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ASUS PENTIUM P2B-F User's Manual

1. 14 ATXPWR p 31 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 15 CHASSIS p 31 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 3 pins 16 PWR LED PANEL p 32 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 17 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 18 SPEAKER PANEL p 32 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 19 MSG LED PANEL p 32 System Message LED 2 pins 20 SMI PANEL p 32 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 21 PWRSW PANEL p 32 ATX Power amp Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 22 RESET PANEL p 32 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address otherwise conflicts will occur ASUS P2B F User s Manual 13 II HARDWARE SETUP Hardware Setup Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Check Motherboard Settings Install Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software 1 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard s function settings through the use of switches and or jumpers SS SS T WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on t
2. Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option System When you specify a Supervisor Password and or User Password explained later in this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password The default setting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system The other option is Setup where the system goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password ASUS P2B F User s Manual 43 dd IV BIOS SETUP Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen Hm POLS ISS He PP LS IPS Le HIS Stl TST ME HSE H NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings for items 2 5 Leave on default setting SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RA
3. VIIL APPENDIX Setting up the ASUS 370 O CPU Voltage Y O O AN D F OO N O O Screw Hole Brown Lever ASUS 370 Jumper Settings Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current socket 370 processors If re quired your socket 370 processor should have its voltage requirement printed on its surface or documentation If no voltage is indicated or you are not sure use the CPU Def setting as shown below 12 3 123 123 123 123 123 123 JP5 ERED P5 ERED UPS ERED P5 ERED UPS ERED JPS pa JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 H P4 e 3 JP3 2 e sJJP3 e JP3 EB Ia e lt JPS Eg r e lp JP2 ERED JP2 2 P2 e 2 a P2 eg Be JP2 JPi1 o_o o JP1 e ES P o_o o JP1 Le E P o_o e o RIP L lt D 1 80Volts 1 85Volts 1 90Volts 1 95Volts 2 00Volts 2 05Volts 2 10Volts 123 12 3 12 3 123 123 123 T2 3 JP5 a e JP5 e e JP5 e e e JP5 e e JP5 e e e JPS e T TS JPA e 5 e JP4 e JPA e e JPa e aJUP4 e e spa A e Pa JP3 ae JP3 e e P3 D BG e JPs 6 ee lp lt G lt eon A e eE JPt G ipn P LS STP ES apo Di 2 20Volts 2 30Volts 2 40Volts 2 50Volts 2 60Volts CPU Def Reserved Socket 370 CPU Voltage WARNING Exceeding your socket 370 processor s required voltage can dam age your processor permanently Make sure that the jumpers are as shown for CPU Def unless otherwise specified before powering on your motherboard ASUS P2B F
4. 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 Pentium M M ASOMHz 4 5x 100MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Pentium II 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Celeron 466MHz 7 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Celeron 433MHz 65x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 Celeron 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 NOTE Overclocking your processor 1s not recommended It may result in a slower speed Voltage Regulator Output Selection VID is not needed for the Pentium III II Celeron processor because it sends VID signals directly to the onboard power controller ASUS P2B F User s Manual II HARDWARE SETUP 2 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
5. Provides an easier way to examine and man age system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM by Intel or PC Probe from ASUS s AGP Slot Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us ing a 1X or 2X mode bus s SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us ing Intel s PC PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compat ible PCI audio cards e SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physi cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices e PCI amp ISA Expansion Slots Provides five 32 bit PCI and two 16 bit ISA slots One ISA slot 1s shared with a PCI slot e Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities VART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections e UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE con troller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels supports UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM and LS 120 drives SUODEDYDSdS N ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il FEATURES Universal Retention Mechanism Support
6. boot your system or computer 1t means to turn 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 memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode ASUS P2B F User s Manual 11 78 Vil APPENDIX 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 1s a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports Point ing devices modems and infrared modules can be connected to COM ports Each COM port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Penttum Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III and slot 2 for Xeon processors Device Driver A device driver 1s a special set of instructions that allows the
7. slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by the motherboard BIOS software If the motherboard has SCSI onboard see the SCSI section for information on configur ing SCSI devices If you are using SCSI controller cards refer to their respective documentations on how to configure and setup SCSI devices For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications e Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MEM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see be low Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB th
8. F User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Asia Pacific Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 886 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 701 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 2 102 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 P2B F User s Manual CONTENTS Ma INTRODUC TION ena 7 How this Manual is Organized sss 7 Item Checklist pn tan Ae aka 7 IPAR na a A EA 8 Features of the ASUS P2B F Motherboard sees eee 8 The ASUS P2B F Motherboard sss sss 11 M HARDWARE SETUP esa 12 Layout of the ASUS P2B F Motherboard aa 12 Hardw
9. Reboots the computer A Opens the DMI Explorer P Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configure Notifications Tools Configure Global Tools Transfer Files Tools Reboot Tools DMI Explorer Tools Set Access Rights ASUS P2B F User s Manual 63 64 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the Select Computer Dialog Box PERETE N a Qcorpputed ited 0 compari breman Discovers new computers on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Jou LE oe je LX el E Shows only unhealthy computers a e Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view ASUS P2B F User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE To select a computer 1 From the main Client Manager window click File Select Computer 2 Inthe Select Computer dialog box click the computer you want to view 3 Click the Select button To discover new computers e Inthe Select Computer dialog box click the Discover button on the toolbar or press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt TIP Use the Discover button each time you add a computer to the network change a computer s network adapter or upgrade a computer t
10. SDRAM One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM a Total Memory ai Reese af en SORE IGE oR fT Sa ROWER SDRAM TORR OH RINE fT a SDRam S 165261 sse Toa Syse Memory Mie AN General DIMM Notes e For the system CPU bus to operate at 100MHz use only PC100 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 100MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Ex tended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen s 8 chips side modules do not support ECC only 9 chips side modules support ECC e Sing
11. The settings are Suspend gt Off and Always On ASUS P2B F User s Manual 47 48 IV BIOS SETUP Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The following options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Suspend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow 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 oreen 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 scanning PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Suspend mode which suspends the CPU The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 5 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time
