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1. 1 From the Control Panel double click the Intel PROSet icon 2 PROSet examines your system and displays the Adapter Setup window Windows 95 While running Windows 95 1 From the Control Panel double click the Intel PROSet icon 2 PROSet examines your system and displays the Adapter Setup window If you have multiple adapters click the adapter you are configuring you can identify it by its Ethernet address Each adapter must be configured separately 3 From the window that appears click Change 4 From the Adapter Setup window click the menu for Network Speed 5 Click 100 or 10 Mbps depending on hub speed 6 Click the menu for Duplex Mode 7 Click Full 8 Click OK when finished Sg Click OK to restart Windows 95 Other operating systems See the Adapter Installation and Special Configurations README file Push Instal lation for Windows 95 If you are a LAN Administrator setting up server based push installation of Windows 95 as defined in Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit additional steps are required for this network interface or adapter 70 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE Troubleshooting If the interface cant connect to the network Make sure the cable is installed properly 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 cable The maxi mum allowable
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3. Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it P2B L S LS SB LINK Connector ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 31 Il INSTALLATION 21 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This lead can be used as an open chassis monitor A high level signal to the CHASSIS lead will indicate to the system that the chassis has been opened This function 1s available with the hardware monitor installed CHASSIS E 0 O eee 5VSB O GND Ol E P2B L S LS Chassis Open Alarm Lead 22 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the this connector Connectors NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only with a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there 1s no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Power Supply Fan Power CPU Fan Power Chassis Fa
4. Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial print ers must be connected to the serial port P2B L S LS Parallel Port 25 pin Female ol M ii 1 OZ E 4 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin Male The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Connectors COM 1 COM 2 P2B L S LS Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 RJ 45 Connector 8 pin Female This connector can be used to connect the onboard 32 bit 10 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN Controller optional to a host or a hub P2B L S LS RuJ 45 Port ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 27 Il INSTALLATION 6 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices USB 2 P2B L S LS Universal Serial Bus USB 7 LAN Condition Connector 6 pin A optional reserved This connector supports the optional network condition connector module This module mounts to system cases that support this feature Link LED Connector Activity LED Connector Speed LED Connector P2B L S LS Network Condition LED Connectors 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the flopp
5. device This 8 pin serial EEPROM device stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 46 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing 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 default setting Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must leave this on the default setting of UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your sys tem may not boot PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Leave Enabled default setting for PCI 2 1 compliancy Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to
6. ing Intel s PC PCI technology to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Motherboard FastSCSI Connector Ultra Wide SCSI 7 4 DIMM Sockets ita SCSI Connector 7 Intel 440BX AGPset SEC CPU Slot T PS 2 Mouse AN B PS 2 Keyboard a T USB Port 1 E B USB Port2 COM1 Bottom Parallel Top Serial Bottom Erin COM2 Bottom Adaptec AIC 7890 Ultra2 amp Ultra Fast Wide SCSI Chipset optional Accelerated Graphics Port 4PCI Slots Multi I 0 Hardware Monitor 2 ISA Slots Intel PIIX4E Programmable PClset 2MbitFlash ROM ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 10 ll INSTALLATION ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Motherboard Layout Power Supply Fan ii Tropu T CPU_FAN PS 2 Mouse top port Keyboard bottom port USB 1 top port USB 2 bottom port USB o e KBPWR BUS Freq Intel 440BX AGPset ATX Power Connector Single Edge Contact CPU Slot DIMM Socket 0 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module FLOPPY LAN Act
7. 11 7 Board Layout 2 12 II INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard Install System Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software SS a a 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See motherboard layout for locations of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respectively A 1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins The jumpers will also be shown graphi cally such as BE to connect pins 1 amp 2 and CEE to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as EE for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Set tings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagrammed WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static
8. 4 ___ Heatsink support Heatsink suppor J base 7 base post 6 Connect the Heat Sensor Cable to TRCPU optional If you purchased the specially designed fan and thermal monitor heatsink you can connect the heat sensor cable to the motherboard s CPU heat sensor connector TRCPU P2B L S LS CPU Thermal Sensor 22 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION The heatsinks shown in this manual are for reference purposes only The recom mended heatsinks for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the CPU fan connector on motherboard These heatsinks have the added benefits of proper heat dissipation and with the hardware monitor the ability to monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function through the included LANDesk Client Manager LDCM software AAVID Heatsink The procedures for installing the AAVID heatsink with fan is similar as that for the heatsink without a fan You will not however be able to use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will however still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan 6 i Elan Vital Heatsink n a Ea E The procedures for installing the Elan Vital heatsink with fan is also similar to the steps for installing the heatsink without a fan The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge Mount the hea
9. BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software Support Software ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD DMI Utility BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface Network Interface Information on the built in LAN controller optional VIII Adaptec SCSI Select Adaptec SCSI Select utility optional IX Adaptec EZ SCSI Adaptec EZ SCSI utility optional Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Oooo NNNNANAARAR 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Retention mechanism amp heatsink support for CPU and heatsink 2 Attach mount bridges 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Spare jumpers 1 Support drivers and utilities 1 User s Manual 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI cable with terminator optional 68 pin Fast amp Wide SCSI cable optional 50 pin Fast SCSI cable optional Network condition connector module optional ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 7 Features The ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS motherboards are carefully designed for the de manding PC user who wants many advanced features processed by the fastest CPU e Multi Speed ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il FEATURES e Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity with the optional network interface e B Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us
10. Devices Single Ended Devices Adaptec AIC 7890AB Chipset CD ROM Scanner Tape Ultra2 SCSI Connector P2B L S LS Mixed Ultra2 and Single Ended Device Configuration Ultra2 SCSI uses the same connectors and cables as UltraSCSI so upgrading is easy and cost effective 30 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 12 IrDA Compliant infrared module connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View IRTX 5V GND NC IRRX E For the infrared feature to be available you must connect the optional Infrared P2B L S LS Infrared Module Connector IrDA module to the motherboard Connectors 13 SB LINK Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK Using Intel s PC PCI technology this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 com patibility to AWE64D Digital or compatible PCI audio cards enabling users to play Real mode DOS games and multimedia applications SBLINK 2 1 DGND PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal PC PCI Request Sideband Signal Serial IRQ DGND 6 5 NOTE
11. Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See IrDA compliant infrared module connector under section III Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This field autodetects Ultra DMA capability for improved transfer speeds and data in tegrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability IDE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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
12. 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 duplex 10BASE T LOOBASE TX switching hub or another full duplex network interface or adapter To summarize e Auto requires a full duplex network interface or adapter or switching hub with auto negotiation capability The network interface or adapter negotiates with the hub to send and receive packets at the highest rate This is the default setting If the hub does not provide auto negotiation the network interface or adapter runs at half duplex Full duplex requires a full duplex switching hub or network interface or adapter The network interface or adapter can send and receive packets at the same time This mode can increase network interface or adapter performance ca pability If the full duplex hub provides auto negotiation the network interface or adapter runs at full duplex If the full duplex hub does not provide auto negotia tion you need to set the network interface or adapter duplex mode manually see following paragraphs e Half duplex The network interface or adapter performs one operation at a time it either sends or receives NOTE If your hub is running at 100 Mbps and half duplex your potential bandwidth is higher than if you run at 10 Mbps and full duplex
