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1. 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism URM The URM supports Pentium III II and Celeron processors i ASUS P3B F User s Manual 23 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 3 Installing the Processor To unlock the support arms simply flip them up to an upright position Unlocked Folding Support The URM is now ready for the installation of your processor 24 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Attach the Heatsink NOTE If provided you should follow the heatsink attachment instructions that came with your heatsink or processor The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink Using the SECC fan with the Pentium II Push the two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Lock Arm Lock Arm 00286 086 44 2 S E as Pi 7 L i al Using the SECC2 fan with the Pentium III Insert the four heatsink s pins through the holes of the SECC2 Place the metal clip on the ends of the pins and slide until it locks into place Gite Pe 224 2 22 4 Four Pins and metal clip NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design is different WARNING Make sure the heatsink is mounted tightly against the SECC2 SECC or SE
2. Dcp indeed 0 compauter e hres Discovers new computers on the network Refreshes the health of known computers Removes a computer from the list of discovered computers Wakes up a sleeping computer Shows all discovered computers Shows only available computers Jou LE oe je LX el E Shows only unhealthy computers a e Shows a simple list view Shows a detailed list view ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 84 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 4 To select a computer From the main Client Manager window click File Select Computer In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer you want to view Click the Select button 6 1 5 To discover new computers In the Select Computer dialog box click the Discover button on the toolbar or press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt TIP Use the Discover button each time you add a computer to the network change a computer s network adapter or upgrade a computer to a newer version Client Manager a 1 6 To refresh PC health In the Select Computer dialog box click the Refresh Known Computers but ton on the toolbar or press lt F5 gt TIP PC health does not automatically update as changes occur For example if a computer s health changes while you are displaying the Select Computer dia log box you need to refresh the list in order to view the correct PC health 6 1 7 To remove a computer from the list iF 2 a In the Select Computer dialog box cli
3. 21 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply Requires an ATX power supply n oc O pm Ro 1 O a Reset SW SMI Lead ATX Power Switch P3B F System Panel Connections ASUS P3B F User s Manual 37 3 HARDWARE SETUP 22 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligned 3 3 Volts lt 3 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground lt Ground Power Supply On 5 0 Volts Ground Ground Ground lt a 5 0 Volts Ground lt Ground 5 0 Volts Power Goor 5 0 Volts lt a 5V Standb 5 0 Volts 12 0 Volts ATXPWR P3B F ATX Power Connector IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 1OmA 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 keyboard wake up and suspend to RAM support your ATX power sup ply must supply at leas
4. Hii FETA EIEEE that ela al rected og ath y BAH Chews Her O leiar arn i as ja igita kaian aain Pembe 0 O ACE p aa d H g AE Se kk ANS pi iT a reg Aree a garian araia day peter ase E E a AOD bosin He Fi e a i Paap eal mra Sanmi Formda ory Ean Fair k jo Tuh va bis Keel kiai finter a ETa kie cki eaa cd hE ih Yru r an Paree r d La mala iu h Fi rabe d l a brgy Droa i pi T __ 4 Click here i Da Fe econ a ey es oe Leers Pou ci leia cet ml Lhi Ta arc Daicaha Aiiki E piri Pund weed Lo aimi a ae ae Pl et he ice ASUS P3B F User s Manual 79 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 9 Uninstalling Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program Control Panel lol File Edit View Go Favorites Help et eee ee Back Porter Up Address Control Panel 32bit ODBC Accessibility Options Add New Hardware Add Remove Programs Properties Ei Ei T AE ie N Install Uninstal windows Setup Startup Disk l To install a new program from a floppy disk or CO AOM drive click Install oe F 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box Ga 26 object s The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click
5. senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is dis played Popup Asus Probe ASUS PC Probe Pause All Monitoring PES ellMantanna Exit Asus Probe 10 35 PM ASUS P3B F User s Manual 91 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE This page was intentionally left blank 92 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 1 PCl L101 Fast Ethernet Card l m ep ns LSE eeepc ee Ce fe ea a Ba Ls on oe GE an io R a el j fir mio taki a ERE D om es E m r Ps lat efa F il m 1 es ae ort side a LE i fd fp i 9 r N a j T T H EA a E D Ae k F 4 T EREFUEEI F s l7 of PIY TF See ritrpice LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal AF Motherboard type Other If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity ASUS P3B F User s Manual 93 94 7 APPENDIX 7 1 1 Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LA
6. ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ASUS P3B F User s Manual 65 66 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor HardWare Monitor Item Specific Help 33 C 91 F CPU Temperature 61 C 141 F lt Enter gt to switch between monitoring or lgnoring CPU Fan Speed 0608RPH Power Fan Speed N A arate te te Let ce nite a eae at a Sg ee TE ee SS a eee ee i eS Stee A aa i MB Temperature CPU Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard and CPU temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary Chassis Fan CPU Fan Power Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL
7. 256MB up to 1024MB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement e JumperFree BIOS Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltages all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches intsead of jumpers are provided to manually setup the processor e Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency ad justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Power supply is autodetected to enable disable suspend to RAM and KB PS 2 mouse power up eliminating the need to make jumper adjustments e Multi device Wake Up Supports modem wake up keyboard PS 2 mouse wake up and LAN card wake up functions from sleep or soft off mode e PC Health Monitoring Provides an easier way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM from Intel or PC Probe from ASUS Enhanced ACPI amp Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup AGP Slot Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us ing a 1X or 2X mo
8. 7 Click here Sot od B Caia jj N p i ie 8 Click here EEE liee eed gs a e rd ee T ee m pn Loa har Prg rip op ed Pee iy Cum ipne la E ee ridi ipaa l 9 Click here Eoo Foira Sar TI gt Pye elmer ag oer A he copy n the TER ey parva STC HT We Su he paa ee bee ee eee h n ri j n i reant eer E y compe ra fot 1 11 Click here and then click Finish to restart ASUS P3B F User s Manual 75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 5 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall sen program see 5 9 Uninstalling Programs ai H I CETE S ee ai E m instolbotion items Wirin ie he BLS Pe 2 a peepee Th pees ee ed 2S Poba 2 rs ee Lacie nal bt AG PE rete HI T boner LAL 3 C Click here DEERE Rikra Dee deed bse Fm Sop poe am JENE e Mea ee F Getty ab aed abet ba h CPL i rybie mpn mi pra pagan IKBE oe Tar k iai CP aa Tiap mall maia Pei mim ti blima eg jerin a Ta naka h i clk aa Te flbi ke d biha ee ee l ait i a BHL kargia mipi e e iy ja riran dh Eei Sas ai w 3 Click here Reread JG bee Seed a P Cime CFU Firs peki n a 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box ap
9. Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 53 54 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 1 Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings for items 2 4 depending on the memory mod ules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures items 2 4 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and mod ule banks Configuration options User Define 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configura tion field must be set to User Define DRAM Idle Timer 10T Thi
10. None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1 2MB as opposed to 1 44MB on a 3 5 inch diskette Configuration options Disabled Drive A Drive B Both ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave Primary Master Auto Item Specific Help fies lt Enter gt to select the type of the IDE drive Cylinders L 10231 User Type HDD allows NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the drive Incorrect settings may cause your system to not recognize the 1n stalled hard disk To allow the BIOS to detect the drive type automati cally select Auto Type Auto Select Auto to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive If automatic detection is successful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as wi
11. Onboard Parallel Port 3 78H TRQ7 Parallel Port Hode ECP EPP ECP DHA Select 3 F1 l gt te Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard Serial Port 1 S3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Con figuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 ZE8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ1O Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the moth erboard 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 See IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 Exter nal Connectors Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port conn
