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Page 3: ... highlights 1 2 1 3 2 Value added solutions 1 4 1 4 Motherboard overview 1 6 1 4 1 Major components 1 6 1 4 2 Core specifications 1 8 Chapter 2 Hardware information 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 1 1 Placement direction 2 1 2 1 2 Screw holes 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 4 2 4 1 Overview 2 4 2 4 2 Installing the CPU 2 5 2 4 3 Instal...

Page 4: ...pter 4 BIOS setup 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 1 1 Creating a bootable disk 4 1 4 1 2 Updating the BIOS 4 3 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 5 4 2 1 BIOS menu bar 4 6 4 2 2 Legend bar 4 6 4 3 Main Menu 4 8 4 3 1 Primary and Secondary Master Slave 4 10 4 3 2 Keyboard Features 4 14 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 15 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 4 17 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 4 18 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 4...

Page 5: ...2544GC LAN Driver Installation 5 20 5 4 3 ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation 5 22 5 5 SUN Solaris 7 Server 5 22 5 5 1 LSI SCSI Driver Installation 5 22 5 5 2 Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Installation 5 27 5 5 3 ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation 5 27 5 6 SCO Open Server 5 0 x 5 28 5 6 1 LSI SCSI Driver Installation 5 28 5 6 2 Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Installation 5 31 5 6 3 A...

Page 6: ... cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which t...

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

Page 8: ... Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes description of the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings throug...

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Page 11: ...CI X SCSI controller ATI RAGE XL PCI based VGA controller 4 x PCI 64 bit 133MHz 3V PCI X1 to PCI X4 1 x PCI 64 bit 66MHz 3V PCI X5 PCI X5 supports AMI Express 600 ZCR card when LSI 53C1030 is onboard 1 x PCI 32 bit 33MHz 5V PCI6 1 x Parallel port 1 x Serial port 1 x VGA port 1 x PS 2 keyboard port 1 x PS 2 mouse port 2 x USB 1 1 ports 2 x RJ 45 ports with LED 2 x 68 pin Ultra 160 320 SCSI connecto...

Page 12: ...I Green PnP features and Enhanced Server BIOS features Extended ATX form factor 12 in x 13 in 30 5 cm x 33 cm Device drivers Management software Utilities Contact information BIOS features Form Factor Support CD contents Specifications are subject to change without notice ...

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

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

Page 15: ...nce dual processor server platform Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below 1 2 Package contents Check your PR DLS package for the following items ASUS PR DLS motherboard Extended ATX form factor 12 in x 13 in 30 5 cm x 33 cm ASUS PR DLS support CD I O shield 80 conductor ribbon cable for UltraDMA100 66 33 IDE drives...

Page 16: ...100 SDRAM to deliver the required bandwidth for the latest 3D graphics multimedia and Internet applications See page 2 10 Dual channel Ultra 160 320 SCSI The LSI 53C1010R 64 bit 66MHz PCI SCSI controller or the LSI 53C1030 64 bit 133MHz PCI X SCSI controller is onboard to support dual channel Ultra 160 320 SCSI connectors that provide high speed data transfer interfaces Advanced 64 bit PCI X slots...

Page 17: ...ard comes with the Intel 82551QM Fast Ethernet controller and the Intel 82544GC Gigabit Ethernet controller to support the latest LAN technologies Onboard VGA The ATI Rage XL PCI based VGA controller integrates an 8MB display SDRAM to provide onboard video solution ...

Page 18: ...de regardless of the BIOS setting Remote Ring In This feature allows the system to wake up remotely through an internal or external modem if present Wake Up support The motherboard includes Wake On LAN Wake On Ring and BIOS Wake Up features Server management The motherboard comes with an ASMC connector that supports the optional ASMC HE ME LE card to comply with server reliability availability and...

Page 19: ...protection to the motherboard The BIOS has a boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection and is Year 2000 certified Compliance Both the BIOS and the hardware levels of the motherboard meet the stringent requirements for SDG 2 0 certification The new SDG 2 0 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals support for Plug and Play comp...

Page 20: ... pin ATX power connector 4 ServerWorks Grand Champion LE North Bridge CMIC LE 5 DIP switches 6 604 pin CPU sockets 7 8 pin 12V SSI power connector 8 IDE connectors 9 ServerWorks Champion South Bridge CSB5 10 Ultra 160 320 SCSI connectors 11 LSI SCSI controller 12 Flash ROM 13 ASUS ASIC 14 ServerWorks 64 bit I O Bridge CIOB X2 15 Floppy disk connector 16 ATI Rage XL VGA controller 17 PCI X slots PC...

