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1. ae iT LANEN Setting ho ill Enable 2 3 default i o Disable 1 2 oS rO J LAN_EN LAN_EN i 6 o0 E h 123 123 Enable Disable 7 SCSI Setting SCSI_EN The onboard Adaptec Fast Wide Ultra2 SCSI may be enabled or disabled using this jumper SCSI EN Setting Enable 2 3 default z i Disable 1 2 co SCSI_EN SCSI_EN LOS oo oD 7 123 123 woo Enable Disable P2B D2 Onboard SCSI Setting ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 15 ip lt D 3 z D 3 lt 16 Il INSTALLATION 2 System Memory Main Memory DIMM This motherboard supports Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are avail able for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SOFTWARE Memory speed setup is recommend
2. M T DRAMRAS Setting Wil Single Sided DRAM 1 2 default g OR Mp Double Sided DRAM 2 3 7 0 DRAMRAS DRAMRAS L Donu D a z 123 123 x Single sided Double sided P2B D2 DRAM RAS Setting DRAMS DRAMS ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 13 Il INSTALLATION 4 CPU Bus Frequency FSO FS1 FS2 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU DRAM and 440BX AGPset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock multiplied by the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal fre quency the advertised CPU speed 5 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency 123 123 123 123 123 o l CHB Fso G Fso E Fso Fso TE Fso LEDs GREY Fs1 ERs s Fs ED Fs2 ER Fs2 gt EE Fs2 ER Ed o eo 50MHz 66MHz 75MHz 83MHz 100MHz F s L CPU Bus Frequency We a E t RRRA gaaf as n ooo MEN FEFE h a E E BBBC BEC j eT 2 0x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 3 0x 3 1 3 5x 7 2
3. performance 68 pin Wide i Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 i i 50 pin Narrow Terminated i CD ROM Scanner Tape co A Terminated 68 pin Ultra2 a a j i Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Terminator z oo oO P2B D2 SCSI Connection NOTE Ultra2 devices do not have termination jumpers and must use a separate terminator on the last connector ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 33 Connectors je a gt O s e x ee G Il INSTALLATION 23 SB Link Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK Using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols found in this motherboard s AGPset this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 compatibility to AWE64D Digi tal or other PCI audio cards enabling users to play Real mode DOS games and multimedia applications SB Link acts as a bridge between the motherboard and the PCI audio card by providing the DMA and IRQ signals present in the ISA bus but not available on the PCI bus eH ate ca NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it PC PCI Request 0 E Sideband Signal O A gt DGND 8_ Serial IRQ 2 co z 3 PC PCI Grant 7 5 DGND oO Sideband Signal
4. o m SBLINK S a m P2B D2 SB Link Connector 24 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy disk drive ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged _ NOTE Orient the red stripe on 2 the floppy ribbon cable to Pin 1 Pin 1 P2B D2 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 25 Serial Port Header 10 1 pin COM2 The serial port bracket can be used to add an additional serial port for additional serial devices Orient the red stripe on the serial ribbon cable to Pin 1 COM 2 For the serial port connector La to be available connect the 2D included serial cable set from on COM2 25 pin male to a free expansion port Pin 1 TIP You may also remove the bracket connector and mount them directly to the i case to save expansion P
5. ha x R P2B D2 CPU Settings CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple 3 D TA 7 WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable intl pentlunr il Intel Pentium II Processor in an SEC cartridge 233 450MHz Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio Intel CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS F FS2 FS1 FSO BF3 BE2 BF1 BFO Pentium II 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz l 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz l 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Pentium II 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz l 2 1 2 1 2 l 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 Pentium II 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 l 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Pentium II 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 l 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Pentium II 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 1 2 l 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 NOTES Overclocking your processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed Voltage Regulator Output Selection VID is not needed for the Pentium II processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller 14 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 6 LAN Setting LAN_EN The onboard Intel 10 100 Fast Ethernet may be enabled or disabled using this jumper
6. cccssseceeeseeeeeeees 57 IDE HDD Auto Detection sssssssesesesseersssesesssrrerseerssssreesseressseees 58 Save amp Exit SetUD sirsersersicreorisa niensis oeer aena ieri i nasa ssie 59 Exit Without Saving secrete AEEA RA EEE EE EATE 59 Va SUpport CD acsccccescessccsces cee cacescssssvnasssecuetensssnvctenectiesecesestanssesestedsnceece 61 Support CD COMICS sors cceeassererorcnenseesetreveestunavacedtuen ancsiereemcnensmne 61 Windows 9S ssscasscssassesncssvasssasesasssscnsvsncsaveia cans ssnsasssoesssscanssvssassensseeasbeneas 63 Windows NT 400 sdewsisessvsvanceosenntsobensvancesveisssecinsvancssvesstsneeeoaiatavessivaessseads 77 IBM OS 2 scbucussccadenstnasnesdesavnsebsehaaseaneinuseepna inna toanlousnapstoonssnussstuaaneinennaioneys 91 Appendix cas cies canannctnsonsnsguncasansnsasdeatossessnvensessevayieh sessusssenensssevabussanccksains 119 i Network Int rface icceneereusccsensasnpiatseetarronneneneiantesstananp au E 121 U SCSI BIOS eree E E E E EE 135 Hi EZ SCST CNN sespe ee oes needaeteremoranss 136 iv Desktop Management Interface sonesseeeesseeseeeesessseresserrsseeree 144 VASUS LAN G rd sesenengan e e ESES E e 147 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference
7. ISA Slot 1 e Alert Pack i960 SIMM Socket 1 Bank 0 con DRAMRAS CHASSIS ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Jumpers 1 CLRTC p 13 Clear Real Time Clock RTC RAM 2 960SEL p 13 i960 Setting I20 Bridge 3 DRAMRAS p 13 i960RD DRAM RAS Setting Single Double 4 FSO FS1 FS2 p 14 CPU Bus Frequency 5 BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 p 14 CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple 6 LAN_EN p 15 LAN Setting Enable Disable 7 SCSILEN p 15 SCSI Setting Enable Disable Expansion Slots Sockets 1 DIMMI1 4 p 16 DIMM System Memory Sockets 2 I SIMM1 I SIMM2 p 18 SIMM 1960 Memory Sockets 3 CPU Slot 1 p 19 Pentium II CPU Support 4 SLOTI p 24 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot 5 S PCI1 S PCI2 S PCI3 p 25 32 bit Secondary PCI Bus Expansion Slots 6 PCII PCI2 PCI3 p 25 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots Hardware Monitor 1 J1601 J1602 p 20 CPU Thermal Sensor Connector 5 Connectors ES 1 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 5 2 PS2KBMS p 26 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female o 3 PRINTER p 27 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin female 7 3 4 COMI p 27 Serial Port COM1 Port Connector two 9 pin male 5 VGA p 27 Monitor VGA Output Port Connector 15 pin female 6 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 two 4 pin female 7 RJ 45 p 28 RJ 45 Port Connector 8 pin female 8 IDELED
8. a gt oO M o lt faa 9 After the computer has restarted IBM OS 2 displays a screen You have the option to view online information while the IBM OS 2 desktop is building Al low IBM OS 2 to finish building and follow the on screen instructions to restart the computer Again if the computer fails to boot up and locks up while dis playing the IBM OS 2 logo screen repeat the process specified in step 8 to correct the problem NOTE The CONFIG SYS IBMINT13 113 and OS2LDR files may be over written by equivalent files from the CD ROM If this occurs follow step 8 above to recover those files ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 109 IBM OS 2 First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 0 or 4 0 SMP From CD ROM NOTE To install the driver it is necessary to copy the driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette for IBM OS 2 on to the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 However before you can copy the driver you must first remove various files from the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 as explained in step 2 below 1 Use diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM IBM OS 2 and Adaptec sup plied diskettes Use the backup copies as your working diskettes 2 Delete some of the existing files on the backup copy of the IBM OS 2 diskette 1 so that approximately 140 KB of disk space is available on the diskette Use the following information to help you decide which files to delete a If the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter is the o
9. ssssssseeeeseeseesseereserressseresseressssressseressee 73 WINDOWS NT 4 sicscccssissicessacaiacccsisesiesvarsinsecninasavevntasnscenivastesseennetaenns a Windows NT 4 0 Support CD Main Menu ee eeeeeeceesseeeeeeeeeees 77 A Making an I20 SAC Utility Boot Diskette eee eeeeeeeeeeeees 78 B Install Intel LAN Driver ssessesesesssssessssesssessresssesssressrsssresssessseesees 81 C Installing the S3 VGA Driver ss cess aceeccciceaciesccsseundawteadeebcansenoensatconnss 83 D Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver sssssssseeseseessssseressesessssressseressee 85 Installing Windows NT v4 0 with the FMS Driver 85 Updating the FMS Driver under Windows NT V4 0 06 86 Removing a Host Adapter from Windows NT V4 0 uu eee 87 Swapping a Host Adapter for V4 0 0 eceeseeeceseneeceeeteeeeeenees 88 B BusMaster sas eae oea e E E E E EE E S 89 Verifying Driver Installation in Windows NT 4 0 90 IBM OS 2 wssssscsasssnasssensssschentiicasscunessessannesenssonssevysantenassboiaseveentsenssssenausesensis 91 A Install S3 VGA DN VC esneari anae E AERAR saree 91 B Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver ssesssssessssessssssreesserrsssressssrressee 97 Installing a New Driver or Updating an Existing Driver for IBM OS 2 2 1 X Warp SMP cece sceneesewannsenvecnntaculeceovecasenatentearenntousancnants 97 First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 2 1X Warp SMP From a L x Floppy DISKEttE gise tee meneree neenreen cnn Anisa crete terre errr 9
10. l ov a 2 il 10 11 12 13 Check the System Requirements Windows NT must be fully installed and run ning on the system prior to installing the driver Close any running applications Select My Computer Open the Control Panel Folder Invoke the SCSI Adapters applet Click the Drivers tab The currently installed SCSI adapter drivers will be listed in the Drivers menu The display MAY list the default driver IDE CD ROM Atapi 1 2 Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller OR a previously installed PIX Bus Master IDE driver Intel PIIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller NOTE this text may vary according to the release of Windows NT If NONE of these adapter drivers are listed go to step 9 If the Intel PIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller driver is listed select it Then select Remove to remove the driver If the default driver IDE CD ROM Atapi 1 2 Dual Channel PCI IDE is listed select it Then select Remove to remove the driver Select Add to add a new driver From the Install Disk window select Have Disk The Windows NT Setup dialog box will appear prompting for the path of the installation files Specify the location of the driver installation directory when prompted to do so NOTE This procedure assumes that the driver PITXIDE SYS installation file OEMSETUP INF and tag file DISK1 NT are located in the same directory Click Intel PIIX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller and then click OK NOTE If t
