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P2B-D2

Dual Pentium

II Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for P2B-D2

Page 1: ...R P2B D2 Dual Pentium II Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...rocessing Unit CPU 19 Pentium II Processor 19 Recommended Heatsinks 23 AAVID Heatsink 23 Elan Vital Heatsink 23 4 Expansion Cards 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 25 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 25 5 External Connectors 26 Power Connection Procedures 37 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 38 Flash Memory Writer Utility 38 Main Me...

Page 5: ...of PNP and PCI Setup 54 Load BIOS Defaults 56 Load Setup Defaults 56 Supervisor Password and User Password 57 IDE HDD Auto Detection 58 Save Exit Setup 59 Exit Without Saving 59 V Support CD 61 Support CD Contents 61 Windows 98 63 Windows NT 4 0 77 IBM OS 2 91 Appendix 119 i Network Interface 121 ii SCSI BIOS 135 iii EZ SCSI Utility 136 iv Desktop Management Interface 144 v ASUS LAN Card 147 ...

Page 6: ...lar 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 an outlet on...

Page 7: ... 2 Processor Retention Mechanisms 2 Attach mount bridges factory installed 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 User s Manual 1 ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card 1 Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set User s Manual 1 Serial COM2 external connector 68 pin ...

Page 8: ...ting system performance by taking advantage of the benefits of low voltage differential LVD technology SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices PCI ISA...

Page 9: ... T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard LAN Conn RJ 45 Multi I O Chip Serial COM 1 Adaptec AIC 7890 SCSI Chipset Intel 440BX AGPset CPU Slot 1 4 DIMM Sockets Ultra2 SCSI Connector Parallel Conn VGA Connector ATX Power 3 PCI Slots Floppy Conn AT Power Intel i960RD 2 SIMM Sockets for I2O Subsystem Wide SCSI Connector Narrow SCSI Connector S3 Trio64V2 DX VGA Chipset Intel LAN Chipset i960 Firmware NVRAM ...

Page 10: ...rogramable BIOS Secondary PCI Slot 1 Secondary PCI Slot 3 Secondary PCI Slot 2 S3 Trio64V2 DX VGA Chipset 512KB DRAM upgrade socket 512KB DRAM upgrade socket 512KB DRAM for onboard VGA 512KB DRAM for onboard VGA ISA Slot 1 i960 SIMM Socket 2 Bank 1 i960 SIMM Socket 1 Bank 0 CHASSIS ASUS ASIC EXT BATT Panel i960 Firm ware i960 Firm ware i960 Firm ware Infrared DIMM Socket 4 64 72 bit 168 pin module...

Page 11: ...al BUS Ports 1 2 two 4 pin female 7 RJ 45 p 28 RJ 45 Port Connector 8 pin female 8 IDELED p 28 IDE SCSI LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 IDE1 IDE2 p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pins 10 CHASSIS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead 4 1 pins 11 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 12 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 30 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pins 13 PWRCON PWR CON2 p 31 AT Power Sup...

Page 12: ...in very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power ...

Page 13: ...o I2O mode the secondary PCI slots are controlled by the i960 and only intelligent I O I2O cards can be used on the secondary PCI slots An i960 memory module is required for the I2O mode P2B D2 i960 Setting I2O 1 2 3 BRIDGE 1 2 3 3 i960 Local DRAM RAS Setting When the i960 is set to I20 mode the i960 chip acts as a processor and at least one SIMM memory module is required When using a single memor...

Page 14: ...0 BF3 3 2 1 BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 3 2 1 BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 3 2 1 BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 3 2 1 4 5x 9 2 5 0x 5 1 BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 3 2 1 1 BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 3 2 3 2 1 Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio Intel CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS2 FS1 FS0 BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 Pentium II 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 ...

Page 15: ...ng LAN_EN Disable 1 2 3 LAN_EN Enable 1 2 3 7 SCSI Setting SCSI_EN The onboard Adaptec Fast Wide Ultra2 SCSI may be enabled or disabled using this jumper P2B D2 Onboard SCSI Setting SCSI_EN Enable 1 2 3 SCSI_EN Disable 1 2 3 III INSTALLATION Jumpers III INSTALLATION LAN EN Setting Enable 2 3 default Disable 1 2 SCSI EN Setting Enable 2 3 default Disable 1 2 ...

