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Page 1: ...Motherboard P4B533 VM User Guide ...

Page 2: ...R A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPE...

Page 3: ... 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 1 3 1 Product highlights 1 2 1 3 2 Value added solutions 1 3 1 4 Motherboard overview 1 4 1 4 1 Major components 1 4 1 4 2 Core specifications 1 6 Chapter 2 Hardware information 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 1 1 Placement direction 2 1 2 1 2 Screw holes 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CP...

Page 4: ...omputer 3 2 Chapter 4 BIOS setup 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 1 1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS 4 1 4 1 2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS 4 3 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 7 4 2 1 BIOS menu bar 4 8 4 2 2 Legend bar 4 8 4 3 Main Menu 4 10 4 3 1 Primary and Secondary Master Slave 4 12 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 4 16 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 17 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 4 19 4 4 2 I O Device ...

Page 5: ...1 Running the support CD 5 1 5 2 2 Main menu 5 2 5 2 3 Software menu 5 3 5 2 4 Drivers menu 5 5 5 2 5 DOS Utilities menu 5 6 5 2 6 ASUS Contact Information 5 6 5 2 7 Other information 5 7 5 3 Software information 5 9 5 3 1 ASUS Update 5 9 5 3 2 ASUS PC Probe 5 11 5 3 3 E Color 3Deep 5 16 Glossary G 1 Index I 1 ...

Page 6: ... 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 interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient 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 t...

Page 7: ...your area If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using contact your local power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product ma...

Page 8: ...rform when installing system components It includes description of the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided Chap...

Page 9: ...are products The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS Contact Information on page x 2 Optional Documentation Your product package may include optional documentation such as warranty flyers that may have been added by your dealer These documents are not part of the standard package WARNING Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent damage...

Page 10: ...IONAL America Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA General Fax 1 510 608 4555 General Email tmd1 asus com Technical Support Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 General Support 1 502 995 0883 Notebook Support 1 877 918 ASUS 2787 Web Site www asus com Support Email tsd asus com ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Address Harkortstr 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany General Fax 49 ...

Page 11: ...udio CODEC ASUS JumperFree mode ASUS Q Fan ASUS EZ Flash Power Loss Restart AGP warning LED 1 x Parallel port 1 x Serial port 1 x PS 2 keyboard port 1 x PS 2 mouse port 4 x USB 2 0 USB 1 1 ports Line In Line Out Microphone ports optional 1 x USB 2 0 1 1 connector for 2 additional USB ports CPU Chassis fan connectors 20 pin 4 pin ATX power connectors IDE LED Power LED connectors Chassis intrusion a...

Page 12: ...D contents ATX form factor 9 6 in x 8 6 in 24 5 cm x 21 9 cm Device drivers ASUS PC Probe ASUS LiveUpdate Trend Micro PC cillin 2002 anti virus software CyberLink Power Player SE VideoLive Mail P4B533 VM specifications summary ...

Page 13: ...apter 1 This chapter describes the features of the P4B533 VM motherboard It includes brief explanations of the special attributes of the motherboard and the new technology it supports Product introduction ...

Page 14: ...ASUS P4B533 VM motherboard Chapter summary 1 1 Welcome 1 1 1 2 Package contents 1 1 1 3 Special features 1 2 1 4 Motherboard overview 1 6 ...

Page 15: ...via an AGP 4X slot USB 2 0 capability high speed data transfers using the ATA100 protocol and 6 channel audio features the P4B533 VM is your perfect vehicle to get ahead in the world of power computing Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your P4B533 VM package for the following items A...

Page 16: ...ations See page 2 10 USB 2 0 technology The motherboard implements the new Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 specification extending the connection speed from 12 Mbps on USB 1 1 to a fast 480 Mbps on USB 2 0 The higher bandwidth of USB 2 0 allows connection of devices such as high resolution video conferencing cameras next generation scanners and printers and fast storage units USB 2 0 is backward comp...