11. 10 Click Close to close the Network window 11 When you see the Microsoft TCP IP Properties window you must set the cor rect values based on your network environment 12 Click Yes to restart your computer After restarting Windows NT you should be able to connect to your network by double clicking Network Neighboorhood Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server or if Windows NT reports an error after you double click Network Neighborhood try the suggestions here first then the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers that are on the Support CD that ships with this network interface or adapter e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Device Properties list for trouble indicators an X or symbol e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software NetWare Server Client 32 UNIX OS 2 Banyan and Other Operating Systems For these refer to our online documents On a DOS computer view the appropriate README file for information on installing your network driver 82 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 Install S3 V775 VGA Driver Start the system with Windows NT 4 0 installed IMPORTANT Select Windows NT Workstation Version 4 00 VGA mode when the message Please select the operating system appears 2 From Start point to Settings and then click on the Contr
12. lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 NOTE You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file please refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disks This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Sec ondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE de vices Each channel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they Operate using device drivers and are not supported bythe BIOS If you install other SCSI controller cards refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automati cally enter the drive specifications e Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylin ders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR nu
13. Y NOTES e Y Supported N S Not Supported lt lt jK lt KIKIK lt e 1 MB only 640x480x24 is supported for 1 MB memory configuration only for 2 MB and above 32 bits per pixel bpp is supported S3 BIOS supports 800x600x16 with 1 MB S3 OS 2 device driver needs 2 MB of memory The 32 bpp device driver might need a large swap space on the hard disk for example 15 Compatibility MB This graphics accelerator device driver is compatible with OS 2 2 11 OS 2 Warp 3 0 and OS 2 Warp Merlin 4 0 92 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 DDC Monitor Support VESA Display Data Channel DDC 1 and 2B protocols are supported allowing similarly enabled computers and operating system software to identify the monitor and its capabilities This device driver automatically detects DDC monitor capabili ties and sets the display to the maximum refresh rate supported by the monitor If after installing this device driver you switch from a non DDC monitor to a DDC monitor or switch to a different DDC monitor you must run the DDC Display Setup program in the System Setup folder Use the following procedures when installing a DDC monitor i Preliminary Steps 2 Shut down your system and install the new monitor 3 Restart your system 4 5 When you are instructed to do so shut down your system and restart it Reset the display to the lowest refresh rate available This will prevent
14. available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field allows users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting is 6 other settings are 8 70 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 Security Option System When you specify a Supervisor Password and or User Password explained later in this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password System prompts for the User Password every time you start your system Setup prompts for the Supervisor Password only when entering the BIOS Setup utility ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 47 BIOS IV zp 2 i D Le ep e aa IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Bm PCL Se WL P e THIPSED FEHDDRES SEDI HASI SE HSH Hi NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Detail
15. this adapter will not work in NT4 0 so you must remove this driver before you adding a new driver 6 Click Add The Select Network Adapter window appears Select Network Adapter BE s Click the Network Adapter that matches your hardware and then Ha click OK If you have an installation disk for this component click Have Disk Network Adapter 3Com 3C508 ISA 16 bit Ethernet Adapter EF 3Com Etherlink II Adapter also 11216 and 11216 TP EF 3Com Etherlink Ill ISA PCMCIA Adapter B 3Com EtherLink Ill PCI Bus Master Adapter 30590 EF 3Com Etherlink16 EtherLink16 TP Adapter TAA I FAB Cam Cant Charl ile DCL ANAM ANDACE antar ICR OR Have Disk Corat _ 7 Click Have disk Insert Disk Insert disk with software provided by the software or g rdware manufacturer If the files can be found at a different location for example on another drive type a new path to the files below Cancel D LAN ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 81 S D Z Q z aa WINDOWS NT 4 0 8 Type the path to a LAN or C LAN and then click OK The Select OEM Option window appears NOTE You must copy all subdirectories and files that are under E LAN as sume E is the CD ROM drive to a floppy disk or hard disk Select OEM Option Choose a software supported by this hardware manufacturer s disk Cancel Hep oO gt 2 9 Select Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and then click OK
16. 1 remove its corresponding line in the config sys file also on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 For example if you deleted all Adaptec drivers as explained in step 2a above remove the following lines from config sys basedev aha152x add basedev ahal154x add basedev ahal64x add basedev ahal174x add basedev aic7770 add basedev fd16 700 add NOTE If you are installing the Ultra2SCSI host adapter then remove the basedev aic7870 add statement as well 5 In the config sys file on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 add the line set copyfromfloppy 1 This line should be added so that the install process copies the aic78U2 add or aic7870 add driver from the IBM OS 2 diskette 1 rather than the driver in cluded on your IBM OS 2 CD ROM NOTE a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters Add BASEDEV aic78U2 add to the top line of config sys on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 This may result in two BASEDEV aic78U2 add statements in the config sys file b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters add BASEDEV aic7870 add to the top line of config sys on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 This will result in two BASEDEV aic7870 add statements in the config sys file 6 Run the IBM OS 2 installation program follow the instructions in your IBM OS 2 documentation until you reach the System Configuration window IBM OS 2 D S a gt oO P o lt faa 7 Inthe System Configuration window click the SCSI Adapter Support icon 8 Deselect any highlighted adapters including t
17. 1 01 for Win95 m 0 Q O So Q v lt T 4 Select AutoDetect and then click Next AUS Intel PIIX4 chip setup utility Yer 1 01 for Win95 PesionNow _Pestart Leter 5 When prompted to restart click Restart Now 72 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 F PC cillin Anti virus 3 Setup 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive UPE pI Taai Wether Seppe Ti Pier 1 D ka SS REE ER ee Insta Si VITA VOA Deter Cio Caly kasini Adapter AIC TEAS Driver Gus kiaster Patch Jor POX thipot POC Anti el hag Seta Brewer tas CD Trmal Sippart Form Bead Mer Exit 2p lt x O O A TE Copyright ASUN Tek Comparte daar AN rights pestre 2 Click PC Cillin Anti virus merre Setup The PC cillin Welcome window appears Welcome Eliminates Internet E mail Macro Unknown Viruses 3 Click Next to start the pre in Pre install virus scan stallation virus scan Y TREND Setup is scanning root Windows and Microsoft Office directories FA POERA before install Please wait If you want to stop setup please click Cancel button Current status Scan memory virus ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 73 WINDOWS 98 3 Once PC cillin has finished scanning your system for viruses th
18. 10BASE T amp 100BASE TX operations Single RJ 45 Connector Auto Detection of 1OMbps or 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates and Connected Cable Types 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Plug and Play Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 121 fan tS JS D a se fe D Z Zz D zZ O Q A 5i D rat Q rap 122 Appendix LED Connectors Link Indicator This connects to an LED to monitor 10Base T and 100Base TX con nections The LED lights to indicate a successful network connection and remains steady if the connection is stable If this indicator is off the cable connection between the hub and the computer may be faulty or the driver configuration may be faulty Activity Indicator This connects to an LED to monitor network activity The LED lights when there are network packets sent or received through the RJ45 port The rate of flashing is proportional to the amount of network traffic If this is off the computer is not sending or receiving network data Speed Indicator This co
19. After Dark 3 0 were written specifically for the Windows environment In the Windows envi ronment these programs prevent any keystrokes from interfering with their proper execution However in the OS 2 environment it is possible to switch context away from the Windows session without notifying these programs General Protection Faults GPFs may result Therefore context switching during the execution of WINBENCH95 and WINBENCH96 tests is not recommended Also context switching during the execution of the After Dark 3 0 demo is not recommended 6 When attempting to start a WIN OS 2 session from an OS 2 Full Screen session by typing WIN or WINOS2 at the command prompt it will not execute with the settings needed to support WIN OS 2 and will result in video corruption and or a system lockup It is recommended that the user launch all Windows sessions via one of the WIN OS 2 icons located in the Command Prompts folder within the OS 2 System icon 7 When attempting to start a WIN OS 2 session from a DOS Full screen or DOS Window by typing the WIN or WINOS2 command the user must first be sure that the video settings of the session are changed to enable this feature These settings can be changed using the following procedure 2 SO Wal gt lt G gt w a Place mouse pointer over the DOS Full Screen icon or any DOS session icon you want to alter Press mouse button 2 MB2 the right button to bring up
