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1. CUSI FX System Panel Connectors ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 20 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Two sources LINE OUT and SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps and warn ings Only SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been properly initialized 21 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking 22 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PWRLED This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode 23 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 24 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector con nects to the case mounted suspend switch 25 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the syste
2. OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 55 7 g Advanced Menu 56 4 BIOS SETUP Notes for JumperFree Mode CPU Upgrade Reinstallation To ensure that your system can enter BIOS setup after the processor has been changed or reinstalled your system will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x 100MHz for the Intel Coppermine processor or 2x 100MHz for non Coppermine processors It will then automatically take you to the Advanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU internal frequencies Tiea Seecific Halp Current CPU Internal Frequency i aquancy Kul tiple Wel ima a op ou naw CP SE ya e G t bh Gr ri tall your EPJ p ese w system boo ol EN Laval gt techs EDE Check Processor Serial Mumber BIDS Update PS House Function Control USR Legacy Suppor ees 08 2 Onboard Bemory gt GEN Disabled Chip Configuration TAO favice Configuration PCI Configuration hados Configuration System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup Iisa Seecifi
3. COM 1 CUSI FX Serial Port Header 7 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA1 This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device m m4 O bond S mug E OoOOoOO ol db O VGA Monitor 15 pin female 28 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 8 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Game MIDI 15 pin female O haia D RE 6 e 29990 Ee 0000 LU peas 00000 9 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice GC 0000000000000 a D I e etc ooo o0000 e LEO o0000 Line Out Line In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 29 3 HARDWARE SETUP 10 Primary Blue Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided UltraDMA 66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable Connect the cable
4. PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Configuration options Soft off Suspend ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 1 Power Up Control EECHER Enter to select PRE Up On External Modem Act Disabled whether or mot to Wake On LAN or PCT Hadem Disabled restart the syslen after Power Up Du Keyboard Disabled AC power loss Power Up By USB Disabled Hutomatic Power Up I Disabled AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off and En abled powers up your system Previous State sets your system back to the state it is before the power interruption Configuration options Disabled Enabled Previous State PWR Up On External Modem Act Disabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on th
5. for LS 120 compatible floppy disk drives ZIP 100 for ZIP 100 compatible disk drives MO for IDE magneto optical disk drives Other ATAPI Device for IDE devices not listed here After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub menu press the lt Esc gt key to exit back to the Main menu When the Main menu ap pears you will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured 4 3 2 Keyboard Features SEI Keyboard Features Item Specific Help l i Select Power on state Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 8ec for Mum ok Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sac Z Enter 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 per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second charac ters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 52 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Language English This allows selection of the BIOS displayed language Currently only English is available Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled
6. 1 Serial COM1 Port Connectors aaa Bottom 19 1 PS 2 Mouse LEI Top 21 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector aa Bottom 21 Cmedia 8738 PCI Audio Chipset optional 15 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 16 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 16 1 Line In Connector on audio model only Bottom 16 1 Microphone Connector on audio model only Bottom 16 SiS630E Ethernet Controller 1 LAN RJ45 Connector optional Top 20 Wake On LAN Connector ee ea 9 Wake On Ring Connector ea aaa 1 ATX Power Supply Connector maaa 5 FlexATX ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 2 1 Component Locations E ch Geht K a Kee ke Kn ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 13 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 CUSI FX Motherboard Layout PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard CPU Fan Top EPWRTMP ATXPWR Bottom Top USB1 Socket 370 ATX Power Connector PARALLEL PORT e e e e e mm el SIS630E 3C Integration DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin Module Primary IDE DIO_PANEL MODEM ITE 8705 e Super UO GHUSFEX Pose PCISlot2 siot D AFPANEL GE EE JEN 2V5 CON EEEIUSBPWRO kaAas PANE AMR Sa usa En Be AMR PS UE P EC CH FAN Ha NO
7. 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion 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 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 23 f U 5 a 3 HARDWARE SETUP 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 Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt Eu 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller qe 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard Interrupt requests are shared as shown by the following table PCIslot
8. HARDWARE SETUP GE 3 1 CUSI FX Motherboard Layout 14 32 Layout RE 15 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure me ameen 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings nenen 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM EE 20 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes a nenen aaa 20 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation aaa 21 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU maaa 22 SE Expansion EE 23 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 3 7 3 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot aa 25 3 9 EIDEN AAA A AN eas A bianca A N 26 3 9 Starting Up the First Time naaa 39 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS aaa 41 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 41 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures maaa 42 4 2 BIOS Setup Program nenen anna aaa 45 APA BIOS MERU EE 46 4 2 2 Leg nd E E 46 AD SA sara ee A AA EA S 48 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave ceseseeeeseeeeeees 49 A Ded Keyboard e 52 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual CONTENTS 44 Advanced MENU EE 54 4 4 1 Chip Configuration eege 57 4 4 2 HO Device Configuration ea 60 AA SP CEG OME EIERE nger 62 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration reen anas 64 4 S POWER Ment anna NE e n AA AAA 65 4 5 1 Power Up Control EE 67 4 5 2 Herren 69 a TB OOU EE 70 4T a E E 72 5 SOETWARE SETUP Ee 5 1 Install Operat
9. P isiin ia Forca ious IE bop bafe pi rear perience bed dea dp pra Hami eta ip Information Information lists the relevant information about your card such as the chip type soft ware and driver versions memory size video memory clock speed and the drivers Deeg catia peche Pe Coins anaga Ee e Weeer Ces Deeg detente Pera ea a tinh ae be Seeing SP yes bera W I ien Sep Pn w EI eee SI 26 CE Soper Gs ep Da D I 56 vn iper Minch Ian agi Sr Caper 15 ES a alert Hien rus KIT vit ra Ce Ba Dara Skrg Hi DEIF U Vera Ehre k n ga Eechen Een ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your com puter system s vital components such as fan rotations Voltages and temperatures It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer such as hard disk space memory usage and CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box M Show up in next execution 1998 ASUSTeK Computer Inc All rights revered The ASUS Logo is trademark of ASUSTeK Computer Inc To
10. 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave Enter to select the type of the IDE drive Cylinders 1074 Weer Type HDD allows Head 2551 you to set each entry on Sec tor 631 your Own CHS Capacity i DND Maximum LEA Capacity oH AB Multi Sector Transfers Maximum SHART Hani tering Disabled T a 4 ULTRA DHA Mode 2 NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the drive Incorrect settings may cause your system to not recognize the in stalled hard disk To allow the BIOS to detect the drive type automati cally select Auto Type Auto Select Auto to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive If automatic detection is successful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been 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 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 49 4 BIOS SETUP 9 a 8 ra 50
11. 3MHz 37 5MHz Neno ON CH DO e DN Oo AAAA LIN L DARI aaa ior eee ier iar a e d LL UI 2 nn a In aa a e 1 BY JE 0 0 CUSI FX Cc CPU 133 3MHz 66 8MHz 97 0MHz E reg SDRAM 133 3MHz 66 8MHz 97 0MHz 15 oe ao PCI 33 3MHz 33 4MHz 32 3MHz CUSI FX CPU Sr ie frio Pree A a 4 3 3 Ti Se ken Ss Zeg External Frequency Selection 3 PERF et 1 2 8 8 D D 8 D 1 elek og EA CPU 70 0MHz 95 0MHz 95 0MHz SDRAM 105 0MHz 95 0MHz 126 7MHz PCI 35 0MHz 31 7MHz 31 7MHz O NO DO ec GN e DO ec ON e bb ZET fake 3 E D D oie ele sw 2 n D D D a D D D D JE D gogog 112 0MHz 97 0MHz 96 2MHz SDRAM 112 0MHz 129 3MHz 96 2MHz PCI 37 3MHz 32 2MHz 32 1MHz 18 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Manual CPU Settings NOTE JumperFree mode must be disabled Set the jumpers according to the internal speed of your processor as follows CPU SDRAM Frequency Selection Switches MHz MHz JP3 JP1 JP2 JPO 66 100 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 100 100 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 150 100 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 133 100 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 100 133 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 100 150 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 133 133 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 66 66 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 97 97 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 70 105 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 95 95 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 95 126 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 112 112 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 97 129 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 96 96 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 For updated processor settings visit ASUS s web site see
12. 4 BIOS SETUP IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk you should enter the correct ones manually by setting User Type HDD User Type HDD Enter to select the Translation Method ILER type of the IDE drive User Type HDD allows Cylinders 18241 you to set each entry on Head 2551 your Own Sector 63 CHS Capac B422H6 Maw imun SC Capacity 2290H Multi Sector Transfers Haxinum SHART Honitoring Disabled PIO Mode 4 ULTRA DHA Hode 2 Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for your drive 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 LBA Mode is necessary for drives with greater than 504MB in storage capacity Configuration options LBA LARGE