12. There are several different types of RAM such as DRAM Dynamic RAM EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent 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 parallel interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral devices System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the Operating system ASUS P2B F User s Manual 79 80 Vil APPENDIX UltraDMA 33 UltraDMA 33 1s a new specification to improve IDE transfer rates Unlike tradi tional PIO mode which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data the DMA 33 uses both rising edge and falling edge Hence the data transfer rate 1s double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s USB Universal Serial Bus A new 4 pin serial peripheral bus that allows plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer and modem ISDN to be auto matically configured when they are attached physically without having to install drivers or reboot With USB the traditional complex cables from back panel of your PC can be eliminated ASUS P2B F User s Manual
13. a chassis connector 2 Connect the CIDB directly to the chassis connector or use the provided extension cable and mount the CIDB to the chassis using a double sided foam adhesive tape 3 Check the hardware settings e JPI jumper should be enabled to use the photo sensor e MSI and MS connectors should be connected to momentary toggle switches mounted on the chassis to use the contact method for triggering alarms e SW jumper should be enabled to allow the hardware monitoring compo nents to receive signals from the CIDB 4 To stop the alarm from sounding use the LDCM software or place a jumper on or short manually the CLR jumper momentarily 5 Ifyou have an updated BIOS with intrusion support booting the computer after an intrusion will require a password which is configured through BIOS ASUS P2B F User s Manual x S ASUS CIDB v e e T 71 amp 7 U K E s X 72 Vil APPENDIX Setting up the ASUS CIDB JP1 JP1 1 Enable Disable JP1 Enable Disable the Photo Sensor 3 2 best range SET sensitive aoe not sensitive CON Sensitivity adjustment for the photo sensor 0 is least sensitive and 5 is most sensitive SW SW Normal Clear Clear E Stops the sounding alarm nable Disable HTH SW HMS MS1 MS2 c i i D ais Micro Switch from the chassis Enable Disable chassis intrusion MS1 panel can be connected here function in the motherboard to trigger the chassis in
14. an operating system Options are A C C A A CDROM C CDROM C A CDROM A C D A E A F A C only LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive that is A C Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP HDD S M A R T capability Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor ing technology This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on bootup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS 2 mous
15. compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment 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 ASUS P2B F User s Manual How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections I II II IV V VI VIL INTRODUCTION y E 3 Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications concerning this product Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard and jumpers BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software Software Setup Instructions on setting up the included support software Software Reference Reference material for the included support software Appendix Optional items and general reference Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer L D U U S RN S RN S S 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2 SECC SEPP 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with d
16. different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 NOTE You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disks This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the
17. dures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed Follow the onscreen instructions to continue lipdathe GS laniadiag Bart Pinot aed Pi lanh Serr Nip WEISS ar SST an reel AM rt r BSS SESE PP TIE BEeerisniarn SHE RE F E u Elar File Wa far HEH Sm Tr Pn 89 TS T T 9 TT r H 16 T Ta GES laciaiing Bast mk hed Po SG Se AFT PI TET You haw Plaxked the EFROA TL Emis thai lt el cere olf Bes porer embe f ee ad i kre Scdiup Pelan lin bp hav CP ajeli ged ullk oe LE Lw n qa TT ESC Te Erli ASUS P2B F User s Manual 35 IV BIOS SETUP Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk 3 Run AFLASH EXE from this new disk and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the
18. either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on 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 By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See IrDA compliant infrared module connector under section III Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This field autodetects Ultra DMA capability for improved transfer speeds and data in tegrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability IDE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns o
19. on AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and En abled boots up your system after reapplying power Wake On LAN Disabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Set to Enabled to set this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the ASUS PCI L101 LAN Card and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard tem peratures Set to Ignore only if necessary Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators Set to
20. previous page for more de tails and the rest of the steps Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service 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 See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you 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 service 36 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports a 5 Volt programmable Flash ROM chip which can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem configuration and settings If you
21. sure the heatsink is mounted tightly against the SECC SECC2 or SEPP otherwise the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink 3 Insert the SECC SECC2 SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the picture in step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset push the SECC SECC2 or SEPP gently but firmly into the Slot 1 connector until it is fully inserted SECU SECGZ SEPF Push lock inward CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector 4 Secure the SECC SECC2 SEPP Secure the SECC SECC2 SEPP in place by pushing the SECC SECC2 SEPP until it is firmly seated on the Slot 1 connector SECC with Pentium II only The SECC locks should be outward when se cured so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes SELL DECCZ SEPF Lock hole iw CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector ASUS P2B F User s Manual 21 22 Il HARDWARE SETUP ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ASUS provides two smart solutions to Slot 1 CPU thermal problems the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S P2FAN and the ASUS P2T Cable ASUS S P2FAN Thermal Cable CPU Fan Cable 2 black wires 3 colored wires The optional ASUS Smart Fan or ASU
22. that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SETUP choose Yes in IRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur Accelerated Graphics Port AGP This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth such as an ASUS 3D Hardware Accelerator P2B F Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS P2B F User s Manual 25 DMA Channels II HARDWARE SETUP 5 External Connectors 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 connectors will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 s
23. the Pentium II processor requires a special heatsink with a thermal sensor and system temperatures to warn of damaging temperatures Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring 1s necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management Chassis Intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring through the optional ASUS CIDB module and Intel LDCM ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il FEATURES The ASUS P2B F Motherboard ATX Power Intel 440BX IDE Connector Slot 1 AGPset 4 DIMM Slots Connectors T PS 2 Mouse as a ee 5 a 07 L F T T T B PS 2 Keyboard PS baa 7 ret P eh i all re d Z Ka i Pat J it m a T USB Conn 1 B USB Conn 2 Pang te 1 rl E E v F a Pe D B COM1 EPL EF F fa m E s re F D ES ee T R a I ss lt wn Al T Parallel B Serial ITIN TIER E r m a rel a T bie 1 T E i B COM2 TUL a iil i Rre c misiis 1 i ii ira I fern nn E ret Et as Accelerated p HP ee es Graphics Pot La rie A 7 ab T ha gz again TTP eT a a rah m iia Aon 7 Tell oie Keria TTT sia TT LLLE TIETEET 5 PCI Slots Peri es es es e ed me AA h 555 H m i spo Hiz n E Zan EEL 1 v D Ta anh HE HEE Multi 1 O 9 i S ee EHIN TETT EHHI Tre LL 7
