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ASUS Prodigy P4BGL-ED Motherboard

2-1

This chapter gives information about the
ASUS P4BGL-ED Binary Input/Output
System (BIOS).This chapter includes
updating the BIOS using the ASUS EZ
Flash or the ASUS AFLASH BIOS that is
bundled with the support CD.

BIOS Information

Chapter  2

Summary of Contents for P4BGL-ED

Page 1: ...Motherboard P4BGL ED for Prodigy 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 3 1 2 Motherboard components 1 3 1 3 Motherboard layout 1 6 1 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 1 7 1 5 System memory 1 7 1 6 Expansion Slots 1 8 1 6 1 Configuring an expansion card 1 8 1 6 2 Standard Interrupt Assignments 1 8 1 6 3 IRQ Assignments for this motherboard 1 8 1 7 Jumpers 1 9 1 8 Connectors 1 12 Chapter 2 BIOS Information 2 1 2 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 2 3 2 1 1 Using ASUS EZ F...

Page 4: ...ration 2 26 2 4 3 1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion 2 27 2 6 Boot Menu 2 34 2 7 Exit Menu 2 36 Chapter 3 Starting Up 3 1 3 1 Install an operating system 3 3 3 2 Support CD information 3 3 3 2 1 Running the support CD 3 3 3 2 2 Software drivers and installation menus 3 4 3 3 Software Information 3 6 3 3 1 ASUS Update 3 6 3 3 2 ASUS PC Probe 3 7 Starting ASUS PC Probe 3 7 Using ASUS PC Probe 3 8 ASUS PC ...

Page 5: ...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 th...

Page 6: ...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 7: ...roducts The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS Contact Information on page viii 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 DANGER Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to complete a task CAUTION Information to prevent d...

Page 8: ...TIONAL 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 9: ...D Motherboard This chapter gives information about the ASUS P4BGL ED motherboard that came with the system This chapter includes the motherboard layout jumper settings and connector locations Motherboard Info Chapter 1 ...

Page 10: ...d components 1 3 1 3 Motherboard layout 1 6 1 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 1 7 1 5 System memory 1 7 1 6 Expansion Slots 1 8 1 6 1 Configuring an expansion card 1 8 1 6 2 Standard Interrupt Assignments 1 8 1 6 3 IRQ Assignments for this motherboard 1 8 1 7 Jumpers 1 9 1 8 Connectors 1 12 ...

Page 11: ...therboard comes already installed in the ASUS Prodigy barebone system For future upgrades or system reconfiguration this chapter provides technical information about the motherboard 1 2 Motherboard components 2 3 4 5 7 12 1 6 8 9 10 11 13 14 26 24 25 15 17 20 21 22 23 16 18 19 ...

Page 12: ... and mouse port a multi mode parallel port a game port and a serial port Flash ROM This 2MB firmware contains the programmable BIOS program IDE Connectors These dual channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four Ultra DMA133 100 66 PIO Modes 3 4 IDE devices Both the primary blue and secondary black connectors are slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the IDE ribbon cable Floppy Disk con...

Page 13: ...ction to a joystick game pad and other musical MIDI enable musical instruments S PDIF port This port allows transfer of audio from one file to another without the convertion to and from an analog format LCD port This DVI integrated port outputs digital signal that connects to your LCD monitor Microphone jack This Mic pink jack connects a microphone Line In jack This Line In light blue jack connect...

Page 14: ...9 6in Super I O ASUS Mozart Socket 478 PCI1 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 USBPWR1 KBPWR1 CHASSIS1 CLRTC1 ATX Power Connector RTL8100 AUDIO1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 IDE1 IDE2 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T USB1 B USB2 Top RJ 45 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In CHA_FAN1 DVI1 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power JPCI1 JPCI2 BUZZ1 PCIPWR1 USBPWR2 USB1 SERIR...

Page 15: ...ssor P4BGL ED P4BGL ED Socket 478 Gold Arrow 1 5 System memory The motherboard has two Double Data Rate DDR DIMM sockets that supports up to 2GB non ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs A DDR DIMM has the same physical dimensions as an SDR DIMM but it has a 184 pin footprint compared to the 168 pin of the SDR DIMM Also a DDR DIMM is single notched while an SDR DIMM is double notched P4BGL ED P4BGL ED 184 Pin...

