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CONTENTS

4.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................ 63
4.7 Exit Menu ................................................................................. 65

5.  SOFTWARE SETUP ....................................................................... 67

5.1 Install Operating System ........................................................... 67
5.2 Start Windows ........................................................................... 67
5.3 P4T-CM Motherboard Support CD ........................................... 68

6.  SOFTWARE REFERENCE ........................................................... 71

6.1 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 71
6.2 ASUS Live Update ................................................................... 76
6.4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE ...................................................... 77
6.5 CyberLink VideoLive Mail ....................................................... 78

7.  APPENDIX ....................................................................................... 81

7.1 Glossary .................................................................................... 81

INDEX ................................................................................................... 85

Summary of Contents for P4T-CM

Page 1: ...ASUS P4T CM User s Manual 1 P4T CM Intel 850 Micro ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered tra...

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Page 4: ... Installation 20 3 6 Expansion Cards 22 3 7 External Connectors 24 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 35 4 BIOS SETUP 37 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 37 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 37 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures 38 4 2 BIOS Setup Program 41 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar 42 4 2 2 Legend Bar 42 4 3 Main Menu 44 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Master Slave 45 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 48 4 4 Advanc...

Page 5: ...FTWARE SETUP 67 5 1 Install Operating System 67 5 2 Start Windows 67 5 3 P4T CM Motherboard Support CD 68 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 71 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 71 6 2 ASUS Live Update 76 6 4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 77 6 5 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 78 7 APPENDIX 81 7 1 Glossary 81 INDEX 85 ...

Page 6: ... the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WA...

Page 7: ... items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA33 66 100 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 COM Port Bracket and Cable 1 ASUS 2 ...

Page 8: ...MCH with a bandwidth of 266MB sec twice the maximum bandwidth of the PCI bus AGP 4X Slot Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port 4X slot that supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode bus The slot is keyed to support only the latest 1 5 volt AGP cards i e ASUS V3800 and newer versions UltraDMA 100 Support Comeswithano...

Page 9: ...processor 2 1 2 Optional Components Realtek RTL8139C Ethernet optional Single chip fast ethernet controller for 100 10 Mbps data transfer capacity See 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration in BIOS setup IEEE 1394 Controller Interface optional Integrated 3 Port TI 400Mbps capable link layer controller and 400Mbps physical layer controller provides the fastest available digital interface for throughput int...

Page 10: ...nterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To realize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 2000 Millen...

Page 11: ...erboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 98 Millenium and Windows NT 2000 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The onboard hardware ASUS ASIC ...

Page 12: ...s 2 USB ports 10 1 IEEE 1394 Controller Interface optional Bottom 20 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 20 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 21 1 Serial COM2 Header 13 2 USB Port Connectors Bottom 22 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 23 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 23 Audio AC 97 Audio CODEC 16 1 Game MIDI Connector Top 19 1 Line Out Connector Bottom 19 1 Line In Connector Bottom 19 1 Line Microphone Co...

Page 13: ...ASUS P4T CM User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 4 16 8 14 17 19 12 20 21 22 23 6 3 11 7 2 5 10 9 13 18 ...

Page 14: ...IDE PRIMARY IDE Intel I O Controller Hub ICH2 P4T CM CHA_FAN Accelerated Graphics Port AGP CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Socket 423 RIMMB1 16 18 bit 184 pin module ATX Power Connector 2Mbit Firmware Hub RIMMA1 16 18 bit 184 pin module Multi I O ATX12V Intel 850 Memory Controller Hub MCH USB1 USB2 Bottom RJ 45 Top GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In AUX_CON COM2 AFPANEL Realtek RTL8139C CPU_FAN ...

Page 15: ...ctors Three 1 8 Female 10 FLOPPY p 27 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin 11 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin 12 IA p 29 Internal Audio 4 pin CD_IN AUX 13 1394_CON p 29 IEEE 1394 Controller Header Two 8 pin optional 14 CHA_FAN CPU_FAN p 30 CHA CPU PWR Fan Connectors Three 3 pin PWR_FAN 15 WOLCON p 31 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin 16 USB2 p 31 USB Header 10 1 pi...

Page 16: ...om the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to your motherboard peripherals and or components 3 3 Getting Started IMPORTANT Due to Pentium 4 CPU s power consumption require...

