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R P2B-D2 Dual Pentium ® II Motherboard USER’S MANUAL[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2B-D2 Manual Revision: 1.02 E275 Release Date: September 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, ex[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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.t[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................... 7 Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7 II. FEA TURES ...[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 48 Details of Chipset Features Setup .......................................... 48 Power Management Setup ........................................................... 51 Details of Power Management Setup ...................[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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 u[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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 and jumpers IV . BIOS Softwar e Setting up the BIOS software V . Support CD Information on the inc[...]

8 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual Features The ASUS P2B- D2 motherboard is 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 450 MHz. • I2O: Includes Intel’ s i960RD I/O processor with 32KB NVRAM, 4x512KB Flash EEPROM,[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 9 The ASUS P2B-D2 Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts T : USB Conn 1 B: USB Conn 2 COM 2 Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEPROM 3 Secondary PCI Slots ISA Slot T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard LAN Conn. (RJ-45) Multi-I/O Chip Serial COM 1 Adaptec AIC-7890 SCSI Chipset Intel 440BX AGPset SEC CPU Slots 4 DIMM[...]

10 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION The ASUS P2B-D2 Motherboard Layout Board Layout III. INST ALLA TION PWR-CON2 P10 P9 P8 IDE2 IDE1 FS0 FS1 FS2 960SEL PWRCON A TXPWR 1 35 34 68 1 35 34 68 RJ-45 USB COM 1 VGA J1602 PWR_F AN CPU_F AN SBLINK BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0 DRAMRAS CHA _F AN HDLED J1601 JP1601 COM 2 CLRTC SCSI_EN LAN_EN Floppy Intel i[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CLR TC p . 13 Clear Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM 2) 960SEL p. 13 i960 Setting (I2O/Bridge) 3) DRAMRAS p. 13 i960RD DRAM RAS Setting (Single/Double) 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 14 CPU Bus Frequency 5) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p. 14 CPU Core:Bus Frequency Multiple 6) JP1601 p. 15 Chassis Intrusion Senso[...]

12 ASUS P2B-D2 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 ir es, [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers Jumper Settings 1. Clear 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 its AC power , (2) Short the two solder points labeled CLR TC, (3) T urn on your c[...]

14 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION 4. 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 the CPU?[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 15 6. Chassis Intrusion Sensor Setting (JP1601) This allows you to disable or enable the chassis intrusion sensor . Set to Enable if you want to use this function to monitor the opening of the chassis. The default is set to Disable . P2B-D2 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Setting Disable Enable JP1601 JP1601 7. LAN Setting (LA[...]

16 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual General DIMM Notes • Use only PC100-compliant DIMMs. This motherboard operates at 100MHz, thus most systems will not even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict tim- ing issues involved under this speed. • T wo possible memory chips are supported: SDRAM with and without ECC. • SDRAM chips [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION System Memory 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 DIMMs [...]

18 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION i960 Memory (SIMM) The i960 processor supports two 72-pin, 32-bit SIMMs (Single-Inline Memory Modules) of 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. Only Extended Data Output (EDO) DRAM, non-parity SIMMs can be sup- ported by the i960 processor . IMPOR T ANT : Y ou must[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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: Lock Holes Captive Nut Heatsink bottom Groove f Larger Fin should be on the bottom. T op[...]

20 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION Installing the Pentium II Processor 1. Mount the Pr ocessor Retention Mechanism(s): The processor retention mecha- nisms are designed to fit into the SEC slots only one way . Be sure to align the notches in the retention mechanisms with the small ribs on each side of the sl[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 2. 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 between[...]

22 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 5. Connect the Heat Sensor Cable to J1601/J1602: If you purchased the spe- cially designed Pentium II processor fan with thermal monitor , you may connect the heat sensor cables to the motherboard’ s CPU heat sensor connectors (J1601/ J1602). NOTE: If you are installing o[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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 monit[...]

24 ASUS P2B-D2 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 the doc[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION 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 lega[...]

26 ASUS P2B-D2 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 drives a[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 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. Serial P[...]

28 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 6. Universal Serial BUS Connectors 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. RJ-45 Connector (8 pin Female) This connector can be used to connect the onboard 32-bit 10/100 Mbps Etherne[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION 9. Primary / Secondary IDE Connectors (T wo 40-1 pin IDE) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After con- necting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second driv[...]