Page 17: ...t for critical components Dual function power switch While the system is ON pressing the power switch for less than 4 seconds puts the system to sleep mode or to soft off mode depending on the BIOS setting Pressing the power switch for more than 4 seconds lets the system enter the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting ACPI ready The Advanced Configuration power Interface ACPI provides more ...

Page 18: ... on page 1 5 See page 1 6 for the specifications of each component Refer to Chapter 2 for detailed information on the components 1 DIP switches 2 ATX 12V connector 3 CPU socket 4 North Bridge controller 5 DDR DIMM sockets 6 ATX power connector 7 Super I O controller 8 Floppy connector 9 IDE connectors 10 Flash EEPROM 11 South Bridge controller 12 ASUS ASIC 13 AGP slot 14 Standby power LED 15 Audio...

Page 19: ...ASUS P4B533 VM motherboard user guide 1 5 19 20 29 28 27 25 22 23 24 21 26 3 4 5 6 9 16 14 1 8 7 10 11 18 13 2 12 17 15 ...

Page 20: ...erface DDR DIMM sockets These two 184 pin DIMM sockets support up to 2GB using unbuffered non ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs ATX power connector This 20 pin connector connects to an ATX 12V power supply The power supply must have at least 1A on the 5V standby lead 5VSB Super I O controller This Low Pin Count LPC interface provides the commonly used Super I O functionality The chipset supports a high pe...

Page 21: ... the system power before plugging or unplugging devices Audio CODEC The Realtek ALC650 is a 6 channel audio CODEC that is fully compliant with AC 97 2 2 specifications The ALC650 provides a playback sampling rate of 96KHz and supports DVD applications on audio models only PCI slots These three 32 bit PCI 2 2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards with 133MB s maximum throughput AGP warning L...

Page 22: ...Mic pink jack connects a microphone In 6 channel mode the function of this jack becomes Bass Center on audio models only USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices Video port This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA compatible devices Serial port This 9 pin COM1 port is for pointing devices or other serial devices USB 2 0 po...

Page 23: ... Hardware information This chapter describes the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes details on the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard ...

Page 24: ...ter summary 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 4 2 5 System memory 2 10 2 6 Expansion slots 2 13 2 7 Switches and jumpers 2 16 2 8 Connectors 2 20 ...

Page 25: ...2 1 1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 2 1 2 Screw holes Place six 6 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or re...

Page 26: ...1 21 9cm 8 6in 24 4cm 9 6in Super I O IDELED USBPWR1 ASUS Mozart SMARTCOM1 Socket 478 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PCI1 Audio Codec DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 Below Mic In Center Line Out Top Line In USBPWR2 KBPWR1 CHASSIS1 COM2 GAME PORT1 FP_AUDIO USB20_5 PCI2 PCI3 AGP_WARN PARALLEL PORT COM1 VGA PS 2KBMS T Mouse B Keyboard USB20 3 USB20 4 Bottom DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 ...

Page 27: ...nt 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components When lit the green LED SB_PWR indicates that the system is ON in sleep mode or in soft off mode a reminder that you should shut down the system before removing o...

Page 28: ...res the hyper pipelined technology rapid execution engine 533 400MHz system bus and execution trace cache Together these attributes improve system performance by allowing higher core frequencies faster execution of integer instructions and data transfer rates of 4 2 GB s and 3 2GB s Note in the illustration that the CPU has a gold triangular mark on one corner This mark indicates the processor Pin...

Page 29: ...teps to install a CPU 1 Locate the 478 pin ZIF socket on the motherboard 2 Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways then lift it up to a 90 100 angle Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90 100 angle otherwise the CPU does not fit in completely Socket Lever 90 100 ...

Page 30: ... CPU into the socket until it fits in place The CPU fits only in one correct orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU 5 When the CPU is in place press it firmly on the socket while you push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked Gold Mark ...