13. ON your computer Reboot means to restart your computer When using Win dows 95 or later selecting Restart from Start Shut Down will reboot your computer Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memor without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard dis drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol COM Port COM is a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports Point ne devices modems and infrared modules can be connected to COM ports Each COM port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI maximizes system performance with simultaneous CPU PCI and ISA bus activities It includes multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transac tions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies im proves video and audio performance and 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 exec
14. Release Date January 2001 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Asia Pacific Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 8 86 2 2894 3447 Fax 886 2 2894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Tel English 886 2 2894 3447 ext 706 Tel Chinese 886 2 2894 3447 ext 111 Fax 886 2 2895 9254 Email tsd asus com tw Newsgroup news2 asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FTP ftp asus 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 Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email sales asuscom de Technical Support Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd asuscom de WWW www asuscom de FTP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION eebe eege 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized aaa 7 e a A ee eeh 7 2 1 heelen 8 GN Specifications E 8 2 1 2 Specifications Optional Components a 9 EELER 10 2 lA Freet E Es 11 2 2 CUSI FX Motherboard Component aaa 12 3
15. X Total System Memory Max 1GB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes This motherboard supports SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability e This motherboard does NOT support registered memory e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Ex tended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128 256MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256 512MB ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation shown DIMM mod ules are longer and have different pin contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides CUSI FX 168 Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this motherboard To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position L Unbuffered The notches on the DIMM module 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 ask your retailer the correct DIMM type before pur chasing This motherboard supports four
16. bit color true color modes In 16 color and 8 bit color 256 color modes gamma correction function is not supported Gem diapa Padaras Coia a R I Dep carn Kl IV ten Seeing aan ww Drepp Sets the preferred tint of your display Sets your monitor s color mapping fi EC Allows adjustment of T individual channel ET CLI Restores settings to the original program default ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 77 Windows 98 LLJ E Z LLI m LLI H HI a Ve 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE IE Video Setting Video Setting lets you set up the Overlay Contrast and Brightness of your display Gam dimas reeche Pe Dosbisegeeeg RB Foie ue Sr Geala E oag A n a D aian 86 SMOPUIM gt J m TI m J m Z E m Sets the contrast and brightness of either one or two or both overlays of your video display Changes to your settings can be previewed on the displayed picture wf 3D Setting 3D Setting is for general color adjustments as well as color adjustments for D3D and OpenGL Color Color lets you make color adjustments such as brightness for all of the RGB colors EL BI Pipers HE Pela Ca bangang dill Die Mines EP Geaca K a zepg GN versat cits Gs Ing rrii Sets the brightness of mimm 3 your 3D displays z Changes to your settings A can be previewed on the a a nm zm Lets you preview displayed 3D scene fullscreen t
17. clock signals ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 21 22 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a ZIF Socket 370 The CPU that came with the mother board should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system 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 could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU After the CPU is install an Intel recommended fan heatsink Locate the CPU fan connector see 3 1 Motherboard Layout or 3 8 Connectors and con nect the CPU fan
18. has run through its POST NOTE Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re flect your BIOS screens exactly ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 45 7 g Programinfomeation 46 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections MAIN Use this menu to make changes to the basic system configuration ADVANCED Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced features POWER Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management features BOOT Use this menu to configure the default system device used to lo cate and load the Operating System EXIT Use this menu to exit the current menu or specify how to exit the Setup program To access the menu bar items press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 2 Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup screen you will notice 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 lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu lt or keypad arrow
19. identity of the user across the Internet Set this field to Enabled when you need increased security for doing busi ness online or e commerce Otherwise leave it to its default setting of Dis abled for greater anonymity when surfing the Internet NOTE This field is available only when a Pentium III processor is installed in your system BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the 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 IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected USB controller legacy mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled USB controller legacy mode is disabled no matter whether you are using a USB device or not Configuration options Disabled Enabled Auto
20. if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with 2 USB Device Wakeup in 3 4 Motherboard Settings Configuration options Dis abled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 which have ACPI support enabled Configura tion options Disabled Everyday By Date ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor Har dare Honi for Item Specific Help ALSH Enter to switch SUCZATITE CPU Temperature between Honitoring o JIP Temperature H A Joore CPU Fan Speed Power Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed VCORE Voltage 3 NM Voltage 34 Mal tage 120 Voltage 12 Voltage MB Temperature xxxC xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC xxxF JTPWR Temperature Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard CPU and JT PWR power supply temperatures Set to Ignore only if nec essary CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM Power Fan Speed xxxxRPM Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan power fan and chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RP
21. on hand users can access any information from their computers from anywhere in the world e Message LED requires ACPI OS support Message LEDs now act as infor mation providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can determine if a message has been received from a fax modem A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user This function requires ACPI OS and driver support e Peripheral Power Up Keyboard power up can be enabled or disabled through BIOS setup to allow the computer to be powered ON using your keyboard ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 11 12 2 FEATURES 2 2 CUSI FX Motherboard Components See opposite page for locations Processor Support Chipsets Main Memory Expansion Slots System UO Audio Network Features Power Form Factor Location Socket 370 for Pentium III Celeron Processors 2 SiS 630E 3C Integration Single Chip aaa 3 ITE 8705 Super I O Chipset Eeer 13 2MbitFlash BIOS ee 12 Maximum 1GB support XDIMM eet 4 PC100 133 SDRAM and VCM SDRAM support 2 POL E 14 1 PCI AMR Share Slot EE 11 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 66 support 6 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector aaa 7 2 USB Headers supports 3 USB ports aaa 8 1 Serial COM2 Header aran 10 2 USB Port Connectors oseese Bottom 20 1 Parallel Port Connector esa Top 18 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector aaa 17
22. on the side closest to the power connec tor on hard drives and CD ROM drives but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin female O 0 TO z OH 96 Oe Oe ol S0 O Op Oo Oo Oo 96 O 26 e 26 He He 6 O CO000 S dl EZ fO 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 use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards O000000000000 OOOOOOOOOOOO Q O EHAA o 00000 EN 0000 00 0 0 Of pone oo oo o PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin female l ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional An optional RJ 45 connector is located on top of the USB connectors The connector allows the motherboard to connect to a Local Area Net
23. s blue connector to the motherboard s primary recommended or secondary IDE connector and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA 66 slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to your UltraDMA 66 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 66 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accord ingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable for 66MBytes s transfer rates NOTE Orient the red markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector CUSI FX IDE Connectors 11 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to
24. the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 CUSI FX Floppy Disk Drive Connector 30 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 12 IDE Activity LED 2 pin PLED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up on TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug CUSI FX IDE Activity LED 13 Power Supply PWR_FAN CPU CPU_FAN Chassis CH_FAN Fan Connectors 3 pins These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring 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 consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM Utility WARNING The
25. the sys tem uses to search for a boot device on system power up Configuration fields include Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP 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 to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all your con nected ATAPI CD ROM drives Other Boot Device Select INT18 Device Network Configuration options Disabled SCSI Boot Device INT18 Device Net work ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Plug amp Play O S No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to con figure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS When Yes is selected interrupts may be reassigned by the OS When a non PnP OS is installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow t