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

Page 22: ... processor bus and integrates the functions of the main memory controller and the Inter Module Bus IMB interface unit The processor interface supports a 400MHz Front Side Bus FSB providing a 3 2GB s bandwidth 2 way interleaved 3 2GB s memory bandwidth with up to 12GB registered ECC PC2100 1600 DDR DIMMs and two high speed IMBs plus one thin IMB to connect to the south bridge CSB5 DIP switches This...

Page 23: ... include hardware and system voltage monitoring IRQ routing among others ServerWorks 64 bit I O Bridge CIOB X2 See description in item 2 Floppy disk connector This connector accommodates the provided ribbon cable for the floppy disk drive One side of the connector is slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable ATI Rage XL VGA controller This PCI based VGA controller supports up...

Page 24: ...ion to the PCI Local Bus Rev 1 0a at clock rates of up to 133MHz PS 2 mouse port This green 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 mouse Parallel port This 25 pin port connects a parallel printer a scanner or other devices RJ 45 ports These ports allows connection to a Local Area Network LAN through a network hub VGA port This port is for a VGA monitor or other VGA compatible devices Serial port This 9 pin...

Page 25: ... Hardware information This chapter describes the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components It includes details on the switches jumpers and connectors on the motherboard ...

Page 26: ...er summary 2 1 Motherboard installation 2 1 2 2 Motherboard layout 2 2 2 3 Before you proceed 2 3 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 2 4 2 5 System memory 2 8 2 6 Expansion slots 2 11 2 7 Switches and jumpers 2 14 2 8 Connectors 2 17 ...

Page 27: ...2 1 1 Placement direction When installing the motherboard make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 2 1 2 Screw holes Place 11 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or remov...

Page 28: ...3cm 13in 30 5cm 12in 35 68 34 1 DDR DIMMA1 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMMB1 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMMA2 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMMB2 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMMA3 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMMB3 64 72 bit 184 pin module Secondary IDE SYSFAN3 COM2 Super I O PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB1 USB2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA RJ 45 LAN 2 PCI X1 64 bit 133MHz 3V PCI X3 64 bit 133MHz 3...

Page 29: ...bject such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity 3 Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in 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 po...

Page 30: ...hese attributes improve system performance by allowing higher core frequencies faster execution of integer instructions and data transfer rate of up to 3 2GB s Note in the illustration that the CPU has a gold triangular mark on one corner This mark indicates the processor Pin 1 that should match a specific corner of the CPU socket Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins...

Page 31: ...ce Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to at least 115 angle otherwise the CPU does not fit in completely 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 4 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 indica...

Page 32: ...nce Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan 2 4 3 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 1 Place the heatsink and fan assembly on top of the installed CPU making sure that it fits in place 2 Hook one end of the retention bracket into the protruding tab on the corner of the plastic retention base The retention base comes installed with the motherboard ...

Page 33: ... ends 4 As shown the middle hook of the bracket snaps in place if you properly attached the two ends 5 Do steps 2 to 4 to install the other bracket 6 When the heatsink and fan assembly is in place connect the fan cable to the fan connector on the motherboard labeled CPUFAN1 for the CPU on socket 1 and CPUFAN2 for the CPU on socket 2 Don t forget to connect the CPU fan cable Hardware monitoring pro...

Page 34: ...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 For example a 200MHz DDR DIMM will support a 100MHz memory bus and a 266MHz DDR DIMM will support a 133MHz memory bus 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...

Page 35: ...DIMM into DDRA1 socket the socket closest to the ATX power connector Installing a single DIMM into any other socket would not work The following table lists the DIMM socket pairs and the memory modules that you can install Memory configuration table DIMM Socket 184 pin ECC DDR DIMM Total Memory DDRA1 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB x1 DDRA2 SDRAM 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB 2GB x1 DDRB1 SDRAM 128MB 256M...

Page 36: ...a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM 2 Remove the DIMM from the socket Support the DIMM lightly with your fingers when pressing the retaining clips The DIMM might g...

