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ASUS P3C-E User’s Manual

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6.  SOFTWARE REFERENCE

6.1.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon

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open or exit ASUS PC Probe
and pause or resume all sys-
tem monitoring.

When  the ASUS PC Probe
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PC, portions of the ASUS PC
Probe icon changes to red, the
PC speaker beeps, and the
ASUS PC Probe monitor is dis-
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6.  S/W REFERENCE

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Summary of Contents for X900-PI

Page 1: ...R P3C E Rambus Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ring in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Rambus Direct Rambus and RIMM are trademark...

Page 3: ...ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email tmd1 asus com Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd asus com WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com Pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Marketing Address Harkortstr 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Fax 49 2102 442066 Email sales as...

Page 4: ...3 5 System Memory 22 3 5 1 Installing Memory Using RIMM C RIMM 23 3 5 2 Installing Memory Using an ASUS DIMM Riser 24 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 27 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 27 3 6 2 Heatsinks 28 3 6 3 Installing the Processor 29 3 6 4 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions 30 3 6 5 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 33 3 6 6 Precautions 33 3 7 Expansion Cards 34 3 7 1 Expansion Card...

Page 5: ...5 5 INF Update Utility for Intel 820 Chipset 88 5 6 Install YAMAHA XG Audio Driver VxD only with onboard audio option 89 5 7 Install YAMAHA XG Studio Audio Application only with onboard audio option 90 5 8 Install YAMAHA DS XG Audio Application only with onboard audio option 91 5 9 Install ASUS PC Probe V2 10 92 5 10 Install ASUS Update V2 24 93 5 11 Install PC Cillin 98 V4 06 94 5 12 Install ADOB...

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: ...ptional 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 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 1 ASUS C RIMM Continuity RIMMs 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 Bag of spare jumpers 1 Support dr...

Page 8: ...ant Rambus DRAMs RDRAMs available in 64 96 128 192 256 512MB densities up to 1GB These RDRAMs are necessary to meet the increase in processor perfor mance and multimedia and 3D functions especially where high bandwidth is required These sockets also accept Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB up to 1GB by using anASUS DR2 DIMM Riser avail able separately as an option AGP Pro Slot...

Page 9: ...RT2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Smart BIOS 4Mb firmware gives a new easy to use interface which provides more control an...

Page 10: ...bus Dynamic RandomAccess Memory RDRAM While PC100 SDRAM modules operate at 100MHz with a peak bandwidth of 0 8GB s Rambus DRAMs can operate at up to 800MHz with a peak bandwidth of 1 6GB s ACPIReady ACPI AdvancedConfigurationandPowerInterface isalsoimple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power...

Page 11: ...rn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see 25 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead in 3 8 External Connectors for more...

Page 12: ... Firmware Hub Programmable BIOS Low Pin Count LPC Multi I O Chipset Floppy Disk Drive Connector Feature Setting DIP Switches ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor PCI to ISA Bridge Wake On Ring Connector Wake On LAN Connector ISA Slot optional Yamaha 744 PCI Audio Controller optional PCI Slots Audio CODEC optional Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot Audio Modem Riser Slot Joystick Midi Connector T op...

Page 13: ...ASUS P3C E User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 Motherboard Parts continued 4 25 23 21 19 16 22 26 11 12 2 18 5 24 10 1 8 6 15 20 3 7 13 14 9 17 ...

Page 14: ...MS T Top B Bottom ATX Power Connector MODEM Audio Modem Riser CD_IN VIDEO AUX Intel 820 Memory Controller Hub MCH CPU1 Slot 1 CPU_FAN RIMM0 16 18 bit 184 pin module RIMM1 16 18 bit 184 pin module Row RIMM0 RIMM1 3 2 1 4 SPDIFIN Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PRIMARY IDE SECONDARY IDE FLOPPY PWR_FAN CHA_FAN 32 bit PCI Audio Chipset ISA Slot SLOT2 DIP Switches IR...

Page 15: ... Two 4 pin female 4 PARALLEL p 39 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 39 SerialPortCOM1 COM2Connectosr Two9 pinmale 6 GAME_AUDIO p 40 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 40 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 CHASSIS p 40 Chassis Intrusion Connector 4 1 pins 9 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 41 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p...

Page 16: ... PANEL p 46 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 21 SPEAKER PANEL p 46 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 22 LED PANEL p 46 System Message LED 2 pins 23 SMI PANEL p 46 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 24 PWRSW PANEL p 46 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 25 RESET PANEL p 46 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...e 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 supply is switc...