26. turned off Once this option is selected a confirma tion is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing lt Enter gt 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 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus When this option is selected or if lt F5 gt is pressed a confirmation is requested Select Yes to load default values You can now select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the 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 make changes After selecting this op tion all selections are saved
27. way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 61 7 g I O Device Config d i g dNLas SOIA t 62 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 3 PCI Configuration Yance PCI Configuration Item Specific Help x Enter to select an Ing DEI Slot 2 IRQ lHutel PCI VGA Palette Snoop Mahlad PCI ar Timer SWNDIOS SCSI BIC Rute Primary VGA BIOS FCI Card k PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion Slot 1 IRQ Slot 2 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which utilizes auto routing to determine IRQ use Configuration options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some nonstandard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this 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 hav
28. 133 and VCM Memory Support Equipped with two Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 133 compliant SDRAMs available in 64 128 256 or 512MB densities up to 1GB UltraDMA 66 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and Tape Backup drives Form Factor for Easy to Use PC Designed for small size easy to use PCs this new highly flexible form factor reduces the motherboard size by as much as 25 over the microATX design More USB Ports Supports a total of 5 USB ports for more peripheral connec tivity options Peripheral Wakeup Supports Wakeup on LAN USB and PS 2 Mouse Keyboard SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physi cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices PC Health Monitoring Provides an easy way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and systerm voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ITE 8705 and the bundled ASUS PC Probe AMR Slot Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and or modem riser card Legacy Free Provides two 32 bit PCI Asynchronous PCI 2 2 compliant with no ISA eliminating bottlenecks and system memory management issues All PCI slots ca
29. AS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define 4 BIOS SETUP 5 5 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 57 Q o 2 N d 3 S 58 4 BIOS SETUP Refresh RAS Assertion 5T Configuration options 6T 7T 5T 4T Refresh Queue Depth 12 Configuration options 0 4 8 12 SDRAM Refresh Mode Staggered 1T Configuration options Simultaneous Staggered 1T Memory Hole At Address None This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA devices that re quire it Configuration options None 15M 16M 14M 16M 12M 16M Video Memory Cache Mode USWC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display 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 Graphics Aperture Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB VGA
30. ASUS CONTACT IN FORMATION WARNING Premature wearing of the processor may result when overclocking Be sure that the DIMM you use can handle the specified SDRAM MHz or else bootup will not be possible ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 19 20 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of 16 32 64 128MB 256 or 512MB to form a memory size between 16MB and 1 5GB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard This motherboard also supports NEC s Virtual Channel VC SDRAMs To use the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip Memory speed setup is recommended through Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD see 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Setup Install memory in any combination as follows IMPORTANT e For optimum signal integrity inserting the DIMMs in the following order is recommended DIMM1 DIMM2 e SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current PC133 PC100 SDRAM specification DO NOT mix SDRAMs with VC SDRAMs Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMMI Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x DIMM2 Rows 2 amp 3 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB
31. 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 CPU_FAN PWR_FAN ons GND UI HH CH FAN IC ke d eem Eed CUSI FX 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power 7 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 31 3 HARDWARE SETUP 14 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On LAN or PCI Modem is enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power WOR_CON Ring Ground 2 1 CUSI FX Wake On Ring Connector 15 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output such as the ASUS PCI L101 Ethernet card see 7 Appendix The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On Lan features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power IMP
32. Connector 38 Translation Method 50 Type 49 U JART2 Use Standard Infrared 61 Jltra DMA Mode 51 Chere niversal Serial Bus Ports 27 Jpdating Your BIOS 41 SB Headers 33 SB Legacy Support 55 sing LiveUpdate 86 PC Probe 81 PowerPlayer SE 87 V VCORE Voltage 69 Video Memory Cache Mode 58 Video Off Method 66 Video Off Option 66 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 64 VideoLive Mail 89 Using 89 Voltage 12 69 3 3 69 5 69 12 69 5 69 VCORE 69 W Wake On LAN 67 Wake On LAN Connector 32 Wake On Ring Connector 32 G G C ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 97 98 INDEX This page was intentionally left blank ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual
33. Legacy Diskette H 24 gt 3 to change value Floppy 3 Mode Support e Primary Master Primary Slave e Secondary Haster Secondary Slave e Keyboard Features Language Supervisor Password User Password Halt 0 ri Installed Hemory System Time XX XX XX Sets your system to the time that you specify usually the current time The format is hour minute second Valid values for hour minute and sec ond are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the hour minute and second fields System Date XX XX XXXX Sets your system to the date that you specify usually the current date The format is month day year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt 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 support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1 2MB as opposed to 1 44MB on a 3 5 inch diskette Configuration options Disabled Drive A Drive B Both ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4
34. M The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary 7 g Hardware Monitor NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 69 70 4 BIOS SETUP 4 6 Boot Menu Iten Specific Help 2 IDE Ward Drive Hone 3 ATAPI CO ROH ASUS CO S506 A 1 Boot Sequence amp Other Boot Device INTIS Device Networ Enter to select the Flug amp Play 0 5 Ho I device Boot Virus Detection Enabled Quick Power n Self Test Enabled To select the boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Sequence use the up or Full Screen Logo Enabled down arrow Press lt gt to move the device up the list or lt gt to move it down the list ZS y Enter Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select among the four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys By using the lt gt or lt Space gt key you can promote devices and by using the lt gt key you can demote devices Promotion or demotion of devices alters the priority which
35. Media Electronics Inc s CMI 8738 PCI 3D Extension Positional Audio Chip With this chip onboard no external CO DEC is needed CMI 8738 supports legacy audio SB16 FM emulator DLS wavetable music synthesis and HRTF 3D positional audio functions and PCtel HSP56 1789 interface Compatible with A3D and DirectSound 3D CMI8738 thus meets PC98 requirements and supports professional digital audio interface and 4 channel speaker ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 10 2 FEATURES 2 1 3 Performance UltraPerformance Onboard IDE Bus Master controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels Supports UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 IDE DMA Mode 2 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and Tape Backup drives Dual Speeds CPU frequency can operate at either 133MHz or 100MHz High Speed Data Transfer Interface IDE transfers using UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE can handle rates up to 33MB s This motherboard with its chipset and support for UltraDMA 66 doubles the UltraDMA 33 burst transfer rate to 66 6MB s UltraDMA 66 is backward compatible with both DMA 33 and DMA and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade current EIDE IDE drives and host systems UltraDMA 66 requires a 40 pin 80 conductor cable to be enabled and or for UltraDMA Mode 4 Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter bu
36. Normal Match Partition Table Manual Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to your drive docu mentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual Sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum LBA capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Multi Sector Transfers Maximum This option automatically sets the number of sectors per block to the high est number supported by the drive This field can also be configured manu ally Note th
37. ORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby PME Ground CUSI FX Wake On LAN Connector 32 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 16 USB Headers 10 1 pin USB1 5 1 pin USB2 If the USB Ports on the back panels are inadequate two USB headers are avail able for three additional USB ports Connect an optional 3 port USB connector set to these headers and mount it to an open slot on your chassis 10 6 1 USB Power 6 USB Power BBB 2 USBP2 7 USBP3 5 1 3 USBP2 8 USBP3 GND USB1 5 NG 2 E d o moma o onz DI 356 CUSI FX USB Headers ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 33 3 HARDWARE SETUP 17 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin CD1 AUX MODEM on audio model only These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector It also allows the sharing of mono in such as a phone and mono out such as a speaker between the onboard audio and a voice modem card Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel CD In Black Right Audio Channel Kuda Left Audio Channel AUX In White Es Ground Ground MODEM m U E am Ground Modem In CU
38. Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Properties dialog box ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 65 7 g Power Menu 66 4 BIOS SETUP Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Configuration options Always On Suspend gt Off Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The DPMS Display Power Manage ment System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode NOTE This field is effective for DOS Windows 9x and Windows NT 4 0 environ ments Configuration options Disabled 1 2 Min 2 3 Min 1 Hour
39. RPM range and alarm thresholds e Temperature Monitoring and Alert To prevent system overheat and system dam age this motherboard supports processor thermal sensing and auto protection Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management e System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 98 Millenium Windows NT 2000 and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The onboard hardware ASUS ASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Dual Function Power Button Through BIOS the power button can be defined as the Stand by a k a Suspend or Sleep button or as the Soft Off see ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead in 3 8 Connectors for more information button Regardless of the setting pushing the power button for more than 4 seconds will enter the Soft Off mode e Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit
40. SB Connector Set 10 1 pins 5 1 pins 17 CD1 AUX MODEM p 34 Internal Audio Connectors Two 4 pins optional 18 AFPANEL p 35 ASUS iPanel Connector 12 1 pins 19 AAPANEL p 35 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 12 1 pins 20 SPEAKER PANEL p 37 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 21 KLOCK PANEL p 37 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 22 PWRLED PANEL p 37 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 23 MSG LED PANEL p 37 System Message LED Lead 2 pins 24 SMI PANEL p 37 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins 25 PWRSW PANEL p 37 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 26 RESET PANEL p 37 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 27 ATXPWR p 38 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 28 PWRTMP p 38 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 15 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer you must complete the following steps e Check Motherboard Settings e Install Memory Modules e Install the Central Processing Unit CPU e Install Expansion Cards e Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply 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 Inte grated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you
41. SI FX Internal Audio Connectors Modem Out 34 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 18 ASUS iPanel Connector 12 1 pin AFPANEL This connector allows you to connect an optional ASUS iPanel an easy to ac cess drive bay with front I O ports status LEDs and space reserved for a hard disk drive If you are not using an ASUS iPanel you can connect an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module to the SIR connector or an optional consumer infrared connector set to the CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module AFPANEL x GEEE EES 5V N NC EXTSMI GND NC CIRRX 5VSB 5V MLED PCIRST BATT NC CHASSIS ARB Standard Infrared SIR Si Front View Back View ZE Se 5 l USI FX Front Panel Connectors Rcon 19 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 12 1 pin AAPANEL on audio model only Connect the audio cable from the optional ASUS iPanel to this for front panel audio control AUDIO PANEL Line out R Line in R AGND3 AGND2 Line out L Line in L AGND MICPWR MIC2 CUSI FX i CUSI FX Audio Panel Connectors ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 35 36 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following is for items 20 26 Keyboard Lock Power LED E iw O Reset SW Message LED ATX Power SMI Lead Switch Requires an ATX power supply round Le Speake tj
42. Selects the menu item to the left or right T or J keypad arrow Moves the highlight up or down between fields minus key Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted field plus key or spacebar Scrolls forward through the values for the highlighted field lt Enter gt Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field lt Home gt or lt PgUp gt Moves the cursor to the first field lt End gt or lt PgDn gt Moves the cursor to the last field lt F5 gt Resets the current screen to its Setup Defaults lt F10 gt Saves changes and exits Setup ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window the BIOS setup program also pro vides a General Help screen This screen can be called up from any menu by sim ply pressing lt F1 gt or the lt Alt gt lt H gt combination The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding alternates and functions Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program See 4 7 Exit Menu for detailed information on saving changes and exiting the setup program Scroll Bar When a scroll bar appears to the right of a help window it indicates that there is more information to be displayed that will not fit in the window Use lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the entire help docu ment Press lt Home gt to display the first page press lt End gt to go to the last page To exit the
43. Shared Memory 16MB This feature allows you to select the size of system memory to allocate for video memory Configuration options 2MB 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA Bus Clock PCICLK 4 This function allows you to set the ISA bus clock frequency PCICLK 4 sets your ISA bus at a quarter speed of the PCI bus Configuration options PCICLK 4 7 159MHz Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Enabled only on LAN model This motherboard has an embedded LAN controller If you want to use it leave on the default setting Enabled If you want to use an add on LAN card select Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled When set to Enabled this field allows your computer to boot from the network using the onboard LAN controller boot ROM Configuration op tions Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI A
44. TE Gray components are optional at the time of purchase 14 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1 JEN p 16 JumperFree Mode Setting Enable Disable 2 USBPWRO USBPWR1 p 17 USB Power Up Settings Enable Disable 3 FS3 FS1 FS2 FSO p 18 CPU External Frequency Selection Expansion Slots 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 p 20 168 Pin DIMM Memory Support 2 Socket 370 p 22 Central Processing Unit CPU 3 PCI PCI2 p 23 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 4 AMR p 25 Audio Modem Riser Slot Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female up 3 RJ 45 p 27 Fast Ethernet Port Connector optional E 4 USB p 27 Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 amp 1 Two 4 pin female S 5 PARALLEL p 27 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female fa 6 COM1 COM2 p 28 Serial Port Connectors 9 pins 10 1 pins S 7 VGAI p 28 Monitor Port Connector 15 pin female D 8 GAME AUDIO p 29 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional e 9 GAME AUDIO p 29 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 10 PRIMARY SECONDARY IDE p 30 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 11 FLOPPY p 30 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 12 PLED p 31 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 13 PWR CPU CH FAN p 31 Power Supply CPU Chassis Fan Connectors Three 3 pin 14 WOR p 32 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 15 WOL CON p 32 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 16 USB1 USB2 p 33 U
45. These fields allow you to set the passwords To set the password highlight the appro priate field and press lt Enter gt Type in a password and press lt Enter gt You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the password again and press the lt Enter gt The password is now set to Enabled This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press lt Enter gt The same dialog box as above will appear Press lt Enter gt and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The pass words are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup pro gram allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup pro gram functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for enter ing the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all configuration fields Forgot the Password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 U
46. ZUS CUSI FX Socket 370 FlexATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products 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
47. allation 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 e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e 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 technician for help WARNING Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana dian Department of Communications This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme la norme NMB 003 du Canada ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized 6 y This manual is divided into the following sections 5 q 1 INTRODUCTION Manual information and checklist S g 2 FEATURES Production information and specifications E 2 3 HARDWARE SETUP Intructions on setting up the motherb
48. ame BIOS version and CPU TO SEE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CLICK RIGHT ARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN MENU e Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD e ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information e Exit Exits the CD installation menu TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU CLICK LEFT ARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SECONDARY MENU 76 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 Display Properties The motherboard s built in 2D 3D AGP VGA supports professional graphics de sign gaming learning and business applications NOTE Depending on your system configuration components and options your system may not show all of the settings displayed in the following pictures To open the Properties dialog box right click the desktop and select Properties the Settings tab and then the Advanced button gl Display Modes Display Modes allows you to set up the Colors Desktop area Font size and Re fresh rate H Gre Lanei KS atin Sege g OD a a item Gem A bernie Pe era d Tree Mon Changes the color palettes of your Sets the screen display _________ base resolution San Seel m ber Bd Changes the refresh rate displays La gi Gamma Correction Gamma Correction lets you adjust the quality of your display according to your preference Gamma Correction is available only in 16 bit color 64K color and 24
49. and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to save any changes to the non volatile RAM ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 73 7 g Exit Menu 4 BIOS SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 74 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 Install Operating System You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy You may use any version of Windows 98 2000 Millenium but for Windows 95 you must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow the Add New Hardware Wiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and expansion cards the following can only be used as a general reference and may not be an exact reflection of your system 5 3 CUSI FX Motherboard Support CD NOTE The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice To begin using your support CD disc just insert it into your CD ROM drive and the support CD installation menu should appear If the menu does not appear double click or run E ASSETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E 5 3 1 Installation M
50. at 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 manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec tors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the SMART Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to suppress Ultra DMA capa bility NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Disabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 51 4 BIOS SETUP y a 8 ra 4 BIOS SETUP Other options for Type are CD ROM for IDE CD ROM drives LS 120
