Asus S-presso 62

To recover the BIOS from the support CD:

1.Boot the system.

2.When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following screen message appears.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

The system automatically checks the CD-ROM if there is no floppy disk found in the drive.

3.Place the support CD in the optical drive. The support CD contains the original BIOS for this motherboard.

Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...

Checking for floppy...

Floppy not found!

Checking for CD-ROM...

CD-ROM found.

Reading file “p4p8t.rom”. Completed.

Start flashing...

DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing so may cause system boot failure!

4.When the BIOS update process is complete, reboot the system.

The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file.

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Chapter 4: BIOS information

Contents

Page E1686 First Edition August Chapter 1: System Introduction Chapter 2: Basic installation Chapter 3: Motherboard info Chapter 4: BIOS information Chapter 5: Starting up Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety Lithium-IonBattery Warning CAUTION VORSICHT Audience How this guide is organized 1 . Chapter 1: System Introduction 2 . Chapter 2: Basic Installation 3 . Chapter 3: Motherboard Information Conventions used in this guide WARNING: CAUTION: IMPORTANT: NOTE: Page Page S1-P112 S1-P111 1 . Card slots door 2 . Card slots door access button 3 . Optical drive door 4 . Optical drive tray eject button Page Page 1 . Power supply unit fan 2 . Chassis fan 3 . Parallel port 4 . PS/2 mouse port 5 . PS/2 keyboard port 13 . Line In port (light blue) 14 . Microphone port (pink) Audio ports function variation 15 . USB 2.0 ports 16 . USB 2.0 ports Page TV icon 2 . VCD icon 3 . DVD icon 4 . Photo icon 5 . Music icon 8 . Status display 9 . Play 10 . Pause 11 . Record 12 . Stereo Page Tool Page Page Page 2.6.1Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly 2.6.2CPU installation 2.6.3Re-installingthe CPU fan and heatsink assembly Qualified DDR400 vendors list Memory frequency/CPU FSB synchronization PCI slot 2.8.2Expansion card installation Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard Page Page Page Page 2.11.1 Voltage selector 2.11.2 Power supply specifications Input characteristics Output voltage requirements DC output current load ranges Output ripple To the front panel To the rear panel Page Page Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 1 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, 10-1pin USB78) 2 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF OUT) 3 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 4 . CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) 5 . ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 6 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 7 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX1, CD1) 8 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA2, SATA1) Native Legacy 9 . J1 connector (10-1-pinJ1) 10 . LCD panel connector (24-1-pinLCD_PANEL) 11 . System panel connector (8-1pin PANEL) •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED) •ATX power button/soft-offbutton (2-pinPWR) Page Page AFUDOS ASUS EZ Flash CrashFree BIOS ASUS Update 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS afudos /o<filename afudos /o 4.1.3Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS afudos /i<filename.rom Page 4.1.4Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS P4P8T.ROM 4.1.5Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS P4P8T11.ROM Page 4.1.6ASUS Update Auto Select Save Page 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar Main Advanced Power 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8Scroll bar 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] IDE Detect Time Out [35] AMI BIOS Processor System Memory Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] DDR Reference Voltage [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Internal Graphic Accelerate Mode [Auto] Graphic Adapter Priority [AGP/Int-VGA] Onboard Video Memory [Enabled, 8MB] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] Boot Display Device [Auto] TV Standard [Auto] MPS Revision [1.4] OnBoard AC’97 Audio [Auto] OnBoard LAN [Enabled] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [EPP+ECP] Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] IRQxx [Available] USB Function [8 USB Ports] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [FullSpeed] 4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By PS/2 Devices [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] V CORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] 1st ~ xxth Drive [1st Floppy Drive] Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] PS/2 Mouse Support [Auto] Typematic Rate [Fast] Boot to OS/2 [No] Change Supervisor Password User Access Level (Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page Software Information 5.3.1Running the support CD Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Intel(R) Extreme Graphics Driver ADI1888 Driver and Application Realtek RTL8100C 10/100M LAN Driver USB 2.0 Driver ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update PC-CILLIN2002 Adobe® Acrobat Reader® ASUS Screensaver Motherboard info Browse this CD Technical support form Filelist 5.4.1ASUS Update Programs/AsusUpdate Vx.xx.xx/AsusUpdate Page Starting ASUS PC Probe Using ASUS PC Probe Settings History Hard Drive Memory DMI Explorer Utility Execute Program ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Setting to multi-channelaudio Page Adjusting the volume settings Adjusting the microphone settings