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USER’S MANUAL

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

Страница 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 register...

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Страница 4: ... 1 General DIMM Notes 21 3 5 2 Memory Installation 22 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 23 3 7 Expansion Cards 29 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 29 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 29 3 7 3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 31 3 7 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 31 3 8 External Connectors 32 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 41 4 BIOS SETUP 42 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS...

Страница 5: ...ms 75 5 2 P3B F Support CD 75 5 3 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup 77 5 4 Intel LDCM Client Setup 78 5 5 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 80 5 6 Install ASUS Update Vx xx 81 5 7 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 82 5 8 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x 83 5 9 Uninstalling Programs 84 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 85 6 1 Intel LANDesk Client Manager 85 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 91 6 3 ASUS Update 96 7 APPENDIX 97 7 1 PCI L101 Fa...

Страница 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...

Страница 7: ...eference Reference material for the included support software 7 Appendix Optional items 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 for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk dri...

Страница 8: ...rclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltages all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches intsead of jumpers are provided to manually setup the processor Smart 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...

Страница 9: ... Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE con troller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels Supports UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 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 Celeron...

Страница 10: ...c New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this motherboard meet the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Sup port for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures forWindo...

Страница 11: ...es 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 present e...

Страница 12: ...ISA Slots on ISA model only 12 1 Accelerated Graphics Port 17 System I O 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 33 Supported 5 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector 7 Intel PIIX4E PCIset 9 1 Parallel Port Connector 19 2 Serial Port Connectors 18 20 2 USB Connectors 21 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 22 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 22 BIOS AWARD BIOS Programmable Flash 4Mbit EEPROM 13 Supports Plug Play DMI and Write P...

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

Страница 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 16: ... and not powered OFF 3 4 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard s function settings through the use of switches and or jumpers 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 ...

Страница 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...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 19: ...GP Intel CPU Model Freq Mult Bus F 7 8 9 10 1 2 3 4 6 Pentium III 700MHz 7 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Pentium III 650MHz 6 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF OFF Pentium III 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF Pentium III 550MHz 5 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF Pentium III 500MHz 5 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF Pentium III II 450MHz 4 5x...

Страница 20: ...speed of 66MHz 2 0x frequency multiplier is used for processors with unlocked multiplier and automatically enter BIOS setup for you to select your processor internal speed after you have changed reinstalled the processor or after a system hangup due to improper CPU settings see 4 4 Advanced Menu 5 I O Voltage Setting JP20 This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset an...

Страница 21: ...n this motherboard operates at 100MHz most system will not 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 possi...

Страница 22: ...ly fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density Lock 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 The notches on the DIMM wi...

Страница 23: ...top view Pentium III in an SECC2 with heatsink and fan NOTE The SEPP fan for Celeron processors is similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping design is different 3 6 1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure 1 Attach the heatsink to the processor with thermal grease and retention clip The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pen tium III II processors for more information for...

Страница 24: ...he two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Using SECC2 fan with Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the...

Страница 25: ...own on the retention brackets until the black fastener sleeves fit snugly against the board 5 Push the four retainer pins completely down into the black fastener sleeves until the head of each pin is securely seated 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes with a set of Universal Retention Mechanism URM which supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors There are...

Страница 26: ...ble to fan connector Lock hole Lock hole Substrate Key Connector Key 3 If your URM is of typeA make sure the locks are in the locked position as shown 2 Push down firmly but gently the SECC2 SECC SEPP into the URM until it snaps into place NOTE The processor edge fingers must be kept parallel to the connector or else misalignment will occur SECC for Pentium II only Secure the SECC in place by push...

Страница 27: ... fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector 3 6 6 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hardware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with...

Страница 28: ...therboard was designed to acquire thermal data directly from the processor thermal diode Therefore the CPU temperature reported may be higher than those from motherboards that take readings from thermal sen sors external to the processor This is not a cause for alarm If however the BIOS and or your hardware monitoring program is reporting a CPU temperature above the threshold check the following 1...

Страница 29: ...on cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an additional IRQ will be used If your moth erboard also has MIDI enabled another IRQ will be used leaving 4 IRQs free IMPORTANT If using PCI c...

Страница 30: ... address Double click Computer to see all the interrupts and addresses for your system Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQ or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time The following table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt ...

Страница 31: ...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 the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPO...

Страница 32: ... 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 Purple 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...

Страница 33: ...OM2 The two 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...

Страница 34: ...ve 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 prim...

Страница 35: ...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...

