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Chapter 5: Software reference

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Summary of Contents for P4S533-E

Page 1: ...Motherboard P4S533 E User Guide ...

Page 2: ... the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com or through any of the means indicated on the following page ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIM...

Page 3: ...on BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup How to change system settings using onboard BIOS firmware Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are supplied Chapter 5 Software support A summary of contents on the motherboard support CD ROM Appendix and Glossary Optional components and technical definitions Index Conventions used in this guide To make sure that you perform set up tasks properly take...

Page 4: ...therboard installation 7 2 1 1 Placement direction 7 2 1 2 Screw holes 7 2 2 Motherboard layout 8 2 2 1 Layout contents 9 2 3 Before you proceed 10 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 11 2 4 1 Overview 11 2 4 2 Installing the CPU 12 2 4 3 Installing the heatsink and fan 14 2 4 4 Connecting the CPU fan cable 16 2 5 System memory 17 2 5 1 Overview 17 2 5 2 Memory configurations 18 2 5 3 Installing a DIM...

Page 5: ...menu 56 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Master Slave 57 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 61 4 4 Advanced Menu 63 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 65 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 68 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 70 4 5 Power Menu 73 4 5 1 Power Up Control 75 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 77 4 6 Boot Menu 78 4 7 Exit Menu 80 Chapter 5 Software support 83 5 1 Install an operating system 83 5 2 Support CD information 83 5 3 P4S533 E Mot...

Page 6: ...rcuit Make sure that your power supply is set to the voltage available in your area If the power supply is broken contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operational safety Before installing the motherboard and adding new devices carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before use ensure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables arenotdamaged Ifyoudet...

Page 7: ... 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 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: ...Chapter 1 Product introduction ...

Page 10: ...ASUS P4S533 E motherboard ...

Page 11: ...333 DRAM High resolution graphics via an AGP 4X slot Digital Audio Interface for 3D sound Realtek LAN Controller onboard ASUS Post Reporter onboard Two USB ports plus two headers for four more Before installing the motherboard check the items in your package 1 1 Package contents Check your P4S533 E package for the following items ASUS P4S533 E motherboard ATX form factor 12 in x 8 6 in ASUS P4S533...

Page 12: ...st latency currently available This new memory technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle resulting in data transfer rates of up to 2 7 GB s for 166MHz DDR SDRAM and 2 1GB s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM Only 4 banks of DDR333 memory or 2GB are supported on the P4S533 E UltraDMA133 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support fo...

Page 13: ... floppy disk ASUS POST Reporter See page 27 44 79 and 88 P4S533 E offers the ASUS POST Reporter to provide friendly voice messages and alerts during the Power On Self Test POST Through the system s internal speaker or an added external speaker messages inform you of system boot status and causes of boot errors Bundled Winbond Voice Editor software helpsa you customize voice messages and offers mul...

Page 14: ...rial Ports COM1 2 38 USB Connectors Port 0 1 39 PS 2 Mouse Connector green 31 PS 2 Keyboard Connector purple 40 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitor integrated in ASUS ASIC 16 Special Feature Onboard LED 21 Network Feature RJ45 Connector Optional 32 Realtek 100 10 Mbps LAN PHY Optional 28 Audio Features on audio models only Audio Controller Chipset 26 SPDIF in out Connector 25 Front Panel Au...

Page 15: ...ASUS P4S533 E motherboard user guide 5 1 4 1 Component Locations 2 3 4 22 23 1 16 5 21 17 29 9 8 6 15 18 7 20 26 24 30 10 11 12 14 13 25 27 28 19 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 40 39 38 ...

Page 16: ... All system fans are monitored for RPM and failure System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components Auto Fan Off The system fans powers off automatically even in sleep mode ACPI Ready Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management OSPM Onboard LAN Optional ...

Page 17: ...Chapter 2 Hardware information ...

Page 18: ...ASUS P4S533 E motherboard ...

Page 19: ...e motherboard 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 Refer to 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 installin...