13. Mouse Connector 6 pin female 3 PRINTER p 27 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COMI1 COM2 p 27 Serial Port COM1 COM2 two 9 pin male 5 RJ 45 p 27 RJ 45 Connector 8 pin female 6 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 two 4 pin female 7 A p 28 LAN Condition Connector 6 pins 8 FLOPPY p 28 Floppy Drive Connector 34 1 pins 9 Primary Secondary IDE p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pins 10 IDELED SCSILED p 29 IDE SCSI LED Activity Light two 2 pins 11 SCSE SO SCSI 68 ULTRA2 68 p 30 Ultra Fast 50 Wide 68 Ultra2 68 SCSI Connectors 12 IR p 31 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 13 SBLINK p 31 SB LINK Connector 6 1 pins 14 TB LED PANEL p 32 Message LED Lead 2 pins 15 SMI PANEL p 32 SMI Suspend Switch Lead 2 pins 16 PWR PANEL p 32 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pins 17 RESET PANEL p 32 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 18 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 System Power LED 3 pins 19 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 20 SPEAKER PANEL p 32 Speaker Connector 4 pins 21 CHASSIS p 33 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 1 pins 22 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 33 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pins 23 ATXPWR p 34 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address otherwise conflicts will occur ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual
14. Try reconnecting the cable to the RJ45 port first e The network driver files may be corrupt or deleted Delete and then reinstall the drivers e Try another motherboard of the same model e Run the diagnostics The Wake On LAN feature is not working e Make sure the WOL cable is attached and power is applied to the computer e Check the BIOS for its WOL setting Some computers may need to be configured to WOL e Make sure the network cable is fully attached to the network interface or adapter Link LED does not light when power is connected e Make sure WOL cable is attached and power is applied to computer e Make sure network cable is attached at both ends ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 73 ny 3 9 3 74 VII NETWORK INTERFACE Technical 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 with 100BASE TX for signal timing reasons This complies with the EIA 568 wiring standard Fast Ethernet Hubs and Switches The two basic types of hubs are shared hubs and switching hubs This motherboard s network interface can be used with either type of hub for 10 Mbps At 100 Mbps a TX hub or switch is required Shared hubs In a shared network environment
15. chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than traditional EDO Extended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e 8 chips side modules do not support ECC only 9 chips side modules support ECC e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB and double sided DIMMs come in 32 64 128 256MB sizes ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual System Menory 2 17 III INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density P2B L S LS 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V II IL IL DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O ff Ti RFU Unbuffered 5 0V Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock si
16. distance from network interface or adapter or interface to hub is 100 meters If you re directly connecting two computers no hub use a crossover cable Most hubs require a straight through cable while most switches require a crossover cable see your hub or switch documentation to verify Check the LED lights on the network interface or adapter The optional network condition connector module has three diagnostic LEDs These lights help indicate if there s a problem with the connector cable or hub The table below describes the LEDs LED Indication Meaning LNK On The interface and hub have acknowledged a connection the link between the hub and interface 1s good Off The cable connection between the hub and interface 1s faulty or you have a driver configuration problem ACT Onor flashing The interface is sending or receiving network data The freq uency of the flashes varies with the amount of network traffic Off The interface is not sending or receiving network data SPD On Network connection operating at 100 Mbps Off Network connection operating at 10 Mbps Make sure you re using the correct drivers Make sure you re using the drivers that come with your motherboard The driver filename contains the letter B for example E100BODI DOS Make sure the hub port and the network interface or adapter have the same duplex setting If you configured the network interface for full duplex make sure the hub port is also c
17. iguratiom Utility E ST rE TR Boe n T rhb g sam Dis abe ee Bol ca oll Sie Be amp E E LEdIt BAI Zive FO ILomd Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the TL up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that have been modified by the user ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 61 VI DMI Utility Save MIFD SLUESTek BH Goel igu
18. modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers to powering off the system through a momentary button switch ATX switch or through the software as opposed to disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft Off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode No Function disables the ATX switch function when the button is pressed under 4 seconds Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer turns the ATX power supply on when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft off NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli cations are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa tion string that will also cause the system to power on AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrup
19. refresh upon key entries Set to gnore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items are out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 51 y amp D i g N pe Q 52 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup The PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA 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 PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ to Slot 4 5 LEFT IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used
20. same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 Type Start End Megs DOS 0 84 85 Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BETA Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders 512 bytes sector 85 megabytes 2AEEFh blocks lt ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit 6 Press Esc to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition window If you want to partition a different disk device select the device from the list and repeat the earlier steps 7 To quit afdisk press Esc and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit 6 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 87 88 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual
21. the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com puter running DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x NOTE The Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting section on page 6 de scribes a few situations when you may need to use the DOS Windows3 1x driv ers and ASPI managers under Windows95 or WindowsNT DOS and Windowss3 1x Device Drivers Device drivers are software programs that enable your computer to communicate with SCSI devices such as hard disk drives CDROM drives and scanners Each kind of device requires a different device driver Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS Windows3 1x device drivers that are copied to your hard disk during installa tion Adaptec EZSCSI adds command lines to your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers your host adapter and your SCSI devices to communicate with each other ASPI
22. track and cylinders equal to the number of MB of available capacity Disks larger than 1 Gigabyte have 255 heads 63sectors per track and one cylinder per 8 MB of available capacity ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 85 2 T gt gt x lt IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 3 To create a new partition on the disk device press Ins A screen similar to this appears Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 Type Start End Megs Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BET Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders Create a DOS Partition 512 bytes sector Start Cylinder O 85 megabytes End Cylinder 84 2AEEFh blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit The Create a DOS Partition window suggests that you create one partition on the disk device equal to its entire capacity If this 1s what you want to do skip to step 5 4 To change the size of the partition use the arrow keys to select Start Cylinder and End Cylinder and type in the numbers you want Partitions up to 2Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press Esc When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press Enter to create the partition To create more partitions on the
23. type 1 at the Main Menu and Ii then press lt Enter gt The Save t ahi T ta watts Current BIOS To File screen Jam ae aad appears Type a filename and jinn the path for example A XXXXX X and then press lt Enter gt Saue Carrent BIDS To File 1 44M 1 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 the next page for procedures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS A EK teak ance aod woe type 2 at the Main Menu aah Manor ATMEL ATZ9CH1EA and then press lt Enter gt The hipan and Model 1440EH P2E iai BIOS Reviaion 1BBE 4 Fl Pai Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example AN XXXXX AWD and then press lt Enter gt Hosa for HEH BIDS IGBZEH 656 When prompted to confirm Update BIOS Iecladieg Boot Block and ESCD the BIOS update press Y to ake start the update The utility starts to program Update BIDS Inctading Hoot Block and ESCD the new BIOS information C a into the flash ROM When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 1 IJABEX P2E H 61 IJ4BEH PZE H 0S Eailt Follow the onscreen instruc tions to continue ASUS WOPI MIOS FLASH
