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ASUS P5S-VM User’s Manual

Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring
up a menu to turn on, off, or exit ASUS PC
Probe.

The icon appears dimmed when off or un-
available.

When there is a problem, the icon’s head
mirror flashes red, the PC speaker beeps, and
the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed.

Using the ASUS PC Probe

PC Probe Task Bar Icon

PC Probe System Info.

Get information on your mainboard

and BIOS from this screen.

Change PC Probe refresh times here

Click the items you wish to reset to its
default values and click this button.

Click here to start PC Probe each

time you enter Windows.

PC Probe Settings

VI. S/W REFER-

ENCE

ASUS PC Probe

VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE

Summary of Contents for P5S-VM

Page 1: ... P5S VM Super7 microATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...ds 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 35 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 IV BIOS SETUP 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Details of Standard...

Page 5: ...u 62 LDCM Local Setup 63 LDCM Administrator Setup 65 ASUS PC Probe Setup 66 Adobe Acrobat Reader 67 Install IDE Bus Master Driver 68 Install Video Driver 69 Install Audio Driver 70 Install PC Cillin 71 Uninstalling Programs 72 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 73 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 73 ASUS PC Probe 79 SiS 530 Display Properties 82 Creative Multimedia Decks 84 Desktop Management Interface DMI 91 VII ...

Page 6: ...f this equipment does 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 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 differe...

Page 7: ...s 1 Bag of spare jumpers 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 Motherboard User s manual ASUS IrDA compliant module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 ethernet card optional Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information on motherboard features Installation Instructions on motherboard jumper setup BIOS Setup Instructions on BIOS software setup Software Setup Informat...

Page 8: ...lity Includes complete online software guide Audio CODEC optional Features an 18 bit stereo full duplex audio CODEC that conforms to AC 97 analog component specifications PC Health Monitoring Provides an easier and convenient way to examine and man age system status information such as system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard PCIset South Bridge and the bundled LDCM from Int...

Page 9: ...rocedures for Windows 95 98 NT Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards or other Symbios SCSI cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor High Speed Data Transfer Interface This motherboard with its chipset and sup port for Ultra DMA 66 doubles t...

Page 10: ...re proper system configuration and management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions on managing the user s...

Page 11: ...DIMM Sockets Parallel Port PS 2 Mouse T PS 2 Keyboard B USB Port 1 T USB Port 2 B Creative Labs Audio optional Creative Audio CODEC optional SiS AGPset with Heatsink not shown Audio Ports T Joystick MIDI Connector B optional T Top B Bottom Serial Port COM1 B VGA Connector B Programmable Flash ROM 8MB VGA Memory optional Serial Port COM2 ATX Power L2 Cache Tag RAM ...

Page 12: ... 2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA GAME AUDIO optional Mic In Line Out Line In 2 MB SDRAM SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE FLOPPY COM2 Panel Connectors CHASSIS_FAN IR BUZZER CPU_FAN FS3 FS2 FS1 FS0 WOLCON CD_IN Modem Connector FREQ MULT CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power CPU Voltage VID0 VID1 VID2 VID3 VEN_DIS AUDIOEN BF0 BF1 BF2 LINEOUT_SW SiS 530 Chipset with integrated 2D 3D AGP VGA controller 2 MB SDRAM 2 MB S...

Page 13: ... 10 1 pins 6 VGA p 27 Monitor VGA Outout Connector 15 Female 7 FLOPPY p 27 Floppy Drive Connector 34 1 pins 8 GAME_AUDIO p 27 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female 9 GAME_AUDIO p 28 Joystick MidiConnector 15 pin Female 10 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 11 PRIMARY SECOND IDE p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 1 pins 12 ATX p 30 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins...

Page 14: ... 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or o...

Page 15: ...if you are using an audio card on the expansion slot These settings are available only on motherboards with the onboard audio option 0 1 AUDIOEN 1 2 3 1 2 3 P5S VM Audio Settings Enable Default Disable With amplifier Default 1 3 5 2 4 6 Without amplifier LINEOUT_SW 1 3 5 2 4 6 5 Keyboard Power Wake Up KB_UP This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power or wake up function Set to Enable i...