Page 20: ...ANEL1 CHASSFAN1 AFPANEL1 SPEECH1 SMARTCON1 Super I O DSW1 4Mbit Firmware Hub Socket 478 USBV1 KBPWR USBV3 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 USB2 PARALLEL PORT COM1 COM2 CPUFAN1 PCI5 PCI6 PCI4 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 ATX Power Connector USB1 USB2 Bottom RJ 45 Top VEN1 SECONDARY IDE LED1 AEN1 USB3 USBV2 SMB1 SPEECH CLRCMOS1 JE...

Page 21: ...2 PS2KBMS p 31 PS 2 Keyboard Port 6 pin female 3 USB p 32 UniversalSerialBus Ports 0 1 2 3 Two x 4 pinfemale 4 PRINTER p 32 Parallel Port 25 pin female 5 COM1 2 p 32 Serial Port 9 pin male 6 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Game MIDI Ports Gold 15 pin 7 AUDIO p 33 Audio Connectors Three 1 8 AUDIO 8 RJ45 p 33 Fast Ethernet Port Connector 4 pin female 9 IDELED p 34 IDE Activity LED Two 40 1 pin 10 PRIMARY SEC IDE p ...

Page 22: ... the bag that came with the component 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 22 IAPANEL1 p 42 Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin optional 23 AFPANEL p 42 ASUS iPanel Infrared Connector 24 1 pin 24 JTPW...

Page 23: ...o architecture The Intel NetBurst micro architecture features the hyper pipelined technology rapid execution engine 400MHz system bus and execution trace cache Together these attributes improve system performance by allowing higher processor frequencies faster execution of integer instructions and a data transfer rate of 3 2GB s Note in the illustration that the CPU has a gold triangular mark on o...

Page 24: ... 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 25: ...the 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 26: ...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 4 478 Northwood 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 fan Your boxed Intel Pentium 4 4...

Page 27: ... to 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 28: ...o the connector on the motherboard labeled CPUFAN1 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 CPU Fan Connector CPUFAN1 Don t forget to connect the CPU fan connector Hardware monitoring errors may occur if you fail to plug this connector ...

Page 29: ...nstream PC66 PC100 PC133 memory known as Single Data Rate SDR SDRAM DDR memory however has the ability to perform two data operations in one clock cycle thus providing twice the throughput of SDR memory P4S533 E P4S533 E 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 compared to the 168 pin of the SDR DIMM Also a ...

Page 30: ...Vendor Model Type Size Nanya NT5DS16M8AT 6 PC2700 256MB Samsung K4H280838D TCB3 PC2700 128MB Samsung K4H280838D TCB3 PC2700 256MB Micron MT8VDDT1664AG 335B1 PC2700 128MB Micron MT16VDDT3264AG 335B1 PC2700 256MB KINGMAX MPMA82D 68KX3 PC2700 128MB KINGMAX MPM62D 68KX3 PC2700 256MB DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendor List The following table lists the DDR333 memory modules that have been tested and qualifie...

Page 31: ...DIMM Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components Follow 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 Cli...

Page 32: ...se steps to remove a DIMM 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips 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 ...

Page 33: ...mentation that came with it and make the necessary hardware settings for the card 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis 3 Remove 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 wit...

Page 34: ... H PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared PCI slot 4 shared PCI slot 5 shared PCI slot 5 shared Onboard USB controller HC0 shared Onboard USB controller HC1 shared AGP shared Onboard audio shared Onboard LAN shared Onboard 1394 shared 2 6 2 Configuring an expansion card After physically installing the expansion card configure the card by adjusting the software settings 1 Turn on the...

Page 35: ...ly with PCI specifications The following figure shows a LAN card installed on a PCI slot 2 6 4 AGP slot This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP slot that supports any AGP 4X 2X cards P4S533 E P4S533 E Accelerated Graphics Port AGP CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP AGP Pro graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot...

Page 36: ...Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection ON OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 1 JumperFree Mode JEN1 This jumper enables or disables the JumperFree mode The default setting 1 2 enables JumperFree mode JumperFree mode permits processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4Advanced Menu Motherboard Frequency Settings DSW Switches The motherboard frequency is adjusted through the D...

