Asus P4S8X 143

RAID 1 or 0 82

SDRAM

Active to Precharge Time 61 CAS Latency 61 Configuration 61

RAS to CAS Delay 61 Serial Ports 64

Connectors 29 Slots

AGP 23

PCI 23

Smart Card Reader 38 Smart Manager 105

Modes 108

Using 107 SMART Monitoring 55 SMBus Connector 37 Support CD 79

Welcome screen 79 Winbond Voice Editor 101

Suspend Mode 70

System Date 51 System memory

configurations 17 System Time 51

UART2 66

Ultra DMA Mode 55

Universal Serial Bus (USB) 28

Ports 28

USB Legacy Support 61

Using

3Deep Color Tuner 99

ASUS Update 96

LiveUpdate 99

Multi-Channel Audio Feature 109

PC Probe 91

Windbond Smart Manager 105

USWC 62

Winbond Smart Manager 105

Windbond Smart Manager

Modes 108

Using 107

ZIF socket 11

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Contents

Page P4S8X E1120 Sepetember Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information. A Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 5: Software support Appendix and Glossary Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Glossary Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Technical Support: ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Page Page Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4S8X motherboard ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide North Bridge Chipset: SiS South Bridge Chipset: UltraDMA133 Support: Multi-I/O ASUS EZ Plug™ ASUS EZ Flash BIOS (See page 45.) ASUS POST Reporter ASUS MyLogo™ ASUS Q-Fanfeature (See page 75.) Location Page Software Audio Smart Card Reader Support NOTICE: Auto Fan Off: ACPI Ready: A Page Page Page Page Page Onboard System Indicators (LED - Light Emitting Diodes) AGP Page Page Page Page Page Page DDR Data Transfer Rate DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendor List Page Page Page Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard Page 1. USB Device Wake-Up(3 x 3 pin USBPWR_12, _34, _56) 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) 4. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) WARNING IMPORTANT 1.PS/2 Mouse Port (Green, 6-pinPS2KBMS) PS/2 Mouse Function Control 4.4 Advanced Menu 4.Parallel Port (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER) Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 5.Fast-EthernetPort Connector (RJ45) (optional) 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 8.IEEE-1394Port (Female 1394) 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 9.IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 10. IDE Connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE / SEC_IDE, PRI_ATA133) 11.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 12.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3 x 3-pinCHA_FAN,CPA_FAN, PWR_FAN) 13.ATX power connectors and ASUS EZ Plug™ (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX+12V, 4-pinAUX+12V) 14.USB header (2 x 10-1pin USB_56) 15.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX, MODEM) (optional) 16.Digital audio connector (6 pin SPDIF) (optional) 17. Infrared module connector (5-1pin IR_CON) UART2 Use As 18. IEEE-1394Header (8-pinIEEE1394_2) (Optional) 19. Chassis Open Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) 20. SMBus Connector (6-1pin SMB) 21. SATA Serial ATA IDE Connectors (2 x 7-pinPRI_SATA, SEC_SATA) serial ATA IDE 22. Smart Card Reader connector (14-1pin SMARTCON) (optional) 23. Game Connector (16-1pin GAME) 24.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) (on audio models only) 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) Page Page Award BIOS Beep Codes POST Message Action Chapter 3: Powering up Page Page Page Page original BIOS exact BIOS file name “WARNING! Device not ready.” Page Page Page Page Page MAIN ADVANCED POWER BOOT EXIT 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] Type [Auto] [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Head Sector CHS Capacity SMART Monitoring [Disabled] PIO Mode [4] Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] Boot Up NumLock Status [On] Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec] Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec] Language [English] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] A note about passwords Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] CPU Speed [Manual] CPU Frequency Multiple CPU External Frequency (MHz) Memory Frequency [Auto] CPU VCore Setting [Auto] CPU VCore [1.750V] AGP Voltage Adjustment [Auto] DDR Voltage Adjustment [Auto] CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] BIOS Update [Enabled] USB Legacy Support [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] 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] Chipset Clock Mode [Synchronous] SDRAM Command Lead-offTime [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] AGP Capability [8X Mode] AGP Fast Write Capability [Enabled] Memory Hole At 15M-16M[Disabled] PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] IDE Bus Master Support [Enable] 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] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] ECP DMA Select [3] Speech POST Reporter [Enabled] 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] 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 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] AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled] Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled] Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 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 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 Page Page Page Add New Hardware NOTE: Drivers: •SiS® Mini IDE Driver: Installs the IDE support driver Promise •SiS® AGP Driver: Installs the AGP driver for the SiS chipset Utilities: Winbond Smart Manager Application: •ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a Install ASUS Update Vx.xx: Microsoft DirectX Driver: IMPORTANT Page Page Page 1. In the FastBuild™ Utility Main Menu, select Auto Setup [1] 4. If selecting <Y>, for Create and Duplicate, this screen will be displayed: Page Page Page Page Page Show up in next execution ASUS PC Probe Start Programs ASUS Utility Monitor Summary Temperature Monitor Fan Monitor Voltage Monitor Settings CPU Cooling System Setup When CPU Overheated History Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Execute Program Page Page Page Page CRT LCD brightness blue red Start button 3Deep Control Panel 3Deep Applications Main Program Color Wizard Launching the program Playing the default wave files Changing the default language Customizing your POST messages Page Connect smart card reader connector Boot up BIOS Smart manager setup: Restart NOTE Do not install unless Smart Manager icon Smart Manager GSM Explorer SIM card telephone icon SIM / GSM Phonebooks icon Smart Manager Logon Disable Check Boot Check Always Check Note 1.The C-MediaMixer Icon appears on the bottom right of the screen, or the Mixer PCI Audio Applications Audio Rack Connector Settings and Functions Page Page Page Page Appendix: Glossary Page Page Page Page Symbols Index