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

Page 38: ...ic Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices IRQ assignments for this motherboard PCI INTA PCI INTB PCI INTC PCI INTD PCI slot 1 1 12 13 14 PCI slot 2 4 15 16 17 PCI slot 3 5 18 19 20 PCI slot 4 8 21 22 23 PCI slot 5 9 24 6 7 PCI slot 6 10 27 28 29 Onboard 82551QM controller 2 Onboard 82544GC controller 3 Onboard SCS...

Page 39: ... bit 66MHz PCI X 64 bit 66MHz PCI 64 bit 100MHz PCI X 64 bit 133MHz PCI X 53C1030 64 bit 133MHz PCI X 64 bit 66MHz PCI X 64 bit 100MHz PCI X 64 bit 100MHz PCI X 64 bit 133MHz PCI X Onboard SCSI PCI X Slot PCI X slots PCI X1 to X5 The motherboard may come with either the LSI 53C1010R or the LSI 53C1030 SCSI controller Depending on the onboard SCSI controller the following table shows the varying bu...

Page 40: ... 2 pin SCSI_EN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard SCSI feature Keep the jumper open if you wish to install SCSI devices Place a cap on the jumper to disable the onboard SCSI controller PR DLS ON OFF PR DLS DIP Switches CLKSW ON 1 2 3 4 5 Default PR DLS SCSI_EN PR DLS SCSI Setting Default Enable Disable Keep the default settings for stable system operation 2 7 2 Jumpers ...

Page 41: ...gabit Ethernet setting 3 pin 1G LAN_EN Set this jumper to pins 1 2 to enable the onboard Intel 82544GC Gigabit Ethernet controller This controller supports up to 1000MBps data rates and is optimized for LAN On Motherboard LOM designs enterprise networking and devices that use PCI or PCI X bus Set to pins 2 3 to disable the controller PR DLS PR DLS LAN_EN Setting LAN_EN Enable Disable Default PR DL...

Page 42: ...uch as system passwords is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Short the solder pads for about 5 seconds 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data PR DLS PR DLS Clear RTC RAM Short so...

Page 43: ...ts the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting one end to the motherboard connect the other end to the floppy drive Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug PR DLS NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PR DLS Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY PR DLS PR DLS Serial COM2 Connector PIN 1 2 Serial port 2 conne...

Page 44: ...jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cable connecto...

Page 45: ...mper cap If you wish to use the chassis intrusion detection feature remove the jumper cap from the pins PR DLS PR DLS SMBus Connectors SMB 1 SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V FLOATING 5 SMBus connector 6 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices Devices communicate with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices using the SMBus interface SMBus is a specific implementa...

Page 46: ... to the CPU Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the 12V lead and at least 1A on the 5 volt standby 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 PR DLS PR DLS ATX Power Connector GND 12V GND 12V GND 12V GND 12V For Power Supply ...

Page 47: ...rs on the motherboard making sure that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Lack of sufficient air flow within the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors PR DLS PR DLS USB Header USB2 USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 US...

Page 48: ... 5 multilevel 0 1 and 0 5 cache memory modules with ECC and predictive caching capability 10 Server management card connector 50 pin eRMC This connector allows you to connect the optional ASMC LE ASMC ME or ASMC HE card using an ASMC interface cable Install the ASMC card into the PCI6 slot and connect the cable from the card to this connector The PCI6 slot on the motherboard has a Low Pin Count LP...

Page 49: ...ower WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector supports a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card 11 IPMI connector 4 pin IPMI The Intelligent Platform Management Interface IPMI connector is for the ASMC card Connect the 4 pin ASMC interface cable to this conn...

Page 50: ...wo channels Each channel can support a maximum of 15 devices as specified by Ultra160 320 standards SCSI Connection Notes This motherboard has two 68 Pin Ultra160 320 SCSI connectors one for each of the two channels The onboard SCSI chipset incorporates an advanced multimode I O cell that supports both single ended SE Ultra2 and Ultra160 320 devices With Ultra160 320 devices the SCSI bus platform ...

Page 51: ...a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card 15 System panel connector 20 pin PANEL This connector accommodates several system front panel functions For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port PR DLS PR DLS System Panel Connectors PLED MLED PWR 5 V Keylock 5V Speaker Speaker Connector Power LED Ground 5 V Reset SW MessageLED Ground Reset Ground Ground...

