English dropdown-ico

Asus P2B-N manual

1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
86
87
88
89
90
91
92
93
94
95
96
97
98
99
100
101
102
103
104
105
106
107
108
109
110
111
112
113
114
115
116
117
118
119
120

Go to page of

Similar user manuals

A good user manual

The rules should oblige the seller to give the purchaser an operating instrucion of Asus P2B-N, along with an item. The lack of an instruction or false information given to customer shall constitute grounds to apply for a complaint because of nonconformity of goods with the contract. In accordance with the law, a customer can receive an instruction in non-paper form; lately graphic and electronic forms of the manuals, as well as instructional videos have been majorly used. A necessary precondition for this is the unmistakable, legible character of an instruction.

What is an instruction?

The term originates from the Latin word „instructio”, which means organizing. Therefore, in an instruction of Asus P2B-N one could find a process description. An instruction's purpose is to teach, to ease the start-up and an item's use or performance of certain activities. An instruction is a compilation of information about an item/a service, it is a clue.

Unfortunately, only a few customers devote their time to read an instruction of Asus P2B-N. A good user manual introduces us to a number of additional functionalities of the purchased item, and also helps us to avoid the formation of most of the defects.

What should a perfect user manual contain?

First and foremost, an user manual of Asus P2B-N should contain:
- informations concerning technical data of Asus P2B-N
- name of the manufacturer and a year of construction of the Asus P2B-N item
- rules of operation, control and maintenance of the Asus P2B-N item
- safety signs and mark certificates which confirm compatibility with appropriate standards

Why don't we read the manuals?

Usually it results from the lack of time and certainty about functionalities of purchased items. Unfortunately, networking and start-up of Asus P2B-N alone are not enough. An instruction contains a number of clues concerning respective functionalities, safety rules, maintenance methods (what means should be used), eventual defects of Asus P2B-N, and methods of problem resolution. Eventually, when one still can't find the answer to his problems, he will be directed to the Asus service. Lately animated manuals and instructional videos are quite popular among customers. These kinds of user manuals are effective; they assure that a customer will familiarize himself with the whole material, and won't skip complicated, technical information of Asus P2B-N.

Why one should read the manuals?

It is mostly in the manuals where we will find the details concerning construction and possibility of the Asus P2B-N item, and its use of respective accessory, as well as information concerning all the functions and facilities.

After a successful purchase of an item one should find a moment and get to know with every part of an instruction. Currently the manuals are carefully prearranged and translated, so they could be fully understood by its users. The manuals will serve as an informational aid.

Table of contents for the manual

  • Page 1

    ® P2B-N Pentium ® III / Pentium ® II / Celeron™ NLX Motherboard USER’S MANUAL[...]

  • Page 2

    2 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2B-N Manual Revision: 1.04 E407 Release Date: July 1999 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 docu[...]

  • Page 3

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) 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 T el (English): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 706 T el (Chinese): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 1 1 1 Fax: +886[...]

  • Page 4

    4 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Or ganized .................................................. 7 1.2 Item Checklist ............................................................................. 7 1.2.1 Motherboard ...........[...]

  • Page 5

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS 4. BIOS SETUP .................................................................................... 42 4.1 Managing and Updating Y our BIOS ......................................... 42 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ......................... 42 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) .[...]

  • Page 6

    6 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 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 unde[...]

  • Page 7

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 7 1. INTRODUCTION 1. INTRODUCTION Manual / Checklist 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: 1. Introduction Manual information and checklist 2. Features Information and specifications concerning this product 3. Hardwar e Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard and ju[...]

  • Page 8

    8 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 2.1 The ASUS P2B-N Motherboard The ASUS P2B-N is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad- vanced features processed by the fastest CPU. 2.1.1 Specifications • NLX: Features ASUS’ custom designed NLX form factor . • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium ® III (450MHz and faster), Pentium ® II (23 [...]

  • Page 9

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 9 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES Specifications • Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium ® III / II processor pack- aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2/SECC) or a Celeron TM proces- sor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP). • W ake-On-LAN Connector: Supports W ake-On-LAN activity throu[...]

  • Page 10

    10 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 2. FEA TURES Specifications 2. FEA TURES ter busses to the memory and processor . • Double the IDE T ransfer Speed: ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. • SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the [...]

