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ASUS P2B-VM User’s Manual

III. INSTALLATION

ASUS P2B-VM Motherboard Layout

Motherboard Layout

III. INST

ALLA

TION

(Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase.)

FLOPPY

SECONDAR

IDE

PRIMAR

IDE

CHA_FAN

DIMM Socket 1 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

Accelerated Graphics Port

Intel

PIIX4E

PCIset

Intel

440BX

AGPset

TXPWR

CPU Slot 1

Panel Connectors

USB

PS/2

TOP:

USB 1

BOTTOM:

USB 2

FREQ MULT

BF1

BF0

BF2
BF3

CLRTC

BUS FREQ

FS1

FS2

FS0

ISA Slot 1 (ISA1)

PCI Slot 1 (PCI1)

TOP:

Mouse

BOTTOM:

Keyboard

ASUS

ASIC

SB-LINK

DIMM Socket 2 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

DIMM Socket 3 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

PCI Slot 2 (PCI2)

PCI Slot 3 (PCI3)

CR2032 3V
Lithium Cell

(BIOSPower)

Flash EEPROM

(Programable BIOS)

CPU_FAN

PWR_FAN

PS_FAN

KB_WAK

AUDIO_EN

VGAEN

WOL_CON

FS3

CD_IN

MODEM_IN

COM2 header

2 MB

SDRAM

2 MB

SDRAM

2 MB

SDRAM

2 MB

SDRAM

Multi-I/O,

Keyboard
Controller

FS4

32-bit PCI

Audio

Chipset

GAME/AUDIO

(optional)

Mic

Line

Out

Line

COM1

VGA

RALLEL

PORT

0 1

2 3

ANEL

4 5

INT_EN

ATI 3D Rage
Pro AGP 2X/

IIC AGP

VGA Chipset

I Multimedia Connector

AMC

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8MB available on

Rage Pro only

Summary of Contents for P2B-VM

Page 1: ...R P2B VM Pentium II CeleronTM Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Symbios is a registered trademark of ...

Page 3: ...IONAL Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email in...

Page 4: ...cessor 20 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 23 4 Expansion Cards 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 25 5 External Connectors 26 Power Connection Procedures 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 S...

Page 5: ...Load Setup Defaults 54 Supervisor Password and User Password 55 IDE HDD Auto Detection 56 Save Exit Setup 57 Exit Without Saving 57 V SUPPORT CD 58 ASUS Support CD Main Menu 58 A Video Driver 61 B Other Video Drivers 65 C ATI Player 77 D Audio Driver 81 E Audio Software 85 F Software Wavetable 92 G DMI Utility 93 ...

Page 6: ... uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment...

Page 7: ... on the included support software Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC SECC2 SEPP 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 ...

Page 8: ...ance com ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications This slot is available as an option with the Rage IIC only PCI Audio optional Features optional ESS 32 bit PCI audio onboard SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us ing Intel s PC PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compat ible PCI audio cards PCI ISA Expansion Slots Provides t...

Page 9: ...nd Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man aging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proce dures for Windows 95 98 NT Anti Boot Virus BIOS PC cillin Bundled Double protection for your motherboard against boot sector viruses through boot firmware Anti Boot Vi rus BIOS and file viruses through the bundled PC cillin Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optio...

Page 10: ...llow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard Message LED requiresACPI OS support Turbo LEDs now act as informa tion providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can de termine the stage the computer is in Asimple glimpse provides useful informa tion to the user Remote Ring On requires external modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely ...

Page 11: ... B PS 2 Keyboard Programmable Flash EEPROM Intel PIIX4E PCIset with RTC 4MB VGA Memory Rage IIC 8MB VGA Memory Rage Pro CPU Slot1 VGA Connector Serial COM 1 Optional T Joystick MIDI Connector B Audio Ports ESS Audio optional ASUS ASIC ATX Power T USB Conn 1 B USB Conn 2 Serial COM 2 Header Parallel Port ATI Multimedia Connector 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440BX AGPset Accelerated Graphics Port optional S...