12. PCI PNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion PCIZPNP ISA IRQ Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help No TCUR Select Yes if this IRQ Used Noz ICU 1s required by a legacy Used No ICU ISA card and you are not Used B SH No ICUI using ICU otherwise Used No ICUI select No ICU Used No ICU Used No ICU Used No ICU Used No ICU Used No ICU IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being 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 Configuration options No ICU Yes ASUS P3B F User s Manual 59 i s 60 4 BIOS SETUP PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion mer ea ae aea ee a e erg a r ah a e tm be A a l E o PE LET E O eT a a EA E eed AA Or a eT PR Te He OA iDa TL 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 The default setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine 1f an ISA card is usin
13. damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 3 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover eS Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as leg
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15. pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density 88 Pins P3B F 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V OALJE DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position 2 if iat RFU Unbuffered 5 0V Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals per DIMM ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU NOTE The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only The ap pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following examples Your motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium III processor pack aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC2 a Pentium II processor pack aged in SECC2 SECC or a Celeron processor packaged in a Single Edge Proces sor Package SEPP An ASUS S370 CPU card can allow Socket 370 processors to be used on any ASUS motherboard with the Slot 1 connector See 7 2 370 Series CPU Transform Card for instructions on using this card
16. smart series motherboards meet PC 99 compliancy The new PC 99 requirements for sys tems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man aging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proce dures for Windows 95 98 NT Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 e Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Performance Features e Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfers up to 33MB s SDRAM Optimized Performance Supports the new generation memory Syn chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 8300MB s max using PC100 compliant SDRAM 10 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 2 FEATURES a 1 4 Intelligence Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button Pushing the power button for less than 4 sec onds when the system is in
17. socket 370 processors the default setting should be used See the reverse side of the ASUS S370 CPU card or the next page for voltage settings Install the socket 370 processor Installation of socket 370 processors is exactly like socket 7 processors Lift the brown lever to 90 to install the processor and lower the brown lever to lock the processor Insert the ASUS S370 CPU card into Slot 1 on the motherboard The two fins on the sides of the ASUS 370 CPU card must catch on the retention mecha nism so that it locks in place Connect the socket 370 processor s fan connector to the motherboard Make sure that no wires or objects come in contact with the fan ASUS P3B F User s Manual 95 ie gt A S M U WY 2 7 APPENDIX 7 2 2 Setting up the ASUS 370 CPU transform card O CPU Voltage Y O O AN D F OO N O a 5 ra O Screw Hole G C Ti W a O U s d Brown Lever 7 2 3 ASUS 370 Jumper Settings Setting the CPU voltage is not necessary for current socket 370 processors If re quired your socket 370 processor should have its voltage requirement printed on its surface or documentation If no voltage is indicated or you are not sure use the CPU Def setting as shown below 12 3 123 123 123 123 123 123 JP5 ERED P5 ERED PS C ERED JPS ERED UPS ERED JPS D IPS e JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 JP4 H P4 e 3 JP3 e sJJP3 e JP3 EB JPS ey JPS CE Pe C
18. system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently Temperature Monitoring and Alert CPU temperature is monitored by the ASUS ASIC through the CPU s internal thermal diode on Pentium III Deschutte Pentium II and PPGA370 Celeron in conjunction with the ASUS 370 D or S370 L transform card to prevent system overheat and system damage Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring 1s necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management e Chassis Intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring through the ASUS ASIC A chassis intrusion event is kept in memory on battery power for more protection ASUS P3B F User s Manual 11 2 FEATURES 2 2 ASUS P3B F Motherboard Parts 1 ATX Power Connector 2 Slot 1 CPU Socket 3 Intel BX AGPset 4 4DIMM Sockets 5S IDE Connectors 6 ASUS ASIC with hardware monitor 7 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 8 Function DIP Switches 9 Intel PITIX4E PCIset 10 Onboard LED 11 Wake On Ring Connector 12 1or2 ISA Slots on ISA model only 13 Programmable Flash EEPROM 14 Wake On LAN Connector 15 Multi I O Chip 16 5or6 PCI Slots 17 Accelerated Graphics Port 18 Serial Port Connector 19 Parallel Port Connec
19. the working state places the system into one of two states sleep mode or soft off mode depending on the BIOS or OS setting see PWR Button lt 4 Secs in 4 5 Power Menu When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds the system enters the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting e Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU power supply and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Power Up Keyboard Mouse Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard or moving the mouse Message LED requires ACPI OS support Turbo LEDs now act as informa tion providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can de termine if there are messages waiting in the mailbox A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world e System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the
20. 0MHz 103 0MHz 105 0MHz PCI BUS 33 4MHz 34 3MHz 35 0MHz ON ON ON he Thi i Thit 123456789109 LEFEERRAERI LEEEERREEA CPU DRAM gt 110 0MHz 112 0MHz 115 0MHz PCI BUS 36 7MHz 37 3MHz 38 3MHz ON ON ON a itl atau fiii 12345678910M12345678910M1234567 8910 CPU DRAM gt 120 0MHz 124 0MHz 124 0MHz PCI BUS 40 0MHz 31 0MHz 41 3MHz ON EE E EE 12345678910 133 0MHz 44 3MHz 140 0MHz 35 0MHz NOTE Overclocking your processor 1s not recommended It may result in a slower speed Voltage Regulator Output Selection VID is not needed for the Pentium III II Celeron processor because it sends VID signals directly to the onboard power controller WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the onboard Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable 18 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple DSW Switches 1 4 This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF ON nf 12345678910 ON EEE E 12345678910 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 ON 0J X oon ee 1234567 8 910 1234567 8 910 1234567 8 910 3 5x 7 2 4 0x 4 1 4 5x 9 2 ON ON TE LLP 12345678910 12345678910 5 0x 5 1 5 5x 11 2 6 0x 6 1 ON ON EE E E x E E Ure L E L 6 5x 13
21. 2 P3B F CPU BUS Frequency Multiple Manual CPU Settings NOTE JumperFree mode must be disabled Set the DIP switches by the Internal speed of your processor as follows M CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple AGP Intel CPU Model Freq Mult Bus F 7 9 10 1 2 3 4 6 Pentium III 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF Pentium III SSOMHz 5 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON OFF Pentium III SOOMHz 5 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF Pentium INN 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON OFF Pentium II 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF Pentium II 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON ON OFF Celeron SOOMHz 7 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF ON Celeron 466MHz 7 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF ON Celeron 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF ON Celeron 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON Celeron 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF OFF ON ON Pentium Celeron 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF ON ON Pentium Celeron 300MHz 45x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF ON ON Pentium Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON Pentium II 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON ON ON For updated processo
22. ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A V prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A X XX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt NOTE To cancel this operation press lt Enter gt Lipdaebe FIL parimi jwg Seal Bisack om F rL 7s B AP BIS Bevlaina H L 5 H ASUS P3B F User s Manual 41 4 BIOS SETUP 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the up date 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance of a failed updating When the pro gramming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists up date the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system wil
23. Add Remove Adobe Acrobat 4 0 ASUS Probe 2 07 _ Audiohack 2 20 Restore Winsock 1 1 Configuration SIS Multimedia 7 02 52 Trend PC cillin 35 2 Select the program to Remove Programs From Your Computer remove and click here uninstall hield vall remove the can See ee ere ae f Add Remove OF Cancel Apply 3 Click here 80 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 Intel LANDesk Client Manager With the growth of the computer industry computer systems have become more complex and difficult to manage Intel LANDesk Client Manager is a computer management application that simplifies many aspects of managing a computer and assists in troubleshooting common computer problems Use Client Manager to e Review system inventory e View DMI compliant component information e Backup and restore system files Troubleshoot e Monitor your computer s health e Receive notifications for system events Client Manager has been implemented in two different ways The client version enables you to view information and manage alerts for a local computer This version does not permit you to select remote computers transfer files or reboot other computers The first time you run Client Manager it searches your network for other computers running Client Manager Client Manager creates a list of the computers it finds and saves the list to the Windows registry From this point o