24. 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 NOTE You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disks This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported bythe BIOS If you install other SCSI controller cards refer to their respective documentations on how to install the re quired SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications e Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provi
25. 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC chips e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed TAA oa if mel Laie 1 1 Eel If your DIMMs do not have ECC chips e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be displayed instead TAA ari E LH TFI bli mji Fl Dada Inji Ali Bele Horni Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity in the memory module array EC Only data errors are detected but not corrected ECC with hardware scrubbing allows a detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors See 2 System Memory section III for more infor mation on memory modules Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 47 48 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive
26. ASS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Pentium II Motherboards USER S MANUAL Special Features ASUS P2B L power supply must provide at least 720mA on the 5 VSB Intel 82558 LAN Chipset e Wake On LAN ASUS P2B S e Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset e Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver ASUS P2B LS power supply must provide at least 720mA on the 5 VSB Intel 82558 LAN Chipset e Wake On LAN e Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset e Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver USER S NOTICE 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 documentation kept by the purchaser for backup pur poses without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not b
27. By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU 1s being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from th
28. Features Setup errr reman aaa 43 Capt SEN A T 46 Details of Chipset Features Setup ena 46 Power Management SC OUD x races race AAA AAA AAA 49 Details of Power Management Setup aaa 49 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual CONTENTS PNP i PETS MID A Aa Details of PNP and PCI Setup reman ena aaa Load EIOS DEN a A Load Setup IG AWS pena meirar ETNE EET N Supervisor Password and User Password a IDE HDD Auto Detection so ace rcssaceresvarvacesdeeteraGenenauvarienqeenornanmans VENS EI AN e Aa Exit Without SIG Peni na AA AAA V Support CD Support CD Main F lt 01 ene ene ee ee ne ee Main Menu Selections ceccceccscccsccesccsscesccessescesscessens Other CD Directories ee reen anna anna nana naaa anna VI DMI Utility Desktop Management Interface DMI esa VII NETWORK INTERFACE TC AUC e E EE E A memesedaaeeaasees Software Driver Support ge seg deicn ta oateeseuienaes wien ioeaemeaseneeniewieeneees LED CONC A een rece rem tener ner reeen EE EE DOS and Windows 3 1 Setup for Novell aaa Windows NT Server or Workstation cccceccseeeeccecceeeeeeceeeaeeeeeeees MY TINO WS EEE esa A AAA A Select Duplex Mode optional sone orienceaere ne eeeeeaneaseaes Troubles Boong penanda never EEEa Ea AEE E AN nn AAA Technical Information ee erra nennen ena naa
29. HERORY WEITER VI CI 19 98 H 36 ASUSTeK COMPUTER IHC ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 37 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk 3 Run AFLASH EXE from this new disk and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more de tails and the rest of the steps Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the AN prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and 1f the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update
30. Manually Configuring for Full Duplex If your switch supports auto negotiation with the N way standard duplex configura tion 1s automatic and no action is required on your part However few switches in the current installed base support auto negotiation Check with your network system ad muinistrator to verify Most installations will require manual configuration to change to full duplex Configuration is specific to the driver you re loading for your network operating sys tem NOS as shown in the following paragraphs To set up the duplex mode refer to the section below that corresponds to your operating system The performance of the network interface or adapter may suffer or your network interface or adapter may not operate if your hub does not support full duplex and you configure the network inter face or adapter to full duplex Leave the network interface or adapter on half duplex if you are not sure what type of hub you are connected to DOS ODI NDIS 2 01 Clients Edit the NET CFG or PROTOCOL INI file Add keywords to Link Driver section FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 or 10 if LOBASE T ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 69 Vil NETWORK INTERFACE NetWare server In AUTOEXEC NCE Load E100B LAN and add the following statement you must include the equal sign for servers FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 or 10 if LOBASE T For more information see the README file for NetWare servers Windows NT While running Windows NT
31. Media scans the selected drive media for defects notifies you of any de fects found and gives you the option of reassigning bad blocks so that data will not be written to them This utility is only necessary if you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 77 z Configuring SCSI 78 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Welcome to Adaptec EZSCSIVI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use your SCSI devices most effectively with DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups 3 1x Quick Start Instructions First install SCSI devices see the hardware documentation for details Then fol low the instructions for your operating system software in one of the following sec tions We recommend that after you install Adaptec EZSCSI you run SCSITutor to learn more about the features of SCSI Windows95 or WindowsNT If you want to install Windows95 or WindowsNT on a new computer system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 and WindowsNT from a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions below Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 1 Install Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups 3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into yo
32. OMbps or 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates and Connected Cable Types e 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 e Plug and Play e Enhancements on ACPI amp APM e Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x NetWare LAN WorkPlace TCP IP Novell LAN Analyzer for Netware Packet Drivers FTP PC TCP NCSA TCP IP Accton LANSoft NDIS Drivers LAN Manager V2 x Windows 3 x 95 NT Server Workstation V3 x V4 0 IBM LAN Server 2 x 3 0 IBM LAN Support V1 x IBM OS 2 EE V2 0 DEC Pathworks V4 x amp V5 0 Sun PC NFS Banyan VINES IBM TCP IP for DOS amp OS 2 Wollongong Pathway Access Unix Driver SCO Unix ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 63 SMHOMILAN TIA by 3 64 VII NETWORK INTERFACE 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 faulty or the driver configuration may be faulty Activity Indicator This connects to an LED to monitor network activity The LED lights when there are network packets sent or received through the RJ45 port The rate of flashing is proportional to the amount of network traffic I
33. SI devices are attached to a power source and are turned ON Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting What is a miniport driver and how do I make sure that the miniport driver is installed correctly Muiniport drivers are a new kind of 32bit protect mode device driver used by Win dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter 1s al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows95 open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Manager tab Then double click the SCSI Controllers icon you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter s installed in your system What if there is no SCSI controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the SCSI chipset does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI controllers icon or your host adapter s model name do not appear open Control Panel and double click the Add New Hardware icon Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard If Windows does not detect the host adapter run the Add New Hardware Wizard again This time select No on the second screen of the wizard then select SCSI controller
34. a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need service 38 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re leased Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem configuration and settings If your motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup utility as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calli
35. a naaa aaan Uoma Wyre DAN AAA CSS agape ra E EE E a VIII ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT Configuring the SCSI Adapter ee nanas SCOLD K UGES A IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Quick Start Instructions ee errr re era nana nana nana naaa aaa Troubleshooting TIpS reen rana aran anna aan naaa aaaan Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users erra DOS Formatting Utilities ee ee Low level Formatter scsifMt sesen aaa Formatter and Partitioner afdisk esen ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occu
36. add the network interface or adapter 2 Click Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer then click OK The Install From Disk dialog box appears 3 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk Specify A or B as the path then click OK 5 Follow prompts for any Windows 95 installation disks and restart when prompted If you installed from CD ROM the installation files are typically located at D Win95 where D is your CD ROM drive After restarting Windows 95 you should be able to connect to your network by double clicking the Network Neighboorhood Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server or if Windows 95 reports an error after you double click Network Neighborhood try the suggestions here first then the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers that are on the drivers diskette that ships with this network interface or adapter e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check Device Proper ties list for trouble indicators an X or symbol e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software NetWare Server Client 32 UNIX OS 2 Banyan and Other Operating Systems For these refer to our online documents On a DOS computer view the appropriate README file for information on installing your network driver ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Vil NETWORK INTERFACE Select Duplex