Page 16: ... card Refer to the tables below 3 Install the software drivers for the expansion card 1 6 2 Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Standard Function 0 System Timer 1 Keyboard Controller 2 Programmable Interrupt Controller 3 USB Universal Host Controller 4 Communications Port COM1 5 USB Universal Host Controller 6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller 7 Printer Port LPT1 8 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 Gener...

Page 17: ... 5VSB to wake up from S3 sleep mode no power to CPU DRAM in slow refresh power supply in reduced power mode The USB_PWR2 jumper is for the rear USB ports P4BGL ED 1 2 2 3 5V 5VSB Default 5V 5VSB Default 1 2 2 3 P4BGL ED USB Device Wake Up USBPWR2 USBPWR1 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 n...

Page 18: ...S that include system setup information such as system passwords is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Short the solder points 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data P4BGL ED 1 2 ...

Page 19: ...two hard disks you must configure the second drive as a slave 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 133 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 133 100 66 cable You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables one for the primary ...

Page 20: ...he floppy drive Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug 3 OnBoard LED This Light Emitting Diode LED lights ON if there is standby power and lights OFF when the power is turned off P4BGL ED NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 P4BGL ED Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY1 P4BGL ED P4BGL ED Onboard LED ON OFF Standby P...

Page 21: ...12V power plug to provide sufficient power to the CPU P4BGL ED P4BGL ED ATX Power Connectors ATX_POWER1 Pin 1 3 3VDC 12 0VDC COM PS_ON COM COM COM 5 0VDC 5 0VDC 5 0VDC PWR_OK 12 0VDC 3 3VDC 3 3VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5VSB ATX12V1 12V DC GND 12V DC GND If you will need to replace the power supply in the future make sure that your new ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the 12V lead and at ...

Page 22: ...Watts or a total of 1A 12W at 12V Orient the fans so that the heat sink fins allow air flow to go across the onboard heat sinks instead of the expansion slots The fan wiring and plug may vary depending on the fan manufacturer Connect the fan cable to the connector matching the black wire to the ground pin P4BGL ED P4BGL ED 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power CPU_FAN1 CHA_FAN1 GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 1...

Page 23: ...d P4BGL ED P4BGL ED Internal Audio Connectors CD_IN1 Black AUX1 White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 8 Front panel audio connectors 5 1 pin MIC_LOUT1 This connector connects to the front panel audio module using an audio cable P4BGL ED P4BGL ED Audio Panel Connectors AUDIO1 AGND 5VA Line out_R MIC2 Line out_L AGND AGND 12V ...

Page 24: ...he system power LED The LED lights up when you turn on the system power ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWRBTN 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 depending on the BIOS or OS settings Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF G...

Page 25: ... This chapter gives information about the ASUS P4BGL ED Binary Input Output System BIOS This chapter includes updating the BIOS using the ASUS EZ Flash or the ASUS AFLASH BIOS that is bundled with the support CD BIOS Information Chapter 2 ...

Page 26: ... 7 2 2 BIOS Setup Program 2 9 2 2 1 BIOS menu bar 2 10 2 2 2 Legend bar 2 10 2 3 Main Menu 2 12 2 3 1 Primary and Secondary Master Slave 2 14 2 3 2 Keyboard Features 2 18 2 4 Advanced Menu 2 19 2 4 1 Chip Configuration 2 21 2 4 2 I O Device Configuration 2 24 2 4 3 PCI Configuration 2 26 2 4 3 1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion 2 27 2 5 Power Menu 2 28 2 5 1 Power up Control 2 30 2 5 2 Hardware Monitor ...

Page 27: ... the following screen 4 Insert the disk that contains the new BIOS file into the floppy drive You will receive the error message WARNING Device not ready if you proceed to step 5 without the disk in the drive 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 It is recommended that you save a copy of the motherboard s original BIOS to...

Page 28: ...ve 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 P4BGL ED Boot Block WARNING Continue to update the BIOS Y N _ 8 When the update process is...

Page 29: ...T 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 boot Enter to run AFLASH 3 Reboot the computer from the floppy disk If the word unknown appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either ...

Page 30: ...er 2 BIOS Information 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 31: ...nu 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 Esc 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Updating BIOS procedures Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the ...

Page 32: ...ssage 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 th...

Page 33: ...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 Delete...

Page 34: ...d 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 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 ...