Page 16: ...Ms Socketsareavail able for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SO...

Page 17: ...in density P2B D2 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM 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...

Page 18: ...stic safety tab on one end of the SIMM sockets requires the notched end of the SIMM memory modules i960 SIMM Sockets 1 2 P2B D2 72 Pin i960 SIMM Sockets Notched End 2 Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your fingertips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into pla...

Page 19: ... could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Two Pentium II Retention Mechanisms Two Attach Mount Bridges factory installed Heatsink Support Base Top Bar Pentium II Processor Heatsink The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for more in formation for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that ...

Page 20: ...C cartridge should not have a gap Lock Lock Installing the Pentium II Processor 1 MounttheProcessorRetentionMechanism s Theprocessorretentionmecha nisms are designed to fit into the SEC slots only one way Be sure to align the notches in the retention mechanisms with the small ribs on each side of the slots and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place ...

Page 21: ... strength ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU Termination Card IMPORTANT Use only theASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card Rev 1 02 or later to terminate the empty slot Push lock inward 5 Connect the Thermal Sensor Cables to J1601 J1602 If you purchased the specially designed ASUS Smart Fans ASUS S P2FAN which come with a thermal sensor built inside the CPU fan or purchased separately the thermal sensor cables A...

Page 22: ...N See 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S P2FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor near the middle edge of the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan middle or to either the upper or lower edge of the Celeron heatsink right as indicated To Use the ASUS P2...

Page 23: ...atsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge Mount the heatsink in the orientation as shown then flip the lever from Unlock to Lock NOTE If you are installing only one processor you may use the free connector to connect a power supply with thermal monitoring IMPORTANT ASUS guarantees accurate readings only for the ASUS Smart Fan and the Intel boxed processor heats...

Page 24: ... as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPAND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards IMPORTANT Interrupt requests are shared as shown by the following table INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared Onboard VGA shared 7890 SCSI shared i960 processor shared 2nd PCI slot 1 shared 2nd PCI slot 2 shared 2...

Page 25: ... ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PnP cards from those not used by legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS setup utility can be used to assign which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you may contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after ...

Page 26: ...st connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de t...

Page 27: ...pin female 4 Serial Port Connector 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 opening See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings Serial Port 9 pin male COM 1 5 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin VGA This connector is fo...

Page 28: ...d to connect the onboard 32 bit 10 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN Controller optional to a host or a hub RJ 45 Port 8 Hard Disk Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s hard disk or IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing th...

Page 29: ...using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup P2B D2 IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red stripe on the IDE r...

Page 30: ...5V GND NC 12 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heatsink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan ...

Page 31: ...5Volts 12Volts 12Volts 5Volts PG Using a slight angle align the plastic guide pins on the lead to their receptacles on the connector Once aligned press the lead onto the connector until the lead locks into place 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole ...

Page 32: ...tem must go into suspend mode when you press the switch 17 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the PWR Button setting under the Power Man agement Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section Pressing the switch while in t...

Page 33: ... SCSI bus platform performs at full Ultra2 speeds up to 40 MB sec in 8 bit mode and up to 80 MB sec in 16 bit mode and extended cabling 12m or 25m in a point to point configuration When an SE device is attached the bus defaults to an SE speed and cable length In mixed environments of Ultra2 and SE devices the onboard host adapter can be coupled with the Adaptec AIC 3860 transceiver chipset to brid...

Page 34: ...FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged P2B D2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector NOTE Orient the red stripe on the floppy ribbon cable to Pin 1 Pin 1 25 Seri...

Page 35: ...ps must be installed to increase the VGA memory by 1MB P2B D2 VGA Memory Sockets Socket s cut corner Small indentation on the chip s sloped edge NOTE The indentations are shown white for visibility they are normally black Match the small indentation on the chip s sloped edge with the socket s cut corner Place the chip flat and evenly into the socket and press firmly but carefully so that the chip ...

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Page 37: ...LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Ch...

Page 38: ...isplays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it It is recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press Ent...

Page 39: ... block from a new BIOS file See the next page for procedures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 attheMainMenuand then press Enter The Up date BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen ap pears Typethefilenameofyour new...

Page 40: ...or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service 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 See 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you enc...