24. E e e JP2 cB JP2 C JP2 E 2 e P2 E 2 a P2 e eg JP2 C JP2 e Pt 2 JPt CEB P C CP E e CE 1 80Volts 1 85Volts 1 90Volts 1 95Volts 2 00Volts 2 05Volts 2 10Volts 12 3 123 123 123 123 123 T2 3 JP5 a e JP5 e e JP5 e e e JP5 e e JP5 e e e JPS eE Ps e JPA e a a JP4 e e JPA e e JPa e aJUP4 e e spa E e Pa JP3 ae JP3 e e JP3 D oP CD JP3 CD JPs E E JP2 c B JP2 C P2 E 2 e e Pe e JP2 e e Pt G JIP CED P C Pi C P C JP1 EP 2 20Volts 2 30Volts 2 40Volts 2 50Volts 2 60Volts CPU Def Reserved Socket 370 CPU Voltage WARNING Exceeding your socket 370 processor s required voltage can dam age your processor permanently Make sure that the jumpers are as shown for CPU Def unless otherwise specified before powering on your motherboard 96 ASUS P3B F User s Manual
25. IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin PARALLEL You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in 4 2 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be con nected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 Serial Port Connectors 9 pin COM1 COM2 The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in 4 2 2 I O Device Configuration COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male ASUS P3B F User s Manual 31 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 Universal Serial Bus Port Connectors 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 32 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 8 9 3 HARDWARE SETUP IDE Device Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE device activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE con nectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the
26. N Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3u 1OOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations through a single RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 10Mbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play 7 1 2 Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system
27. NIKODUCLION ossesssesecscocavencecsusiecscsasseccecsseesicessconcsecsacstvessseocceysaeces 7 1 1 How this Manual is Organized seecersecacrhoetencacensenivsieutesanessentoriness 7 t2 Hon C heeki oases ego sesccactaanscesaneseecasiaseseeaaesasaqptasnseaienoeseneecacnnsies i AGERA TURE S r E EE N 8 2 1 The ASUS P3B F Motherboard cc ccc ecccesecceeeeceeseceeenees 8 Dede SPECION sirere Er E a E EEEE ES 8 D2 DOC CANS re srctctten seep E R 10 2 1 3 Performance Features sececssnsancssniwossevesstoutasaseoasnesaccdusasanes 10 Deh Ta Eeee eae A EE EE 11 2 2 ASUS P3B F Motherboard Parts 0 0 0 0 ccc ccecccceseceeeeeeeeeees 12 3 HARDWARE SETUP seeeesscecccccccccccccccscccccccccecocccccocccccocccecocccecsceceo 14 3 1 Motherboard Layout sadice ccusteacnyneceeterdeseeenntneestyanioemntaostsaasueanis 14 Dol Laro C Onen enaena E EEE 15 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure gaps cee enact castes cosesesineetnnsseaisetcchestennes 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings eoastecseadaceeccosecsanedanasteseanctaneodonmsabeneonsaueuns 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM sosssnnnnnnenssssennnsssssssseressssssseerssssssssee 21 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes uu cecccceeseccceeeeseeeeeseeeees 21 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation ce eeccccceeeeseeeeees ZZ 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU srossenesseanessasencceterieseestdierrecannseend 23 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism ecccccccccecceeerrreeee 23 Dees HES MMS error raen NEA EEE EEES 24 3 6 3 Installing the Processor
28. P bus frequency to be 2 3 of the DRAM frequency When the CPU DRAM frequency is set to 66MHZ set this switch to ON See the processor table on the next page Setting DSW Switch 6 DRAM Freq x 2 3 OFF default DRAM Freq x 1 ON ON ON E E 12345678910M12345678910 DRAM Freq x1 DRAM Freq x2 3 P3B F AGP Bus Frequency Setting WARNING AGP bus frequencies above 66MHz exceed the specifications for the AGP interface and are not guaranteed to be stable ASUS P3B F User s Manual 17 3 HARDWARE SETUP 2 CPU External Frequency Selection DSW Switches 7 10 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU DRAM and the PCI bus This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal fre quency the advertised CPU speed NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF ON EE 12345678910 CPU DRAM 66 0MHz PCI BUS 33 4MHz ON E E P3B F CPU External Frequency Selection CPU DRAM gt 133 0MHz PCI BUS 33 3MHz ON E He 6G 12345678910 CPU DRAM gt 150 0MHz PCI BUS 37 5MHz ON ON E E BEERS E EE 12345678910 12345678910 ON ON pon S g a E ioe g a 12345678910 83 0MHz 41 6MHz ON E EEE E 12345678910 12345678910 75 0MHz 37 5MHz ON EE E m E 12345678910f12345678910 CPU DRAM gt 100
29. P3B F Wake On LAN Connector 13 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to an internal modem card with a Wake On Ring out put The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is re ceived through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that PWR Up On Modem Acct is set to Enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control WOR PIXRI Ground 2 1 P3B F Wake On Ring Connector ASUS P3B F User s Manual 35 36 3 HARDWARE SETUP 14 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microswitch The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the Chassis Signal lead which occurs when a panel switch or light detec tor is triggered 5VSB Chassis Signal GND CHASSIS P3B F Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 15 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PWR LED This 3 1 pin connector connects to the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on blinks when it is in sleep mode and turns off when it is in soft off mode 16 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow keyboard locking NOTE When the keyboard is locked the mouse can still be used 17 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin c
30. PP otherwise the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink ASUS P3B F User s Manual 25 3 HARDWARE SETUP 4 Secure the SECC2 SECC SEPP Secure the SECC2 SECC SEPP in place by pushing the SECC2 SECC SEPP until it is firmly seated on the Slot 1 connector SECC with Pentium II only The SECC locks should be outward when se cured so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes 26 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 4 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans such as the ASUS Smart Fan that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hard ware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software 1 i a A SECC Heatsink amp Fan SECC2 Heatsink amp Fan NOTE The SEPP heatsink and fan for Intel Celeron processors is similar to the SECC2 heatsink and fan except that the clamping design is different ASUS P3B F User s Manual 27 p 0 5 5 a 28 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe
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32. Pimi i a a a L ee bA AD Ea em peng em ne r p o p ra aral Paap ral mig epr FA arik S ir fp bahang inii Tab rea te Me bhe ihih hiaai ae baie cici Treba inc sabe i sg spri id Hep agers fea can Pee eed Goedel Pred PO cates Ml lp bdo 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no vi ruses are found Click here to start installation To au acces ad ey ee of he ee Puce ls See antes Lie ee Tie le Sra a Tri a Ly LA te Whi ge cere bg Fay F miie iip ar Tii hpa ari kiia rara u mi ara ber he sring a ho pou ener be wade ct dekip ee ard bo rra acie channal _ 6 amp 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons RE iH a ee EE ee ot Ha LEs liega E a eo td Qo Cid pe pair ed De a es z F Cerato Emergence i mar rah Piili by oe ree a horas 7 Tia an AH Planes pipe twee IT HD dishetiap e int i dekane wirk Eon Dak red aaka me ijp THS i A pa g E Li a Bek re Cams a e ee ad ec ce 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 78 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 8 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 eee i ee instolhotiaon laai b patan Fii IL Gaa pong T a papm al rria bepa Meeks d ce ar T
33. RA DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for com patible IDE devices Set to Disabled to suppress Ultra DMA capability NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Disabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 49 4 BIOSSETUP a 50 4 BIOS SETUP Other options for Type are CD ROM for IDE CD ROM drives LS 120 for LS 120 compatible floppy disk drives ZIP 100 for ZIP 100 compatible disk drives MO for IDE magneto optical disk drives Other ATAPI Device for IDE devices not listed here After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub menu press the lt Esc gt key to exit back to the Main menu When the Main menu ap pears you will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Language English This allows selection of the BIOS displayed language Configuration options English Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled This field allows you to set the password To set the password highlight the appro priate field and press lt Enter gt Type in a password and press lt Enter gt You can type up to eight alphanumeric char acters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the pass word again and press the lt Enter gt The password is now set
34. SR Ed P3B F Pentium III Il Celeron Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only fo
35. This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity calculated automatically by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum LBA capacity calculated automatically by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Multi Sector Transfers Maximum This option automatically sets the number of sectors per block to the highest number supported by the drive This field can also be configured manually Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analy sis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive moni toring technology This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Dis abled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE de vice Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance Configura tion options 0 1 2 3 4 ULT