Page 37: ...his allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed Frequency Table MHz DSW CPU DRAM 1 2 3 4 5 100 100 OFF OFF OFF OFF OFF 100 133 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 100 150 ON OFF ON OFF ON 100 160 ON ON ON OFF ON 100 166 OFF OFF OFF ON ON 105 140 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 108 144 ON ON OFF ...

Page 38: ...a power supply that can provide at least 1A on the 5VSB lead If this requirement is not met the system does not power up The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whether under normal condition or in sleep mode Also note that ONLY USB 5VSB can support S3 resume function P4S533 E P4S533 E USB Device Wake Up USBV1 USBV2 5V 1 2 5VSB 2 3 Default 5VSB 2 3 5V 1 2 Defaul...

Page 39: ...Use these jumpers in conjunction with the C Media PCI Audio Driver and to adjust output for 4 or 6 speaker audio No audio standard exists for the three pick up surfaces on male audio jacks therefore it may be necessary to switch jumpers from the default position Bass Center to Center Bass in order to reroute signals among the internal leads of the Line In Line Out Mic female sockets Make sure a te...

Page 40: ...r supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Enable The computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable but do not have the correctATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR in 4 5 1 Power Up Control 7 CPU Voltage Setting 3 pin VEN1 This jumper increases the voltage available to the CPU by 0 2 volts The defa...

Page 41: ...EOUT BUZZER Default 1 2 2 3 8 Speaker Selector 3 pin SPEECH This jumper specifies which speaker to use for theASUS POST Reporter function Set to pins 1 2 to use the internal buzzer usually included in the chassis Set to pins 2 3 to feed an external speaker to the Line out jack lime color ...

Page 42: ...ers by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data The RAM data in CMOS 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 Move the jumper cap from 1 2 to 2 3 3 After 5 seconds replace the jumper back to the Normal 1 2 position 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 5 Hold d...

Page 43: ...available to expansion cards See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu 2 PS 2 Keyboard port Purple 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector does not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standardAT keyboards PS 2 Mouse 6 pin female WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or po...

Page 44: ...s printers or other serial devices To enable these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for the settings 4 Parallel port Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration Universal Serial Bus USB COM 1 Serial Ports 9 pin male COM 2 Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female NOTE Serial ...

Page 45: ...ctions of the audio connectors Line Out Line In and Mic change when the 6 channel audio feature is enabled Refer to Chapter 5 SOFTWARE SETUP Joystick MIDI 15 pin female 6 Game MIDI ports Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files RJ 45 8 Fast Ethernet Port connector RJ45 optional This RJ45 c...

Page 46: ... 1 on the connectors Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and CD ROM drives but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives 9 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED The read or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector cause this LED to light up P4S533 E P4S533 E ...

Page 47: ...r the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup If you have more than two UltraDMA133 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA133 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 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA ca...

Page 48: ...1 The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 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 Do not forget to connect the fan cable...

Page 49: ... the 4 pin ATX 12V power plug to provide sufficient power to the CPU Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide at least 8A on the 12V lead and at least 1A on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB The minimum recommended wattage is 230W or 300W for a fully configured system The system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate P4S533 E P4S533 E...

Page 50: ...533 E P4S533 E Internal Audio Connectors AUX1 White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground CD1 Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground MODEM Modem Out Ground Modem In Ground 14 USB header 10 1 pin USB2 3 If the USB port connectors on the rear panel are inadequate a USB header is available for additional USB port connectors Connect the bundled 2 port USB connector s...

Page 51: ...age P4S533 E P4S533 E Chassis Alarm Lead CHASSIS1 5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND 17 Chassis Open Alarm lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS1 This lead is intended for a chassis that supports intrusion detection The lead requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion monitor sensor or microswitch When any chassis component is removed the sensor is triggered and a high level signal is sent to this...

