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USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for LED32B30RQD

Page 1: ... P3B F Pentium III II CeleronTM Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...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 QuickStart and JumperFree are trademarks of ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation Celeron is a trademark of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registere...

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Page 4: ... General DIMM Notes 21 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation 22 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 23 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 23 3 6 2 Heatsinks 24 3 6 3 Installing the Processor 24 3 6 4 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 27 3 7 Expansion Cards 28 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 28 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 28 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 29 3 7...

Page 5: ...l 64 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 66 4 6 Boot Menu 67 4 7 Exit Menu 69 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 71 5 1 Operating Systems 71 5 2 P3B F Support CD 71 5 3 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup 73 5 4 Intel LDCM Client Setup 74 5 5 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 76 5 6 Install ASUS Update Vx xx 77 5 7 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 78 5 8 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x 79 5 9 Uninstalling Programs 80 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 81 6...

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 t...

Page 7: ...6 Software Reference Reference material for the included support software 7 Appendix Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2 SECC SEPP processors 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable fo...

Page 8: ...rt BIOS 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency ad justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Power supply is autodetected to enable disable suspend to RAM and KB PS 2 mouse power up eliminating the need to make jumper adjustments Multi device Wake Up Supports modem wake up keyboard PS 2 mouse wake up and LAN card wake up functions from sleep or s...

Page 9: ... 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 as well as EnhancedIDEdevices suchasTapeBackup CD ROM CD R W andLS 120drives Universal Retention Mechanism Supports a Pentium III II processor pack aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC2 SECC or a CeleronTM proces sor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package SEPP Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 10 100...

Page 10: ...ly automatic PC 99 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series motherboards meet PC 99 compliancy The new PC 99 requirements for sys tems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man aging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proce duresforWindows 95 9...

Page 11: ...se provides useful information to the user 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 System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to ...

Page 12: ...r 7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 8 Function DIP Switches 9 Intel PIIX4E PCIset 10 Onboard LED 11 Wake On Ring Connector 12 1 or 2 ISA Slots on ISA model only 13 Programmable Flash EEPROM 14 Wake On LAN Connector 15 Multi I O Chip 16 5 or 6 PCI Slots 17 Accelerated Graphics Port 18 Serial Port Connector 19 Parallel Port Connector 20 Serial Port Connector 21 2 USB Connectors 22 T PS 2 Mouse Connector...

Page 13: ...ASUS P3B F User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 10 ...

Page 14: ... Port PCI Slot 4 PWR_FAN ATX Power Connector USB PS2 KBMS TOP USB 1 BOTTOM USB 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 TOP Mouse BOTTOM Keyboard PCI Slot 5 SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE PANEL ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor CHASSIS FLOPPY Slot 1 DIMM Socket 0 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit ...

Page 15: ... Port COM1 COM2 two 9 pin male 5 FLOPPY p 31 Floppy Drive Port Connector 34 pins 6 USB p 32 UniversalSerialBus PortConnectors1 2 Two4 pinfemale 7 Primary Secondary IDE p 32 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 8 IDELED p 33 IDE Device Activity LED 2 pins 9 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 33 Chassis Power Supply CPU FanPowerConnectors 3pins 10 IR p 34 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 1...

Page 16: ...ers WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a sa...

Page 17: ...on 10 Frequency Selection P3B F DIP Switches OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON DSW 1 AGP Bus Frequency Setting DSW Switch 6 This option sets the frequency ratio between the AGP bus frequency and the DRAM CPU bus frequency The default sets the AGP bus frequency to be 2 3 of the DRAM frequency When the CPU DRAM frequency is set to 66MHz set this switch to ON See the processor table on the next page Set...

Page 18: ...3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 103 0MHz 34 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 66 0MHz 33 4MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 83 0MHz 41 6MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 75 0MHz 37 5MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 133 0MHz 33 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 124 0MHz 41 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 124 0MHz 31 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 150 0MHz 37 5MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 140 0MHz 35 0MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 105 0MHz 35 0MHz ...

Page 19: ...6MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON ON For updated processor settings please visit ASUS web site see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION 3 HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP 3 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple DSW Switches 1 4 This option sets the frequency multiple between t...

Page 20: ...ng JEN Enable jumperfree 2 3 default Disable jumper 1 2 R P3B F P3B F Jumper Mode Setting Jumper JumperFree 1 2 3 1 2 3 JEN 5 I O Voltage Setting JP20 This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset and AGP Setting JP20 3 50 Volt 1 2 default 3 65 Volt 2 3 R P3B F P3B F Input Output Voltage Setting JP20 VIO 3 50 Volt default 1 2 3 3 65 Volt 1 2 3 WARNING Using a higher vol...

Page 21: ...t even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC...

Page 22: ...k P3B F 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins R P3B F The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs 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 will shift between left center or right to identify the type and al...

Page 23: ...ed in a Single Edge Proces sor Package SEPP An ASUS S370 CPU card can allow Socket 370 processors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector See 7 2 S370 Series CPU Transform 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 ...

Page 24: ...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 25: ...and the other direction to release Using the SECC2 fan with the Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place WARNING MakesuretheheatsinkismountedtightlyagainsttheSECC2 SECC or SEPP otherwise the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the ...

Page 26: ... SECC SECC2 SEPP CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector Lock hole Lock hole 3 Insert the SECC2 SECC SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the picture in step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset push the SECC2 SECC or SEPP gently but firmly...

Page 27: ...d to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hard ware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with 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 exc...

Page 28: ...If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA...

Page 29: ...Q To install a PCI card you need to set something called 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 3 7 3 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 ...

