Asus P4T-E manual

® P4T-E

Intel® 850 ATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Contents

Page Product Name: ASUS P4T-E Manual Revision: 1.01 E837 Release Date: September ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) P4T-EMotherboard Components Hardware Setup Procedure Central Processing Unit (CPU) Starting Up the First Time Managing and Updating Your BIOS INDEX WARNING Canadian Department of Communications Statement This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003du Canada 1.1How This Manual Is Organized 1.2 Item Checklist 2.1The ASUS P4T-E 2.1.1 Core Specifications 2.1.2Connections 2.1.3Optional Components 2.1.4 Performance and Intelligence Auto CPU Throttling Function: Voltage Monitoring and Alert: ATX Power Soft-Off Switch Lead 2.2P4T-EMotherboard Components Page 3.1P4T-EMotherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure 3.4Motherboard Settings Motherboard Frequency Settings (SW1 Switches) 1)JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN 2)CPU External Frequency Selection (SW1 Switches 6-10) 3)Manual CPU Ratio Settings (SW1 Switches 1-4) 1. To use this feature, JEN must be set to Jumper Mode, [1-2] in 3, HARDWARE SETUP.) Operating Frequency Setting 4)USB Device Wake-up(USBPWR) NOTES: 5)Onboard Audio Setting (ADN) (audio models only) ADN Enable Disable [2-3] 3.5System Memory 3.5.1Installing Memory 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 3.6.1Installing the Heatsink and Fan Step 1: Mount the Heatsink Step 2: Mount the Fan Step 3: Lock the Retention Mechanism Step 4: Connect the CPU Fan Cable 3.7Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3.7.3Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP Pro) 3.7.4 Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) 3.8External Connectors 3)Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER) Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port NOTE 6)Joystick/MIDI Connector (15 pin Female GAME_AUDIO) Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” Female LINE IN, LINE OUT, MIC) Line Out Line In Line Out Mic 9)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pinIDE) 10)Fan Connectors (3 pin MAIN_FAN, CPU_FAN, PCI_FAN) do not place jumper caps over these pins 11)USB Headers (10-1pin USB2) 12)Internal Audio Connectors (4-pinMODEM, CD_IN, AUX) 14)Headphone (3 pin HEADPHONE) (optional) An external headphone feeds from the motherboard using this connector 15)Digital Audio Connector (4-1pin SPDIFOUT) (optional) 17)IDE Activity LED (2-pinHDLED) 18)SMB Connector (5-1pin SMB) 19)Device Thermal Sensor Connector (2-pinTR1) Power Supply Connectors IMPORTANT: Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply (minimum recom IMPORTANT: 21)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 22)Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK) 23)System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pinSPEAKER) 24)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMSG.LED) 25)System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) 3.9Starting Up the First Time Award BIOS Beep Codes 4. BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer: Start Shut Down Shut down the computer 4.1Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures Page Page 4.2BIOS Setup Program 4.2.1BIOS Menu Bar 4.2.2 Legend Bar General Help Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program Scroll Bar Sub-Menu 4.3Main Menu 4.3.1Primary & Secondary Master/Slave [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Translation Method Head Sector CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] 4.3.2 Keyboard Features Language [English] A Note about Passwords Forgot the Password Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 4.4Advanced Menu RDRAM Frequency:FSB Ratio (MHz) [Auto] APIC [Disabled] CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] CPU Fast String [Enabled] FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode [Disabled] Notes for JumperFree Mode 4.4.1Chip Configuration PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4], Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/ IRQ3] UART2 Use Standard Infrared [Disabled] Infrared Module Connector External Connectors Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] 4.4.3PCI Configuration PCI/PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion 4.4.4Shadow Configuration 4.5Power Menu Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ] Video Off Method [DPMS OFF] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Suspend-to-RAMCapability [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] 4.5.1Power Up Control 4.5.2 Hardware Monitor 4.6Boot Menu Boot Sequence Plug & Play O/S [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] 4.7Exit Menu Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes 5.1Install Operating System 5.2 Start Windows 5.3P4T-EMotherboard Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu 5.3.2 Installation Procedure 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Information Utility 6.1.3ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 6.2ASUS Live Update 6.3CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.3.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.3.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel 6.4CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.4.3Starting VideoLive Mail 6.4.4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface Page 7.1 Glossary APPENDIX