30 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. 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 T2 Use[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 13. Main and Auxilliary A T Power Connectors (12 pin & 6 pin PWRCON) This connector connects to a standard 5 V olt power supply . T o connect the leads from the power supply , ensure first that the power supply is not plugged into an AC outlet. Most power supplie[...]

32 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 15. 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. 16. System Ma[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 22. 50 pin Narrow/68 pin Wide/68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50-Pin Narrow SCSI connector for 8-bit SCSI devices, 68-Pin W ide SCSI connector for 16-bit SCSI devices, and 68-Pin Ul- tra2 SCSI connector for 16-bit dif ferential SCSI devices[...]

34 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 23. SB-Link™ Connector (6-1 pin SBLINK) 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 multimedia applications. SB-Link ac[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 35 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 26. VGA Memory Upgrade Sockets This motherboard comes with 1MB VGA memory onboard. T wo sockets are provided to upgrade the VGA memory to 2MB by adding two EDO DRAMs. Each chip is 512KB DRAM. T wo chips must be installed to increase the VGA memory by 1MB. P2B-D2 VGA [...]

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ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 37 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 a[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Flash Memory W riter Utility AFLASH.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 motherboard. T o determine the BIOS version of your motherboard, check the last four numbers[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 39 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 configuration data (ESCD) parameter block from a new BIOS file. See[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 40 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 cre[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 41 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 d[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 42 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 sect[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 43 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), M[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 44 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 ch[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 45 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 design to r[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 46 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 ca[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features PS/2 Mouse Function Contr ol (Auto) The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on bootup. If detected, IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS/2 mouse is not detected. Enabled will always reserve IRQ12, whe[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 48 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 sets the[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 49 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. Leave on d[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 50 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 P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management Power Management Setup The “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 functio[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 52 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 [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 53 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 the com[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 54 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. Detai[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 55 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 disp[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 56 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- light[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 57 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 P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 58 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Hard Disk Detect IDE HDD Auto Detection The “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[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 59 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[...]

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ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 61 V . Support CD V . SOFTW ARE ASUS Support CD Support CD Contents At the time that this manual was printed, the support CD was in development. For information on the support software provided, please check the README files on the support CD.[...]

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ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 63 A. V ideo Driver First T ime Installation Installing V ideo drivers in W indows 95 (New Hardware Found) If you are installing the S3 Trio64 graphics device for W indows 95 for the first time, a New Hardwar e Found window will appear: 1. Click OK to use the default selection: Driver from disk pr ovided by hard- war e [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 64 A. V ideo Driver (Windows 95) A. V ideo Driver Install Windows 95 V ideo Driver Using Contr ol Panel 1. Start W indows 95, switch display to VGA mode, then restart. 2. Right-click your desktop and select Pr operties , and then click the Settings tab. 3. Select Change Display T ype . 4. Click Change . 5. Click Have D[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 65 A. V ideo Driver (Windows 95) A. Video Driver Windows 95 Display Settings Changing display settings T o enter the Display Pr operties at any time, right click your mouse on the desktop and select Pr operties or double click the Display icon in the Contr ol Panel . Click the appropriate T ab as follows: Change Refr es[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 66 A. V ideo Driver (Windows 95) A. V ideo Driver Adjust Performance Settings: Allows you to change your display settings, adjust screen resolution and color depth, virtual desktop, color palette and font size. Hotkey: Allows you to assign hotkeys in the "V alue" box to move your screen up, down, left, and ri[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 67 A. V ideo Driver (Windows NT 4.0) A. Video Driver Windows NT 4.0 V ideo Driver Installation 1. Boot W indows NT in standard VGA mode (recommended). 2. Run W indows NT Display program located in the Control Panel , under Set- tings in the Start menu. Alternatively , position the cursor on the background of the desktop[...]