Page 16: ... 100MHz 100MHz 33 3MHz 95MHz 95MHz 31 7MHz 83 3MHz 83 3MHz 33MHz 75MHz 75MHz 30MHz FS2 FS1 FS3 FS0 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 HOST SDRAM PCI 133MHz 88 9MHz 33MHz 1 2 3 124MHz 82 7MHz 31MHz 112MHz 74 7MHz 37 3MHz 1 2 3 100MHz 75MHz 30MHz 100MHz 66 7MHz 33 3MHz 95MHz 63 3MHz 31 7MHz 66 7MHz 100MHz 33 3MHz 90MHz 90MHz 30MHz CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 ...

Page 17: ... K6 200 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 AMD K6 166 166MHz B 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 133 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 100 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P54C 166MHz C 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 133MHz C 2 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium P54C 100MHz C 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 ...

Page 18: ...CPUdesignschangerapidly thetablebelowisonlyintendedasasimple guideline and thus may not be true for your CPU Always refer to the CPU documentation for your CPU s voltage and then set the appropriate VID jumpers according to the CPU Vcore Voltage Selection illustration Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID0 VID1 VID2 VID3 AMD 25micron K6 III 400 450 2 4V Dual 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 K6 2 450 47...

Page 19: ...ction 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 VID2 VID1 VID0 2 1Volts VID3 2 2Volts 2 3Volts 2 9Volts 3 1Volts 3 2Volts 3 3Volts 3 4olts 3 5Volts 2 0Volts 2 4Volts 3 0Volts VID2 VID1 VID0 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 VID3 0 1 2 8Volts Motherboard Settings III H W SETUP ...

Page 20: ...emory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMM1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Total System Memory Max 768MB NOTES At the time this User s Manual was written 256MB DIMMs are available either as registered memory or 128Mbit DIMMs DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are ...

Page 21: ...DIMM Sockets 0 1 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins Lock The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wron...

Page 22: ...ched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point toward the end of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for three of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one orientation as shown The pic...

Page 23: ...r Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus f...

Page 24: ...bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQtoaPCIslotthathasacardinitthatrequiresanIRQ ToinstallaPCIcard youneed to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboarduseanINTA besurethatthejumpersonyourPCIcardsaresettoINTA Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DM...

Page 25: ... Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards ...

Page 26: ...port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 Serial Port COM1 9 pin Male 5 COM2 Connectors 10 1 pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices COM1 is ready for use while COM2 requires a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening For setting these ports up see Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWA...

Page 27: ... the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged PIN 1 P5S VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 0 1 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female with optional onboard audio Line Out can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape pla...

Page 28: ...onal onboard audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 10 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 ...

Page 29: ...bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First Boot Sequence in BIOS Fea tures Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent insert ing in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged P5S VM IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector 0 1 PIN 1 TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Mast...

Page 30: ...r 0 1 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 13 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector IR 5 pin block This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases th...

Page 31: ...or connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply 18 Message LED Lead MLED 2 pins 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 transfe...

Page 32: ... power P5S VM Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 0 1 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 22 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD_IN 23 MODEM Card Voice In Connector 4 pin MODEM with optional onboard audio CD_IN allows you to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive or other sound sources such as a TV tuner or MPEG card MODEM al...

Page 33: ...ve while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Ro tation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe Utility WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU Damage may occur t...

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Page 35: ... switch is pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper s...

Page 36: ...e following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory...

Page 37: ... parameter block from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOSIncludingBootBlockand ESCD screen appears Type the filen...

Page 38: ... WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If yo...

Page 39: ...nstalling the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST ...

Page 40: ...he CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their ...

Page 41: ...rboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually...

Page 42: ...possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drivesAand B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and t...

Page 43: ...Features Setup Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a...

Page 44: ...t writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 HDD S M A R T capability Disabled This field enables or disables S M A R T Self Moni...

Page 45: ...ch the system registers repeated keystrokes Op tions range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option System When you specify a Supervisor Password and or Us...

Page 46: ...e time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting ROM Cycle Wait State 4 Wait Leave both on default setting 16 bit I O Recov...

Page 47: ...controller Default setting is 4MB Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a differ ent controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive...

