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SP98AGP-X
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ATX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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Page 4: ...ansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 Accelerated Graphics Port 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 34 Support Software 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility 34 Main Menu 34 Advanced Features Menu 35 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 36 6 BIOS...
Page 5: ...on Utility 56 System Requirements 56 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 57 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards 59 Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers 59 ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 59 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 PCI SC860 60 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 60 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices 60 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 61 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PC...
Page 6: ...ular installation If 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 inter ference 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 o...
Page 7: ...et PCI Card Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer ASUS SP98AGP X motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support Drivers Utilities Crystal Audio Driver SiS 5591 AGP VxD and IDE driver ASUS PC Probe Hardware Monitor Desktop Management Interface DMI utility Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Re...
Page 8: ...rt with EPP and ECP capabilities Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports PIO Modes 3 a...
Page 9: ... be ready around the clock everyday yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as in the next release of Windows 95 must be used PC97 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS Smart series of motherboards meet PC97 compliancy The new PC 97 requirements for sys tems and components are based on the following high level goals ...
Page 10: ...re efficiently CPU Slow Down If the CPU fan malfunctions the system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the speed upon detection of sys tem overheat This will prevent CPU damage from system overheat The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when temperature falls below a safe level Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode T...
Page 11: ...4KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 3 PCI Slots ATX Power Connector T USB Port 1 B USB Port 2 Programmable Flash ROM T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel Conn B Serial Conn Optional T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic COM 1 COM 2 CPU Thermal Sensor Optional Audio Chipset AGP Port SiS 5591 Chipset 3 ISA Slots ...
Page 12: ...tom USB 2 USB PS 2 Top Mouse Bottom Keyboard Programmable BIOS EEPROM RTCLR CD 1 SiS 5591 Chipset SiS 5595 Chipset with LM78 Hardware Monitor CHA_FAN PWR_FAN Row DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module 1 0 VID3 VID2 VID1 CPU Voltage VID0 CPU_FAN Wake on LAN AGP Slot CR2032 3 Volt Lithium Cell 512KB 1024KB Onboard L2 Cache DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module 3 2 DIMM Socket 3 64 bit 168 pin module 5 4 ...
Page 13: ...AME optional p 27 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female 8 USB p 27 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 Primary Second IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 10 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 11 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 29 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanPowerLead 3 pinBlock 12 MDM optional p 29 Modem connector 4 pins 13 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 14 ATXPWR p 30 AT...
Page 14: ...to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jump ers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins a...
Page 15: ...ferences Battery Test Jumper RTCLR You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter to pins 1 2 WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information may be cleared by this action You must enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user informat...
Page 16: ...Uspeed 4 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio BF0 BF1 BF2 These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the CPU External BUS Frequency Selection jumpers CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 60MHz 66 8MHz FS2 FS1 FS0 68 5MHz 75MHz 83 3MHz 1 2 3 BF1 BF0 BF2 1 2 3 BF1 BF0 BF2 1...
Page 17: ... 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium P55C 166MHz B 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 IBM Cyrix6x86MX PR233 200MHz B 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 IBM Cyrix6x86MX PR233 166MHz B 2 0x 83MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 IBM Cyrix6x86MX PR200 166MHz B 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 IBM Cyrix6x86MX PR200 150MHz B 2 0x 75MHz 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2...
Page 18: ...urer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 Intel P54C P54CS 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 IBM Cyrix 6x86 3 5V VRE 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel P54C P54CS 3 4V STD 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 AMD K5 3 4V STD 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 AMD 35 micron K6 PR233 3 2V Dual 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 AMD 35 micron K6 166 200 2 9V Dual 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX 2 9V Dual 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel P55C ...
Page 19: ... combination as follows DIMM Type 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory Socket 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Rows 0 1 EDO 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Socket 2 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Rows 2 3 EDO 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Socket 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128MB x1 Rows 4 5 EDO 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Total System Memory Max 768MB WARNING Memory modules must have 18 chips or less Memory modules with more that 18 chips...