24. view of PC s voltages Digital view of PC s voltage warning thresholds PC Status Summary PC s Fan Rotations per minute PC s Temperature C F PC s Voltages 60 ASUS P2B F User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the ASUS PC Probe PC Probe System Info Obtain information on your motherboard and BIOS from this screen PC Probe Settings Change PC Probe refresh times here Click here to start PC Probe each time you enter Windows Click the items you wish to reset to its default values and click this button PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to turn on off or exit ASUS PC Probe The icon appears dimmed when off or un available an sons E a tga ja iF ik O Ti G 5 l p a el When there is a problem the icon s head mirror flashes red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed ASUS P2B F User s Manual 61 62 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Intel LANDesk Client Manager With the growth of the computer industry computer systems have become more complex and difficult to manage Intel LANDesk Client Manager is a computer management application that simplifies many aspects of managing a computer and assists in troubleshooting common computer problems Use Client Manager to e Review system inventory e View DMI compliant component information e Backup and restore system files Trou
25. AA BINS Charactariatien i Prenn TENTERA f r detail Size of BIDS FOR Son Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the N up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that have been modified by the user aol sss ae a ee ASUS P2B F User s Manual 69 2 z E g 2 z S VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Save MIFD You can sa
26. ASUS P2B F Pentium III Il Celeron 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 fo
27. Details of Power Management Setup ea 47 PNP and PES en A EA 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup eee eee 50 Load BIOS Rr nn nn annene a E a aeie 32 Load SCI R r nE EEEE E EE 52 Supervisor Password and User Password sss 53 IDE HDD Auto STS CUO pn aaas 54 SNES A 111 A a KN Exit eT Te 55 We DOE Wy ART SI N B nn ia aaa 56 Support CD Kr T 56 bala Ene aa KR DOS Utility Submenu ex eee eee 57 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE ssesssssccceccccccccccscsossssossssssssessssessssos 59 ASU PCPI AA 59 Starine ASUS PC Probe a A 59 Use ASUS PO Te 60 Intel LANDesk Client Manager sss eee eee 62 Main Client Manager Window cccccsssesccceceeeeeeeceeeaeesesceeeeas 62 Using the Taskbar icons esse see eee 63 Using the Select Computer Dialog BOX esse 64 Toselecta computin nd MERAH 65 To discover new COMmpUterS mn nani AAA AA 65 Torie PENA a A T EE E 65 To remove a computer from the list aaa 65 To wake up a computer sse eee eee 65 Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer 66 Understanding the Computer Status Icons a 67 Desktop Management Interface DM sss 68 WAP N xT b 1 R a E 71 The ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module 71 IU DEPUTI na ENE 73 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card sss sese 75 Ele A A E AAA AA Ji ASUS P2B F User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission St
28. F User s Manual 15 dns MH iil 16 Il HARDWARE SETUP 3 CPU Bus Frequency Selection FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU DRAM and 440BX AGPset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal fre quency the advertised CPU speed 4 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency 3 5 5x 11 2 6 0x 6 1 6 5x 13 2 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple 5 0MHz 83 3MHz 100 3MHz 10MHz 112MHz lt CPU 37 5MHz 41 65MHz 33 43MHz 34 33MHz 35MHz 36 67MHz 37 33MHz lt PCl FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO FS3 A o N Noa o Li LL LL 1 1 1 2 2 2 3 3 3 115MHz 120MHz 124MHz 124MHz FSO FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO FS3 33MHz 133MHz 140MHz 38 33MHz 40MHz 31MHz 41 33MHz 33 38MHz 44 33MHz 35MHz 37 5MHz lt PC CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection SOMHz lt CPU Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows P CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple Intel CPU Model Freq Ratio BUSF FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO BF3 BF2 BF1 BFO AGP Pentium III SSOMHz 5 5x 100MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 Pentium III SOOMHz 5 0x 100MHz 2 3 1 2
29. HARDWARE SETUP System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin KEYLOCK This 3 1 pin connector connects to the system power LED which lights when the system 1s powered on and blinks when it is in sleep or soft off mode Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow keyboard locking NOTE When the keyboard is locked the mouse can still be used System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker System Message LED Lead 2 pin LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there 1s no signal and blink when there is data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 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 will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the preceding figure connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI 1s activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any prob lems This may require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch ATX Power Switch Soft Of
30. Hi BLE Die HL TS HI E IEL ASUS P2B F User s Manual 37 38 IV BIOS SETUP Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hard ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens Har R r T llo 195 n U aL M mi HED HL ERS The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a
31. II processor pack aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC2 a Pentium II processor pack aged in SECC SECC2 or a Celeron processor packaged in a Single Edge Proces sor Package SEPP An ASUS S370 CPU card can allow Socket 370 processors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector See ASUS 370 CPU Card in APPENDIX for instructions on using this card fT eseseeesee B i EET H il rebre mu 7 P c z j H E a Be B s i 7 L E a R s i J E La i 7 i r x F 5 Pentium Il processor packaged in an SECC with Pentium Ill in an SECC2 with heatsink and fan heatsink and fan top view NOTE The SEPP fan for Celeron processors is similar to SECC2 fan except that the clamping design is different Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism URM The URM supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors Universal Retention Mechanism URM Heatsinks The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pentium MI II processors for more information for the boxed Pentium III If and Celeron processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficie
32. Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items are out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS P2B F User s Manual 49 y amp D D Z gt U Q 50 IV BIOS SETUP PNP and PCI Setup The PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value E PCL ISE HIE PP PHF AHI Pt si Wai JE Iua ECE Ie HA Sn E st Lh ik NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 2 3 4 5 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for t
33. OM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged Pin 1 _ NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector P2B F Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS P2B F User s Manual 27 Il HARDWARE SETUP 6 Universal Serial BUS Port Connectors 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSIAIDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of BIOS 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 using one ribbo
34. RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 10Mbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system administrator S job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wak
35. S S P2FAN is a CPU fan for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC Unlike other CPU thermal solutions the ASUS S P2FAN has an integrated thermal sensor located near the center of the CPU heat source The sensor is optimized by ASUS to give the most accurate reading of the CPU tempera ture thus provides the best protection to your computer system To Use the ASUS S P2FAN See 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S P2FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation ASUS P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be used for a Pentium II II processor pack aged in an SECC2 SECC or a Celeron Sensor processor packaged in an SEPP NOTE The ASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot 1 motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector To Use the ASUS P2T Cable Sensor Connector Plug NOTE The following procedures assume that you have properly attached a heatsink onto an SECC SECC2 SEPP 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor near the middle edge of the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan middle or to either the upper or lower edge of the Celeron heatsink right as indicated Tal Sensor ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP IMPORTANT ASUS guarantees accurate readings only for the ASUS Smart Fan and the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan because both have similar heat distrib
