Asus P4T manual

® P4T

Intel® 850 ATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Contents

Page ASUS P4T 1.07 E707 March ASUS P4T User’s Manual ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Page Page Page 1.1How This Manual Is Organized 1.2 Item Checklist 2.1The ASUS P4T 2.1.1Specifications PC Health Monitoring: Legacy Free: Smart BIOS: IrDA: Concurrent PCI: 2.1.2Performance 2.1.3Intelligence 2.2P4T Motherboard Components Page 3.1P4T Motherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents 3.3Getting Started 3.4Motherboard Settings Motherboard Feature Settings 1) JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN 2)USB Device Wake Up (USBPWR) NOTES Wake On USB Device Power Up Control USBPWR 3)CPU External Frequency Setting (SW1) CPU Speed Advanced Menu Manual CPU Settings 4)CPU Core: Bus Frequency Multiple (SW1-Switches 1-4) 3.5System Memory 3.5.1Installing Memory 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 3.6.1CPU Installation Step 2: Install the CPU Step 3: Install the Heatsink Support Base Step 4: Install the Heatsink Step 5: Install the Heatsink Retaining Clips Page 3.7Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3.7.4 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot 3.8External Connectors 3)Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER) Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) NOTE 5)Universal Serial Bus Ports (Black two 4-pinUSB) 6)Fast-EthernetPort Connector (RJ45) (optional) 7)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pinIDE) 8)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pinFLOPPY) do not place jumper caps over these pins 10)SMB Connector (5-1pin SMB) 11)Chassis Intrusion Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) 12)Wake-On-LANConnector (3-pinWOL) Wake On LAN or PCI Modem 4.5.1 Power Up Control 13)Wake-On-RingConnector (2-pinWOR) 14)USB Headers (10-1pin USB2) 15)Hard Disk Drive Activity LED (2-pinHDDLED) 16)SCSI Activity LED Lead (2-pinSCSILED) 17)Infrared Module Connector (5-pinIR) 18)Device Thermal Sensor Connector (2-pinTR2) IMPORTANT: P4T System Panel Connectors 20)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 21)Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK) 22)System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pinSPEAKER) 23)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMSG.LED) 3.9Starting Up the First Time Award BIOS Beep Codes 4. BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer: 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] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] A Note about Passwords Forgot the Password Hub Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 4.4Advanced Menu RDRAM Frequency (MHz) [Auto] CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Enabled] CPU Fast String [Enabled] FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode [Disabled] Notes for JumperFree Mode System Hangup Cause for Hangup: Improper CPU Internal Frequency Cause for Hangup: Improper CPU External (FSB) Freq. (MHz) Cause for Hangup: Improper 4.4.1Chip Configuration PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] High Priority PCI Mode [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration UART2 Use Standard Infrared [Disabled] IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector 3.8 External Connectors Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] 4.4.3PCI Configuration 4.4.4 Shadow 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 Wake On PS2 KB/PS2 Mouse/CIR [Disabled] Automatic Power Up [Disabled] NOTE: Automatic Power Up 4.5.2Hardware 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 Motherboard Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu Adobe Acrobat Reader Vx.x: Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications: Show Motherboard Information: Browse Support CD: ReadMe: 5.4INF Update Utility for Intel 850 Chipset 5.5Intel Ultra ATA Storage Driver 5.6Intel LDCM Administrator Setup Page 5.7Intel LDCM Client Setup Page 5.8ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 5.9ASUS PC Probe 5.10ASUS Update 5.11Microsoft DirectX Driver 5.12YAMAHA S-YXG50SoftSynthesizer 5.13PC-Cillin98 5.14Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.15Install Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 5.15.1 System Requirements 5.15.2 Cyberlink Contact Information 5.15.3Installation Procedures 5.16Uninstalling Programs Page 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Settings History Fan Control Information Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Utility 6.1.3ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 6.2ASUS Update 6.3YAMAHA XGPlayer 6.3.1 Using YAMAHA XGPlayer 6.3.2YAMAHA XGstudio Player Control Panel 6.3.3 YAMAHA XGstudio Mixer Control Panel 6.3.4YAMAHA XGplayer Minimize Panel 6.3.5 Troubleshooting Noise gets mixed in with the playback sound 6.4CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.4.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.4.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel 6.5CyberLink PowerDVD 6.5.1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD 6.5.2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface 6.6CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.6.1Starting VideoLive Mail 6.6.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface 7.1PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card 7.1.1 Features 7.1.2 Software Driver Support 7.1.3 Question and Answer 7.2 Glossary Boot Bus Master IDE Byte (Binary Term) COM Port Concurrent PCI LPT Port (Line Printer Port) MMX OnNow PC100 PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) ROM (Read Only Memory) SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SPD for SDRAM module SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions)