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ASUS P2L97-S User's Manual

1. Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders Create a DOS Partition 512 bytes sector Start Cylinder 0 85 megabytes End Cylinder 84 2AEEFh blocks co Q ch ct 3 amp lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit The Create a DOS Partition window suggests that you create one partition on the disk device equal to its entire capacity If this is what you want to do skip to stepS 4 To change the size of the partition use the arrow keys to select Start Cylinder and End Cylinder and type in the numbers you want Partitions up to 2Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 Select SCSI Device to Partition ype Start nd egs HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 POS O 84 85 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BET Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders 512 bytes sector 85 megabytes 2AEEFh blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help
2. ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 com puter is off NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on 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 Enabled Enable allows the ASUS PCI L101 fast Ethernet card to power up the system using the proper software Disable turns off this feature 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 These values refresh upon any key entries
3. PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 26 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Printer 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 SOFTWARE NOTE Serial print ers 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 SOFTWARE Connectors COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 Pin 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector P2L97 S Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 27 Il INSTALLATION 6 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Dr Universal Serial Bus USB 2 7 Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable
4. l HRI SOF 0 WA LS HEAD RR AA ER 6A Bea Ta Prigary Becta fietion A fi PT TOWS SI CAS READ PREQUMP LAH SECTOR KOM a i i U D i H LBR i i 5 i l H AIDA i if a ir installation 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 is 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
5. 1 44MB 720K BIOS supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI device boot up e Multi Cache Supports a Pentium II processor with either 512KB 256KB or OKB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache in the Single Edge Contact SEC cartridge e Versatile Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support 8 16 32 64 or 128MB 168 pin SDRAM EDO memory modules up to 384MB e IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface e Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses to memory to CPU tH i a e AGP Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance compo nent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications e Intelligence Supports Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm Temperature Moni toring and Alert Voltage Monitoring and Alert System Resources Alert and Virus Write Protection through the optional onboard LM78 Hardware Monitor and Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM software ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual ll FEATURES The ASUS P2L97 S Motherboard Adaptec s 7880 Ultra Fast Wide Intel 440LX AGPset Narrow Wide SCSI Connectors SCSI Chipset A ee ERE PS 2 K board Bottom EZ an a fi z ee USB Port 1 Top USB Port 2 Bottom COM 1 Bottom Lim dE Parallel Top __ Serial Bottom COM2_ Bottom SEC CPU Slot Floppy Disk Drive Connector 3 DIMM Sockets Accelerated Graphics Port Multi I 0 3
6. IT 233MHz 333MHz processor e Intel Chipset Features Intel s 440LX AGPset with I O subsystems e Adaptec SCSI Chipset Features Adaptec s 7880 Ultra Fast Wide SCSI chipset e Easy Installation Equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic e ISA amp PCI Expansion Slots Provides one 16 bit ISA three 32 bit PCI slots and one ISA PCI shared slot e Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V e PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Two floppy drives of either 5 25inch or 3 5inch 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported with out an external card Supports Japanese standard Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120 MB
7. After con necting 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 Please refer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector P2L97 S IDE Connectors 28 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual ll INSTALLATION 8 Hard Disk Activity LED 2 pin HDLED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s hard disk or IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up f TIP If the case mounted LED does not light P2L97 S Hard Disk Activity LED try reversing the 2 pin plug 9 Chassis CPU amp Power Supply Fan Conne
8. S 1 Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID 2 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press Enter If the selected disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS you can view information about it but you cannot partition it with afdisk Use the DOS fdisk and format utilities If the selected disk device is unpartitioned you must partition it before you can format it To do this follow the instructions on the screen Press F1 to see an explanation of the partitioning options Information about the selected disk device appears in the lower left of the screen Disks smaller than 1Gigabyte have 64 heads 32 sectors per track and cylinders equal to the number of MBytes of available capacity Disks larger than 1Gigabyte have 255 heads 63sectors per track and one cylinder per MBytes of available capacity ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 67 VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 3 To create a new partition on the disk device press Ins A screen similar to this appears Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 T Start End M Select SCSI Device to Partition ype 2 n egs HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BET
9. system 1s powered on and blinks when it 1s in sleep mode Keyboard Lock Switch Lead KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking Speaker Connector SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 5 V Turbo LED 5 V h Power LED TB LED a D PLED ExtSMI H 0 KEYLOCK SMI Lead oan J o Ground Keyboard Lock ATX Power Bi r 5V Switch T Ground Speaker Ground Connector SPKR Requires an ATX power supply bo Ea P2L97 S System Panel Connections ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures 1 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch 1s pressed The monitor LED may lig
