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ASUS P2Z-B User’s Manual

I. INTRODUCTION

I. INTRODUCTION

Manual / Checklist

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. Hardware Setup

Instructions on setting up the motherboard and jumpers

IV.

BIOS Setup

Instructions on setting up the BIOS software

Software Setup

Instructions on setting up the included support software

VI.

Software Reference Reference material for the included support software

VII. Appendix

Optional items and general reference

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) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives

(1) Serial cable connector set

(1) Pa PS/2 mouse connector set

(1) Bag of spare jumper caps

(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities

(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual

ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)

ASUS USB/MIR module (optional)

ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional)

ASUS S370 CPU card (optional)

ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)

Summary of Contents for P2Z-B

Page 1: ...R P2Z B Pentium III II CeleronTM Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...oducts and corporate names 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 ...

Page 3: ...asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America 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 Europe Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Ge...

Page 4: ...21 Universal Retention Mechanism 21 Heatsinks 21 Installing the Processor 22 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions 24 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 25 4 Expansion Cards 26 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 26 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 27 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 27 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 27 5 External Connectors 28 Power Connec...

Page 5: ...56 Supervisor Password and User Password 57 IDE HDD Auto Detection 58 Save Exit Setup 60 Exit Without Saving 60 V SOFTWARE SETUP 63 Installing ASUS PC Probe 63 LDCM Local Setup 64 LDCM Administrator Setup 66 Uninstalling Programs 66 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 68 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 69 ASUS PC Probe 69 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 72 Desktop Management Interface DMI 78 VII APPENDIX 81 The AS...

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: ...d support software VII Appendix Optional items and general reference 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 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Serial cable connector set 1...

Page 8: ...nitoring optional Provides an easier way to examine and man age system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM by Intel or PC Probe from ASUS AGP Slot Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us ing a 1X or 2...

Page 9: ...ers and installation proce dures for Windows 95 98 NT Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard SYMBIOS firmware Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus...

Page 10: ...n 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 through an external modem With this benefit on hand any usercanaccessvitalinformationfromtheircomputerfromanywhereintheworld System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 requir...

Page 11: ...s Keyboard 3 PCI Slots 2 ISA Slots Programmable Flash EEPROM Intel PIIX4E PCIset Multi I O 3 DIMM Slots Intel 440ZX AGPset IDE Connectors Slot 1 Serial Ports COM1 COM2 AGP Port Wake On LAN Connector Wake On Ring Connector Hardware Monitor ATX Power AT Power USB MIR Parallel Port Floppy Connector ...

Page 12: ...WR PS 2 USB MIR SBLINK CHASIS Keyboard CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS VCORE P2Z B R WOR DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module PANEL IR COM 2 COM 1 IDELED PWR_FAN CHA_FAN CPU_FAN Wake On LAN WOL_CON FREQ MULT BUS FREQ BF1 BF2 BF0 BF3 P8 P9 RT3 PCI Slot 1 PCI1 PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PCI Slot 3 PCI3 DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 p...

Page 13: ...ondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 6 IDELED p 30 IDEActivity LED Lead 2 pins 7 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 31 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors Three3 pin 8 WOL_CON p 31 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 9 MSG LED PANEL p 32 System Message LED 2 pins 10 SMI PANEL p 32 SMI Switch Lead 2 pins 11 PWR SW PANEL p 32 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 12 RESET PANEL p 32 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 13 PWR LED PAN...

Page 14: ...a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power 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 compo...

Page 15: ...ts 1 2 3 3 50Volts Default 1 2 3 R P2Z B 3 Voltage Regulator Output Selection VCORE This jumper sets the VCORE voltage supplied to the microprocessor P2Z B CPU VCORE Voltage Selection Test 1 2 3 Normal Default 1 2 3 R P2Z B VCORE WARNING Using a higher voltage Test for VCORE or 3 66Volts for VIO may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component s life It is str...

Page 16: ...33MHz 1 2 3 CPU PCI FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 110 00MHz 36 67MHz 1 2 3 112 00MHz 37 33MHz 1 2 3 105 0MHz 35 0MHz 1 2 3 CPU PCI FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 CPU PCI FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 5 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency P2Z B CPU Core to ...

Page 17: ...MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 Celeron 466MHz 7 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Celeron 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Celeron 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1...

Page 18: ...oving memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of either 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB The Intel 440ZX AGPset does not support ECC function ECC memory modules may be used but the ECC function will not be available Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration...

Page 19: ...ty P2Z B 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins Lock R P2Z B The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type ...