Page 52: ...ata is received The system message LED feature requires an ACPI OS and driver support System Warning Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector is for a chassis mounted speaker ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR This connector connects a switch that controls the system power Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the BIOS o...

Page 53: ...Chapter 3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives information on the BIOS beep codes ...

Page 54: ...ASUS PR DLS motherboard Chapter summary 3 1 Starting up for the first time 3 1 3 2 Powering off the computer 3 2 ...

Page 55: ...ess the ATX power switch If your monitor complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned o...

Page 56: ...ou can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system If you use Windows 95 98 2000 XP click the Start button click Shut Down then click the OK button to shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down The message You can now safely turn off your computer does not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ...

Page 57: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided ...

Page 58: ...motherboard Chapter summary 4 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4 1 4 2 BIOS Setup program 4 5 4 3 Main Menu 4 8 4 4 Advanced Menu 4 15 4 5 Power Menu 4 22 4 6 Boot Menu 4 27 4 7 Server Menu 4 29 4 8 Exit Menu 4 30 ...

Page 59: ...SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH Enter to run AFLASH If the word unknown appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be p...

Page 60: ...apter 4 BIOS Setup 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter ...

Page 61: ... type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will so...

Page 62: ...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 63: ...ecord them in the CMOS RAM of the Flash ROM The Flash ROM 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 D...

Page 64: ...creen is 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 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 ar...

Page 65: ... 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 66: ...y year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2099 Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Sets the type of floppy drive installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese...

Page 67: ...eaning passwords typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters are accepted The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration fields...

Page 68: ... be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the d...

Page 69: ...ss the Esc key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured User Type HDD After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to s...

Page 70: ...ield configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive...

Page 71: ...e may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successive increase in performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to su...

Page 72: ...rd Auto Repeat Rate 6 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec ...

Page 73: ...ocessors per physical processor package Configuration 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...

Page 74: ...sabled Enabled USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If not detected the USB controller legacy mode is disabled When you set this field to Disabled the USB controller legacy mode is disabled whether or not you are using a USB dev...

Page 75: ...or It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Onboard PCI IDE Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel both the primary and secondary channels or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Disabled...

Page 76: ...d Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field allows you to set the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable thi...

Page 77: ...ional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP 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 Confi...

Page 78: ...lette Snoop Disabled Some non standard VGA cards like graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this field to Enabled corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Sparse PCI Host Bus...

Page 79: ... for SCSI functions over other SCSI controllers Configuration options No Yes ONB Primary SCSI Term Enabled ONB Secondary SCSI Term Enabled This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for the primary and secondary SCSI channels Configuration options Enabled Disabled Primary VGA BIOS First PCI VGA Card This field allows you to select the primary graphics card Configuration opt...

Page 80: ...Saving system power is conserved to its greatest amount This setting automatically puts the system into suspend mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving allows the least power saving as the system enters suspend mode only after a long period of inactivity Configuration options User Defined Disabled Min Saving Max Saving You should install the Advanced Power Management APM utility ...

Page 81: ...options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into...

Page 82: ...up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode Configuration options Disabled Enabled The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that turns the...

Page 83: ... power supply 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 84: ...are monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 3VSB Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardware Monitor found an e...

Page 85: ...1st Boot BAID 0 Floppy This field allows you to select a BIOS Aware IPL Devices BAID to boot from A BAID is any device that can boot on an operating system but requires a specific BIOS code for support Bootable FDDs ATA HDD ATAPI CD ROM ATA ZIP and ATA MO drives are classified as BAID The drives present in the system will appear as options for this field 2nd Boot BCV None This field allows you to ...

Page 86: ...a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS When Yes is selected interrupts may be reassigned by the OS If you installed a non PnP OS or if you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings keep the default setting No Configuration options No Yes Reset Configuration Data No The Extended System Configuration Data ESCD contain information about n...

Page 87: ...DRAM for hot spare Configuration options Disabled 1 row 2 rows 3 rows Remote Console Disabled This field allows the text mode VGA display to be sent out to VT100 terminal through COM1 This function is effective at BIOS POST and DOS environment Configuration options Disabled Enabled POST Only 4 7 Server Menu ...

Page 88: ...ff When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter ...

Page 89: ...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...

Page 90: ...4 32 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ...

Page 91: ...Chapter 5 OS Installation This chapter tells how to install SCSI LAN and VGA drivers for various operating systems ...