10. 24 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 25 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 25 Accelerated Graphics Port PP 3B P Hardware Monitor 1 R CPU p 22 Pentium II Processor Thermal Sensor Connector Connectors 1 PS2KEYBOARD 2 PS2MOUSE 26 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 26 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female Board Layout 3 PRINTER 27 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COM1 COM2 27 Serial Port COM1 amp COM2 two 9 pin male 5 FLOPPY 27 Floppy Drive Connector 34 1 pin block 6 USB 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 two 4 pin female 7 Primary Second IDE 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin blocks p p p p p p p 8 HDLED p 29 IDE LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 CHA CPU PWR FAN p 29 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin block 10 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 11 ATXPWR p 30 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin block 12 WOL p 31 Wake on LAN 3 pins Reserved 13 NARROW WIDE SCSI p 31 50 pin Fast SCSI II amp 68 pin Fast amp Wide SCSI III 14 TB_LED PANEL p 32 LED Lead 2 pins 15 SMI PANEL p 32 SMI Switch Switch Lead 2 pins 16 PWR_SW PANEL p 32 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pins 17 RESET PANEL p 32 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 18 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 System Power LED 3 pins 19 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 20 SPEAKER PANEL p 32 Speaker Connector 4
11. 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 management The settings are Always On and Suspend gt Off ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 47 48 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 Doze Standby and Suspend sys tem inactivation modes The syst
12. Defaults Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integ rity in the DRAM array EC Only data errors are detected but not corrected ECC allowas 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 P2L97 S User s Manual 45 8 in gt 0 0 224R Q z D D 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap 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 3FSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRO4 2ESH IRQ 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRO3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRO 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 eithe
13. E E EET A VIL ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Quick Start Instructions ser reen rear anna naaa naaa naaa naaa Windows95 or WindowsNT ena ena a anna anna anna THOU ICSC TS TIP os ses nn EA EA SCSI Device THOU PICS NOG 01 Gas caarcauearsneracnacapmeesannteremusasndrnasenti ns Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting Information for DOS Windows 3 1 Users errr naaa DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers erra sasa DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ea DOS Formattino VU ge nn RE Low level Formatter scsifMt seen enam Formatter and Partitioner afdisk see VIII ADAPTEC 7800 FAMILY MANAGER SET 84 pages Drivers for onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI Chipset ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions 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
14. F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and 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 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 P2L97 S User s Manual 41 lt p B 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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
15. 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 This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth P2L97 S Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 25 AGP Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18in 46cm with the second drive con nector no more than bin 15cm from the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE
16. PCI Slots Hardware Monitor Programmable 2MB Flash ROM 1 ISA PCI Shared Slot 1 ISA Slot r Intel PIIX4 PClset ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Layout of the ASUS P2L97 S Motherboard BE pon PWR FAN USB 1 top port USB 2 bottom port 68 Pin Wide SCSI Adaptec 7880 SCSI Intel Chipset 440LX 50 Pin SCSI Connector alaaa AGPset ep gt A O O O D D Lu D YW DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module BIOS Power CR2032 3V Lithium Cell Secondary IDE Primary IDE Accelerated Graphics Port CLRTC Multi I O B ears FS2 PCI Slot 1 PUS FREG ie ASUS D PCI Slot 2 FREQ BFo a a RATIO BFife a N BF2 m_ Q0 BESI aa Tips go Intel PIIX4 E PClset a o PCI Slot 4 A N ISA Slot 1 oojoooo0 HDLED IrDA Panel Connect ISA Slot 2 HAHA 10 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION umpers 1 SCSI 2 FSO FS1 FS2 3 BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 4 CLRTC 13 Onboard SCSI Setting 14 CPU Bus Frequency 14 CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple 15 Clear Real Time Clock RTC RAM wi Ss Expansion Slots Sockets 1 System Memory 2 DIMM Sockets 3 SEC CPU Slot 4 SLOTI SLOT2 5 PCI PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 6 AGP 17 System Memory Support 18 DIMM Memory Module Support 19 Single Edge Contact CPU Support
17. Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported bythe BIOS If you install other SCSI controller cards refer to their respective documentations on how to install the re quired SCSI drivers 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 MFM 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 that 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
18. Standby IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720ma 5 volt C p standby power a A P2L97 S Wake on LAN Connector 13 Ultra Fast SCSI amp Ultra Wide SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50 Pin Ultra Fast SCSI connector for 8 bit SCSI devices and 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI connector for 16 bit SCSI devices Spoon 50 pin Fast SCSI II Connector 68 pin Fast amp Wide SCSI III Connector Connectors moa SE P2L97 S Onboard SCSI Connectors IMPORTANT The 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI Connector is always terminated and will only work as an end device Wide SCSI Wide SCSI Wide SCSI device device device end motherboard is an end device middle SCSI devices must last SCSI device and has permanent termination not be terminated must be terminated NOTE Up tp 15 devices can be connected with 50 Pin Fast SCSI and 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI combined ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 31 32 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 III INSTALLATION LED Lead TB LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox This function requires OS and driver support SMI Suspend Switch Lead SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be decreased to save electricity and
19. Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View For the infrared feature to be available P2L97 S Infrared Module Connector you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard 11 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligned 12 0Volts 5V Standby Power Good Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts lt n 5 0 Volts Power Supply On _ Ground Ground mom 3 3 Volts 12 0Volts P2L97 S ATX Power Connector 3 3 Volts i 3 3volts IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mAmp on the 5 volt standby lead SVSB 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 720mAmp 30 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 12 Wake on LAN 3 pin WOL Reserved for future use This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output When the system is in soft off mode LAN activity will power on the system PN o PME E a Ground 5 Volt
20. an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS lipdahe GDS Leniadiag Haat Fimi aed EICH type 2 at the Main Menu and uh Alawar mi RS FER APT BID Revisier JA taii fi then press lt Enter gt The Update Ena BIOS Including Boot Block Pera and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XX211001 AWD and then press lt Enter gt When prompted to confirm the ipiate AI Eectading Bast Block wed ESCH BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program the Update BIE Haciadjag Baot Block wed ESCH new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming 1s finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed IV BIOS Flash Menory Witer Follow the onscreen instructions to continue Fi kia mil AL UNITE E uid i E OEH You h fahe the ipa ct iz recommcricd thai ve ters oif She prer ember FETT br k Sciup Asf aulin to bas CMIS ajeli frd wilh mfu T LE aa Freee ERC Te Eeli ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 pr
21. and Windowss 1x Device Drivers Device drivers are software programs that enable your computer to communicate with SCSI devices such as hard disk drives CDROM drives and scanners Each kind of device requires a different device driver Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS Windows3 1x device drivers that are copied to your hard disk during installa tion Adaptec EZSCSI adds command lines to your config sys and autoexec bat files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers your host adapter and your SCSI devices to communicate with each other ASPI managers are written for a specific operating system such as DOS and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters Adaptec EZSCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS Windows3 1x When you install Adaptec EZSCSI on these operating systems it detects what kind of host adapter is installed in your computer and automatically configures your system with the correct ASPI manager To learn more about these ASPI managers including their command line option information see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Windows Help application ASUS P
22. expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch SMI is 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 presses depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector set Suspend Mode under the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section to the preferred time after which the system must go into suspend mode when you press the switch ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Press ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power Reset Switch Lead 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 System Power LED KEYLOCK This 3 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the
23. explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Sound Blaster AWE32 and SB16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd 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 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P2L97 S Manual
24. is A drive Then press Enter 4 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen O9 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 61 f kj ALNAN ISOS TA 62 VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Troubleshooting Tips SCSI Device Troubleshooting Review this checklist 1f your newly installed SCSI disk drives CDROM drives and other devices do not seem to work properly e Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus as described in your host adapter documentation Be sure there are no hardware conflicts such as devices in your computer try ing to use the same interrupts IRQs or DMA channels e Be sure the cables connecting the external and internal SCSI devices and the host adapter are attached securely Also be sure the pin 1 orientation is correct for internal cables See the host adapter documentation for more information e Be sure that each SCSI device connected to the host adapter has a unique SCSI ID e Besure CD ROM drives and other SCSI devices are attached to a power source and are turned ON Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting What is a miniport driver and how do I make sure that the miniport driver is installed correctly Muiniport drivers are a new kind of 32bit protect mode device driver used by Win dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adap
25. lt Esc gt Exit 6 Press Esc to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition window If you want to partition a different disk device select the device from the list and repeat the earlier steps 7 To quit afdisk press Esc and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit 68 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual
26. 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 P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 Press lt Enter gt twice if you do not want to modify the current time 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 slave
27. other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagramed 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 the 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 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Onboard SCSI Setting SCSI This motherboard gives you the option of using the onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI BIOS through either the PnP and PCI Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE or the use of jumper caps Selection SCSI Enable 1 2 Disable 2 3 SCSI SCSI E a 123 i M A a Enable Disable P2L97 S SCSI Setting J UTpers ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 13 Il INSTALLA
28. 2L97 S User s Manual 65 VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY DOS Formatting Utilities Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS based formatting utilities Low level Formatter scsifmt Use the DOS based scsifmt utility for low level formatting of SCSI hard disk drives removable media Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use it to scan a disk device for surface defects before you store data on it Run scsifmt from the DOS prompt not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps 1 Change to the directory where scsifmt exe is located usually c scsi type scsifmt at the DOS prompt and press Enter NOTE If you are formatting a SCSI disk device that supports more than one LUN for example Iomega s Bernoulli dual multidrive type scsifmt L at the command line 2 When the first screen appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen 3 Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter 4 When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects then press Enter 5 Ifyou select Format confirm that you want to format the disk then wait while the disk device i
29. DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules a Total Memory System Menury Sie Panis corer en General DIMM Notes not true for all memory modules Four possible memory chips are supported EDO or SDRAM with and without parity e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO chips BIOS shows EDO or SDRAM memory on bootup screen e 8 chip side modules do not support parity only 9 chip side modules support parity e Single sided modules are usually 16 or 64 MB double sided are usually 8 32 or 128MB ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 17 Il INSTALLATION 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 as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides SDRAM DIMM modules have a different pin contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density DER aeee mee m e ee Se a F P Eu r E j US p IE i Ha m ii P2L97 S 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3 Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM or Extended Data Output EDO You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V a IL IL DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O if rT RFU Unbuffered 5 0V Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notch on the DIMM m
30. EZSCSI you run SCSITutor to learn more about the features of SCSI Windows95 or WindowsNT If you want to install Windows95 or WindowsNT on a new computer system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 and WindowsNT from a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions on page 4 Then reboot your com puter and follow these instructions D i 6 a S 1 Install Windows95 or WindowsNT version 3 51 or above and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive 3 Click the Start button and select Run 4 Type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen nee ee for Workgroups 3 1x Install Windows3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive Select File Run from the Program Manager menu 4 When the Run dialog box appears type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen a Install DOS6 x or above and start it running on your computer Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Diskette in your floppy disk drive 3 At the DOS prompt type a install assuming your 3 5 floppy
31. Elan Vital Heatsink E 3 The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan 1s also similar as that for the heatsink without a fan The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge Mount the heatsink in the orientation as shown then flip the lever from Unlock to Lock You will not be able to also use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will how ever still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 23 Tm f rl y g 24 Il INSTALLATION 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 First read your expansion card documentation for hardware and software settings that may be required to set up your specific card Expansion Card Installation Procedure Read the documentation for your expansion card 1 2 Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card 3 Remove your computer system s cover 4 Remove the bracket 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 in step 4 Replace the computer system s cover So SS Set up the BIOS
32. PnP OS 1s installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ to Slot 4 5 LEFT 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 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the 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 is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU 1s 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 T te Q v U Q 50 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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
33. Quick Start instructions for DOS My CDROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode 2 When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS 3 When you are finished running Adaptec EZSCSI for DOS find the file named cdtsd vxd in the windows system iosubsys directory and rename it cdtsd sav My CDROM drive shows up as more than one icon under My Computer The mapping between mscdex which runs in real mode and the Windows95 CDROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways e Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file e Change the L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the autoexec bat file so it assigns the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com puter running DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x NOTE The Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting section on page 6 de scribes a few situations when you may need to use the DOS Windows3 1x driv ers and ASPI managers under Windows95 or WindowsNT DOS
34. Revision 2 01 Release Date April 1998 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC 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 Fax 886 2 2895 9254 BBS 886 2 2896 4667 Email tsd asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Ave 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 FIP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email info ger asus com tw Technical Support Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd ger asus com tw WWW www asuscom de FTP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION 7 How this Manual is Organized a sce tcavosscascarmacnsscsscanateaseiapesentaeesseeectovie 7 Item Checklist 20 0 0 cece ccc cc ccc cccccscececcscececcccececcececucescecesesescecsesceceseececs J IL FEATURES 8 Features of the ASUS P2L97 S Motherboard cc ccc ec eececeeeeee 8 The ASUS P2L97 S Motherboard ccccccce
35. TION 2 CPU Bus Frequency FSO FS1 FS2 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU 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 frequency the advertised CPU speed 3 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 This option sets the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency N dp LL N O NM NNW LL LL LL L L 1 T 66MHz CPU Bus Freden 2 0x 2 1 3 5x 7 2 4 0x 4 1 CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple pentium Intel Pentium II Processor in a SEC Cartridge 233 333MHz 512KB 256KB OKB L2 Cache Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows Kp BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS2 FSI FSO BF3 BF2 BFI BFO Intel Pentium II 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium II 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium II 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium IT 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 IMPORTANT Do not set the Frequency Ratio BF jumpers to all 2 3 this will cause unexpected behaviors NOTES Overclocking your processor is not recommended It may result in a slower