36. S to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write com mand Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting DRAM Idle Timer This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page Leave on default setting SDRAM MA Wait State Normal This controls the leadoff clocks for CPU read cycles Leave on default setting Snoop Ahead Enabled Enabled will allow PCI streaming Leave on default setting Host Bus Fast Data Ready Disabled Leave on default setting 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit and 8 bit ISA cards respectively Leave on default setting ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture Leave on default setting Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must leave this on the default setting of UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature or else your system may not boot PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Leave Enabl
37. THT 111 51 p pi ppa 811 1 9018 LE Wake On LAN Connector RDA AI AA Aa Th Tot TT T TTT Patient tee Hardware Monitor ees T optional Eo owo i O irie x f cS ahaa a TREE iowa beers EI Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Sarip 1 BPR TT TT PERAI PA T HT TT QI TEDL ia SB Link Connector ge ge ee ee a beef EM PS Serer ree ee BW ee ee ee ee ee ee BB oe k 1 P 21SA Sots 164 ena T Dai i c Ppa mR mA K Ae RR K AR a RR TE m nmr IF s E IS PPE PDE B B H E BLES ian ii LLC Intel PIIX4E Floppy PClset Connector ASUS P2B F User s Manual 11 G UK lt u il II HARDWARE SETUP Layout of the ASUS P2B F Motherboard or CPU FAN Mouse ATXPWR PS 2 fern a O e i Cc 5 2 aI EII SIS T S U SMB Connector dd 12112112 112 x SMBH EE lt a Alea CO CO CO CO CLO CLO CLO CLO a DII lo 2 BUS FREQ Intel Sje jie 116 440BX SHIRI O N CD AGPset ollollollao xX xX X X O O O O O O O O dp dp dp dp 2 LU 2 2 2 T Ajjajaj gt QO a Q lt a m x JTCPU Z S 3 SIS LLI U CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Multi 1 O WOL CON Wake On LAN Connector GEASS PCI Slot 3 Hardware Monitor SBLINK Li N O Om T o PCI Slot 4 mie a5 CHA_FAN wo D a PCI Slot 5 to DELED ga D S ISA Slot 1 HOHE S ES ARG Rm gt oO Cc Dad OUL Infrared ST A ISA Slot 2 Connector The grayed item is optional at the time of pur
38. User s Manual VIL APPENDIX ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card l r Fe hn AE H aa BERANI TEE R T gt 1 a Ma L H n L E 1 Th D aB ia H E 4 L hal SA iis E oo 2S aoe lt m ee z n EZ a E R THT i N MI 7 N a 7 L SN Mad P dan aa CLC a f ya a T CECE T C a g jii A i b n ele i w 2 de 21922 21 4 h BTIITUTR l7 E BECI PIY TY Seer TT L 7 LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal AF Motherboard type Other If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity ASUS P2B F User s Manual 75 76 Vil APPENDIX Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3u 1OOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations through a single
39. after which the suspend mode activates 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min I Hour and Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers to powering off the system through a momentary button switch ATX switch or through the software as opposed to disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means 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 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer turns the ATX power supply on when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft Off NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli cations are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa tion string that will also cause the system to power
40. and then press lt Enter gt RUH PEL IS MIOS Ld 190 LS i LRR SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOF THAR IMC STANDARD CHOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Tis FEATURES SETUP SER PTSH HIPS FET URES Sk 10 Ue HID BTU DETECT T LS IKEE HHRRIGEBREHI SE NIF SA R EK TL StUF HA HAD POL SETUP CAVE to CHOS and EXIT 97R17 N URD BIOS DEFAULT NAD SETUP DEFAULTS DAL SE 1 L Alin Li A LA e Por CHL 2e too Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS P2B F User s Manual 55 V SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD Inserting the support CD brings up a selection menu described as follows NOTE CD version and contents are constantly modified without notice Support CD Main Menu ASUS P2B P22 Senes Mamnbaords aon Installation Be OS DOS Utility ans A gt ASUS Contact Inforn Motherboard Info er Browse This CD User s Manual Technical Support Form amp 7 Read Me P E Motherboard Info displays information on your motherboard BIOS and CPU Browse This CD allows you to see the contents of the ASUS Support CD User s Manual displays the motherboard user s manual in pdf format Technical Support Form opens up a blank Technical Support Request Form
41. ant and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press lt Enter gt The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen 1m PEL ISE Ae Pee a SEL UPL el at HE H5 H k a VR H FARD SEA xt sb lte 0 MO Enlli H To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled 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 Unplug 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 Short small solder points to clear CMOS E CLRTC P2B F Clear RTC RAM ASUS P2B F User s Manual 53 54 IV BIOS SETUP IDE HDD Auto Detection The IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the param
42. are Setup Steps ee erra ren nana nana nan anna naaa Kanan 14 IR Ten aT bon A a AAA 14 PUT CTS a ae E EE EEE E EE 15 age Memory DIMM J eee EE N 17 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures a 18 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 19 Universal Retention Mechanism sss sss sese ee eee 19 Ix A A E nes 19 Installing the Processor esse eee 20 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions erra 22 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 23 d Expand on C S A a 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure a 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards sss 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards aaa 29 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor eee 25 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP aaa 25 5 External Connectors acsrcewopnsicsanectatrensaenidsoseuecacaanasatacetenssendasneancannes 26 Power Connection Procedures sss sees eee eee 33 IE BIOS SETUL ne 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility esse eee eee 34 Mami LT 34 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 36 OU ee ir ters gasses A eae wearisome 37 Ee DE ee 38 Standard CMOS SCUD mn RARA A 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup eee 38 BIOS Features AAA 41 Details of BIOS Features Setup ee eee eee 41 ASUS P2B F User s Manual CONTENTS Chipset Features T nn aa 44 Details of Chipset Features Setup eee eee 44 Power Manasement SU e naaa ena nE EK 47
43. are 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 2 A Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively 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 extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as legacy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in t
44. at do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS P2B F User s Manual 39 40 IV BIOS SETUP Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup This will allow you to change your hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk in the standard method as described earlier by the User option 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 NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then
45. atement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e 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 installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures 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 e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure
46. be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG2 EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 1 In Windows copy DMICFG2 EXE to your hard disk drive 2 Restart your computer and press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt during bootup to enter safe mode command prompt 3 Go to the directory containing DMICFG2 EXE 4 Type DMicFG2 and press lt Enter gt to run ASUS P2B F User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system Edit DMI or delete ASUSTek OA Comflgiration UPR L 1 tts 4 Sopleabar 1998 l tyu REVI amp Sevo MIFO Cload MIFDI ELload DIOS Defaults andor Hae i Heard Softere Ine BIS Version YS PI CP BIS Bevinios 1P BIS starting Alireza Seqeeet TH BINS Majid Dala DI