37. al media types and techniques for signal rates from 1Mb s to 100Mb s Interrupt IRQ Signal suspending a program temporarily and transfers control to the operating sys tem when input or output is required LED Light emitting diode Mbps Megabits per second ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Vill 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 v2 01 c 1998 Adaptec Inc All Rights Reserved lt lt lt Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt The SCSISelect screen will come up Instructions on how to move the cursor and select options are listed on the bottom of the program windows SCSI Disk Utilities The SCSI Disk Utilities option displays information on SCSI IDs 0 though 15 listing all devices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI devices Format Disk low level formats your SCSI hard disks In general SCSI hard disks have already been low level formatted when you get them so you generally do not need to use this function Verify
38. art button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and then power off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 35 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Flash Memory Writer Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system i ASUS FLE A ACPI BIOS Eovlaion LE 144 HEX P2E HA IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it It is recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk To save your current BIOS
39. bps connect to a LOOBASE TX hub only not T4 The LNK LED doesn t light e Make sure yow ve loaded the network drivers e Check all connections at the network interface or adapter and the hub e Try another port on the hub e Make sure the duplex mode setting on the network interface or adapter matches the setting on the hub e Make sure you have the correct type of cable between the network interface or adapter and the hub 100 BASE TX requires two pairs Some hubs require a cross over cable while others require a straight through cable See the Cabling README file for more information on cabling The ACT LED doesn t light e Make sure you ve loaded the correct network drivers e The network may be idle Try accessing a server The network interface or adapter isn t transmitting or receiving data Try another network interface or adapter e May not be using four pair cable for TX wiring ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE The network interface or adapter stopped working when another network in terface or adapter was added to the computer e Make sure the cable is connected to the motherboard s network interface or RJ45 port e Make sure your PCI BIOS is current e Make sure the other network interface or adapter supports shared interrupts Also make sure your operating system supports shared interrupts OS 2 doesn t The interface stopped working without apparent cause e
40. ccording to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if 1t complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Power Connections 7 During power on hold down Delete to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions 1n the next section BIOS SOFTWARE Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 95 click the St
41. computers are connected to hubs called repeaters All ports of the repeater hub share a fixed amount of bandwidth or data capacity On a 100 Mbps shared hub all nodes on the hub must share the 100 Mbps of bandwidth As stations are added to the hub the effective band width available to any individual sta tion gets smaller Shared hubs do not support full duplex Think of a shared repeater hub as a single lane highway that everyone shares As the number of vehicles on the highway increases the traffic becomes con gested and tran sit time increases for individual cars On a shared hub all nodes must operate at the same speed either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet repeaters provide 100 Mbps of available bandwidth ten times more than what s available with a LOBASE T repeater Repeaters use a well established uncomplicated design making them highly cost ef fective for connecting PCs within a workgroup These are the most common type of Ethernet hubs in the installed base Switching hubs In a switched network environment each port gets a fixed dedicated amount of band width In the highway scenario each car has its own lane on a multi lane highway and there is no sharing In a switched environment data is sent only to the port that leads to the pro per destina tion station Network bandwidth is not shared among all stations and each new station added to the hub gets access to the full bandwidth of the network If a new user i
42. de you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see below Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncommon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 41 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk in the standard method as described earlier by the User option NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its pa
43. disk after a period of inactivity NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Define This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving 1s almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG S YS For Windows 3 x and Win dows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are Always On and Suspend gt Off ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 49 50 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The following options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduc
44. e ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Suspend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or oreen features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Suspend Mode which suspends the CPU The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 5 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour and Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when
45. e extended if 1 the product 1s repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Sound Blaster SB 16 AWE32 AWE64D and SB LINK are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR
46. e six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Onboard AHA BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ONB AHA BIOS First No This field allows giving priority to the onboard SCSI BIOS for SCSI functions over other SCSI controllers The default is No ONB SCSI SE Term Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for single ended SE devices such as scanners CD ROMs or tape drives The default 1s Enabled ONB SCSI LVD Term Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for Ultra2 devices such as disk drives using low voltage differential LVD technology LVD allows the onboard SCSI chipset to support a maximum of 15 devices on a 12m cable a fourfold increase over UltraSCSI cable length In a point to point configuration the cabling can be extended up tp 25m This increased length allows greater flexibility in your system configuration especially in RAID and clustering applications The default for this field is Enabled USB IRQ Enabled Enabled r
47. eat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink 8 9 Push each end of the clamps until they lock 8 J i O Q s gt Push Clamp gt a f 5 9 maL onium Push Clamp The thermal pad amp SEC cartridge should not have a gap SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Side View SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View 6 i 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward the preceding picture shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipsets press the cartridge gently but firmly until it is full inserted Push lock inward ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 21 Il INSTALLATION 4 Secure the SEC Cartridge Secure the SEC cartridge in place by pushing the SEC cartridge locks outward so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes m 5 Secure the Heatsink Install the heatsink support base into the motherboard This is not however necessary if you use a heatsink with fan see next page The support base is necessary to secure the heatsink without fan Secure the heatsink by sliding the heatsink support top bar into the bottom groove of the heatsink until it locks into the heatsink support base posts i i 2 4 r a Ld e Heatsink support top bar
48. electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Clear Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and unplug its AC power 2 Short the two solder points labeled CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences P2B L S LS Real Time Clock RAM CLRTC 2 Keyboard Power Up KBPWR This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard by pressing lt Spacebar gt to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5 VSB lead and the new ACPI BIOS support The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX
49. er s Manual 15 16 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 2 System Memory DIMM This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in IV BIOS SOFTWARE Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup IMPORTANT SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current Intel PC100 SDRAM specification Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB xp Sete owas SORTA IGE ORR fw ea SDRAM TG DRDO Sock Rows 67 SDRAM 16 12 6418 25606 Tota Ste Memory Max 1020 ASUS Memory Module Example Tithe SDRAM DIMM 8 chips Non ECC General DIMM Notes e Use only PC100 compliant DIMMs This motherboard operates at 100MHz thus most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used be cause of the strict timing issues involved under this speed Two possible memory
50. eserves an IRQ for the USB to work Disabled does not allow the USB to have an IRQ and therefore prevents the USB from functioning If you are not using any USB devices you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ for expansion cards VGA BIOS PCI AGP PCI AGP asks the system to first find the PCI VGA card then AGP VGA card if a PCI VGA card is not found AGP PCI does the reverse ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 53 U A NS 2 A W 3 A 54 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 To load these default settings high light Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the sc
