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Asus P2E-VM Features:, Support CD:, Introduction:, Installation:, IV. BIOS Software:, ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VMUser’s Manual

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I. INTRODUCTION

How this manual is organized

This manual is divided into the following sections:

I.Introduction: Manual information and checklist

II.Features: Information and specifications concerning this product

III.Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard

IV. BIOS Software: Instructions on setting up the BIOS software

V.Support CD: Information on the included support software

Item Checklist

Please check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your retailer.

(1) ASUS Motherboard

(1) Retention mechanism & heatsink support for CPU

(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) Bag of spare jumper caps

(1) Support drivers and utilities

(1) Motherboard User’s Manual

COM2 bracket (optional)

COM2 + TV-Out bracket (optional)

ASUS DIMM memory module (optional)

ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-on-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional)

Manual / Checklist

I. INTRODUCTION

ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM User’s Manual

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Page Product Name: ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VM Manual Revision: Release Date: June Marketing Technical Support Page Page 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 Introduction: Features: Installation: IV. BIOS Software: Support CD: FEATURES ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VMSpecifications: •microATX: Features ASUS’ custom designed microATX form factor Multi-Speed: •Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440LX or 440EX AGPset with I/O subsystems ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VMSpecial Features: Easy Installation: Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VMIntelligence Auto Fan Off: even in sleep mode and system noise Parts of the ASUS P2L-VM/P2E-VMMotherboard Motherboard Parts II. FEATURES Layout (Greyed items are optional at the time of purchase.) Jumpers Expansion Slots Hardware Monitor Connectors Motherboard Layout Jumpers Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1.Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2.Install System Memory Modules 3.Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 3.Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM (CLRCMOS) RTC RAM CLRCMOS 4.Keyboard Power Up (KBPWR) Setting KBPWR 5.CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (FS0, FS1, FS2) 6.CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio (BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3) Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows: Install memory in any combination as follows: ASUS Memory Examples: ECC EDO DIMM (9 chips) 72bits Non-ECCSDRAM DIMM (8 chips) 64bits General DIMM Notes: (not true for all memory modules) DIMM Memory Installation Pentium II Processor The Motherboard As Shipped Installing the Pentium II Processor: Mount the Pentium II Retention Mechanism: TIP: WARNING Insert the SEC Cartridge: Secure the SEC Cartridge: AAVID Heatsink Elan Vital Heatsink Expansion Card Installation Procedure Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 1.PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pinFemale) 2.PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pinFemale) 3.Parallel Port Connector (25-pinFemale) NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port 4.Serial Port COM1 Connector (9-pinMale) Connectors Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” Female) Line Out Line In Mic Joystick/Midi Connector 9.Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (Two 40-1pinIDE) 10.IDE activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 11.Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pinFLOPPY) 12.Stereo Audio In Connectors (4-pinCD1, CD2, AUX) 13.Digital Audio Interface (6-pin) 14.IrDA / Fast IR-Compliantinfrared module connector (5-pinIR) 15.Wake On LAN Connector (3-pinWOL_CON) WAKE On LAN Power Up Con- trol BIOS SOFT- WARE 16.Message LED Lead (LED, 2 pins) 17.SMI Suspend Switch Lead (SMI, 2 pins) 18.ATX Power Switch/Soft Power Switch (PWR, 2 pins) 19.Reset Switch Lead (RESET, 2 pins) 20.System Power LED (KEYLOCK, 3 pins) do not place jumper caps over these pins 24.ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pinblock ATXPWR) 25.ATX Power Supply Fan Control Connector (6-pinblock) Power Requirement Processor +5V +12V Total Power 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 ) 5.You may then turn on your devices in the following order: a.Your monitor Main Menu 2. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Flash Memory Writer IV. BIOS Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 2.Copy AFLASH.EXE to the just created boot disk Run AFLASH.EXE from this new disk and select option 1. Save Current BIOS to File BIOS Setup Load Defaults Details of Standard CMOS Setup: Time 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 Auto detection of hard disks on bootup Drive A / Drive B (None) Floppy 3 Mode Support (Disabled) Drive A, Drive B, Both, and Disabled Video (EGA/VGA) Details of BIOS Features Setup BIOS CPU Level 1 Cache / CPU Level 2 Cache (Enabled) CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check (Disabled) BIOS Update (Enabled) Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled) 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) Details of Chipset Features Setup Video Memory Cache Mode (UC) USWC PCI 2.1 Support (Enabled) Memory Hole At 15M–16M(Disabled) DRAM are xx bits wide (Not available on 440EX Motherboard) Onboard FDC Swap A & B (No Swap) Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are and for the onboard serial connector Details of Power Management Setup Video Off Method (DPMS OFF) DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) AC PWR Loss Restart (Disabled) Disabled Wake on LAN (Enable) Automatic Power Up (Disabled) Details of PNP and PCI Setup DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU) ISA MEM Block BASE (No/ICU) Symbios SCSI BIOS (Auto) USB IRQ (Enabled) TV Standard Select (NTSC) Load Onboard Audio Plug and Play Resource Data (CMI8330) Load BIOS Defaults Load Setup Defaults Supervisor Password and User Password III. INSTALLATION Passwords IDE HDD Auto Detection Save & Exit Setup Save & Exit Exit Without Saving SOFTWARE Support CD Main Menu Main Menu Selections LDCM Local Setup: ASUS PC Probe Setup: Installs a simple utility to monitor your computer’s fan PC Probe Utility Running / Installing 1.Click on “ASUS PC Probe Setup” from the main menu 2.Click “OK” after reading the welcome message 3.Click the install button 4.Make any desired setting changes Add/Remove Fan Rotation Status PC Temperature Status PC Voltage Status PC Status Summary PC Probe System Info PC Probe Settings PC Probe Task Bar Icon (This page was intentionally left blank) B. Video Driver B. Other Video Drivers Video Driver Driver Video .B C. Video Player Update Device Driver Wizard Click the Next button Click Other Locations button to direct the wizard to the audio driver files Finish Click No when asked if you want to keep files during version conflicts Display Video .B Install Windows 95 Display Driver allows your onboard VGA to function properly Click Install Windows 95 Display Driver to begin the installation wizard The “ATI 3D” setup screen will appear Microsoft DirectX allows Direct3D support in Windows Click Install DirectX5 to begin installation •MPEG Format: (*.MPG, *.DAT, *.MPV) Extensions •AVI Files (*.AVI) Extensions Click Install Video Player to begin instal- lation Changing display settings: 95 Windows Installing ATI video drivers in Windows 3.x: 1.Start Windows 2.Run File Manager Run 3.Insert the ASUS installation CD Installing ATI video drivers in DOS: 1.Enter DOS mode (Exit Windows, do not use Windows DOS prompt) 2.Change to your CD-ROMdrive x.3 Windows 4.Press Enter to confirm path of Windows 3.x or change if necessary Installing Microsoft Video for Windows in Windows 3.x: Continue Installing ATI Video Player in Windows 3.x: 1.Run File Manager MEMMAKER Page ATI Desktop Control Panel ATI DeskTop Mach64 ATI Desktop Features Help On: FlexDesk+ Basic Settings FlexDesk dynamic screen information feedback Sliders Colors: Select color depts of 256; 32, 768; 65, 536; or 16.7million colors Test: Defaults: Advanced...: Opens the Advanced panel. See FlexDesk+ Advanced Settings Help: Displays Help information on FlexDesk+ OK: Exits the FlexDesk+ control panel and effects all new changes FlexDesk+ Advanced Settings Environment 256 Color Palette Windows runs faster when this option is turned off Win3.1 Limitation: In some newer BIOS, DPMS fucntion doesn't work normally Enabline DPMS for Windows: 1.Click the DPMS icon 2.Highlight the timer boxes one at a time and specify the values 3.Turn on DPMS Enabled NOTE: Press Default to fill in the fields with default keys first <ALT>,<Ctrl> and <Shift DeskScape