36. acy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus To see a map of your used and free IRQs in Windows 98 the Control Panel icon in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double clicking on a specific hardware device gives you the Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQ or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card 1s added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are 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 con figuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PnP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically as signs an IRQ to PCI cards that require an IRQ To install a PCI ca
37. administrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wake up frame ASUS P3B F User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 2 S370 Series CPU Transform Card The optional ASUS 370 Series CPU cards S370 D 370 L S370 allow Slot 1 motherboards to accept socket 370 processors The ASUS S370 Series CPU cards give Slot 1 motherboard owners an inexpensive way to upgrade their Pentium II computers using lower costing socket 370 processors Since socket 370 processors are based on the Pentium II design the only difference is the connector and the amount of internal cache within the processor The following picture shows the ASUS 370 CPU card with a plastic retainer at tached to the edge The retainer is used to hold the ASUS S370 CPU card in place using the motherboard s Slot 1 retention mechanism ASUS S370 CPU Card Retainer Fin a a i S22 2 2 Ss 2 fF FF 2 i kag pia Et ies ha E la i i a i la a Pi ee 1 rnis Aa 7 2 1 Using the ASUS 370 The general procedure for using the ASUS S370 CPU card l Check the voltage setting for your socket 370 processor using the jumpers on the card if necessary For current
38. case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED P3B F IDE Activity LED Chassis Power Supply CPU Fan Connectors 3 pin CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe Utility or Intel LDCM Utility see 6 Software Reference WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins ran Power Supply Fan rani CPU Fan Power rani Chassis Fan Power P3B F 12Volt Cooling Fan Power ASUS P3B F User s Manual 33 3 HARDWARE SETUP 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
39. ceavseceees 93 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 0 cc eecccesccceeeceeeeeeeeees 93 7 2 S370 Series CPU Transform Card ooeec 95 ASUS P3B F 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 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 interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit diffe
40. ck the computer name you want to re move Click the Remove Computer button on the toolbar or press Delete At the prompt click the Yes button TIP Perform this task each time you remove a computer from the network since the name of that computer 1s not automatically removed from this list 6 1 8 To wake up a computer L In the Select Computer dialog box click the computer name you want to wake up You can also lt Shift gt click to select a continuous group of computers or lt Ctrl gt click to select individual computers in the list TIP You can only attempt to wake up computers that have a status of Unavail able or Wakeable If the Select Computer dialog box does not display any com puters with a status of Unavailable or Wakeable and you suspect it should the list view may be filtered to display only unhealthy or available computers You may need to change your list view to display all computers Click the Wake Up Computer button on the toolbar to wake up the selected computer s or press lt Alt gt lt W gt ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE After you attempt to wake up a computer the status of that computer changes in the list view to a Wake Pending status If the attempt to wake up a computer is success ful the Wake Pending status changes to a status reflecting the computer s health such as Normal Warning or Critical If the computer does not wake up after five minutes a message box appears s
41. cted ATAPI CD ROM drives Other Boot Device Select Network Configuration options Network SCSI Boot Device ASUS P3B F User s Manual 67 68 4 BIOS SETUP Plug amp Play O S No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to con figure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS When Yes is selected interrupts may be reassigned by the OS When a non PnP OS 1s installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Reset Configuration Data No Configuration options No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up NumLock Status On Configuration options Off On Full Screen Logo Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 7 Exit Menu Once you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup program you should save your changes and exit Setup Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu NOTE Pressing lt Esc gt does not exit this menu You must select one of the options from this menu or lt F10 gt from the legend bar to exit this menu Exit Saving Changes Once you are finished making your
42. de bus e SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physi cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices ASUS P3B F User s Manual 2 FEATURES PCI amp ISA Expansion Slots Provides options of five 32 bit PCI rev 2 2 with two 16 bit ISA expansion slots six PCI with one ISA and six PCI with no ISA All PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards such as SCSI or LAN cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities VART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE con troller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels Supports UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 as well as Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup CD ROM CD R W and LS 120 drives Universal Retention Mechanism Supports a Pentium II II processor pack aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC2 SECC or a Celeron proces sor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package SEPP Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card see 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card or a similar ethernet card Wake On Ring Connector Supports Wake On Ring activity through a PCI modem card
43. e computer when the modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN Disabled Wake On LAN allows your computer to be booted from another computer via a network by sending a wake up frame or signal Configuration options Disabled Enabled IMPORTANT This feature requires an optional network interface with Wake On LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 64 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP PWR Up On PS2 KB Mouse Disabled Set this field to Enabled if you wish to use your PS2 keyboard by press ing the spacebar or PS2 mouse by clicking on the left button to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5 VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropri ate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config
44. eading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field ASUS P3B F User s Manual 45 46 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 Main Menu When the Setup program is accessed the following screen appears Main Advanced Power Boot Exit Item Specific Help Ye 14 61 System Date 027 2972000 Legacy Diskette A 1 44H 3 5 in lt Enter gt to select field Legacy Diskette B None lt gt lt gt to change value Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Primary Master Auto Primary Slave Auto Secondary Master Auto Secondary Slave Auto Language English Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled Halt On All Errors Installed Hemory 128HB F1 Tl ee FD ESC Enter F10 System Time XX XX XX Sets your system to the time that you specify usually the current time The format is hour minute second Valid values for hour minute and sec ond are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the hour minute and second fields System Date XX XX XXXX Sets your system to the date that you specify usually the current date The format is month day year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B
45. ears to the right of a help window it indicates that there is more information to be displayed that will not fit in the window Use lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the entire help docu ment Press lt Home gt to display the first page press lt End gt to go to the last page To exit the help window press lt Enter gt or lt Esc gt Sub Menu Sey ha oan rT z E Note that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub C menu simply move the highlight to the field and press lt En ter gt The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu just as you would within a menu Use the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with each of the legend keys and their corresponding functions Practice navigating through the various menus and sub menus If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields use the set default hot key lt F5 gt While moving around through the Setup program note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field NOTE The item h
46. ector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configu rations will not be available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Nor mal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP al lows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Disabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 57 Q A A 3 al 58 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 3 PCI Configuration Advanced Slot 1 IRQ e Tr Slot 1 IRQ Slot 2 IRQ Slot 3 6 IRQ Slot 4 5 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use Configuration options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some nonstandard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should cor