Page 31: ... motherboard components Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan 1 Place the heatsink on top of the installed CPU making sure that the heatsink fits properly on the retention module base When you buy a boxed Intel Pentium 4 Processor the package includes the heatsink fan and retention mechanism In case you buy a CPU separately make sure that you use only Intel certified heatsink and ...

Page 32: ... the holes on each corner of the module base Keep the retention locks lifted upward while fitting the retention mechanism to the module base Make sure that the fan and retention mechanism assembly perfectly fits the heatsink and module base otherwise you cannot snap the hooks into the holes Retention Hole Retention Hook Snapped to the Retention Hole Retention Lock ...

Page 33: ...e to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_FAN 3 Push down the locks on the retention mechanism to secure the heatsink and fan to the module base When secure the retention locks should point to opposite directions Don t forget to connect the CPU fan connector Hardware monitoring errors may occur if you fail to plug this connector CPU Fan Connector CPU_FAN1 ...

Page 34: ...mory however has the ability to perform two data operations in one clock cycle thus providing twice the throughput of SDR memory For example a 200MHz DDR DIMM will support a 100MHz memory bus and a 266MHz DDR DIMM will support a 133MHz memory bus P4B533 VM P4B533 VM 184 Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 80 Pins 104 Pins A DDR DIMM has the same physical dimensions as an SDR DIMM but it has a 184 pin footprint c...

Page 35: ...low these steps to install a DIMM 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket Unlocked Retaining Clip You may install any DDR DIMMs with 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB and 1GB densities into the DIMM sockets DIMM Location 184 pin DDR DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB...

Page 36: ...outward to unlock the DIMM Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The DIMM might get damaged when it flips out with extra force 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated Locked Retaining Clip ...

Page 37: ... the bracket opposite the slot that you intend to use Keep the screw for later use 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press firmly until the card is completely seated on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards Failure to do so may cause you physical...

Page 38: ...meric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices When using PCI cards on shared slots ensure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Otherwise conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups making the system unstable and the card inoperable IRQ assignments for this motherboard...

Page 39: ...P card make sure that you ask for one with 1 5V specification Note the notches on the card golden fingers to ensure that they fit the AGP slot on your motherboard If you installed an incorrect AGP card such as a SiS305 based AGP card or any other 3 3V AGP card the onboard red LED AGP_WARN lights up an indication that the card is not supported on the motherboard As long as this LED is lighted you c...

Page 40: ...U settings through the BIOS setup instead of using the DIP switches The J6 jumper must be set to pins 2 3 jumper mode if you wish to use the DIP switches Otherwise setting the switches does not produce any effect P4B533 VM P4B533 VM DIP Switches 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection SW1 ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON OFF P4B533 VM 2 1 2 3 P4...

Page 41: ...board wake up feature Set this jumper to pins 2 3 5VSB if you wish to wake up the computer when you press a key on the keyboard the default is the Space Bar This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 1A on the 5VSB lead and a corresponding setting in the BIOS P4B533 VM 5V 1 2 5VSB 2 3 Default P4B533 VM Keyboard Power Setting KBPWR P4B533 VM P4B533 VM CPU External Frequency ...

Page 42: ...TER pins 1 2 position to CENTER BASS pins 2 3 position to re route signals on the internal leads of the Mic port Use the audio driver included in the support CD to install the multi channel audio feature 5 SMBus 2 0 setting two 3 pin SMB2 0 These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the SMBus 2 0 support on the motherboard When these jumpers are set to pins 2 3 Support you may install PCI device...

Page 43: ...default because not all computers have the appropriate power supply to support this feature The USBPWR1 and the USBPWR2 jumpers are for the rear USB ports The USBPWR3 is for the internal USB header that you can connect to the front USB ports 1 This feature requires a power supply that can provide at least 1A on the 5VSB lead when these jumpers are set to 5VSB Otherwise the system does not power up...

Page 44: ...LED The read or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector cause this LED to light up 2 Floppy disk drive connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting one end to the motherboard connect the other end to the floppy drive Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with p...

Page 45: ...ave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector 1 Pin 20...