Page 18: ...r 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP22 P3C E PARALLEL PORT OPTIONAL 4 3 2 1 JumperFree Mode ON 1 2 3 4 5 DSW SW2 OFF 2 Audio Controller Setting JP2 on model with onboard audio This jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard 32 bit PCI audio control ler optional component Disable the onboard audio if you are using a PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primaryAMR on the AMR slot see 3 7 3 Audio Mo...

Page 19: ...r BIOS setup to correct the problem Setting JP10 Normal 1 2 default Safe Mode 2 3 Normal Default Safe Mode 1 2 3 1 2 3 JP10 P3C E P3C E Safe Mode Reboot Setting 4 Automatic Timeout Reboot Setting JP12 The motherboard is set so that when the BIOS detects a hang timeout during bootup the motherboard will automatically reboot If rebooting is repeating in effectively set this jumper to No Reboot to di...

Page 20: ... Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup NOTE Only selected switches are illustrated For a complete frequency listing see next page DSW SW2 CPU PCI 103MHz 34 3MHz 105MHz 34 9MHz 100MHz 33 6MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU PCI 138MHz 34 5MHz 133 9MHz 33 4MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 P3C E CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection JumperFree Mode ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 4 5 P3C E NOTE If your processor does no...

Page 21: ...OFF 116 1 38 70 ON OFF ON ON ON 118 0 39 33 ON OFF ON ON OFF 120 0 40 00 ON OFF ON OFF OFF 122 0 40 67 ON OFF OFF ON ON 125 1 41 70 ON OFF OFF ON OFF 128 2 42 73 ON OFF OFF OFF ON 130 0 43 33 ON OFF OFF OFF OFF 133 9 33 48 OFF ON ON ON OFF 138 34 5 OFF ON ON OFF ON 142 35 5 OFF ON ON OFF OFF 146 36 5 OFF ON OFF ON ON 150 37 5 OFF ON OFF ON OFF 153 38 25 OFF ON OFF OFF ON 156 39 OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ...

Page 22: ... Memory Module Subtotal RIMM0 RDRAM do not use when SDRAM is used x 1 Rows 0 1 C RIMM use when socket will not be populated RIMM1 RDRAM do not use when SDRAM is used x 1 Rows 2 3 C RIMM use when socket will not be populated TOTALSYSTEM MEMORY RDRAM 1GB Max SDRAM 1GB Max IMPORTANT 1 When using RDRAM as memory the RIMM sockets must be populated in the following sequence RIMM0 and then RIMM1 2 To use...

Page 23: ...he module are aligned with the small ribs inside the RIMM sockets NOTCH KEYS CONNECTORS RDRAM with heat spreader MOUNTING NOTCH RIBS inside socket EJECTOR TOP VIEW 2 With the ejectors in the open position as shown push down gently but firmly on the memory module until it snaps into place The guides on the socket s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the module and the ejectors s...

Page 24: ... small ribs inside the RIMM sockets see opposite page for locations of parts 3 With the RIMM socket s ejectors in the open position push down gently but firmly on the riser until it snaps into place The guides on the socket s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the riser and the ejectors should close If necessary push the ejectors inward to secure the riser in place NOTES Do not...

Page 25: ...e DIMM socket J1M1 J1M2 in the open position and while holding the riser along its edges push down gently but firmly on one side of the memory module until it snaps into place and then do the same on the other side The guides on the socket s ejectors should go through the two mounting notches on the module and the ejectors should close If necessary push the ejec tors inward to secure the module in...

Page 26: ... come in 16 32 64 128 256MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256 512MB The DIMMs must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this motherboard To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to ident...

Page 27: ...ged in a Single Edge Proces sor Package SEPP AnASUS S370 Series CPU card can allow Socket 370 proces sors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector See 7 2 S370 Series CPU Card for instructions on using this card 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a UniversalRetentionMechanism URM The URM supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors Un...

Page 28: ...Heatsinks The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pentium III II processors for more information for the boxed Pentium III II and Celeron processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is...

Page 29: ...r processor The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink Using SECC fan with Pentium II Push the two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Using SECC2 fan with Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins an...