Page 41: ...u are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you re ceive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test...

Page 42: ...re However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the cont...

Page 43: ...e documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automati cally enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylin ders HEAD nu...

Page 44: ...ssible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its correspond ing field and ...

Page 45: ...t to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition t...

Page 46: ... This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are A C C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A F A C only LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and the...

Page 47: ...FF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field allows users to activate the Number ...

Page 48: ...dule such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle c...

Page 49: ...o 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8...

Page 50: ...e maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module ...

Page 51: ...g except that this time the system inactivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the stat...

Page 52: ...sed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min...

Page 53: ...ours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the optional network interface see Network Interface and anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set ...

Page 54: ... use is determined for each PCI slot The default set ting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displ...

Page 55: ...ze to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Onboard AHA BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ONB AHA BIOS First No This field allows giving priority to the onboard SCSI BIOS for SCSI func...

Page 56: ...een Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup De fa...

Page 57: ... sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen auto matically reverts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you...

Page 58: ...En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller ...

Page 59: ...r your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you speci fied during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without S...

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Page 61: ...ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 61 V SUPPORT CD R V Support CD ...

Page 62: ...ver 83 D Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver 85 Installing Windows NT v4 0 with the FMS Driver 85 Updating the FMS Driver under Windows NT v4 0 86 Removing a Host Adapter from Windows NT v4 0 87 Swapping a Host Adapter for v4 0 88 E BusMaster 89 Verifying Driver Installation in Windows NT 4 0 90 IBM OS 2 91 A Install S3 VGA Driver 91 B Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver 97 Installing a New Driver or Upda...

Page 63: ...er to communicate with your computer D BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers E Patch for PIIX4 chipset Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and PCI bridge for Windows 95 95a OSR1 and 95b OSR2 for ASUS motherboards NOTE This is for Windows 95 only F PCCillinAnti virus Setup Installs PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions G Browse this ...

Page 64: ...r and then double click Network adapters 5 Select the driver and then click Update Driver 6 Click Next 7 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next 8 Select Specify a Location and insert the ASUS P2B D2 CD Browse or type the path to E LAN Where E is your CD ROM drive and then click Next 9 Select The update driver Recommended and then cli...

Page 65: ... with this network interface or adapter Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Device Properties list for trouble indicators an X or symbol Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software NetWare Server Client 32 UNIX OS 2 Banyan and Other Operating Systems For these refer to our online documents On a DOS computer view the a...

Page 66: ...ay adapters and double click the driver you wish to update If a yellow question mark is displayed double click the question mark 4 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver The Update Device Driver Wiz ard window appears 5 Click Next 6 Select the Search for a better driver than the one option and click Next 7 Insert your Windows 98 Installation CD into your CD ROM drive 8 Select Specify a Locat...

Page 67: ... in My Com puter to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD 2 Click Browse this CD 3 Double click Dxsetup exe located in E Vga Dx3a DirectX 4 Click the ReInstall DirectX button in the DirectX tm Setup window 5 After Setup is finished you will be prompted to restart your computer Click to restart and to complete Setup WINDOWS 98 B VGA Driver ...

Page 68: ...U2W PCI SCSI Controller 5 Select the driver and then click Update Driver 6 Click Next 7 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next 8 Select Specify a Location and insert the ASUS P2B D2 CD Browse or type the path to E SCSI WIN98 Where E is your CD ROM drive and then click Next 9 If the step is correct you will see the message location of...

Page 69: ...or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive 2 Click BusMaster on the autorun screen The Welcome window appears 3 Click Next and the Software Use and Distribution Licence Agreement appears WINDOWS 98 D BusMaster ...

Page 70: ...y reading the agreement The following window will appear 5 Click Yes and the Select Components window opens 6 Click the Install button 7 Click Yes to begin installation When installation is finished you will be asked to restart 8 Click OK to restart WINDOWS 98 D BusMaster ...

Page 71: ...Windows 95 only 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive 2 Click Patch for PIIX4 chipset The Setup Utility window appears WINDOWS 98 E Patch for PII4X ...

Page 72: ...ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 72 WINDOWS 98 3 Click Next 4 Select AutoDetect and then click Next 5 When prompted to restart click Restart Now WINDOWS 98 E Patch for PIIX4 ...

