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ASUS P3C2000 User’s Manual

1.1 How This Manual Is Organized

This manual is divided into the following sections:

1. INTRODUCTION

Manual information and checklist

2. FEATURES

Production information and specifications

3. HARDWARE SETUP

Intructions on setting up the motherboard.

4. BIOS SETUP

Intructions on setting up the BIOS

5. SOFTWARE SETUP

Intructions on setting up the included software

6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE

Reference material for the included software

7. APPENDIX

Optional items and general reference

1.2 Item Checklist

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

(1) ASUS Motherboard

(1) Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2/SECC/SEPP processors

(1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/66

or UltraDMA/33 IDE drives

(1) Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives

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

(1) Bag of spare jumpers

(1) Support drivers and utilities

(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual

ASUS consumer infrared set (optional)

ASUS S370 Series CPU card (optional)

ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)

ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 ethernet card (optional)

1. INTRODUCTION

1. INTRODUCTION

Manual / Checklist

Summary of Contents for P3C2000

Page 1: ...R P3C2000 JumperFree Camino Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...IMM Notes 24 3 5 2 DIMM Installation 26 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 27 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 27 3 6 3 Installing the Processor 28 3 6 2 Heatsinks 28 3 6 4 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 31 3 6 5 Precautions 33 3 7 Expansion Cards 34 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 34 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 34 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 36 3 7 4 ...

Page 5: ... Menu 83 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 85 5 1 Operating Systems 85 5 2 P3C Series Motherboard Support CD 86 5 3 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup 88 System Requirements 88 5 4 Intel LDCM Client Setup 90 System Requirements 90 5 5 INF Update Utility for Intel 820 Chipset 92 5 6 Install ADI SoundMAX Audio Driver 93 5 7 Install ASUS PC Probe V2 10 94 5 8 Install ASUS Update V2 25 95 5 9 Install PC Cillin 98 V4 06 96...

Page 6: ...e determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence 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 a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV...

Page 7: ...nce 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2 SECC SEPP processors 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of...

Page 8: ...6 or 512MB densities up to 1GB AGPPro Slot Comes with anAccelerated Graphics Port Pro slot that supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 1X 2X or 4X mode bus UltraDMA 66 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA ...

Page 9: ...g enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Smart BIOS 4Mb firmware gives a new easy to use interface which provides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Hardw...

Page 10: ...erboard supports PC100 com pliant Synchronous Dynamic RandomAccess Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB s max ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features impl...

Page 11: ...he user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see 25 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead in 3 8 External Connectors for more inf...

Page 12: ...or Primary BLUE and Secondary IDE Connectors Feature Setting DIP Switches Wake On Ring Connector ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor Intel I O Controller Hub ICH PCI to ISA Bridge Wake On LAN Connector ISA Slot optional PCI Slots Four Mbit Firmware Hub Programmable BIOS Low Pin Count LPC Multi I O Chipset Audio CODEC optional Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot Audio Modem Riser Slot Joystick Midi ...

Page 13: ...ASUS P3C2000 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 Motherboard Parts continued 5 25 23 21 19 16 22 26 11 12 2 18 4 24 10 1 15 20 3 6 13 14 8 17 7 9 ...

Page 14: ...ell CMOS Power Intel I O Controller Hub ICH CLRTC R180 SMB LED1 Slot1 CPU JTPWR Audio Codec SPK Low Pin Count LPC Multi I O 4Mbit Firmware Hub ISA2 PCI5 ISA1 PCI4 WOL_CON PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 PCI to ISA Bridge CHA_FAN WOR PANEL IDELED NO_REBOOT IR CHASSIS JEN ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor JP1 JP2702 CPU_FAN1 ATX Power Connector PWR_FAN JP3 DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 2 DIMM3 64 72 bit 168 pin mod...

Page 15: ... Expansion Slots 4 AGPPRO p 36 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot 5 AMR p 37 Audio Modem Riser Slot Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 38 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 38 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 39 Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 1 Two 4 pin female 4 PARALLEL p 39 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 39 SerialPortCOM1 COM2Connectosr Two9 pinmale 6 GAME_AUDI...