Страница 36: ...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...

Страница 37: ...ATX power supply with at least 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...

Страница 38: ...when it is in soft off mode 16 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow keyboard locking NOTE When the keyboard is locked the mouse can still be used 17 System Warning Speaker Connector 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...

Страница 39: ... 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...

Страница 40: ...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...

Страница 41: ...f the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will...

Страница 42: ...MAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard ...

Страница 43: ... 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 path for example A XXX XX XXX and then pre...

Страница 44: ...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...

Страница 45: ... 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...

Страница 46: ...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...

Страница 47: ...at 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 leg end keys to enter values and move from field ...

Страница 48: ...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...

Страница 49: ... 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...

Страница 50: ...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 ...

Страница 51: ... 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...

Страница 52: ...at the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured 4 3 2 Keyboard Features Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters ...

Страница 53: ...difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all Security menu options Forgot the pass...

Страница 54: ...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 frequen...

Страница 55: ...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 ...

Страница 56: ...setup after the processor has been changed or reinstalled your system will start up running at the slowest bus speed 66MHz It will then automatically take you to the Advanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU speeds For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier For processors with locked frequency multiplier Advanced Menu ...

Страница 57: ...es or hangs due to improper CPU settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at the slowest bus speed 66MHz and enter BIOS setup For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier For processors with locked frequency multiplier Chip Configuration ...

Страница 58: ...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...

Страница 59: ...MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching 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...

Страница 60: ...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...

Страница 61: ...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...

Страница 62: ...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...

Страница 63: ...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 ...

Страница 64: ...lt setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Con...

Страница 65: ...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...

Страница 66: ...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...

Страница 67: ... requires the system 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 f...

Страница 68: ...e 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 ...

Страница 69: ...wer 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 Wake Up By Keyboard Space Bar When the previous setup item PWR Up On PS2 KB Mouse is enabled you may specify the key s to press to power up the computer Configuration options Space Bar Ctrl Esc Power Key Automatic Power Up Disabled This allo...

Страница 70: ...fan speed and the 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 ...

Страница 71: ...ovable 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 ATAPI CD ROM drive...

Страница 72: ...S is installed or you want 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 F...

Страница 73: ...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...

Страница 74: ... 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...

Страница 75: ... EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E 5 2 1 Installation Menu ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 75 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...

Страница 76: ... 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...

Страница 77: ...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 ...

Страница 78: ...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 ...

Страница 79: ...79 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 ...

Страница 80: ...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 ...

Страница 81: ...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 ...

Страница 82: ...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...

Страница 83: ...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 ...

Страница 84: ... 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 ...

Страница 85: ...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...

Страница 86: ...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...

Страница 87: ...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 ...

Страница 88: ... 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...

Страница 89: ...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...

Страница 90: ...the 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 t...

Страница 91: ...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...

Страница 92: ...or Shows the PC s temperature for supported processors only 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 ...

Страница 93: ...ages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Information Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Fan Control Letsyouenable disableSmartFanControl Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined threshold ...

Страница 94: ...inent 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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Страница 95: ...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 ...

Страница 96: ...e Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS Update Vx xx 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will be prompted to locate the file...

Страница 97: ...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 7 A...

Страница 98: ...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...

Страница 99: ...lot 1 retention mechanism 7 2 1 Using the ASUS S370 133 The general procedure for using the ASUS S370 133 CPU card 1 Set the JP6 jumper according to the type of your CPU See the reverse side of the ASUS S370 133 CPU card or this insert for jumper settings 2 Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current socket 370 processors the defau...

Страница 100: ...60Volts 1 2 3 JP6 1 2 3 1 2 3 For Coppermine Processors Default JP6 For Celeron Processors 7 2 3 ASUS S370 133 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 or you are not sure use the CPU Def setting as shown bel...

Страница 101: ...component pins and metallic points must not come in contact with another metallic surface or else shorting will occur 3 Use the SMBIN connector and the provided SMB cable to connect the CIDB to the SMB connector on the motherboard If another SMB device is already used on the motherboard you may unplug it and connect it to the SMBOUT connec tor on the CIDB 4 Check the hardware settings PHOTO jumper...

Страница 102: ... have an updated BIOS with intrusion support booting the computer after an intrusion may require a password if configured through BIOS Normal Clear Clear Stops the alarm from sounding CLR CLR Enable Disable PHOTO Enable Disable the Photo Sensor PHOTO PHOTO 1 1 MS1 MS2 Micro Switches from the chassis panels can be connected here to trigger chassis intrusion Only one pair MS1 or MS2 should be used f...