Page 73: ...D ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive 2 Click PC Cillin Anti virus Setup ThePC cillinWelcome window appears 3 Click Next to start the pre in stallation virus scan WINDOWS 98 F PC Cillin Anti Virus ...

Page 74: ...our name and organization and click Next The Choose Destination Location window appears 5 To install to the default directory click Next To install to a different directory click Browse 6 Select Express Install and then click Next The program files will then be copied to your hard disk drive WINDOWS 98 WINDOWS 98 F PC Cillin Anti Virus ...

Page 75: ...a floppy disk into your floppy disk drive and click Start NOTE To create this bootable disk later after the installation is complete clickSkip 8 Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK and remove your floppy disk 9 When the Setup Complete windows appears click Finish and follow the online instructions to complete installation ...

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Page 77: ...stall S3 V775 VGA Driver Installs the video driver for the onboard VGA chipset D InstallAdaptecAIC 7890 Driver Installs the driver that enables yourAdaptec 7800 Family host adapter to communicate with your computer E BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers F Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD G Technical Support Form Allows you to view the Technical Sup...

Page 78: ...itor to read the license information in the file license txt 3 Create a DOS bootable disk For this example a floppy disk is assumed to be the boot device To format a diskette type the following command FORMAT S V A 4 In the root directory of the boot disk use a text editor such as Notepad to create a config sys file that contains the following commands files 20 buffers 30 device a dit exe e t 200 ...

Page 79: ...e host system s reset switch or power switch to reset the host system The utility has only been tested with MSDOS 6 22 5 0 and ROMDOS 6 22 It is unknown if it will function correctly under other versions DDM and iRTOS download and DDM validation operations are the only soft ware module operations known to operate correctly and thus are the only ones allowed If a form is continually submitted with ...

Page 80: ... DIT is experiencing the problem not iopsetup exe since iopsetup exe isn t running yet If the prob lem occurs after the DOS prompt appears start iopsetup exe by typing iopsetup main htm If the problem is experienced after iopsetup exe is started the prob lem could either be an iopsetup exe problem or a DIT problem The following describes the DDM download and iRTOS upgrade capabilities of the Cyclo...

Page 81: ...r E LAN assume E is the CD ROM to a floppy disk or hard disk 3 From Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 4 In Control Panel double click on the Network icon 5 SelecttheAdapterstab SelectIntel82557 based10 100EthernetPCIAdapter and then click Remove NOTE When you install Windows NT4 0 it auto detects the Network card and will install the Intel 82557 based 10 100 Ethernet PCIAdapter ...

Page 82: ...toyournetworkbydouble clicking Network Neighboorhood Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server or if Windows NT reports an error after you double click Network Neighborhood try the suggestions here first then the Troubleshooting section if necessary Make sure you re using the drivers that are on the Support CD that ships with this network interface or adapter Make sure the driver is loaded ...

Page 83: ... Settings and then click on the Control Panel icon 3 In Control Panel double click the Display icon and click the Settings tab 4 Click Display Type The Display Type window appears 5 Click Change The Change Display window appears 6 Click Have Disk 7 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive type E VGA NT40 in the entry box and click OK 8 From the list of displayed devices select ASUS PCI V7...

Page 84: ...then click OK 13 Close the Display Type window 14 Close the Display Properties window The System Settings Change window will appear 15 Click Yes to restart your computer NOTE If installing Windows NT 4 0 with the ASUS device currently installed in the system proceed through the Windows NT installation as normal When the in stallation program prompts the user to choose a display mode choose Cancel ...

Page 85: ...apter 4 Press S again to specify an additional device 5 Press ENTER to select Others and insert theAdaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 01 diskette 6a For non Ultra2 host adapters Select the Adaptec AHA290x 291x 294x 394x 4944 AIC78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 and press ENTER or 6b For Ultra2 host adapters Select the Adaptec AHA 294xU2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 4 0 and press ENTER 7...

Page 86: ...At the Copy manufacturer s files from text box type E SCSI WINNT 4_0 Where E is your CD ROM drive and click OK 7 At the Install Driver window select the driver AdaptecAHA 294xU2 295xU2 AIC 789x PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT4 0 and then click OK 8 In response to Do you want to use the currently installed driver s or install new one s select New 9 Again type E SCSI WINNT 4_0 and click Continue The d...