Functions Pan Up: Moves the "window" upward, with user defined keys, e.g., Alt − Pan Left: Moves the "window" to the left, with user defined keys, e.g., Alt ← Defaults: Assigns default keys to DeskScan Help: Displays Help information on DeskScan OK: Accepts key assignments as shown and exits WinSwitch FlexDesk Key 1: Defaults: Restores key combination and slider settings to defaults Help: Displays Help information on WinSwitch OK: Accepts current settings and exits WinSwitch: Page NOTES: DPMS (for DOS) Standby timer: Suspend timer: off timer: IMPORTANT •Windows NT 3.5x does not support AGP cards Windows Plug and Play in Windows NT 4.0: (Auto installing drivers) 1.Enter Windows NT 4.0 in safe mode by pressing F5 repeatedly during bootup safe mode \DRIVERS\ATI435\NT40 2.Click Display Type - Change Display Type windows appears 3.Click Change button - Select Device windows appears 4.Click Have Disk button - “Install From Disk” window appears 6.Select your CD-ROM drive in the “Drives:” box 8.Click the OK button - Install from Disk appears - Click OK button again Page The ATI OS/2 video driver is to be used for the English version of OS/2 only Installing ATI video drivers in English OS/2 or OS/2 Warp: 1.Start OS/2 3.Double-clickthe OS/2 System folder 4.Double-clickthe Command Prompts folder Drivers Video Other .B AutoCAD Installing ATI AutoCAD Video Drivers: 2.Insert the installation CD (assuming your CD-ROMdrive is letter D) 4.Select Drivers Installation and press <Enter Installing ATI Microstation Video Drivers: 2.Insert the CD (assuming your CD-ROMdrive is letter D) 5.Select the Application name Microstation <Enter Microstation Information System System Information Selecting Your Monitor Type: Factory Default/Apple.../IBM.../MIT.../NEC VESA-Std.../Generic.../ReadVDIF.../Custom Select Read VDIF 1.Start the INSTALL program 2.Select Quick Setup and press <Enter 3.Insert into a floppy drive the disk containing the VDIF file 4.Select READ VDIF... and press <Enter 3.Select Custom... and press <Enter / .Adv Other .B Factory Defaults The device can be reset to factory defaults by pressing <Shift>+<F7 Saving Your Configuration System Lockup •Remove all unnecessary boards •Disable shadow RAM Troubleshooting Test Patterns OK; Applications Do Not Sync Codes Error Desired resolution is disabled and displayed in gray Menu item is disabled and displayed in gray Adapter not detected Any FIFO test error Windows 95 mach64 enhanced display driver Windows 95 property page problems ATI Video Player Notes Other Problems & Actions ATI Player and control panel (Win3.1x and Win95) The Task Control Panel Under win31 environment Under Win95 environment CDAudio– Playing Audio CDs (Only in window 95) Click the Audio CD button in the Task control panel to switch to Audio CD mode Video .C The Audio CD player has its own display To play an audio CD Playing Interactive Discs (Video CD 2.0) Page D. Audio Driver E. Audio Software Audio Driver Driver Audio .D Installation First If Windows does not automatically detect your audio device on startup, run Click Other Locations to direct the wizard to the audio driver files Click Ok and “ESS Device Manager” will be shown. Click the Finish button Install Audio Utilities The AudioRack32 has six main parts: AudioRack32 •Digital Audio Player—playsand records files in the .WAV format •MIDI Player—enablesyou to play MIDI files Software Audio .E Center Command The Command Center Controls The Command Center Display Counter: The Miniature Mode Controls stops currently playing tracks or files of active components plays currently loaded tracks or files of active components pauses currently playing tracks or files of active components calls a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32, invoke the Al Mixer Audio The Audio Mixer Controls a slider to adjust the balance a slider to adjust the volume a button for muting The Digital Audio Player Controls The Digital Audio Player Display Digital Audio Player Player MIDI The MIDI Player Controls The MIDI Player Display The Compact Disk Player Controls E. Audio Software Recorder Audio The Audio Recorder Controls The Audio Recorder Display Help Disable Eject Button on the CD Player Using AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player Configuring Playback Mixer Release Notes Page LAN Card / Layout Card LAN ASUS .F •Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) •Wake-On-LANRemote Control Function Supported •PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev. 2.1 specifications •Consists of MAC & PHY (10/100Mbps) interfaces