51. c Help Current CPU Internal Frequency CPU Internal Frequency CPU Frequency Bul tiple CP Level z _ CPU Level CPU Level Cache EGC Chack Processor Serial Her BIOS Update PSr House KSE Control USB Legacy Suppor 08 2 Onboard atoll gt GON Chip Configuration e Tl Device Configuration PEI Configuration Shadow Configuration ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 1 Chip Gelee fu SPIN Enter to select SORAH SIRAN CHS Latem configuration SDRAM d to CAS Dalay z By SPD is Eet SDRAM RAS Precharge Time User Define allow you Refresh KN Assertion fo set each Refresh Queue Depth configuration on your SDRAM Refresh Hoda oun PCI VW Bas JF Support Onboard PEI IDE Enable Scroll down to see more items as shown SDRAM Timing By SPD This sets the optimal timings for items 2 4 depending on the memory mod ules that you are using The default setting By SPD configures items 2 4 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options User Define By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS to C
52. cable to it NOTE Do not forget to set the correct Bus Frequency and Multiple frequency multiple setting is available only on unlocked processors for your Socket 370 pro cessor or else boot up may not be possible Socket 370 processors provide internal thermal sensing so that a socket mounted thermal resistor is not needed CAUTION Be careful not to scrape the motherboard when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard Socket 370 CPU Socket 370 CPU To Bottom Nott Celeron CUSI FX Socket 370 A Pentium III Gold Arrow ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover D mM ZG Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP
53. ce The 1394 standard also pro vides new services such as live connect disconnect capability for external devices including disk drives printers and hand held peripherals such as scanners and cam eras This is a new standard to complement the slower USB interface and to compete with the more expensive SCSI interface AC97 Audio Codec 97 AC 97 is the next step in enabling PCs with audio quality comparable to consumer electronics devices The specification defines new cost effective options to help in tegrate the components necessary to support next generation auto intensive PC ap lications such as DVD 3 D multiplayer gaming and interactive music The speci ication also defines new extensions supporting modem and docking to help both desktop and mobile manufacturers adopt these new technologies more quickly and cost effectively This specification uses software emulation to compete with the PCI SoundBlaster specification ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a cos parom 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 hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices conne
54. cted to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology peripherals will also be able to activate the PC For example inserting a ae into a VCR can turn on the PC which could then activate a large screen TV and high fidelity sound system AGP Accelerated Graphics Port An interface specification that enables high performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs AGP was designed to offer the necessary bandwidth and latency to perform texture mapping directly from system memory Bus Bus Frequency Bandwidth Data Transfer Rate PCI 33MHz 33MHz 133MByte sec AGP 1X 66MHz 66MHz 266MByte sec AGP 2X 66MHz 133MHz 512MByte sec AGP 4X 66MHz 266MHz 1024MByte sec BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of routines that affect how the computer transfers 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 A bit can have one of two values 0 or 1 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 91 92 7 APPENDIX Boot Boot means to start the computer operating system by loading it into system memory When the manual instructs you to boot your system or computer it means to turn
55. e ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 85 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 3 ASUS Update ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to update your motherboard s BIOS and drivers The use of this utility requires that you are properly connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 86 MOPU 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUSUpdate Vx xx ASUSUpdate Vx xx f 2 Select an update method a inris aA ecm P na A ee et miss r en bes ae een zl 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 86 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE CyberLink PowerPlayer SE is an intelligent software player that can automatically detect and playback all kinds of video audio files CD and MP3 files as well This is the only software you need for all types of video and audio files No need to waste time identifying your file types 6 4 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 4 2 CyberLink PowerP
56. e CPU s control internal registers in the chips accept the re uest and let the CPU do something else while the data requested is assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory As they work on their own clock cycle the rest of the system can be clocked faster There is a version optimized for video cards and main memory for motherboards SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM module it using a EEPROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration infor mation inside The Serial Presence Detect function is implemented using a 2048 bit EEPROM component This nonvolatile storage device contains data programmed by the DIMM manufacturer that identifies the module type and various SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition 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 PIIX4 chipset The traditional IDE transfer only uses one edge of the data stroke as the data transfer Ultra DMA 33 uses both edges of data strobe when the data is transferr
57. e a Symbios SCSI controller If the Symbios SCSI controller is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI control ler is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the motherboard s Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add on Symbios SCSI card can be used If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function Con figuration options Auto Disabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card This motherboard has integrated VGA If you are still using a PCI VGA card this field allows you to select which of the controllers will act as your primary graphics controller The default PCI Card allows your PCI graph ics card to take precedence when detected On Board allows you to use the onboard VGA as your primary graphics controller Configuration op tions PCI Card On Board PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion f Enter IRQ XX Reserved No These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP device The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ Configuration options No Yes ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 63 4 BIOS SETUP g e Si LI y 64 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 4 Shadow Configurat
58. e 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 or PCI Modem Disabled Wake On LAN PCI Modem allows your computer to be booted from an other computer via a network by sending a wake up frame or signal Con figuration options Disabled Enabled IMPORTANT This feature requires an optional network interface card with Wake On LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 67 7 g Power Up Control 68 4 BIOS SETUP Power Up By Keyboard Disabled When set to Any Key you can press any key on your PS2 keyboard to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Dis abled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Any Key Power Up By USB Disabled This field allows you to use your USB device s if any to power up the computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5 VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power on
59. ed Hence the data transfer rate is double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s on ATA 2 devices Ultra ATA 66 also known as Ultra DMA 66 is an extension of current Ultra ATA 33 interface This new high speed interface has doubled the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec and maximized disk performance under current PCI local bus environment USB Universal Serial Bus A 4 pin serial cable bus that allows up to 127 plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer modem and monitor to share a bandwidth through a host scheduled token based protocol This allows attaching or detaching while the host and other peripherals are in operation Supports synchro nous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires up to 12Mbit sec USB 2 0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to USB 1 0 and competes with the 1394 standard Wake On LAN Computer will automatically wake up upon receiving a wake up packet through a Network interface when it is under power soft off suspend or sleep mode ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual INDEX A AC PWR Loss Restart 67 Accessories CIDB Intrusion Detection Module Assigning IRQs 23 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 35 ASUS iPanel Connector 35 ASUS PC Probe Using 81 ATAPI CD ROM 70 ATX Power Supply Connector 38 ATX Power Switch Lead 37 Audio Modem Riser 25 Audio Port Connectors 29 B BIOS Beep Code 39 BIOS Beep Code
60. el lent way to create professional quality video mails from PC video audio input de vices and to send the mails to any recipients via VLM 3 s built in e mail system through the Internet VLM 3 s mails comprise video sound or snapshot informa tion and thus may convey the most profound information to target audiences It is very convenient for mail recipients who do not need to install additional software component in order to view VLM 3 mails VLM 3 works as a very applicant sales tool It efficiently delivers profound and live product information to your target customers without costing a fortune VLM 3 also helps corporate managers easily give vivid speeches and broadcast through corpo rate E mail system For personal or home users VLM 3 easily records live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion to sending video mails via Internet or saving data to disks the whole procedure is done in an easy and continuous process VLM 3 s video clip compression rate is up to 1 900 and its playback rate is up to 30 frame per second VLM 3 provides CIF 352 x 288 pixel display resolution a
61. enu SS mm ZE a Ska DI Fb gereest steet Ins holka ha Instolhoathon mbi jeat ae ltems i ahi LAA bf KEE aa bech hh e Pera edis Pas mer Aert er Perdis Lis bert car ae tl Ce sisi cee Es gl SUS cee een po e Display Driver Installs SiS display drivers e C Media Audio Driver and Application on audio model only Installs the driver for the onboard PCI audio chipset e Lan Driver on LAN model only Installs the driver for the onboard LAN controler NOTE If you do not see this item set Onboard LAN to Enabled in BIOS setup see 4 4 1 Chip Configuration e ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Installs a utility to monitor your computer s fan tem perature and voltages ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP e Install ASUS Update Vx xx Installs a program to help you update your BIOS or download a BIOS image file e PC cillin 2000 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information e Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx x Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software nec essary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites e Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail e Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product n