Page 48: ...ard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See IrDA Fast IR Compliant Infrared Mdule Connector under section III Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels ...

Page 49: ...ng puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CON...

Page 50: ...Disable This shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable from 1 Min to 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable Thesefieldssettheperiodoftimeafterwhicheachofthesemodesactivate 1Min 2Min 3 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min or 1 Hour The default setting is Dis...

Page 51: ...eek by selecting Enable Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed and CPU Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error mes sages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU temperat...

Page 52: ... fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the disp...

Page 53: ...ress range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If a Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected ...

Page 54: ...screen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup D...

Page 55: ...king you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the EnterPassword promptappears Amessageconfirmsthepasswo...

Page 56: ...e En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controlle...

Page 57: ...ch the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y an...

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Page 59: ...ASUS P5S VM User s Manual 59 R SUPPORT CD ...

Page 60: ...tall Video Driver 69 Install Audio Driver 70 Install PC Cillin 71 Uninstalling Programs 72 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 73 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 73 ASUS PC Probe 79 SiS 530 Display Properties 82 Creative Multimedia Decks 84 Creative CD Player 85 Creative MIDI Player 86 Creative Remote 87 Creative Wave Player 88 SB AudioPCI 64V Mixer 89 Creative WaveStudio 90 Creative Soundo LE 90 Desktop Managemen...

Page 61: ...nboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step be causeWindows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip Always use the driver available on the...

Page 62: ...al in PDF format is available under the ASUSLM folder created on your system during setup Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format such as that of the ASUS PC Probe Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Install IDE Bus Master Driver Installs the B...

Page 63: ...rive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 6 Select the components you want to install and then click here 4 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP 5 Clickhere ...

Page 64: ...ASUS P5S VM User s Manual 64 V S W SETUP Windows 98 11 Click here and then click Finish to restart 10 Click here 9 Clickhere 8 Clickhere 7 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 65: ...your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE LDCM will not run if ASUS PC Probe utility is installed To uninstall PC Probe see section on Uninstalling Programs 3 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 6 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP 2 Clickhere ...

Page 66: ... drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if Intel s LDCM utility is installed To uninstall Intel s LDCM utility see section on Uninstalling Programs 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Make any desired setting changes and then click here 5 Clickhere 1 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 67: ... Acrobat Reader Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 1 Clickhere 5 Clickhere 2 Clickhere V S W SETUP Windows 98 ...

Page 68: ...y for 4 sectors of data read or has completed the trans fer of 4 sectors of data write compared with the one interrupt required in standard PIO for each sector This eliminates some of the system overhead involved in a PIO transfer DMA Direct Memory Access Mode is used in EISA VESA Local Bus and PCI equipped systems This mode is capable of very fast transfer rates using Bus Mastering The advantage ...

Page 69: ...con in My Computer to bring up the setup screen Install Video Driver installs the video driver necessary for your card to have higher performance resolutions and special features 1 Clickhere 2 Click here to begin the installation wizard V SOFTWARE SETUP V S W SETUP Windows 98 2 Clickhere 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 70: ...ard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 7 Clickhere 8 Click here and then click Finish to restart 5 Clickhere 6 Click here to start the installation 3 Clickhere 4 Clickhere 2 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP V S W SETUP Windows 98 1 Clickhere ...

Page 71: ...Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Clickhere 2 Clickhere V SOFTWARE SETUP V S W SETUP Windows 98 5 Click Express Install and then click here 6 Insert a floppy disk and then click here 3 Enter the necessary information and then click here 4 Clickhere 7 Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click here Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation ...

Page 72: ...grams is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallayyytion program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 3 Clickhere 2 Select the program you wish to remove and click here V SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 73: ...r your computer s health Receive notifications for system events Client Manager has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it searches your network for other computers run...

Page 74: ...Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box Opens the File Transfer dialog box Reboots the computer Opens the DMI Explorer Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configure Notifications Tools Configure Global Tools Transf...

Page 75: ...puters on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Shows only unhealthy computers Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE ...

Page 76: ...list 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to re move 2 Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete 3 At the prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer is not automatically removed from this list To wake up a computer 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click t...

Page 77: ...pport this feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client computer even if you cannot o...