Page 12: ... Slot 1 ISA1 PCI Slot 1 PCI1 TOP Mouse BOTTOM Keyboard ASUS ASIC SB LINK DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PCI Slot 3 PCI3 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell BIOSPower Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS CPU_FAN PWR_FAN PS_FAN KB_WAK AUDIO_EN VGAEN WOL_CON FS3 CD_IN MODEM_IN COM2 header 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB SDRAM IR Multi I O Keyboard Cont...

Page 13: ...onal 7 GAME optional p 28 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin female optional 8 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin female 9 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p 29 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 IR p 30 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 12 WOL_CON p 30 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 31 Chassis CPU ...

Page 14: ... you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 1 Jumpers 1 VGAInterrupt ...

Page 15: ...er to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing the spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mAmp on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your com puter will not power on if you set this to Enable and if you do not have the right ATX power supply WARNING ...

Page 16: ...33MHz 5 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable P2B VM CPU Settings CPU Bus Frequency 75 0MHz 37 5MHz 83 0MHz 41 6MHz 66 8M...

Page 17: ...nt DIMMs compatible with Intel s PC100 SDRAM specifications This motherboard operates at 100MHz thus most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used be cause of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC SDRAM chips are generally thin...

Page 18: ...Pins 88 Pins Lock R TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbufferedforthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being i...

Page 19: ...ed to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Universal Retention Mechanism URM Universal Retention Mechan...

Page 20: ...y for the installation of your processor Installing the Processor 1 Unlock the URM s Folding SupportArms The folding support arms of the URM are locked when shipped Unlocked Folding Support Arms Locked Folding Support To unlock the support arms simply flip them up to an upright position ...

Page 21: ... the SECC SECC2withPentium II SEPPwith Celeron Insert the heatsink clip through the holes at the SECC2 SEPP s back making sure that the bottom of the clip plate sits against the processors s back Remove the tab from the thermal grease which is located on the bottom of the heatsink and place the heatsink overtheprocessor Aslightrockingmotionmaybenecessarytoplacetheheatsinkonthe SECC2 SEPP withonepa...

Page 22: ...ck holes 3 Insert the SECC SECC2 SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the picture in step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset push the SECC SECC2 or SEPP gently but firmly into the Slot 1 connector until it is fully inserted SECC SECC2 SEPP CPU fan cable to fan...

Page 23: ...h Fan dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hardware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM and the ASUS PC Probe software Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan To install simply follow the procedures for Installing the Processor The Elan Vi tal heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC car tri...

Page 24: ...ansion cards If your motherboard has audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISAcards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as legacy ISA card...

Page 25: ...rd you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process ...

Page 26: ...direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN ad...

Page 27: ...t Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin Male 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 VGA Output Conne...

Page 28: ...r played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two ...

Page 29: ...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 another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup P2B VM IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cab...

Page 30: ...o the motherboard according to the pin definitions P2B VM Infrared Module Connector R Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON These connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output such as theASUS PCI L101 The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card IMPORTANT This feature req...

Page 31: ...ns are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins P2B VM 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power Power Supply Fan GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V CPU Fan Power GND Rotation 12V R 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of th...

Page 32: ...ut not available on the PCI bus NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it P2B VM SB Link Connector SB LINK PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 5 6 PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal 1 DGND 2 DGND Serial IRQ R 16 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin Voice Modem In Connector 4 pin The CD_IN connector can be used to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive or other so...

Page 33: ...e SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 20 Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 21 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this ...

Page 34: ... used to add an additional serial port for additional serial devices P2B VM Serial COM 2 Bracket Pin 1 R 26 ATI Multimedia Channel AMC 40 3 pin AMC This connector is used for video accessories such as video capture cards or tele vision tuners P2B VM ATI Multimedia Channel Connector R 1 40 39 2 Connectors III INSTALLATION ...

Page 35: ...monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running addi tional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your...

Page 36: ... screen displays 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 BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The...

Page 37: ...from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your n...

Page 38: ...or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you enc...

Page 39: ...ou are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive 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 com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Te...

