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              E988
First Edition                
April
              Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information              
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup              
Chapter 5: Software support
              Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement                
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
              Electrical safety
Operation safety              
How this guide is organized
              Conventions used in this guide
Where to find more information              
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)                
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe)
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              Product introduction
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              Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4B533-VMmotherboard
ASUS P4B533-VMmotherboard user guide              
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology                
DDR memory support
USB 2.0 technology                
6-channeldigital audio (on audio models only)
              1.3.2 Value-addedsolutions
ASUS JumperFree™ mode                
Concurrent PCI
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring                
Dual function power switch
              1.4.1 Major components
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              1.4.2 Core specifications
              Flash EEPROM
South bridge controller                
ASUS ASIC
AGP slot                
Standby power LED
              Line In jack
Line Out jack                
Microphone jack
USB 2.0 ports 1 and                
Video port
              Hardware information
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              2.1.1 Placement direction
2.1.2 Screw holes              
Chapter 2: Hardware information
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              2.4.1 Overview
              2.4.2 Installing the CPU
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              2.4.3 Installing the heatsink and fan
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              2.4.4 Connecting the CPU fan cable
              2.5.1 Overview
              2.5.2 Memory configurations
2.5.3 Installing a DIMM              
2.5.4 Removing a DIMM
              2.6.1 Installing an expansion card
2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card              
Standard Interrupt Assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard              
2.6.3 PCI slots
2.6.4 AGP slot              
1.JumperFree™ mode (J6)
              2.CPU frequency selection (SW1 Switches 1-5)
3.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)              
4.Bass/Center setting (3-pinBCS1, BCS2) (on audio models only)
5.SMBus 2.0 setting (two 3-pinSMB2.0)              
6.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR1, USBPWR2, USBPWR3)
              1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED)
2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)              
3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE/SEC_IDE)
              4.ATX power connectors (20-pinATX_POWER1, 4-pinATX12V)
              5.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, CHA_FAN1)
6.Chassis open alarm lead (4-1pin CHASSIS)              
7.USB header (10-1pin USB20_5, USB20_6)
8.Smart Card Reader connector (14-1pin SMARTCON1) (optional)              
9.Infrared module connector (two 5-1pin IR)
10.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF1) (on audio models only)              
11.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD_IN1, AUX1) (on audio models only)
12.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) (on audio models only)              
13.Line in connector (5-pinFP_LINE_IN) (on audio models only)
14.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME PORT1)              
15.Serial port 2 connector (10-1pin COM2)
16.System panel connector (20-pinASUS_PANEL1)                
•System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
•System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER)              
•System Message LED Lead (2-pinMLED)
•System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)                
•ATX Power Switch / Soft-OffSwitch Lead (2-pinPWR)
•Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET)            
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              Powering up
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              Award BIOS Beep Codes
              Chapter 3: Powering up
              BIOS setup
              Managing and updating your BIOS
              4.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
              5.At the prompt, “Please Enter File Name for NEW BIOS: _”, type in the
WARNING! File not found                
Press a key to reboot
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup              
4.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk            
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              Updating BIOS procedures
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              4.2.1 BIOS menu bar
4.2.2 Legend bar              
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program                
Scroll bar
Sub-menu              
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]                
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]              
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]                
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
              4.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]              
[User Type HDD]
              Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders                
Head
Sector                
CHS Capacity
              SMART Monitoring [Disabled]
PIO Mode [4]                
Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled]
              4.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]                
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [6/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]              
CPU Speed [Manual]
CPU Frequency Multiple                
CPU External Frequency (MHz)
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio [Auto]              
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]                
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]                
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled]
              4.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]                
SDRAM CAS Latency [1.5T]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]              
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay [3T]
SDRAM Active Precharge Delay [5T]                
SDRAM Idle Timer [Infinite]
Onboard VGA [Disabled]                
Graphics Aperture Size [128MB]
              Memory Hole At 15M-16M[Disabled]
Delayed Transaction [Disabled]                
Onboard PCI IDE [Both]
USB 2.0 Reference Voltage [Medium]              
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]                
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]                
UART2 Use As [COM Port]
              Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]
ECP DMA Select [3]                
Onbaord AC97 Audio Controller [Auto]
Onboard AC97 Modem Controller [Auto]                
Onboard MIDI I/O [Disabled]
              4.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 IRQ [Auto]                
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]                
USB 1.1 Controllers [3 Controllers]
              Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card]
Onboard LAN Controller [Enabled]                
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]              
Power Management [User Defined]
              Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]                
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled]                
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
              4.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]                
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Card [Disabled]              
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]                
Automatic Power Up [Disabled]
              4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
CPU Q-FanFunction [Disabled]                
CPU Temperature Threshold
CPU Fan Lowest Level Voltage              
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]                
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]                
VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage
              Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]                
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM                
Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]
              Plug & Play O/S [No]
Reset Configuration Data [No]                
Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]                
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
              Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes              
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes                
Save Changes
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              Software support
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              5.2.1 Running the support CD
              5.2.2 Main menu
              5.2.3 Software menu
ASUS Update                
ASUS BIOS Flash Utility
ASUS PC Probe                
Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications
              Direct
E-Color3Deep                
Acrobat Reader
ASUS Screen Saver                
PC-cillin
              5.2.4 Drivers menu
Intel® Application Accelerator                
LAN
Audio Utility                
Smart Card Reader
              5.2.5 DOS Utilities menu
5.2.6 ASUS Contact Information              
5.2.7 Other information
Motherboard Info                
Browse this CD
              Technical Support Form
Readme              
5.3.1 ASUS Update
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              5.3.2 ASUS PC Probe
Starting ASUS PC Probe              
Using ASUS PC Probe
              Settings
History                
Fan Control
Hard Drives              
Information
Memory                
Shows the PC memory load, memory usage, and paging file usage
Device Summary                
DMI Explorer
              ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon
              5.3.3 E-Color3Deep
3Deep Control Panel              
3Deep Color Tuning
              Set Up Now
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              AC’97 (Audio Codec '97)
Bandwidth                
Data Transfer Rate
G-1              
Backup
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)                
Bit (Binary Digit)
Boot                
Bus Master IDE
              CPU (Central Processing Unit)
Device Driver                
DOS (Disk Operating System)
Expansion Card                
Flash ROM
              I/O Address
LAN (Local Area Network)                
Modem
Network                
OS (Operating System)
              POST (Power On Self Test)
PS/2 Port                
RAM (Random Access Memory)
ROM (Read Only Memory)                
SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM)
              System Disk
USB (Universal Serial Bus)                
WAN (Wide Area Network)
G-6            
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              Index