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TUWE-M

Intel

810

MicroATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ... TUWE M Intel 810E2 MicroATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ... 3 7 Expansion Cards 25 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 25 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 26 3 7 3 Communication and Networking Riser CNR Slot 27 3 8 External Connectors 28 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4 BIOS SETUP 41 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 41 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 41 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures 42 4 2 BIOS Setup Program 45 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Ba...

Page 5: ...FTWARE SETUP 71 5 1 Install Operating System 71 5 2 Start Windows 71 5 3 TUWE M Motherboard Support CD 72 5 3 1 Installation Menu 72 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 72 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 73 6 2 ASUS Live Update 78 6 3 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 79 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 80 6 5 3Deep Color Tuner 82 5 APPENDIX 85 7 1 Glossary 85 INDEX 89 ...

Page 6: ... 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 different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV ...

Page 7: ...ce material for the included software 7 APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Optional Items ASUSIrDA compliantinfraredmodule Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 2 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA100 66 33...

Page 8: ... a bandwidth of 266MB sec twice the maximum bandwidth of the PCI bus PC100 Memory Support Equipped with two Dual Inline Memory Mod ule DIMM sockets to support PC100 compliant non ECC SDRAMs available in 64 128 256 densities up to 512MB High Speed DataTransferInterface UltraDMA 100 increases the data transfer rate to 100MB s UltraATA 100 is backward compatible with both DMA 66 and DMA 33 with exist...

Page 9: ...rts the onboard Intel NIC USB Supports up to four USB ports two on the back panel and two midboard for more peripheral connectivity options including PDAs printers and scanners SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface Special Audio connector A special onboard connector supports audio control from an external panel Serial ports Two 9 pin COM1 COM2 ports are for pointers printers etc one p...

Page 10: ...ncy major connectors in this motherboard are color coded Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this mother board meet the stringent requirements for PC 99 certif...

Page 11: ...pherals and or components System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 98 Millenium and Windows NT 2000 require much more memory and hard drive space to accomodate enormous 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 will give the user inform...

Page 12: ... 1 Serial COM2 Header 21 1 USB Connector 2 and 3 10 1 IrDA Connector 9 1 ASUS Special Audio Connector 18 1 LCDTV Header 22 1 Parallel Port Connector 24 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 25 2 USB Port Connectors 0 and 1 Bottom 26 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 27 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 27 VGA and TV 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector Bottom 23 Audio 1 Game MIDI Connector Top 20 1 Line Out Conne...

Page 13: ...ASUS TUWE M User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Location 2 2 1 Component Locations 2 3 4 5 16 18 8 6 14 13 12 11 19 22 23 24 25 26 21 1 20 7 17 9 10 27 15 ...

Page 14: ...ntel 810E2 Graphics Memory Controller Hub GMCH SMB 2Mbit Firmware Hub FWH USB2 USBPWR2 USBPWR1 KBPWR Super I O DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 1 0 DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 1 1 1 COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In PS 2KBMS T Mouse B Keyboard AUD_EN1 Audio Codec CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power IrDA LCDTV Intel 82562 LAN BUZZER USB T USB1 B USB2 Top RJ...

Page 15: ...e MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 LINE_IN LINE_OUT MIC p 31 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 RJ45 p 31 Fast Ethernet Port Connector 8 pin female 10 FLOPPY p 31 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 32 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Four 40 1pins 12 IDELED p 33 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 13 PWR CPU CHA_FAN p 33 CPU PowerSupply ChassisFanConnectors Th...

Page 16: ...o 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 con nectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power su...

Page 17: ...ock represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position TUWE M 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection TUWE M DIP Switches DSW ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON OFF TUWE M TUWE M Audio Codec Setting AUD_EN1 Enable Default 1 2 Disable 2 3 1 Onboard PCI Audio Setting AUDIO_EN The onboard PCI audio may be en...

Page 18: ... computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this toEnableanddonothavetheappropriateATXpowersupply NOTE Thisjumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On USB for STR State in 4 5 1 Power Up Control NOTES 1 For suspend to RAM function these jumpers must be set to Enable 2 The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whet...

Page 19: ...or enable the keyboard power up function The jumper is set to Enable Pressing the Spacebar powers up the PC This feature re quires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead Disable this jumber to stop power up from the keyboard NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR in 4 5 1 Power Up Control Setting KBPWR Enable 1 2 default Disable 2...