62. es how to configure your system using this utility Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program at some time in the future you may want to change the configuration of your computer For example you may want to enable the Security Password Feature or make changes to the power management settings It will then be necessary to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When 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 lt Delete gt 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 lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by press ing the Reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible It is a menu driven program which means you can scroll through the various sub menus and make your selections among the predetermined choices To access the BIOS Setup program press the lt Delete gt key after the computer
63. evices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB Sec transfer ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 7 APPENDIX LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports Each LPT port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMD which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP MT P55C and Pentium II Klamath CPU as well as other x86 compatible microprocessors The MMX in structions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications such as 3D video 3D sound video conference OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for PC that is always ON but appears OFF and responds immediately to user or other requests The OnNow design initia tive involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system device drivers hardware and applications and also relies on the changes defined in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification PC100 SDRAM is Intel s goal is to ensure that memory subsystems continue to support evolving platform requirements and to assure that memory does not become a bottle neck to system performance It is especially important to ensure that the PC memory roadmap evolves together with the performance roadmaps for the process
64. gement User Define This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features If this menu item is set to Disabled power management features will not function regardless of other field settings on this menu The User Define option allows you to make your own selections in the Power menu When set to Max Saving system power will be conserved to its greatest amount The Suspend Mode field will then be set to predefined value that ensures maximum power savings This field acts as the master control for the power 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 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 statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE to your CONFIG SYS file For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature For Windows 98 and later APM is automatically installed A battery and power cord icon labeled Power Management will appear in the Control
65. h Shared PCI slot 2 shared Onboard VGA shared Onboard LAN shared Onboard USB controller not shared Onboard Audio shared AMR shared IMPORTANT If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers sup port Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 24 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 3 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot This connector supports a specially designed audio and or modem card called an AMR Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost The motherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using an AMR NOTE An AMR is not included with this motherboard CUSI FX Audio Modem Riser AMR Connector ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 25 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 8 Connectors 1 2 26 WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly distinguished from jumpers in the Motherboard Layout Placing jumper caps over these connector pins will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors Pin 1 is usually
66. he changes Press the Esc key to go back to this dialog box a rd lge ec Ce HI tech He kel ira eet RN M et pk DI E 78 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE D3D lets you make basic and advanced performance settings for D3D games D3D ts boll Pengesan HE Deeg ipa a La Ka ga W tie a ER era ear d vis Da Coie EE eer DID Pelan Ga be Lets you set the imi Laon gh D3D performance be of your 3D scenes KC s Pe Setting the speed to a higher setting will result in a trade off in display quality and vice versa Se el Lets you preview fullscreen the changes Press the Esc key to go back to this dialog box IEN P Foren 23 tee Z b ie Shoe Z ode noes pen bet eal giel Ee George P Enb 2 be Tun onal D30 Z bin capabiy Force ung peded Z ode mi D irabis Pasie P Le BPP Dy Pe Feel hed gene bat dk gie panira ceder P Erabi B ungrap Tum crsa D30 bunpmap cepat Enabling burp effect gama rene alia pii pia bad acip Te padama ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual Windows 98 LLJ E Z LLI m LLI H HI a Ve 79 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 86 SMOPUIM gt J m TI m J m Z E m 80 OpenGL OpenGL lets you make texture and other performance settings for OpenGL applications 1 Ke Peper HE Gm Geen birik Pe Kea di Dapdap akae Pereka pakar pa a foe bot an D ea pages raba sihir aa bia peranan rechter iph ep
67. he message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies 40 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory Writer utility AFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later AFLASH EXE is a Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard This file works only in DOS mode To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT amp CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A 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 drive It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy 3 Reboot your computer from the floppy disk NOTE BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS
68. he operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Configuration options Disabled Enabled Full Screen Logo Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 71 7 g Boot Menu 72 4 BIOS SETUP 4 7 Exit Menu Once you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup pro gram you should save your changes and exit Setup Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu Itea Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit setum utility and Discard Changes save your changes to Save Changes CHIS NOTE Pressing lt Esc gt does not exit this menu You must select one of the options from this menu or lt F10 gt from the legend bar to exit this menu Exit Saving Changes Once you are finished making your selections choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is
69. help window press lt Enter gt or lt Esc gt Sub Menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view ZE Pala appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that Legacy Packet 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 lt En ter gt The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within sien ee Pas a sub menu just as you would within a menu Use the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with each of the legend keys and their corresponding functions Practice navigating through the various menus and sub menus If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields use the set default hot key lt F5 gt While moving around through the Setup program note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field NOTE The item heading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 47 7 g Menu Introduction 48 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 Main Menu When the Setup program is accessed the following screen appears System Date Legacy Diskette H AN 3 S Enter to select field
70. ing System EE 75 5 2 Stat WY IC OW Sa dn AA A A AN A Aa A A akak 75 5 3 CUSI FX Motherboard Support CD 75 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE sissies sosssansonsstestsssosssarcosessssessceasocssocosssease TT 6 1 Display Propertie Sieis a anna ee ee Ee TT EE E e 81 6 3 e BE EE 86 6 4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE aaa 87 6 5 CyberLink PowerDVD E 89 6 6 CyberLink VideoLive Mail ea 89 e APPENDIX COCOC OOOO OOOO OOO OO OOOO OOO OOO OOOO OOO OOOO OOO OOOO OOOO OOO OOOOH OOOO OOO OOOOH OOOO SOOOE OOO CEOS 9 1 7 1 Glossary EE 91 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions This device may not cause harmful interference and This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular inst
71. ion ACE Shadow Configuration Item Specific Help i vab ed Select Enabled to move CRODH CEFFF Shadow Disabled video BIOS from ROH to CCO0Q CFFFF Shadow Disabled RAM DOGHG OSFFF Shadow Disabled DiA08 D7FFF Shadow Disab led bena FE Shadow Disabled DCDDO DEEEE Shadow Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow 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 Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Tiem Specific Help Video OFF Option Video OFF Hethod HS OFF lt Enter to select the HOD Power Donn Disabled Power Seving Hode You can B py ar Define Suspend Mode Disabled te go to the suspend DNR Button amp Secs Soft OFF mode entry below e Power Up Control HardWare Monitor Enter Power Mana
72. layer Control Panel Mini Eject on In Help ou OO SOK De Power gt Off Backward Forward Backstep FYSiRe al Cr BER Frame Previous TN e Next Stop ag a Play Configuration se Rouer Increase Volume CD Mode S Cr Mute Shuffle Decrease Volume Oo Karaoke Nextangle Net audio stream Nextsubtitle Add bookmark Capture frame Go Up Repeat Menu Go to bookmark ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 87 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 5 CyberLink PowerDVD CyberLink PowerDVD is the flagship of CyberLink s complete range of video and audio software products It features unrivaled functions allowing users to view high quality video and media rich DVD contents on the personal computer With the 1 Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 5 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 5 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface 86 SMOpUuy g 5 Main Display a bal F l ar H e a iit Be ri a i 7 ei 1 Do D 0 00 00 Control FullScreen CD File Control Help Eject Panel Video Window Mode Wheel closed Functions 88 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 6 CyberLink VideoLive Mail CyberLink s VideoLive Mail Plus Ver 3 0 a k a VLM 3 is a convenient and exc
73. m between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing 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 26 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 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 37 3 HARDWARE SETUP 27 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an 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 making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply minimum recommended wattage 200 watts 235W for a fully configured system can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 10mA 750mA recommended on the 5 volt standby lead 5 VSB Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experience difficulty in powering up if your power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 750mA 5VSB DI 12 0 Volts e E 45 0 Volts 5V Standby amp 45 0 Volts Power Good z amp NC Ground s Ground 45 0 Volts Ground S Ground am