36. 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 58 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual VI ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT Configuring the SCSI Adapter Access the SCSI BIOS by holding down both CTRL and A keys when you see the BIOS banner message listing the driver name and the attached devices For ex ample Adaptec AIC 7880 Ultra Wide W BIOS v1 24 c 1996 Adaptec Inc All Rights Reserved lt lt lt Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt The SCSISelect screen will come up Instructions on how to move the cursor and select options are listed on the bottom of the program windows You can select either Configure View Host Adapter Settings or SCSI Disk Utilities Configure View Host Adapter Settings Host Adapter SCSI Termination ea Low ON High ON When using 50 Pin connector only choose Low ON High ON Default When using 68 Pin connector only choose Low ON High ON Default e When using both 50 Pin amp 68 Pin choose Low OFF High ON Select the default of Low ON High ON and press Enter then use the up and down arrows to make your new selection and press Enter Press ESC to go back to the Options menu Press ESC again and select Yes to exit the program SCSI Disk Utilities The SCSI Disk Utilities option displays information on SCSI IDs 0 though 15 list ing all d
37. andard 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 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 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 is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting 1s 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field s
38. 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 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 an operating system Options are A C A CDROM C CDROM CA D A E A FA C only LS ZIP C and C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copi
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40. ctors 3 pin FANPWR These connectors support cooling fans of 500mAMP 6WATT or less Orien tate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the this connector Connectors NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal 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 BY Ground 9 2 Ia SPE Rotation a lt 53 Power Supply EEH Fan Power CPU Fan Power Rotation 12V Ground Chassis Fan Power P2L97 S 12Volt Cooling Fan Power ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 29 Il INSTALLATION 10 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 UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA
41. e 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 P2L97 S User s Manual 55 56 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT 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 be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Util
42. e to the 2Mbit programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To deter mine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code dis played 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 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 lt p B T Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard Barat a EN BIOS in case you need to reinstall i it Itis recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk Fel ACFL FIGS Rawi 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 440XX 1 and then press lt Enter gt 34 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 dures on downloading
43. ed 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 HDD S M A R T Capability Disabled This field enables or disables S M A R T IDE hard disk drive features ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 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 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on bootup a PS 2 mouse 1s detected or not PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonst
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45. em 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 1 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate I Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min I Hour 2 Hour and 4 Hour 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 No Function disables the ATX switch function when the button is pressed under 4 seconds Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system
46. 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 1s not a problem if the drive is new and empty ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 and then press lt Enter gt ROH PCL LS GIGS F i LAU SETUP UTL AWARD SOFTHARE IMC B X n W v Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit th
47. essor in a SEC Cartridge PU Item 233 333MHz 512KB 256KB 0KB L2 Cache CPU Item 9 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 19 20 Il INSTALLATION The ASUS P2L97 S As Shipped Four screws should be showing next to each corner of the SEC CPU Slot using two attach mount bridges from the underside of the motherboard A bottom heatsink support base must be mounted over the two chipsets located to the side of the slot SEC CPU slot NOTE Encircled items are screws from the mount bridges 1 amp 2 Installing the Pentium II Processor 1 Mount the Pentium II Retention Mechanism The retention mechanism is designed to fit into the SEC slot only one way TIP Orient the mechanism s lock holes toward the motherboard s chipset see motherboard layout for the location of the Intel 440LX AGPset Be sure to align the notch in the mechanism with the small rib on one side of the slot and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place Lock holes Captive nut Captive nut ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 2 Mount the Heatsink Place the SEC cartridge face down on a flat surface and lay the heat sink flush on the back metal side of the SEC cartridge Check the orien tation of the heatsink against the pictures The thicker fin must be orientated toward the bottom The top clamp is wider than the bottom clamp so only this orientation will fit With a screw driver push the cla
48. ets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 43 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup This Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as in the previous screen NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup EDO Auto Configuration 60ns DRAM The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 5 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM Configuration 12ns SDRAM Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time Auto Leave on default setting MA Wait State Auto Leave on default setting SDRAM Banks Close Policy Arbitration Leave on default setting 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit ISA cards Leave on default setting J 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Leave on default setting Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Leave on default setting 44 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining 1s a new cache tech