Page 20: ...20 ASUS P2Z B User s Manual System Memory III H W SETUP III HARDWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 21: ...tion for the boxed Pentium III II and Celeron processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected 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 ...

Page 22: ...ink clip through the holes at theSECC2 SEPP sback makingsurethatthe bottom of the clip plate sits against the processors s back Remove the tab from the thermal grease which is located on the bot tom of the heatsink and place the heatsink over the processor A slight rocking motion may be necessary to place the heatsink on the SECC2 SEPP with one pair of the heatsink clip legs going first through th...

Page 23: ...you purchased an ASUS Smart Fan ASUSS P2FAN with an integrated thermalsensor cable ASUSP2T Cable orpurchasedseparatelytheP2T Cable youcanconnectthe thermal sensor cableto your motherboard s thermal sensor connector See the next page for information on ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions 3 Insert the SECC SECC2 SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the pict...

Page 24: ...ee 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S P2FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor near the middle edge of the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan middle or to either the upper or lower edge of the Celeron heatsink right as indicated To Use the ASUS P2T C...

Page 25: ...rocessor The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge Mount the heatsink in the orientation as shown then flip the lever from Unlock to Lock CPU III H W SETUP IMPORTANT ASUS guarantees accurate readings only for the ASUS Smart Fan and the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan because both have similar heat distribution and heatsink material WARN...

Page 26: ...nboard an extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require the use IRQs System IRQs are available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion c...

Page 27: ...thing 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 described earlier You c...

Page 28: ...ard adapter in order to connect a PS 2 keyboard to this AT connector P2Z B Keyboard Connector Keyboard Connector 5 pin female This motherboard accepts an AT Keyboard Connector Plug as shown here R P2Z B 2 Floppy drive connector 34 1 pin 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 f...

Page 29: ...event inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 26 plugged NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port P2Z B Parallel Connector Connect the Red stripe to Pin 1 Pin 1 Parallel Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector R P2Z B 4 Serial Port Headers 10 1 pin COM1 COM2 These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon...

Page 30: ...ion when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install up to four operating systems on each IDE drive and select the boot disk through Boot Sequence in BIOS Features Setup P2Z B IDE Connectors Primary IDE Connector Secondary I...

Page 31: ...n signal WARNING These connectors have power Damage may occur to the mother board and or the CPU fan if these connectors are incorrectly used P2Z B 12Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power CHA_FAN Power Supply Fan PWR_FAN CPU Fan Power CPU_FAN GND Rotation 12V R P2Z B GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V 8 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN ...

Page 32: ...r Suspend Switch in Power Management Setup of BIOS SETUP section should be on the default setting of Enable 11 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off...

Page 33: ...d 6 PS 2 Mouse Clock 5 USB 5 Volt 4 Ground 3 USB Port 0 2 USB Port 0 1 USB 5 Volt P2Z B PS 2 Mouse USB IrDA Module Connector 18 Infrared Transmit 17 Infrared Receive 16 Ground 15 PS 2 Mouse Data 14 Key 13 Ground 12 USB Port 1 11 USB Port 1 10 USB 5 Volt Optional USB MIR 1 9 18 10 USB MIR Parallel Connector PS 2 Mouse Connector R P2Z B 17 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This conne...

Page 34: ...toEnabled seePowerManagementSetupunderBIOSSETUP andthatyour system has anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5Vstandby power P2Z B Wake On Ring Connector WOR R P2Z B Pin 1 Ground Pin 2 PIXRI 19 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead 4 1 pin CHASIS This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the chassis signal lead This occurs when a pa...

Page 35: ...eband Signal 5 6 PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 1 DGND 2 DGND Serial IRQ 4 21 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de vices The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected ...

Page 36: ... 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 23 AT Power Supply Connector 12 pin PS 2 This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies provide ...

Page 37: ...ed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby 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...

Page 38: ...g 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 unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is e...

Page 39: ...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 pro gramming is finished Flashed Successfully 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 screenappears Type the filename of your new...

Page 40: ... 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 41: ...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 42: ...n 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 preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are t...

Page 43: ...documentations on how to install the re quired 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 specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD numbe...

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

Page 45: ...ext 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 46: ... 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 Options ar...

Page 47: ...u install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the t...

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

Page 49: ...M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy...

Page 50: ...led 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 work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial...

Page 51: ... 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 52: ...ssed 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 the susppend mode activates 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min...