20. Cable NOTE The following procedures assume that you have properly attached a heatsink onto an SECC SECC2 SEPP 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor near the middle edge of the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan middle or to either the upper or lower edge of the Celeron heatsink right as indicated ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION IMPORTANT ASUS guarantees accurate readings only for the ASUS Smart Fan and the Intel boxed processor heatsink with fan because both have similar heat distribution and heatsink material 2 Connect the P2T Cables to the CPU thermal sensor connectors J1601 J1602 J1601 l GE m g Thermal Sensor Connector for CPU 1 J1602 S Thermal Sensor Connector for CPU 2 O o n S m P2B D2 CPU Thermal Sensor Connectors NOTE If you are installing only one processor you may use the free connector to connect a power supply with thermal monitoring Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans such as the ASUS Smart Fan that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks such as the Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan diss
21. Display Setup icons from the System Setup Folder prior to installing this driver 2 SO Wal Be ep gt a 94 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 Setting Your Display to VGA Mode Use the following procedures to reset to VGA mode NOTE If your display is out of sync start OS 2 using the OS 2 Installation Dis kette Insert Diskette 1 when prompted press F3 to display a command prompt and then use the following instructions to reset your display mode If you are installing this driver on OS 2 2 11 or OS 2 for Windows and you installed from diskettes do the following Under OS 2 2 1 2 11 before running RSPDSPI delete the following file OS2 DRIVE OS2 INSTALL 0083 DSC Be sure RSPDSPI EXE is in the OS2 INSTALL directory If it is go to step 5 If it is not insert Diskette 8 into drive A and unpack RSPDSPI EXE with the following command C OS2 UNPACK A INSTAID C N RSPDSPLEXE where A is the drive containing Diskette 8 and C is the drive where OS 2 is installed Type C and then press lt Enter gt Type CD C OS2 INSTALL and then press lt Enter gt Type the following RSPDSPI PK VGA SK NONE S A T C In T C C is the target drive where OS 2 is installed In S A A is the source diskette drive for installing the device driver Then press Enter Perform a shutdown and restart your computer If you are installing this driver on OS 2 2 11 or OS 2 for Windows and you ins
22. Le aoe eae me Technical we Form aa n 3 gt D amp Q fa oN 2 gt dp Copyright ASUSTeK Computer Inc AU rights reserved A Making I20 SAC Utility Boot Diskette Installs the EtherExpress PRO 100 adapter driver B Install Intel 82558 LAN Driver Installs the EtherExpress PRO 100 adapter driver C Install S3 V775 VGA Driver Installs the video driver for the onboard VGA chipset D Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver Installs the driver that enables your Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter to communicate with your computer BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD Technical Support Form Allows you to view the Technical Support Form with a text editor such as Notepad Read Me View additional notes with Notepad Exit Exit the selection menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH directory OF amp ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 77 WINDOWS NT 4 0 fs eal an I2O SAC Utility Boot Diskette The software is distributed in the form of either a self extracting exe file sac exe or a set of files on a floppy disk In the case of a self extracting exe file copy the sac exe file to a temporary directory change directories to the temporary direc tory and type SAC EXE to extract the distribution f
23. O D D 5 D R Q 77 IMPORTANT Interrupt requests are shared as shown by the following table INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared Onboard VGA shared 7890 SCSI shared 1960 processor shared 2nd PCI slot 1 shared 2nd PCI slot 2 shared 2nd PCI slot 3 shared Onboard LAN shared If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free 24 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as legacy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and
24. aH A Notched End m 7 c_ SB gee errs nes w Jo 0 oO i960 SIMM Sockets CI e P2B D2 72 Pin i960 SIMM Sockets Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket With your fingertips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place The plastic guides should go through the two mounting holes and the clips should snap Clip Mounting Hole TRR a Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole To release the memory module push both clips outward and rock the module out of the clips ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Hl INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU This motherboard provides two CPU Slot 1s for Pentium II processors packaged in SEC cartridges Pentium II Processor You should check to see that you have the following items Lock Holes Captive Nut Two Pentium II Retention Mechanisms Two Attach Mount Bridges factory installed Top Bar 4 A ZA Larger Fin shoul be on the bottom Heatsink bottom Groove for the Support Top Bar Heatsink Support Base Top Bar Pentium II Processor Heatsink The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for more in formation for the Pentium II processor are those with three pin fans that can be conne
25. and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens Bm POLS s ui F SIHEURE LHDN 5 d HASI SUE HSR Ti hha Ha DISE The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either lt Page Up gt
26. appears read it and press Enter to continue Press F1 at any time to view Help Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to a disk device you want to format or verify then press lt Enter gt When the next screen appears select either Format or Verify to verify that the disk is free of surface defects then press Enter WARNING Back up important data before you format the disk device A low level format erases all data from the disk 5 If you select Format confirm that you want to format the disk then wait while the disk device is formatted This may take a long time if the disk is large If you select Verify you can press Esc at any time to stop the verification pro cess This does not damage the disk If the utility finds bad blocks on the disk it displays information about them You can reassign the bad block s to prevent data from being stored there Repeat steps 3 4 and 5 as needed to format or verify other disk devices When you are finished press Esc to exit ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 141 Ee 5 7p O P N LN IN op O a Z7 142 Appendix Formatter and Partitioner afdisk Use the DOS based afdisk utility to partition and format SCSI hard disk drives Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use afdisk to remove DOS and non DOS partitions from a disk drive and to format removable media in s
27. driver using CID use the following information to modify your LCU com mand file NOTE The following information is meant as a guide Your LCU command file might be different PRR ARF ASF AS 2 AS 2 A 2 AS 2 A 2 FI S21 CFI e e eee ea ae ae eE e e E e eea aeee 62 82 FES e ee e G2 G2 8 2 iE 2 ZI EZR LCU PRODUCT DATA SECTION EREE E eoo o o 2 AG 2 AR 2A 2A FA G2 SR 2 C2 2K E 2 C2 E GG k k k 2 kk k kk kk x s3video 15 x 15 name S3 Video x 15 statevar CAS_ x 15 name x 15 instprog x img s3_drvs SETUP CMD u s x img s3_drvs x 15 rspdir x 15 default a Re Re ee EE a ER 5 NUMBER OF PROGRAMS SET UP IN THE PRODUCT DATA SECTION a 82 82 SE a a 2 82 82 a a EZR NUM_INSTALL_PROGS 15 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 99 IBM OS 2 D a lt x gt gt lt IBM OS 2 PR PR A ARH A HG E G2 AS 2 RF E FAR E E E ACR E 2 6 2 FAG 2 ACE 2 CG 2 FA E E E E 2 k k k k kk kk a INSTALLATION SECTION PR PR EEEE EEE E E E E E G2 ACR E E G2 AE 2 CR 2 6 2 FASE 2 AE 2 CG 2 E E 2 k 2 k k k k kk kk when OVERALL_STATE 2 then do if RunInstall x s3video BAD_RC then exit Call RebootAndGotoState 3 end when OVERALL_STATE 3 then do if RunInstall x s3dspinstl BAD_RC then exit Call CheckBoot end 2 SO Wal PR PRR ARH A A HR E E E A G2 E E FAR E E E AE E CR 2A G2 FA AG 2 ACE 2 CG 2 E 2 E E k k k k k kk kk ROUTINE SECTION The following information should a
28. first The network driver files may be corrupt or deleted Delete and then reinstall the drivers e Try another motherboard of the same model e Run the diagnostics The Wake On LAN feature is not working e Make sure the WOL cable is attached and power is applied to the computer e Check the BIOS for its WOL setting Some computers may need to be configured to WOL e Make sure the network cable is fully attached to the network interface or adapter Link LED does not light when power is connected e Make sure WOL cable is attached and power is applied to computer e Make sure network cable is attached at both ends ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 131 fan ee D L x fe A D zZ PS e lt rN q gt feb O a gt 132 Appendix Technical Information Fast Ethernet Wiring 100BASE TX Specification The 1OOBASE TX specification supports 100 Mbps trans mission over two pairs of category 5 twisted pair Ethernet TPE wiring One pair is for transmit operations and the other for receive operations Segment lengths are lim ited to 100 meters with 1OOBASE TX for signal timing reasons This complies with the EIA 568 wiring standard Fast Ethernet Hubs and Switches The two basic types of hubs are shared hubs and switching hubs This motherboard s network interface can be used with either type of hub for 10 Mbps At 100 Mbps a TX hub or switch is required Shared hub
29. installed is displayed re move the CD and then click OK 13 Close the Display Type window 14 Close the Display Properties window The System Settings Change window will appear System Settings Change 2 You must restart your computer before the new settings will take effect Do you want to restart your computer now 15 Click Yes to restart your computer NOTE If installing Windows NT 4 0 with the ASUS device currently installed in the system proceed through the Windows NT installation as normal When the in stallation program prompts the user to choose a display mode choose Cancel from the Display Settings window to ignore this step for now Finish the installation and when you restart Windows follow the steps outlined above to install the driver for your ASUS device ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 D Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver If you are performing a first time Windows NT installation see the Installing Win dows NT v4 0 with the FMS Driver sections below If Windows NT is already installed on your system see the Updating the FMS Driver under Windows NT v4 0 sections below Installing Windows NT v4 0 with the FMS Driver The following instructions explain how to install the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 01 while installing Windows NT v4 0 L 2 Start your system with the Windows NT Boot Diskette in the floppy drive Insert diskette 2 when prompted After a few