Страница 103: ...fication defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards har...

Страница 104: ... improves processing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD proc...

Страница 105: ... that defines a 32 bit data bus interface PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers PCI Bus Master The PCI Bus Master can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture...

Страница 106: ...nent This nonvolatile storage device contains data programmed by the DIMM manufacturer that identifies the module type and various SDRAM organization and timing parameters System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the operating system UltraDMA Ultra DMA 33 is a synchronous DMA protocol designed by Intel This function is included into Intel s PII...

Страница 107: ... 72 C C8000 DFFFF Shadow 65 Chassis Fan Speed 70 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 38 Checklist 7 Chip Configuration 58 CHS Capacity 51 CIDB Intrusion Detection Module 101 Setting up 102 Using 101 Connectors ATX Power Supply 40 Chassis Fan 35 CPU Fan 35 Floppy Disk Drive 33 IDE 34 Infrared Module 36 Parallel Port 33 Power Supply Fan 35 Power Supply Thermal Sensor 40 PS 2 Keyboard 32 PS 2 Mouse 32 Seria...

Страница 108: ...ectors 34 IDE Device Activity LED 35 IDE Hard Drive 71 Infrared Module Connector 36 Installed Memory 53 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader 83 ASUS PC Probe 80 ASUS Update 81 Expansion Card 29 LDCM Administrator 77 LDCM Client 78 PC Cillin 98 82 Processor 26 URM 24 Interrupt Request Table 29 Interrupts Request Table 29 Standard Assignments 30 IRQ XX Used By ISA 63 ISA Cards Assigning DMA Channels 31 I...

Страница 109: ...S 2 Mouse Function Control 55 PWR Button 4 Secs 67 PWR Up On Modem Act 68 PWR Up On PS2 KB Mouse 69 Q Quick Power On Self Test 72 R Recommended Heatsinks 27 Removable Device 71 Removing Processor 27 Reset Configuration Data 72 Reset Switch Lead 39 S S370 133 CPU Card 99 Setting up 100 Using 99 Save Changes 74 SDRAM CAS Latency 58 SDRAM Configuration 58 SDRAM MA Wait State 59 SDRAM RAS Precharge Ti...

Страница 110: ...nism Installing 24 Updating BIOS 42 USB IRQ 63 USB Legacy Support 55 USB Port Connectors 34 User Password 53 Using ASUS PC Probe 91 ASUS Update 96 CIDB Module 101 S370 133 CPU Card 99 V VGA BIOS Sequence 63 Video Memory Cache Mode 59 Video Off Method 67 Video Off Option 67 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 65 W Wake On LAN 68 Wake Up By Keyboard 69 Wake On LAN Connector 37 Wake On Ring Connector 37 ...

Страница 111: ...700MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory 2X AGP 3D w 8MB VRAM 100MHz Processor Side Bus M8300 8200 Series Thin Light Convertible Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Supports Two Hard Drives L7300 7200 Series All in One Compact Notebook PC 13 3 or 12 1 TFT Color Display 366MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory ...

Страница 112: ...1 1 1 3 0 AP200 2 1 1 3 0 AP2000 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP2500 2 1 1 4 3 or 5 AP3000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 3 or 5 AP6000 2 1 1 4 8 AP7500 2 1 1 4 8 AP8000 2 Xeon 2 2 4 8 Mid Range Servers AP6000 AP7500 AP8000 Rack Mountable Value Servers AP2000 AP2500 AP3000 Group Servers AP100 AP200 Three 1 6 inch or five 1 inch SCA 2 SCSI hard drives Eight 1 6 inch or 1 inch SCSI hard drives Barebone Servers ...

Страница 113: ... swappable drive bays 19 rack mountable height 5U LED for hard disk power and working status Two8cmsystemfansandfour6cm drive fans Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI DA2100 2200 Series SCSI RAID Card PCI DA2100 series support 4x86 DX4 100 processor PCI DA2200 series support 5x86 133 processor One 72 pin SIMM socket supports up to 128MB cache memory ...

Страница 114: ...ansfer mode Compatible with all CD formats Supports multi read function CD R CD RW Ultra Fast CD ROM 8x DVD ROM Drive Industry leadingperformanceforeventhemost demanding applications Maximum transfer rate 8X DVD ROM 40X CD ROM High speed digital audio extraction Supports UltraDMA 33 transfer mode Complies with MPC3 standard Supports Multi Read function ...

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