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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:
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S1-P112
S1-P111
1 . Card slots door
2 . Card slots door access button
3 . Optical drive door
4 . Optical drive tray eject button
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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
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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
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Tool
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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
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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
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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)
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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
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4.1.4Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
P4P8T.ROM
4.1.5Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
P4P8T11.ROM
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4.1.6ASUS Update
Auto Select
Save
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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
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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
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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
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Adjusting the volume settings
Adjusting the microphone settings