49. evices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI de vices Format Disk is a SCSI low level formatting utility In general SCSI hard drive have already been low level formatted when you get them so you generally should not need to use this function Verify Media scans the selected drive media for defects notifies you of any found and gives you the option of reassigning bad blocks so that data will not be written to them This is only necessary 1f you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 59 T This page was intentionally left blank 60 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Welcome to Adaptec EZSCSIVI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 4 00e Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use your SCSI devices most effectively with Windows 95 and WindowsNT You can also use Adaptec EZSCSI on computers running DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x Quick Start Instructions First install SCSI devices see the hardware documentation for details Then fol low the instructions for your operating system software in one of the following sec tions We recommend that after you install Adaptec
50. evious 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 AN 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 1f 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 B z 36 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re leased 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 s
51. eys Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled 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 EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 49 CGA 80 and Mono for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors 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 P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS Features Setup This 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 risa ETE Pee 5 PERIURES SETE Se HAR A Loris Cane kata L a ri fate CEIA HEI Un Murer St usr c Kate Seti pil ee i HEE L 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
52. faults 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 This 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 anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens Be PCL is HE FA Fi sIHEARI LHH SIF HST SE WR H J Meia i go i im al Hak OCSES The precedong 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 different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help
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54. g sections 3 i 9 k E I Introduction Manual information and checklist II Features Information and specifications HI Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software V DMI Utility BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface VI Adaptec SCSI Select Adaptec SCSI Select utility VII Adaptec EZ SCSI Adaptec EZ SCSI utility VIII Adaptec 7800 Adaptec SCSI driver installation and usage Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer ASUS P2L97 S motherboard Retention mechanism amp heatsink support 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable 50 pin Fast SCSI cable ASUS P2L97 S Support Drivers amp Utilities Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMD utility e LANDesk Client Manager LDCM Software with optional onboard LM78 e Adaptec SCSI drivers and utilities e Readme files for descriptions and use of the files e Technical Support Form S NS NN NKK This user s manual Infrared module optional 68 Pin Fast amp Wide SCSI cable optional UU WN ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 7 ll FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2L97 S Motherboard The ASUS P2L97 S is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features processed by the fastest CPU This motherboard e Versatile Processor Support Intel Pentium
55. his feature to save an extra IRQ for expansion cards ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 51 D NS 8 A w 3 7 52 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults This 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 Load 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 This 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 Wm PCL se WUE PA T S Hos Eli LEIN Mat Se aA EM ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Supervisor Password and User Password These two options se
56. ht up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Power Connections 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section BIOS SOFTWARE 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 system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and then power 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 P2L97 S User s Manual 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Flash Memory Writer Utility This motherboard has an onboard SCSI BIOS and boot virus protection and therefore re quires a 2Mbit flash ROM AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading anew BIOS fil
57. if necessary such as RO xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 9 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 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 Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in the 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 P2L97 S User s Manual ll INSTALLATION To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was de
58. in the BIOS setup screen 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 1s able to detect the CPU thermal sensing heatsink required for Pentium II processor and MB motherboard temperatures These val ues refresh upon key entries Set to gnore if unavailable Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators These values refresh upon key entries Set to gnore if unavailable 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 P2L97 S User s Manual 49 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup This 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 Hl FEIF ISA AE IFA Ti FAF HHI Fl St ME 43H a td HA OS HA x Sr E Hi IE 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 1s selected When a non
59. ity 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 F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI or delete ASUSTEK OA Com iguration Utility AEVE 3 March 1798 EAC DAT Save HIFO Load MIFDI Load DIOS Defaults AIOS futn Oeteet gt fused Sonia ru inc 010 Wersion MOUS F2B LS Meri mits Eeviniom IL pet PINS starting Addrecs Segara BINS Baile pate Lian BIS Character latices Trees ETELE far decal l Jire of BKS ROW SIGE r EMNTER fcce Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the TJ 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 curs
60. k button then click the Browse button 4 Look in the drivers storage directory of the CDROM and select the name of your SCSI host adapter if it appears Ov What if a yellow exclamation point or a red X appears in Device Manager in front of my host adapter This means there is some kind of resource problem First see if the names of any host adapters appear that are not actually installed in your computer If so select the name and click Remove If a red X appears in front of your host adapter name remove all the host adapter references under SCSI Controllers and run Add New Hardware as described in the previous question answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there 1s probably a hardware resource conflict between the host adapter and other hardware in your computer You can fix this by changing the hardware resource settings See your hardware documentation What do I need to do if I want to use another host adapter 1 Open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Man ager tab 2 Double click the SCSI Controllers icon select the