Page 20: ...3MHz 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 100MHz 100MHz 66MHz 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 Frequency Selection Table SDRAM MHz CPU MHz 1 2 3 4 5 105 70 OFF ON ON OFN ON 100 67 OFF OFF ON ON ON 112 75 OFF ON OFF ON ON 102 68 ON ON ON OFF ON 105 105 OFF ON ON ON OFF 110 110 ON OFF ON ON OFF 101 101 OFF OFF ON ON OFF 124 124 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 105 140 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 101 134 OFF OFF ON OFF OFF 112 150 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF 125 ...

Page 21: ...in 4 4 1 Chip Configuration NOTE Make sure the total installed memory does not exceeds 512MB Otherwise the system may hang during startup 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 2...

Page 22: ...will only fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and a...

Page 23: ...t fit check its alignment and look for bent pins 3 Once completely inserted press the CPU firmly and close the socket lever until it snaps into its locked position 4 Install an Intel fan heatsink The heatsink should entirely cover the CPU Care fully attach the heatsink locking brace to the plastic clips on the socket base With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink locking brace no extra for...

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Page 25: ...oard and expansion cards 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 1 Read the documentation that comes with the expansion card and make any nec essary hardware settings for the card before installing it 2 Remove the system unit cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the screw for later use 3 Align the card connectors with the slot and press firmly until the card fits in place 4 Se...

Page 26: ...d also has MIDI enabled another IRQ will be used leaving 4 IRQs free Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when enable...

Page 27: ...set A CNR is not included with this motherboard TUWE M TUWE M Communication Networking Riser Connectors Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard Interrupt requests are shared as shown by the following table A B C D E F G H PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 used PCI slot 3 shared Onboard VGA used Onboard USB controller HC0 used Onboard USB controller HC1 shared CNR LAN shared Onboard LAN shared CNR ...

Page 28: ...loppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Fun...

Page 29: ...in this section and mount it to the chassis VGA Monitor 15 pin female 5 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female 4 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be...

Page 30: ... port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration for settings Game MIDI 15 pin female TUWE M TUWE M Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 COM2 7 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing pro...

Page 31: ...rably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice See Section 6 3 in Software Reference Multi Channel Audio Feature Setup for information about using Line Out Line In and Mic for audio output Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio C...

Page 32: ...etting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now sup ports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu Pin 20 is removed to pre vent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for th...

Page 33: ...the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be read directly from the...

Page 34: ...r 10 1 pin IrDA This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module to the SIR connector or an optional consumer infrared connector set to the CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module TUWE M TUWE M IrDA Connector IrDA 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX TUWE M TUWE M Internal Audio...

Page 35: ...tors 3 H W SETUP 16 ASUS Special Audio Connector 12 1 pin AUDIO Extra audio control is supported by an audio panel linked to this connector TUWE M TUWE M Audio Panel Connectors MICPWR Line in_R Line in_L MIC2 Line out_L AGND AGND2 AGND3 Line out_R AUDIO ...

Page 36: ...ower 2 USBP2 3 USBP2 4 GND 5 NC 6 USB Power 7 USBP3 8 USBP3 9 GND TUWE M TUWE M LCD TV Headers 1 LCDTV 18 USB Header 10 1 pin USB2 If the USB Ports on the back panels are inadequate one USB header is available for two additional USB ports Connect the 10 pin ribbon cables from the pro vided 2 port USB connector set to the two midboard 10 pin USB headers and mount the USB connector set to an open sl...

Page 37: ... minimum recommended wattage 200 watts 235W for a fully configured system can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 10mA 750mA recommended on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experiencedifficultyinpoweringupifyourpowersupplyisinadequate ForWake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 750mA 5VSB TUWE M TUWE M ATX ...

Page 38: ...ystem Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 24 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is ...

Page 39: ... front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are runnin...

Page 40: ...ating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when sh...

Page 41: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 42: ... revision will solve your problems Careless updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ente...

Page 43: ... Yet if the update fails your system will run a greater risk of boot failure depending on whether the boot block is damaged or not 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming is finished Fl...

Page 44: ...t prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue ...

Page 45: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 46: ...tice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or key...

Page 47: ...at a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu contains additional op tions for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to...

Page 48: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to supp...

Page 49: ...sful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted...

Page 50: ...ads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Address ing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or s...

Page 51: ... This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documenta tion that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Secto...

Page 52: ...at the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration...

Page 53: ...ght this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The pass words are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper ...

Page 54: ...vel 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled Processor Serial Number Disabled This function is not n...