Page 78: ...ithout having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk is running low on space Critical A computer that has exceeded a critical tolerance level For examp...

Page 79: ...splash screen appears allowing you to Show Monitor or Hide You can select whether you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to Run when Windows Starts The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the icon will al...

Page 80: ...w of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature warning threshold Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s voltages Digital view of PC s voltages Upper warning threshold adjustment Lower warning threshold adjustment Digital view of PC s voltage warning thresholds PC Voltage Status PC s Fan Rotations per minute PC s Temperature C F PC s Voltages PC Status Summary VI S W R...

Page 81: ...e PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Using the ASUS PC Probe PC Probe Task Bar Icon PC Probe System Info Get information on your mainboard and BIOS from this screen Change PC Probe refresh times here Click the items you wish to reset to its default values and click this button Click here to start PC Probe each time you enter Windows PC Probe Settings VI S W REFER ENCE ASUS...

Page 82: ...ont size of the se lectedmonitor Touseadifferentfontsize click thearrow andthenclickthefontsizeyouwant Specifies that you want your computer to ap ply chages to system color settings without restarting NOTE Some programs might not display colors correctly without being re started after you make changes To avoid this problem close the program change the color settings and then open the program agai...

Page 83: ...e the default pro file is the active profile Video Setting Allowsyoutoadjustthebrightnessandcontrast of the screen output This function is available onlyin16 bitcolor high color 65K color and 32 bit true color plus 8 bits for an alpha chan nel 16 7M color color depths Gamma Correction Allows you to adjust the quality of your dis play according to your preference Gamma correction is available only ...

Page 84: ...our CD ROM drive and MIDI device It con sists of Creative Remote and other players such as Creative CD Creative Wave and Creative MIDI Common operations Tracks Playlist Skip Backward Rewind Skip Forward Fast Forward Power Off Menu Minimize Volume Repeat Mode Intro Mode Touch Sensitive Display NOTE The terms track and file are used interchangeably throughout this sec tion VI S W REFER ENCE Creative...

Page 85: ...e display forms Fine control of track s playing position Introduction Mode Repeat Playlist Mode RepeatTrack Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback Playlist compilation of CD tracks into a collection Fast track selection Direct volume control for multiple sound cards Using the CD Playlist To access the Playlist dialog box click on the CD player Enter CD Title Displays sequence of tracks to be played En...

Page 86: ...t Mode RepeatTrack Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback Playlist compilation of different MIDI files Fast track selection Direct volume control for multiple sound cards Stop Play Pause Using the MIDI Playlist To access the Playlist dialog box click on the MIDI player Displays the Playlist a sequence of the tracks to be played Enter artist name Enter track notes Select a collection a saved playlist D...

Page 87: ...n addition it consists of several advanced features like Ability to launch any of the available Creative Multimedia Decks players for more direct control over a device Touch sensitive display Multiple display forms Fast track selection Color scheme selection VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Invoke player Select an active player Displays the Playlist dialog box of the active player Starts recording Opens clos...

Page 88: ...rack s playing position Introduction Mode Repeat Playlist Mode RepeatTrack Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback Playlist compilation of different wave files Fast track selection Direct volume control for multiple sound cards VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Stop Play Pause Record Activates the Record Setting dialog box which allows you to select the format of the wave file to record Uses one left or right chan...

Page 89: ...tween the three different spatial presets Off On and Wide By default this switch is set to Off The reverb effect will make the MIDI instruments on the card sound as if they were playing in a large concert hall or stadium The three degrees of reverb provided are Off On and Full This effect can be applied to the Syn thesizer device The chorus effect will add depth to the card s synthesizer sounds Th...

Page 90: ...ial effects and editing operations such as rap reverse echo mute pan cut copy and paste Open and edit several wave files at the same time Import and export raw RAW data files VI S W REFER ENCE Creative WaveStudio Creative Soundo LE Soundo LE plays and records wave data It supports Object Linking and Embed ding OLE 2 0 allows playback of WAV files of any format allows recording of sounds from all a...

Page 91: ...ystem integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshi...

Page 92: ...able for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N ...

Page 93: ...s ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS VI S W REFER ENCE DIM Util...

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Page 95: ... motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity VI...

Page 96: ...S 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading d...

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