you to install This is where you can find drivers for the onboard devices Follow the installation wizards or find additional instructions as text files in each of the drivers folders Management Software This is where you will find ASUS specially designed server management software ...

Page 96: ...ation for ASUS technical support Utilities This is where you can install Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing User s Manuals contained in this support CD or from ASUS Web Site The following pages will give information on certain drivers for server systems using different operating systems ...

Page 97: ...he driver manually prior to Windows NT 4 0 installation NOTE Prepare one blank formatted high density floppy disk Label the disk Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for Microsoft Windows NT 4 0 Setup Disk A Preparing an Adaptec Driver Disk 1 Insert the ASUS support CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Run the Adaptec Disk Creation Utility from the following path Drivers Adaptec fmsutil exe The following window appears ...

Page 98: ...tallation This section describes installing and using the Adaptec Family Manager Set FMS Driver for Windows NT If you are performing a first time Windows NT installation see the Completing a Fresh Windows NT v4 0 Installation from Floppy Disk or the Completing a Fresh Windows NT v4 0 Installation from CD ROM sections below If Windows NT is already installed on your system see the Updating theAdapt...

Page 99: ...desired driver then press Enter 7 To add other host adapters that are not part of the Ultra160 Family press S and repeat from Step 4 for each additional adapter and insert the appropriate driver disk 8 Press Enter to continue with the Windows NT operating system setup Follow the instructions onscreen and in the Windows NT documentation to complete the installation B2 Boot Floppy Disk Installation ...

Page 100: ...istrator Click the Start button on the Windows NT task bar and the point to Settings 2 Open the Control Panel double click on SCSI Adapters 3 Select the Drivers tab and click the Add button 4 In the Install Driver window click the Have Disk button 5 Insert the Adaptec Family Manager Set CD ROM 6 At the Copy manufacturer s files from text box type d fmsimage fms111 windows nt4_0 nt4 and click OK 7 ...

Page 101: ...ndows NT4 0 to create Windows NT diskette two diskette when appeared create window disk screen Note To enable the Intel 82540EM Lan under Windows NT4 you need to upgrade to Windows NT Service Pack 5 or later B New System Installation 1 Press Next when Installing Windows NT Networking screen appears 2 Select Wired to the Network Press Next You can select install IIS or not 3 Press Select from list ...

Page 102: ...tem Installation 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Select the Adapter tab 3 Click Add You ll see a list of adapters 4 Don t select an adapter from this list Instead insert the Intel R PRO LAN Adapter diskette and click Have Disk 5 Type A for floppy in the dialog box and click OK Then follow the prompts to complete installation When the adapter is added you ll see a new adapter...

Page 103: ...ect Display Type 5 Select Change from the display options 6 Select Have Disk 7 Windows NT system will prompt you for the correct path enter the path of the driver such as D Drivers ATI Nt40 ATIDrive assuming your CD ROM drive is letter D 8 Alist of video adapters will be displayed Select the XPERT98 PCI then click on OK button 9 Windows NT will once again prompt for confirmation All appropriate fi...

Page 104: ...he floppy drive when using this utility Choose check bottom of Windows 2000 to create Windows 2000 diskette one diskette when appeared create window disk screen B Update Driver on an Existing System Installation 1 Boot Windows 2000 system and log on as Administrator 2 Click on the Start button Select Settings Control Panel 3 Double click the System icon in the Control Panel Select the Hardware tab...

Page 105: ...m the listed Network Adapters ClickNext SystemwouldpromptyouanUpdateDriverWarning message Click Yes to continue installing driver 10 Click Finish Windows 2000 system will prompt if you want to restart the system now After system been restarted the new driver will be loaded into the system ...

Page 106: ...correctlyrecognizeATIRAGEXLPCIdriverduring system installation User needs not to load any driver for supporting the on board ATI RAGE XL graphics chip IV Enabling ATA100 Feature in Windows 2000 To enable the ATA100 feature under Windows 2000 you need to upgrade to Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 or later ...

Page 107: ...peared create window disk screen B Update Driver on an Existing System Installation 1 Boot Windows XP system and log on as Administrator 2 Click on the Start button Select Settings Control Panel 3 Double click the System icon in the Control Panel Select the Hardware tab Click on Device Manager Button 4 Click the Other Devices And highlight Ethernet Controller Click right button on the mouse Select...