Page 35: ... 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 from...

Page 36: ...h day 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 Japa...

Page 37: ...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 fields Forgot the password If you forget your password you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powere...

Page 38: ...may 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 th...

Page 39: ...s 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 Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for the drive Refer to the drive documentation or on the drive label for this information After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk u...

Page 40: ...s field 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 dr...

Page 41: ... 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 sup...

Page 42: ...board 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 43: ...quency MHz This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed CPU Memory Frequency Ratio Auto This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the system frequency The options that appear in the po...

Page 44: ...the 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 mod...

Page 45: ...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 critical information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Configurat...

Page 46: ...ion options 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card does not support this feature otherwise the system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Memory Hole At 15M 1...

Page 47: ...ary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel or both You can also set both channels to Disabled Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled USB 2 0 Reference Voltage Medium This item allows control of the USB 2 0 high speed drive strength reference voltage Configuration options Low Medium High Maximum ...

Page 48: ...3F8H IRQ4 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses 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 set the address of the onboard parallel port connec...

Page 49: ...ou select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onbaord AC97 Audio 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 modem audio controller s...

Page 50: ...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 Enabled Disabled This field allows you to select the number of USB 1 1 controllers that you wish to activate Configuration options Disa...

Page 51: ... 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 part...

Page 52: ... set 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 ...

Page 53: ...eld 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 provide more than 720mA current Configuration options Disabled Enabled Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time pe...

Page 54: ...ng up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode Configuration options Disabled Enabled Power Up On PCI Card Disabled When set to Enabled this parameter allows you to turn on the system through a PCI LAN or modem card This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Enabled The compu...

Page 55: ...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 sel...

Page 56: ...ys 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 Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardwar...

Page 57: ...rd Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS 120 ZIP ATAPIMO USB FDD USB ZIP 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 d...

Page 58: ... 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 time Con...

Page 59: ...urned off When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Exit Discarding Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the Setup program If you made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu...

Page 60: ...he 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 furth...

Page 61: ...3 1 ASUS Prodigy P4BGL ED Motherboard This chapter helps you power up your system and install drivers and utilities that came with the support CD Starting Up Chapter 3 ...

Page 62: ...m 3 3 3 2 Support CD information 3 3 3 2 1 Running the support CD 3 3 3 2 2 Software drivers and installation menus 3 4 3 3 Software Information 3 6 3 3 1 ASUS Update 3 6 3 3 2 ASUS PC Probe 3 7 Starting ASUS PC Probe 3 7 Using ASUS PC Probe 3 8 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 3 10 ...

Page 63: ...he support CD To begin using the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive If Autorun is enabled in your computer the software and drivers menu automatically appears on your screen If the installation menu did not appear automatically locate and double click on the file ASSETUP EXE from the BIN folder in the support CD to display the menu The contents of the support CD are subject to ...

Page 64: ...el Application Accelerator Driver Click this item to load the installation wizard and install the Intel Application Accelerator Intel Brookdale G Graphics Driver This item installs the Intel Brookdale D Graphics driver Avance Logic AC 97 Audio Driver This item prepares setup for Avance Logic AC 97 Audio compliance Realtek LAN Driver This item installs the Realtek LAN driver PCI Modem Card Driver T...

Page 65: ... Reader V5 0 This installs software for viewing files in Portable Document Format PDF ASUS Screen Saver This item installs the ASUS screen saver E Color 3Deep This item installs application to optimize 3D graphics output MISC ICONS Show Motherboard Information Click this item to display the specifications for the P4BGL ED motherboard Browse Support CD Click this item to display the ASUS Prodigy P4...

Page 66: ...e the file Select the file click Save then follow the screen instructions to complete the update process 2 Select desired update method Click Next 1 Launch the utility from your Windows Start menu Programs AsusUpdate Vx xx xx AsusUpdate The ASUS Update initial screen appears 3 If you selected Updating or Downloading from the Internet select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic or...

Page 67: ...s It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer such as hard disk space memory usage and CPU type CPU speed and 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 th...

Page 68: ... Adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC fan rotation Fan Warning Threshold Adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Voltage Monitor Shows the PC voltages Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored ...

Page 69: ...henever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference 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 Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives ...

Page 70: ...US PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon change to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor appears Device Summary Shows a summary of devices present in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size Utility NOTE This feature is currently unavailable ...

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