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ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2B Manual Revision: 1.03 E302 Release Date: November 1998 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 doc[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 BBS: +886-2-2896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW : www .asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/p[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................... 7 Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7 II. FEA TURES 8 Features of the ASUS P2B Motherboard ............................................ 8 [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 44 Details of Chipset Features Setup .......................................... 44 Power Management Setup ........................................................... 47 Details of Power Management Setup ......................[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undes[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 7 I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION Manual / Checklist How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Intr oduction: Manual information and checklist II. Featur es: Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard IV . BI[...]

8 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual Features of the ASUS P2B Motherboard The ASUS P2B is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad- vanced features processed by the fastest CPU. • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium ® II (23 3 to 450MH z) and Celeron TM (266MHz and faster) processors. • Multi-Cache: Supports processors with or without [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 9 The ASUS P2B Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 B: COM 1 B: COM 2 Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEROM 3 ISA Slots T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T : Parallel B: Serial 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440BX AGPset CPU Slot 1 A TX Power Connector 4 PCI Slots Universal Folding Retention [...]

10 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Layout of the ASUS P2B Motherboard FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE CR2032 3V Lithium Cell (BIOS Power) CPU_F AN DIMM Socket 1 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module) DIMM Socket 2 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module) DIMM Socket 3 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module) Accelerated Graphics Port PCI Slot 4 ISA Slot 3 Intel PIIX4E P[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CLR TC p . 13 Clear Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (Short/Clear CMOS) 2) KBPWR p. 13 Keyboard Power 3) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 14 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 4) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p . 14 CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p . 17 System Memory S[...]

12 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers 2. Install Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers Jumper Settings 1. Clear Real Time Clock (R TC) RAM (CLR TC) The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery . T o clear the R TC data: (1) T urn of f your computer and unplug your AC power , (2) Short the two points labeled CLR TC, (3) T urn on your computer , [...]

14 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION BF2 BF1 BF3 CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple P2B CPU R BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 2.0x (2/1) 2.5x (5/2) 3.0X (3/1) 3.5X (7/2) 4.0X (4/1) 4.5X (9/2) 5.0X (5/1) FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS2 FS0 1 2 3 FS1 FS[...]

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ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION System Memory 2. System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses o nly Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Three sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) of either 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 o r 25 6MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 76 8MB.[...]

18 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual System Memory III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) as shown. Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown. DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides. SDRAM DIMMs ha[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 19 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) Y our motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium ® II processor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a Celeron™ processor pack- aged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP). III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION Heatsinks The recommended heats[...]

20 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 2. Attach the Heatsink NOTE: Follow carefully the heatsink attachment instructions included with your heatsink or processor . The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink. The URM is now ready for the installation of your[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 21 CPU III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION W ARNING! Make sure the heatsink is mounted tightly against the SECC, SECC2 or SEPP; otherwise, the CPU will overheat. Y ou may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor ’ s passive heatsink. 4. Secur e the SECC/SECC2/SEPP Secure the SECC/[...]

22 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual CPU III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ASUS provides two smart solutions to Slot 1 CPU thermal problems: the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S-P2F AN and the ASUS P2T -Cable . ASUS S-P2F AN The optional ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S-P2F AN is a CPU fan for a Pentium ® II processor packaged in an SEC[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION 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, such as the Elan V ital Heatsink with Fan, dissipate heat more [...]

24 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Expansion Cards III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards 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 pla[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION T o 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 is added to the system. For PnP cards, IRQs are assigned automatically from those available. If the system has bo[...]

26 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector . The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be less than 4[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION DMA Channels III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin Female) Y ou can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTW ARE. NOTE : Serial print- ers must be connected to the serial[...]

28 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 6. Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (T wo 4-pin Female) T wo USB ports are available for connecting USB devices. Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2 USB 1 7. Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (T wo 40-1pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon ca[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 9. Chassis / CPU / Power Supply Fan Connectors (3-pin F AN) 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 fa[...]

