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P2L97-DS

Dual Pentium

II Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...R P2L97 DS Dual Pentium II Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...entium II Processor 21 Recommended Heatsinks 25 AAVID Heatsink 25 Elan Vital Heatsink 25 4 Expansion Cards 26 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 26 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 27 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 27 Accelerated Graphics Port 27 5 External Connectors 28 Power Connection Procedures 37 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 38 Main Menu 38 Support Software 38...

Page 5: ...iguration Utility 60 System Requirements 60 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 61 VI ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT OPTIONAL 63 Configuring the SCSI Adapter 63 Configure View Host Adapter Settings 63 SCSI Disk Utilities 63 VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY OPTIONAL 65 Quick Start Instructions 65 Windows95 or WindowsNT 65 Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 65 DOS 65 Troubleshooting Tips 66 SCSI Device Troubl...

Page 6: ...ular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet o...

Page 7: ...our package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS motherboard 2 Retention mechanisms 4 Attach mount bridges 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 bag of spare jumpers 1 disk or CD with support drivers and utilities Flash Memory Writer utility to update the onboard progra...

Page 8: ...llel port with EPPand ECPcapabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V Ultra DMA 33 BM IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE contro...

Page 9: ...Man agement OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits ofACPI an ACPI supported OS such as the successor to Windows 95 must be used PC 97 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS Smart Moth erboards meet PC 97 compliancy The new PC 97 requirements for systems and...

Page 10: ...noise and is a important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button requires ATX power supply The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode and the other is the Soft Off mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep mode When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds it enters the Soft Off mode Remote Ring On requires...

Page 11: ...lash ROM 4 PCI Slots Accelerated Graphics Port 2 ISA Slots PS 2 Mouse Top PS 2 K board Bottom Parallel Top DIMM Sockets Intel 440LX AGPset Hardware Monitor optional Multi I O Chip Floppy Disk Drive Connector SEC CPU Slots COM 1 Bottom Narrow Wide SCSI Connectors optional Adaptec s 7880 Fast Wide SCSI Chipset optional Intel PIIX4 PCIset Primary Secondary IDE Connectors ...

Page 12: ...ingle Edge Contact Slot for CPU 1 Panel Connector Multi I O Chip R IrDA IDELED ATX Power Connector Adaptec 7880 SCSI Chipset Intel PIIX4 PCIset Wake on LAN ISA Slot 2 CMOS Power CR2032 3V Lithium Cell DIMM Socket 0 64 bit 168 pin module Narrow SCSI Connector Wide SCSI Connector 1 35 34 68 USB PS 2 COM 2 COM 1 PARALLEL PORT Single Edge Contact Slot for CPU 2 BUS FREQ FS0 FS1 FS2 CLRTC USB 1 TOP POR...

Page 13: ...E Connector 40 pin blocks 8 IDELED p 31 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 31 Chassis CPU PowerSupplyFanConnectors 3 pinblock 10 IR p 32 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 11 ATXPWR p 32 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin block 12 WOL_CON p 33 Wake on LAN 3 pins 13 NARROW WIDESCSI p 33 Fast NarrowSCSI 50pins Fast WideSCSI 68pins 14 TB LED PANEL p 34 LED Lead 2 pins 15 SMI P...

Page 14: ...d to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins ...

Page 15: ...1 CF2 CF3 CF4 This option sets the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency Intel Pentium II Processor in a SEC Cartridge 233 400MHz 512KB 128KB 0KB L2 Cache WARNING Frequencies above 66Mhz exceed the specifications for the onboard Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable Set the ...

Page 16: ...TC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and unplug its AC power 2 Short the two solder points labeled CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences ...

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Page 19: ...GB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in IV BIOS SOFTWARE Memory speed setup is recommended through EDO Auto Configuration under Chipset Features Setup...

Page 20: ...fore have a higher pin density Lock 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins FRONT R TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbufferedforthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM 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 o...

Page 21: ...or more in formation for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard CPU III INSTALLATION Intel Pentium II Processor in a SEC Cartridge 233 333MHz 512KB 128KB 0KB L2 Cache WARNING Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working With out s...

Page 22: ...ward the motherboard s chipset see moth erboard layout for the location of the Intel 440LX AGPset Be sure to align the notch in the mechanism with the small rib on one side of the slot and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place WARNING Do not overtighten the captive nuts Doing so could damage your motherboard Tighten captive nuts to no more than 6 1...