74. m the BIOS update press Y to start the update 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Updating BIOS 7 g ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 43 4 BIOS SETUP 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue You Dau larbei the EFEPHI IE ir recsemrr ri thak you bere oft Ar rier SETUP aed LOAD Sc4op Befeolis io baue CPt emis 4 aawer T sads Led sith meu PIMI oben 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 Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing 44 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that can be updated using the provided utility as described in 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS The utility is used if you are installing a motherboard reconfiguring your system or prompted to Run Setup This section describ
75. mode type A AFLASH lt Enter gt to run AFLASH Updating BIOS IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there fore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 41 4 BIOS SETUP 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures WARNING Only update your BIOS if you have problems with your mother board and you know that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems Care less updating 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 lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt 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 press lt Enter gt NOTE To cancel this operation press lt Enter gt 42 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 6 When prompted to confir
76. n support Bus Master PCI cards such as SCSI or LAN cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput Low Pin Count LPC Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM to the Infrared Module for wireless connections ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 2 FEATURES Enhanced ACPI amp Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 2000 Millenium compat ibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most de vices for virtually automatic setup Smart BIOS 2Mbit flash ROM gives a new easy to use interface which pro vides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Hardware random number generator supports new security software for data protection and secured Internet transactions Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor 2 1 2 Specifications Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase Smart Networking Features the iS630E 10 100Mb Fast Ethernet Controller which supports Wired for Management remote wake up and OnNow initiative to reduce Total Cost of Ownership TCO PCI Audio Smart Audio Provides C
77. nd support true color configuration A one minute video mail with QCIF 176 x 144 resolution takes up less than 500KB of memory making it easy to transmit and save mail Users may always adjust resolution and recording parameters for different purpose VLM 3 supports all the hardware devices that are compliant with Video for Win dows standard Video for Windows is a well accepted and well tested standard Thus users do not have to worry about compatibility issues ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 89 Vindons 98 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 6 1 Starting VideoLive Mail To start VideoLive Mail click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink VideoLive Mail and then click VideoLive Mail x x VLM 3 s Setup Wizard will start and guide you through configuring the video and audio input peripherals and to setup the e mail environment 86 SMOpUuy 1 Setup Wizard first will prompt a dialog to confirm that you want to configure the hardware and E mail setting Click Yes to continue the system parameter configuration g 5 n 2 The e mail configuration screen appears You will need to enter your name and the e mail address Click Next to continue 3 The Internet e mail configuration screen appears You may choose to use the VLM 3 built in E mail functionality SMTP mail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Nex
78. never the CPU tem perature reaches the threshold value History Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used ieee ae ae 9 ERD Bee Deh Chae Spam ii are LSK SCH ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 83 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 86 SMOpUuy f Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC mines ai wegen fo A IT 2 Es Tee es Deep a sl gel re 0 Bae Kerr Prec FT Pat 3 Seared cine pa gem contador eee ba arent fee Ps mend PTT ah ech ga DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Ge Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program 84 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring Popup Asus Probe Pause All Monitoring H sumgeGlddportoung Exit Asus Probe 10 35 PM When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions Ze M of th
79. nplug your computer 2 Short the solder points 3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Main Menu 7 g Short solder points to Clear CMOS CUSI FX Clear RTC RAM Setting Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options AI Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This display only field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during bootup You do not need to make changes to this field ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 53 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 Advanced Menu Item Specific Help Current CPU Internal Frequency fk HHz CPU ey Multiple ith Wa To set the following FSB S0RAM Freq HHZ 1133 1001 fields the CPU Internal CPU Level 1 Cache Enabled Frequency must be set to CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled Manual 1 CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Processor Serial Humber BIOS Update Ane PS House Function Control egacy Support 05 2 Onboard Memory gt GAN Disabled Chip Configuration rk L t Device Configuration PCT Configuration rk Sha onf iguration Current CPU Internal Frequency This field displays the internal frequency of your processor CPU Internal Frequency When Jumper Free Mode is set to Enabled In JumperFree Mode this field allows yo
80. oard sg 4 BIOS SETUP Intructions on setting up the BIOS T 5 SOFTWARE SETUP Intructions on setting up the included software 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Reference material for the included software 7 APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Package Contents Optional Items MI 1 ASUS Motherboard ASUS 3 port USB connector set MI 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon with bracket op yond cable for internal UltraDMA C ASUS consumer infrared set 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE C Modem riser drives WV 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy disk drives Kl 1 T O Shield MI 1 Bag of spare jumpers MI 1 Support drivers and utilities MI 1 This Motherboard User Manual ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 7 SA KODESCH 3 A D 2 FEATURES 2 1 The ASUS CUSI FX The ASUS CUSI FX motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors 2 1 1 Specifications Latest Processor Support Intel Pentium III 100 133MHz FSB Coppermine core FC PGA Intel Celeron M 66MHz FSB Coppermine core FC PGA Intel Celeron 66MHz FSB Mendocino core PPGA SiS AGPset SiS 630E AGPset with integrated SiS300 AGP graphics controller supports a 133MHz Front Side Bus FSB and UltraDMA 66 which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 66 6MB sec PC100
81. or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e SiS is a trademark of Silicon Integrated Corporation e Intel Celeron LANDesk and Pentium are trademarks of Intel Corporation e IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2001 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS CUSI FX Manual Revision 1 03 E699
82. ors I O and graphics PCI Bus Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus PCI bus is a specification 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 requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA cards is typically done with jun ers that change the decode maps for memory and I O space and steer the DM andl interrupt signals to different pins on the bus Further system configuration files may need to be updated to reflect these changes Users typically resolve sharing conflicts by referring to documentation provided by each manufacturer For the average user this configuration process can be unrell able and frustrating Plug and play PnP BIOS eliminates the ISA add on card hard ware conflict problem The PnP BIOS uses a memory block to define and remember each card s configuration which allows the user to change the card s IRQs and DMA in BIOS either automatically or manually POST Power On Self Test When you turn ON the computer it will first run through the POST a series of software cont
83. p Ground Li O 5 0 Volts es amp Power Supply On a Ground amp Ground 43 3 Volts Es amp 12 0 Volts Om 8 oom 43 3 Volts amp 43 3 Volts CUSI FX ATX Power Connector 28 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin PWRTMP If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connector PWRTMP DO Power Supply Thermal Sensor CUSI FX Thermal Sensor Connector 38 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 1 After all connections are made close the system case cover 2 Besure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O and the power input voltage is set to comply with the standard used in your country 220V 240V or 110 120V 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power s
84. r Switch 37 Keyboard Lock Switch 37 Reset Switch 37 SMI 37 System Message LED 37 System Power LED 37 INDEX Legacy Diskette A 48 Legacy Diskette B 48 LiveUpdate Using 86 Load Setup Defaults 73 M Maximum LBA Capacity 51 MB Temperature 69 Memory Hole At 15M 16M 58 59 MIDI Connector 29 Monitor Output Connector 28 Multi Sector Transfers 51 O Onboard AC97 Modem Controlle 61 Onboard Parallel Port 61 Onboard PCI IDE Enable 58 Onboard Serial Port 1 60 Onboard Serial Port 2 60 OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M _ 55 Other Boot Device Select 70 P Parallel Port Connector 27 Parallel Port Mode 61 PC Probe Using 81 PCI Latency Timer 62 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 62 PIO Mode 51 Plug amp Play O S 71 Ports Universal Serial Bus 27 Power Fan Speed 69 Power Management 65 PowerDVD 89 Using 89 PowerPlayer SE ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual INDEX Using 87 Procedure CPU Installation 22 Procedures Updating BIOS 42 Processor Serial Number 55 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 26 PS 2 Mouse Connector 26 PWR Button 4 Secs 66 PWR Up On Modem Act 67 Q Quick Power On Self Test 71 R Removable Device 70 Reset Switch Lead 37 S Save Changes 73 SDRAM CAS Latency 57 Sector 51 Serial Port Connectors 28 SMART Monitoring 51 SMI Lead 37 Starting Up 39 Supervisor Password 53 System Date 48 System Message LED Lead 37 System Power LED Lead 37 System Speaker Connector 37 System Time 48 T Thermal Sensor
85. r supply Your computer will not power ON if you set these to Enable and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply NOTES 1 These two jumpers must be set in unison that is either both must be set to Disable or both to Enable 2 These settings must also be set in conjunction with Wake On USB Device in 4 5 1 Power Up Control Setting USBPWR0 USBPWRI1 Enable 1 2 Disable 2 3 default i F USBPWR1 i 3 j S S Enable Gu D etau SH m EROJ USBPWRO 12 23 C D CH Enable Disable CUSI FX USB Device Wake Up Default ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 17 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 CPU External Frequency Setting JP3 JP1 JP2 JPO This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU SDRAM and the chipset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency The CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed DO e ON CH DO e DN OC DO cc Ge D 0 0 g D D D DO D 00 0 Soe es a So lt e eee Bier fie kees 2 e gle 8 mn BR wa LNW A 1 ua see lr zk CPU 66 6MHz 100 0MHz 150 0MHz SDRAM 100 0MHz 100 0MHz 100 0MHz PCI 33 3MHz 33 3MHz 37 5MHz Ten oO orn DO CC DN e D 0 IL D op a aad D ar Ze Ze Be Par ar a er 3 ar CPU 133 3MHz 100 0MHz 100 0MHz SDRAM 100 0MHz 133 3MHz 150 0MHz PCI 33 3MHz 33