  • Page 11

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 11 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 2.2 ASUS P2B-N Parts *Optional at the time of purchase A TI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X/Rage IIC VGA Chipset* Keyboard BIOS, Multi-I/O T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T : Parallel Conn. B: Serial Conn. COM 2 Programmable Flash EEPROM Intel 440BX AGPset Intel PIIX4E PCIset 2 DIMM Sock[...]

  • Page 12

    12 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.1 Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout 3. H/W SETUP (Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase.) PCI Audio RJ-45 PS/2 Parallel Port Connector COM 1 COM 2 Joystick/MIDI CPU Slot 1 Intel 440BX AGPset Intel PIIX4E Chipset A TI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X/ Rage IIC VGA Chipset ASUS ASIC Keyboard BIOS, [...]

  • Page 13

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 13 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 1) VIO p. 18 V oltage Input/Output Selection 2) LANDIS_EN p. 18 LAN Setting (Enable/Disable) 3) AUDIS_EN p. 19 Audio Setting (Enable/Disable) 4) KB_W AKE p. 19 Keyboard W ake Up (Enable/Disable) 5) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 20 CPU External Clock (Bus) Frequency Selection 6) BF0, BF1, BF2[...]

  • Page 14

    14 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.2 Riser Cards 3.2.1 NLX-R Riser Card 3.2.2 B9-N Riser Card 3.2.3 Y eong-Y ang Riser Card Riser Card Layouts 3. H/W SETUP PCI3 PCI2 PCI1 ISA NLX_EXT NLX_SLOT IDEB IR LED_CTRL ® B9-N WAKEUP JP-2K IDEA FLOPPY CHASS_DET USB1 B9-N Riser Card Front HEAD_SPK A TXPWR B9-N Riser Card Back FLOPPY PCI2 PCI1 [...]

  • Page 15

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 15 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Riser Card Contents 3. H/W SETUP Riser Card Expansion Slots 1) ISA (NLX-R) p. 30 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots* ISA (B9-N) 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots SLOT1/1A (Y eong-Y ang) 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 2) PCI1, PCI2 (NLX-R) p. 30 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots PCI1, PCI2, PCI3 (B9-N) 32-bit [...]

  • Page 16

    16 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual (This page was intentionally left blank.) 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP[...]

  • Page 17

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 17 3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Check Motherboard Settings 2. Install Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Panel W ires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BIOS Softwar e 3.4 Moth[...]

  • Page 18

    18 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3. H/W SETUP 1) +3V V oltage Selection (VIO) This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM, chipset, AGP , and the CPU’ s I/O buffer . IMPORT ANT! Setting this jumper to High V olt (3.5V) may cause your system to become unstable. It is strongly recommended t[...]

  • Page 19

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 19 3) Audio Setting (AUDIS_EN) The onboard 32-bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this jumper . P2B-N Onboard Audio Setting R Enable (Default) 321 AUDIS_EN 321 AUDIS_EN Disable 4) Keyboard W ake Up (KB_W AKE) This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function. Set this jumper to Enable if you [...]

  • Page 20

    20 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual Motherboard Settings 3. H/W SETUP 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 5) CPU Bus Fr equency Selector (FS0, FS1, FS2) This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, DRAM, and AGPset. This allows the selection of the CPU’ s External frequency (or BUS Clock ). The Bu s Clock multiplied by the Bu s Multiple equa[...]

  • Page 21

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 21 W ARNING! Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the onboard Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable. 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3. H/W SETUP Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor a s follows: (CPU Bus Freq.) (Freq. Multiple) Intel CPU Model Fr eq. Mult. Bus Fre[...]

  • Page 22

    22 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 3. H/W SETUP (This page was intentionally left blank.)[...]

  • Page 23

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 23 3. H/W SETUP System Memory 3.5 System Memory (DIMM) NOTE: No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory . This motherboard uses o nly Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac- cess Memory (SDRAM). One side (wit[...]

  • Page 24

    24 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual System Memory 3. H/W SETUP 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.5.2 DIMM Memory Installation Insert the module(s) as shown. Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation shown. DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides. SDRAM DIMMs have different pin[...]