61. mps one at a time into the SEC cartridge Be sure that the heatsink is firmly pressed against the SEC car tridge When correctly installed no light must be showing through between the thermal pad of the heatsink and the SEC cartridge WARNING If the heatsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink 8 9 Push each end of the clamps until they lock 8 l Ja Push Clamp gt G mat cea Push Clamp I The thermal pad amp SEC cartridge should not have a gap SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Side View SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward the preceding picture shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipsets press the cartridge gently but firmly until it is full inserted 8 Push lock inward ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 21 Il INSTALLATION 4 Secure the SEC Cartridge Secure the SEC cartridge in place by pushing the SEC cartridge locks outward so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes 5 Secure the Heatsink Install the heatsink support base into the motherboard This is not however necessary if you use a heatsink with fan see next page The support base is necessa
62. name of the old host adapter and click Remove 3 Turn OFF the computer and physically remove the currently installed host adapter 4 Install the new host adapter according to the instructions in the hardware docu mentation 5 Turn the computer ON If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play Win dows will install and configure it automatically Otherwise run Add New Hard ware to make sure the new driver is loaded ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 63 c Du gt 64 VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If I am running under Windows95 do I need lines for the Adaptec real mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my config sys and autoexec bat files Usually you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers because the new Windows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices How ever you need to load the drivers including mscdex if you have a CDROM drive if any of the following is true e You are running in MSDOS mode e You are using a scanner or another SCSI device with config sys or autoexec bat based drivers such as HP s sjiix sys e You have an older model SCSI 1 CDROM drive that Windows95 does not support e You are using a CD Recorder drive however some newer models of CD Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows miniport drivers To install the Adaptec EZSCSI DOS drivers click the Start button and select Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the
63. nology 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 Leave on the default Enabled 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 DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bits and the following will be displayed DRAM are 72 bits wide Quit Tle Select Item Data Integrity Mode Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults If your DRAM modules do not have parity chips e g 8 chips they are considered 32bits and the following will be displayed instead DRAH are 64 Not 72 bits wide Quit fle Select Item Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Help PU PD Modify Old Values Shift F2 Color Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup
64. odule will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type to be inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must ask your retailer for the specifications before purchasing Four clock signals are supported on this motherboard 18 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The ASUS P2L97 S motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact SEC slot for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SEC cartridge Pentium Il Processor WARNING Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s passive heatsink Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary You should check to see that you have the following 9 items NOTE The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your reference The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 Pentium II Retention Mechanism Item 3 TE Top Bar 4 EU na a ac Larger Fin should be on the bottom Heatsink bottom Groove for the Support Top Bar Heatsink Support Base Top Bar Items 4 7 Pentium Il Processor Heatsink Item 8 Intel Pentium II Proc
65. or 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 has been modified by the user ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 57 3 i p 3 V DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD ACTELE NF r igaran ii LILI Lig ieee SP heed ALF end You can save 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 lidi EA SERI Perak T Ep hass BES Perak 5 8 g You can load the BIOS defaults from
66. pecifying the sys tem configuration and settings If your 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 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 37 i lt R i al O 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS De
67. pins The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur PCI slots 4 share the same interrupt number INT as the onboard SCSI so PCI slot 4 card must be able to share an INT or make sure that it does not use an INT at all ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 11 12 II INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers Install Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software SS a a 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See motherboard layout on page 10 for locations of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respectively Pin 1 for our motherboards is always on top or on the left when holding the motherboard with the keyboard connector away from yourself A 1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins The jumpers will also be shown graphi cally such as BE to connect pins 1 amp 2 and CHE to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as EM for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from
68. r 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 data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 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 COM 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 di
69. 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 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 P2L97 S User s Manual l INTRODUCTION How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the followin
70. ry to secure the heatsink without fan Secure the heatsink by sliding the heatsink support top bar into the bottom groove of the heatsink until it locks into the heatsink support base posts OF ee 22a ee amp Heatsink support top bar 4 ___ Heatsink support Heatsink support base 7 base post i 6 Connect the Heat Sensor Cable to the R_CPU optional If you purchased the specially designed fan and thermal monitor heatsink you can connect the heat sensor cable to the motherboard s CPU heat sensor connector R_CPU R_CPU H a e P2L97 S CPU Thermal Sensor Connector 22 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION The heatsinks shown in this manual are for reference purposes only The recom mended heatsinks for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the CPU fan connector on motherboard These heatsinks have the added benefits of proper heat dissipation and with the LM78 hardware monitor the ability to monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function through the included LANDesk Client Manager LDCM software AAVID Heatsink The procedures for installing the AAVID heatsink with fan is similar as that for the heatsink without a fan You will not however be able to use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will however still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan
71. s formatted This may take a long time if the disk is large If you select Verify you can press Esc at any time to stop the verification process This does not damage the disk If the utility finds bad blocks on the disk it displays information about them You can reassign the bad block s to prevent data from being stored there 6 Repeat steps 3 4 and 5 as needed to format or verify other disk devices When you are finished press Esc to exit 66 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Formatter and Partitioner afdisk Use the DOS based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non DOS partitions from a disk drive and to format removable media in standard hard disk format OS 2 floppy format or DOS V Japanese format NOTE Use afdisk only if the disk device is not controlled by the host adapter BIOS that is if the host adapter does not have a BIOS or if its BIOS is not en abled If the disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS use the DOS fdisk utility to partition and format the disk device See the MSDOS documentation Run afdisk from the DOS prompt only not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format and partition are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps p 5 D 0 a 3
72. sable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives 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 auto detection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup This Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Mie POLS Tae FIH F MANET HHU ME HIR FFs HAI SE TUF E E 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
73. speed Voltage Regulator Output Selection VID is not needed for the Pentium II processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller 14 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 4 Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and unplug its AC power 2 Short the two solder points labeled CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences J UTpers ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 15 This page was intentionally left blank 16 ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 2 System Memory DIMM Only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMM s can be used with this motherboard Two sockets are available for 3 3 Volt power level Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs SDRAM or EDO DRAM of either 8 16 32 64 or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 384MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM module 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 parity chip and make the proper settings in the BIOS Chipset Features Setup IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configura tion in BIOS Chipset Features Setup Install memory in any combination as follows
74. t 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 want and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password 1s 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 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 NOTE If you forget the password see Clear Time Clock Jumpers in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 53 7 al v T lt p i 54 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen rw a D LFE i a cas Ee UTILITY z
75. ter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter 1s al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows95 open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Manager tab Then double click the SCSI Controllers icon you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter s installed in your system What if there is no SCSI controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the SCSI chipset does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI controllers icon or your host adapter s model name do not appear open Control Panel and double click the Add New Hardware icon Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard If Windows does not detect the host adapter run the Add New Hardware Wizard again This time select No on the second screen of the wizard then select SCSI controllers on the next screen Select the name of your host adapter when it appears ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual VII ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear you may be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows95 CD ROM Follow these steps 1 Place the Windows95 CD ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard 2 Select No on the second screen and select SCSI controllers on the next screen Click on the Have Dis
76. that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes 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 base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Onboard AHA BIOS Auto Auto enables the onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard Adaptec 7880 SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ONB AHA BIOS First No This allows you to select whether you want the onboard SCSI to boot first by select ing Yes or for an external SCSI card to boot first by selecting No 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 do not use USB devices you may Disable t
77. the LBA mode ASUS P2L97 S User s Manual 39 8 a gt Standard CMOS lt p B f al O 2 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow k
78. veloped to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned 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 section of the BIOS setup utility can be used to assign which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you may 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 assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that contains a card requiring an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some 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 SOFTWARE choose Yes in JRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By

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