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2 P4S8XE1120 Sepetember 3 Chapter 1: Product introductionChapter 2: Hardware information. A Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 5: Software support Appendix and Glossary •Index WARNING CAUTION IMPORTANT NOTE 4 Chapter1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup 5 Chapter 5: Software supportGlossary 7 Federal Communications Commission StatementCanadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 8 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)Technical Support: ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) 11 Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4S8X motherboardASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 12 North Bridge Chipset:SiS South Bridge Chipset: UltraDMA133 Support: Multi-I/O Chipset Smart BIOS: Expansion: Connections: Chapter 1: Product introduction 13 ASUS EZ Plug™ASUS EZ Flash BIOS (See page 45.) ASUS POST Reporter ASUS MyLogo™ ASUS Q-Fanfeature (See page 75.) ASUS Multi-languageBIOS 14 Location16 Software AudioSmart Card Reader Support NOTICE: Auto Fan Off: ACPI Ready: A Concurrent PCI: 22 Onboard System Indicators (LED - Light Emitting Diodes)AGP 29 DDR Data Transfer Rate30 DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendor List34 Standard Interrupt AssignmentsIRQ assignments for this motherboard 36 1. USB Device Wake-Up(3 x 3 pin USBPWR_12, _34, _56)37 2.Line out selector (2 x 2 pin FP_LO_SWR, FP_LO_SWL) (on audio models only)3. Keyboard Wake Up (3 pin KBPWR) 38 4. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)39 WARNINGIMPORTANT 1.PS/2 Mouse Port (Green, 6-pinPS2KBMS) PS/2 Mouse Function Control 4.4 Advanced Menu 2.PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple, 6-pinPS2KBMS) 40 4.Parallel Port (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER)Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 5.Fast-EthernetPort Connector (RJ45) (optional) 41 6. Serial Port and Header (Teal/Turquoise 9-pinCOM1, 10-1pin COM2)Onboard Serial Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration 7. Audio Connectors (Three 1/8” AUDIO) (optional) Line Out Line In Mic 5. SOFTWARE SETUP 42 8.IEEE-1394Port (Female 1394)4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 9.IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 43 10. IDE Connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE / SEC_IDE, PRI_ATA133)44 11.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)12.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3 x 3-pinCHA_FAN,CPA_FAN, PWR_FAN) 45 13.ATX power connectors and ASUS EZ Plug™(20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX+12V, 4-pinAUX+12V) 46 14.USB header (2 x 10-1pin USB_56)15.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX, MODEM) (optional) 47 16.Digital audio connector (6 pin SPDIF) (optional)17. Infrared module connector (5-1pin IR_CON) UART2 Use As 48 18. IEEE-1394Header (8-pinIEEE1394_2) (Optional)19. Chassis Open Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) 49 20. SMBus Connector (6-1pin SMB)21. SATA Serial ATA IDE Connectors (2 x 7-pinPRI_SATA, SEC_SATA) serial ATA IDE 50 22. Smart Card Reader connector (14-1pin SMARTCON) (optional)23. Game Connector (16-1pin GAME) 51 24.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) (on audio models only)52 Panel Connector (20 pin PANEL)The following diagram illustrates items 25-29: 25. System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) 26. System Warning Speaker Lead (4 pin SPEAKER) 27. System Management Interrupt Lead (2 pin SMI) 28. ATX Power Switch / Soft-OffSwitch Lead (2 pin PWRSW) 29. Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) 55 Award BIOS Beep Codes56 POST MessageAction Chapter 3: Powering up 61 original BIOSexact BIOS file name “WARNING! Device not ready.” 67 MAINADVANCED POWER BOOT EXIT Navigation Key(s) Function Description <F1> or <Alt + H <Esc Left or Right arrow Up or Down arrow - (minus key) + (plus key) or spacebar <Enter <Home> or <PgUp <End> or <PgDn <F5 <F10 68 General helpSaving changes and exiting the Setup program Scroll bar Sub-menu 69 System Time [XX:XX:XX]System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled] 70 Type [Auto]71 [User Type HDD]72 Translation Method [LBA]Cylinders Head Sector CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] 73 SMART Monitoring [Disabled]PIO Mode [4] Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] 74 Boot Up NumLock Status [On]Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec] Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec] 75 Language [English]Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] A note about