Page 46: ... to fit these connectors in only one orientation Find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit In addition to the 20 pin ATXPWR connector this motherboard requires that you connect the 4 pin ATX 12V power plug to provide sufficient power to the CPU Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the 12V lead and at least 1A on the 5 volt standby le...

Page 47: ...ng so will damage the motherboard 6 Chassis open alarm lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This lead is for a chassis designed with intrusion detection feature This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sensor or microswitch When you remove any chassis component the sensor triggers and sends a high level signal to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event If you do not wish to ...

Page 48: ...le has two USB 2 0 ports that support the next generation USB peripherals such as high resolution cameras scanners and printers 8 Smart Card Reader connector 14 1 pin SMARTCON1 optional This connector accommodates a Smart Card Reader that allows you to conveniently make transactions such as financial health care telephony or traveling services through a Smart Card user interface software P4B533 VM...

Page 49: ...tead of analog sound output Connect one end of the audio cable to the S PDIF Out connector on the motherboard and the other end to the S PDIF module 9 Infrared module connector two 5 1 pin IR These connectors support an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module The module mounts to a small opening on system chassis that support this feature You must also configure the UART2 Use ...

Page 50: ...P4B533 VM Front Panel Audio Connector FP_AUDIO BLINE_OUT_L MIC2 Line out_R Line out_L BLINE_OUT_R NC MICPWR 5VA AGND 12 Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin FP_AUDIO on audio models only This is an interface for the Intel front panel audio cable that allow convenient connection and control of audio devices P4B533 VM P4B533 VM Internal Audio Connectors CD_IN1 Black AUX1 White Right Audio Channel Le...

Page 51: ...ntel front panel audio cable 14 GAME MIDI connector 16 1 pin GAME PORT1 This connector supports a GAME MIDI module If your package came with the optional USB 2 0 GAME module connect the GAME MIDI cable to this connector The GAME MIDI port on the module connects a joystick or a game pad for playing games and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files P4B533 VM P4B533 VM Game Connector GAME POR...

Page 52: ...ket cable to this connector then install the bracket into a slot opening at the back of the system chassis 16 System panel connector 20 pin ASUS_PANEL1 This connector is for various system front panel features See the description of each feature below System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PLED This 3 1 pin connector connects to the system power LED The LED lights up when you turn on the system power and b...

Page 53: ...uspend mode or green mode where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components Attach the case mounted suspend switch to this 2 pin connector ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR This connector connects a switch that controls the system power Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depen...

Page 54: ...2 30 Chapter 2 Hardware information ...

Page 55: ...Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes ...

Page 56: ...ASUS P4B533 VM motherboard Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 1 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 2 ...

Page 57: ...ress the ATX power switch If your monitor complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned ...

Page 58: ...ou can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system If you use Windows 95 98 2000 XP click the Start button click Shut Down then click the OK button to shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down The message You can now safely turn off your computer does not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ...

Page 59: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided ...

Page 60: ... P4B533 VM motherboard Chapter summary 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 7 4 3 Main Menu 4 10 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 17 4 5 Power Menu 4 26 4 6 Boot Menu 4 32 4 7 Exit Menu 4 34 ...

Page 61: ...website see ASUS contact information on page x Save the file to a floppy disk 2 Reboot the computer 3 To use EZ Flash press Alt F2 right after POST to display the following screen Write down the BIOS file name on a piece of paper You need to type the exact BIOS file name at the EZ Flash screen 4 Insert the disk that contains the new BIOS file into the floppy drive You will receive the error messag...

Page 62: ... prompt type Y to continue with the update process Pressing N exits the EZ Flash screen and reboots the system without updating the BIOS The following prompts appear if you typed Y 7 Press Y for both items to completely update the main BIOS area and the boot block area BIOS Information in File BIOS Version P4B533 Boot Block WARNING Continue to update the BIOS Y N _ DO NOT shutdown or reset the sys...

Page 63: ...O NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH Enter to run AFLASH If the word unknown appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ...