Page 17: ...rd has two 184 pin Rambus Inline Memory Modules RIMM sockets These sockets support 64Mbit 128Mbit and 256Mbit Direct RDRAM technologies IMPORTANT 1 The memory configuration of channel A RIMMA1 and channel B RIMMB1 must be identical Location Memory Module Subtotal RIMMA1 RDRAM x 1 Rows 0 1 RIMMB1 RDRAM x 1 Rows 2 3 TOTALSYSTEM MEMORY 1GB Max RIMMA1 RIMMB1 128MB RDRAM 128MB RDRAM ...

Page 18: ...ocket s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the module and the ejectors should close If necessary push the ejectors inward to secure the mod ule in place Removing Memory To release a memory module push both ejectors outward and pull the module straight up and out of the RIMM sockets WARNING RIMM modules become extremely hot during operation To re duce the risk of personal injury...

Page 19: ...it by pulling the lever gen tly sideways away from the socket Then lift the lever up wards The socket lever must be fully opened 90 to 100 degrees 2 Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The gold arrow of the CPU must be oriented to ward the outer corner of the socket base nearest to the tip of the lever handle 3 Once completely inserted press the CPU firmly and close the socket lever until ...

Page 20: ...he white plastic plugs into the middle of the black plastic collars and pop them firmly out the bottom of the motherboard CPU Heatsink 3 H W SETUP Step 1 Mount the Heatsink Support Braces 3 5 2 CPU Heatsink Retention Module Installation Parts Inventory 1 Two black plastic heatsink support braces have built in retaining clips 2 Four black plastic collars and four white plastic plugs ...

Page 21: ...ctor See 3 1 Motherboard Layout 3 8 Connectors Step 2 Mount the Heatsink CAUTION Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur When mounting a heatsink onto your CPU make sure that exposed CPU capacitors do not touch the heatsink or else damage may occur Refer to heatsink CPU documentation WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient...

Page 22: ...PNPAND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 6 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an addit...

Page 23: ... assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 3 6 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 4X This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP 4X to support a new generation of AGP graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth IMPORTANT Only 1 5V AGP cards are supported ASUS AGP 4X cards are rated for both 1 5 and 3 3Volts Ea...

Page 24: ... the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Ad...

Page 25: ...e connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female 4 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 10 1 pin COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial header is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for settings COM 1 Se...

Page 26: ...etwork LAN through a network hub RJ 45 5 Universal Serial Bus Ports Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices For additional USB ports you can use the USB headers see USB Headers later in this section NOTE USB Function see 4 4 3 PCI Configuration must be Enabled to use these ports 7 IEEE 1394 Controller Interface Connector 6 pin 1394_CON optional This connector sup...

Page 27: ...ows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 10 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the othe...

Page 28: ...config ure the second drive to Slave mode Please refer to your hard disk documenta tion for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu Pin 20 is removed to prevent wrong orientations TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one oper...

Page 29: ...ght Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 13 IEEE 1394 Headers 8 pin 1394HEAD2 1394HEAD3 optional These headers support an IEEE 1394 serial connector cable set that mounts to a standard expansion slot in the computer case 1394 compliant internal fixed disk drives may also be connected to these headers P4T CM P4T CM IEEE 1394 Headers 139...

Page 30: ...d be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotationsignal TheRotationsperMinute RPM canmonitoredusinga utility such as ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damag...

Page 31: ...y with at least 720mA 5V standby power P4T CM P4T CM Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON 16 USB Headers 10 1 pin USB2 If the USB Ports on the back panels are inadequate a USB header is available for two additional USB ports Connect the 10 1 pin ribbon cable from the pro vided 2 port USB connector se...

Page 32: ...ed module to the SIR connector or an optional consumer infrared connector set to the CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmit ting and remote control functions through one external infrared module P4T CM Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND IR 1 P4T CM Infrared Module Connector 17 Standard and Consumer Infrared SIR Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports ...

Page 33: ...ay experi ence difficulty in powering up if your power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply minimum recommended wattage 230watts must supply at least 720mA 5VSB P4T CM P4T CM HD Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug HDLED 20 IDE Activity LED 2 pin HDLED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read ...

Page 34: ...24 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 25 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity...

Page 35: ... front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are runnin...

Page 36: ...ating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when sh...

Page 37: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 38: ...rboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the fil...