47. bleshoot e Monitor your computer s health e Receive notifications for system events Client Manager has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it searches your network for other computers running Client Manager Client Manager creates a list of the computers it finds and saves the list to the Windows registry From this point on when you run Client Manager or open the Select Computer dialog box Client Manager checks to see if these computers listed in the registry are available and healthy Main Client Manager Window D Intel LANDesk Client Manager OF x File View Inventory Tools Help al Fla elele A m In BE Health tel For Help press FT ASUS P2B F User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the Taskbar icons Toolbar Descriptions E Opens the Select Computer dialog box D Opens the Export dialog box to export the inventory to a file E Exports the inventory to the clipboard T Opens the notification log CX Opens the global notification log od Opens the remote access log Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box za o the File Transfer dialog b 2a pens the File Transfer dialog box ES
48. chase 12 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Settings I 2 3 4 KBWK p 15 Keyboard Power Up AGPFS p 15 AGP Bus Frequency Selection FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 p 16 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 p 16 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple Expansion Slots Sockets System Memory p 17 System Memory Support DIMM Sockets p 18 DIMM Memory Module Support CPU Slot 1 p 19 CPU Support SLOT1 SLOT2 p 24 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots PCH 2 3 4 5 p 24 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots AGP p 25 Accelerated Graphics Port Hardware Monitor 1 JTPWR JTCPU p 23 Thermal Sensor Connectors Connectors a 1 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female 7 2 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 PARALLEL p 27 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COMI COM2 p 27 Serial Port COM1 amp COM2 two 9 pin male 5 FLOPPY p 27 Floppy Drive Port Connector 34 pins 6 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Port Connectors 1 amp 2 Iwo 4 pin female 7 Primary Secondary IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 8 IDELED p 28 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 29 Chassis Power Supply CPU Fan Power Lead 3 pins 10 WOL_CON p 29 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 11 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 12 SBLINK p 30 SB Link Connector 6 1 pins 13 SMB p 30 SMBus Connector 3 pins
49. completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV 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 do not accept them Press lt N gt to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y
50. computer s operating sys tem to communicate with devices such as VGA audio ethernet 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 Endian Endian is a byte order system used in data transfers In big endian architectures the lower addresses are most significant In little endian architectures the higher bytes are most significant Mainframe computers such as those by IBM use a big endian architecture Modern PCs use the little endian system Hardware Hardware 1s a general term referring to the physical components of a computer sys tem including peripherals such as printers modems and pointing devices IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a separate adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB Sec transfer 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 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Vil APPENDIX MMX A setof 57 new instructions based on a tec
51. d Supply On Volts d d d d ce C C n E 5 0 Volts k E ann 7 E 5 0 Grou S Grou d amp Grou E 50 Volts S amp Powe d B Grou S E 12 0Volts s S 3 3Volts 3285333335 55097979 C P oO a lo Ww cD Y o gt D D gt DL P2B F ATX Power Connector IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 1OmA on the 5 volt standby lead S VSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microswitch The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the Chassis Signal lead which occurs when a panel switch or light detec tor is triggered This function requires the optional ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module to be installed See APPENDIX NOTE When the chassis is opened connect short the Chassis Signal pin to the 5VSB pin When the chassis is closed connect short the Chassis Signal pin to the Ground pin o a D 5VSB O a Chassis Signal GND ji P2B F Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead ASUS P2B F User s Manual 31 Connectors 32 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Il
52. e address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard SCSI BIOS choose Disabled USB IRQ Enabled Enabled reserves an IRQ for the USB to work Disabled does not allow the USB to have an IRQ and therefore prevents the USB from functioning If you are not using any USB devices you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ for expansion cards VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows you to select which of the cards will act as your primary card The default PCI AGP allows your PCI card to take precedent when detected AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card ASUS P2B F User s Manual 51 U A NS 8 A W S A 52 IV BIOS SETUP Load BIOS Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non opti mal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings high light L
53. e front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your re tailer for assistance During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section 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 95 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 The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS P2B F User s Manual 33 IV BIOS SETUP Flash Memory Writer Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS f
54. e is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on bootup a PS 2 mouse 1s detected or not 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 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA 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 setup default setting of Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting 1s Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes
55. e up frame ASUS P2B F User s Manual Vil APPENDIX Glossary AGP Accelerated Graphics Port An interface specification that enables high performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs AGP offers a higher throughput than PCI by providing the graphics controller with direct access to system memory Bus Bus Frequency Bus Speed PCI 33MHz 133MB s AGP 1X 66MHz 200 300MB s AGP 2X 133MHz 528MB s AGP 4X 266MHz 1 GB s AUTOEXEC BAT AUTOEXEC BAT 1s a special purpose file that 1s automatically executed by DOS whenever the computer is turned ON or restarted This file contains important com mands that help configure the system to work with certain software and devices Windows 95 and later has its own startup files and may not use or may ignore parts of the AUTOEXEC BAT file 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 U or 1 Boot Boot means to start the computer operating system by loading it into system memory When the manual instructs you to
56. econds the system enters the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting 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 fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds Keyboard Power Up Keyboard Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard Message LED requires ACPI OS support Turbo LEDs now act as informa tion providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can de termine the stage the computer 1s in A simple glimpse provides useful informa tion to the user Remote Ring On requires external modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an external modem With this benefit on hand any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor 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 Temperature Monitoring and Alert To prevent system overheat and system damage there are heat sensors to monitor the CPU
57. ed default setting for PCI 2 1 compliancy Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed TAA iri if TE Laisa i Hel If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be displayed instead Tahoe BE tka 1 bl Teer El 151 U Bande Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array EC Only data errors are detected but not corrected ECC with hard ware scrubbing allows a detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors See section III for more information on DRAM memory modules Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled ASUS P2B F User s Manual 45 46 IV BIOS SETUP Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No S