Page 23: ... adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View Push each end of the clamps until they lock The thermal pad SEC cartridge should not have a gap Lock Lock 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward the preceding picture shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the mot...

Page 24: ...er s Manual III INSTALLATION CPU III INSTALLATION 4 Secure the SEC Cartridge Secure the SEC cartridge in place by pushing the SEC cartridge locks outward so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes ...

Page 25: ...monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function through the included LANDesk Client Manager LDCM software IMPORTANT The heatsinks must not be more than 2 8 cm 1 1 inch thick AAVID Heatsink Elan Vital Heatsink The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar as that for the AAVID heatsink The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into th...

Page 26: ... there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards 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 ISAcards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as legacy ISA...

Page 27: ...to set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channe...

Page 28: ...the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 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 DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not...

Page 29: ... can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy 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 30: ...rdingly Please refer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using...

Page 31: ...ring 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 consideration the polarity of the this connector NOTE The Rotation signal must only be used with fans specially designed with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damag...

Page 32: ...red IrDA module to the motherboard 5V 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View R IRRX IRTX NC GND 11 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX 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 but gently making sure that the pins are aligned ATX Power Connector 3...

Page 33: ...erboard supports an optional onboard 50 Pin Ultra Fast SCSI connec tor for 8 bit SCSI devices and 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI connector for 16 bit SCSI devices Onboard SCSI Connectors 50 pin Fast Narrow SCSI Connector 68 pin Fast Wide SCSI Connector R IMPORTANT The 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI Connector is always terminated and will only work as an end device motherboard is an end device and has permanent te...

Page 34: ...BIOS SOFTWARE section to the preferred time after which the system must go into suspend mode when you press the switch 16 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR_SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Press ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off ...

Page 35: ...ssis monitor A high level signal to the CHASSIS lead will indicate to the system that the chassis has been opened This function is available only with the optional hardware monitor LM78 installed 5 Volts Chassis Signal Ground Chassis Open Alarm Lead R III INSTALLATION Connectors III INSTALLATION ...

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Page 37: ...monitor LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connection...

Page 38: ...S file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writ...

Page 39: ... from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your ...

Page 40: ...TP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS 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 See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you encount...

Page 41: ...you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self T...

Page 42: ...on anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are ...

Page 43: ...ction VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the...

Page 44: ...ible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field an...

Page 45: ...ext to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition...

Page 46: ...stem to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are A C A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A F A C only LS ZIP C and C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control...

Page 47: ...rnel When Enabled this adds eight extended entries in the interrupt table Leave to Disabled if your OS does not support MPS 1 4 Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocat ingtoRAMenhancessystemperformance asinformationaccessisfasterthantheROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion ca...

Page 48: ...ou are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM Configuration 12ns SDRAM Leaveondefaultsettingfor83MHzSDRAMs setto10nsSDRAMfor100MHzSDRAMs SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Auto Leave on default setting MA Wait State Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM Banks Close Policy Arbitr...

Page 49: ...Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your memory modules have ECC chips e g 8 chips 4 ECC chips they are c o n s i J H M Adobe Photoshop Vers...

Page 50: ...aximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 1 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the...

Page 51: ... except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the sta...

Page 52: ... is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 1 Hour 2...

Page 53: ...heASUSPCI L101LANCard see VIII ASUS LAN Card and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor...

Page 54: ...how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the...

Page 55: ...s 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 to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of ...

Page 56: ...creen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup D...

Page 57: ...e sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If yo...

Page 58: ... En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller...

Page 59: ...or your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press Enter Exit Without S...

Page 60: ...g of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI...

Page 61: ... and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not b...

Page 62: ...ress ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS V DMI Using DMI Utility...

Page 63: ...on on SCSI IDs 0 though 15 list ing all devices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI de vices Format Disk is a SCSI low level forma...

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Page 65: ...k Start instructions on page 4 Then reboot your com puter and follow these instructions 1 Install Windows95 or WindowsNT version 3 51 or above and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive 3 Click the Start button and select Run 4 Type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the...

Page 66: ... to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter is al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows95 open the ...

Page 67: ...uestion answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If ...

Page 68: ...Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CDROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode 2 Wh...

Page 69: ...nes to your config sys and autoexec bat files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software...

Page 70: ...en appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen 3 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter 4 When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects then press Enter WARNING Back up ...

Page 71: ...host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press...

Page 72: ...umbers you want Partitions up to 2Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Select SC...

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