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2 Product Name:ASUS P2B-N Manual Revision: 1.04 E407 Release Date: July ASUS P2B-NUser’s Manual 3 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)Marketing Technical Support ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe)4 3.5.2 DIMM Memory Installation3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism 3.6.4 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions 3.6.5 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3.7.3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 3.7.4 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 5 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary)Display Settings for Windows 95/98 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) 6 Federal Communications Commission Statement•This device may not cause harmful interference, and •Re-orientor relocate the receiving antenna •Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver •Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help Canadian Department of Communications Statement This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003du Canada 7 1.1How This Manual Is Organized1.2 Item Checklist1.2.1 Motherboard 1.2.2 Riser Card 8 2.1The ASUS P2B-NMotherboard11 2.2ASUS P2B-NParts12 3.1Motherboard Layout13 Motherboard SettingsSockets Hardware Monitor Back Panel Connectors Midboard Connectors Layout Contents 3. H/W SETUP 14 3.2Riser Cards3.2.1 NLX-RRiser Card 3.2.2 B9-NRiser Card 3.2.3 Yeong-YangRiser Card 17 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure3.4Motherboard Settings 23 3.5System Memory (DIMM)25 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU)30 3.7Expansion Cards32 3.8External Connectors41 3.9Power Connection Procedures42 4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS45 4.2BIOS Setup46 4.3 Standard CMOS SetupDetails of Standard CMOS Setup: 47 Time(Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to 59) Hard Disks For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can: •Use theAuto setting for detection during bootup •Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” option Standard CMOS 48 Auto detection of hard disks on bootupDrive A / Drive B (None) Floppy 3 Mode Support (Disabled) Drive A, Drive B, Both, and Disabled Video (EGA/VGA) If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose EGA/VGA Halt On (All Errors) 49 4.4BIOS Features SetupDetails of BIOS Features Setup 50 Processor Serial Number (Disabled)CPU Level 1 Cache / CPU Level 2 Cache (Enabled) CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check (Disabled) This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache BIOS Update (Enabled) Turbo Mode (Disabled) Leave on default setting Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled) HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE) IDE SCSI Boot Sequence (A,C) A,C C,A; A,CDROM,C CDROM,C,A D,A E,A F,A C only LS/ZIP, C; LAN,A,C LAN,C,A A, C Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled) When enabled, the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control (R/W) IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors (HDD MAX) 51 HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability (Disabled)PS/2 Mouse Function Control (Auto) OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M (Disabled) PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled) Video ROM BIOS Shadow (Enabled) C8000-CBFFFto DC000-DFFFF(Disabled) Boot Up NumLock Status (On) This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting (Disabled) Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) (6) Typematic Delay (Msec) (250) Security Option (System) Supervisor Password User Password System Setup 52 4.5Chipset Features SetupDetails of Chipset Features Setup 53 Graphics Aperture Size (64MB)Video Memory Cache Mode (UC) USWC PCI 2.1 Support (Enabled) Memory Hole At 15M–16M(Disabled) DRAM are xx bits wide Data Integrity Mode (Non-ECC) Non-ECC EC-Only ECC 2. System Memory Onboard FDC Controller (Enabled) Chipset Features 54 Onboard FDC Swap A & B (No Swap)Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are and for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3) Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7) Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP) ECP DMA Select (3) ECP ECP+EPP Parallel Port Mode UART2 Use Infrared (Disabled) Onboard PCI IDE Enable (Both) primary secondary both disable IDE Ultra DMA Mode (Auto) 0, 1, 2, 3 ), it is necessary for these to be independent. The default setting of will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance 55 4.6Power Management SetupDetails of Power Management Setup 56 Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend V/H SYNC+Blank PM Timers HDD Power Down (Disable) 1–15 Min Suspend Mode (Disable) 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour Disable Power Up Control PWR Button < 4 Secs (Soft Off) Soft Off 57 PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled)AC PWR Loss Restart (Disabled) Disabled Power Up By Keyboard (Disabled) Wake On LAN (Disabled) Automatic Power Up (Disabled) Fan Monitor (xxxxRPM) Thermal Monitor (xxxC/xxxF) Ignore Voltage Monitor (xx.xV) 58 4.7PNP and PCI SetupDetails of PNP and PCI Setup 59 DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU)ISA MEM Block BASE (No/ICU) Symbios SCSI BIOS (Auto) USB IRQ (Enabled) ONB VGA BIOS First (No) Yes Plug & Play / PCI 60 4.8Load BIOS Defaults4.9 Load Setup Defaults 61 4.10Supervisor and User Password62 4.11IDE HDD Auto Detection63 4.12 Save & Exit Setup4.13 Exit Without Saving 65 5.1Support CD Main Menu (Windows 98)68 5.3LDCM Local Setup70 5.4LDCM Administrator Setup71 5.5ASUS PC Probe72 5.6ASUS LiveUpdate79 5.9DOS and Windows 3.1 Setup for NovellAutomatic configuration Run Setup to install network drivers 5.When Setup finishes the tests, you’ll see the Install Network Drivers screen Other OSes 80 5.10 Windows NT Server or Workstation81 1.Double-clickthe Network icon in the Control Panel2.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 2.Click Add Adapter 5. Select the “Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter” and click OK •Check the Windows NT Event Viewer for error messages 82 5.11Windows83 5.12Select Duplex Mode (optional)84 NetWare serverFORCEDUPLEX=2 SPEED=100 (or 10 if 10BASE-T) For more information, see the README file for NetWare servers Windows NT While running Windows NT: 1.From the Control Panel, double-clickthe Intel PROSet icon 2.PROSet examines your system and displays the Adapter Setup window Windows While running Windows 95: 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 your hub speed 6.Click the menu for Duplex Mode 7.Click Full 8.Click OK when finished 9.Click OK to restart Windows Other operating systems See the README file. “Push” Installation for Windows 85 6.1ASUS PC Probe91 6.2AudioRack32100 6.3Display Settings for Windows 95/986.3.1 Adjustment Menu 6.3.2 Panning Menu 101 6.3.3Color6.3.4 Settings 102 6.4Desktop Management Interface (DMI)105 7.1PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card107 7.2S370 Series CPU Cards109 7.3Network Controller7.3.1 Features 110 7.3.3LED Connectors7.3.4 Network Cable Connection 7.3.5 Twisted-PairCable 7.3.6 RJ45 Connector 111 7.3.7TroubleshootingIf the interface can’t connect to the network 112 Testing the network interface or adapterCommon problems and solutions 113 •Make sure your PCI BIOS is currentThe interface stopped working without apparent cause •Try reconnecting the cable to the RJ45 port first •Try another motherboard of the same model •Run the diagnostics The Wake On LAN feature is not working •Make sure the WOL cable is attached and power is applied to the computer Link LED does not light when power is connected •Make sure WOL cable is attached and power is applied to computer •Make sure network cable is attached at both ends 115 7.4 Glossary116 Byte (Binary Term)COM Port CPU (Central Processing Unit) Device Driver DOS (Disk Operating System) Endian Hardware IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) LPT Port (Line Printer Port) 117 MMX(Klamath) CPU as well as other PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) Peripherals POST (Power On Self Test) PS/2 Port RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) RAM (Random Access Memory) ROM (Read Only Memory) SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) System Disk 118 UltraDMA/33USB (Universal Serial Bus) 119 M8300/8200 SeriesF7400 Series L7300/7200 Series
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