Page 40: ...tion 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 co...

Page 41: ...install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective 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 automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for spec...

Page 42: ...from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A None This field records the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drive A 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 Floppy 3 Mode Suppo...

Page 43: ...xt 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 ...

Page 44: ... IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI 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 Opt...

Page 45: ...erformance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF 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 ...

Page 46: ... Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 2T This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write com mand Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 2T This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting DRAM Idle Timer 0T This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page Leave on default setting SDRA...

Page 47: ...ically 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 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be di...

Page 48: ...ailable 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 connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer wo...

Page 49: ...except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows 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 50: ...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 51: ...ed boots up your system after reapplying power Power Up By Keyboard Disabled This allows the computer to be powered on by pressing any key on the keyboard Set of Enabled to set this feature WARNING This setting must coincide with the key board power up jumper setting or else conflicts will occur Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a...

Page 52: ...dforeachPCIslot ThedefaultsettingforSlot 1 IRQ and Slot 2 IRQ isAuto whichusesauto routingtodetermineIRQuse Theother options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot The default setting for Slot 2 Audio IRQ is 5 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 in...

Page 53: ...t using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BAS...

Page 54: ...reen 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 sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup De...

Page 55: ...password is case 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 automatically re verts 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...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...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 specified 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 Sa...

Page 58: ...structions for the onboard audio Install Audio Utilities Installs AudioRack32 audio utility Install Software Wave Table Expands the audio sound capability for increased sound effects Patch for PIIX4 chipset Windows 95 only Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and PCI bridge forWindows 95 95a OSR1 and 95b OSR2 forASUS motherboards Install PCCillin Installs PC cillin virus protection software...

Page 59: ...OS 2 66 System Information optional 68 Quick Setup optional 68 VDIF Files optional 69 Advanced Setup optional 70 Diagnostics 70 Troubleshooting 71 System Lockup 71 Troubleshooting 71 Windows 95 enhanced display driver 73 Windows 95 property page problems 73 ATI Video Player Notes 73 Other Problems Actions 74 C ATI Player 75 ATI Player 75 Features 75 Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 76 Playing M...

Page 60: ...uction 88 The MIDI Player Controls 88 The MIDI Player Display 88 The Compact Disk Player 89 Introduction 89 The Compact Disk Player Controls 89 The Audio Recorder 90 Introduction 90 The Audio Recorder Controls 90 The Audio Recorder Display 90 Release Notes 91 Disable Eject Button on the CD Player 91 Using AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player 91 Configuring Playback Mixer 91 F Software Wavetabl...

Page 61: ...en follow the normal installation procedure later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step be causeWindows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard ATI 3D Rage chip Always use the driver available on the ASUS Support CD or an applicable driver update from your ASUS vendor or from the ASUS web site Operating Systems You ...

Page 62: ...o driver and utility for Windows 95 98 A Video Driver Click Easy Install to begin the Installa tion Wizard Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Install Video Driver and Utility TheATI Installationdialog boxwillappe...

Page 63: ...click the ATI icon in the system tray Adjustment Menu You can adjust the screen output on the monitor from theAdjustment menu Use the Position and Size arrows to center your screen and make it as large as possible Panning Menu This allows you to assign hotkeys in the Value box for moving your screen up down left right in or out in any application Click Defaults to fill in the Value box with defaul...

Page 64: ...llows you to recall previously saved settings Click Defaults to restore all settings to their defaults A Video Driver Display Settings Settings This allows you to adjust the Color palette Font size and Display area Choose Center dialog boxes to keep messages visible Enable task bar icon for easy ac cess to the ATI configuration menus and Show settings icon on task bar for quick resolution changes ...

Page 65: ... be available you must be using Windows NT 5 0 available in the future Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT will default to standard VGA mode 640x480 16 colors when you first start up Follow the procedure below to install the video driver and player for Windows NT 4 0 To install the video driver and player for Windows NT 4 0 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive If ...