30. level formatted when you get them so you generally do not need to use this function Verify Media scans the selected drive media for defects notifies you of any de fects found and gives you the option of reassigning bad blocks so that data will not be written to them This utility is only necessary if you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 135 op e co T O D 2 D op O dp Z 136 Appendix iii EZ SCSI Utility Welcome to Adaptec EZSCSIVI ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY 4 03 Adaptec EZSCSI gives you what you need to use SCSI devices in DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x NOTE The ADAPTEC EZ SCSI UTILITY does not provide drivers for Win dows 95 and WindowsNT Quick Start Instructions First install SCSI devices see the hardware documentation for details Then fol low the instructions for your operating system software in one of the following sec tions We recommend that after you install Adaptec EZSCSI you run SCSITutor to learn more about the features of SCSI Windows95 or WindowsNT If you want to install Windows95 or WindowsNT on a new computer system you may not be able to access your SCSI CDROM drive at first Usually you install Windows95 and WindowsNT from a CDROM disc To gain access to your CDROM drive follow the DOS Quick Start instructions Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1x 1 Install Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgrou
31. message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Because of con flicts with new operating systems for example during installation of new soft ware you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 45 BIOS IV p 2 i D L da e aa w O ep D D e E 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Dis abled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data The BIOS will load the update on all pro cessors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Leave on default setting for best performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A complete test of the system is done on each test HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE is
32. olo 0 96 Serial Port 9 pin male COM 1 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device O OO VGA Monitor 15 pin female ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 27 Il INSTALLATION 6 Universal Serial BUS Connectors 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices USB 1 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 7 LAN Connector 8 pin RJ 45 This connector can be used to connect the onboard 32 bit 10 100 Mbps Ethernet LAN Controller optional to a host or a hub ae S zE oe o g 9 RJ 45 Port 8 Hard Disk Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s hard disk or IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will cause the LED to light up a TIP If the case mounted LED does A l not light try reversing the 2 pin plug T Sa jose lly poopoo lt a ye Pets aaia oa HD LED for Adaptec and IDE c ala m o m P2B D2 IDE Activity LED Lead 28 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATI
33. preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options tl ee a CHGS SEW UPILET HAI SE Wey u H STRAGAD CHIE SENF II FERMES SETIF IPSET FEMWRES SETUP ME BM TO DETEETIIH HEF HOLE SETUP oes EXD SECU AFP SHI PEL SETU LOMI ELISE EFAN IS HI SEF UE LES ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 41 IV BIOS Q ab o e m oe D 2 D fom z ep lt i 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimum settings for trouble shooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regular use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses Another section just below the control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list Standard CMOS Setup The Standard CMOS Setup option allows you to record some basic system hardware configuration and set the system clock
34. rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 19 System Power LED 3 1 pin PWR LED This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode 20 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEY LOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking 21 Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Keyboard Lock Q je D O a e ee k Power LED g ae 3 z gt 955 3 3388 l 9 485 865 SSS tS aj j ja oe Mo BHH O EERE s o tS5aG2 85 30 ia PE BHOS B6 m a o ae MSGLED Reset SW g L SMI Lead ATX Power Switch P2B D2 System Panel Connections Requires an ATX power supply 32 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 22 50 pin Narrow 68 pin Wide 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connectors This motherboard has onboard 50 Pin Narrow SCSI connector for 8 bit SCSI devices 68 Pin Wide SCSI connector for 16 bit SCSI devices and 68 Pin Ul tra2 SCSI connector for 16 bit differential S
35. received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment Canad
36. that makes sure the network interface or adapter and network are functioning properly If Setup finds a problem it displays the results and some possible solu tions fan tE JS D L E se fe D Z 5 When Setup finishes the tests you ll see the Install Network Drivers screen 6 Select the driver you want to install Setup can install a NetWare client driver for you If you re installing other drivers Setup displays a README file with instal lation instructions ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 123 PS e lt rN 4 gt feb O a gt 124 Appendix Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server first try the suggestions here then turn to the Trouble shooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers for this interface The driver filename contains the letter B for example E100BODI COM e If you re replacing an existing adapter make sure the LINK statement in your NET CFG is correct for the new interface or adapter For example the LINK state ment for a NetWare client should be LINK DRIVER E100BODI e Verify that the frame type in your NET CFG file matches your network e Tf setting up a server check your LOAD and BIND statements e Test the interface by running diagnostics in Setup Additional testing is available by using a responder e Check the README files Responder testing on the network optional Setup can test th
37. the CPU fan or purchased separately the thermal sensor cables ASUS P2T Cable you can connect the P2T Cables to your motherboard s thermal sensor connectors See the next page for information on ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 21 O 22 Il INSTALLATION ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ASUS provides two smart solutions to Slot 1 CPU thermal problems the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S P2FAN and the ASUS P2T Cable ASUS S P2FAN wm Thermal Sensor Pe oa Fan Cable Rock Arm The optional ASUS Smart Fan or Cable ASUS S P2FAN is a CPU fan for a Pentium II processor packaged in an SECC Unlike other CPU thermal solutions the ASUS S P2FAN has z an integrated thermal sensor located near the center of the CPU heat source The sensor is optimized by ASUS to give the most accurate reading of the CPU tempera ture thus provides the best protection to your computer system To Use the ASUS S P2FAN See 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S P2FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation ASUS P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be used for a Pentium II processor pack aged in an SECC SECC2 or a Celeron processor packaged in an SEPP Sensor Sensor Connector Plug NOTE The ASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot 1 motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector To Use the ASUS P2T
38. the onboard SCSI BIOS for SCSI functions over other add on SCSI controllers The default is No ONB SCSI SE Term Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for single ended SE devices such as scanners CD ROMs or tape drives The default is Enabled ONB SCSI LVD Term Enabled This allows you to enable or disable the onboard termination for Ultra2 de vices such as disk drives using low voltage differential LVD technology The default for this field is Enabled USB IRQ Enabled Enabled reserves an IRQ for the USB to work Disabled does not allow the USB to have an IRQ and therefore prevents the USB from functioning If you are not using any USB devices you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ for expansion cards VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP You can select the search order for your VGA card s PCI AGP will detect PCI VGA cards before AGP and AGP PCI will detect AGP cards before PCI VGA ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 55 BIOS IV O A a gt ae a D a O fab Q J a fab ep sold Al 56 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting de fault values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non optimal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings highlight Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and t
39. the sys tem from attempting to display at a refresh rate higher than that supported by the new monitor Select the DDC Display Setup icon in the OS 2 System Folder IBM OS 2 D a lt x eS lt x The following steps must be performed before you install the Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 graphics accelerator device driver 1 You must have OS 2 DOS Support installed If you previously installed SVGA support you must reset the resolution to VGA mode using the procedures in Setting Your Display to VGA Mode section 5 0 in this README The device driver diskettes must be labeled S3 DRV1 and S3 DRV2 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 93 IBM OS 2 4 After driver installation the OS 2 SYSLEVEL command may be used to con firm the new driver version level It may also be used prior to installation to verify the current driver version however some previous device drivers did not provide this information Following execution of the SYSLEVEL command look for the following information C OS2 INSTALLATION SYSLEVEL VID Vision864 964 868 968 Trio32 64 64V 64V2 Version 2 81 Component ID 562107701 Current CSD level 330302 Prior CSD level S328414 In this case the current version level is S3 3 03 02 5 In some situations installing this driver over 2 80 xx and 2 81 xx versions of the driver can result in duplicated icons To prevent this problem you should delete the S3 Windows Font Size and DDC
40. to provide adequate circula tion across the processor s passive heatsink Push each end of the clamps until they lock int pentium The thermal pad amp SEC cartridge should not have a gap SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top View ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual III INSTALLATION 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push the SEC cartridge s two locks inward until you hear a click the preceding picture shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset press the cartridge gently but firmly until it is fully inserted NOTE The procedures shown here are for installing the AAVID heatsink with fan Push lock inward IMPORTANT If you are installing only one processor you must terminate the empty slot with the ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card to maintain signal strength bajaim ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU Termination Card IMPORTANT Use only the ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card Rev 1 02 or later to terminate the empty slot 4 Secure the SEC Cartridge Secure the SEC cartridge in place by pushing the SEC cartridge locks outward so that the lock protrudes through the retention mechanism s lock holes Lock protrudes through hole when cartridge is secured 5 Connect the Thermal Sensor Cables to J1601 J1602 If you purchased the specially designed ASUS Smart Fans ASUS S P2FAN which come with a thermal sensor built inside