Page 16: ...r 20 pins 19 SMB p 46 SMBus Connector 5 1 pins 20 JTPWR p 46 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins 21 PLED PANEL p 48 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 22 KEYLOCK PANEL p 48 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 23 SPEAKER PANEL p 48 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 24 LED PANEL p 48 System Message LED 2 pins 25 SMI PANEL p 48 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 26 PWRSW PANEL p 4...

Page 17: ...ou 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 con nectors 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 5 Ensure that the ATX powe...

Page 18: ... This allows you to disable or enable the USB device power up function Set this jumper to Enable if you wish to use your USB device to wake up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriateATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable and d...

Page 19: ...he problem Setting SAFE_MODE Normal 2 1 default Safe Mode 3 2 P3C2000 Safe Mode Setting Normal Default Safe Mode 3 2 1 3 2 1 SAFE_MODE P3C2000 3 0 4 Automatic Timeout Reboot Setting NO_REBOOT The motherboard is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automatically reboot If rebooting is repeating in effectively set this jumper to No Reboot to disable aut...

Page 20: ...this section If using an ISA or PCI audio expansion card On boardAC97Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration must also be disabled P3C2000 Audio Codec Setting Disable Enable Default AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 1 2 3 1 2 3 AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 P3C2000 JP5 3 0 6 AMR Bus Setting ADN This jumper allows you to select the AMR bus to be Primary Codec or Second ary Codec If onboard audio codec is enabled Second...

Page 21: ...2 3 JP5 P3C2000 3 0 WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component s life It is highly recommended that you leave this setting on its default 8 MCH MTH Voltage Selection JP2702 JP3 These jumpers allow you to select the voltage supplied to the CPU s I O buffer The default setting of Normal should be used unless processor overclo...

Page 22: ...ncy listing see next page NOTE If your processor does not have a locked Frequency Multiple you must use CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple in 4 4Advanced Menu of the BIOS setup to set the Frequency Multiple If the Frequency Multiple is locked setting the Fre quency Multiple in BIOS setup will have no effect P3C2000 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection SW2 CPU 103 0MHz 105 0MHz 100 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ...

Page 23: ... 112 ON OFF OFF ON ON 114 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 116 ON ON ON OFF ON 118 OFF ON ON OFF ON 120 OFF OFF ON OFF ON 122 ON ON OFF OFF ON 125 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 128 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 130 OFF OFF OFF OFF ON 133 OFF ON ON ON OFF 138 ON OFF ON ON OFF 142 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 146 ON ON OFF ON OFF 150 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 153 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 156 OFF OFF OFF ON OFF 159 ON ON ON OFF OFF 162 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 165 ON OFF...

Page 24: ...ons 32Mx4 128 Mbit support is for registered DIMMs only 4Mx16 64 Mbit support is for unbufferred DIMMs only 2 If more than one socket will be populated with DIMMs the first socket in the order must be populated with higher sized DIMMs in MB For example DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 Total memory size in MB how ever of DIMM2 and DIMM4 must not be greater than DIMM1 and DIMM3 DIMM1 DIMM3 DIMM2 DIMM4 3 5 1 ...

Page 25: ...SS DS SS SS SS DS 2 SS DS SS 2 SS 2 DS DS DS DS SS SS SS DS SS SS DS SS SS 1 SSx 3 DS DS DS DS SS DS Double Sided DIMM SS Single Sided DIMM Empty Current DIMMs means the available DIMMs that you have You may have to give up one or two DIMMs due to the limitations indicated on the previous page see IMPORTANT x Give up one or two of this DIMM Possible DIMM Combinations NOTE When installing memory fo...

Page 26: ...e wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must ask your retailer the correct DIMM type before pur chasing This motherboard supports four clock signals per DIMM slot System Memory 3 H W SETUP 3 5 2 DIMM Installation Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation shown DIM...