Page 64: ...apter 4 BIOS Setup 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter ...

Page 65: ...u type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will s...

Page 66: ...ge Flashed Successfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file the s...

Page 67: ...d record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program Press Delete during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Dele...

Page 68: ...ar 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 functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from any where in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu Left or Right arrow Selects the men...

Page 69: ...p window press Enter or Esc Sub menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown on the left appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move fro...

Page 70: ...ay year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2099 Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Sets the type of floppy drive 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 support older Japanes...

Page 71: ...meaning passwords typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters are accepted The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration field...

Page 72: ... be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the d...

Page 73: ...ess the Esc key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured User Type HDD After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to ...

Page 74: ...ield configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive...

Page 75: ...re may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successive increase in performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to s...

Page 76: ...rd Auto Repeat Rate 6 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec ...

Page 77: ...n with CPU Frequency MHz to match the speed of the CPU The item CPU Frequency Multiple is accessible only if you have an unlocked processor If your processor frequency multiple is locked you cannot change the setting of this item CPU External Frequency MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency e...

Page 78: ... PS 2 mouse Otherwise IRQ12 can be used for expansion cards When you set this field to Enabled BIOS reserves IRQ12 whether or not a PS 2 mouse is detected at startup Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode i...

Page 79: ... item controls the latency between the DDR SDRAM active command and the read write command SDRAM Configuration By SPD This parameter allows you to set the optimal timings for items 2 5 depending on the memory modules that you are using The default setting is By SPD which configures items 2 5 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores cri...

Page 80: ...bled Graphics Aperture Size 128MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 128MB 256MB AGP Capability 4X Mode This motherboard supports the AGP 4X interface that transfers video data at 1066MB s AGP 4X is backward compatible so you may keep the default 4X Mode even if you are using an AGP 1X video card When set to 1X Mode the AGP interf...

Page 81: ... bus when the CPU is accessing 8 bit ISA cards This process normally consumes about 50 60 PCI clocks without PCI delayed transaction Set this field to Disabled when using ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 compliant Configuration options Enabled Disabled Onboard PCI IDE Both This field allows you to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel or both You can also set both channels t...

Page 82: ...allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use As COM Port This field allows you to select the device on which to assign UART2 Configuration options COM Port IR Smart Card Reader Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field allows you to se...

Page 83: ...r ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onbaord AC97 Audio Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you are using any modem audio device If a modem audio device is detected the onboard modem audio controller is enabled if no modem audio device is detected the controller is disabled If there are conflicts with the onboard mode...

Page 84: ...d corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave this field to the default setting 32 for best performance and stability USB 1 1 Controllers 3 Controllers This field allows you to select the number of USB 1 1 controllers that you wish to activate Configuration options Disab...

Page 85: ...rd LAN Boot ROM Disabled This field allows you to enable or disable the option ROM in the onboard LAN chipset Configuration options Disabled Enabled IRQ XX Reserved 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 setting No ICU for an IRQ field indicates that you are using the ISA Configuration Utility ICU and that this pa...

Page 86: ...t to Max Saving system power is conserved to its greatest amount This setting automatically puts the system into suspend mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving allows the least power saving as the system enters suspend mode only after a long period of inactivity Configuration options User Defined Disabled Min Saving Max Saving You should install the Advanced Power Management APM...

Page 87: ... any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min ACPI Suspend To RAM Disabled This field allows you to enable or disable the ACPI Suspend to RAM feature To support this feature the 5VSB of the power supply should have the capacity to provi...

Page 88: ...up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode Configuration options Disabled Enabled The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer 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 turns the...

Page 89: ...r On By PS 2 Mouse Disabled When set to Enabled this parameter allows you to use the PS 2 mouse to turn on the system This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by s...

