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    R P2B-D / P2B-DS Dual Pentium ® II Motherboards USER’S MANUAL Special Features • P2B-DS • Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset • Adaptec 3860 SCSI T ransceiver[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS Manual Revision: 1.03 E253 Release Date: August 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 [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 112 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.[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................... 7 Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7 II. FEA TURES 8 Features .................................................................[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Power Management Setup ........................................................... 49 Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 49 PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 52 Details of PNP and PCI Setup ........................[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 c[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 III. Installation Setting up the motherboard. IV . BIOS Softwar e Setting up the BIOS software V . Support Softwar e ASUS Smart Motherboa[...]

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    8 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual Features The ASUS P2B- D/P2B- DS motherboards are carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU. • Multi-Speed: Supports Dual Intel Pentium ® II processors from 23 3MHz to 450MHz. • Intel AGPset: Features Intel’ s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 9 The ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 COM 2 (Bottom) Programmable 2Mbit Flash ROM 4PCI Slots Accelerated Graphics Port 2 ISA Slots T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard Parallel (T op) Serial (Bottom) Hardware Monitor Multi-I/O Chip COM 1 (Bottom) [...]

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    10 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS Motherboard Layout PWR_F AN FS0 FS1 FS2 USB PS/2 35 34 68 35 34 68 R Wake-On-LAN Hardware Monitor BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 S82093AA Chipset CPU_F AN IDELED COM 2 COM 1 JP18 CHA_F AN CLRTC IrDA Adaptec AIC-7890AB Chipset Intel PIIX4E Chipset ASUS A97127F Chipset 68-Pin Ultra2 SCSI Co[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CLR TC p . 13 Clear Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM 2) KBPWR p. 13 Keyboard Power Up (Enable/Disable) 3) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 14 CPU Bus Frequency 4) CF1, CF2, CF3, CF4 p. 14 CPU Core:Bus Frequency Multiple 5) JP18 p. 15 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Setting (Enable/Disable) Expansion Slots/So[...]

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    12 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 on the Motherboard 2. Install System Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W i[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 off your computer and unplug its AC power , (2) Short the two solder points labeled CLR TC, (3) T urn on yo[...]

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    14 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION 3. CPU Bus Fr equency (FS0, FS1, FS2) This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, DRAM, and 440BX AGPset. This allows the selection of the CPU’ s External frequency (or BUS Clock ). The BUS Clock multiplied by the BUS Ratio equals th[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 15 5. Chassis Intrusion Sensor Setting (JP18) (optional/reserved) This allows you to disable or enable the chassis intrusion sensor . Set to Enable if you want to use this function to monitor intrusion into your computer , for ex- ample, when the drive bay doors are opened. The default is set to Disable . P2B-D/DS[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 17 2. System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses o nly Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Three sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) unbuf fered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) of either 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 2 56MB to form a memory size between 8MB an d 1G B. One side (with memory c[...]

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    18 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 is 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 contacts on both sides. SDRAM [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 19 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) This motherboard provides two Single Edge Contact (SEC) slots for Pentium II processors packaged in SEC cartridges. Pentium II Processor Y ou should check to see that you have the following items: Attach Mount Bridges Pentium II Retention Mechanism Lock Holes Captive Nut The rec[...]

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    20 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION Installing the Pentium II Pr ocessor 1. Connect the Heat Sensor Cable to JP4/JP5 (optional): If you purchased the specially designed fan and thermal monitor heatsinks, you may connect the heat sensor cables to the motherboard’ s CPU heat sensor connectors (JP4/JP5) [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 4. Mount the Heatsink: Place the SEC cartridge face down on a flat surface and lay the heatsink flush on the back (metal side) of the SEC cartridge. Be sure that the heatsink is firmly pressed against the SEC cartridge. When correctly installed, no light can be seen b[...]

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    22 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 5. Insert the SEC Cartridge: Push the SEC cartridge’ s two locks inward until you hear a click (the preceding picture shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below). W ith the heatsink facing the motherboard’ s chipset, press the cartridg[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION Recommended Heatsinks The recommended heatsinks for the Pentium II processor are those with three-pin fans that can be connected to the CPU fan connector on the motherboard. These heatsinks have the added benefits of proper heat dissipation and with the LM78 hardware monitor , the ability to[...]

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    24 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Expansion Cards III. INST ALLA TION W ARNING! Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 4. Expansion Cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Read t[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 sys[...]

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    26 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 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 dr[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 27 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 the serial port. Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin Female) 4. Se[...]

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    28 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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 [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION 8. Hard Disk Activity LED (2-pin IDELED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’ s hard disk or IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up. P2B-D/DS IDE Activity LED TIP: If the case-mounted[...]

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    30 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 10. IrDA-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 the setting through “UAR T[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS 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, such as the AUS PCI-L101 (see section VII. ASUS LAN Card) . The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card. IMPOR T[...]