Page 108: ...stallation III ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation Windows2000systemcancorrectlyrecognizeATIRAGEXLPCIdriverduring system installation User needs not to load any driver for supporting the on board ATI RAGE XL graphics chip ...

Page 109: ...SCSI Magneto Optical devices SCSI tape devices and SCSI changer devices In addition third party vendors are developing CDMs to support their specific devices Novell Netware does not include the drivers for the Adaptec SCSI controller You must create a driver disk prior to Novell Netware installation NOTE Prepare one blank formatted high density floppy disk Label the disk Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for Nov...

Page 110: ...Netware Version 3 1x 4 xx or Novell Netware Version 5 xx Press Enter 6 When prompted insert the floppy disk that you labeled Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for Novell NetwareVersion 3 1x 4 xx Setup Disk or Ultra160FMS v1 11 for Novell Netware version 5 xx Setup Disk 7 Press Enter and follow the succeeding screen instructions ...

Page 111: ...tionaldriver ThenpresstheINSkey Thesystemalwaysdefaults to the A path Highlight the HAM driver and press Enter Select Yes to save and move the driver into the operating system Press Enter the system will copy the files 4 Load a separate instance of the driver for everyADAPTEC controller SCSI channel or host adapter present in the system 5 When prompted for a slot number accept the slot numbers dis...

Page 112: ...light the HAM driver and press Enter Select Yes to save and move the driver into the operating system Press Enter the system will start to copy the files 4 Load a separate instance of the driver for everyADAPTEC SCSI controller channel or host adapter present in the system User must load twice for ADAPTEC SCSI driver with different slot number from STARTUP NCF file as below load ADPT160M HAM Slot ...

Page 113: ...u are creating the diskette and destination isthedriveletterandpath suchasA Ifnodestinationisspecified the A drive will be used The possible operating system options are NT Microsoft Windows NT W2K Microsoft Windows 2000 NW Novell NetWare servers and clients Make sure you have a 1 44 MB formatted non bootable diskette in the floppy drive when using this utility B NetWare 4 XX 5 X Installations 1 P...

Page 114: ...on of the Intel 82540EM Network Adapter for NetWare 5 x or 4 xx is complete Add or check the load and bind statements you need to the server s AUTOEXEC NCF file so the Intel R PRO LAN Adapter driver loads automatically load and bind the server driver as follows LOAD CE1000 LAN SLOT 10004 FRAME ETHERNET_II NAME CE1000_1_EII BIND IP CE1000_1_EII addr xxx xxx xxx xxx mask xxx xxx xxx xxx gate xxx xxx...

Page 115: ...ormatted high density floppy disk Label the disk Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for SCO UnixWare 2 1x Setup Disk or Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for SCO UnixWare 7 x Setup Disk or Ultra160 FMS v1 11 for SCO Open Server 5 0 x Setup Disk A Preparing an Adaptec Driver Disk 1 Insert the ASUS support CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Run the Adaptec Disk Creation Utility from the following path Drivers Adaptec fmsutil exe 3 Selec...

Page 116: ... 5 0 x Setup Disk 7 Press Enter and follow the succeeding screen instructions Where SLOT x Specifies the NBI NetWare Bus Interface slot number Substitute x with the valid value for the adapter You will be prompted with the slot number s of installed PRO 100 adapters The NBI numbers are different from the slot number indicated in the SETUP EXE utility NET xxxxxxxx is the unique network address for ...

Page 117: ...rs Exit netconfig without opting to relink the kernel 3 Install the new driver using custom When asked for the installation media choose media images and type the directory path to the VOL 000 000 file In step 1 if you copied it to tmp type tmp After the installation of the driver is complete exit custom 4 Run netconfig and add the adapters For each adapter that is present in the system enter the ...

Page 118: ...loadable module at this time Intelisnotsupplyingpatchesagainstthekernelsource toallowforstaticlinking of the driver For questions related to hardware requirements refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel PRO 1000 adapter All hardware requirements listed apply to use with Linux New features include support for the Intel PRO 1000 MT Desktop Adapter Update Driver on an Existing System Inst...

Page 119: ... above are the default locations They may not be correct for certain Linux distributions For more information go to ldistrib htm 5 Install the module insmod e1000 parameter value 6 Assign an IP address to the interface by entering the following where x is the interface number ifconfig ethx IP_address 7 Verify that the interface works Enter the following where IP_address is the IP address for anoth...

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