passwords Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 76 CPU Speed [Manual]CPU Frequency Multiple CPU External Frequency (MHz) Memory Frequency [Auto] CPU VCore Setting [Auto] 77 CPU VCore [1.750V]AGP Voltage Adjustment [Auto] DDR Voltage Adjustment [Auto] CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] BIOS Update [Enabled] PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto] 78 USB Legacy Support [Auto]OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] 79 SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]SDRAM CAS Latency [2.5T] SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T] SDRAM RAS Precharge Time [3T] SDRAM RAS Active Time [6T] 80 Chipset Clock Mode [Synchronous]SDRAM Command Lead-offTime [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] AGP Capability [8X Mode] AGP Fast Write Capability [Enabled] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] 81 Memory Hole At 15M-16M[Disabled]PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] IDE Bus Master Support [Enable] 82 Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3] UART2 Use As [COM Port] Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] 83 Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]ECP DMA Select [3] Speech POST Reporter [Enabled] 84 Slot 1/4, 2/6, 3, 5 IRQ [Auto]PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card] USB Function [Enabled] 85 USB 2.0 Function [Enabled]Onboard LAN Boot Rom [Disabled] Onboard ATA device [Enabled] Onboard ATA device First [Yes] 4.4.3.1 Onboard PCI Devices Control 86 4.4.3.2 PCI IRQ Resource ExclusionIRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU] 87 Power Management [User Defined]88 Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]Video Off Method [DPMS OFF] HDD Power Down [Disabled] ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off] 89 AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled] Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled] 90 Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 91 Q-FANFunction [Disabled]MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or N/A Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or N/A POWER Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or N/A VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage 92 Boot SequenceRemovable Device [Legacy Floppy] IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD-ROM 93 Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]Plug & Play O/S [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Interrupt Mode [APIC] 94 Exit Saving ChangesExit Discarding Changes 95 Load Setup DefaultsDiscard Changes Save Changes 99 Add New Hardware100 NOTE:Drivers: •SiS® Mini IDE Driver: Installs the IDE support driver Promise •SiS® AGP Driver: Installs the AGP driver for the SiS chipset C-Media PCI LAN Driver: USB 2.0 Driver: Chapter 5: Software support 101 Utilities:Winbond Smart Manager Application: •ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a Install ASUS Update Vx.xx: Microsoft DirectX Driver: PC-Cillin 2002: ADOBE Acrobat Reader: ASUS Screen Saver: E-Color 3Deep: Contact: 102 IMPORTANT106 1. In the FastBuild™ Utility Main Menu, select Auto Setup [1]4. If selecting <Y>, for Create and Duplicate, this screen will be displayed: 112 Show up in next executionASUS PC Probe Start Programs ASUS Utility Probe 113 Monitor SummaryTemperature Monitor Fan Monitor Voltage Monitor 114 SettingsCPU Cooling System Setup When CPU Overheated History Hard Drives Chapter 5: Software reference 115 MemoryDevice Summary DMI Explorer Execute Program 120 CRTLCD brightness blue red green 121 Start button3Deep Control Panel 3Deep Applications Main Program Color Wizard Game Gamma Tweak 122 Launching the programPlaying the default wave files 123 Changing the default language124 Customizing your POST messages126 Connectsmart card reader connector Boot up BIOS UART2 Smart Card Read Winbond Smart Manager Application Driver setup: 127 Smart manager setup:Restart NOTE Do not install unless 128 Smart Manager iconSmart Manager GSM Explorer SIM card telephone icon SIM / GSM Phonebooks 129 iconSmart Manager Logon Disable Check Boot Check Always Check File Protect Check Mode NOTE: not to lose 130 Note1.The C-MediaMixer Icon appears on the bottom right of the screen, or the Mixer PCI Audio Applications Audio Rack Main Program Start button icon Audio Mixer Tools S/PDIF, Speaker, Volume, Sound Effects Options Speaker Line-In Mic-In audio jacks Multi-Channel Audio Demo PCI Audio Applications the AudioRack, CD Player, MIDI Player, Mixer, and MP3 Player 131 Connector Settings and Functions136 Appendix: Glossary141 Symbols142 Index
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