58. eters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen R PCIZISA BIOS lt P2b Fs HUS SETUP UTILITY AHR SF THHHE LAL LS HEAD PERGI LAL SEL TUH 992 Helact Primary Bata Motion H Skipl H C LS HEAD PEEDOHF LAHDZ SECTOR KOH SI b U 0 i H H LOA i b 9 ji H H WABI 4 MOE matallati Eo HKHH or inatallatlH l Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press lt Y gt or else select from the numbers dis played under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection 1s
59. f Switch 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on your BIOS or OS setting 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 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 1s a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply P2B F System Panel Connections Requires an ATX power supply ASUS P2B F User s Manual II HARDWARE SETUP Power Connection Procedures L 2 2 After all connections are made close the system case cover Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector 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 The power LED on th
60. ff the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Mi POLS k HE oP POR MAHSI SA 3E EF SA SE HSH th Lies ein D GFU Fa Fras Frmsr Fin E d a J k 8 ey y h mal Han E GFU Temperature pe d R T 6 lura K kad 8 H R 8 T dA LURE Tol tage bil NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Define This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Win dows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power manage ment
61. for you to fill and print out when you run into technical difficulties and need technical assistance Read Me opens up a file containing additional notes 56 ASUS P2B F User s Manual V SOFTWARE SETUP Installation Submenu LDCM installs software to monitor the local system and or PC systems on the network within the same bridge address NOTE Will not run with ASUS PC Probe installed ASUS PC Probe installs a simple software to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages NOTE Will not run with LDCM installed S ASUS LiveUpdate installs a program to help you update your BIOS or download a BIOS image file Driver installs the necessary drivers for your onboard VGA and or audio to work properly NOTE This is not available if your motherboard does not have onboard VGA and audio Other allows you to install Adobe Acrobat Reader 3 01 for viewing the LDCM manual and or Trend PC Cillin a virus protection software DOS Utility Submenu ASUS DMI Configuration Utility gives information on using the DMI configuration utility This utility is located in the DMI folder under the root directory of the support CD Flash BIOS Utility DOS Ver sion provides information on the Flash BIOS utility This util ity 1s located in the AFLASH folder under the root directory of the support CD ASUS P2B F User s Manual 57 V SOFTWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 58 ASUS P2B F User
62. he Win dows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs If you use Windows 95 the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device to gain access double click the System icon under the Control Panel program Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card 1s added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically as signs an IRQ to PCI cards that require an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure
63. he inside 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 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system dN LAS MH Ill E 5 14 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP Jumpers 1 Keyboard Power Up KBWK This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard by pressing lt Spacebar gt 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 Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not func tion if you set this to Enable and if you do not have the right ATX power supply KBWK Disable Enable Default P2B F Keyboard Power Up AGP Frequency Selection AGPFS This option sets the frequency ratio between the AGP bus frequency and the CPU bus frequency The default sets the AGP bus frequency to be 2 3 of the CPU bus frequency See the processor table on the next page lll WW SETUP la i AGPFS 1 1 lt AGP CPU Ratio Default ASUS P2B
64. health status Nor mal Warning or Critical is not known Normal Mobile A computer that includes support for mobile PC fea tures such as mobile battery Mobile computers display the same array of health icons above used for non mobile computers ASUS P2B F User s Manual 67 68 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Desktop Management Interface DMI Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database MIFD DMI is able to auto detect and record information pertinent to a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to
65. his motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ 1s not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU 1s being used to determine if an ISA card 1s using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a bas
66. hnique 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 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 Peripherals Peripherals are devices attached to the computer via I O ports Peripheral devices allow your computer to perform an almost limitless variety of specialized tasks POST Power On Self Test When you turn on the computer it will first run through the POST a series of soft ware controlled 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 ports 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 RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks RAID can be set up to provide mirroring for fault tolerance parity for data guard ing or striping for data distribution over several drives for increased performance A RAID card is required to setup a RAID system RAM Random Access Memory
67. ice drivers and installation proce dures for Windows 95 98 NT Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB s The best of all is that this new technol ogy is compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables SDRAM Optimized Performance Supports the new generation memory Syn chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 8300MB s max using PC100 compliant SDRAM ASUS P2B F User s Manual SUODEDYDSdS 10 Il FEATURES Intelligent Features Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button Pushing the power button for less than 4 sec onds when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two states sleep mode or soft off mode depending on the BIOS setting see Power Management Setup under BIOS SETUP When the power button is pressed for more than 4 s
68. icture shows the ASUS 370 CPU card with a plastic retainer at tached to the edge The retainer is used to hold the ASUS S370 CPU card in place using the motherboard s Slot 1 retention mechanism ASUS S370 CPU Card Retainer Fin Af ki L C N C i C i a L i nt eh 9 89 in mom 9 SS T i hag Kaa et 464 ag mi ARE ee K T e re Lal aa L M hs 1 i y per 1 ui u Aly iui i wl T j II N Slot 1 Compatible Connector Using the ASUS S370 The general procedure for using the ASUS 370 CPU card 1 Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current socket 370 processors the default setting should be used See the reverse side of the ASUS S370 CPU card or the next page for voltage settings 2 Install the socket 370 processor Installation of socket 370 processors is exactly like socket 7 processors Lift the brown lever to 90 to install the processor and lower the brown lever to lock the processor 3 Insert the ASUS S370 CPU card into Slot 1 on the motherboard The two fins on the sides of the ASUS 370 CPU card must catch on the retention mecha nism so that it locks in place 4 Connect the socket 370 processor s fan connector to the motherboard 5 Make sure that no wires or objects come in contact with the fan ASUS P2B F User s Manual 73 x S ASUS S370 CPU Card G C Ti L 2 S U s d 74
69. ide of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 1s the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive con nector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP gt S E PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 26 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP 3 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SETUP NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SETUP COM 1 C
70. ile to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard 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 This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system SG Se PRT PG TET HHF z IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard ave Current BOS Ta FEN BIOS in case you need to reinstall Ei it It is recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk SG Soe P HT ralan DE K To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt 34 ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the ACPI extended system con figuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce
71. le sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB ASUS P2B F User s Manual 17 System Menory Il HARDWARE SETUP DIMM Memory Installation Procedures 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 DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density P2B F 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V II IL IL DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position if ial RFU L Unbuffered 5 0V Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals per DIMM 18 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Wl HARDWARE SETUP 3 Central Processing Unit CPU NOTE The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only The ap pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following examples Your motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium I
72. lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed Manual This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a chance to load into your system This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Be cause of conflicts with new operating systems for example during installation of new softwares you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors ASUS P2B F User s Manual 41 42 IV BIOS SETUP Processor Serial Number Enabled The Processor Serial Number 1s a unique electronic number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Internet Set this field to Enabled when you need increa
73. n cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup NOTE Orient the red stripe to PIN 1 PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector P2B F IDE Connectors 8 IDE Device Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE device activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE con nectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug P2B F IDE Activity LED 28 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP 9 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W 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 consideration the polarity of the this connector NOTES The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The fans have been designed to power off after entering the sleep soft off mode This is to reduce both energy co
74. n is not stored in this same database that information is not avail able for a computer with a status of Unavailable Remember that some items may not be current if the properties have changed while the computer was off the net work ASUS P2B F User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Understanding the Computer Status Icons When you open the Select Computer dialog box each computer in the list displays an icon indicating the current status of that computer The table below describes the seven states a computer may be in Unavailable The computer is currently in a powered down state x b Wakeable The computer is currently in a powered down state but supports Remote Wakeup technology L Wake Pending A temporary status not to exceed five minutes while Client Manager attempts to wake up a computer A com puter that is in the process of booting without having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending BE Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances ae Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk 1s running low on space ce Critical A computer that has exceeded a critical tolerance level For example if the hard disk is running critically low on available space the PC Health indicator displays a critical icon oe Unknown A computer that is powered on but the
75. nsumption and system noise WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there 1s 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 Connectors Rotation LER Power Supply Fan Rotation 12V CPU Fan Power GND Rotation 12V Chassis Fan Power GND P2B F 12Volt Cooling Fan Power 10 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON The WOL_CON connector powers up the system when a wake up packet or signal is received from the network through the ASUS PCI L101 LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that the Wake On LAN Power Up Control is set to Enabled see Power Management Setup under BIOS SETUP and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power H PME Ground 5VSB P2B F Wake On LAN Connector ASUS P2B F User s Manual 29 Il HARDWARE SETUP 11 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the mothe
76. nt circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary chassis fan if necessary ASUS P2B F User s Manual 19 Il HARDWARE SETUP Installing the Processor 1 Unlock the URM s Folding Support Arms The folding support arms of the URM are locked when shipped Locked Folding Support Arms To unlock the support arms simply flip them up to an upright position Unlocked Folding The URM is now ready for the installation Support Arms of your processor 2 Attach the Heatsink NOTE If provided you should follow the heatsink attachment instructions that came with your heatsink or processor The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink Using the SECC fan with the Pentium II ckArm Lock Arm ag He Push the two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Qs ee 28 S00 48 9 E Using the SECC2 fan with the Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place Four Pins and metal clip NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design 1s different 20 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP WARNING Make
77. o a newer version Client Manager To refresh PC health e Inthe Select Computer dialog box click the Refresh Known Computers but ton on the toolbar or press lt F5 gt TIP PC health does not automatically update as changes occur For example if a computer s health changes while you are displaying the Select Computer dia log box you need to refresh the list in order to view the correct PC health To remove a computer from the list 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to re move 2 Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete 3 Atthe prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer is not automatically removed from this list To wake up a computer 1 In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to wake up You can also lt Shift gt click to select a continuous group of computers or lt Ctrl gt click to select individual computers in the list TIP You can only attempt to wake up computers that have a status of Unavail able or Wakeable If the Select Computer dialog box does not display any com puters with a status of Unavailable or Wakeable and you suspect it should the list view may be filtered to display only unhealthy or available computers You may need to change your list view to display all computers 2 Click the Wake Up Computer button on the toolba
78. oad BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen EE PELISSA IE F7 LHD SEIF I ILEIY HSU SE We H m SE 1 WE FEATS SET IPGET FENTORES SET IE A eT E TEC Tou 4S BLES SETUP SL Enel Seb a AM PEL SE Lami BEDS HI BLE rH ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a pass word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system By default the system comes without any passwords To specify a password highlight the type you w
79. r identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe s Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation 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 1999 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P2B F Manual Revision 1 03 E369 Release Date April 1999 ASUS P2B
80. r motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup utility as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options k FA F Il SS SA HISU HE D H SHAD CHIE SEF TTAR LSA PRESS Hap In FEARS SETOF LEH MESIA IRET FENTEREE SET IE 0 MWU DETECT OAS HDPE SETUP chy EHIT SETUP SP HO PEI SETU EOI REIRON See Us
81. r to wake up the selected computer s or press lt Alt gt lt W gt ASUS P2B F User s Manual 65 66 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE After you attempt to wake up a computer the status of that computer changes in the list view to a Wake Pending status If the attempt to wake up a computer is success ful the Wake Pending status changes to a status reflecting the computer s health such as Normal Warning or Critical If the computer does not wake up after five minutes a message box appears stating possible reasons why the computer did not respond For example the computer may be disabled or may not support Wake On LAN After clicking OK the Wake Pending status reverts to its original status of Unavailable or Wakeable NOTE You computer must have a Wake On LAN network adapter to support this feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client computer even if you cannot otherwise access the computer because of access limitations or Unavailable status If you display the properties of an unavailable computer the properties are read from a database in the Windows registry on your computer Since the Operating System informatio