Page 53: ...during off peak hours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT Thisfeaturerequirestheoptional networkinterfaceandanATXpower supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or a...

Page 54: ...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 3 4 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 dis...

Page 55: ...r for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISAcard in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card if detected the ...

Page 56: ...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 57: ...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 password If you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been d...

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

Page 59: ...f you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for 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 IV BIOS SETUP IV BIO...

Page 60: ...the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press Enter IV BIOS SETUP Save Exit ...

Page 61: ...ASUS P2Z B User s Manual 61 R SUPPORT CD ...

Page 62: ...arting ASUS PC Probe 69 Using the ASUS PC Probe 70 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 72 Main Client Manager Window 72 Using the Taskbar icons 73 Using the Select Computer Dialog Box 74 To select a computer 75 To discover new computers 75 To refresh PC health 75 To remove a computer from the list 75 To wake up a computer 75 Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer 76 Understanding the Computer Sta...

Page 63: ...d into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if Intel s LDCM utility is installed To uninstall Intel s LDCM utility see section on Uninstalling Programs 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Make any desired setting changes and then click here 5 Clickhere 1 Clickhere ...

Page 64: ...o your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 6 Select the components you want to install and then click here 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 2 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 5 Click here ...

Page 65: ...ASUS P2Z B User s Manual 65 V SOFTWARE SETUP V S W SETUP Windows 98 11 Click here and then click Finish to restart 10 Click here 9 Clickhere 8 Clickhere 7 Clickhere ...

Page 66: ...therboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 1 Clickhere 6 Click here and then click Finish to restart 5 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 2 Clickhere ...

Page 67: ...ams Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 3 Clickhere 2 Select the program you wish to remove and click here ...

Page 68: ...Windows 98 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 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 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 2 Clickhere ...

Page 69: ... You can select whether you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to Run when Windows Starts The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating thatASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the icon will allow you to see your PC status VI S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Prob...

Page 70: ...re Status Analog view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature warning threshold Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s voltages Digital view of PC s voltages Upper warning threshold adjustment Lower warning threshold adjustment Digital view of PC s voltage warning thresholds PC Voltage Status PC s Fan Rotations per minute PC s Tem...

Page 71: ...e is a problem the icon s head mirror flashes red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Using the ASUS PC Probe PC Probe Task Bar Icon PC Probe System Info Get information on your mainboard and BIOS from this screen Change PC Probe refresh times here Click the items you wish to reset to its default values and click this button Click here to start PC Probe each time you en...

Page 72: ...eive notifications for system events Client Manager has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it searches your network for other computers running Client Manager Client M...

Page 73: ...the remote access log Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box Opens the File Transfer dialog box Reboots the computer Opens the DMI Explorer Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configure Notifications Tools Configu...

Page 74: ...DCM Discovers new computers on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Shows only unhealthy computers Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view ...

Page 75: ...e a computer from the list 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to re move 2 Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete 3 At the prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer is not automatically removed from this list To wake up a computer 1 In the Select Compu...

Page 76: ...his feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client computer even if you cannot otherwis...

Page 77: ... process of booting without having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk is running low on space Critical A computer that has exceeded a critical tole...

Page 78: ... integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing fa...

Page 79: ...n and the blue text are available 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 ...

Page 80: ...t to cancel save 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 BI...

Page 81: ...sing the ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape CAUTION The CIDB component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Check the hardware s...

Page 82: ...If there is no power to the motherboard i e re moving the power cord or turning the power supply s switch off the alarm will not sound but the CIDB will still remember an intrusion event which BIOS and LDCM will detect on the next bootup 2 Motherboard with chassis intrusion components Photo sensor switch and memory will not operate with power removed Power is required to send a signal to the mothe...

Page 83: ...ure for using the ASUS S370 CPU card 1 Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current socket 370 processors the default setting should be used See the reverse side of the ASUS S370 CPU card or the next page for voltage settings 2 Install the socket 370 processor Installation of socket 370 processors is exactly like socket 7 processors...

Page 84: ...5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 2 50Volts 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 CPU Def 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 2 60Volts 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 Reserved 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 ASUS S370 Jumper Settings Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current socket 370 processors If re quired your socket 370 processor should have its voltage requirement printed on its surface or documentation If no voltage is indicate...

Page 85: ... motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity VI...

Page 86: ...S 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading d...

Page 87: ...transfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the compute...

Page 88: ...on which all other programs and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals s...

Page 89: ...mirroring for fault tolerance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permane...

Page 90: ...heral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ...

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