  • Page 25

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 25 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU 3. H/W SETUP 3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) NOTE: The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only . The ap- pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be dif ferent from the following examples. Y our motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium ® III processor [...]

  • Page 26

    26 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU 3. H/W SETUP 2. Attach the Heatsink NOTE: If provided, you should follow the heatsink attachment instructions that came with your heatsink or processor . The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink. The URM is now ready for the installation[...]

  • Page 27

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 27 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU 3. H/W SETUP 3 . Insert the SEC C2/SECC/SEPP SECC with Pentium ® II only: Push the SECC’ s two locks inward until you hear a click (the picture i n step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below). W ith the heatsink facing the motherboard’ s chipset, push the[...]

  • Page 28

    28 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU 3. H/W SETUP 3.6.4 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions (only with optional hardware monitor) 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 Penti[...]

  • Page 29

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 29 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU 3. H/W SETUP 3.6.5 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three-pin fans, such as the ASUS Smart Fan, that can be connected to the motherboard’ s CPU fan connector . These heatsinks dissipate heat more ef ficiently and wit[...]

  • Page 30

    3.7 Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard- ware or software settings for your expansion card, such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer system’ s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. Keep the bracket for possible future use. 3.[...]

  • Page 31

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 31 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 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 availa[...]

  • Page 32

    32 ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 3.8 External Connectors IMPORT ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors. Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to the power connec- tor on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives.[...]

  • Page 33

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 33 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 3) PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin PS2KBMS) The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is detected. If not de- tected, expansion cards can use IRQ12. See PS/2 Mouse Contr ol in 4.4 BIOS Features Setup . PS/2 Mouse (6-pin female) PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin female) 4) PS/2 Keyb[...]

  • Page 34

    34 ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 7) Monitor Connector (15-pin VGA) This connector is for displaying on a standard VGA-compatible device. VGA Monitor (15-pin female) 8) Joystick/MIDI Connector (15-pin GAME) This connector is for a standard joystick or MIDI device. Joystick/Midi (15-pin female) 3.8.2 Midboard [...]

  • Page 35

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 35 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 2) CD-ROM Connector (50-3 pin CDROM) This is a proprietary CD-ROM connector which requires a converter in order to attach to a slim CD-ROM. P2B-N CD-ROM Drive Connector R 50 49 1 2 3) V oice Modem In Connector (4-pin MODEM) This connector allows the onboard audio to interface [...]

  • Page 36

    36 ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 4) A TI Multimedia Channel Connector (40-3 pin AMC) This connector is used for A TI video accessories such as video capture cards or television tuners. P2B-N A TI Multimedia Channel Connector R 12 40 39 5) Audio Connectors (10-1 pin JACK_CON) These connectors are provided for[...]

  • Page 37

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 37 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 2) LAN Activity Connectors (2-pin LAN_LED & 3-pin WOL_CON) These connectors support L ocal A rea N etwork (LAN) cards, such as the ASUS PCI-L101 (see 7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ) with output signals for data transfer activity . The LAN_LED connector allows the front p[...]

  • Page 38

    38 ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 4) Front Panel Micr ophone Connector (2-pin MIC-CON) This connector is used to connect the front panel microphone jack to the moth- erboard through a ribbon cable. Front Panel Microphone Jack The front panel’s 1/8” microphone jack connects to the riser card through a ribb[...]

  • Page 39

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 39 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 6) IDE Connectors (40-1 pins) This connector supports the provided IDE hard disk drive ribbon cable. After connecting one end to the riser card, connect the other end to a hard disk drive. The primary IDE channel supports both a master and a slave IDE device, but some system h[...]

  • Page 40

    40 ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 8) USB Ports (T wo 4-pin Female Sockets) & Module Connector (5-1 pin USB) If you have the NLX-R or B9-N risers, two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB devices. If you have the Y eong-Y ang riser , a 5- pin block is available for connecting a[...]

  • Page 41

    3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.9 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. 4. Connect the power cor[...]

  • Page 42

    4. BIOS SETUP 4.1 Managing and Updating Y our BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory W riter utility (AFLASH.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later . AFLASH.EXE is a Flash Memory W riter utility that updat[...]

  • Page 43

    4. BIOS SETUP Flash Memory Writer 5. Select 1. Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press <Enter>. The Save Current BIOS T o File screen appears. 6. T ype a filename and the path, for example, A:XXX-XX.XXX and then press <Enter>. 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from[...]

