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USER’S MANUAL
Страница 1: ...R P2B Pentium II Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...
Страница 2: ...ucts and corporate names appearing 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 Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Symbios is a ...
Страница 3: ...sus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Ger...
Страница 4: ...y DIMM 17 SPD Support 17 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures 18 Central Processing Unit CPU 19 Universal Retention Mechanism 19 Heatsinks 19 Installing the Processor 20 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions 22 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 23 Expansion Cards 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 25 ISA Cards and ...
Страница 5: ...atures Setup 44 Power Management Setup 47 Details of Power Management Setup 47 PNP and PCI Setup 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup 50 Load BIOS Defaults 52 Load Setup Defaults 52 Supervisor Password and User Password 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection 54 Save Exit Setup 55 Exit Without Saving 55 V SUPPORT SOFTWARE 56 Desktop Management Interface DMI 56 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 56 System...
Страница 6: ...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 on a circuit different...
Страница 7: ...n on the included support software VI Appendix Optional items and general reference 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 SECC SECC2 SEPP 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 B...
Страница 8: ...s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility using Intel s PC PCI DMAand serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices PCI ISA Expansion Slots Provides four 32 bit PCI and three 16 bit ISA slots Intelligence Supports Keyboard Power Up Fan Status Monito...
Страница 9: ...B USB Port 2 B COM 1 B COM 2 Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEROM 3 ISA Slots T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel B Serial 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440BX AGPset CPU Slot 1 ATX Power Connector 4 PCI Slots Universal Folding Retention Mechanism Accelerated Graphics Port Wake On LAN Connector Hardware Monitoring ASIC ...
Страница 10: ...ated Graphics Port PCI Slot 4 ISA Slot 3 Intel PIIX4E PCIset Intel 440BX AGPset Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS PWR_FAN CHA_FAN Hardware Monitor ATX Power Conenctor CPU Slot 1 Panel Connectors Infrared Connector IDE LED USB PS 2 TOP USB 1 BOTTOM USB 2 Multi I O R Wake On LAN Connector BUS FREQ BF2 BF3 BF1 BF0 CLRTC BUS FREQ FS1 FS2 FS0 ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 COM 1 Par...
Страница 11: ...y Drive Connector 34 pin block 6 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 two 4 pin female 7 Primary Secondary IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin blocks 8 IDELED p 28 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 29 Chassis Power Supply CPU FanPowerLead 3 pinblock 10 CHASIS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pins 11 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 12 ATXPWR p 30 ...
Страница 12: ...ircuit 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 safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold component...
Страница 13: ...r points to clear CMOS P2B Clear RTC RAM CLRTC R 2 Keyboard Power Up KBPWR This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard by pressing Spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mAon the 5VSB lead and the newACPI BIOS support The default is set to Disable because not all...
Страница 14: ...y Multiple P2B CPU R BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 2 0x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 3 0X 3 1 3 5X 7 2 4 0X 4 1 4 5X 9 2 5 0X 5 1 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 103MHz 33 4MHz CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection CPU PCI 66 8MHz 33 4...
Страница 15: ... 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Celeron 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Celeron 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 For u...
Страница 16: ...ASUS P2B User s Manual 16 This page was intentionally left blank III HARDWARE SETUP Jumpers III H W SETUP ...
Страница 17: ...ings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configurationunder Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP NOTE At the time this User s Manual was written 256MB DIMMs are only avail able as registered memory SPD Support This motherboard supports SPD DIMMs and it is recommended that SPD DIMMs be used General DIMM Notes For the system CPU bus to operate...
Страница 18: ...ensity Lock P2B 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins R FRONT The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer...
Страница 19: ...ommended 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 working Without sufficient circulation the processor ...
Страница 20: ...locked when shipped Using the SECC fan with the Pentium II Pushthetwolockarmsonedirectiontoclamp the heatsink onto the processor 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 Unlocked Folding Support Arms Locked Folding Suppor...
Страница 21: ... SECC SECC2 SEPP in place by pushing the SECC SECC2 SEPP until it is firmly seated on the Slot 1 connector SECC with Pentium II only The SECC locks should be outward when se cured so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes SECC2 SEPP Push lock inward SECC SECC SECC2 SEPP CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan ca...
Страница 22: ...nk on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S P2FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation ASUS P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be usedforaPentium III IIprocessorpack agedinanSECC2 SECCoraCeleron processor packaged in an SEPP NOTE TheASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot 1 motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector To Use the ASUS P2T...