Page 30: ...ons to Slot 1 CPU thermal problems the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S P2FAN and the ASUS P2T Cable ASUS S P2FAN The optional ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S P2FAN is a CPU fan for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC Unlike other CPU thermal solutions the ASUS S P2FAN has an integrated thermal sensor located near the center of the CPU heat source The sensor is optimized byASUS to give the most accurate r...

Page 31: ...US P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be used for a Pentium III II processor packaged in an SECC SECC2 or a Celeron processor packaged in an SEPP NOTE The ASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot 1 motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector Sensor Connector Plug Sensor WARNING Do not insert the sensor between the processor and heatsink other wise it will cause damage to the P2T Cabl...

Page 32: ...h the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software SECC Heatsink Fan SECC2 Heatsink Fan NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design is different CPU 3 H W SETUP 2 Connect the P2T Cable to the CPU thermal sensor connector TRCPU NOTE Recent CPUs support CPU temperature output Adding P2T Cable ...

Page 33: ... acquire thermal data directly from the processor thermal diode Therefore the CPU temperature reported may be higher than those from motherboards that take readings from thermal sen sors external to the processor This is not a cause for alarm If however the BIOS and or your hardware monitoring program is reporting a CPU temperature above the threshold check the following 1 An Intel recommended fan...

Page 34: ...sible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPand PCI Setup under IV BIOS SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion ca...

Page 35: ...same IRQ or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available The following table list...

Page 36: ...the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically as signs an IRQ to PCI cards that require an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set 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...

Page 37: ...ovides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another de fined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR cancoexistwithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR is not included with this moth...

Page 38: ...oppy 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 Func...

Page 39: ...ugh Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Se...

Page 40: ...phones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 8 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin CHASSIS This lead is for a chassis designed for chassis intrusion detection After market toggle switches may also be installed to the chassis panel or on any removable components Two wires should be available from the chassis to connect to this lead When any chassis component ...

Page 41: ... the primary IDE connector and another for 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 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable P3C E IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Primary IDE Conn...

Page 42: ...N Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON P3C E PARALLEL PORT OPTIONAL 4 3 2 1 12 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For externa...

Page 43: ...nk s instead of 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 monito...

Page 44: ...TE Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel Modem In to Modem Ground Modem Out from Modem Ground Left Audio Channel Right Audio Channel Ground Ground 16 Serial Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure t...

Page 45: ...X power supply The plug from the power sup ply 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 IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot suppo...

Page 46: ...ects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any prob lems This may require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch 24 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The ...

Page 47: ...d 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 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 t...

Page 48: ...ers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT 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 m...

Page 49: ... solve your problems Care less 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 Enter The Update ...

Page 50: ...rom booting up When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn OFF your system since this might 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 Flas...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...notice 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 k...

Page 53: ...enu Note that a right pointer symbol appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched fromthisfield Asub menucontainsadditionaloptionsforafield parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the selection to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immedi ately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...ful 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 56: ...e 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 LBA Logical Block Address ing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cyl inders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Acc...

Page 57: ... field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation 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 Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 S...

Page 58: ... any of the passwords select the appropriate field and press Enter Type in a password and press Enter You can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press Enter The password is now set to Enabled When En abled a Supervisor password is required to access the BIOS setup utility and all security menu options wh...

Page 59: ...3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Short solder points to Clear CMOS P3C E Clear RTC RAM P3C E CLRTC Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All but Disk Key board Installed Memory XXX MB This field disp...

Page 60: ...he CPU s internal frequency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU Bus Fre quency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration options 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x CPU PCI Freq Ratio when CPU Internal Frequency is set to Manual This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Bus Frequency Ea...

Page 61: ...y for doing busi ness online or e commerce Otherwise leave it to its default setting of Dis abled for greater anonymity BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mous...

Page 62: ...s byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array ECC with hardware scrubbing allows the detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors When EC Only is selected data errors are detected but not cor rected This field is available only if your memory modules have ECC Con figuration options Non ECC ECC EC Only ...

Page 63: ...he user or BIOS set the SDRAM s param eters To avoid data integrity issues such as data loss and or data corrup tion set to its default setting of By SPD Configuration options User Define By SPD When SDRAM Configuration 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 NOTE To display and access th...

Page 64: ...onfiguration 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 Enabled This field allows you to give PCI slot 1 a higher priority You may want to leave on the default setting if you are using an IEEE 1394 PCI card Con figurati...

Page 65: ...figuration options Auto Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A B No Swap This 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 ...

Page 66: ...el Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configura tions will not be available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to oper ate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP...