Page 90: ...nfiguration options Disabled Enabled CPU Temperature Threshold This item allows you to set the highest temperature for the CPU so that when exceeded by the actual CPU temperature Q Fan supplies more power to the CPU fan When the CPU temperature goes below the setting Q Fan automatically reverts to the normal power supplied to the fan Configuration options 50 C 55 C 60 C 65 C 70 C CPU Fan Lowest Le...

Page 91: ...rd hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the motherboard and CPU temperatures CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N A Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU chassis and power fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM If any of the fans is not connected to the motherboard the specific field shows N A VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Vol...

Page 92: ...ard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS 120 ZIP 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 drive to use in...

Page 93: ...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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth ti...

Page 94: ...ff When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter ...

Page 95: ...ving the values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears 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 make...

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Page 97: ...Chapter 5 Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package ...

Page 98: ...ASUS P4B533 VM motherboard Chapter summary 5 1 Install an operating system 5 1 5 2 Support CD information 5 1 5 3 Software information 5 9 ...

Page 99: ...for general reference only Refer to your OS documentation for more information 5 2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features 5 2 1 Running the support CD To begin using the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the welcome screen and t...

Page 100: ...d icons that link you to the software drivers utilities and other information contained in the support CD If the welcome screen did not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the support CD to display the menus Click on a button to display the available options Place your mouse cursor on an icon and click to display the specified item ...

Page 101: ...n the lower right corner of the second screen ASUS Update This program allows you to download the latest version of the BIOS from the ASUS website Before using the ASUS Update make sure that you have an Internet connection so you can connect to the ASUS website ASUS BIOS Flash Utility This utility allows you to remotely flash the Client PC s BIOS when used with the Intel LDCM Administrator ASUS PC...

Page 102: ... skirmishes This application removes dark washed out graphics to deliver true vibrant colors Acrobat Reader This item installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 The Acrobat Reader software is for viewing files saved in Portable Document Format PDF ASUS Screen Saver This item installs the ASUS screen saver PC cillin This item installs the PC cillin 2002 V9 02 anti virus software View the PC cillin onli...

Page 103: ...F support for Intel chipset components This utility installs to the target system the Windows INF files that outline to the operating system how the chipset components will be configured You may install this utility in three modes interactive silent and unattended preload The interactive mode requires user input during installation This is not required in the silent and unattended preload modes Re...

Page 104: ...OS mode These items are also present in the software menu LAN This item installs the Fast Ethernet LAN driver Audio Utility This item installs the Realtek 6 channel audio driver Smart Card Reader This item installs the Smart Card Reader device driver USB2 The Microsoft USB 2 0 driver has not been officially released as of the support CD production date Please download the USB 2 0 driver from the M...

Page 105: ...ional information on the motherboard and the contents of the support CD This section shows the pop up windows that appear when you click the icons Motherboard Info The window displays the general specifications of the P4B533 VM motherboard Browse this CD The window displays the support CD contents in graphical format ...

Page 106: ...al Support Form The window displays the ASUS Technical Support Request Form that you have to fill up when requesting technical support Readme The window displays the contents of the support CD and a brief description of each in text format ...

Page 107: ...te The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to update the motherboard BIOS and drivers This utility requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider ISP Follow these steps to use the ASUS Update 2 Select your desired update method then click Next 1 Launch the utility from your Windows Start menu Programs AsusUpdate Vx xx xx AsusUpdate The ASUS Update ini...

Page 108: ...oad Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeeding screens to complete the update process If you selected the option to update the BIOS from a file a window pops up prompting you to locate the file Select the file click Save then follow the screen instructions to complete the update process ...

Page 109: ... internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS 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 bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box The PC Probe icon appears on the taskbar system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the ic...

Page 110: ...ture for supported processors only 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 fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 111: ...s Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Control Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined threshold CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overheated is selected the C...

Page 112: ...n pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable Information Memory Shows the PC memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 113: ... clicking the PC Probe icon brings up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system 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 ASUS PC Probe monitor appears ...