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ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 69 B. NETWORK Features B. NETWORK INTERF ACE This motherboard features an optional 32-bit 10/100Mbps Ethernet network inter - face. This interface supports the bus mastering architecture and auto-negotiation feature, which makes it possible to use the common twisted-pair cabling with RJ45 connectors for both 10Mbps and [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 70 LED Connectors Link Indicator: This connects to an LED to monitor 10Base-T and 100Base-TX con- nections. The LED lights to indicate a successful network connection, and remains steady if the connection is stable. If this indicator is of f, the cable connection between the hub and the computer may be faulty or the dr[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 71 B. NETWORK DOS/Windows 3.1 B. NETWORK INTERF ACE DOS and Windows 3.1 Setup for Novell Automatic configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters and interfaces while boot- ing. The network interface’ s IRQ level and I/O memory address of this motherboard are automatically set by the BIOS eac[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 72 B. NETWORK DOS/Windows 3.1/NT B. NETWORK INTERF ACE T r oubleshooting If you can’ t connect to a server , first try the suggestions here, then turn to the T rouble- shooting section if necessary . • Make sure you’re using the drivers for this interface. The driver filename contains the letter B (for example, E[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 73 B. NETWORK Windows NT B. NETWORK INTERF ACE NOTE: If you are installing W indows NT 4.0 at this time, click the Start Search button when the network network interface or adapter installation window appears. This al- lows NT to autodetect the network interface or adapter . Y ou may then skip steps 1 - 4 below . 1. Dou[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 74 Windows 95 Automatic Configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters or interfaces while boot- ing. The network interface’ s IRQ level and I/O address of this motherbaord are auto- matically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer . Start your computer to automatically configure [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 75 B. NETWORK Duplex Mode B. NETWORK INTERF ACE Select Duplex Mode (optional) Duplexing is a performance option that lets you choose how the network interface or adapter sends and receives data packets over the network. This motherboard’ s network interface can operate at full duplex only when connected to a full dupl[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 76 NetW are server In AUTOEXEC.NCF , Load E100B.LAN and add the following statement (you must include the equal sign for servers): FORCEDUPLEX=2 SPEED=100 (or 10 if 10BASE-T) For more information, see the README file for NetW are servers. W indows NT While running W indows NT : 1. From the Control Panel, double-click t[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 77 B. NETWORK T roubleshooting B. NETWORK INTERF ACE T roubleshooting If the interface can’t connect to the network Make sure the cable is installed pr operly . The network cable must be securely attached at both RJ-45 connections (interface and hub). If the cable is attached but the problem persists, try a different [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 78 T esting the network interface or adapter T est the network interface or adapter by running Intel diagnostics. For DOS or W indows 3.1 computers, run Setup on the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk. For W indows NT and W indows 95 run Intel PROSet by double-clicking the Intel PROSet Icon in the Control Panel. Click[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 79 B. NETWORK Problems/Solutions B. NETWORK INTERF ACE The network interface or adapter stopped working when another network in- terface or adapter was added to the computer . • Make sure the cable is connected to the motherboard’ s network interface or RJ45 port. • Make sure your PCI BIOS is current. • Make sur[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 80 T echnical Information Fast Ethernet Wiring 100BASE-TX Specification: The 100BASE-TX specification supports 100 Mbps trans- mission over two pairs of category 5 twisted-pair Ethernet (TPE) wiring. One pair is for transmit operations and the other for receive operations. Segment lengths are lim- ited to 100 meters wi[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 81 B. NETWORK W ake On LAN B. NETWORK INTERF ACE Using W ake On LAN The W ake On LAN feature operates according to a published specification. In simple terms, the specification allows designers to build network adapters or interfaces that are capable of “listening to” network activity even when the computer is turne[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User ’ s Manual 82 B. NETWORK Pin Definitions/Glossary B. NETWORK INTERF ACE Glossary 100Base-TX IEEE’ s specification for running 100Mbps Ethernet using twisted-pair cables. 10Base-T IEEE’ s specification for running 10Mbps Ethernet using twisted-pair cables. 10Base2 IEEE’ s specification for running Ethernet using thick coaxia[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 83 C. SCSI SELECT Configuring SCSI C. 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. All Rights Res[...]

84 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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 SCSI devices in 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 [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 85 D. 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, as described in your host adapter document[...]

86 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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 screen, a[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 87 D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. EZ-SCSI UTILITY T roubleshooting If I am running under W indows95, do I need lines for the Adaptec real 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 most SC[...]

88 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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- scribes a [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 89 D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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 drives.[...]

90 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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 removable me[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 91 D. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI D. 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, <Esc>[...]

92 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual E. DMI Utility Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to [...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 93 E. 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) cursor to move between the left[...]

94 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual E. DMI Utility 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 drive a[...]

ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual 95 F . 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 motherboard, se[...]

96 ASUS P2B-D2 User’ s Manual F . 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 10BASE-T a[...]