Page 30: ... pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a ...

Page 31: ...serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in 4 2 2 I O Device Configuration COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed ...

Page 32: ...to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see Boot Sequence in 4 6 Boot Menu 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 with two ribbon cables one for the primary...

Page 33: ...ns per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe Utility or Intel LDCM Utility see 6 Software Reference 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 R P3B F P3B F 12Volt Cooling...

Page 34: ...odule to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View P3B F Infrared Module Connector For the infrared feature to be available you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 5V GND IRTX NC IRRX R P3B F 11 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus...

Page 35: ...TXpowersupplywithatleast 720mA 5V standby power R P3B F P3B F Wake On LAN Connector 5VSB PME Ground WOL_CON 13 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to an internal modem card with a Wake On Ring out put The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is re ceived through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM p...

Page 36: ...4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 18 System 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 as well as application and driver support 19 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allow...

Page 37: ... the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 21 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply R P3B F P3B F System Panel Connections Requires an ATX power suppl...

Page 38: ...ts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standb ATXPWR IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN keyboard wake up and suspend to RAM support your ATX pow...

Page 39: ...may light up or switch between 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 sys tem may have failed a power on test Check your jumper set...

Page 40: ...r numbers 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 ...

Page 41: ...wnload 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 BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the p...

Page 42: ...ro gramming 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 up date the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility...

Page 43: ... 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 Del...

Page 44: ...ice 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 keyp...

Page 45: ...hat 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 con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field ...

Page 46: ...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 47: ... entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK Other options for the Type field are None to disable IDE devices 4 3 1 Primary Secondary Master Slave NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sur...

Page 48: ...ive 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 Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Access ...

Page 49: ... 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 50: ...an type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the Enter The password is now set to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Not...

Page 51: ... Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences R P3B F P3B F Clear RTC RAM Short solder points to Clear CMOS 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 Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This field disp...

Page 52: ... multiple between the 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 Bus PCI Freq MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequencies to send to the local bus and PCI devices onboard The bus frequency external freque...

Page 53: ...default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve ...

Page 54: ...comes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to...

Page 55: ...g the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC 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 Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you t...

Page 56: ...lPort2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Con figuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on th...

Page 57: ...ows 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 operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel...

Page 58: ...is on the default setting 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 card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbio...

Page 59: ...I AGP allows your PCI card to take precedent when detected AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being ...

Page 60: ...lt setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISAcard 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 PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Conf...

Page 61: ...the amount used for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a card 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...

Page 62: ...r 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 inactiv ity 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 Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IM...

Page 63: ...em be set up to support ACPI In Suspend to RAM state all de vices 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 the requirement the STR function will be enabled if not this function will be di...

Page 64: ... NOTE The computer 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 system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Disabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to b...

Page 65: ... on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropri ate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain ...

Page 66: ...he chassis 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 err...

Page 67: ...a tion options Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options 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 ...

Page 68: ...to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Reset Configuration Data No Configuration options No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Co...

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 Onc...

Page 70: ... 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 71: ...EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D 5 2 1 Installation Menu ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 71 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the net work within the same bridge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Client and Administrator Software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor ...

Page 72: ... your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Displays the filelist for the included support software Exit Exits the CD installation menu Click RIGHT ARROW on the lower right corner of the main menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI folder Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASHfolder IDE Bus Master d...

Page 73: ...board into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE Intel LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is installed To uninstall any program see 5 9 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here and then click Finish to restart 2 Click here ...

Page 74: ...h your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE Intel LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is installed To uninstall any program see 5 9 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here ...

Page 75: ...75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 11 Click here and then click Finish to restart 7 Click here 9 Click here 8 Click here 10 Click here ...

Page 76: ...e or double 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 9 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 ...

Page 77: ...indows 98 5 6 Install ASUS Update Vx xx 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 78: ...o bring up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insertafloppydiskandthenclick here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 1 Click here 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no vi ruses are found Click heretostartinstallation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and t...

Page 79: ...x x 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 only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 80: ... Programs 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 here 3 Click here ...

Page 81: ...r has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it searches your network for other computers running Client Manager Client Manager creates a list of the computers it finds an...

Page 82: ...global notification log Opens the remote access log Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box Opens the File Transfer dialog box Reboots the computer Opens the DMI Explorer Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configu...

Page 83: ...g Box Discovers new computers on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Shows only unhealthy computers Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view ...

Page 84: ... To remove a computer from the list 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to re move 2 Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete 3 At the prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer is not automatically removed from this list 6 1 8 To wake up a computer 1 In t...

Page 85: ...ork adapter to support this feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer 6 1 9 Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client comput...

Page 86: ...he process of booting without having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk is running low on space Critical A computer that has exceeded a critical to...

Page 87: ...peed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 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 ASUS Utility a...

Page 88: ...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 89: ...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 90: ...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 NOTE This feature is currently unavailable 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 91: ...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 ...

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Page 93: ... 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 P...

Page 94: ...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 95: ...The general procedure for using the ASUS S370 CPU card 1 Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current socket 370 processors the default setting should be used See the reverse side of the ASUS S370 CPU card or the next page for voltage settings 2 Install the socket 370 processor Installation of socket 370 processors is exactly like s...

Page 96: ...s 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 2 50Volts 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 CPU Def 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 2 60Volts 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 Reserved 1 2 3 JP5 JP4 JP2 JP1 JP3 7 2 3 ASUS S370 Jumper Settings Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current socket 370 processors If re quired your socket 370 processor should have its voltage requirement printed on its surface or documentation If no vol...

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