Page 52: ...card SMARTCON1 NC SCPWR NC NC NC2 VCC GND SCIO SCRRES NC SCRCLK 1 NC SCRREST 18 Infrared Module connector 5 1 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system chassis that support this feature You must also configure the UART2 Use As parameter in BIOS to set UART2 for use with IR See section 4 4 2 I O Dev...

Page 53: ... to the rear panel Line Out jack to make it available for audio out devices such as speakers or a headphone If you connect the Intel Front Panel audio cable to the IAPANEL connector see next page then remove the caps from these two jumpers to permit automatic switching of audio signals between the rear panel Line Out jack and the Intel audio cable 20 Audio line in header LINE_IN This connector sup...

Page 54: ...cable and the front panel audio module if available comply with the Intel Front Panel I O specification P4S533 E P4S533 E iPanel Connector AFPANEL 5VSB NC CHASSIS 5 V PCIRST GND CIRRX EXTSMI MLED NC BATT NC SMBDATA GND 3VSB IRRX IRTX NC NC NC 5V SMBCLK NC 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX CIR SIR IR_CON 23 ASUS iPanel Infrared connector 24 1 pin AFPANEL This connector supports an optional ASU...

Page 55: ...JTPWR Feed the power supply thermal sensor cable to this connector P4S533 E P4S533 E IEEE 1394 Headers Ground Ground TPA2 TPA2 TPB2 TPB2 Ground 12V IEEE 1394_1 with power blue IEEE 1394_2 white IEEE 1394_3 white 25 IEEE 1394 header 3x10 pin IEEE 1394_1 _2 _3 These headers support external IEEE 1394 connectors for support of a wide variety of high speed data devices ...

Page 56: ...dicate receipt of messages from a fax modem The normal status for this LED is ON when there is no incoming data signal The LED blinks when data is received The system message LED feature requires an ACPI OS and driver support 29 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This connector permits switching to suspend mode or Green mode system activity is decreased to conserve power and system compone...

Page 57: ...Chapter 3 Powering up ...

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Page 59: ...n 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 on the power the system may have failed a power on test Chec...

Page 60: ...Pentium 4 478 Northwood Processor into the CPU socket System failed CPU test Check the CPU if properly installed Call ASUS technical support for assistance See the ASUS contact information and www asus com System failed memory test Install 184 pin unbuffered DDR SDRAM DIMMs into the DIMM sockets Check if the DIMMs on the DIMM sockets are properly installed Make sure that your DIMMs are not defecti...

Page 61: ...e to the one of the IDE connectors on the motherboard See section 2 8 Connectors CPU temperature too high Check CPU fan if working properly CPU fan failed Check the CPU fan and make sure it turns on after you applied power to the system CPU voltage out of range Check your power supply and make sure it is not defective Call ASUS technical support for assistance See the ASUS contact information on p...

Page 62: ...u 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 63: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup ...

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Page 65: ...er numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system disk DO 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 w...

Page 66: ...pter 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 67: ... 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 solve you...

Page 68: ...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 69: ... 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 Delet...

Page 70: ...r 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 menu...

Page 71: ... 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 72: ...y year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2084 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 Japanese...

Page 73: ...s 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 ...

Page 74: ...sc 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 set the p...

Page 75: ... This 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 th...

Page 76: ...rease 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 suppress Ul...

Page 77: ... Keyboard 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 78: ...rogram allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup Passwords are not case sensitive 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 ...

Page 79: ...en 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 external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed The setting of this field depends on the CPU Frequency Multiple CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field permits selection of the internal frequency of the...

Page 80: ...ion options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This field functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data When set to Enabled the BIOS loads the update on all processors during system bootup Configuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default setting Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse at startup If a...

Page 81: ...d voltage interface and module banks Configuration options User Defined By SPD NOTE The following 4 SDRAM parameters appear only when you set the SDRAM Configuration to User Defined SDRAM CAS Latency 2 5T This item controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time the data actually becomes available SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay 3T This item controls the latency between the SDRAM active co...

Page 82: ...ing an AGP 4X card Configuration options 1X Mode 2X Mode 4X Mode AGP Fast Write Capability Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled 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...