Page 87: ...ick on SCSI Adapters 2 Select the Drivers tab 3 Select the Driver you wish to remove a For non Ultra2 host adapters Select the driver you plan on removing and click Remove The driver will appear as one of the following AdaptecAHA290x 291x 294x 394x 4944 AIC78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT4 0 or AdaptecAHA 294x AHA 394x AHA 4944orAIC 78xxPCISCSIController NT4 0 or Adaptec AHA 294X AHA 394X or AIC 78XX P...

Page 88: ...r It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replac ing Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of host adapter hardware and no problems should arise if you leave the existing device driver installed You may remove the device driver later after you have successfully rebooted Windows NT However if you leave the driver in the system alerts you with an...

Page 89: ...driver Intel PIIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller NOTE this text may vary according to the release of Windows NT If NONE of these adapter drivers are listed go to step 9 7 If the Intel PIIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller driver is listed select it Then select Remove to remove the driver 8 If the default driver IDE CD ROM Atapi 1 2 Dual Channel PCI IDE is listed select it Then select Remove to remove ...

Page 90: ...A list of active SCSI adapters and connected devices will be displayed One or more instances of the PIIX Bus Master IDE Driver Intel PIIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller should be listed The default driver IDE CD ROM Atapi 1 2 Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller should not be listed NOTE This text may vary according to the release of Windows NT One instance will be listed for each controller interface o...

Page 91: ... beginning the device driver installation Supported Features This Vision864 964 868 968 Trio32 64 64V 64V2 graphics accelerator device driver provides seamless support for accelerated display graphics and advanced color resolutions when used with the minimum required video memory It conforms to the OS 2 32 bit flat memory model and is designed to function as a 32 bit Presenta tion Manager graphics...

Page 92: ...Y 115 800x600x32 4 MB N A Y 118 1024x768x32 4 MB N A Y 11A 1280x1024x16 4 MB N A Y 120 600X1200x8 4 MB N A Y NOTES Y Supported N S Not Supported 1 MB only 640x480x24 is supported for 1 MB memory configuration only for 2 MB and above 32 bits per pixel bpp is supported S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1 MB S3 OS 2 device driver needs 2 MB of memory The 32 bpp device driver might need a large swap sp...

Page 93: ...ing a DDC monitor 1 Reset the display to the lowest refresh rate available This will prevent the sys tem from attempting to display at a refresh rate higher than that supported by the new monitor 2 Shut down your system and install the new monitor 3 Restart your system 4 Select the DDC Display Setup icon in the OS 2 System Folder 5 When you are instructed to do so shut down your system and restart...

Page 94: ... SYSLEVEL command look for the following information C OS2 INSTALLATION SYSLEVEL VID Vision864 964 868 968 Trio32 64 64V 64V2 Version 2 81 Component ID 562107701 Current CSD level S330302 Prior CSD level S328414 In this case the current version level is S3 3 03 02 5 In some situations installing this driver over 2 80 xx and 2 81 xx versions of the driver can result in duplicated icons To prevent t...

Page 95: ... A is the drive containing Diskette 8 and C is the drive where OS 2 is installed 3 Type C and then press Enter 4 Type CD C OS2 INSTALL and then press Enter 5 Type the following RSPDSPI PK VGA SK NONE S A T C In T C C is the target drive where OS 2 is installed In S A A is the source diskette drive for installing the device driver Then press Enter 6 Perform a shutdown and restart your computer If y...

Page 96: ...u are installing this driver on OS 2 Warp 3 0 do the following 1 Restart your computer 2 Simultaneously press Alt and F1 key immediately when a square block appears in the top left hand corner 3 Press v key for VGA If you are installing this driver on OS 2 Warp Merlin 4 0 do the following 1 Restart your computer 2 Simultaneously press Alt and F1 key immediately when a square block appears in the t...

Page 97: ...selected display driver Do you wish to continue Please continue the installation by selecting the Yes button 5 When the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility window appears the Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type choice is preselected Select OK Do not select Install Using DisplayAdapter Utility Program since this method of set ting refresh rates is not supported anymore NOTE DSPINSTL determi...