51. ess Select Automatic Setup from the Main menu Then follow the instructions on the screen If you want to test the interface with a responder on the network see the next procedure Setup displays the configuration then runs a series of diagnostic tests that makes sure the network interface or adapter and network are functioning properly If Setup finds a problem it displays the results and some possible solu tions When Setup finishes the tests you ll see the Install Network Drivers screen Select the driver you want to install Setup can install a NetWare client driver for you If you re installing other drivers Setup displays a README file with instal lation instructions ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 65 66 VII NETWORK INTERFACE Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server first try the suggestions here then turn to the Trouble shooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers for this interface The driver filename contains the letter B for example E1QOBODI COM e If you re replacing an existing adapter make sure the LINK statement in your NET CFG 1s correct for the new interface or adapter For example the LINK state ment for a NetWare client should be LINK DRIVER E100BODI e Verify that the frame type in your NET CFG file matches your network e If setting up a server check your LOAD and BIND statements Test the interface by running diagnostics in Set
52. f this 1s off the computer is not sending or receiving network data Speed Indicator This connects to an LED to monitor connection speed The LED lights On when connection is made to a 100Base TX host If Off the network connection is operating at 1OMbps Network Cable Connection Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Connect a single network cable to the RJ45 connector For LOOBASE TX your network cable must be category 5 not category 3 twisted pair wiring with RJ45 connectors If you plan on running the interface at 100 Mbps it must be connected to a LOOBASE TX hub not a LOOBASE T4 hub For LOBASE T use category 3 4 or 5 twisted pair wiring Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a host generally a Hub 1s called a straight through twisted pair The end connectors are called RJ45 connectors which are not compatible with the standard RJ11 telephone connectors The illustration shows a connection between a typical Hub and this motherboard s network interface RJ45 Motherboard Straight Through Cable Hub Card 1 IRD 1OTD 2 IRD 2 OTD 3 OTD 3 IRD a se paea ae en ee an a a aa 6 OTD 6 IRD RJ45 Connector Pin 1 Output Transmit Data ieee OMG Pin 2 Output Transmit Data 12345678 Pin 3 Input Receive Data Pin 6 I
53. format NOTE Use afdisk only if the disk device 1s not controlled by the host adapter BIOS that is if the host adapter does not have a BIOS or if its BIOS is not enabled If the disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS use the DOS fdisk utility to partition and format the disk device See the MSDOS documentation Run afdisk from the DOS prompt only not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format and partition are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps l Change to the directory where afdisk exe 1s located usually c scs1 type afdisk at the DOS prompt and press Enter Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press Enter If the selected disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS you can view information about it but you cannot partition it with afdisk Use the DOS fdisk and format utilities If the selected disk device is unpartitioned you must partition it before you can format it To do this follow the instructions on the screen Press F1 to see an explanation of the partitioning options Information about the selected disk device appears in the lower left of the screen Disks smaller than 1 Gigabyte have 64 heads 32 sectors per
54. gnals 18 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 3 Central Processing Unit CPU This motherboard provides a Single Edge Contact SEC slot for a Pentium II pro cessor packaged in an SEC cartridge Pentium Il Processor WARNING Be sure that sufficient air circulation is available across the processor s passive heatsink Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary You should check to see that you have the following 9 items NOTE The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your reference The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 SEE TERTE j L Ui u U uy Heatsink b U Co ottom Groove for the Support Top Bar Pentium Il Processor Heatsink ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Item 8 19 Il INSTALLATION Attach Mount Bridges Four screws should be showing next to each corner of the SEC CPU Slot with the tw
55. herboard has onboard 50 Pin Fast SCSI connector for 8 bit SCSI de vices 68 Pin Wide SCSI connector for 16 bit SCSI devices and 68 Pin Ultra2 SCSI connector for 32 bit SCSI devices 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connector SHH 68 pin Wide SCSI Connector QOOOQOQDOQDOODODOODBOODAADADADADAADAAAaDDA QOOOQOQOQOOQDQDOOQOHDDBDADADDADDADAADAAA 50 pin Fast SCSI Il Connector P2B L S LS Onboard SCSI Connectors IMPORTANT The 68 pin Wide SCSI Connector is always terminated and will only work as an end device NOTE Up to 15 devices can be connected with 50 Pin Fast SCSI and 68 Pin Ultra Wide SCSI combined The onboard Adaptec AIC 7890AB chipset optional incorporates an advanced multimode I O cell that supports both single ended SE and Ultra2 devices With Ultra2 devices the SCSI bus platform performs at full Ultra2 speeds up to 40 MB sec in 8 bit mode and up to 80 MB sec in 16 bit mode and extended cabling 12m or 25m in a point to point configuration When an SE device 1s attached the bus defaults to an SE speed and cable length In mixed environments of Ultra2 and SE devices the onboard host adapter can be coupled with the Adaptec AIC 3860 transceiver chipset optional to bridge the compatibility gap By dividing the SCSI bus into independent SE and low voltage differential LVD segments the transceiver chipset supports legacy devices without limiting performance and cable length on the LVD segment it tor Ultra2
56. ides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth such as the ASUS AGP V2740 3D Multimedia Accelerator ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 25 AGP 26 Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46cm 181n with the second drive connector no more than 15cm bin from the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards P2B L S LS PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female 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 Function Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE P2B L S LS PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Printer Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel
57. ivity LED Connector 68 Pin Ultra2 SCSI Hi 50 Pin SCSI SBLINK SECONDARY IDE ooo0o00000 o0o00000000 oooo0o0o0o0000000000000 PCI Slot 3 PRIMARY IDE ooo0o00000 0000000000 ooomo0o0o00000000000000 Multi 1 O Intel Pore mmm PIIX4E as Chipset Freq Ratio a PCI Slot 1 A97127F Chiam Cell Hardware o Chipset SE ILEO Monitor a r a a sss E EXTBATT IR 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS CHA FAN ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 NOTE Greyed components are optional at the time of purchase ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION umpers 1 CLRTC p 13 Clear Real Time Clock RTC RAM 2 KBPWR p 13 Keyboard Power Up Enable Disable 3 LAN_EN p 14 Onboard LAN Setting Enable Disable 4 SCSI EN p 14 Onboard SCSI Setting Enable Disable 5 COMBINE p 14 IDE SCSILED Activity Light Separated Combined 6 FSO FSI FS2 p 15 CPU Bus Frequency 7 BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 p 15 CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple Expansion Slots Sockets 1 DIMM Sockets p 18 DIMM Memory Support 2 SEC CPU Slot p 19 Single Edge Contact CPU Support 3 SLOTI SLOT2 p 24 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 4 PCI PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 p 25 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5 AGP p 25 Accelerated Graphics Port Hardware Monitor 1 TRCPU p 22 CPU heat Sensor Connector Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2
58. letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two 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 Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRO3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRO3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 27SH IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared
59. managers are written for a specific operating system such as DOS and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters Adaptec EZSCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS Windows3 1x When you install Adaptec EZSCSI on these operating systems it detects what kind of host adapter is installed in your computer and automatically configures your system with the correct ASPI manager To learn more about these ASPI managers including their command line option information see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Windows Help application ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 83 Ea Rs NES lt ALMLLN SOS XI 84 IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 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 You can also use it to scan a disk device for surface defects before you store data on it Run scsifmt from the DOS prompt not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps l Change to the directory where scsifmt exe is located usually c scsi type scsifmt at the DOS prompt and press Enter NOTE If you are formatting a SCSI disk device that supports more than one LUN for exa
60. mple Iomega s Bernoulli dual multidrive type scsifmt L at the command line When the first screen appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press Enter When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verity that the disk is free of surface defects then press Enter 5 Ifyou select Format confirm that you want to format the disk then wait while the disk device is formatted This may take a long time if the disk is large If you select Verify you can press Esc at any time to stop the verification process This does not damage the disk If the utility finds bad blocks on the disk it displays information about them You can reassign the bad block s to prevent data from being stored there Repeat steps 3 4 and 5 as needed to format or verify other disk devices When you are finished press Esc to exit ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Formatter and Partitioner afdisk Use the DOS based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non DOS partitions from a disk drive and to format removable media in standard hard disk format OS 2 floppy format or DOS V Japanese