Page 27: ... AnASUS S370 Series CPU card can allow Socket 370 proces sors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector See 7 2 S370 Series CPU Card for instructions on using this card 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard may come preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism URM The URM which supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors may be the folding or non folding t...

Page 28: ...the URM are locked when shipped 3 6 2 Heatsinks The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pentium III II processors for more information 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 r...

Page 29: ...the other direction to release Using SECC2 fan with Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design is different Four Pins and metal clip Lock Arm Lock Arm WAR...

Page 30: ...oles SECC SECC2 SEPP CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector Lock hole Lock hole 3 Insert the SECC2 SECC SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the picture in step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset push the SECC2 SECC or SEPP gently but fi...

Page 31: ...ed to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hard ware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software SECC Heatsink Fan SECC2 Heatsink Fan NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan ex...

Page 32: ...o acquire thermal data directly from the processor thermal diode Therefore the CPU temperature reported may be higher than those from motherboards that take readings from thermal sen sors external to the processor This is not a cause for alarm If however the BIOS and or your hardware monitoring program is reporting a CPU temperature above the threshold check the following 1 An Intel recommended fa...

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Page 34: ...for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPand PCI Setup under IV BIOS SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expan...

Page 35: ... same IRQ or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available The following table lis...

Page 36: ...ally as signs an IRQ to PCI cards that require an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set 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...

Page 37: ...et This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another de fined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR cancoexistwithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR is not included with...

Page 38: ...loppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Fun...

Page 39: ...ough Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard S...

Page 40: ...allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 8 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin CHASSIS This lead is for a chassis designed for chassis intrusion detection After market toggle switches may also be installed to the chassis panel or on any removable components Two wires should be available from the chassis to connect to this lead When any chassi...

Page 41: ...han two UltraDMA 66 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 66 cable NOTE The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 66 cable is intentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and ...

Page 42: ...by power P3C2000 Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON P3C2000 3 0 12 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For exter...

Page 43: ...he 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 connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC ...

Page 44: ...nd P3C2000 3 0 16 Serial and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 10 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrD...

Page 45: ...ly 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 IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX...

Page 46: ...implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V 1 P3C2000 SMBus Connector SMB P3C2000 3 0 20 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin block JTPWR If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connect...

Page 47: ...ration is used for items 21 27 next page P3C2000 System Panel Connectors Requires an ATX power supply PLED Ground MLED PWR 5 V Keylock 5V Speaker Speaker Connector Power LED Ground 5 V Reset SW SMI Lead MessageLED ExtSMI Ground Reset Ground Ground Ground Keyboard Lock ATX Power Switch P3C2000 3 0 ...

Page 48: ...e instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the preceding figure connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorte...

Page 49: ...of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages wil...

Page 50: ...rating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when s...

Page 51: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 52: ... revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ent...

Page 53: ...en the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer u...

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Page 55: ...hen you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt ...

Page 56: ...tice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or key...

Page 57: ...that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field...

Page 58: ...lid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to sup...

Page 59: ...sful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted...

Page 60: ...heads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or ...

Page 61: ...s field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 ...

Page 62: ...hat the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuratio...

Page 63: ...nter The password is now set to Enabled This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The pass words control access to the BIOS during system...

Page 64: ...d is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU and chipset The external frequency bus frequency multiplied by the bus mul tiple equals the CPU s internal frequency the CPU speed Configuration options 100 103 105 174 177 180 Advanced Menu CPU Internal Frequency Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to select the inte...

Page 65: ...ction controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Processor Serial Number Disabled The Processor Serial Number is a unique number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Internet Set this field to Enabled when you need increased security for doing busi ness online or e commerce Otherwise leave ...

Page 66: ...frequencies JumperFree Mode For processors with locked frequency multiplier USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected the USB controller will be enabled If not detected the USB control ler will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled the USB controller is disabled n...

Page 67: ...tart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 100MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Internal Frequency Cause for Hangup Improper CPU External FSB Freq MHz Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Frequency Multiple For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only ...