Page 98: ... monitor delete OS2 VIDEO CFG file and reboot This will set the refresh rate to the default value A new refresh rate can now be selected using the procedure described above During the installation of this driver DISPLAY LOG and DSPINSTL LOG files are created in the OS 2 INSTALL directory These files identify the OS 2 sys tem files that were updated and indicate whether the installation was success...

Page 99: ...guration Installation Distribution method To install the Vision864 964 868 968 Trio32 64 64V 64V2 graphics accelerator device driver using CID use the following information to modify your LCU com mand file NOTE The following information is meant as a guide Your LCU command file might be different LCU PRODUCT DATA SECTION x s3video 15 x 15 name S3 Video x 15 statevar CAS_ x 15 name x 15 instprog x ...

Page 100: ...n do if RunInstall x s3dspinstl BAD_RC then exit Call CheckBoot end ROUTINE SECTION The following information should already exist in the LCU command file RebootAndGotoState parse arg new_state other rc2 SetState new_state RebootAndGotoState 1 Set the state to go to in OVERALL_STATE Call SaveStates Save the environment vars Call Reboot Reboot the machine return IBM OS 2 A VGA Driver ...

Page 101: ...Supported Resolutions earlier in this README A safe choice is 640x480x256 Any of the listed resolutions can be selected but your display might be damaged if you select a resolution that your display does not support To select a refresh rate SVGA EXE can be executed again separately after DSPINSTL Example SVGA ON INIT 1024 75 This will create another OS2 VIDEO CFG file with 75Hz as the default at 1...

Page 102: ...t the S3 Windows Font Size object in the OS 2 System Setup Folder 2 Click the radio button next to the font size you wish to select 3 Click the OK button 4 Amessage will display saying that the new settings will take effect the next time you restart your Windows session Currently open sessions will not be affected by the new settings 5 Click the OK button 6 Start any WIN OS 2 window or full screen...

Page 103: ...2 During CID install of IBM AntiVirus when using NetView DM 2 the OS 2 full screen is displayed as a black screen Workaround Perform CID install under VGA 3 DISPINSTL does not allow CID selection of monitor and refresh rate The workaround is as follows Requirements A system with the same graphics card and monitor configured with the S3 driver version 2 81 05 the correct display type the desired re...

Page 104: ...ing WIN or WINOS2 at the command prompt it will not execute with the settings needed to support WIN OS 2 and will result in video corruption and or a system lockup It is recommended that the user launch all Windows sessions via one of the WIN OS 2 icons located in the Command Prompts folder within the OS 2 System icon 7 When attempting to start a WIN OS 2 session from a DOS Full screen or DOS Wind...

Page 105: ...directory where the driver is located a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters the driver will be located in OS2 AIC78U2 b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters the driver will be located in OS2 AIC7870 6 a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters When you find the driver AIC78U2 ADD select INSTALL b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters When you find the driver AIC7870 ADD select INSTALL 7 After the install finishes...

Page 106: ...d b If you have an Adaptec host adapter that is not part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the aha154x add driver c If you have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel archit...

Page 107: ...or UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD Set CopyFromFloppy 1 5 Install IBM OS 2 using the backup diskettes and the remainder of the standard IBM OS 2 diskettes 6 When installation has completed reboot the system 7 After the system has rebooted follow the instructions for installing the driver on a system containing IBM OS 2 IBM OS 2 IBM OS 2 B AIC 7890 Driver ...

Page 108: ...t part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the aha154x add driver c If you have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel architecture system and you still do not have approxi ma...

Page 109: ...d to do so After a while a screen will be displayed asking which installation method you wish to choose At this point press the F3 key to get to the com mand prompt Once you get to the command prompt change to the drive where the IBM OS 2 system files are located usually Drive C You may now use a text editor to again modify the IBM OS 2 CONFIG SYS file on the hard drive to add the PCIHW switch to ...

Page 110: ...770 add and fd16 700 add NOTE If you are installing the Ultra2SCSI host adapter delete the aic7870 add driver as well b If you have an Adaptec host adapter that is not part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the aha15...

Page 111: ...s may result in two BASEDEV aic78U2 add statements in the config sys file b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters add BASEDEV aic7870 add to the top line of config sys on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 This will result in two BASEDEV aic7870 add statements in the config sys file 6 Run the IBM OS 2 installation program follow the instructions in your IBM OS 2 documentation until you reach the System Configur...