41. 00BASE TX hub only not T4 The LNK LED doesn t light e Make sure you ve loaded the network drivers e Check all connections at the network interface or adapter and the hub e Try another port on the hub e Make sure the duplex mode setting on the network interface or adapter matches the setting on the hub e Make sure you have the correct type of cable between the network interface or adapter and the hub 100 BASE TX requires two pairs Some hubs require a cross over cable while others require a straight through cable See the Cabling README file for more information on cabling The ACT LED doesn t light e Make sure you ve loaded the correct network drivers e The network may be idle Try accessing a server e The network interface or adapter isn t transmitting or receiving data Try another network interface or adapter e May not be using four pair cable for TX wiring ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix The network interface or adapter stopped working when another network in terface or adapter was added to the computer e Make sure the cable is connected to the motherboard s network interface or RJ45 port e Make sure your PCI BIOS is current e Make sure the other network interface or adapter supports shared interrupts Also make sure your operating system supports shared interrupts OS 2 doesn t The interface stopped working without apparent cause e Try reconnecting the cable to the RJ45 port
42. 2B D2 Serial COM2 Port Connector f slot space 34 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 26 VGA Memory Upgrade Sockets This motherboard comes with IMB VGA memory onboard Two sockets are provided to upgrade the VGA memory to 2MB by adding two EDO DRAMs Each chip is 512KB DRAM Two chips must be installed to increase the VGA memory by 1MB Srrrrrrr rt aeda Socket s gt cut corner Co S cc an o se m mj A Small indentation on P2B D2 VGA Memory Sockets PS sloped edge NOTE The indentations are shown white for visibility they are normally black Match the small indentation on the chip s sloped edge with the socket s cut corner Place the chip flat and evenly into the socket and press firmly but carefully so that the chip enters evenly When installed the chip should be flush with the socket Connectors ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 35 Il INSTALLATION This page was intentionally left blank 36 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures 1 After all connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply loca
43. 70 ADD Set CopyFromFloppy 1 Install IBM OS 2 using the backup diskettes and the remainder of the standard IBM OS 2 diskettes When installation has completed reboot the system After the system has rebooted follow the instructions for installing the driver on a system containing IBM OS 2 IBM OS 2 D 2 c gt oO ve o lt faa ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 107 oo gt T N O 2 2 SO INEI 108 IBM OS 2 First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 2 1X From CD ROM Only the AIC7870 ADD driver is supported under IBM OS 2 2 1X The Ultra2SCSI AIC78U2 ADD driver is not supported under IBM OS 2 2 1X NOTE To install the aic7870 add driver it is necessary to copy the driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette for IBM OS 2 on to the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 However before you can copy the driver you must first remove various files from the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 as explained in step 2 below i Use diskcopy to make backup copies of all IBM IBM OS 2 and Adaptec sup plied diskettes Use the backup copies as your working diskettes Delete some of the existing files on the backup copy of the IBM OS 2 diskette 1 so that approximately 140 KB of disk space is available on the diskette Use the following information to help you decide which files to delete a If the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter is the only Adaptec host adapter installed in your system delete all other Adaptec
44. 8 2 4 First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 2 1X From CD ROM 100 f First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 0 or 4 0 SMP z 9 Pom DONG scii E 102 g C B sMaster snc scosimecuimncysennaneanccceesensemnaspaaventeseeennvesaanrerunnenneatcenaptesans 109 62 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual V SUPPORT CD Windows 98 Support CD Main Menu Insert your support CD or double click your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the ASUS support CD NOTE The CD version and contents are constantly modified without notice WINDOWS 98 feb f ar Qa q 2 AS P2B D2 Smart Motherboard Support CD Rev 1 00 for WIN957WIN98 sal x ep A Install Intel 82558 LAN Driver Installs the EtherExpress PRO 100 adapter driver B Install S3 V775 VGA Driver Win95 only Installs the video driver for the onboard VGA chipset C Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver Installs the driver that enables the Adaptec Family host adapter to communicate with your computer D BusMaster Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers E Patch for PIIX4 chipset Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and PCI bridge for Windows 95 95a OSR1 and 95b OSR2 for ASUS motherboards NOTE This is for Windows 95 only F PCCillin Anti virus Setup Installs PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions Bro
45. AN Output Signal 2 Motherboard type If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 147 gt dp a gt Zz Q feb ror xipueddy 148 Appendix Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3u 100BASE TX interfaces Fully supports 1OBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations through a single RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 1OMbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell
46. ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Available options in clude No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to deter mine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Onboard AHA BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard Adaptec 7890 SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ONB AHA BIOS First No This field allows giving priority to
47. CSI devices 68 pin Wide e SCSI Connector n Coe 0 a H 50 pin Narrow kH SCSI Connector 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connector es P2B D2 Onboard SCSI Connectors NOTE A maximum of 15 devices can be connected using any combination of 50 pin Narrow SCSI 68 pin Wide SCSI and 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI devices The onboard Adaptec AIC 7890AB chipset incorporates an advanced multimode I O cell that supports both single ended SE and Ultra2 devices With Ultra2 devices the SCSI bus platform performs at full Ultra2 speeds up to 40 MB sec in 8 bit mode and up to 80 MB sec in 16 bit mode and extended cabling 12m or 25m in a point to point configuration When an SE device is attached the bus defaults to an SE speed and cable length In mixed environments of Ultra2 and SE devices the onboard host adapter can be coupled with the Adaptec AIC 3860 transceiver chipset to bridge the compatibility gap By dividing the SCSI bus into independent SE and low voltage differential LVD segments the transceiver chipset supports legacy devices without limiting performance and cable length on the LVD segment IMPORTANT Connect SCSI devices as shown Mixing SCSI devices will lower
48. CSI host adapters BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD PCIHW b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD PCIHW There are no switches for controlling OS2ASPI DMD directly IBM did not define them in their specification and we cannot be sure that other host adapters will have the same switches OS2SCSI DMD will only allocate devices when a device driver requests it but this will prevent OS2ASPI from accessing it There is nothing in the ASPI speci fication regarding device allocation so OS2ASPI must rely on other managers to fairly share targets This should only be a problem if you have two drivers that use different managers and you want them both to access the same target at the same time Do NOT disable DASD manager access to target 0 if you are booting from your SCSI host adapter This will prevent the system from booting Fault Tolerance is supported in the driver However ABORT and SCSI BUS RESET will only work for targets that are properly behaved IBM does not support installing the operating system onto magneto optical devices Additionally OPTICAL SYS IBM OS 2 V3 0 or OPTICAL DMD IBM OS 2 V4 0 allows magneto optical devices to be supported as though they were large floppy devices LOCKDRV FLT allows removable media such as MO s to be supported as though they were fixed hard drives It is not possible to install IBM OS 2 3 0 on drives with capacity greater than 8 GB nor in a partition greater than 4 GB Contact IBM sup
49. Copyright 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P2B D2 Manual Revision 1 03 E294 Release Date November 1998 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 886 2 2894 3447 Fax 886 2 2894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Fax 886 2 2895 9254 Email tsd asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FIP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FIP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email info ger asus com tw Technical Support Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd ger asus com tw WWW www asuscom de FIP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual CONTENTS I INTRODUCTION ssssisesssesocssessssusisssessessekssvsssssorsoessessovss sssrsiessossesssssss 7 How this Manual is Organized scscscnmoncatecncinenteeramiusnads 7 Item Checklist srest enre e EE eO E N EEEE ER PCAN 5 oense E E EEE E EEE E 8 The ASUS P2B D2 Motherboard soses
50. D2 12Volt Cooling Fan Power 30 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION 13 Main and Auxilliary AT Power Connectors 12 pin amp 6 pin PWRCON This connector connects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged into an AC outlet Most power supplies provide two plugs P8 and P9 each containing six wires two of which are black An auxilliary connector P10 is provided in case the power supplied through the main connectors are insufficient Orient the main connectors so that the black wires are located in the middle P10 LoL E lt lt Migg i anartre RED RED emi Power Plugs from the Power Supply Power Connectors P2B D2 AT Power Connector onthe Motherboard Connectors Using a slight angle align the plastic guide pins on the lead to their receptacles on the connector Once aligned press the lead onto the connector until the lead locks into place 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the dif
51. Disabled This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators Set to gnore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items are out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 53 IV BIOS i D D D D 5 A JU fo Ro U S lt e U 5 amp IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup The PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value ee er a PHF AHI Fi ot a HASI SE HS