Page 67: ...this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has...

Page 68: ... ISA card N0 ICU indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes C...

Page 69: ...nel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISAcard The default setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes ...

Page 70: ...d and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA ...

Page 71: ...aster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory avail able between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration...

Page 72: ...ower management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User De fine Disabled Min Saving Max Saving I...

Page 73: ...d 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 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 Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets t...

Page 74: ...r cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter 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 will also cause the sys tem to power ON Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Disabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to be booted from an...

Page 75: ...t have the appropriate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake Up By Keyboard Space Bar This field sets the way you may use your PS2 keyboard to power up the computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead Your computer will not power ON if you enable this feature and do not have the appropriateATX power supply Con figuration ...

Page 76: ...he I O card fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V 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 er...

Page 77: ...TAPI CD ROM 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 or allow you to disable this field ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI...

Page 78: ...s 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 second third and fourth time Configuration opti...

Page 79: ... 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 80: ... 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 menus and ma...

Page 81: ... 0 or later 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you startWindows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 NOTE The screen disp...

Page 82: ...ystem The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use the hardware manager fea tures INFUpdate Utility for Intel 820 Chipset Installs INF files in Windows for the following items System and Graphics LPC Interface SM Bus PCI Bridge Bus Master IDE USB Host and Controllers Install YAMAHA XG Audio Driver Optional Installs the drivers and utili ties needed to run the optional onboard PCI audio chip...

Page 83: ...at at any of our web sites TO SEE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CLICK RIGHTARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN MENU Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information Exit Exits the CD installa...

Page 84: ...nding on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double clic...

Page 85: ...7 Click here 10 Click here 8 Enter username and password and other options and then click here 6 Click here 5 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have theAcrobat Reader installed See 5 12 In stall ADOBE AcroBat Reader V4 0 on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 86: ...rd disk space to run depending on cluster size Hardware system DM or SM BIOS is required for full LDCM functionality Protocols IP Winsock enabled communication protocol loaded on the client An IP stack is required on the client regardless of whether the client accesses the network Monitor resolution of 600x800 256 colors or greater Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD...

Page 87: ...ows 98 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click here 9 Click here 10 Click here 11 Click here NOTE This warning appears only if you don t have theAcrobat Reader installed See 5 12 In stall ADOBE AcroBat Reader V4 0 on how to install the Acrobar Reader ...

Page 88: ...5 5 INF Update Utility for Intel 820 Chipset Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 89: ...ive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts 1 ...

Page 90: ...nboard audio option Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 3 Click here only after you have carefully read the license agreement 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 2 Click here 7 Click here ...

Page 91: ...MAHA DS XG Audio Application only with onboard audio option Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here 5 Click here ...

Page 92: ...click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 13 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup ...

Page 93: ...ows 98 5 10 Install ASUS Update V2 24 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here ...

Page 94: ...g up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then click F...

Page 95: ...0 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 96: ...rams Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click Add Remove 3 Click here ...

Page 97: ...U type CPU speed and 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 to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then AS...

Page 98: ...mperature 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 99: ...refreshtimesofthePC stem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 100: ...of devices in your 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 101: ...e PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 102: ...ASUS P3C E User s Manual 102 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 103: ...shed playing stops auto matically and the song at the beginning of the list is designated as the current play song Pauses the playing of a song Click this but ton again or click to resume playing Stops the playing of a song and returns the start play location to the beginning of the song Designates the first song in the Play List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the cur...

Page 104: ... Are the volumes of your tone generator audio playback system and application raised If you have connected an external tone generator via a serial cable is the rear panel select switch set correctly For the name of the select switch refer to the owner s manual for your external tone generator If you are using a Soft Synthesizer is it set so that the computer sound output is heard correctly 6 2 3 A...

Page 105: ...ute Channel Solo Image Switcher AVI file Video image Displays the AVI file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT AVI file is played BMP file Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount of v...

Page 106: ...a file containing still image data with the same name as the MIDI file is placed in the same folder as the MIDI file the motion video or still image will be automatically loaded and dis played in the screen when the MIDI file is played If there is no AVI file or BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file the DEFAULT AVI or DEFAULT BMP file found in the same folder as CSMIXER EXT will be displaye...

Page 107: ...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 7 APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card ASUS CU...

Page 108: ...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 7 1 3 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 down...

Page 109: ... In appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press ...

Page 110: ... your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lang...

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