Страница 23: ...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 WARNING Do not insert the sensor between the processor and heatsink other wise it will cause damage to the P2T Cable IMPORTANT ASUS guarantees accurate readings only for the ASUS Smart Fan and the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan because both ...
Страница 24: ...board 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 ISAcards The original ISA expansion car...
Страница 25: ...d you need 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...
Страница 26: ...ore installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from 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 standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on ...
Страница 27: ...le The two serial ports 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 ...
Страница 28: ...oot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent in sertinginthewrongorientationwhenusingribboncableswithpin20plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI d...
Страница 29: ... or Intel LDCM Utility 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 P2B 12Volt Cooling Fan Power Power Supply Fan CPU Fan Power Chassis Fan Power GND Rotation 12V R 10 Chassis Intrusi...
Страница 30: ...e available you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND R 12 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 P2B ...
Страница 31: ...o AWE64D Digital or other PCI audio cards enabling users to play Real mode DOS games and multimedia applications SB Link acts as a bridge between the motherboard and the PCI audio card by providing the DMA and IRQ signals present in the ISA bus but not available on the PCI bus R P2B SB Link Connector PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal 5 6 PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 1 DGND 2 DGND Serial IRQ NOTE Pin ...
Страница 32: ...ch Soft Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 19 Reset Switch Lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted r...
Страница 33: ... The LED on the monitor 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 system may have failed a power on tes...
Страница 34: ... 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 COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copyAFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot fro...
Страница 35: ...ating 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 BIOS Includ ing Boot Block and ESC...
Страница 36: ...ting 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 Flash Memor...
Страница 37: ...rboard 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 appears during the Power On SelfTest POST Press Delete to call ...
Страница 38: ...ow ever if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or dam aged 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 the contro...
Страница 39: ...g SCSI controller cards refer to their respective docu mentations on how to configure and setup SCSI devices 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 User option The entries for specifying the hard disk...
Страница 40: ... to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drivesAand B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding ...
Страница 41: ...to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed Manual 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 partit...
Страница 42: ... Setup default setting for this field is Enabled Acom plete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and ...
Страница 43: ...mance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF 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 available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLo...
Страница 44: ... Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write com mand Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting DRAM Idle Timer This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page Leave on de fault setting SDRAM MA Wai...
Страница 45: ...cifically 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 DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be...
Страница 46: ...nidirectional 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 Whenenabled thisfieldactivatestheonboardinfraredfeatureandsetsthesecondserial UART to support the infrared module connector on the mother...
Страница 47: ...Saving except that this time the system inactivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define allows 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...
Страница 48: ...rom the keyboard or when there 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 the suspend mode activates 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min ...
Страница 49: ...f peak hours Set to Enabled to set this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the ASUS PCI L101 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 whichwillallowyoutosetthetimeoratace...
Страница 50: ...QuseisdeterminedforeachPCIslot Thedefaultsettingforeach fieldisAuto whichusesauto routingtodetermineIRQuse Theotheroptionsaremanual settings of NA 3 4 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 moth erboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each ...
Страница 51: ...res 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 No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If a Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCS...
Страница 52: ...n 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 system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Default...
Страница 53: ...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 you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the E...
Страница 54: ...nhanced 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 controller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in ...
Страница 55: ...r 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 Sa...
Страница 56: ...age file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Configuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and vendor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD Thi...
Страница 57: ...and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information 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 ha...
Страница 58: ...to cancel save you may press 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...
Страница 59: ...ing the ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape CAUTION The CIDB component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Check the hardware se...
Страница 60: ...f there is no power to the motherboard i e re moving the power cord or turning the power supply s switch off the alarm will not sound but the CIDB will still remember an intrusion event which BIOS and LDCM will detect on the next bootup 2 Motherboard with chassis intrusion components Photo sensor switch and memory will not operate with power removed Power is required to send a signal to the mother...
Страница 61: ...re 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 socket 7 processors ...
Страница 62: ... 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 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 voltage is indicated...
Страница 63: ...motherboard leave the jumper 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 VI ...
Страница 64: ... 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 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 downloading da...
Страница 65: ...ansfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer ...
Страница 66: ... which all other programs and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer Hardware Hardware is a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals suc...
Страница 67: ...roring for fault tolerance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent ...
Страница 68: ...ral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ...