52. EJE ee y O maij EN od ee eaa Co henaidd Al eD Driver Tuabiaarr Patch er PIISA chi peri Rammar thini Emdi Ea Caggrright ASUT elt Corgi Jie AN ighi seiere 3 Double click Dxsetup exe located in E Vga Dx3a DirectX 4 Click the ReInstall DirectX button in the DirectX tm Setup window Installing Microsoft R Direct lt tm 3 Copying directs d3dim24F dll 5 After Setup is finished you will be prompted to restart your computer Click to restart and to complete Setup a er er ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 67 gt ba oO O 86 SMOCNIM 68 WINDOWS 98 C Install Adaptec AlC 7890 Driver a 1 Start the system with Windows 98 installed 2 From Start point to Settings and then click on the Control Panel icon 2 4 Select Device Manager double click SCSI controllers and then double click In Control Panel double click the System icon Adaptec AHA 2940U2 AHA 2940U2W PCI SCSI Controller Select the driver and then click Update Driver 6 Click Next 7 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next Select Specify a Location and insert the ASUS P2B D2 CD Browse or type the path to E SCSI WIN98 Where E is your CD ROM drive and then click Next If the step is correct you will see the message location of driver ASUS D ASCSIWIN9OS AIC78XX INF Click Next 10 If you see the Version Confli
53. Enter gt to create the partition To create more partitions on the same disk device repeat steps 3 4 and 5 As you create partitions on the disk they are added to the window at the upper right of the screen as shown here Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 Type Start End Megs DOS 0 84 85 Select SCSI Device to Partition HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BETA Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders 512 bytes sector 85 megabytes 2AEEFh blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit 6 Press lt Esc gt to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition window If you want to partition a different disk device select the device from the list and re peat the earlier steps 7 To quit afdisk press lt Esc gt and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 143 S 144 Appendix iv Desktop Management Interface DMI Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database MIFD DMI is able to auto detect and record information pertinent to a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS wi
54. FAN or P2T Cable for Slot 1 processors optional ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 7 ll FEATURES Features The ASUS P2B D2 motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU e Multi Speed Supports Dual Intel Pentium II processors from 233MHz to 450MHz e 20 Includes Intel s i960RD I O processor with 32KB NVRAM 4x512KB Flash EEPROM and 2 SIMM slots for up to 256MB of memory Intel Chipset Features Intel s 440BX AGPset with I O subsystems and front side bus FSB platform which boosts the traditional 66 MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz e Enhanced ACPI and Anti Boot Virus BIOS Features a programmable BIOS offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in hardware based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup e PC100 Memory Support Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 1GB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement e Onboard VGA Features the S3 Trio64V2 DX VGA chipset onboard for faster 2D and video acceleration e Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN activity with the onboard network interface e Network Interface Features the Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX e Alert On LAN Supports Alert On LAN which enables the host t
55. Install System Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software a ee a a 1 Jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Clear Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and unplug its AC power 2 Short the two solder points labeled CLRTC 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences I J 3 l Short the solder points to clear C
56. JmuUS P2B D2 Dual Pentium II Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup pur poses without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or altered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identifica
57. MOS g k j a Er P2B D2 Real Time Clock RAM CLRTC 2 i960 Bridge Setting The secondary PCI slots can function as standard PCI slots when the 1960 is set to Bridge mode When the 1960 is set to 120 mode the secondary PCI slots 7 n are controlled by the 1960 and only intelligent I O 120 cards can be used on the 2 secondary PCI slots An 1960 memory module is required for the 120 mode b 13 z T e 960SEL Setting 05 H Bridge 2 3 default p 125 3 H 2b SOE O Ce n gA BRIDGE 120 P2B D2 i960 Setting 3 i960 Local DRAM RAS Setting When the 1960 is set to 120 mode the 1960 chip acts as a processor and at least one SIMM memory module is required When using a single memory module this jumper does not need setting but must be installed in 1960 SIMM1 When using two memory modules this jumper needs to be set according to the number of sides used by the chips mounted on the memory modules
58. Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system administrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wake up frame ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 149 Appendix This page was intentionally left blank 150 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 151 Appendix This page was intentionally left blank 152 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual
59. ON 9 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin IDE These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After con necting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to the docu mentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup NOTE Orient the red stripe on the IDE ribbon cable to Pin 1 i amem Secondary IDE Connector Connectors Primary IDE Connector 2 5 oH Ol 7 Cr m P2B D2 IDE Connectors 10 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead 4 1 pi
60. PEI SETU SAVING SWE to WHOS and EXIT eHI7 Y DAG BIOS DEFAULT LOA SETUP DEFAULTS Sa ns amp 2 Fuil Spele LQ Seve amp Eil Setup Exit Without Saving Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit With out Saving option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 59 Save amp Exit IV This page was intentionally left blank 60 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual V SUPPORT CD ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 61 V SUPPORT CD V SUPPORT COD igccssssscsssssssssersassessassdsanseivass sovstsssavesenass cossissessnicasssecsivs 61 WINDOWS 98 sicsscivsssenvssissssbaseacsbeseussapsasasevasceesensesbonstscaessestanboasivaiwerieiee 64 A Install Intel LAN Driver ssssesesesssssessssesesessresssessseeseressresssessseesees 64 B Install S3 VGA DriVET ovis cenesnyeastoreneniantnnseiantianemganieentetianemtamras 66 Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 98 eee 66 Updating the Disease dc ccreceaoncendieabuinca ca diedececessaneseeteneonsdas 66 Installing DirectX siseses keieren urdik a Riikide 67 C Install Adaptec AIC 7890 Driver ssscccpccncrnsccestesucantenseebcansexctanstegtess 68 D TBS ACEC noiuieiesne renon ni Raat 69 E Install Patch for PIIX4 Chipset deesccscsecess sectcccecastacecssectceosisecaeaseions 71 F PC cillin Anti virus Setup
61. R NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to con figure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When a non PnP OS is in stalled or to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Slot 1 IRQ to Slot 3 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default set ting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the dis played IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes
62. XE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu Eee een He and then press lt Enter gt The SEa Save Current BIOS To File screen appears Type a filename and the path for ex ample A XXXXX X and then press lt Enter gt Bos APL RING Racia be 4 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the ACPI ex tended system configuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file See the next page for procedures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS Upate BEES feclading Bast Block wed BSCR type 2 at the Main Menu and then press lt Enter gt The Up Baiti EEr E date BIOS Including Boot asain a Block and ESCD screen ap pears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for ex ample A XXXXX AWD and then press lt Enter gt for HE SI When prompted to confirm piate BTH Feckading Bast Rinck wed ESCA the BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program piate WITI Mreladjuy Bast Kiosk aed ESCH the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Flash Memory Writer Follow the onscreen instruc tions to continue You h flarbei the IFPRIRi It iz recemmerdicd thai gem tare off She postr ember SETUP eed LOAD Setop Gefauli
63. a context sensitive menu b Place mouse pointer over Setting and press MB1 Next place mouse pointer over the tab labeled Session and press MB1 again c Use MBI to chose the DOS Setting button d Use MBI to chose the DOS video settings option and then click OK e From the list of settings which appear ensure that VIDEO_8514A_XGA_IOTRAP is switched OFF AND VIDEO_SWITCH_NOTIFICATION is switched to ON then save these settings using MB1 104 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 B Install Adaptec AlC 7890 Driver The AIC78U2 ADD Ultra2SCSI driver only supports IBM OS 2 Warp 3 x 4 0 and 4 0 SMP The AIC7870 ADD UltraSCSI or earlier driver also supports IBM OS 2 version 2 1x in addition to versions 3 x 4 0 and 4 0 SMP Installing a New Driver or Updating an Existing Driver for IBM OS 2 2 1X Warp SMP 1 Open the IBM OS 2 System Folder then open the System Setup folder 2 Ifrunning IBM OS 2 Warp 4 0 open the Install Remove Folder 3 Double click on Device Driver Install 4 Insert the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 floppy in the appropriate drive 5 Change to the directory where the driver is located a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters the driver will be located in g OSAAIC78U2 D b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters the driver will be located in a ie OS2 AIC7870 TZ fan 6 a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters When you find the driver AIC78U2 ADD select INSTALL b For UltraSCSI or ea
64. always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI This allows multiple Operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary Operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence A C This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are A C C A A CDROM C CDROM C A D A E A FA C only LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting A C is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers in stead of one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 HDD S M A R T capability Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analy sis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This feature is normally di
65. anually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector con nects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any prob lems This may require one or two presses depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector set Suspend Mode under the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section to the preferred time after which the system must go into suspend mode when you press the switch 17 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the PWR Button setting under the Power Man agement Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section Pressing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 18 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for