Page 112: ...tion see Intel Errata 8511 You may get this from Intel s FaxBack sys tem at 800 628 2283 or 916 356 3105 For more detailed information see Errata 8512 and 8513 Can t install on the maximum hard disk drive partition size supported by IBM OS 2 v3 0 On IBM OS 2 v3 0 it is a known problem Refer to IBM for further info IBM s APARs PJ15988 and PJ 6151 deal with this issue Additional Notes This version o...

Page 113: ... OS2ASPI from accessing it There is nothing in theASPI speci fication regarding device allocation so OS2ASPI must rely on other managers to fairly share targets This should only be a problem if you have two drivers that use different managers and you want them both to access the same target at the same time Do NOT disable DASD manager access to target 0 if you are booting from your SCSI host adapt...

Page 114: ... section below for informa tion on how to use this option Unit Parameter Modifies the behavior of the selected host adapter SCSI Target ID The targets to which the Unit Parameter will be applied This parameter may be a single ID d or list of IDs d d d Universal Parameters ET Allow embedded targets This parameter indicates that the ADD should assume that all targets have more than one logical unit ...

Page 115: ...r 1 16 A value of 1 disables tagged queuing The maxi mum number allowed is 16 The default is 8 UR Enables reporting of under runs DEFAULT UR Disables reporting of under runs Configuration Examples Example 1 Suppose that you had a removable hard drive as target 3 and you wanted to control the hard drive with an ASPI application and driver Normally OS2DASD will allo cate this device treat it as a la...

Page 116: ... host adapter to 8 Diskette Contents The following files are included in this diskette OS2 README TXT This file For Ultra2SCSI host adapters OS2 AIC78U2 AIC78U2 ADD The Adaptec Ultra2SCSI driver for the 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 OS2 AIC78U2 AIC78U2 DDP Install script used by the IBM OS 2 Install utility OS2 AIC78U2 78U2PRES EXE Adapter Presence Check program used by the Install script For Ultr...

Page 117: ...e the following changes to the CONFIG SYS file Replace With BASEDEV IBM1S506 ADD BASEDEV PIIXIDE ADD Replace With BASEDEV IBMIDECD ADD BASEDEV PIIXIDE FLT 3 Shutdown and reboot the system NOTE PIIXIDE ADD auto detects DMA capable hard disk drives and configures them and the Intel PCIset for bus master DMA transfers IBM OS 2 IBM OS 2 C BusMaster ...

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Page 119: ...s NT Version 3 5x only 125 Troubleshooting 125 Windows 95 126 Automatic Configuration 126 Install Network Drivers from Diskette 126 Troubleshooting 126 Select Duplex Mode optional 127 Manually Configuring for Full Duplex 127 NetWare server 128 Windows NT 128 Windows 95 128 Other operating systems 128 Troubleshooting 129 If the interface can t connect to the network 129 Testing the network interfac...

Page 120: ...Troubleshooting 137 Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users 140 DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers 140 DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers 140 DOS Formatting Utilities 141 Low level Formatter scsifmt 141 iv Desktop Management Interface DMI 144 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 144 System Requirements 144 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 145 v ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 147 ...

Page 121: ...ster Complies to PCI Rev 2 1 Consists of MAC PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 10BASE T and IEEE 802 3U 100BASE TX interfaces Fully supports 10BASE T 100BASE TX operations Single RJ 45 Connector Auto Detection of 10Mbps or 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates and Connected Cable Types 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Plug and Play Enhancements on ACPI APM Adheres to PCI Bus P...

Page 122: ...Ethernet TPE Connect a single network cable to the RJ45 connector For 100BASE TX your network cable must be category 5 not category 3 twisted pair wiring with RJ45 connectors If you plan on running the interface at 100 Mbps it must be connected to a 100BASE TX hub not a 100BASE T4 hub For 10BASE T use category 3 4 or 5 twisted pair wiring Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet c...

Page 123: ... file type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver Or with DOS 6 x or later press F5 as DOS starts to bypass the drivers 2 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in a floppy drive switch to that drive and at the DOS prompt type SETUP 3 If you have another network adapter in your computer an adapter selection menu appears on the screen Select the adapter you want by noting the...