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    32 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 14. 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. 15. SMI[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 21. Fast (50 pins)/Wide (68 pins)/Ultra2 (68 pins) SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50-Pin Fast SCSI connector for 8-bit SCSI de- vices, 68-Pin W ide SCSI connector for 16-bit SCSI devices, and 68-Pin Ultra2 SCSI connector for 16-bit dif ferential S[...]

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    34 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 22. SB-Link™ Connector (6-1 pin DMA_HEADER) (optional/r eserved) Using Intel’ s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols found in this motherboard’ s AGPset, this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 compatibility to A WE64D (Digi- tal) or other PCI audio cards, enabling users to play Real-mode DOS games and mult[...]

  • Page 35

    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 35 III. INST ALLA TION Power Connections III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all jumpers and 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 [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 36 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 pr[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 37 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 f[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 38 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 ju[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 39 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 describe[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 40 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. [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 41 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 [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 42 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[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features BIOS Features Setup The “BIOS Features Setup” option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features accord- ing to your preference. Some entries are required by the motherboard’ s desig[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 44 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 ch[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 45 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 Us[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 46 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Chipset Features Setup The “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’ s chipset. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details of Chipset Features Setup SDRAM Configuration (By SPD) This se[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features 16-bit I/O Recovery T ime (1 BUSCLK) / 8-bit I/O Recovery T ime (1 BUSCLK) T iming for 16-bit and 8-bit ISA cards, respectively . Leave on default setting. Graphics Aperture Size (64MB) Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. Leav[...]

  • Page 48

    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 48 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 . O[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 49 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 [...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 50 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[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 51 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-of f. NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until t[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Plug & Play / PCI IV . BIOS PNP and PCI Setup The “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.[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 53 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 th[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Load Defaults IV . BIOS Load BIOS Defaults The “Load BIOS Defaults” option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-opti- mal and disable all high performance features. T o load these default settings, high-[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 55 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[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 56 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 b[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 57 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 t[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 58 V . SUPPORT S/W ASUS Smart Motherbaord V . SUPPOR T SOFTW ARE ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD Inserting the support CD brings up a selection menu described as follows: NOTE: CD version and contents are subject to change at any time without notice. • ASUS PC Probe Utility: Installs a simple software to moni[...]

  • Page 59

    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 59 VI. DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record informatio[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 60 VI. DMI Using DMI Utility VI. DESKT OP MANAGEMENT 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 between the top menu items and th[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 61 VI. 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 ent[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User ’ s Manual 62 (This page was intentionally left blank.)[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 63 VII. 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 another brand of motherbo[...]

  • Page 64

    64 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual VII. 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 • Complies to IEEE 802.3 10B[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 65 VIII. SCSI SELECT Configuring SCSI VIII. ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT Configuring the SCSI Adapter Access the SCSI BIOS by holding down both CTRL and A keys when you see the BIOS banner message listing the driver name and the attached devices. For example: Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI BIOS Build 20107 (c) 1998 Adaptec, Inc. Al[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 67 IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY Intro/Quick Start W elcome to Adaptec EZSCSIVI, ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY 4.03. Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use DOS, W indows ® 3.1x, or W indows for W orkgroups3.1x. Note: The ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY does not provide drivers for W indows ® 95 and W indowsNT[...]

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    68 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY T roubleshooting IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI T roubleshooting T ips SCSI Device T roubleshooting Review this checklist if your newly-installed SCSI disk drives, CDROM drives, and other devices do not seem to work properly: • Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 69 IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY T roubleshooting If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear , you may be able to find its miniport driver on the W indows95 CD-ROM. Follow these steps: 1 Place the W indows95 CD-ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard. 2 Select No on the second s[...]

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    70 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY T roubleshooting If I am running under Windows95, do I need lines for the Adaptec r eal mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my CONFIG.SYS and AUT OEXEC.BA T files? Usually , you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers, because the new W indows miniport drivers support[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 71 IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY DOS/Win Info. Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com- puter running DOS, W indows 3.1x, or W indows for W orkgroups3.1x. NOTE: The Windows95/W indowsNT T roubleshooting section on page 6 de- sc[...]

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    72 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY Formatting DOS Formatting Utilities Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS-based formatting utilities: Low-level Formatter (scsifmt) Use the DOS-based scsifmt utility for low-level formatting of SCSI hard disk drives, removable media, Floptical ® drives, and magneto-optical[...]

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    ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual 73 IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY Partitioning Formatter and Partitioner (afdisk) Use the DOS-based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives, Floptical drives, and magneto-optical drives. Y ou can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non-DOS partitions from a disk drive and to format remo[...]

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    74 ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’ s Manual IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI IX. EZ-SCSI UTILITY Partitioning 3. T o create a new partition on the disk device, press Ins. A screen similar to this appears: Select SCSI Device to Partition HA #0 - Target 0 HA #0 - Target 4 QUANTUM LP105S 910109405 IOMEGA BETA90 <Ins> Create, <Del> Delete, <F1> Help, &l[...]