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ASUS P2B98-XV User’s Manual

IV

.  BIOS

 Flash Memory W

riter

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE

Flash Memory Writer Utility

This motherboard has an onboard SCSI BIOS and boot virus protection and therefore, re-
quires a 2Mbit flash ROM.

AFLASH.EXE: This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading
a new BIOS file to the 2Mbit programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard. To deter-
mine the BIOS version of your motherboard, check the last four numbers of the code dis-
played on the upper left-hand corner of your screen during bootup. Larger numbers represent
a newer BIOS file. This file works only in DOS mode.

NOTE: 

 The following 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
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.

IMPORTANT!

  If  “unknown” is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is

either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be
programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility.

To save your current BIOS, type [1] at the Main Menu and then press <Enter>. The Save
Current BIOS To File screen appears. Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXX-X
and then press <Enter>.

Summary of Contents for P2B98-XV

Page 1: ...R P2B98 XV Pentium II ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...n 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 Symbios Logi...

Page 3: ...TIONAL 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 i...

Page 4: ...ium II Processor 18 AAVID Heatsink 19 Elan Vital Heatsink 19 4 Expansion Cards 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 5 External Connectors 24 Power Connection Procedures 31 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 32 Flash Memory Writer Utility 32 Main Menu 32 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 34 6 BIOS Setup 35 Load Defaults ...

Page 5: ...lts 50 Load Setup Defaults 50 Supervisor Password and User Password 51 IDE HDD Auto Detection 52 Save Exit Setup 53 Exit Without Saving 53 CONTENTS V Support CD 55 Support CD Main Menu 57 A Video Driver 58 B Other Video Drivers 65 C Video Player 79 D DMI Configuration Utility 81 VI ASUS LAN Card 85 ...

Page 6: ...ular 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 o...

Page 7: ...oftware V Support CD Information on the included support software VI ASUS LAN Card Installation of the ASUS LAN card optional Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Retention mechanism heatsink support for CPU 1 9pin male serial external connector set 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Flo...

Page 8: ...eatures ATI 3D RAGE PRO AGP 2X VGA chipset onboard with sideband addressing and 8MB SDRAM graphics memory SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility using Intel s PC PCI technology to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards PCI ISA Expansion Slots Provides four 32 bit PCI and two 16 bit ISA slots Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one paralle...

Page 9: ...tom 4 PCI Slots 8MB SDRAM VGA memory 2 ISA Slots PS 2 Mouse Top PS 2 Keyboard Bottom Parallel Top 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440BX AGPset SEC CPU Slot COM 1 Bottom Intel PIIX4E PCIset Floppy IDE Connectors Onboard ATI AGP 2X VGA Chipset Programmable Flash EEPROM System Buzzer COM 2 Connector Super Multi I O Chip AMC Connector Wake On LAN Connector ...

Page 10: ...it 168 pin module Single Edge Contact Slot DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module USB 1 TOP PORT USB 2 BOTTOM MOUSE TOP PORT KEYBOARD BOTTOM PARALLEL PORT Keyboard BIOS Multi I O Chip Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 Onboard ATI AGP 2X VGA Chipset Intel PIIX4E PCIset CMOS Power CR2032 3V Lithium Cell Secondary IDE Primary IDE ATX Power Co...

Page 11: ...25 pin female 4 COM1 p 26 Serial Port COM1 One 9 pin male 5 VGA p 26 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 6 USB p 26 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 two 4 pin female 7 IR p 27 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 8 FLOPPY p 27 Floppy Drive Connector 34 1 pins 9 SYS_FAN p 27 System Fan Connector 10 PRIMARY SECOND IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pins 11 ATXPWR p 28 ATX Motherboard ...

Page 12: ... 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 III INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your co...

Page 13: ...d CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down De lete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences P2B98 XV Real Time Clock RAM CLRTC Short the solder points to clear CMOS 2 VGA Interrupt Selection INT These jumpers allow you to set the VGA interrupt method The default disables the chipset s internal interrupt routing Some video capture cards may require that the interrupt be assi...

Page 14: ... 3 WARNING Frequencies above 100Mhz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable III INSTALLATION Jumpers III INSTALLATION 3 CPU Bus Frequency FSB This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU DRAM and 440BX AGPset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the BUS Rati...

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Page 16: ...n DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Total System Memory Max 768MB General DIMM Notes Use only PC100 compliant DIMMs This motherboard operates at 100MHz thus most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issue...

Page 17: ...168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 20 Pins 60 Pins Lock The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3Volt Un bufferedSynchronousDRAM SDRAM YoucanidentifythetypeofDIMMmodule by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or...