Page 66: ...een object 6 Insert the ASUS Support CD 7 Type D Enter assuming D is your CD ROM driver 8 Type CD ATI UTILITY Enter Type OS2INST Enter 9 Select Utilities Installation from the Main Menu This copies the utiities onto your hard drive 10 Press Enter to select the default destination directory 11 When prompted let the INSTALL program make changes to yourAutoexec bat file 12 Select QUICK SETUP You need...

Page 67: ... 6 Press ESC to exit You are now ready to install the enhanced driver for OS 2 To install the driver for OS 2 1 In the OS 2 full screen command prompt type DSPINSTL Enter 2 When the Display Driver Install panel appears select Primary Display Click OK to bring up the driver selection list 3 Select the latest ATI driver version from the list and click OK 4 In the Monitor Configuration Selection Util...

Page 68: ...nd refresh rate operation You have four options to choose a correct Monitor Type Selecting Your Monitor Type Factory Default Apple IBM MIT NEC VESA Std Generic Read VDIF Custom Select Read VDIF If you have a VDIF file for your monitor and wish to use its parameters to automatically configure the video device Additional VDIF details are provided later in this chapter in the section VDIF Files Selec...

Page 69: ... sary configuration parameters for getting optimal resolution and refresh rate opera tion from the specified monitor Consult your monitor manufacturer for availability of VDIF files If you have a VDIF file for your monitor select it The INSTALLprogram will read the VDIF file and automatically configure the device to properly work with your monitor Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Qui...

Page 70: ... factory defaults by pressing Shift F7 Saving Your Configuration Once you have finished configuring the necessary parameters described above save them by pressing F10 Diagnostics All installed graphics modes for your video device can be viewed and tested by run ning the INSTALL program from the DOS prompt or by running a diagnostics pro gram called M64DIAG EXE Do not run it in a windowed or full s...

Page 71: ...m software or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is Test Patterns OK Applications Do Not Sync The wrong monitor type has been selected Change the settings in the INSTALL program Windows Driver Not Installing Properly Windows must be running in 386 Enhanced Mode Incompatible memory manag ers may prevent Win...

Page 72: ...should only occur when a mach64 ASIC is not detected If this mes sage occurs and a mach64 board is present it may indicate an I O conflict conflicts between the Extended Memory Manager EMM and the video ROM Try remov ing all other boards from the system and booting from a plain DOS disk Try exclud ing the video BIOS address C0000 C7FFF from the memory manager Refer to the documentation furnished w...

Page 73: ...because when the Windows 95 enhanced display driver is installed using the Add New Hardware wizard the Settings page does not get installed into the Display Adapter Property sheet Windows 95 property page problems While adjusting monitor settings in the Adjustment page of the Display Properties sheet your monitor could become unreadable If this occurs press the ESC key to return to your previous m...

Page 74: ...ick it 6 The properties box of your device appears Click the Driver tab 7 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps 8 Click Other devices Your device should be listed 9 Click the name of your device to bring up the properties box of your device Select the Driver tab 10 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps After installation and restarting Windows 95 informs me that the...

Page 75: ...l may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls CDAudio Play standard audio CDs only in Windows 95 MPEG Playback Play MPEG and AVI video files Features The question mark on top right of the Video Screen allows inspection into each button on the control panel Click on the then on a button that you would like to know about C ATI Player C ATI Playe...

Page 76: ...D ROM drive 2 In the Audio CD panel click the Setup Dialogs button 3 Click the Disc Info tab 4 From the Available Tracks list add or remove tracks as desired The Play List displays your current selections 5 Click OK 6 In the Audio CD panel click the Play button The Audio CD player uses Windows 95 standard INI file to store disc names track names and the play list You can use the Setup dialog to en...

Page 77: ... video files To play a file 1 In the Playback panel click the File Open button 2 Select a file from the list 3 Click Add then click OK 4 Click the Play button 5 The file plays in the Display panel Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 Play Menu Selection Audio Track Select Play Default Open File Setup Dialog Capture Play Return Selection C ATI Player C ATI Player Windows 95 3 x Loop Track Playlis...

