CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... | 1 |
How this manual is organized ..................................................................... | 1 |
Item Checklist ............................................................................................. | 1 |
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... | 2 |
Features of the ASUS Motherboard ............................................................ | 2 |
Parts of the ASUS Motherboard ........................................................... | 3 |
III. INSTALLATION .......................................................................... | 4 |
Map of the ASUS Motherboard .................................................................. | 4 |
Installation Steps ......................................................................................... | 6 |
1. Jumpers ................................................................................................... | 6 |
Jumper Settings .............................................................................. | 7 |
Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification .......................................... | 11 |
2. System Memory (DRAM & SRAM) ................................................... | 13 |
DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: .................................... | 13 |
Static RAM (SRAM) for Level 2 (External) Cache ........................... | 14 |
Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard ....................... | 14 |
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ............................................................ | 15 |
4. Expansion Cards ................................................................................... | 16 |
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ....................................... | 16 |
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ..................................... | 17 |
5. External Connectors ............................................................................. | 19 |
Power Connection Procedures ............................................................ | 25 |
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ..................................................................... | 26 |
Support Software ....................................................................................... | 26 |
Flash Memory Writer Utility ..................................................................... | 26 |
Main Menu ................................................................................... | 26 |
Advanced Features Menu ............................................................. | 27 |
Updating your Motherboard's BIOS ................................................... | 28 |
6. BIOS Setup ........................................................................................... | 29 |
Load Defaults ............................................................................... | 30 |
Standard CMOS Setup ........................................................................ | 30 |
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ................................................ | 31 |
BIOS Features Setup ........................................................................... | 34 |
Details of BIOS Features Setup .................................................... | 34 |
Chipset Features Setup ........................................................................ | 37 |
Details of Chipset Features Setup ................................................. | 37 |
Power Management Setup .................................................................. | 40 |
Details of Power Management Setup ........................................... | 40 |
PNP and PCI Setup ............................................................................. | 42 |
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ...................................................... | 42 |
Load BIOS Defaults ............................................................................ | 44 |
Load Setup Defaults ............................................................................ | 44 |
Supervisor Password and User Password ........................................... | 45 |
IDE HDD Auto Detection ................................................................... | 46 |
Save and Exit Setup ............................................................................ | 47 |
Exit Without Saving ............................................................................ | 47 |
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT ...................................................... | 49 |
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ..................................................... | 49 |
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ....................... | 49 |
System Requirements ................................................................... | 49 |
Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ................................ | 50 |
Notes: ............................................................................................ | 50 |
IV | ASUS |