Page 18: ...an auxiliary fan if necessary You should check to see that you have the following 9 items NOTE The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your reference The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 1 2 Pentium II Retention Mechanism Item 3 Lock Holes Captive Nut 3 Pentium II Processor Heatsink Item 8 8 Heatsin...

Page 19: ...those of the heatsink without a fan You will not however be able to use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will however still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan Elan Vital Heatsink The procedures for installing the ElanVital heatsink with fan is also similar to those of the heatsink without a fan The Elan Vital heatsink how...

Page 20: ...m with the small rib on one side of the slot and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place TIP Orient the mechanism s lock holes toward the motherboard s chipset see motherboard layout for the location of the Intel 440BX AGPset WARNING Do not overtighten the captive nuts Doing so could damage your motherboard Tighten captive nuts to no more than 6 1 in...

Page 21: ...atsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View Push each end of the clamps until they lock The thermal pad SEC cartridge should not have a gap Lock Lock 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward the p...

Page 22: ...ecure the Heatsink Install the heatsink support base into the motherboard This is not however necessary if you use a heatsink with fan see next page The support base is necessary to secure the heatsink without fan Secure the heatsink by sliding the heatsink support top bar into the bottom groove of the heatsink until it locks into the heatsink support base posts Heatsink support base 7 Heatsink su...

Page 23: ... must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion 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 rema...

Page 24: ...tically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card 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 ...

Page 25: ...s connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT 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 Female The system will 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...

Page 26: ...ors One 9 pin Male One serial port can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Serial Port 9 pin Male COM 1 5 Monitor VGA Output Connector One 15 pin Female This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device The onboard VGA is an accelerated graphics port AGP for ultra high memory bandwidth graphics VGA Monito...

Page 27: ...ect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing 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 P2B98 XV Floppy Disk ...

Page 28: ...plugged Primary IDE Connector Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector P2B98 XV IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 11 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to aATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned P...

Page 29: ... supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power P2B98 XV Wake On LAN Connector PME Ground 5 Volt Standby 13 SB Link Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK Using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols found in this motherboard s AGPset this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 compatibility toAWE64D Digi tal or other PCI audio cards enabling users to play Real mode DOS games and multimedia applications SB Lin...

Page 30: ...ushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system 16 Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 17 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushi...

Page 31: ... s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or call your retailer for assistance 7 ...

Page 32: ...OS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following 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 IMPORTANT If un...

Page 33: ... 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 ...

Page 34: ... 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 en...

Page 35: ...you 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 T...

Page 36: ...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 37: ... 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 spe...

Page 38: ...mary 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 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 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the config...

Page 39: ...to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed Manual 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 partit...

Page 40: ...and IDE hard disk drives 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...

Page 41: ...performance 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 42: ...le Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3T 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 SD...

Page 43: ...fically 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 d...

Page 44: ...he 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 45: ... 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 sta...

Page 46: ...vity 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 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour an...

Page 47: ... your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and En abled boots up your system after reapplying power Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Set t...

Page 48: ...e is determined for each PCI slot The default setting 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 displayed...

Page 49: ...e C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then 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 I...

Page 50: ...creen 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 D...

Page 51: ...d 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 passwo...

Page 52: ... 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 53: ...or 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 S...

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Page 55: ...R P2B98 XV Pentium II ATX Motherboard Support CD User s Manual ...

Page 56: ...ation 71 Select System Information optional 72 Quick Setup optional 72 VDIF Files optional 73 Advanced Setup optional 74 Diagnostics 74 Troubleshooting 75 System Lockup 75 Troubleshooting 75 Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver 77 Windows 95 property page problems 77 ATI Video Player Notes 77 Other Problems Actions 78 C Video Player 79 Windows Video Player 79 Features 79 Playing Media Files 8...

Page 57: ...celera tion support in Windows 95 Install Video Player Installs PowerPlayer video player which allows you to view video CD DAT or MPEG MPG CD titles Install PCCillin Installs PC cillin virus protection software Please view the online help if you have any questions BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers for improved performance Patch for PIIX4 chipset Installs the necessary drivers for ...

Page 58: ... and RAGE PRO TURBO 2X En glish DirectX will appear Click Finish Click No when asked if you want to keep files during version conflicts 8 You will be prompted to locate disk 2 of the drivers Click Ok and then click Browse and locate the DRIVERS ATI435 WIN95 or NT40 directory on theASUS Support CD again 7 You will be prompted to locate disk 1 of the drivers Click OK and then click Browse and locate...

Page 59: ...nge Display Type window appears 3 Click Change The Select Device window appears 4 Click Have Disk The Install From Disk window appears 5 Insert the ASUS installation CD and click Browse The Open window appears 6 Select your CD ROM drive in the Drives box 7 Select win95 directory an inf file appears in File name 8 Click OK The Install From Disk window appears Click OK again 10 Select your display d...