82. rboard according to the pin definitions Front View l Back View IRRX _ For the infrared feature to be available P2B F Infrared Module Connector you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 12 SB Link Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card you must link it to this connector Otherwise you will have compatibility issues under DOS environment PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal DGND PC PCI Request Sideband Signal DGND Serial IRQ 5 6 SBLINK NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure correct orientation P2B F SB Link Connector 13 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de vices The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an PC bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBDATA SMBCLK 5V Ground R P2B F SMBus Connector 30 ASUS P2B F User s Manual 14 LS IIl HARDWARE SETUP ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligne
83. rivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion sensor module optional ASUS S370 CPU card optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Ethernet Card optional ASUS P2B F User s Manual 7 II FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2B F Motherboard The ASUS P2B F is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad vanced features processed by the fastest CPU Specifications e Multi Speed Supports Intel Pentium III 450MHz and faster Pentium II 233MHz to 450MHz and Celeron 266MHz and faster processors Intel AGPset Features Intel s 440BX AGPset with I O subsystems and front side bus FSB platform which boosts the traditional 66MHz external bus speed to 1OOMHz e Multi Cache Supports processors with 512 128 or OKB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache e PC100 Memory Support Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 1024MB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement e Peripheral Wake Up Supports modem wake up keyboard wake up and LAN card wake up functions from sleep or soft off mode Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor Accurately detects the CPU temperature with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T Cable e PC Health Monitoring optional
84. s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to monitor the computer system s vital components fan rotations voltages and temperatures starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to Show Monitor or Hide You can select whether you want the splash screen to show the next time it opens ASUS 1998 ASUS Tek Computer Inc All nights reserved The ASUS logoi trademark of AS U gt Tek Computer Ire J Show this next time Click ASUS PC Probe from the Start button to run the utility if you exit the utility or did not set it to Run when Windows Starts The PC Probe icon SZ will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Left clicking the icon will allow you to see your PC status 10 27 amp M ASUS P2B F User s Manual 59 ASUS PC Probe VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Using the ASUS PC Probe Fan Rotation Status Analog view of PC s fan rotation G T b Digital view of PC s fan rotation PC s Fan warning threshold adjustment PC Temperature Status Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature Digital view of PC s temperature warning threshold PC Voltage Status Upper warning threshold adjustment Analog view of PC s voltages Lower warning threshold adjustment Digital
85. s a Pentium III II processor pack aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC2 SECC or a Celeron M proces sor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package SEPP Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card see APPENDIX or a similar ethernet card IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface Special Features Enhanced ACPI and Anti Boot Virus BIOS Features a programmable BIOS of fering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes and autodetection of most de vices for virtually automatic setup Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Easy Installation Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of motherboards meet PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for sys tems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man aging all system components and 32 bit dev
86. sed security for doing business online e commerce Otherwise set it to Disabled for greater anonymity when surfing the Internet 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 CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data The BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Leave on default setting for best performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCS This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for
87. select the drive type using the lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt keys Floppy 3 Mode Support This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5inch diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P2B F User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup The BIOS Features Setup option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features accord ing to your preference Some entries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings Le ie HIE lP 5 IHI 5 SI tI Sn NE TIVER fR A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and
88. trusion alarm ASUS CIDB Additional Considerations 1 All motherboards with CIDB If there is no power to the motherboard 1 e re moving the power cord or turning the power supply s switch off the alarm will not sound but the CIDB will still remember an intrusion event which BIOS and LDCM will detect on the next bootup 2 Motherboard with chassis intrusion components Photo sensor switch and memory will not operate with power removed Power is required to send a signal to the motherboard s intrusion memory and buzzer When using the CIDB on these motherboards all the CIDB functions will be disabled the motherboard s intrusion components must still be used The CIDB can benefit these mother boards by providing a chassis switch which will operate even when the power is removed Pins 2 3 of the SW jumper can be used for a momentary toggle switch and the CIDB s battery will be used to send an intrusion signal to the motherboard s intrusion memory ASUS P2B F User s Manual VII APPENDIX The ASUS S370 CPU Card The optional ASUS 370 CPU card allows Slot 1 motherboards to accept socket 370 processors The ASUS S370 CPU card gives Slot 1 motherboard owners an inexpen sive way to upgrade their Pentium II computers using lower costing socket 370 pro cessors Since socket 370 processors are based on the Pentium II design the only difference is the connector and the amount of internal cache within the processor The following p
89. ution and heatsink material 2 Connect the P2T Cable to the CPU thermal sensor connector JTCPU JTPWR Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector JTCPU CPU Thermal Sensor Connector P2B F Thermal Sensor Connectors NOTE If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its ther mal sensor cable to JTPWR Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans such as the ASUS Smart Fan that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hard ware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software oo HI Z ha da a E KL la s T e SECC Heatsink amp Fan SECC2 Heatsink amp Fan NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design is different he ASUS P2B F User s Manual 23 i A 24 II HARDWARE SETUP 4 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 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or softw
90. ve the MIFD normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 70 ASUS P2B F User s Manual Vil APPENDIX The ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module The optional ASUS CIDB is a module for providing audio alarm and logging when there is an intrusion into the chassis of a computer system The module detects a chas sis intrusion by either light striking its photo sensor or by contact when its switch connectors are shorted by chassis mounted momentary toggle switches An intrusion memory function allows detection by BIOS and LDCM on the next bootup Photo sensor to detect intrusion by light Photo sensor sensitivity adjustment Battery for the memory Buzzer to sound the alarm f Chassis connector extension cable _ Intrusion memory Connector to dock with the motherboard s chassis connector Two switch connectors to detect intrusion by chassis mounted micro switches Using the ASUS CIDB 1 You must have an ASUS motherboard with
91. wap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available No Swap and Swap AB If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset set this field to Swap AB Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRO3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH TIRO4 2ESH IRQ 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 27SH IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select

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