47. ed by the bus multiple equals the CPU s internal frequency the CPU speed CPU Vcore This field displays the core voltage supplied to the CPU If you want to set it manually always refer to the CPU documentation for the reason able voltage range ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Con figuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto Configuration options Disabled Enabled Auto OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M
48. er savings This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving 1s almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE to your CONFIG SYS file For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature For Windows 98 and later APM is automatically installed A battery and power cord icon labeled Power Management will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Properties dialog box ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Configuration options Always On Suspend gt Off Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The DPMS Display Power Man agement System feature allows the BIOS to control the video displa
49. escribes the seven states a computer may be in J Unavailable The computer is currently in a powered down state fi Wakeable The computer is currently in a powered down state but supports Remote Wakeup technology A Wake Pending A temporary status not to exceed five minutes while Client Manager attempts to wake up a computer A com puter that is in the process of booting without having received a wakeup instruction is listed as Unavailable not Wake Pending Normal The computer is operating within normal tolerances ae Warning A computer that has exceeded a warning tolerance level For example the PC Health indicator can be configured to display a warning icon if a hard disk is running low on space ce Critical A computer that has exceeded a critical tolerance level For example if the hard disk is running critically low on available space the PC Health indicator displays a critical icon oe Unknown Acomputer that 1s powered on but the health status Nor mal Warning or Critical is not known Normal Mobile A computer that includes support for mobile PC fea tures such as mobile battery Mobile computers display the same array of health icons above used for non mobile computers 6 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your com puter system s vital components such as fan rotations voltages and tem pera
50. f and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible It is a menu driven program which means you can scroll through the various sub menus and make your selections among the predetermined choices To access the BIOS Setup program press the lt Delete gt key after the computer has run through its POST NOTE Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re flect your BIOS screens exactly ASUS P3B F User s Manual 43 Ad 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the following selections MAIN Use this menu to make changes to the basic system configuration ADVANCED Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced features POWER Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management features BOOT Use this menu to configure the default system device used to lo cate and load the Operating System EXIT Use this menu to exit the current menu or specify how to exit the Setup program To access the menu bar items press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 2 Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup screen you will notice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table
51. g that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCIZPNP ISA UHE Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help No TCUR This 1s for some ISA add on cards whose UMB can t be auto detected ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFEF 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 the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Configuration options No ICU C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DCO0 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration Shadow Configuration Item Specific Help Enabled Mia adl A a a Bona bri Role Ei Select Enabled to move Pe teehee carlin jet peut oan gem eerie Oe pete i ere e riS p e A r rrpaes ee arr EEA AE a eS RAD eer Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled Thi
52. l need servicing 42 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that can be updated using the provided utility as described in 4 1 Flash Memory Writer Utility The utility is used if you are installing a motherboard reconfiguring your system or prompted to Run Setup This section describes how to configure your system using this utility Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program at some time in the future you may want to change the configuration of your computer For example you may want to enable the Security Password Feature or make changes to the power management settings It will then be necessary to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by press ing the Reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system of
53. lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu lt or Keypad arrow Selects the menu item to the left or right T or J keypad arrows Moves the highlight up or down between fields minus key Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted field plus key or spacebar Scrolls forward through the values for the highlighted field lt Enter gt Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field lt Home gt or lt PgUp gt Moves the cursor to the first field lt End gt or lt PgDn gt Moves the cursor to the last field lt F5 gt Resets the current screen to its Setup Defaults lt F10 gt Saves changes and exits Setup ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window the BIOS setup program also pro vides a General Help screen This screen can be called up from any menu by sim ply pressing lt F1 gt or the lt Alt gt lt H gt combination The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding alternates and functions Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program See 4 7 Exit Menu for detailed information on saving changes and exiting the setup program Scroll Bar When a scroll bar app
54. mines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard AI but Disk AI but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during bootup You do not need to make changes to this field This is a display only field ASUS P3B F User s Manual 51 52 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 Advanced Menu Item Specific Help Manual Fossa le sree ol sles Te Rg TAA Rae ter ica AAE eae LE Raa ee bi ie ate ee a a kir anap LL E ae ed Ihem i CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to jumperfree mode see 3 4 Motherboard Set tings this field allows you to select the internal speed of your CPU Select Manual if you want to make changes to the subsequent four fields Con figuration options Manual 266MHz 300MHz 333MHz 366MHz 400MHz 433MHz 466MHz CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple when CPU Speed is set to Manual This field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU Bus Fre quency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration options 2 0x 2 5x 3 0x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x CPU Bus PCI Freq MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequencies to send to the local bus and PCI devices onboard The bus frequency external frequency mul tipli
55. n when you run Client Manager or open the Select Computer dialog box Client Manager checks to see if these computers listed in the registry are available and healthy 6 1 1 Main Client Manager Window 23 Intel LANDesk Client Manager OP x File View Inventory Tools Help A Ala cele ze Slaie m INTel PE Health tel For Help press F1 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 81 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 2 Using the Taskbar icons Toolbar Descriptions Si Opens the Select Computer dialog box Opens the Export dialog box to export the inventory to a file B Exports the inventory to the clipboard ie Opens the notification log it Opens the global notification log a4 Opens the remote access log Opens the Configure Notifications dialog box Opens the Configure Global Notifications dialog box 1 Opens the File Transfer dialog b p 1 r dialog box be Reboots the computer Al Opens the DMI Explorer P Opens the Set Access Rights dialog box File Select Computer File Export File Export to clipboard View Notification Log View Global Notification Log View Remote Access Log Tools Configure Notifications Tools Configure Global Tools Transfer Files Tools Reboot Tools DMI Explorer Tools Set Access Rights ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 3 Using the Select Computer Dialog Box sa gt sal Ie Coane Waran
56. oha Pomel ASUS P3B F User s Manual 73 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 4 Intel LDCM Client Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE Intel LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility 1s installed To uninstall any program see 5 9 Uninstalling Programs ai I 7 Emm EE peers E E installation waiver ete Diverse rs i Vian paya oa Ve fa reg n het a et ee ee a a Cki Carcass h emey aU DEA i i Piet bien homme ot i 7A F a rikl by Fia rinier irh bie O T mahi ii ihih h Biar ml a rai mrri O ge es red bi mrda Le hed Firag i O e l WE En chet pi Gepeteey rhrmkj ondy be here ioe US oy 4 Click here Th eel iy d poa hava cash mad fa toda ma aad conchae armain pean ate a Hit been al hrs Seemed pen che red eed bes ee pe fe ee iang Di CPL tetany ia ret Berea Eye Bh CPL i bih heri mnd ba Fr paben aeaa rer Baad paa a an a h Tha PU i ap Ae eee i oF ee ea ee i ee Tera ka anas CP te y F De brara C je ba aa E i i E dape jro lee rer 74 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP Ther ge reed oie ee Mey ieee 7 Lect a 8 pe E e lata Wareg A tow Paling terval sincs paa OPE baat ard a es eee enon a CPU kewl F weg h E H SS ea fi he ray l PD em 1 eg pT a dimi jE A a Eg TE D bir
