Asus P2L97 manual

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ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2L97 Manual Revision: 1.05 Release Date: September 1997 No part of this manual, including the products and softwares 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 d[...]

ASUS P2L97 User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12, ROC T elephone: +886-2-894-3447 Fax: +886-2-894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support Fax: +886-2-895-9254 BBS: +886-2-896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW : www .asus.com.tw Gopher: gopher[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 P2L97 Motherboard ........................................ 8[...]

ASUS P2L97 User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ......................................... 38 BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 41 Details of BIOS Features Setup ........................[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 un[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 7 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 . BIOS Softwar e Instructions on setting up the BIO[...]

8 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual Features of the ASUS P2L97 Motherboard The ASUS P2L97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features processed by the fastest CPU. This motherboard: • V ersatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium ® II (233MHz–333MHz) processor . • Intel Chipset: Features Intel’ s 440LX AGPset with I/O [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 9 The ASUS P2L97 Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (Motherboard Parts) T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 B: COM 1 B: COM 2 Programmable Flash ROM 4 PCI Slots Accelerated Graphics Port 1 ISA Slot 1 ISA/PCI Share T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T : Parallel B: Serial 3 DIMM Sockets Intel 440LX AGPset[...]

10 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Layout of the ASUS P2L97 Motherboard Floppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE CR2032 3V Lithium Cell (BIOS Power) CPU_F AN DIMM Socket 3 (64 bit, 168 pin module) DIMM Socket 2 (64 bit, 168 pin module) DIMM Socket 1 (64 bit, 168 pin module) Accelerated Graphics Port PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 3 [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CLR TC p . 13 Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (Short/Clear CMOS) 2) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 14 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 3) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p . 14 CPU”BUS Frequency Ratio Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p . 15 System Memory Support 2) DIMM Sockets p. 16 DIMM Memor[...]

12 ASUS P2L97 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 DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ir es, and Power Supply 6. Setup t[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) Jumper Settings 1. Real T ime 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 P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION R CPU Bus Frequency 60MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz FS1 FS0 FS2 1 2 3 FS1 FS0 FS2 1 2 3 FS1 FS0 FS2 1 2 3 FS1 FS0 FS2 1 2 3 CPU Core:Bus Frequency Multiple 4.5x(9/2) 4.0x(4/1) 3.5x(7/2) 2.0x(2/1) 5.0x(5/1) BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 1 23 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 1 23 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 1 23 BF2 BF1[...]

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ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) 2. System Memory (DIMM) Only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM’ s) can be used with this motherboard. T wo sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs (SDRAM) or EDO DRAM of either 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 384MB[...]

18 ASUS P2L97 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 dif ferent on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown. DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides. SDRAM DIM[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 19 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact (SEC) slot for a Pentium II pro- cessor packaged in an SEC cartridge. Pentium II Processor W ARNING! Be sure that suf ficient air circulation is available across the processor ’ s pas- sive heatsink. W ithout sufficient circulation, th[...]

20 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (CPU) III. INST ALLA TION The Motherboard As Shipped Four screws should be showing next to each corner of the SEC CPU Slot using two attach mount bridges from the underside of the motherboard. Installing the Pentium II Pr ocessor: 1. Mount the Pentium II Retention Mechanism: The retention mechanis[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION (CPU) III. INST ALLA TION 2. Mount the Heats ink: Place the SEC cartridge face down on a flat surface and lay the heat sink flush on the back (metal side) of the SEC cartridge. Check the orien- tation of the heatsink against the pictures. The thicker fin must be orientated toward the bottom. The t[...]

22 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (CPU) III. INST ALLA TION 4. Secur e the SEC Cartridge: Secure the SEC cartridge in place by pushing the SEC cartridge locks outward so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism’ s lock holes. 5. Secur e the Heatsink: Install the heatsink support base into the motherboard. This is not,[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION The heatsinks shown in this manual are for reference purposes only . The recom- mended heatsinks for the Pentium II processor are those with three-pin fans that can be connected to the CPU fan connector on motherboard. These heatsinks have the added benefits of proper heat dissipation and with the[...]

24 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Expansion Cards) III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards First read your expansion card documentation for hardware and software settings that may be required to set up your specific card. Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card. 2. Set any necessary [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 ha[...]

26 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the r ed 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 th[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Printer 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 [...]

28 ASUS P2L97 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. Univeral Serial Bus (USB) 2 USB 1 7. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 40-1pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbo[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 8. IDE activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’ s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up. IDE Activity LED TIP: If the case-mounted[...]

30 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 10. IrDA / Fast IR-Compliant infrar ed 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 th[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 12. W ake on LAN (3-pin WOL) This connector connects to LAN cards with a W ake On LAN output. When the system is in soft-of f mode, LAN activity will power on the system. IMPORT ANT : Requires an A TX power supply with at least 720ma +5 volt standby power W ake on [...]

32 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 13. 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 OS and driver support. 14. SMI [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION (Power Connections) 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[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Support Software PFLASH.EXE - This is the Flash Memory W riter utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother - board. T o determine the BIOS version, check the last four numbers of the code displayed on [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 3. Advanced Featur es This option displays the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configura- tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS. Advanced Features Menu 1. Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug-and-Play (PnP) configuration [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 diskette by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.BA T” and “CONFIG.SYS” files. 2. Copy PFLASH.EXE to your new[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 sec[...]

ASUS P2L97 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),[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 c[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 t[...]

ASUS P2L97 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. BIOS Update (Enabled) This functions as an update loader integrated into the [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 P[...]

ASUS P2L97 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. Deta[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) V ideo Memory Cache Mode (UC) USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor . It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. Y ou must leave this on the default setting of UC (unca[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 func[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 48 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video of f 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 BIO[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 off. NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the compute[...]

ASUS P2L97 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. Det[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 di[...]

ASUS P2L97 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- lig[...]

ASUS P2L97 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[...]

ASUS P2L97 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[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 dis[...]

ASUS P2L97 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 [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 57 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen. Press enter at the menu item to enter the right [...]

ASUS P2L97 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 [...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 59 VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI BIOS) Aside from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con- tains the Symbios SCSI BIOS. This Symbios SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 controller card to provide Fast SCSI-2 interfac[...]

60 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (Setup) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Setting Up the ASUS PCI-SC200 & PCI-SC860 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the ASUS PCI-SC200 to set it up. One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt, the other sets the card’ s termination. The ASUS PCI-SC860 has no jumper settings but yo[...]

ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual 61 VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (Jumpers) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards T erminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI-SC860 use a set of onboard active resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically . Automatic termination requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a straight li[...]

62 ASUS P2L97 User ’ s Manual VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI ID Numbers) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 T ermination Required (End Device) T ermination Required (JP5 Open) T ermination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 T ermination Required (End Device) No T ermination Required (JP5 Shor[...]

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