61. n Control 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 whether on bootup a PS 2 mouse 1s detected or not OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled yo
62. n Power Rotation 12V Ground ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 33 34 Il INSTALLATION 23 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligned amp PWR Supply On e e 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts amp 5 0 Volts Ground ts amp E Ground E Ground Ground S B 12 0Volts s E 3 3Volts d S d 2 D lU D 12 0Volts 3 Ground 5 0 Vo Grou 5 0 Vol Grou 3 3 Vol 3 3 Vol 5V Standby Power Good P2B L S LS ATX Power Connector IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB For motherboards with the onboard LAN chipset your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA to the 5Volt standby power You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures 1 After all connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case a
63. ng 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free 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 legacy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in the Win dows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs If you use Windows 95 the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device to gain access double click the System icon under the Control Panel program Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual ll INSTALLATION To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both legacy and PnP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PnP cards from th
64. ng up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options i IE IF e a l WEILel HEITI SE AH H Ka A A PES ISLIK PRES IE BL ATO TA SeVE amp EXIT SEPP EIT HITHOUT SAVIAT ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 39 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hard ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the b
65. nput Receive Data Pins 4 5 7 8 Reserved ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE 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 each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface Configuration 1s complete when the DOS prompt appears You can now continue with the procedure below If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps Run Setup to install network drivers Setup can automatically install NetWare DOS ODI client drivers for you or display a README file with installation instructions for other NOS drivers 1 If your computer already has network drivers installed restart the computer with out loading them If the drivers are loaded from the AUTOEXEC BAT or CONEFIG SYS file type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver Or with DOS 6 x or later press F5 as DOS starts to bypass the drivers Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in a floppy drive switch to that drive and at the DOS prompt type SETUP If you have another network adapter in your computer an adapter selection menu appears on the screen Select the adapter you want by noting the Ethernet addr
66. o IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection 1s completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You 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 differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for yo
67. o SCS This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are A C A CDROM C CDROM CA D A EA EA C only LS ZIP C and C A The setup default setting A C 1s to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 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 Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor ing technology This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse Functio
68. o attach mount bridges installed SEC CPU slot NOTE Encircled items are the screws from the mount bridges 1 amp 2 p i Attach Mount Bridges underside Installing the Pentium II Processor 1 Mount the Pentium II Retention Mechanism The retention mechanism is designed to fit into the SEC slot only one way TIP Orient the mechanism s lock holes toward the motherboard s chipset see moth erboard layout for the location of the AGPset Be sure to align the notch in the mechanism with the small rib on one side of the slot and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place Lock holes Captive nut Captive nut ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 2 Mount the Heatsink Place the SEC cartridge face down on a flat surface and lay the heat sink flush on the back metal side of the SEC cartridge Check the orien tation of the heatsink against the pictures The thicker fin must be orientated toward the bottom The top clamp is wider than the bottom clamp so only this orientation will fit With a screw driver push the clamps one at a time into the SEC cartridge Be sure that the heatsink is firmly pressed against the SEC car tridge When correctly installed no light must be showing through between the thermal pad of the heatsink and the SEC cartridge WARNING If the heatsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overh
69. oard gets lost or damaged or 1f you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens Be PELIS ES F 1HSLAE IHON Mall ME HSH j Liata BE TEET l i EF i C Hee DIA The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour
70. onfigured for full duplex Setting the wrong duplex mode can degrade performance cause data loss or result in lost connections ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 71 MHOMIAN A 72 VII NETWORK INTERFACE Testing the network interface or adapter Test the network interface or adapter by running Intel diagnostics For DOS or Windows 3 1 computers run Setup on the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk For Windows NT and Windows 95 run Intel PROSet by double clicking the Intel PROSet Icon in the Control Panel Click Help from the main PROSet window to get complete diagnostics information and instructions Common problems and solutions SETUP EXE reports the network interface or adapter is Not enabled by BIOS The PCI BIOS isn t configuring the network interface or adapter correctly Try the PCI installation tips The computer hangs when the drivers are loaded e Change the PCI BIOS interrupt settings See the next page for PCI installation tips e If you are using EMM386 it must be version 4 49 or newer this version ships with MS DOS 6 22 or newer Diagnostics pass but the connection fails or errors occur e At 100 Mbps use category 5 wiring and make sure the network cable is securely attached For NetWare clients make sure you specify the correct frame type in the NET CFG file e Make sure the duplex mode setting on the network interface or adapter matches the setting on the hub e At 100 M
71. ontinue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Be cause of conflicts with new operating systems for example during installation of new software you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 43 lt B b j dd IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 capability in the CPU level 2 cache BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data The BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Enabled Leave on default setting of Enabled for best performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set t
72. ose not used by legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS setup utility can be used to assign which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you may contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by legacy and PnP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that contains a card requiring an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SOFTWARE choose Yes in JRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur Accelerated Graphics Port This motherboard prov
73. p asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION How this Manual is Organized cccccccceecccccceeeseececeeeeeeeceeeeaeeeeeees 7 TEC i CCC IGE E E a 7 II FEATURES Fe SS A E E E AA AA 8 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Motherboard esa 9 II INSTALLATION ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Motherboard Layout 10 TRIS PAWATIOU SUCDS eA a 12 DINOS A A E E E 12 Jamier Sen a A 13 2 System Memory DIMM recae 17 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures a 18 3 Central Processing Unit CPU emma 19 Penan IEFTOCE SSO nn E E E S EE 19 AAN D P OAIE oeeie E E 23 anh V0 EY CAS aaa a Aa 23 Ai a E 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure a 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion CardsS aaa 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards aa 25 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor esa 25 Accelerated Graphics POrt memeras aaa 25 3 TE Sai COMME COS pa A A 26 Power Connection Procedures seencccaztacasnncmunscosopateasncannetiaanectontes 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IVA E a ae ea 36 Flash Memory Writer UG aan nana mana ada ika id 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 0 BIOS D aaa AAA A 39 Long Dera Pe A ES EE E 40 Sandar CMOS Set ea A a A 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup ce ecccccccceeeseeeeeeeeeees 40 PEGS CAVE A A AAA a 43 Details of BIOS
74. power sup ply Your computer will not function if you set this to Enable and if you do not have the right ATX power supply J urpers ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 13 III INSTALLATION 3 Onboard LAN Setting LAN EN The onboard Intel 10 100 Fast Ethernet may be enabled or disabled using this jumper LAN EN LAN EN 1 1 2 2 3 3 Enable Disable Default 5 N W L S LS Onboard LAN Setting 4 Onboard SCSI Setting SCSI EN The onboard Adaptec Fast Wide Ultra2 SCSI may be enabled or disabled using this jumper SCSILEN SCSI_EN 1 1 2 2 3 3 Enable Disable Default P2B L S LS Onboard SCSI Setting 5 IDE SCSI Device Activity LED Selection COMBINE The IDE and SCSI Activity LEDs normally has separate connections If you have both SCSI and IDE devices connected to this motherboard but only have one LED on your system cabinet place a jumper on COMBINE in order to combine the IDE and SCSI activity into the IDELED COMBINE Default Cil IDELED and SCSILED activity are separate IDELED includes SCSILED activity P2B L S LS IDE SCSI Device Activity LED Selection 14 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 6 CPU Bus Frequency FSO FS1 FS2 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU DRAM and chipset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the BUS Ratio e