Page 83: ...mary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel or both You can also set both channels to Disabled Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled IDE Bus Master Support Enable This field enables or disables the IDE Bus Master Capability under the DOS environment Configuration options Enabled Disabled ...

Page 84: ...board 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 Disabled This field allows you to select the device on which to assign UART2 If you select IR or Smart Card Reader set an I O address for the item Onboard Serial Port 2 Configuration options COM Port IR Smart Card Reader Onboard ...

Page 85: ...P EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options 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 Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Speech POST Reporter Enabled This field enables or disables the ASUS POST Rep...

Page 86: ...orrects 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 Primary VGA BIOS PCI VGA Card This field allows you to select the primary graphics card Configuration options PCI VGA Card AGP VGA Card USB Function Enabled...

Page 87: ...ntroller Keep the setting Enabled if you wish to use the onboard LAN feature Set this field to Disabled if you installed a PCI LAN card The LAN card includes a controller chipset Configuration options Disabled Enabled 4 4 3 1 Onboard PCI Devices Control USB 2 0 Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus 2 0 USB devices Keep the default setting Enabled if you connect USB 2 0 de...

Page 88: ...RQ is NOT required by a legacy ISA card Set the IRQ field to Yes if you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are NOT using ICU Configuration options No ICU Yes 4 4 3 2 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion Onboard 1394 Support Enabled This parameter enables or disables the onboard 1394 controller Keep the default setting Enabled if you wish to use the onboard 1394 feature Set this fie...

Page 89: ...When 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 Managem...

Page 90: ...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 provide more t...

Page 91: ...for powering 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 t...

Page 92: ...upply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key 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 selecting Everyday or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 93: ... CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N A Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N A Power Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds and displays the fan speeds in revolutions per minute RPM If any of the fans is not connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard the specific field will show N A VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The on...

Page 94: ...ard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS 120 ZIP ATAPIMO 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 95: ... 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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Configuration options Disabled Enabled Full Screen Logo Enabled Thi...

Page 96: ...f 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 s...

Page 97: ...ng 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 f...

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Page 99: ...Chapter 5 Software support ...

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Page 101: ...ons in this chapter to install the software and drivers contained in the support CD Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary use the setup procedures presented in this chapter 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 ...

Page 102: ... chipset audio support driver and software SiS PCI LAN Driver Installs the fast ethernet network controller driver USB 2 0 Driver Installs the latest USB 2 0 system driver Winbond Voice Editor Installs a convenient utility to customize vocal POST messages ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages Install ASUS Update Vx xx Instals a program...

Page 103: ... LCD monitors Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information Exit Exits the CD installation menu The USB 2 0 Driver is supported under theWin2K and WinXP Operating Systems It is not advis...

Page 104: ...l frequencies through the DMI Explorer 5 4 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon ...

Page 105: ...hows 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 106: ...rent monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold ...

Page 107: ...I Explorer Shows information 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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 108: ...S 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 is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring ...

Page 109: ... AsusUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or clickAuto Select 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download 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...

Page 110: ...ions to match true internet source colors with the color displayed on the monitor Simply run the setup program from the start menu and follow the instructions on the various setup test screens 5 6 1 3Deep Color Tuning 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 1 Select the type of monitor connected t...

Page 111: ...e tuning process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 5 6 2 The 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 a...

Page 112: ... unblocking Setting Up ITE GSM Editor Connect a smart card reader to the P4S533 E refer to page 38 in Hardware Setup for the connector location Boot up the PC and enter BIOS press del to change the configuration to accept smart card hardware in the Advanced BIOS menu select the I O Device Configuration sub menu go to UART2 Function Selection and choose Smart Card Read save and exit Finish booting ...

Page 113: ... a conversion card slip the SIM chip into the conversion card and then insert it into the card reader 2 To access the phone book contained in the SIM card either click the chip icon 3 To edit data select the field and double click it or press Enter Type in the name and number Then click OK Or double click the SIM Card 5 To save data to the SIM chip click the save icon 4 The data appears in the fie...