Page 68: ...ks Configuration options User Define By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Configuration is set to User De fine SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be di...

Page 69: ...ce to a particular setting will make that memory space unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled High Priority PCI Mode Enabled This field allows you t...

Page 70: ...ld allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard Seri...

Page 71: ... allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port...

Page 72: ...on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios S...

Page 73: ...phics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you inst...

Page 74: ...ult setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Co...

Page 75: ...the amount used for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block 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 C800 and DFFF 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...

Page 76: ...er management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving I...

Page 77: ...n 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the req...

Page 78: ...le the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Enabled Wak...

Page 79: ...p the computer Con figuration options Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Wake On USB Device Disabled This field sets the way you may use your USB device s if any to power up the computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if yo...

Page 80: ...the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an er...

Page 81: ...ices IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM driv...

Page 82: ...ot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by ...

Page 83: ... a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu On...

Page 84: ...e val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and m...

Page 85: ...3 0 or later 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you startWindows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 NOTE The screen dis...

Page 86: ...d to use the hardware manager fea tures INFUpdate Utility for Intel 820 Chipset Installs INF files in Windows for the following items System and Graphics LPC Interface SM Bus PCI Bridge Bus Master IDE USB Host and Controllers InstallASUS PC Probe V2 10 Installs a utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages Install ASUS Update V2 24 Installs a program to help you update your BIO...

Page 87: ...act information TO SEE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CLICK RIGHTARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN MENU Exit Exits the CD installation menu TORETURNTOTHEMAINMENU CLICKLEFTARROWONTHELOWER RIGHTCORNEROFTHESECONDARYMENU Additonal CD Content Flash BIOS writer in the FLASH folder and DirectX 6 0 Runtime library in DIRECTX6 folder ...

Page 88: ...ending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double cli...

Page 89: ... 7 Click here 10 Click here 8 Enter username and password and other options and then click here 6 Click here 5 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have theAcrobat Reader installed See 5 12 In stall ADOBE AcroBat Reader V4 0 on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 90: ...ard disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your C...

Page 91: ...dows 98 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have theAcrobat Reader installed See 5 12 In stall ADOBE AcroBat Reader V4 0 on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 92: ... 5 5 INF Update Utility for Intel 820 Chipset 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 setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 93: ...verfrom disk provided by hardware manufacturer and insert the Support CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Click OK 3 Click Browse 4 Locate the D AUDIO ADI WIN95 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK 5 Click OK again and the driver files will be copied 6 Click Yes to restart the computer You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is offered especially if you still want to ins...

Page 94: ... click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 13 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 1 Click here ...

Page 95: ...ndows 98 5 8 Install ASUS Update V2 25 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 setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 96: ...ng up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then click ...

Page 97: ... 0 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 setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 98: ...grams 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 2 Select the program to remove and click Add Remove 3 Click here ...

Page 99: ...PU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then A...

Page 100: ...Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 101: ...rrefreshtimesofthePC stem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 102: ... of devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 103: ...he PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

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Page 105: ...S motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity 7...

Page 106: ...OS OS 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 7 1 3 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 dow...

Page 107: ...ed to the edge The retainer fins are used to hold the ASUS S370 Series CPU Cards in place using the motherboard s Slot 1 retention mechanisms NOTE The ASUS S370 S370 L and S370 D can only support 100MHz FSB The ASUS S370 133 not shown which supports 133MHz FSB should be used for FC PGA Flip Chip Pin Grid Array Coppermine processors ASUS S370 CPU Card standard model Better Support with Full Retaine...

Page 108: ...ust catch on the retention mechanism so that it locks in place 4 Connect the socket 370 processor s fan connector to the motherboard 5 Make sure that no wires or objects come in contact with the fan 7 2 2 S370 Series CPU Card Jumper Settings The only set of jumpers on the ASUS S370 Series CPU Card is used for setting the voltage sent to the CPU Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current ...

Page 109: ...R In appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press...

Page 110: ...r your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lan...

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