Page 124: ...hile running the tests 1 Go to a computer on the network with any EtherExpress adapter or interface in stalled except EtherExpress 32 or EtherExpress 16 MCA 2 Run the appropriate configuration program for the installed interface and set it up as a responder 3 Return to the computer with the new adapter or interface Run Setup and make the new interface the sender Test the interface Windows NT Serve...

Page 125: ...4 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in the A drive and click OK 5 Select the Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and click OK 6 Click OK in the Network Settings dialog box and remove the installation disk When prompted restart Windows NT To install multiple network interface or adapters repeat this procedure for each new network interface or adapter Troubleshooting IfWindows NTreports an e...

Page 126: ...all From Disk dialog box appears 3 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk 4 Specify A or B as the path then click OK 5 Follow prompts for any Windows 95 installation disks and restart when prompted If you installed from CD ROM the installation files are typically located at D Win95 where D is your CD ROM drive After restartingWindows 95 you should be able to connect to your network by doub...

Page 127: ... manually see following paragraphs Half duplex The network interface or adapter performs one operation at a time it either sends or receives NOTE If your hub is running at 100 Mbps and half duplex your potential bandwidth is higher than if you run at 10 Mbps and full duplex Manually Configuring for Full Duplex If your switch supports auto negotiation with the N way standard duplex configura tion i...

Page 128: ...p window If you have multiple adapters click the adapter you are configuring you can identify it by its Ethernet address Each adapter must be configured separately 3 From the window that appears click Change 4 From the Adapter Setup window click the menu for Network Speed 5 Click 100 or 10 Mbps depending on your hub speed 6 Click the menu for Duplex Mode 7 Click Full 8 Click OK when finished 9 Cli...

Page 129: ...cribes the LEDs LED Indication Meaning LNK On The interface and hub have acknowledged a connection the link between the hub and interface is good Off The cable connection between the hub and interface is faulty or you have a driver configuration problem ACT On or flashing The interface is sending or receiving network data The freq uency of the flashes varies with the amount of network traffic Off ...

Page 130: ...category 5 wiring and make sure the network cable is securely attached For NetWare clients make sure you specify the correct frame type in the NET CFG file Make sure the duplex mode setting on the network interface or adapter matches the setting on the hub At 100 Mbps connect to a 100BASE TX hub only not T4 The LNK LED doesn t light Make sure you ve loaded the network drivers Check all connections...

Page 131: ...t cause Try reconnecting the cable to the RJ45 port first The network driver files may be corrupt or deleted Delete and then reinstall the drivers Try another motherboard of the same model Run the diagnostics The Wake On LAN feature is not working Make sure the WOL cable is attached and power is applied to the computer Check the BIOS for its WOL setting Some computers may need to be configured to ...

Page 132: ...e number of vehicles on the highway increases the traffic becomes con gested and tran sit time increases for individual cars On a shared hub all nodes must operate at the same speed either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet repeaters provide 100 Mbps of available bandwidth ten times more than what s available with a 10BASE T repeater Repeaters use a well established uncomplicated design making them...

Page 133: ...program Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on systems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible Q What can Wake On LAN do for you A Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can redu...

Page 134: ...erfaces Driver A program that enables the network operating system to communicate with LAN cards IEEE 802 3 standard Standard for the physical and electrical connections in local area networks devel oped by the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 3u standard IEEE standard for LocalArea Networks LAN employing CSMA CD as the access method This standard is intended to enco...

Page 135: ...all devices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI devices Format Disk low level formats your SCSI hard disks In general SCSI hard di...

Page 136: ...ter system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 andWindowsNTfrom a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 1 Install Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups 3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into your floppy disk driv...

Page 137: ...n dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter is al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems runni...

Page 138: ...tion point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there is...

Page 139: ...t the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CD ROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode 2 When the...

Page 140: ...iles to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device dri...

Page 141: ...When the first screen appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen 3 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter 4 When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects then press Ent...

Page 142: ...Then follow these steps 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type AFDISK at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press Enter If the selected disk device is c...

Page 143: ...u want Partitions up to 2 Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Select SCSI Devic...

Page 144: ...allows the 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 ...

Page 145: ...le 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 hand screen and save enter N to...

Page 146: ...SC 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 Appendix iv DMI Utility ...

Page 147: ...S motherboard leave the jumper 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 A...

Page 148: ...S 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 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 downloading d...

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