  • Page 44

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 44 4. BIOS SETUP 6. When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 7. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. The boot block will be updated automatically only when necessary . This will mini- mize the chance of a failed updating. When the programming is finished,[...]

  • Page 45

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 45 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 detail in this section. A[...]

  • Page 46

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 46 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 at the [...]

  • Page 47

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 47 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS Standard CMOS Ti me 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), Minute: (00[...]

  • Page 48

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 48 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 your h[...]

  • Page 49

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 49 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS BIOS Features 4.4 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 remain [...]

  • Page 50

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 50 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS BIOS Features Processor Serial Number (Disabled) The Processor Serial Number is a unique electronic number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Internet. Set this field to Enabled when you need increased security for doing business online [...]

  • Page 51

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 51 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS BIOS Features HDD S.M.A.R.T . capability (Disabled) This allows the enabling or disabling of the S.M.A.R.T . (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor- ing technology . This feature is normally disabled because system resources use[...]

  • Page 52

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 52 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS Chipset Features 4.5 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 optima[...]

  • Page 53

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 53 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS Chipset Features 16-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK) / 8-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK) T iming for 16-bit and 8-bit ISA cards, respectively . Leave on default setting. Graphics Apertur e Size (64MB) Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. Leave on default sett[...]

  • Page 54

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 54 4. BIOS SETUP 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 Serial P[...]

  • Page 55

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 55 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS Power Management 4.6 Power Management Setup The “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns off 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 headi[...]

  • Page 56

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 56 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 control [...]

  • Page 57

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 57 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 com- puter is Soft-off. NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and[...]

  • Page 58

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 58 4. BIOS SETUP Plug & Play / PCI 4. BIOS 4.7 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. Details of P[...]

  • Page 59

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 59 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 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 displayed DMA [...]

  • Page 60

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 60 4. BIOS SETUP Load Defaults 4. BIOS 4.8 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 “Loa[...]

  • Page 61

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 61 4. BIOS SETUP 4.10 Supervisor 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 without any[...]

  • Page 62

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 62 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS Hard Disk Detect 4.1 1 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 acce[...]

  • Page 63

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 63 4. BIOS SETUP 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 [...]

  • Page 64

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 64 4. BIOS SETUP (This page was intentionally left blank.) 4. BIOS[...]

  • Page 65

    5.1 Support CD Main Menu (Windows 98) Inserting the support CD brings up a selection menu described as follows: ( NOTE: CD version and contents are constantly modified without notice.) ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 65 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 Navigation Button Descriptions Motherboard Info displays information on your motherboard, B[...]

  • Page 66

    66 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.2.1 Installation Submenu LDCM Brings up a menu to install software for monitoring the local system and/or PC systems on the network within the same bridge address. ( NOTE: W ill not run with ASUS PC Probe installed.) ASUS PC Probe I nstalls a simple software to monitor your [...]

  • Page 67

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 67 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.2.2 DOS Utility Submenu ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Gives information on using the DMI configuration utility . This utility is located in the DMI folder under the root directory of the support CD. Flash BIOS Utility DOS V ersion Provides information on the Flash BIOS uti[...]

  • Page 68

    68 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 V . S/W SETUP Contents 5.3 LDCM Local Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is installed. [...]

  • Page 69

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 69 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (7) Click here. (8) Click here. (9) Click here. (10) Click here . (1 1) Click here. (12) Clic k her e. (13) Click her e and then click Finish to restart.[...]

  • Page 70

    70 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.4 LDCM Administrator Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is installed. T o uninstall a[...]

  • Page 71

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 71 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.5 ASUS PC Probe Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in- stalled. T o uninstall [...]

  • Page 72

    72 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.6 ASUS LiveUpdate Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here. (6) Click here.[...]

  • Page 73

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 73 SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.6 Driver 5.6.1 Network Driver Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (3) Click here. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Enter Windows CD [...]

  • Page 74

    74 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.6.2 VGA Driver Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (3) Click here. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (4) Click her e to begin the installation wizard. [...]

  • Page 75

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 75 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.6.3 Audio Driver Setup Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (4) Click here. ( 5 ) Click her e and then clic[...]