57. on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT amp CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard drive It it recommended that you reboot using a floppy 3 Reboot your computer from the floppy disk NOTE BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH lt Enter gt to run AFLASH SS fae ee APE BS ee ie IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there fore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility 40 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears PS EO EF OS Bevinios DHE 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see
58. onnector connects to the case mounted speaker 18 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there 1s data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS as well as application and driver support 19 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the preceding figure connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI 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 pushes depending on the position of the switch ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 20 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on your BIOS or OS setting Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power
59. opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether U ART 2 is directed for use with COM or IrDA 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 Back View IRRX For the infrared feature to be available you must connect the optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard P3B F Infrared Module Connector 11 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus devices SMBus devices commu nicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus de vices The SMBus or System Management Bus is a specific implementation of an IC bus which is a multi master bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBDATA SMBCLK 5V Ground E SMB P3B F SMBus Connector 34 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON The WOL_CON connector powers up the system when a wake up packet or signal is received from the network through the ASUS PCI L101 LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On LAN is set to Enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power WOL_CON 5VSB Ground PME
60. ort software 7 Appendix Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2 SECC SEPP processors 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 5 25 and 2 3 5 floppy drives 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS S370 Series CPU transform card optional OOU NVNNWNANAARAW ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Ethernet Card optional ASUS P3B F User s Manual 7 2 FEATURES 2 1 The ASUS P3B F Motherboard The ASUS P3B F 1s carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad vanced features processed by the fastest CPU 2 1 1 Specifications Multi Speed Supports Intel Pentium IIT 450MHz and faster Pentium II 233MHz to 450MHz and Celeron 266MHz and faster processors Intel AGPset Features Intel s 440BX AGPset with I O subsystems and front side bus FSB platform which boosts the traditional 66MH_z external bus speed to 1OOMHz e Multi Cache Supports processors with 512 256 128 or OKB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache SUODEDYDSdS 2 j PC100 Memory Support Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or
61. ot replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that Logical Block Access may decrease the access speed of the hard disk However LBA Mode is necessary for drives with greater than 504MB in storage capacity Configuration options LBA LARGE Normal Match Partition Table Manual fo Qi SSS t 4 Y Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual 48 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to your drive documenta tion to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual Sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to your drive docu mentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Trans lation Method field must be set to Manual CHS Capacity
62. pears click Finish 76 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 6 Install ASUS Update Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen E i E mF m amai H ke e rE elie El im talha tiar Birime fee e 20S opel S 00 Sera peers Th cece ll ied 20S Lieder A oe weir U Ferg ree ba ee a ee ee deere rare De og pgs Seacoast iaraeeneea sar ini AABN Ded i KT j 1 Click here a Fera E im AT em e Ho Ta rala eee et bi Tp iraia so dee hep eh Deed eee eee dat Ley Sgr mali rab deem be Be bee be r Pee Pe F akin SS Haa e e aa a Bak jea ee HE Chaga e d aay eak a bs a y eel 3 Click here Cr u Tad Pe 4 Click here zj l F us CE F t pai im et i AIG Lipika nO DAR ni i ye APRN iS i par iV ard ta raha LE ia Tii Penh iy 5 Click here ASUS P3B F User s Manual TT 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 7 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen BALE I 1 le be eg y instolbotion mg 7 zj i Ti riypi he Ti E nie E beig ag a TO The pegs ld ee Teed Pcie on er imin B a btw j A pa Ha i bee ee i briye sreg h et ee Searrag m jarre sdkaen tal beard
63. r identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e QuickStart and JumperFree are trademarks of ASUSTeK Computer Incorporated Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e Celeron is a trademark of Intel Corporation e IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 1999 ASUSTeK COM
64. r settings please visit ASUS web site see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUS P3B F User s Manual 19 3 HARDWARE SETUP 4 JumperFree Mode Setting JEN This allows you to enable or disable JumperFree mode JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF Setting JEN Enable jumperfree 2 3 default Disable jumper 1 2 JEN 12 3 12 3 Jumper JumperFree P3B F Jumper Mode Setting 5 TO Voltage Setting JP20 This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset and AGP Setting JP20 3 50 Volt 1 2 default 3 65 Volt 2 3 20 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through 4 4 1 Chip Configuration Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration in 4 4 1 Chip Configuration Install memory in any combina
65. rd you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A 3 3 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 see PCI PNP ISA IRQ DMA Resource Exclusion in 4 4 3 PCI Con figuration Choose Yes in IR xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve 3 4 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth such as an ASUS 3D Hardware Accelerator P3B F Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS P3B F User s Manual 29 30 3 8 External Connectors IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connec tor on hard drives and CD ROM drives but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions
66. rect this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the motherboard s Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an external Symbios SCSI card can be used If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function Con figuration options Auto Disabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP USB IRQ Enabled Enabled reserves an IRQ for the USB to work Disabled does not allow the USB to have an IRQ and therefore prevents the USB from functioning If you are not using any USB devices you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ for expansion cards Configuration options Dis abled Enabled VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows you to select which of the cards will act as your primary card The default PCI AGP allows your PCI card to take precedent when detected AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI
67. rent from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations 47 part 15 193 1993 Washing ton DC Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administra tion U S Government Printing Office 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 Canadian Department of Communications This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada ASUS P3B F User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections y k 2 1 Introduction Manual information and checklist 2 Features Information and specifications concerning this product 3 Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard and jumpers 4 BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software 5 Software Setup Instructions on setting up the included support software 6 Software Reference Reference material for the included supp
68. ry Secondary IDE p 32 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 8 IDELED p 33 IDE Device Activity LED 2 pins 9 CHA_ PWR_ CPU_FAN p 33 Chassis Power Supply CPU Fan PowerConnectors 3 pins 10 IR p 34 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 11 SMB p 34 SMBus Connector 3 pins 12 WOL_CON p 35 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 WOR p 35 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 14 CHASSIS p 36 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 3 pins 15 PWR LED PANEL p 36 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 16 KEYLOCK PANEL p 36 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 17 SPEAKER PANEL p 36 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 18 MSG LED PANEL p 36 System Message LED Lead 2 pins 19 SMI PANEL p 36 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 20 PWR SW PANEL p 37 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 21 RESET PANEL p 37 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 22 ATXPWR p 38 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 23 JTPWR p 38 Thermal Sensor Connector ASUS P3B F User s Manual 15 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Check Motherboard Settings Install Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software SS SS T 3 4 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard s function settings through the