Page 92: ... Windows NT Server 4 0 5 1 5 2 Microsoft Windows 2000 Server 5 9 5 3 Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5 16 5 4 Novell NetWare Server 5 18 5 5 SUN Solaris 7 Server 5 22 5 6 SCO Open Server 5 0 x 5 28 5 7 SCO UnixWare Server 5 32 5 8 Linux RedHat 7 x 5 36 ...

Page 93: ... Windows NT onto an unused SCSI drive Windows NT automatically adds the driver to the registry and copies the driver to the appropriate directory There are two methods to install the Windows NT system One is installed by booting from NT CD Disc the other is by booting from NT three installation floppy disks B1 CD ROM Installation 1 Start the Windows NT installation by booting from the Windows NT C...

Page 94: ... next 3 Press S to skip automatic detection and perform a manual selection A screen displays the message Setup has recognized the following mass storage devices in your computer 4 With floppy disk 2 there is an initial setup screen that prompts you to continue by pressing Enter 5 Press S to skip mass storage device detection If you pressed Enter the installation program scans for SCSI adapters and...

Page 95: ...Windows NT system and log on as Administrator 2 Click on the Start button Select Settings Control Panel 3 Double click on SCSI Adapters icon 4 Click the Drivers tab If the old NCRSDMS SYS NCRC810 SYS NCRC8XX SYS or SYMC810 SYS drivers are listed select the driver s and choose Remove before adding the new driver If the driver name of the driver you are installing SYM_HI SYS or LSI_U3 SYS is listed ...

Page 96: ...our new miniport driver s 5 1 2 Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Installation A Preparing the Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Disk Windows NT 4 0 does not have the drivers for the Intel 82551QM and Intel 82544GC LAN controllers Before installing Windows NT 4 0 copy the LAN drivers from the PR DLS support CD into a floppy disk Prepare one blank formatted high density floppy disk before proceeding ...

Page 97: ...nstallation 1 When the Installing Windows NT Networking screen appears press Next to display the following screen 2 Check the Wired to the Network box then click Next 3 On the screen that appears click the button Select from list to dispaly the following ...

Page 98: ...cceeding screen instructions 4 Insert the LAN driver disk that you created then click Have Disk 5 Type A in the dialog box that appears then click OK The following screen lists the Intel LAN adapters that you can install 6 Select Intel R PRO 100 Family Adapter then click OK Follow the succeeding screen instructions 7 When done the following screen appears showing the Intel R PRO 100 Family Adapter...

Page 99: ...iver disk that you created from the PR DLS support CD Refer to the section A Preparing the Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Disk if you have not yet created the LAN driver disk 5 Follow steps 4 to 12 in the section B New System Installation to install the required LAN drivers 11 When done the following screen appears showing the Intel R PRO 1000 Family Adapter in the list 12 Click Next and follow ...

Page 100: ...nto your CD ROM drive 2 If Autorun in enabled in your computer the following screen appears Click on ATI Rage XL Display Driver to install the driver If Autorun is disabled install the display driver from the following path Drivers Display Nt40 Setup exe 3 Follow the screen instructions to complete the installation ...

Page 101: ...tem BIOS must support booting from a CD ROM LSI BIOS settings may need to be changed to allow CD ROM booting 1 Start the Windows 2000 installation by booting from the Windows 2000 CD ROM 2 For installation of the LSI_U3 SYS drivers when the screen displays Windows 2000 Setup press the F6 key to install the LSI_U3 SYS drivers This must be done or else these new drivers is not recognized Even if you...

Page 102: ...splayed and additional driver details can be viewed by clicking the Driver Details button 6 To update the existing driver click the Update Driver button The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard begins Click on the Next button 7 Make sure that the item Search for a suitable driver for my device is selected then click on the Next button 8 Make sure that the item Floppy disk drives location is checked Insert...

Page 103: ... be digitally signed 12 The system will load the driver from the LSI driver disk A message box may appear indicating that the target existing driver is newer than the source upgrade driver Click No to cancel the driver upgrade at this point or click Yes to continue the installation 11 In some cases a message will state that this driver is not digitally signed This message informs the user that a n...