  • Page 76

    76 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.7 Other 5.7.1 ESS Audio Utilities Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here.[...]

  • Page 77

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 77 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.7.2 ESS Software W ave T able Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (8) Click here. (4) Click here.[...]

  • Page 78

    78 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 5.8 Uninstalling Programs Add/Remove Programs is a basic component within W indows. Y ou may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program. (1) Double-click her e to open the Add/Remove Programs Properties dialog box. (2) Select the pr ogram yo[...]

  • Page 79

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 79 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes 5.9 DOS and W indows 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 each [...]

  • Page 80

    80 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes 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, E100BODI.COM).[...]

  • Page 81

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 81 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes 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. Doubl[...]

  • Page 82

    82 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes 5.1 1 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 . S[...]

  • Page 83

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 83 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes 5.12 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 du[...]

  • Page 84

    84 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5. S/W SETUP Other OSes NetW are server In AUT OEXEC.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. Windows NT While running W indows NT : 1[...]

  • Page 85

    6. S/W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 85 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.1 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your com- puter system’ s vital components, such as fan rotations, voltages, and tem- peratures. It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer , su[...]

  • Page 86

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 86 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored. T emperatur e Monitor Shows the PC’ s temperature. T emperature Warning threshold adjustment (Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease [...]

  • Page 87

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 87 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Information Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC’ s tem- perature, fan rotation, and voltages. History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date, time, and tar get history [...]

  • Page 88

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 88 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC. DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC, such as CPU type, CPU speed, and in- ternal/external frequencies, and memory size. Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules. T o run a program, click Execute Program . [...]

  • Page 89

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 89 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.1.3 ASUS PC Probe T ask Bar Icon Right clicking the P C Probe icon will bring up a menu to open o r exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys- tem monitoring. When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem wi th your PC, portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red, the PC speaker beeps, an[...]

  • Page 90

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 90 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe (This page was intentionally left blank)[...]

  • Page 91

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 91 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2 Audio Rack32 The Audio Rack 32 enables you to take advantage of your computer ’ s audio capa- bilities with all of the controls conveniently in one compact space. Y ou can play audio CDs, wave files (in W A V and .AUD formats), and MIDI files (in.MID and .RMI formats). W ith the multisourc[...]

  • Page 92

    92 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.1 The Command Center The Command Center controls which parts of the Audio Rack 32 are displayed. Y ou can display or hide any part of the Audio Rack 32 you choose, customizing its ap- pearance to suit your needs or desires. It also displays information on the status of the different audio com[...]

  • Page 93

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 93 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.3 The Miniature Mode The Miniature mode is designed to give you full control of the Audio Rack 32 while using a minimum of space. Y ou are able to effectively use the Audio Rack 32 and still have enough room on your desktop to run other applications. In the Miniature mode, you can play , pau[...]

  • Page 94

    94 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.4 The Audio Mixer The Audio Mixer has two modes: Playback mode and Record mode. Y ou can use these two modes to fully control which of your audio sources you are listening to or recording, how loud each of those sources are and how they are balanced. Each audio source has its own module with [...]

  • Page 95

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 95 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.5 The Digital Audio Player The Digital Audio Player enables you to play , record, and compress sound as .W A V files. In addition, you can play .AUD files. The .W A V files use PCM, which is the W indows‘ audio file format. The.AUD format uses ESPCM‘ compression to pro- duce an audio fil[...]

  • Page 96

    96 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.6 The MIDI Player The MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files with the .MID or .RMI file exten- sions. These MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files can be produced by sequencer programs and then played back using the MIDI Player . Y ou can also mix MIDI files with other audio so[...]

  • Page 97

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 97 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.7 The Compact Disk Player If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can play audio CDs. Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers. The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management: The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD you play . It rememb[...]

  • Page 98

    98 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.8 The Audio Recorder The Audio Recorder enables you to record, compress, store, and play back voice, music, and other sound. It provides settings for sound attributes such as mono/ste- reo, compression level, and sampling rate. Y ou can use it to embed sound objects in documents created in ap[...]

  • Page 99

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 99 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.2.9 Release Notes This information is provided for convenience only . Information here is subject to change without prior notice. V iew the installation CD for any updated information in Readme text files. The AudioRack also provides detailed online help (click the Help button on the “Comman[...]

