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ASUS P2L97 User’s Manual

How this Manual is Organized

This manual is divided into the following sections:

Introduction:

Manual information and checklist

II.

Features:

Information and specifications concerning this product

III. Installation:

Instructions on setting up the motherboard.

IV.

BIOS Software

Instructions on setting up the BIOS software

Support Software Information on the included support software

VI.

ASUS SCSI Cards Installation of ASUS SCSI cards (optional)

Item Checklist

Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,
contact your retailer.

ASUS P2L97 motherboard

Retention mechanism & heatsink support

1 IDE ribbon cable

1 floppy ribbon cable

ASUS P2L97 Support Drivers & Utilities
• Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS
• Desktop Management Interface (DMI) utility
• LANDesk

Client Manager (LDCM) Software (with optional onboard LM78)

• Readme files for descriptions and use of the files
• Technical Support Form

This user’s manual

Infrared module (optional)

ASUS PCI-SC200 Fast-SCSI or PCI-SC860 Ultra-Fast SCSI card (optional)

I. INTRODUCTION

I. INTRODUCTION

(Manual / Checklist)

Summary of Contents for P2L97

Page 1: ...R P2L97 Pentium II Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... 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 Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Sound Blaster AWE32 and SB1...

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Page 4: ...llation Procedures 18 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 19 Pentium II Processor 19 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 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 34 Support Software 34 Flash Memo...

Page 5: ... Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 55 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT 56 Desktop Management Interface DMI 56 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 56 System Requirements 56 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 57 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards 59 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers 59 ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 59 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 60 Setting the INT Assig...

Page 6: ...ar 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: ... optional Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer þ ASUS P2L97 motherboard þ Retention mechanism heatsink support þ 1 IDE ribbon cable þ 1 floppy ribbon cable þ ASUS P2L97 Support Drivers Utilities Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI utility LANDesk ClientManager LDCM Softwar...

Page 8: ...nnels supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Two floppy drives of either 5 25inch or 3 5inch 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported with out an external card Supports Japanese standard Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120 MB 1 44MB 720K BIOS supports IDE C...

Page 9: ... II FEATURES II FEATURES Motherboard Parts T USB Port 1 B USB Port 2 B COM 1 B COM 2 Programmable Flash ROM 4 PCI Slots Accelerated Graphics Port 1 ISA Slot 1 ISA PCI Share T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel B Serial 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440LX AGPset ...

Page 10: ...ated Graphics Port PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 5 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 Intel PIIX4 PCIset Intel 440LX AGPset Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS PWR_FAN CHA_FAN LM78 Hardware Monitor ATX Power Conenctor Single Edge Contact CPU Slot Panel Connectors Infrared Connector IDE LED USB PS 2 COM 1 Parallel Port COM 2 T USB 1 B USB 2 T Mouse B Keyboard Multi I O R Wake on LAN Connector B...

Page 11: ...4 pin female 7 Primary Second IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin blocks 8 IDELED p 29 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 29 Chassis Power Supply CPU FanPowerLead 3 pinblock 10 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 11 ATXPWR p 30 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin block 12 WOL p 31 Wake on LAN Connector 3 pins Reserved 13 MSG LED PANEL p 32 System Message L...

Page 12: ...and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pin...

Page 13: ...OS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and unplug your AC power 2 Short the two points Labeled CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Short small solder points to clear Clear RTC RAM CLRTC R ...

Page 14: ...frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency Intel Pentium II Processor in a SEC Cartridge 233 333MHz 256 512KB L2 Cache WARNING Frequencies above 66Mhz exceed the specifications for the onboard Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable NOTES Overclocking your processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed V...

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Page 17: ...s required through Auto Configura tion in BIOS Chipset Features Setup Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM EDO 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM EDO 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM EDO 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Total System Memory Max 384MB General DIMM Notes not true for all memory modules Four ...

Page 18: ...ockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins R The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM or Extended Data Output EDO You can identify the type of DIMM module 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 l...

Page 19: ...eck 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 refer ence The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 Factory Installed 1 2 Pentium II Retention Mechanism Item 3 Lock Holes Captive Nut 3 Pentium II Processor Heatsink Item 8 8 Heatsink bottom Groove for the ...

Page 20: ...lot only one way TIP Orient the mechanism s lock holes toward the motherboard s chipsets see motherboard layout for the location of the Intel chipset Be sure to align the notch in the mechanism 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 WARNING Do not overtighten the captive nuts Doing so could damage your ...

Page 21: ...howing through between the thermal pad of the heatsink and the SEC cartridge WARNING If the heatsink 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 Side View SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View Push each end of the clamps until they lock The ...

Page 22: ... 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 3 8 3 Heatsink support base 7 Heatsink s...

Page 23: ...hat for 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 Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar as that for the heatsink without a fan The Elan Vital heatsink how...

Page 24: ...here are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards 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 c...

Page 25: ...he INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards 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 described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the...

Page 26: ... 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 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 in BIOS Features ...

Page 27: ... pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin 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 ...

Page 28: ...dingly Please refer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using ...

Page 29: ...w airflow to go across the onboard heat sink 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 s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the this connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation si...

Page 30: ... Infrared Module Connector For the infrared feature to be available you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 5V IRRX IRTX FIRRX GND R 11 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down f...

Page 31: ...N 3 pin WOL This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output When the system is in soft off mode LAN activity will power on the system IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720ma 5 volt standby power Wake on LAN Connector 5 Volt Standby No Connection Ground R ...

Page 32: ...r Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 15 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off Th...

Page 33: ... LED may light up after the system 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 ca...

Page 34: ...r system Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Type the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility 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 t...

Page 35: ...P configura tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the PnP extended sys tem configuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file ...

Page 36: ...At the A prompt type PFLASH and then press Enter 4 Enter 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File from the Main Menu or option 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu 5 The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS and then press Ent...

Page 37: ...u 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 Tes...

Page 38: ...anymore 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 precedong screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the...

Page 39: ...ion VI for instructions If you 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 U...

Page 40: ...ble 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 configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and...

Page 41: ... need F5 loads the last set values F6 and F7 loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your har...

Page 42: ... 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 C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A...

Page 43: ...Memory 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled The...

Page 44: ...through 5 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM Configuration 12ns SDRAM Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Auto Leave on default setting MA Wait State Auto Leave on default setting 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Ti...

Page 45: ...6MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed If your DRAM modules do not have parity chips e g 8 chips they are considered 32bits and the following will be displayed instead Dat...

Page 46: ...imum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum 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 o...

Page 47: ...s 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 statement DEVICE C ...

Page 48: ...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 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 1 Hour 2 ...

Page 49: ...r 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 the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the ...

Page 50: ...ow IRQ use 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 ...

Page 51: ...k BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the 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 on...

Page 52: ...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 This 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 53: ... 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 passwor...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...g 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 DMI...

Page 57: ...vailable 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 back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC w...

Page 58: ...ess 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 V DMI Using DMI Utility ...

Page 59: ...CSI devices working under DOS Microsoft Win dows Microsoft Windows NT Novell NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX flopp...

Page 60: ...ting for the card already is INTA so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PCI...

Page 61: ...owerful tool If while using it you somehow disable all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown...

Page 62: ...SCSI ID serves two purposes It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SC...

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