75. quals the CPU s Internal frequency the ad vertised CPU speed 7 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 This option sets the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 123 12 3 5OMHz 66 8MHz 75MHz 83 3MHz 100MHz 103MHz 112MHz CPU Bus Frequency pentunr a dn ea Intel Pentium Il Processor in an SEC Cartridge 233 450MHz Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows m BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS2 FSI FSO BF3 BF2 BFI BFO Intel Pentium H 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium H 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 l 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium IT 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 l 2 Intel Pentium IT 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium H 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 21 Intel Pentium IT 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium IT 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 21 NOTES Overclocking your processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed Voltage Regulator Output Selection VID is not needed for the Pentium II processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS Us
76. r in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana dian Department of Communications ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections I II IT IV V VI VIL I INTRODUCTION y k 3 Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard
77. rat ion E Edit BHI Save AIFD Load IFD Load BIS I F f 3 You 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 You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 62 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE 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 connections Extensive driver support for commonly used network systems is also provided Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX e Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported e PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Rev 2 1 e Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces e Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3U 1OOBASE TX interfaces e Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations e Single RJ 45 Connector Auto Detection of 1
78. rds Browse this CD View the contents of this CD Technical Support Form Allows you to view the Technical Support Form with a text editor such as Notepad LDCM Introduction LDCMVCD Shows a video MPEG on the LDCM features Read Me View additional notes concerning this product Exit Exit the current menu Other CD Directories AFLASH Utility for updating your motherboard s BIOS DMI Installs the Desktop Management Interface utility for viewing or updating system information LAN Drivers are provided for installing network on various systems PCCILLIN Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 59 F f z 3 AWN ING IA 60 VI 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 a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on
79. re located on the Windows NT CD ROM or on the ASUS Drivers and Configura tion disk e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Network Bindings dialog box in Windows NT e Check the Windows NT Event Viewer for error messages e If you are attaching to a NetWare network check your frame type and verify that NetWare client software has been installed e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 67 68 Vil NETWORK INTERFACE 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 the network interface or adapter Con figuration is complete when Windows 95 starts If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps to configure Install Network Drivers from Diskette Have your Windows 95 installation CD ROM or disks available as Windows 95 prompts for them when you install the new network interface or adapter 1 After you have set up your motherboard for network use start Windows 95 The New Hardware Found dialog box appears If this box does not appear and Win dows 95 starts normally you may need to manually
80. reen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen PLL Te HIE FT LAGS SEPP WEIL EY Mita ME Mea H T HHTH HE St p A EYL HIR PESAH IIE HAH E 1 m BIE ASAH FET EANA E SEF IWE a A E ETH WHF HARA EHKI SUF SALE L FHIT EMF AF AHI PET FETIP Loge GETLP Defaulig F Lan ELS BERI il SETTLE DEFAULTS ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 without any passwords To specify a password highlight the type you want and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press lt Enter gt The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen HAE FEL 5 es F71 LADS SEPP UPI EY SL ME HSH H TFE BIR PSA LER PRES E 0 E TECTIOH EHIT Sf j il i To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when
81. ries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings ee HIE F n HOLES 5 IE 45 Hi EA 4 a ee FEI EEES L eng ea fa Em LF I p eto babe Fali bpm aes ypas PTE A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle that is before they have a chance to load into your system This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to c
82. rtition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow keys Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5inch diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 49 CGA 80 and Mono for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS Features Setup This BIOS Features Setup option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features accord ing to your preference Some ent
83. s Manual V Support CD Main Menu Selections LDCM Local Setup ALDCM Installs the LANDesk Client Manager software to monitor the local system Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the LDCM directory on the ASUS Support CD LDCM Administrator Setup ALDCM Installs the LANDesk Client Manager software to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address with the Local software installed Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the LDCM directory on the ASUS Support CD ASUS PC Probe Setup ASUSLM Installs a simple utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages NOTE Will not run with LDCM in Stalled Please view the user s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the ASUSLM directory on the ASUS Support CD or see the PC Probe section in this user s manual Adobe Acrobat Reader LDCM Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view the user s manuals in Adobe Acrobat PDF format BusMaster BUSMASTR Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers for improved performance Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver SCSI Click for instructions on installing the Adaptec SCSI drivers for your system Various drivers are provided in the SCST directory Patch for PIIX4 chipset PX4PATCH Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and PCI bridge for Windows 95 95a OSR1 and 95b OSR2 for ASUS motherboa
84. s added to a 100 Mbps switching hub the new station receives its own dedicated 100 Mbps link and doesn t impact the 100 Mbps bandwidth of another station Switching hubs can effectively increase the overall bandwidth available on the network significantly improving performance Switching hubs can also support full duplex ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE Using Wake On LAN The Wake 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 turned off WOL adapters or interfaces have a special low power standby mode that is active when the rest of the computer is without power The network interface or adapter will re spond to a special wake up packet sent by another computer or network device Typically this wake up packet causes the network interface or adapter to signal the computer to power up and run a pre defined program Question and Answer Q A gt Q What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on systems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages tha
85. s on the next screen Select the name of your host adapter when it appears ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear you may be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows95 CD ROM Follow these steps 1 Place the Windows95 CD ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard 2 Select No on the second screen and select SCSI controllers on the next screen Click on the Have Disk button then click the Browse button 4 Look in the drivers storage directory of the CDROM and select the name of your SCSI host adapter if it appears Ov What if a yellow exclamation point or a red X appears in Device Manager in front of my host adapter This means there is some kind of resource problem First see if the names of any host adapters appear that are not actually installed in your computer If so select the name and click Remove If a red X appears in front of your host adapter name remove all the host adapter references under SCSI Controllers and run Add New Hardware as described in the previous question answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the resources Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so
86. s true e You are running in MSDOS mode e You are using a scanner or another SCSI device with CONFIG SYS or AUTOEXEC BAT based drivers such as HP s sjiix sys e You have an older model SCSI 1 CDROM drive that Windows95 does not support e You are using a CD Recorder drive however some newer models of CD Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows miniport drivers To install the Adaptec EZSCSI DOS drivers click the Start button and select Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CDROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode 2 When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS 3 When you are finished running Adaptec EZSCSI for DOS find the file named cdtsd vxd in the windows system iosubsys directory and rename it cdtsd sav My CDROM drive shows up as more than one icon under My Computer The mapping between mscdex which runs in real mode and the Windows95 CDROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways e Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the AUTOEXEC BAT file e Change the L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the AUTOEXEC BAT file so it assigns