  • Page 100

    100 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.3 Display Settings for Windows 95/98 T o change resolution, color , and other display properties, either right-click the W in- dows 95/98 desktop and then choose Properties , double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel, or right-click the A TI icon in the system tray . [...]

  • Page 101

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 101 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.3.3 Color This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red, Green, and Blue. Y ou can save your settings by clicking Save As and typing in a file name. This allows you to recall previously saved settings. Click Defaults to restore all settings to their defau[...]

  • Page 102

    102 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.4 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 6.4.1 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 informat[...]

  • Page 103

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 103 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6.4.3 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 be[...]

  • Page 104

    104 ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 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 [...]

  • Page 105

    7. APPENDIX 7.1 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, set the jumper to “Other .” Connect t[...]

  • Page 106

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 106 7. APPENDIX 7.1.1 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 an[...]

  • Page 107

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 107 7. APPENDIX 7.2 S370 Series CPU Cards The optional ASUS S370 Serie s CPU Cards allow Slot 1 motherboards to accept socket 370 processors. The ASUS S370 Series CPU Cards give Slot 1 motherboard owners an inexpensive way to upgrade their Pentium II computers using lower costing socket 370 processors. Since socket 370 p[...]

  • Page 108

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 108 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX S370 Series CPU Cards W ARNING! Exceeding your socket 370 processor ’ s required voltage can dam- age your processor permanently! Make sure that the jumpers are as shown for “CPU Def.” unless otherwise specified before powering ON your motherboard. 7.2.1 Using the ASUS S370 Series CPU Car[...]

  • Page 109

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 109 7. APPENDIX 7.3 Network Controller 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 100Mbps[...]

  • Page 110

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 110 7. APPENDIX 7.3.3 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 off, the cable connection between the hub and the computer may be f[...]

  • Page 111

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 111 7. APPENDIX 7.3.7 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 dif ferent cable. The maxi- mum allowable [...]

  • Page 112

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 112 7. APPENDIX 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 Pa[...]

  • Page 113

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 113 7. APPENDIX 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 sure the other network interface or adapter[...]

  • Page 114

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 114 7. APPENDIX (This page was intentionally left blank.) 7. APPENDIX Network Interface[...]

  • Page 115

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 115 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary 7.4 Glossary AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) An interface specification that enables high-performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs. AGP of fers a higher throughput than PCI by providing the graphics controller with direct access to system memory . Bus Bus Fr equency Bus S[...]

  • Page 116

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 116 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary Byte (Binary T erm) One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits. A byte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character , punctuation mark, or other symbol. COM Port COM is a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports. Point- ing devices, modem[...]

  • Page 117

    ASUS P2B-N User’ s Manual 117 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD), which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP/MT (P55C) and Pentium II (Klamath) CPU as well as other x86-compatible microprocessors. The MMX in- structions are designed t[...]

  • Page 118

    ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual 118 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary UltraDMA/33 UltraDMA/33 is a new specification to improve IDE transfer rates. Unlike tradi- tional PIO mode, which only uses the rising edge of IDE command signal to transfer data, the DMA/33 uses both rising edge and falling edge. Hence, the data transfer rate is double of[...]

  • Page 119

    OTHER ASUS PRODUCTS ® Goes Mobile! Goes Mobile! Goes Mobile! Goes Mobile! Goes Mobile! F7400 Series Professional Notebook PC 14.1” TFT Color Display 300/333/366/400+MHz Built-in DVD/MPEG2 Decoder L7300/7200 Series All-in-One Compact Notebook PC 13.3” or 12.1” TFT Color Display 300/333/366/400+MHz M8300/8200 Series Thin & Light Convertibl[...]

  • Page 120

    OTHER ASUS PRODUCTS ® Ultra-Fast CD-ROM Drive Interface T ype: A T API/Enhanced IDE supporting PIO mode 4, multi- word DMA mode 2, UltraDMA/33 Disc Formats: Audio CD, CD-ROM (mode 1 & mode 2), Mixed mode, CD-ROM/XA (mode 2, form 1 & form 2), V ideo CD, CD-I, Photo CD (single & multi-session), Karaoke CD, CD Extra, I-T rax, CD-R, CD-R W[...]