66. ave on default setting Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Memory mapped graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture Leave on default setting Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must leave this on the default setting of UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your sys tem may not boot PCI 2 1 Support Enabled This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2 1 features including passive release and delayed transaction Leave Enabled default setting for PCI 2 1 compliancy Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed DARA ore ita wiih Lai oor Liv Efi If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be displayed instead amp CHi Tek bl eid Ej Henti Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protect
67. boot ing The network interface s IRQ level and I O memory address of this motherboard are automatically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface Configuration is complete when the DOS prompt appears You can now continue with the procedure below If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps Run Setup to install network drivers Setup can automatically install NetWare DOS ODI client drivers for you or display a README file with installation instructions for other NOS drivers 1 If your computer already has network drivers installed restart the computer with out loading them If the drivers are loaded from the AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS file type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver Or with DOS 6 x or later press F5 as DOS starts to bypass the drivers 2 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in a floppy drive switch to that drive and at the DOS prompt type SETUP 3 If you have another network adapter in your computer an adapter selection menu appears on the screen Select the adapter you want by noting the Ethernet address 4 Select Automatic Setup from the Main menu Then follow the instructions on the screen If you want to test the interface with a responder on the network see the next procedure Setup displays the configuration then runs a series of diagnostic tests
68. caadedeeteraecnteddeciaancdeaeaees 132 Fast Ethernet Wiring seca srceseuvssertnasinsenvontadiamssendoseutniadenes 132 Fast Ethernet Hubs and Switches n on 132 Using Wake On LAN 5 cuvenacenecsevsatcedexetendsieuseteesenadapetecceedenendres 133 Question and ANS WEP sascciextensiunceiidsadsacsiiviaasticsatereseeiaeeninensas 133 OSG eeren en EEEE E EEEE 134 ils SCSI BIOS sosisisssissssssosssssisousossssesesssusseoisosoes ici sossossst oosit sossssse 135 Configuring the SCSI Adapter scsasicssescacasancnnitestabietammtonemnteaceens 135 SCSLDisk Unli ES isisi sireenit E E E EEEE OERS 135 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 119 Appendix Hi EZ SCSL GMI saacitssiscacsceecestinyasenes cuseavasnvandccacsasdsnaccateeseansntssauaies 136 Quick Start Instructions lt csninicnsensvetsneansnuciniaientedanbivaenienulonsanineree 136 Windows95 or WindowsNT cacti ts siesccasareteessantcaadteawetentenseietts 136 Windows Windows for Workgroups 3 1 cisccccccccccsssecsceeseessees 136 DOSte E ease ee 136 Troubleshooting TIPS sissssisisesoserre terusannana 137 SCSI Device Troubleshooting ac caateediernertncectasseeccnessesanserneries 137 Windows95 WindowSsNT Troubleshooting ccsscccececeeevsees 137 Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users ceeeeesesceeeeeeeees 140 DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers sicasdssessevastiinctivenseras 140 DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers sesscrcesceseareivsravnanedics 140 DOS Formatting Utilities nooooeoennooneennesseseesess
69. canner or another SCSI device with CONFIG SYS or AUTOEXEC BAT based drivers such as HP s sjiix sys e You have an older model SCSI 1 CDROM drive that Windows95 does not support e You are using a CD Recorder drive however some newer models of CD Recorder drives can use the embedded Windows miniport drivers To install the Adaptec EZSCSI DOS drivers click the Start button and select Re start the computer in MS DOS mode When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS My CD ROM drive doesn t work properly under Windows95 Some older models of SCSI CDROM drives are not compatible with the embedded Windows95 CDROM driver You can add support for the CDROM drive by doing the following 1 Click the Start button and select Restart the computer in MS DOS mode 2 When the DOS prompt appears follow the Quick Start instructions for DOS 3 When you are finished running Adaptec EZSCSI for DOS find the file named cdtsd vxd in the windows system iosubsys directory and rename it cdtsd sav My CD ROM drive shows up as more than one icon under My Computer The mapping between mscdex which runs in real mode and the Windows95 CDROM driver does not match You can correct this in one of two ways e Comment out the line that loads mscdex exe in the AUTOEXEC BAT file e Change the L switch on the line that loads mscdex exe in the AUTOEXEC BAT file so it assigns the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter afte
70. configura tion is automatic and no action is required on your part However few switches in the current installed base support auto negotiation Check with your network system ad ministrator to verify Most installations will require manual configuration to change to full duplex Configuration is specific to the driver you re loading for your network operating sys tem NOS as shown in the following paragraphs To set up the duplex mode refer to the section below that corresponds to your operating system The performance of the network interface or adapter may suffer or your network interface or adapter may not operate if your hub does not support full duplex and you configure the network inter face or adapter to full duplex Leave the network interface or adapter on half duplex if you are not sure what type of hub you are connected to DOS ODI NDIS 2 01 Clients Edit the NET CFG or PROTOCOL INI file Add keywords to Link Driver section FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 or 10 if IOBASE T ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 127 fan S D L x fe D a Appendix NetWare server In AUTOEXEC NCF Load E100B LAN and add the following statement you must include the equal sign for servers FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 or 10 if IOBASE T For more information see the README file for NetWare servers Windows NT While running Windows NT 1 From the Control Panel double click the Intel PROSet icon 2 PROSet examine
71. ct window click Yes to keep the files 11 Click Finish 12 Click Yes to restart your computer ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 D BusMaster 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive S 7 oO D faa a sls P2B D2 Smart Motherboard Support CD Rev 1 00 for WIN957WIN98 BEI 2 Click BusMaster on the autorun screen The Welcome window appears x SETUP requires systems with Windows 95 and a PII Bus Master IDE Controller You must close exit all Windows programs before running this program See README TXT for more information You must read and agree to the license agreement in order to continue the program Click Cancel to quit Setup or click Next to view license agreement and continue with Setup program WARNING This program is protected by copyright law and international treaties Unauthorized reproduction or distribution of this program or any portion of it may result in severe civil and criminal penalties and violators will be prosecuted to the maximum extent possible under law 3 Click Next and the Software Use and Distribution Licence Agreement appears ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 69 WINDOWS 98 O OO D zZ D o 2 5 O a g 70 Close the file after carefully reading the agreement Th
72. cted to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary Other Important Items Intel Pentium II Processor in an SEC cartridge ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU Termination Card ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 19 20 I INSTALLATION Installing the Pentium II Processor 1 Mount the Processor Retention Mechanism s The processor retention mecha nisms are designed to fit into the SEC slots only one way Be sure to align the notches in the retention mechanisms with the small ribs on each side of the slots and that the mechanism is properly seated on the board Then screw the captive nuts in place Captive nut 2 Attach the Heatsink Place the SEC cartridge face down on a flat surface and lay the heatsink flush on the back metal side of the SEC cartridge Be sure that the heatsink is firmly pressed against the SEC cartridge When correctly installed no light can be seen between the thermal pad of the heatsink and the SEC cartridge IMPORTANT The heatsinks must not be more than 2 8 cm 1 1 inch thick WARNING If the heatsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan
73. d target s e SM Enable SCSI manager support DEFAULT This parameter allows OS2SCSIDMD to control the specified target s if they are identified as NON DASD SCSI devices All SCSI hard drives will be controlled by OS2DASD DMD SM Disable SCSI manager support This parameter prevents OS2SCSILDMD from controlling the specified target s e TAG Specifies the maximum number of tagged commands for all target de vices on the host adapter 1 16 A value of 1 disables tagged queuing The maxi mum number allowed is 16 The default is 8 e UR Enables reporting of under runs DEFAULT e UR Disables reporting of under runs IBM OS 2 D gt a a gt oO iS lt faa Configuration Examples Example 1 Suppose that you had a removable hard drive as target 3 and you wanted to control the hard drive with an ASPI application and driver Normally OS2DASD will allo cate this device treat it as a large floppy and prevent you from sending any SCSI commands via ASPI The following command line will prevent OS2DASD DMD from accessing the tar get and still allow OS2SCSI DMD and OS2ASPI DMD to share access to it BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD A 0 DM 3 Example 2 Suppose that you had a multi disk CD ROM as target 4 on host adapter 0 and two DASD devices as targets 1 and 5 on host adapter 1 The following command line will prevent OS2SCSI DMD from accessing the CD ROM and prevent OS2DASD DMD from controllin
74. drivers ahal52x add ahal54x add ahal64x add ahal74x add aic7770 add and fd16 700 add b If you have an Adaptec host adapter that is not part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the ahal54x add driver c If you have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel architecture system and you still do not have approxi mately 140 KB of disk space available on the diskette delete these files ibm2flpy add ibm2adsk add and ibm2scsi add NOTE If you have a combination PCI Microchannel architecture system you need to delete third party driver files not required Copy the OS2LDR file from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 dis kette i e OS2 AIC7870 0S2LDR onto the IBM OS 2 installation diskette This overwrites the existing IBM OS 2 loader on the diskette Copy the IBMINT13 113 driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette 1 e OS2 AIC7870 IBMINT 13 113 onto the IBM OS 2 installa tion diskette 1 This overwrites any existing version of the driver included on diskette 1 Copy the AIC7870 ADD driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette i e OS2 AIC7870 AIC7870 ADD onto the IBM OS 2 instal lation diskette 1 This overwrites any existing version of the driver i
