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E906
First Edition November
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Glossary
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
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)
Product introduction
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Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4S333 motherboard
ASUS P4S333 motherboard user guide
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
DDR memory support
Digital audio interface (on audio models only)
Onboard audio feature (on audio models only)
1.3.2 Value-addedsolutions
Overclocking
ASUS iPanel support
1.4.1 Motherboard components
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ATX 12V connector
North bridge controller
CPU socket
ATX power connector
DDR DIMM sockets
Super I/O controller
Flash EEPROM
Onboard LED
ACR slot
LAN PHY
Microphone jack
Line In jack
Line Out jack
Serial port
USB ports
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
DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendors List
2.5.3 Installing 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
2.6.5 ACR slot
1.JumperFree™ mode (JEN1)
2.CPU frequency selection (DSW1 Switches 1-5)
3.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
4.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBV1, USBV2, USBV3)
5.Bass/Center setting (3-pinBCS1, BCS2) (on audio models only)
6.DDR voltage selector (4-pinDDRVOL1)
7.CPU voltage selector (3-pinVEN1)
8.Clear RTC RAM (CLRCMOS1)
1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDELED1)
2.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRIMARY IDE/SECONDARY IDE)
3.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
4.Chassis open alarm lead (4-1pin CHASSIS)
5.CPU, Chassis, and Power Fan Connectors (3-pinCPUFAN1, CHASFAN1, PWRFAN1)
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7.USB headers (two 10-1pin USB1, USB2)
8.SMBus connector (6-1pin SMB)
9.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX, MODEM) (optional)
10.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin IAPANEL1) (optional)
11.ASUS iPanel connector (24-1pin AFPANEL) (optional)
12.Digital audio connector (6-1pin SPDIF1) (optional)
13.Line in connector (5-pinALIN1) (optional)
14.SD and MS connectors (10-pinSD1, MS1)
15.Smart Card Reader connector (14-1pin SMARTCON1) (optional)
16.Infrared module connector (two 5-1pin IR)
17.Power supply thermal connector (2-pinPWRTMP)
18.Serial port 2 connector (10-1pin COM2)
19.SIRQ1 connector (2-pinSIRQ1)
20.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•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-pinPWRBTN)
•Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET)
Powering up
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Award BIOS Beep Codes
POST Message
Action
Chapter 3: Powering up
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BIOS setup
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4.1.1 Using the computer system for the first time
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4.1.2 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]
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]
Language [English]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
A note about passwords
Forgot the password
Halt On [All Errors]
CPU Speed [Manual]
CPU Frequency Multiple
CPU/PCI Frequency (MHz)
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio [Auto]
CPU VCore Setting [Auto]
CPU VCore [1.750V]
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 [2.5T]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time [3T]
SDRAM Mode [Normal]
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
AGP Capability [4X Mode]
Video Memory Cache Mode [UC]
PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled]
Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both]
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]
Onboard Card Reader Type [Disabled]
Speech POST Reporter [Enabled]
4.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS [Auto]
4.4.3.1 Onboard PCI Devices Control
Onboard PCI Audio Controller [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Controller [Enabled]
Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Enabled]
Onboard AC97 Modem Controller [Enabled]
4.4.3.2 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion
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]
Wake On LAN [Disabled]
Power Up On USB [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar]
Automatic Power Up [Disabled]
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
POWER Temperature [N/A]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM]
Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
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]
Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
Software support
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5.2.1 Running the support CD
5.2.2 Installation menus
5.2.3 Software and drivers description
SiS AGP Driver
C-MediaAudio Driver and Applications
SiS PCI LAN Driver
Winbond Voice Editor
Install ASUS Update
Microsoft Direct X 8.0a Driver
PC-cillin2000
Acrobat Reader
Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications
5.3.1 ASUS Update
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5.3.2 Winbond Voice Editor
Launching the program
Playing the default wave files
Changing the default language
Customizing your POST messages
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5.3.3 Multi-ChannelAudio Feature
Setting the C-MediaAudio Mixer
Running the C-MediaAudio Demo Program
Connector Settings and Functions
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AC’97 (Audio Codec '97)
Bandwidth
Data Transfer Rate
Backup
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BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
Bit (Binary Digit)
Boot
Bus Master IDE
Byte (Binary Term)
Device Driver
DOS (Disk Operating System)
Expansion Card
Flash ROM
IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)
LAN (Local Area Network)
Modem
Network
OS (Operating System)
PC100/PC133
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)
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