87. t can reduce sys tem management workload provide flexibility to the system admuinistrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card or interface that can activate the Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capability and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger the wake up frame ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 75 76 VII NETWORK INTERFACE 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 coaxial cables BNC A connector with a half twick locking shell typically used for thin coaxial cables Boot ROM Read only memory chip that allows a workstation to communicate with LAN cards or other network interfaces Driver A program that enables the network operating system to communicate with LAN cards IEEE 802 3 standard Standard for the physical and electrical connections in local area networks devel oped by the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 3u standard IEEE standard for Local Area Networks LAN employing CSMA CD as the access method This standard 1s intended to encompass sever
88. ted Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and En abled boots up your system after reapplying power Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the optional network interface see VII Net work Interface and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard tem peratures These values refresh upon key entries Set to gnore only if necessary Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators These values
89. the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see Clear Time Clock Jumpers in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 55 56 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 PERGI LUAU SELTI WIHH nelact Primary fa fetion H Sk ip i PTT SI OLS HEAD FEADH LAW SECTOR 6 H H LOA H H MUHHHI E H i r i E or installatia Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press lt Y gt or else select from the numbers dis played under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install tw
90. they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there 1s probably a hardware resource conflict between the host adapter and other hardware in your computer You can fix this by changing the hardware resource settings See your hardware documentation What do I need to do if I want to use another host adapter 1 Open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Man ager tab 2 Double click the SCSI Controllers icon select the name of the old host adapter and click Remove 3 Turn OFF the computer and physically remove the currently installed host adapter 4 Install the new host adapter according to the instructions in the hardware docu mentation 5 Turn the computer ON If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play Win dows will install and configure it automatically Otherwise run Add New Hard ware to make sure the new driver is loaded ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 81 e J gt gt x lt R fe ALMLLN SOS XI 82 IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY If I am running under Windows95 do I need lines for the Adaptec real mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files Usually you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers because the new Windows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices How ever you need to load the drivers including mscdex if you have a CDROM drive if any of the following i
91. this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG2 EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VI 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 VI DM Utility 2 z 3 Edit DMI or delete ASUSTeG amp E ka
92. tsink in the orienta tion as shown then flip the lever from Unlock to Lock You will not be able to also use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan The heatsink support top bar will however still be included in the package in case you use a heatsink without a fan ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 23 i A 24 Il INSTALLATION 4 Expansion Cards WARNING 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 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware 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 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Se Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leavi
93. tton when the network network interface or adapter installation window appears This al lows NT to autodetect the network interface or adapter You may then skip steps 1 4 below 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Click the Adapters tab in the window that appears 3 Click Add A list of network interface or adapter appears 4 Select Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and click OK Install network drivers Windows NT Version 3 5x only After setting up the network interface and starting Windows NT you need to install the Intel drivers and test the network interface or adapter 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Click Add Adapter 3 When the list of adapters appears scroll to the end of the list and select lt Other gt Requires disk from manufacturer 4 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in the A drive and click OK 5 Select the Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and click OK 6 Click OK in the Network Settings dialog box and remove the installation disk When prompted restart Windows NT To install multiple network interface or adapters repeat this procedure for each new network interface or adapter Troubleshooting If Windows NT reports an error or you can t connect to the network try the suggestions here first then turn to the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers for this network interface or adapter Drivers a
94. u can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting 1s 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option Setup When you specify a Supervisor Password and or User Password explained later in this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password System prompts for the User Password every time you start your system Setup prompts for the Supervisor Password only when entering the BIOS Setup utility ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 45 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset MM PCL Ise HIB D LEIFI HEHIGHES 5 SST ME HSH NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings of settings for items 2 5 depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures items 2 5 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect
95. up Additional testing is available by using a responder e Check the README files Responder testing on the network optional Setup can test the interface more thoroughly if you have a responder on the network while running the tests 1 Go to a computer on the network with any EtherExpress adapter or interface in stalled except EtherExpress 32 or EtherExpress 16 MCA 2 Run the appropriate configuration program for the installed interface and set it up as a responder 3 Return to the computer with the new adapter or interface Run Setup and make the new interface the sender Test the interface Windows NT Server or Workstation Automatic configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters or interfaces while boot ing The network interface s IRQ level and I O address are automatically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface Configuration 1s complete when Windows NT starts or the DOS prompt appears If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps to configure Install network drivers Windows NT Version 4 0 only After starting Windows NT you need to install the device drivers Have the Windows NT CD ROM disk available for this procedure ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual VII NETWORK INTERFACE NOTE If you are installing Windows NT 4 0 at this time click the Start Search bu
96. ur disk do not accept them Press lt N gt to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press lt Enter gt 5 sp ve ISA HLCS Ir Ang SETUP UT 7 ina n cre THE p IHC STARDAIRT CHIS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSED 10S FEATURES SETUP WFE PRS SHORD HIFI FEHTURES SF Tilt Lie HIM FTO DEN DLM SHER HHRAHEPEEHI SE HIP Swe a ERLI SETUP HF AHU FEI SETUP 2 nie EHE IHI hs CAVE to CHOS and EXIT 7W F Y 1A BIOS DEFAULT PoF P a B a l at 3 b z Mi 2 an Ezi aia 1 FIG Seve amp Cil Seton Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 57 V Support CD Support CD Main Menu Insert the support CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the Support CD NOTE The support CD contents are constantly updated without notice 58 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User
97. ur floppy disk drive Select File Run from the Program Manager menu 4 When the Run dialog box appears type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the onscreen instructions DOS Install DOS 6 x or later and start it running on your computer Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive At the DOS prompt type a install assuming your 3 5 floppy is A drive Then press lt Enter gt 4 Follow the onscreen instructions Oo 2S ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 79 F a R fe ALMLLN SOS XI 80 IX ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY Troubleshooting Tips SCSI Device Troubleshooting Review this checklist 1f your newly installed SCSI disk drives CDROM drives and other devices do not seem to work properly e Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus as described in your host adapter documentation Be sure there are no hardware conflicts such as devices in your computer try ing to use the same interrupts IRQs or DMA channels e Be sure the cables connecting the external and internal SCSI devices and the host adapter are attached securely Also be sure the pin 1 orientation 1s correct for internal cables See the host adapter documentation for more information e Be sure that each SCSI device connected to the host adapter has a unique SCSI ID e Be sure CD ROM drives and other SC
98. y drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector Pin 1 P2B L S LS Floppy Disk Drive Connector 28 ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 9 Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 1pin 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 drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup Connectors ASUS P2B L P2B S P2B LS User s Manual 29 Hl INSTALLATION 11 Fast 50 pin Wide 68 pin Ultra2 68 pin SCSI Connectors This mot

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