Page 60: ...y use the following steps 1 Insert the ASUS installation CD or double click on the CD drive in My Computer if the CD is already inserted The ASUS Windows 95 Install Shell appears 2 Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver to begin the installation wizard The ATI Setup help screen appears 3 Click to begin installation 4 The procedure for installing a new display driver appears Click to open the Disp...

Page 61: ... DirectX 1 Reinsert your CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exeintherootdirectoryoftheCD 2 Click Install DirectX5 to begin instal lation Warning Your computer will auto matically restart without warning Installing DirectX Microsoft DirectX allows Direct3D support in Windows ...

Page 62: ...Microsoft Windows then install Video Player DirectVideo is auto matically installed along with Install DirectX 1 Reinsert your CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD 2 Click Install Video Player 3 From the Setup panel click Video Playerand follow the self explanatory instructions to complete the instal...

Page 63: ... you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red Green and Blue You can save your settings by clicking Save As button and typing in a file name This allows you to recall previ ously saved settings Click on Defaults button to re store all settings to the default Adjustment Click on the Position or Size arrows to make your screen appear as centered and large as possible A Vid...

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Page 65: ...Plug and Play may install ATI s original driver upon entering Windows NT 4 0 The old driver may cause your system to hang If this happens follow these steps to reset your display driver to its basic defaults 1 Ener Windows NT 4 0 in safe mode by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup 2 Right click on the open desktop not over any icons 3 Select Properties 4 Click the Settings tab The Settings menu a...

Page 66: ... manufacturer 2 Insert ASUS installation CD and click Browse The Open window appears 3 Select you CD ROM drive in the Drives box 4 Select DRIVERS ATI435 NT40 directory an inf file shows in File name 5 Click the OK button The Install from Disk window appears Click OK again 6 Select your device and language then click OK Copying Files appears a message appears to restart your computer B Other Video ...

Page 67: ...evice The messages You are about to install a third party driver appears 10 Click Yes Copying Files appears The message The drivers were successfully installed appears 11 Click OK 12 Change your monitor type if necessary Click Close when finished 13 Adjust the Desktop area Color palette and Font size if necessary Click Apply when finished The System Settings Change window appears You must restart ...

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Page 69: ...S 2 10 Type C the drive letter of your OS 2 system Enter copying files appears 11 Exit the installation program 12 Type C Enter CD MACH_OS2 Enter DSPINSTL 13 Display Driver Install panel appears select Primary Display 14 Click OK Driver selection list appears 15 Select the latest ATI mach64 enhanced driver version from the list click OK 16 In the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility select Inst...

Page 70: ...systemATI drivers should be installed and ready to use B Other Video Drivers AutoCAD 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name AutoCAD Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the installation of the drivers 7 Press Enter when completed and press ESC twice and Y to exit the installation program 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DOS installation s...

Page 71: ...installed and ready to use B Other Video Drivers B Other Video Drivers Microstation 3 Type SETUP at the CD ROM drive letter and the ASUS DOS installation shell will appear and present you with a list of install options Select Install DOS Utili ties and Drivers 4 Select Drivers Installation and press Enter 5 Select the Application name Microstation Enter 6 Followtheinstructionstocomplete the instal...

Page 72: ...rect resolution and 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 mach64 Additional VDIF details are pro vided later in this chapter in the section VDIF...

Page 73: ... rate on one resolution and not change the other resolutions Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Quick Setup and press Enter 3 Select Custom and press Enter 4 Pick a resolution then a refresh rate You will see a box outline WARNING Using the wrong refresh rate may permanently damage your moni tor For more information please refer to the manual NOTE An incorrect Monitor Type setting may ...

Page 74: ... 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 in the mach64 accelerator can be viewed and tested by running the INSTALL program from the DOS prompt or by running a diagnostics program called M64DIAG EXE Do not run it in a windowed or full...

Page 75: ...om 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 Wi...

Page 76: ... 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 ...

Page 77: ... because when the Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver is installed via the Add New Hardware wizard the Settings page does not get installed into the mach64 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 yo...

Page 78: ...lick 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 th...

Page 79: ... control panel may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls CDAudio Play standard audio CDs not available MPEG Playback Play MPEG and AVI video files Features The question mark on the 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 Video Play...

Page 80: ...ideo 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 Video Player Loop Track Playlist Volume Mute Open File Volu...

Page 81: ...ating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also 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...

Page 82: ...ailable 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...

Page 83: ...ad 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 D DMI Using DMI Utility D DMI CONFIGURATION UTI...

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Page 85: ...are using theASUS PCI L101 on anASUS 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...

Page 86: ... 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 data...

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