Page 55: ...cy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If detected USB controller legacy mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this field is set to Dis abled USB controller legacy mode is disabled no matter whether you are using a USB device or not Configurat...

Page 56: ...TE These 3 fields will only be adjustable when SDRAM Timing is set to User Define SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge...

Page 57: ...ns 64MB 32MB Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA devices that re quire it Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled High Priority PCI Mode Disabled This field allows you to ...

Page 58: ... field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration op tions R W Read Only Onboard...

Page 59: ...llows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP al lows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed op eration in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the paral...

Page 60: ...etting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI controller If the Symbios SCSI controller is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI control ler is detected the onboard Symbio...

Page 61: ...l Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card If the computer has both PCI and onboard VGA controllers this field allows you to select which of the controllers will act as your primary graphics controller The default PCI Card gives precedence to the PCI controller when detected Onboard is for custom set ups Configu...

Page 62: ...or the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User De fine allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Con figuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving ...

Page 63: ...5 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Select Enabled if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the expansion cards you use on the mother board do not suppor...

Page 64: ...ves a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection can not be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On L...

Page 65: ...ke On USB for S3 or S4 State Disabled This field allows you to use your USB device s if any to power up the computer from Suspend to RAM mode This feature requires anATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriateATX power sup ply Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enabled and do not have th...

Page 66: ... the CPU power supply and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an e...

Page 67: ...evices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM ...

Page 68: ...ring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a se...

Page 69: ... a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu On...

Page 70: ...saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other me...

Page 71: ... Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New HardwareWiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and expansion ca...

Page 72: ...to view the next menu PC Cillin 2000Vx xx Installs the latest PC Cillin virus protection software Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software Cyberlink Video andAudioApplications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail ASUS Screen Saver Installs ASUS screen saver on the PC E Color 3Deep Installs an internet color tuning application Show Motherboard I...

Page 73: ...internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To start ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and the...

Page 74: ... Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 75: ...u record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reaches the...

Page 76: ...ur PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage PC Probe ...

Page 77: ...n theASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exitASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring PC Probe PC Probe ...

Page 78: ... menu Programs AsusUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeed ing screens to complete the update process If you selected the optio...

Page 79: ...g your file types 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mode Shuffle Pl...

Page 80: ... clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion to sendin...

Page 81: ...API compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose the bigger t...

Page 82: ...et applications to match true internet source colors with the color displayed on the monitor Simply run the setup program from the start menu and follow the instruc tions on the various setup test screens 6 5 1 3Deep Color Tuning 2 Follow the instructions to manually adjust the brightness level of the monitor 3 Select the faintest of the three colors blue red and green 1 Select the type of monitor...

Page 83: ... color quality 6 The tuning process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 6 5 2 The 3Deep Control Panel Using the Windows Start button activate the 3Deep Control Panel program from the 3Deep Applications group on the Main Program menu The control panel offers access to the Color Wizard tuning program a Game Gamma setting and a Tweak slid...

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Page 85: ...ines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones...

Page 86: ...des multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transactions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies improves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based applications CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the co...

Page 87: ...ress assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applica tions such as 3D video 3D sound video conference Modem A device that allows a computer to talk to another computer through the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide ap...

Page 88: ...CPU clock eliminating the delay associated with data transfers between the CPU and memory SDRAM takes memory access away from the CPU control internal registers in the memory accept the request and lets the CPU do something else while the data requested is assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM mod...

Page 89: ...MA Select 59 Exit Discarding Changes 69 Exit Saving Changes 69 Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 26 Installing 25 F Floppy 3 Mode Support 48 Floppy Disk Access Control 58 G Glossary 85 H Halt On 53 Hardware Setup CPU Installation 23 Memory Installation 22 HDD Power Down 63 Head 51 High Priority PCI Mode 57 I IDE Hard Drive 67 Installation CPU 23 Installed Memory 53 Interrupts Standard Assignments 26 ...

Page 90: ...6 SDRAM CAS Latency 56 SDRAM Page Closing Policy 57 Sector 51 Serial ports 9 SMART Monitoring 51 Starting Up 39 Supervisor Password 53 Suspend Mode 63 Suspend to RAM Capability 63 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 60 System Date 48 System Time 48 T Translation Method 50 Type 49 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 58 Ultra DMA Mode 51 Updating Your BIOS 41 USB Function 61 USB Legacy Support 55 USB ports 9 Using 3Deep Co...

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