86. rolled diagnostic tests The POST checks system memory the mother board circuitry the display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices PS 2 Port PS 2 Ne are based on IBM Micro Channel Architecture This type of architecture transfers data through a 16 bit or 32 bit bus A PS 2 mouse and or keyboard may be used on ATX motherboards RDRAM Rambus DRAM Developed by Rambus Inc this type of memory can deliver up to 1 6GB of data per second RDRAM is the first interface standard that can be directly implemented on high performance VLSI components such as CMOS DRAMs memory control lers and graphics video ICs ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 93 94 7 APPENDIX ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firmware used in certain computer components Flash ROM or EEPROM can be repro grammed with new programs or BIOS SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed multi threaded I O interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral de vices The standard started from 10MBytes sec to 160MBytes sec available today SDRAM Synchronous DRAM The SDRAM features a fully synchronous operation referenced to a positive oe clock whereby all operations are synchronized at a clock np which enables the coexistence Ri high E and a simple user interface SDRAM takes memory access away from th
87. s 39 Boot Sequence 70 Boot Up Floppy Seek 71 Boot Up NumLock Status 52 Boot Virus Detection 71 C Central Processing Unit 22 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead CHS Capacity 51 CIDB Intrusion Detection Module Connectors ASUS iPanel 35 ASUS iPanel Audio 35 ATX Power Supply 38 Audio Port 29 Fan 31 Fast Ethernet Port 27 Floppy Disk Drive 30 Game MIDI 29 IDE 30 Internal Audio 34 Monitor Output 28 Parallel Port 27 PS 2 Keyboard 26 PS 2 Mouse 26 Serial Port 28 System Warning Speaker 37 Thermal Sensor 38 USB 27 Wake On LAN 32 Wake On Ring 32 CyberLink PowerDVD 89 Using 89 PowerPlayer SE 87 Using 87 VideoLive Mail 89 Using 89 Cylinders 50 D Discard Changes 73 E ECP DMA Select 61 Exit Discarding Changes 72 Exit Saving Changes 72 Expansion Cards 23 AMR 25 Assigning IRQs 23 Audio Modem Riser 25 F Fan Connectors 31 Chassis 31 CPU 31 Power Supply 31 Fast Ethernet Port Connector 27 Floppy 3 Mode Support 48 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 30 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 95 96 G Game Connector 29 Glossary 91 H Halt On 53 Hardware Setup CPU Installation 22 HDD Power Down 66 Head 51 Headers USB 33 High Priority PCI Mode 58 I IDE Connectors 30 IDE Hard Drive 70 Installation CPU 22 Installed Memory 53 Internal Audio Connectors 34 Interrupts Standard Assignments 24 IRQ Assigning 23 Standard Assignments 24 Table 24 K Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 37 L Language 53 Leads ATX Powe
88. ses to memory and processor SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports PC133 com pliant Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 1066MB s max ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is also imple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management 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 of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 2000 Millenium must be used New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the 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 for Windows 95 NT and later Color coded connectors and descrip tive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 2 FEATURES 4 Intelligence Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU power supply and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All the fans are set for its normal
89. start ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe Vx xx The PC Probe icon E will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon will allow you to see the status of your PC Krui ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 81 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored 86 MOPU f Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Haa Tees hah Bh Lemen ck He Maas o g Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages 82 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC s tem perature fan rotation and voltages VUindows 98 Pa DR s Pimat Ruden SZ Dn io TS Hr i a Ze a mme i FF hmmm ipa Pela zept boot oe EET 6 S W REFERENCE CPU Cooling System Setup L Lets you select when to enable software ram CPU cooling When When CPU Over Sek heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whe
90. t to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose the bigger the file size will be Click Next to continue 5 Then the Setup Wizard will then search for the GSM CODECS module for au dio compression and prompt you with the result Click Next to continue 6 Setup Wizard then tests the audio volume during playing and recording Click Next when ready 7 Configuration done Click Finish to complete the environmental setting procedure 6 6 2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface a CLO F Exit Start Playback Stop Recording Start Maan s Pause Save Video File Send Mail Load Video File Send Mail Increase MIC Pemense MIC d Meteane speaker EE Ragase speaker hinaki volume Snapshot to Video Configuratiof 90 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 1 Glossary 1394 1394 is the IEEE designation for the high performance serial bus at 12 5 25 or 50MBytes sec speeds This serial bus defines both a back plane physical layer and a point to point cable connected virtual bus The primary application of the cable ver sion is the integration of I O connectivity at the back pan of peon computers using a low cost scalable high speed serial interfa
91. u to select the internal frequency of your CPU Select Manual if you want to make changes to the subse quent 2 fields Note that selecting a frequency higher than the CPU manu facturer recommends may cause the system to hang or crash See System Hangup on page 54 CPU Frequency Multiple This field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency In JumperFree Mode when CPU Internal Fre quency is set to Manual this must be set in conjunction with FSB SDRAM Freq MHz to match the internal frequency of your CPU Configuration options vary according to the external frequency of your CPU FSB SDRAM Freq MHz When Jumper Free Mode is set to Enabled This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the Front Side Bus FSB frequency CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled 54 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Processor Serial Number Disabled The Processor Serial Number is a unique number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the
92. udio Controller Enabled This motherboard has enbedded PCI audio controller If you want to use it leave on the default setting Enabled If you want to use an add on audio card select Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 59 4 BIOS SETUP 3 S LI 6 A S 60 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 2 WO Device Configuration JACE Item Specific Help l Enter to select Floppy Disk Access Control R H Onboard FOC Swap A amp E Ho Swap Onboard Serial Port 1 LAFAH TROS Onboard Serial Port 2 LAFA IROG WART Use Infrared Disabled board Parallel Port LASH IROTT Farallel Port Hode LECP EPF ECP DMA Select EN Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you are using any modem device If a modem device is detected the onboard modem control ler will be enabled if no modem device is detected the onboard modem audio controller will be disabled If you have conflicts with the onboard modem controller you may set the field to Disabled Configuration op tions Disabled Auto Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows
93. utes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and 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 processors Device Driver A device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer s operating system to communicate with devices such as VGA audio printer or modem DOS Disk Operating System DOS is the foundation on 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 DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory There are several different types of DRAM such as EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM and RDRAM Rambus DRAM Flash ROM The flash ROM is designed to be a resident program and can be updated by a spe cific programming method Normally the flash ROM is used for system BIOS which initiates hardware devices and sets up necessary parameters for the OS Since the E of flash ROM can be modified users are able to update the BIOS by them selves IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a a adapter card in the case for SCSI d
94. witch 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 appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and con nections or call your retailer for assistance Award BIOS Beep Codes Beep Meaning One short beep when No error during POST displaying logo Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM installed or detected One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card three short beeps memory bad High frequency beeps when CPU overheated system is working System running at a lower frequency ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 39 3 HARDWARE SETUP 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instructions in 4 BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE T
95. work LAN through a network hub LEID LED2 we Good connection No power Bad connection L A Blinking Data transfer 4 Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 amp 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices memme oOoo0o0000000000 e OOOOO0 oooooo0000000 o KE 1 Cl EH O pepeye Universal Serial Bus USB ol O 00000 Tooo oooool 0000 Oo 5 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin female 00000 0000 O ooooolz ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 27 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 2 2 I O Device Con figuration for settings at a OOOOOVOOOOOOO A OOOOOO0O oOo0000000000 OOOOOOO m o O 7 Ce ez N ee Soe 6 BR G0 Serial Port 9 pin male OO
96. 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 components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the compo nent whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu IMPORTANT In JumperFree mode all DIP switches must be set to 1 2 bd K aes FF P41 B s DEI JPO JEN Jumperless Mode Jumper Mode 12 12 Esc CUSI FX JumperFree Mode Setting 16 ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 2 USB Device Wake Up USBPWRO USBPWR1 These jumpers allow you to enable or disable the USB device power up function for USB devices connected to your system This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX powe
97. you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 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 Configu ration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled ASUS CUSI FX User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configura tions will not be available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQS Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to oper ate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two

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