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BIOS Setup
SMART LAN1/LAN2 (LAN Cable Diagnostic Function)
This motherboard incorporates cable diagnostic feature designed to detect the status of the attached LAN
cable. This feature will detect cabling issue and report the approximate distance to the fault or short.
Refer to the following information for diagnosing your LAN cable:
When No LAN Cable Is Attached...
If no LAN cable is attached to the motherboard, the
Status
fields of all four pairs of wires will show
Open
and the
Length
fields show
0.0m
,
as shown in the figure above.
When LAN Cable Is Functioning Normally...
If no cable problem is detected on the LAN cable connected to a Gigabit hub or a 10/100 Mbps hub,
the following message will appear:
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SMART LAN
Item Help
Menu Level
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Start detecting at Port.....
Part1-2 Status =
Open
/ Length
=
0.0m
Part3-6 Status =
Open
/ Length
=
0.0m
Part4-5 Status =
Open
/ Length
=
0.0m
Part7-8 Status =
Open
/ Length
=
0.0m
KLJI
: Move
Enter: Select
+/-/PU/PD: Value
F10: Save
ESC: Exit
F1: General Help
F5: Previous Values
F6: Fail-Safe Defaults
F7: Optimized Defaults
Link Detected
Displays transmission speed
Cable Length
Displays the approximate length of the attached LAN cable.
Start detecting at Port.....
Link Detected --> 100Mbps
Cable Length= 30m
Note: The Gigabit hub will only operate at a speed of 10/100 Mbps in MS-DOS mode; it will operate
at a normal speed of 10/100/1000 Mbps in Windows mode or when the LAN Boot ROM is
activated.
When a Cable Problem Occurs...
If a cable problem occurs on a specified pair of wires, the
Status
field will show
Short
and then
length shown will be the approximate distance to the fault or short.
Example:
Part1-2 Status = Short / Length = 1.6m
Explanation: A fault or short might occur at about 1.6m on Part 1-2.
Note: Part 4-5 and Part 7-8 are not used in a 10/100 Mbps environment, so their
Status
fields will
show
Open
, and the length shown is the approximate length of the attached LAN cable.
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