69. s NT in the BUSMASTR folder USB patch to fix problems when using the USB driver under Win dows 95 OSR 2 1 in the USBPATCH folder NOTE The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen 72 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 3 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE Intel LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility 1s installed To uninstall any program see 5 9 Uninstalling Programs F LLE ee inma talka hi mek a PO iiair by Hae Cheer ed Birsa deg pegs Ti jji oll misi kri Hra r eee Bie Pes d et pa init ol ace EL Ering E ek i S Cki Caca m pi Tag md ee cp a b z a krey inh biei biomi ak Me rig jaira sare 1 Click here mmm AEL kmi PE E mai ED A iH Heidi A feeb ap mli palak LAH eah C i d Agrees mha Er lieren Sey F a wed by Hey riei clerk biai AECC TET GGL TATTA TE E mrri Ta cae ston rat komi Ft Card Hare i 3 Che ees Creed be E JIE beeen ee del pil ety ced ds bp dera ia ae ee ed LIEL 4 Click here lg has a A day al payed ee peered i re d x E I ih i h aa a HT aT PO i mkiri hee rea aahi ainas hiria A hp copy of e TSE p emda Peo ar SS en ee ere Ty Su hee ppa re ee ep ee gh ee E Dae decks b
70. s controls the amount of time in HCLKs that the DRAM controller waits to close a DRAM page after the CPU becomes idle Leave on default set ting NOTE To make changes to this field the SDRAM Configuration field must be set to User Define Configuration options OT 2T 4T 8T LOT 12T 16T 32T Infinite ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP SDRAM MA Wait State Normal This controls the leadoff clocks for CPU read cycles Leave on default set ting Configuration options Fast Normal Slow Snoop Ahead Enabled Enabled allows PCI streaming Configuration options Enabled Disabled Host Bus Fast Data Ready Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Configuration options 4 BUSCLK 1 BUSCLK 2 BUSCLK 3 BUSCLK 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Configuration options 8 BUSCLK 1 BUSCLK 2 BUSCLK 3 BUSCLK 4 BUSCLK 5 BUSCLK 6 BUSCLK 7 BUSCLK Graphics Aperture Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your sys
71. s field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocating to RAM enhances system performance as information access 1s faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS P3B F User s Manual 61 62 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Item Specific Help lt Enter gt to select the User Define Video Off Option Suspend gt Off Video Off Method DPMS OFF Power Management User Define This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features If this menu item is set to Disabled power management features will not function regardless of other field settings on this menu The User Define option allows you to make your own selections in the Power menu When set to Max Saving system power will be conserved to its greatest amount The Suspend Mode field will then be set to predefined value that ensures maximum pow
72. selections choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing lt Enter gt will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting ASUS P3B F User s Manual 69 70 4 BIOS SETUP Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus When this option is selected or if lt F5 gt is pressed a confirmation is requested Select Yes to load default values You can now select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation 1s requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previousl
73. stment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages 8 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC s tem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Information Hard Drives i Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ASUS P3B F User s Manual 9 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC A i DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory SIze i HET pe i A Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable 90 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe
74. t 720mA 5VSB 23 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connector Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector JTPWR P3B F Thermal Sensor Connector 38 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 Power Connection Procedures 1 After all 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 to the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord to a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch ON the power supply if a switch 1s provided 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 LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If yo
75. tating possible reasons why the computer did not respond For example the computer may be disabled or may not support Wake On LAN After clicking OK the Wake Pending status reverts to its original status of Unavailable or Wakeable NOTE You computer must have a Wake On LAN network adapter to support this feature Some computers that support the Wake On LAN technology may have re mote wakeup disabled in the BIOS by default Before Client Manager can wake up a remote computer you will need to enable this option in the BIOS configuration of each remote computer 6 1 9 Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer You can display the properties of any discovered client computer even if you cannot otherwise access the computer because of access limitations or Unavailable status If you display the properties of an unavailable computer the properties are read from a database in the Windows registry on your computer Since the Operating System information is not stored in this same database that information is not avail able for a computer with a status of Unavailable Remember that some items may not be current if the properties have changed while the computer was off the net work ASUS P3B F User s Manual 85 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 10Understanding the Computer Status Icons When you open the Select Computer dialog box each computer in the list displays an icon indicating the current status of that computer The table below d
76. tem may not boot Configuration options UC USWC PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Configuration options Disabled Enabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA expansion cards that require it Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array When EC Only is selected data errors are detected but not corrected ECC with hardware scrubbing allows the detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit er rors This field is available only if your DIMMs have ECC Configuration options Non ECC EC Only ECC ASUS P3B F User s Manual 55 4 BIOSSETUP 0 f 5 ia U 7 M N E 56 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 170 Device Configuration Item Specific Help ETE lt Enter gt to select Floppy Disk Access Control IR W whether or not to switch drive letter Onboard Serial Port 1 SFEH IRQS assignments Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8HZIRQ3 UART Use Infrared Disabled
77. th 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 4 BIOSSETUP k Other options for the Type field are None to disable IDE devices ASUS P3B F User s Manual 47 4 BIOS SETUP IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk you should enter the correct ones manually by setting User Type HDD User Type HDD Primary Master User Type HDD Item Specific Help ser Type HDD lt Enter gt to select the LBA type of the IDE drive User Type HDD allows Cylinders 10231 you to set each entry on Head your own Sector CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity 111MB Translation Method Multi Sector Transfers Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled PIO Mode 4 ULTRA DMA Mode 2 Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and n
78. tion as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM B Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB xp merona SOMME IC GTR _ Ses Rowe a RDO xT Sock Ronse SDRAM 16 3 64 8 2560B xt Toa Sen Memor Min Da NOTE At the time this User s Manual was written 256MB DIMMs are only avail able as double sided registered memory 5 1 General DIMM Notes For the system CPU bus to operate at 100MHz use only PC100 compliant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at 100MHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz RAM to ensure system stability ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Ex tended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB ASUS P3B F User s Manual 21 22 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 2 DIMM Memory Installation Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same
79. to Enabled This pass word allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press lt Enter gt The same dialog box as above will appear Press lt Enter gt and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS and certain Security menu options during system startup The passwords are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all Security menu options ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Forgot the password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short the solder points 3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Short solder points to Clear CMOS P3B F Clear RTC RAM Halt On All Errors This field deter
80. to enter SETUP ASUS P3B F User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 6 Boot Menu Item Specific Help Boot Sequence legacy Floppyfl 2 IDE Hard Drive None 3 ATAPI CD ROM None 4 Other Boot Device Network Plug amp Play 07S Nol Reset Configuration Data No Boot Virus Detection Enabled Quick Power On self Test Enabled lt Enter gt to select the device To select the boot sequence use the up or All lied oA Wa eR Aa ce Beg OSs Ae E naa eee Seth LAN en SE Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select among the four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys By using the lt gt or lt Space gt key you can promote devices and by using the lt gt key you can demote devices Promotion or demotion of devices alters the priority which the system uses to search for a boot device on system power up Configura tion options Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all your con ne