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Page 79: ...D audio w95 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK 5 Click OK again and the driver files will be copied 6 Click Yes to restart the computer For Windows 98 1 When the Add New Hardware screen prompts you for a driver select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want and click Next 2 Select Sound video and game controllers and click Next 3...

Page 80: ...udio Nt40 folder for Windows NT on the ASUS Support CD Click OK to select the folder Click OK and your device and driver location will be shown Click Finish ClickBrowseandlocatethe audio Win95 or audio Nt40 folderontheASUSSupport CD again Follow the self explanatory instructions to finish your driver installation Click Other Locations to direct the wizard to the audio driver files D Audio Driver D...

Page 81: ...Multimedia Devices 4 Click Add 5 Select Unlisted or Updated Driver under List of Drivers 6 Click OK 7 When Windows prompts you for the driver location click Browse 8 Locate the D audio Nt40 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive A list of audio drivers will be displayed 9 Select the driver for your audio chipset and click OK Windows will prompt you to restart 10 Click OK to restart the computer D Aud...

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Page 83: ...d your creations as wave files and edit them with the Audio Recorder The AudioRack32 has six main parts Command Center customizes the appearance of the AudioRack32 Audio Mixer controls the volume and balance of the AudioRack32 devices Digital Audio Player plays and records files in the WAV format MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files Compact Disk Player enables you to play audio CDs on a CD R...

Page 84: ...r accesses On line Help displays or hides the Compact Disk Player displays or hides the Audio Mixer displays or hides the MIDI Player The Command Center Display Counter shows you which track or file in the playlist the component is playing Component Icon is displayed when the associated component is shown and is not displayed when the component is hidden Transport State Indicator shows the state o...

Page 85: ...ster volume of the AudioRack32 The Miniature Mode Controls stops currently playing tracks or files of active components plays currently loaded tracks or files of active components pauses currently playing tracks or files of active components calls a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32 invoke the Al ways on Top command select active components DAT MIDI or CD or exit the AudioRack32 The...

Page 86: ...Mixer Controls The two Playback and Record toggle buttons are used to switch between Playback mode and Record mode The Effects toggle button switches the display to the effects panel where you can use the buttons to enable and disable effects and the sliders to control the amount of the effect There are a number of audio source modules displayed on the Audio Mixer The exact number displayed depend...

Page 87: ...the current playlist plays the wave file currently loaded enables or disables the Auto Repeat activates or deactivates the Pause opens the Audio Recorder window stops the file currently playing opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes back one second in the wave file starts a new file by opening the New Options dialog box goes forward one second in the wave file brings up the Open file dialog box in...

Page 88: ...eat goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlist dialog box goes forward one second in the MIDI file The MIDI Player Display By clicking on the image of the floppy drive you can display the length and name of the current MIDI file in the playlist Click the display to return to the image of the floppy drive The MIDI Player has an indicator to show when you are listening to ESFM When...

Page 89: ...ylist you used with each CD and loads that playlist automatically whenever you insert that CD The Compact Disk Player Controls plays the MIDI file currently loaded goes back one file in the playlist activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist stops the file currently playing enables or disables the Auto Repeat goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlis...

Page 90: ...board audio at the cursor or replaces the selected portion opens an audio file mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor saves an audio file starts recording reverses the last change you made to the current audio file plays the currently loaded audio file removes the selected portion of the audio file and stores it on the Clipboard stops the file currently playing or recordi...

Page 91: ...nstallation you will be asked if you want to use AudioRack CD player as the default CD player Normally Windows 95 CD player is the default and will automatically run when an audio CD is inserted into the CD ROM If you answer Yes the installation program will overwrite the value of the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT AudioCD shell play command in the registry You may switch back to Windows 95 CD player by re...

Page 92: ...e root directory of your CD ROM driver This will bring up the main menu Click Install Software Wave Table Install Software Wavetable Windows 95 98 Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and click Next When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Select Yes Iwanttorestartmycomputer now and then click Finish to restart your co...

Page 93: ...or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures assoc...

Page 94: ...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 go...

Page 95: ... you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS G DMI Utility...

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