Page 20: ...ets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock R The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM or Extended Data Output EDO You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between...
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Page 22: ... upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the 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 t...
Page 23: ...dy 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 first and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA cards requires that you configure ...
Page 24: ... set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel i...
Page 25: ...eyboard 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 ca...
Page 26: ... two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 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 other end to the floppy drives Pin ...
Page 27: ...played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional 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 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 ...
Page 28: ...ARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Feat...
Page 29: ...he this connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Orientate the fins so that ...
Page 30: ...e to be available you must connect an infrared IrDA module optional to the motherboard R IRRX 5V IRTX NC GND 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to aATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORT...
Page 31: ...On LAN Connector R PME Ground 5 Volt Standby 16 Stereo audio in connector 4 pin CD1 with optional onboard audio This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from a such sound sources as TV tuner or MPEG card Analog Audio Line Out Connector R Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 17 Stereo audio in connector 4 pin CD2 with optional onboard audio This connector allows you a...
Page 32: ...you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 20 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR 2 pins The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 se...
Page 33: ... 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 set tings and connectio...
Page 34: ...flash memory writer utility must be run while the system is in real mode In particular the Update BIOS Main Block From File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD options require real mode To run this utility boot from a system floppy disk without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Type the memory chip is not programmable or is not supported ...
Page 35: ...PnP configura tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the PnP extended sys tem configuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file ...
Page 36: ... A prompt type PFLASH and then press Enter 5 Enter 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File from the Main Menu or option 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu 6 The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS and then press Enter The...
Page 37: ...you are installing 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 T...
Page 38: ...the 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 39: ...erboard 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 manuall...
Page 40: ...sible 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 drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field a...
Page 41: ...ction heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your sy...
Page 42: ...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 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for ...
Page 43: ...reduces the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the syste...
Page 44: ...ime CAS Pulse Width Read and Write and Refresh RAS Assertion SDRAM Configuration 12ns SDRAM If you use ASUS SDRAM DIMM modules you can set this to 10ns SDRAM for better performance otherwiseleaveondefaultorcheckwithyourvendorforDIMMspecifications Linear Mode SRAM Support Disabled For a slightly better performance on IBM Cyrix CPUs this function can be Enabled to switch from Toggle mode SRAM to Lin...
Page 45: ...d some ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 compliant set this to Disabled DRAM are 64 Not 72 bits wide This motherboard does not have parity support thus DRAM modules are always 64 bits wide Data Integrity Mode None The setting None has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array You can enable the ECC function if ECC supported DIMM is used See section II...
Page 46: ... this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard 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 po...
Page 47: ...bles the power saving features Min Saving 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 must be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS you must add DEVICE C DOS ...
Page 48: ...e Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour and Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off ...
Page 49: ...m use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is i...
Page 50: ...eave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard SCSI BIOS choose Disabled USB Function Disabled The motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices but current operating systems do not The default is set to Disabled If you have the necessary support disks and USB dev...
Page 51: ... on the 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 sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Lo...
Page 52: ...e that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will pro...
Page 53: ...eature 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 to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connec tors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another controller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in...
Page 54: ...match 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...
Page 55: ...robe Installs the ASUS PC Probe utility to monitor fan temperature and voltage statuses in your computer Install AGP VxD Driver Installs the SiS 5591 AGP VxD driver Install Sound Card Joystick Driver Installs the Crystal audio drivers Install IDE Driver Installs the SiS 5591 IDE driver Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD Technical Support Form View the Technical Su...
Page 56: ...IOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system 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 ...
Page 57: ...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 to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC ...
Page 58: ... 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 V SOFTWARE Using DMI Utility V SUPPORT SOFTWA...
Page 59: ... NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Windows 95 support is also available using the device drivers include...
Page 60: ...t need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PCI SC860 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable Exte...
Page 61: ... your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below Terminator Setting Terminated Not Terminated JP...
Page 62: ...I device on the bus It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card You must set a SCSI ID ...
Page 63: ... 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 64: ...S OS 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 downloadin...