Page 114: ...ears in front of the serial number indicated 3 Select Entry to Write into SIM Card and the program writes the selected data from the open file into the SIM card database Users can select multiple entries by pressing Ctrl and mouse selecting the data fields simultaneously Phone number entries may be comprised of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C or Pressing C commands the dialer to pause for three seconds before...

Page 115: ...ed 2 Disable PIN Set Up This function is used to disable the personal identification number PIN set up It is effective only when the PIN set up is enabled and the SIM chip is not blocked Users should first enter the current PIN to disable the PIN set up If the correct PIN numbers are entered the SIM chip can be reset If three consecutive attempts to enter the PIN fail the SIM chip is automatically...

Page 116: ...ogram Launch the program either from the Winbond Voice Editor icon on your desktop or from the Windows Start menu Programs Winbond Voice Editor Voice Editor The Winbond Voice Editor screen appears Playing the default wave files To play the default wave files simply click on a POST event on the left side of the screen then click the Play button The default language setting is English To avoid confl...

Page 117: ...ck Open The event messages for the language you selected appear on the Voice Editor screen For some languages not all events have a corresponding message due to file size constraints 3 Click on the Write button to update the EEPROM 4 Click Yes on the confirmation window that appears The next time you boot your computer the POST messages are announced in the language that you selected ...

Page 118: ... POST events on the leftmost column of the screen 2 Prepare your message for each event The total compressed size for all the wave files must not exceed 1Mbit so make your messages as short as possible 3 Use a recording software such as Windows Recorder to record your messages 4 Save the messages as wave files WAV It is recommended that you save your files in low quality to keep them small For exa...

Page 119: ...en on the Edit button The Event Sound Editor window appears 8 Locate and select your wave file for the event then click on the arrow opposite Voice1 The file you selected appears on the space next to it 9 Click OK to return to the Voice Editor screen 10 Do steps 7 to 9 for the other events 11 When done click the Save button A window appears prompting you to save your configuration 12 Type a file n...

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Page 121: ...Glossary ...

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Page 123: ...tem and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology peripherals will also be able to activate the PC For example inserting a tape into a VCR can turn on the PC which could then activate a l...

Page 124: ...ral Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD processors Device Driver A device driver is a ...

Page 125: ...the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for PC that is always ON but appears OFF and responds immediately to user or other requests The OnNow design initiative involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Windo...

Page 126: ...way from the CPU control internal registers in the memory accept the request and lets the CPU do something else while the data requested is assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM module it using a EEPROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration information inside The Serial Presenc...

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Page 129: ...umLock Status 61 Boot Virus Detection 79 C Central Processing Unit CPU 11 External Frequency 25 installation 12 Speed 63 Chip Configuration 65 Clear RTC RAM 30 Connectors Audio line in connector 41 Audio line out jumper 41 Chassis alarm 36 Digital audio 39 Fan 36 Floppy disk 36 Front audio panel connector 42 Game MIDI 9 33 HDD LED 31 Infrared module 40 Internal audio 38 Ipanel connector 42 IEEE 13...

Page 130: ...nk installation 14 I Interrupt Assignments 22 IRQ assignments 22 ITE GSM Editor 94 J JumperFree Mode 24 Jumpers Clear RTC RAM 30 CPU external frequency 25 DDR Voltage 27 JumperFree mode 24 USB device wake up 26 K Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 61 Auto Repeat Rate 61 Connector 31 Features 61 L Legacy Diskette 56 LiveUpdate 92 Using 92 M Motherboard IRQ Table 22 layout 8 9 placement 7 screws 7 Mouse Con...

Page 131: ... Precharge Time 66 CAS Latency 65 Configuration 65 RAS to CAS Delay 65 Serial Ports 68 Connectors 32 slots AGP 23 PCI 23 Smart Card Reader 40 42 Smart Manager 94 SMART Monitoring 60 Sony Philips Digital Interface S PDIF 3 Support CD 83 Welcome screen 83 Winbond Voice Editor 98 Suspend Mode 74 System Date 56 System memory configurations 17 System Time 56 U UART2 70 Ultra DMA Mode 60 Universal Seria...

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