Page 39: ... Yet if the update fails your system will run a greater risk of boot failure depending on whether the boot block is damaged or not 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming is finished Fl...

Page 40: ...IOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still per sists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing ...

Page 41: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 42: ...tice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or key...

Page 43: ...at a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional op tions for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to...

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

Page 45: ...sful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted...

Page 46: ...ads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Address ing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or s...

Page 47: ... This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documenta tion that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Secto...

Page 48: ...he drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration opt...

Page 49: ...e password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a ...

Page 50: ...o the RDRAM The default setting Auto seeks to balance optimal performance with sta bility This default setting is show only no options are available CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Fast String Disabled ...

Page 51: ...nabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If detected USB controller legacy mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this ...

Page 52: ...52 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP JumperFree Notes System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running and enter BIOS setup ...

Page 53: ...ickly Con figuration options Standby Nap AGP Fast Write Enabled This controls theAGP fast write function Configuration options Enabled Disabled Graphics Window Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache tech ...

Page 54: ... unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or d...

Page 55: ...able the integrated LAN controller you must first set this field to Disable shut down your system and then restart Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This option selects drive letter assignments Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes ...

Page 56: ...RQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP al lows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed op eration in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA ...

Page 57: ...e leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to Enabled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA ...

Page 58: ...or each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default value indi cates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that the ISA Configura tion Utility ICU is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ If the IRQ is required by a legacy device then reserce the IRQ by selecting Yes Otherwise select No ICU to release the IRQ to OS Configuration options No ICU ...

Page 59: ...nformation access is faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this ...

Page 60: ...for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving op tions according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max...

Page 61: ... NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection can not be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem card Disabled Wake On LAN or a PC...

Page 62: ...ard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard and CPU temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary CPU Fan Power Fan Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V V...

Page 63: ...elds include Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP ATAPI MO 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 allo...

Page 64: ...to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST ro...

Page 65: ... values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before e...

Page 66: ...saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other me...

Page 67: ...0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New Hardware Wiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings o...

Page 68: ...driver Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Installs Intel s program application to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address along with LDCM Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs Intel s program to monitor the Client system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use its hardware management features ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM Vx xx Installs a utility that...

Page 69: ...plications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail ASUS Screen Saver Installs the ASUS screen saver 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 Ex...

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Page 71: ...ternal frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe ...

Page 72: ... 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 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 73: ...nformation Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over...

Page 74: ...tinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 75: ...e PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 76: ... the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS Update Vx xx 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will be prompted to locate the f...

Page 77: ...identifying your file types 6 4 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 4 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mode...

Page 78: ...live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion...

Page 79: ...l or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose th...

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Page 81: ...pecification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards...

Page 82: ...sing of host based appli cations CPU Central 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 proce...

Page 83: ...can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA...

Page 84: ... SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the ...

Page 85: ...ast Ethernet Port 26 Floppy Disk Drive 27 Front Panel iPanel 32 IDE 28 Infrared Module 15 32 Internal Audio 29 32 iPanel 12 Parallel Port 25 PS 2 Keyboard 24 PS 2 Mouse 24 Serial Port 25 USB 26 Wake On LAN 15 31 CPU Speed 50 CPU Temperature 62 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 77 VideoLive Mail 79 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 77 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 79 Cylinders 46 D Discard Changes 66 E ECP DM...

Page 86: ...lts 66 M Maximum LBA Capacity 47 MB Temperature 62 Memory Hole At 15M 16M 54 Multi Sector Transfers 47 O Onboard AC97 Modem Controller 55 56 Onboard Parallel Port 56 Onboard PCI IDE Enable 54 Onboard Serial Port 1 55 Onboard Serial Port 2 55 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M 51 Other Boot Device Select 63 P Parallel Port Connector 25 Parallel Port Mode 56 PCI Latency Timer 57 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 57 PIO Mo...

Page 87: ... 34 System Time 44 T Translation Method 46 Type 45 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 56 Ultra DMA Mode 47 Universal Serial Bus Ports 26 Updating Your BIOS 37 USB Function 57 USB Headers 31 USB Legacy Support 51 Using ASUS PC Probe 71 ASUS Update 76 PowerPlayer SE 77 V VCORE Voltage 62 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 59 VideoLive Mail 79 Using 79 Voltage 12 62 3 3 62 5 62 VCORE 62 W Wake On LAN 61 Wake On LAN Co...

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