Page 114: ...lso tune your internet applications to match true internet source colors with the color displayed on the monitor 3Deep Control Panel Using the Windows Start button activate the 3Deep Control Panel program from the 3Deep Applications group on the Main Program menu The control panel offers access to the Color Wizard tuning program a Game Gamma setting and a Tweak slider for brightness adjustment ...

Page 115: ...t closely blend and match with the background 2 Follow the instructions to manually adjust the brightness level of the monitor 3 Select the faintest of the three colors blue red and green 3Deep Color Tuning 1 Select the type of monitor connected to the computer either CRT or LCD ...

Page 116: ...ndicating that the tuning process is complete click Finish 5 The next step repeats the color matching process to achieve full color quality 7 Click on the Set Up Now button to connect to the Internet Follow the screen instructions to set up True Internet Color ...

Page 117: ...Glossary This part lists the technical terms that you may encounter when reading this document ...

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Page 119: ...p both desktop and mobile manufacturers adopt these new technologies more quickly and cost effectively This specification uses software emulation to compete with the PCI SoundBlaster specification ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interfac...

Page 120: ...our computer Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte is used to repre...

Page 121: ...a stored in it See also RAM and SDRAM Expansion Card A printed circuit card suchas an audio card a video card or a LAN card that plugs into an expansion slot on the motherboard An expansion card add functions that are not present in the motherboard Flash ROM A non volatile memory device that retains its data even when power is removed This device is similar to EPROM but unlike EPROM which can be e...

Page 122: ...al group of linked computers are normally connected to a single server See also WAN Wide Area Network Modem A device that allows a computer to talk to another computer through the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OS Operating System The software that controls the overall operation of a computer system The OS tasks include memory alloca...

Page 123: ...sed and read but not modified SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed multi threaded I O interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral devices The standard covers 10MBytes sec to 160MBytes sec data rates SDRAM Synchronous DRAM A type of DRAM with access signals that are synchronized with the CPU clock eliminating ...

Page 124: ... such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer modem and monitor to share bandwidth through a host scheduled token based protocols This allows attaching or detaching while the host and other peripherals are in operation Supports synchronous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires up to 12Mbit sec USB 2 0 provides 40 times the transfer rate compared to USB 1 0 and competes with...

Page 125: ...Index This part contains an alphabetical list of the topics found in this document ...

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Page 127: ...S Beep Codes 3 1 BIOS AFLASH utility 4 3 Boot Device selection 4 35 Boot Up NumLock Status 4 16 Boot Virus Detection 4 35 C Central Processing Unit CPU fan connector 2 9 installation 2 5 Level 1 Level 2 Cache 4 19 Speed 4 17 CPU socket 1 8 2 5 Chip Configuration 4 21 Clear RTC RAM 2 23 Concurrent PCI 1 4 Connectors ASUS EZ Plug 1 3 1 8 2 27 ASUS iPanel 2 32 ATX power 1 6 2 27 chassis alarm 2 26 fa...

Page 128: ...ts 2 14 J JumperFree mode 2 16 Jumpers Audio CODEC 2 23 Bass Center setting 2 22 Clear RTC 2 23 DDR voltage 2 20 JumperFree 2 16 keyboard power 2 19 Line Out selector 2 22 SMBus 2 0 2 21 Speaker selector 2 21 USB device wake up 2 20 VCORE over voltage 2 19 K Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 4 16 Auto Repeat Rate 4 16 L LEDs AGP warning 1 9 2 3 standby power 1 9 2 3 Legacy Diskette 4 10 M Motherboard maj...

Page 129: ...10 4 24 SMART Monitoring 4 15 Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF 1 2 2 32 Super I O controller 1 9 Support CD 5 1 ASUS Update 5 9 DOS Utility menu 5 6 Drivers menu 5 5 E Color 3Deep 5 17 Main menu 5 2 motherboard information 5 7 multi channel audio 5 24 readme file 5 8 Software menu 5 3 Technical Support Form 5 8 Welcome screen 5 1 Suspend Mode 4 29 System Controller North Bridge 1 8 South Brid...

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