Page 104: ...ank formatted high density floppy disk before proceeding 1 Insert the PR DLS support CD into the CD ROM drive 2 Run the MAKEDISK BAT utility from the following path Drivers LAN MAKEDISK 3 Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive when prompted 4 Follow the screen instructions to complete the process B Update Driver on an Existing System Installation You may update the LAN driver directly f...

Page 105: ... user guide 5 13 When done your Computer Management window shows the installed LAN adapters 3 Highlight the Intel R 82554GC based Network Connection click the right mouse button and select Properties to display the following ...

Page 106: ...llowing screen 4 Click on Device Manager then on Other Devices 5 Highlight Ethernet Controller then click the right mouse button and select Properties 6 Select the Driver tab and click on Update Drivers 7 Click Next Select Display a list of the known drivers for this device 8 Select Network adapters under Hardware Type and click Next 9 Click Have Disk then insert the LAN driver disk 10 Follow the ...

Page 107: ...nder Windows 2000 you need to upgrade to Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 5 2 3 ATI Rage XL Display Driver Installation Windows 2000 system can automatically recognize the ATI RAGE XL PCI driver during system installation You do not need to load any driver for supporting the onboard ATI RAGE XL graphics controller chipset ...

Page 108: ... Windows XP Professional users we recommended that you use the Intel 82551QM 82544GC driver from the PR DLS support CD 1 Insert the PR DLS support CD into the CD ROM drive 2 On the screen that appears select Create Install Disk 3 The next screen allows you to select an operating system to install the driver Select Windows XP 4 Select A for the destination drive then click on Create Disk See pictur...

Page 109: ...ASUS PR DLS motherboard user guide 5 17 5 Follow the succeeding installation instructions 6 When done the following screen appears Click Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 110: ...CSI 2 hard drives SCSI CD ROM devices SCSI Magneto Optical devices SCSI tape devices and SCSI changer devices In addition third party vendors are developing CDMs to support their specific devices In the following the NetWare 5 x 4 xx installation procedure are listed for reference 1 Use the self extracting image files For the LSI_U3 SYS driver the executable file is located here Drivers Sdms Diski...

Page 111: ...nd move the driver into the operating system Press Enter the system will start to copy the files 4 Load a separate instance of the driver for every LSI SCSI controller channel or host adapter present in the system Load the LSI SCSI driver twice with different slot number from STARTUP NCF file as follows load LSI_U3NW HAM Slot 10009 load LSI_U3NW HAM Slot 10010 5 When prompted for a slot number acc...

Page 112: ...ntel 82551 network adapter drivers use the MAKEDISK BAT utility located at Drivers LAN MAKEDISK in the ASUS Driver Support CD MAKEDISK operating system destination where operating system is the OS for which you are creating the diskette and destination is the drive letter and path such as A If no destination is specified the A drive will be used The possible operating system options are NT Microso...

Page 113: ...port Pack from Novell web site at http support novell com products nw411 patches htm 4 Installation of the Intel 82551QM Network Adapter for NetWare 5 x or 4 xx is complete Add or check the load and bind statements you need to the server s AUTOEXEC NCF file so the PRO 100 adapter driver loads automatically load and bind the server driver as follows LOAD CE100B SLOT x FRAME ETHERNET_802 2 BIND IPX ...

Page 114: ...manual to create a driver disk To create a SYMHISL diskette for Solaris7 installations copy the raw symitu dd image file onto a 1 44MB floppy disk This process is dependent upon the operating system that you are using to create this diskette See the instructions below for UNIX System and DOS System Users For UNIX System Users Follow these steps to create the SYMHISL Driver Update diskette 1 Insert...

Page 115: ...hisl driver using the SYMHISL Update diskette created above during installation of the operating system using the LSI 53C1010R 53C1030 controller To use the driver on the SYMHISL Driver Update diskette to install Solaris X86 Intel Platform Edition on a machine follow the steps below 1 Insert the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette into your machine s diskette drive Also insert the Sola...

Page 116: ...are installed 9 When all the drivers are processed remove the Solaris Driver ITU diskette from the diskette drive and reinsert the Solaris Device Configuration Assistant Diskette 10 Press F2_Continue The Solaris Device Configuration Assistant screen appears 11 Press F2_Continue The Enumerating buses message appears The Scanning Devices screen is then displayed System devices are scanned When scann...