81. tor 20 Serial Port Connector 21 2USB Connectors 22 T PS 2 Mouse Connector B PS 2 Keyboard Connector 12 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 2 FEATURES 11 10 9 8 7 6 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 13 14 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN Multi I O Flash EEPROM D O M 2 O z D 2 L ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1 DSW Switch 6 p 17 AGP Bus Frequency Setting 2 DSW Switches 7 10 p 18 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 3 DSW Switches 1 4 p 19 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple 4 JEN p 20 JumperFree Mode Setting Enable Disable 5 JP20 p 20 I O Voltage Setting 3 50 3 65 Volt Expansion Slots Sockets 1 System Memory p 21 System Memory Support 2 DIMMO 1 2 3 p 22 DIMM Memory Module Support 3 Slot 1 p 23 CPU Support 4 SLOTI SLOT2 p 28 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots optional 5 PCTI1 2 3 4 5 6 p 28 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots optional PCI6 6 AGP p 29 Accelerated Graphics Port Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 30 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 30 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 PARALLEL p 31 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COMI COM2 p 31 Serial Port COM1 amp COM2 two 9 pin male 5 FLOPPY p 31 Floppy Drive Port Connector 34 pins 6 USB p 32 Universal Serial Bus Port Connectors 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin female 7 Prima
82. tures It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer such as hard disk space memory usage and CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box ASUS PC Probe Y Show up in next execution ASUS 1998 ASUSTeK Computer Inc All nights revered The ASUS Logo is trademark Poof ASUSTeK Computer Inc To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe Vx xx The PC Probe icon ER will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon will allow you to see the status of your PC AD aS 3 08 PM ASUS P3B F User s Manual 7 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE P 6 2 2 Using ASUS PC Probe a 5 Monitoring e SEE 2 Monitor Summary Fase err a v Shows a summary of the items being ma i e m E g monitored 5 aT a Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation il amp E ims Te l Fan Warning threshold adju
83. u do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the sys tem may have failed a power on test Check your jumper settings and connec tions again or call your retailer for assistance 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the in structions in 4 BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operat ing system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your oper ating system If you use Windows 95 98 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS P3B F User s Manual 39 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory Writer utility AFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later AFLASH EXE is a Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard This file works only in DOS mode To determine the BIOS version of your mother board check the last four numbers of the code displayed
84. use of switches and or jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Usea grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 16 ASUS P3B F User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Feature Settings DIP Switches DS W The motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Reserved AGP Frequency Selection Frequency Selection Frequency Selection Frequency Selection Frequency Selection SCOMNANAWN o_o 1 AGP Bus Frequency Setting DSW Switch 6 This option sets the frequency ratio between the AGP bus frequency and the DRAM CPU bus frequency The default sets the AG
85. uto Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode NOTE This field is only effective for DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 environments Configuration options Disabled 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 40 Min PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft off When set to Soft off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system NOTE This field is only effective in APM OS system Configuration options Soft off Suspend ASUS P3B F User s Manual 63 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 1 Power Up Control Power Up Control Item Specific Help Disabledi lt Enter gt to select PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled whether or not to Wake On LAN isabled restart the system after ri PWR Up On PS2 KB House Disabled AC power loss AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off and En abled reboots your system if it was active before power loss Configuration options Disabled Enabled PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up th
86. vice Configuration ccccccccsssssseeeeceeeeeeeeeees 56 Ae ICC OMIM OMLAUOIL oscscsursaacortesacamsennascqamtanenesienansstesenanes 58 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration secssisnsssaseiesesnsdasssdosawrcerencadeassasessdes 6 45 Power Menu oncienpataanemeuawenaaetarian race woachondabinieasseaadeneancesadesuinacenats 62 45l Power Up Control ae gaccagerisecissanciteniovaseeresuaeiavateveservgadantes 64 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor sonssncssecsne yea iscornenactansapstaperonesessnaeds 66 AO BOMO eenas E E AS 67 d E MO erae E EE AERE 69 S DOFTAR OE OP serinin T EEEE EI 71 S OP SS T e E AERE 71 52 PLF Spp CD sieer aano A EEEE EEE 71 5 3 Intel LDCM Administrator SCtU py s chsexascssossoncudiacnssoebisiedawieastues 73 5 4 Intel LDCM Client Setup ee 74 5 5 Install ASUS PC Probe VX XX eeeceescceeeeseesrresercrsrrereereresrese 76 530 MSA i VX KX cree roe tests eercsosszess SEEE TENi TI 5 7 Install PC Cillin 98 VX XX woe ecccccceeccceseccceeneceeeesseeesesseeees 78 5 8 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader VX X oo eecccceeeeceeeeee 79 5 9 Uninstalling Programs sessessancnessieneiavsucooarcensvssdensetecekossesmeseerteseess 80 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 ccsccccssssccccssssccccsssscccccsssscccssssscoes 1 6 1 Intel LANDesk Client Manager ss ccccssasnxiswesvenssssvreivaeewevacsnniers 81 6 2 ASUS PC Probe xpccdeieccesessxtousantaciasnasiarstaciunedssentrarssiendaciaeemsoun des 87 Tg PVR NUD ereere cucesendsacenessdecessustueeesssteciedscosacssceude
87. ware installed The administrator should install both Client and Administrator Software e Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the local system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed in order to use the hardware manager features e Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Installs a simple utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages e Install ASUS Update Vx xx Installs a program to help you update your BIOS or down load a BIOS image file ASUS P3B F User s Manual 71 5 SOFTWARE SETUP e Install PCCillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx x Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language ver sions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites e Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU e Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD e ReadMe Displays the filelist for the included support software e Exit Exits the CD installation menu Click RIGHT ARROW on the lower right corner of the main menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI folder Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH folder IDE Bus Master driver for improved performance under Window
88. which supports a WOR connector IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface Onboard LED The onboard LED will light up when there is standby power to the PCI bus This acts as a reminder to the user to turn OFF the power before plugging and unplugging devices so as not to damage the motherboard periph erals and or components ASUS P3B F User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 1 2 Special Features e ACPI Ready Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 must be used e Suspend and Go Suspend to RAM STR provides maximum power savings average of 5 watts as an alternative to leaving the computer ON and QuickStart so that you do not fall asleep waiting for system bootup Suspend to RAM re quires OS support and does not support ISA cards ISA cards may fail to work coming out of STR mode SUODEDYDSdS 2 j e Easy Installation Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic PC 99 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS
89. y card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen Use this for monitors without power management or green features Your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled When enabled this shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This fea ture does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an updated energy saving feature and requires the system be set up to support ACPI In Suspend to RAM state all de vices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5 VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the requirement the STR function will be enabled if not this function will be disabled If your expansion cards do not support the STR function you must leave this field on the default setting of Disabled NOTE This field is only effective for DOS Windows 95 and Windows NT 4 0 environments Configuration options A
90. y saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and make changes After selecting this op tion all selections are saved and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to save any changes to the non volatile RAM ASUS P3B F User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 Operating Systems You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy For Windows 95 you must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 P3B F Support CD NOTE The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice To begin using your support CD disc just insert it into your CD ROM drive and the support CD installation menu should appear If the menu does not appear double click or run D SETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D 5 2 1 Installation Menu ie ASUS PSB seres motherboard support CD for wind Taevcelileonmlels Please select tems on the right side Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Intel LDCM Client Setup v 1 gs b eet iea ORE i me Ets WP G A ee ETE apit L s iyi a am p i pr r A EAA E ANC AAEE NA creel EEE DE eae rest pea EAE E R Re ER E seo EEES T ite ey E E EA A EAEE Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the net work within the same bridge address with the Client soft

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