30 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5-pin IR) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature. Y ou must also configure the setting throu[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 13. W ake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON) The WOL_CON connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network through the ASUS PCI-L101 LAN card (see section VII. ASUS LAN Card ). IMPOR T ANT : This feature requires that the W AKE On [...]

32 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 16. Message LED Lead (MSG.LED) This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax/modem. The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox. This function requires ACPI OS and driver support. 17. SMI [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are of f (in some systems, marked with ). 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user ’ s manual[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Flash Memory W riter Utility This motherboard has an onboard SCSI BIOS and boot virus protection and therefore, re- quires a 2Mbit flash ROM. AFLASH.EXE: This is the Flash Memory W riter utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the 2Mbit programmable[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 2. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block, the baseboard BIOS, and the ACPI extended system con- figuration data (ESCD) parameter block from a new BIOS file. See [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS Updating BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’ s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.BA T” and “CONFIG.SYS” files. 2. Copy AFLASH.EXE to the just created[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re- leased. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detai[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS Load Defaults The “Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting. “ Load Setup Defaults ”, on the other hand, is for loading optimized defaults for regular use. Choosing defaults at this level, will modify all applicable settings. A section [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS T ime T o set the time, highlight the “T ime” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current time. Follow the hour , minute and second format. V alid values for hour , minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23), Minu[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field: Primary Master , Primary Slave, Secondary Master , and Secondary Slave, you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup. This will allow you to change[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features BIOS Features Setup This “BIOS Features Setup” option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features accord- ing to your preference. Some entries are required by the motherboard’ s design to rem[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features CPU Level 1 Cache / CPU Level 2 Cache (Enabled) These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU’ s Level 1 and Level 2 built-in cache. CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check (Disabled) This function controls the ECC check capabi[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features Security Option (System) When you specify a Supervisor Passwor d and/or User Passwor d (explained later in this section), the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password. The default setting is System , where the system prompts for the User Passwo[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Chipset Features Setup This “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’ s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details o[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Graphics Aperture Size (64MB) Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. Leave on default setting. V ideo Memory Cache Mode (UC) USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor .[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 46 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Onboard FDC Swap A & B (No Swap) This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. T wo options are available: No Swap and Swap AB . If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset, set this field to Swap AB . Onboard Ser[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management Power Management Setup This “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns of f the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity . NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 48 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video off features. The following options are available: DPMS OFF , DPMS Reduce ON , Blank Scr een , V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby , and DPMS Suspend . The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow the BIOS to c[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the A TX power supply on) when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft Off . NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the comput[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Plug & Play / PCI IV . BIOS PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details [...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Plug & Play / PCI 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. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default setting, indicates either that the display[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Load Defaults IV . BIOS Load BIOS Defaults This “Load BIOS Defaults” option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-opti- mal and disable all high performance features. T o load these default settings, high- light ?[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 53 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords. “Supervisor Password” sets a pass- word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility; “User Password” sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. By default, the system comes wi[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Hard Disk Detect IDE HDD Auto Detection This “IDE HDD Auto Detection” option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the box. T o ac[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 55 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be detected. Y ou 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 dif fer from the ones used when the disk w[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 56 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface (DMI) V . DMI DMI Introduction Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and r[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 57 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT V . DMI Using DMI Utility Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system. Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down)[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 58 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD Y ou can save the MIFD (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved. Load MIFD Y ou can load the disk file to memory by entering a d[...]

ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 59 VI. ASUS LAN Card Parts / Layout VI. ASUS LAN Card ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card LAN Activity Output Signal RJ45 LEDs Motherboard type Wake on LAN Output Signal ASUS Other Intel Chipset 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 an[...]

60 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual VI. ASUS LAN Card Information VI. ASUS LAN Card Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • W ake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported • PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev . 2.1 specifications • Consists of MAC & PHY (10/100Mbps) interfaces • Compli[...]

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