Page 117: ...e installed from the diskette onto your machine Messages about each installation appear accordingly When the following prompt appears Insert the Driver Update diskette labeled SYMHISL Press ENTER when ready 17 Insert the SYMHISL ITU diskette into the floppy disk drive When the prompt asking if you wish to create a new instance of the SYMHISL package appears respond with N for no When the prompt as...

Page 118: ...ot directory 2 To see if the Volume Management software is running on the machine that you are updating type at the command prompt ps ef grep vold 3 To temporarily stop Volume Management if it is running type this command at the system prompt etc init d volmgt stop 4 Insert the Solaris Driver ITU diskette into the diskette drive 5 Mount the Solaris Driver ITU diskette at the mnt mount point mount ...

Page 119: ...reconfigure reboot 11 If you have not already done so turn off your system add the new hardware and turn on your system again 12 At the Current Boot Parameters prompt type b r to force reconfiguration of the machine When the Solaris operating environment is finished booting and running the new devices whose drivers you installed are available for use 5 5 2 Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Installa...

Page 120: ...fd0135ds18 The path is where the dd image is located On this CD ROM the dd image file is located here Drivers Sdms Drivers UNIXES OPNSERVR SCO DD For DOS System Users Under this section you have two choices 1 Use a utility that will copy the raw dd image onto a 1 44MB floppy disk This dd image is located at Drivers Sdms Drivers UNIXES OPNSERVR SCO DD RAWRITE3 COM which is a public domain utility i...

Page 121: ...tem For SCO OpenServer 5 this diskette is labeled Boot Disk 3 At the boot prompt type Boot link Press Enter 4 At the next prompt type slha Do not remove the boot diskette Press Enter 5 When prompted during the installation insert either the proper installation diskette or the SDMS BTLD diskette and press Enter The system may prompt you to enter a routine number Please enter which routine 0 53 to r...

Page 122: ...t Boot unix safe Press Enter 2 Log on as system administrator root 3 Insert the SDMS BTLD diskette in the floppy drive and type installpkg Press Enter to continue 4 A prompt appears to insert the requested diskette Since the BTLD diskette is already inserted press Enter 5 A prompt asks for the name of the package Type slha Press Enter to continue 6 If a driver is already present from a previous in...

Page 123: ...by using chmod For example cp eeE vol tmp VOL 000 000 chmod 444 tmp VOL 000 000 2 If there is an older version of the eeE driver on the system you must first remove it To do this run netconfig Remove all instances of the Intel adapters Exit netconfig without opting to relink the kernel 3 Install the new driver using custom When asked for the installation media choose media images and type the dire...

Page 124: ... 44MB floppy disk This process is dependent upon the operating system that you are using to create this diskette See the instructions below for UNIX System and DOS System Users After you have created the driver disk label it PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver For UNIX System Users Follow these steps to create the BTLD diskette 1 Insert a 3 5 diskette into the floppy disk drive 2 At the UNIX prompt type ...

Page 125: ...der Drivers Sdms Diskimag Uw7 exe or Uw21x exe B New System Installation 1 Boot the computer using the installation diskettes or Bootable OS CD Disc that you received with the UnixWare operating system distribution package For example UnixWare 7 has two diskettes 2 Follow the instructions on the screen 3 Insert the PCI SCSI SCO UnixWare driver diskette when prompted to insert the host adapter disk...

Page 126: ...8XX driver is then loaded onto the system 6 The system will again prompt you to load a driver even if loading was successful Type q quit and press Enter 7 Verify that the driver is now loaded successfully by typing pkginfo c8xx 8 The package information should look like this system c8xx Symbios IHV HBA 9 After the C8XX package is loaded a message indicating a system reboot is necessary may appear ...

Page 127: ...irectory 2 Make sure no other users are logged on and all user applications are closed 3 If there is an older version of the eeE driver on the system first run netcfg and remove any configured NICs Exit netcfg Remove the old driver by typing pkgrm eeE You can find the driver version by typing pkginfo l eeE 4 Install the new driver using pkgadd For example pkgadd d tmp eeE8 pkg 5 Run netcfg to add ...

Page 128: ...drv html After downloading the file extract the driver into a floppy disk In the RedHat 7 0 installation wizard screen you should use the Linux dd command to install RedHat Linux 7 0 5 8 2 Intel 82551QM 82544GC LAN Driver Installation Linux RedHat 7 x system can automatically recognize Intel 82551QM 82544GC network controller during installation You don t need to load or modify the network driver ...

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