75. e To install the Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 device driver from dis kette do the following l 2 If system is not in VGA mode select VGA mode Insert the Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 diskette into drive A or any other diskette drive NOTE S3 DRV1 must be the volume label of this diskette To verify the label use Label A Open an OS 2 full screen or OS 2 window session At the OS 2 command prompt type the following command to copy all neces sary files to the OS 2 drive A SETUP where A is the diskette drive Then press lt Enter gt Setup will then identify your chipset When prompted to do so press lt Enter gt to continue Due to the limitations with a single pass installation a dialog box may come up during installation with the message The installed adapter does not support the selected display driver Do you wish to continue Please continue the installation by selecting the Yes button When the Monitor Configuration Selection Utility window appears the Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type choice is preselected Select OK Do not select Install Using Display Adapter Utility Program since this method of set ting refresh rates is not supported anymore NOTE DSPINSTL determines the hardware configuration by creating the OS2 SVGADATA PMI file If the OS2 SVGADATA PMI file has not been created the adapter will not be supported This process can take several sec ond
76. e you must connect the optional Infrared P2B D2 Infrared Module Connector IrDA module to the motherboard 12 Chassis CPU amp Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA 6W or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heatsink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the this connector Q je D O a e ee NOTE The Rotation signal must only be used with fans specially designed with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Ground CPU Fan Power EFEN Rotation T lt J Chassis c gt U Fan Power ONE pmen 9 m n o a B 0 Power Supply a Fan Power u E MMN c gt E 295 ne w a ii Se i OD Epl P2B
77. e BIOS file your sys tem may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need SeTVICe SOK Al 5 2 a t z op 40 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system configuration and settings If your motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup utility as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future reference in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you re ceive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue with its test routines thus
78. e ID d or list of IDs d d d Universal Parameters ET Allow embedded targets This parameter indicates that the ADD should assume that all targets have more than one logical unit LUN defined ET Do not allow embedded targets DEFAULT This parameter indicates that the ADD should assume that all targets have only one logical unit LUN defined e V Load driver verbosely This parameter will display the driver name as well as the version number and Adaptec copyright if the driver loads successfully Information on all targets found in the system will also be displayed e PCIHW Enables driver to access PCI configuration hardware registers This switch is implemented because in some PCI systems accessing PCI configura tion space through PCI BIOS function calls causesproblems This switch is en abled by default PCIHW Disables the PCIHW switch This parameter will cause the driver to access the PCI configuration space through PCI BIOS function calls 114 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 General Unit Parameters e Ignore the specified adapter This allows another driver to share the adapters that the ADD would normally use e DM Enable DASD manager support DEFAULT This parameter allows OS2DASD DMD to control the specified target s if they are identified as DASD hard disk devices e DM Disable DASD manager support This parameter prevents OS2DASD DMD from controlling the specifie
79. e Registra tion window appears O Fens A n ha ia bae 86 SMOANIM T U Se 5 D gt lt op 4 Fill in your name and organization and click Next The Choose Destination Location window appears Tag irea he maga as biog cry Taam i Po ee bay ri mrar Hemd Temi k g irei reip rhm meee 5 To install to the default directory click Dea i au A e hS eh E Next anah be Asa To install to a different directory click ee a AA Browse mm 6 Select Express Install and then click Next The program files will then be copied to your hard disk drive 74 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 When the Create Emergency Clean Disk window appears insert a floppy disk into your floppy disk drive and click Start NOTE To create this bootable disk later after the installation is complete click Skip PC cillin is going to create a bootable Win95 win3 1 DOS Emergency Clean Disk If you choose to skip this step you can create this disk after installation by clicking on the Create Emergency Clean Disk icon located in the PC cillin group Skip op lt S O oO uw Please insert the supplied floppy disk or a 3 5 HD diskette and select the target drive WARNING All data in the diskette will be erased Note For more information please refer to the on line help or the QuickStart card that came with your package Target drive a ad Once
80. e following window will appear Question 2 Have you read the license agreement and agreed to the terms Click Yes and the Select Components window opens Select Components Please select one of the following options INSTALL To install the Intel Pll Bus Master IDE Driver DE INSTALL T To de install the Intel PIIK Bus Master IDE Driver Click the Install button Question C The driver may have problems on systems where a real mode ATAPI CD ROM device driver is installed in AUTOEXEC BAT or CONFIG SYS Do you still wish to install the driver Click Yes to begin installation When installation is finished you will be asked to restart Information gt SETUP has completed modifications and will now restart your system Click OK to restart ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 E Install Patch for PIIX4 Chipset NOTE This is required for Windows 95 only 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive gt L x A _ amp ts 2 A Lu 2 Smart Motherboard Support CD Rev 1 00 for WINS5 WINSS 2 Click Patch for PITX4 chipset The Setup Utility window appears A Intel PIIX4 chip setup utility Yer 1 01 for Win95 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 71 WINDOWS 98 3 Click Next A Intel PIIX4 chip setup utility Yer
81. e interface more thoroughly if you have a responder on the network while running the tests 1 Go to a computer on the network with any EtherExpress adapter or interface in stalled except EtherExpress 32 or EtherExpress 16 MCA 2 Run the appropriate configuration program for the installed interface and set it up as a responder 3 Return to the computer with the new adapter or interface Run Setup and make the new interface the sender Test the interface Windows NT Server or Workstation Automatic configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters or interfaces while boot ing The network interface s IRQ level and I O address are automatically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface Configuration is complete when Windows NT starts or the DOS prompt appears If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps to configure Install network drivers Windows NT Version 4 0 only After starting Windows NT you need to install the device drivers Have the Windows NT CD ROM disk available for this procedure ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix NOTE If you are installing Windows NT 4 0 at this time click the Start Search button when the network network interface or adapter installation window appears This al lows NT to autodetect the network interface or adapter You may then skip steps 1 4 bel
82. e manufacturer then click OK The Install From Disk dialog box appears 3 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk 4 Specify A or B as the path then click OK 5 Follow prompts for any Windows 95 installation disks and restart when prompted If you installed from CD ROM the installation files are typically located at D Win95 where D is your CD ROM drive After restarting Windows 95 you should be able to connect to your network by double clicking the Network Neighboorhood Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server or if Windows 95 reports an error after you double click Network Neighborhood try the suggestions here first then the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers that are on the drivers diskette that ships with this network interface or adapter e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check Device Proper ties list for trouble indicators an X or symbol e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software NetWare Server Client 32 UNIX OS 2 Banyan and Other Operating Systems For these refer to our online documents On a DOS computer view the appropriate README file for information on installing your network driver ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix Select Duplex Mode optional Duplexing is a performance option that lets you choose how the network interface or adapte
83. e written for a specific operating system such as DOS and a specific family of Adaptec host adapters Adaptec EZSCSI includes several ASPI managers for DOS Windows3 1x When you install Adaptec EZSCSI on these operating systems it detects what kind of host adapter is installed in your computer and automatically configures your system with the correct ASPI manager To learn more about these ASPI managers including their command line option information see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Windows Help application ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix DOS Formatting Utilities Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS based formatting utilities Low level Formatter scsifmt Use the DOS based scsifmt utility for low level formatting of SCSI hard disk drives removable media Floptical drives and magneto optical drives You can also use it to scan a disk device for surface defects before you store data on it Run scsifmt from the DOS prompt not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps L Change to the directory where scsifmt exe is located usually c scsi type scsifmt at the DOS prompt and press Enter NOTE If you are formatting a SCSI disk device that supports more than one LUN for example lomega s Bernoulli dual multidrive type scsifmt L at the command line When the first screen
84. eatures Setup The BIOS Features Setup option consists of configuration entries that al low you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features according to your preference Some entries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats ear lier in the boot cycle that is before they have a chance to load into your system This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system The system halts and displays a warning
85. ections e Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compat ibility Requires DMI enabled components e Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE Floppy Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels supports UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports En hanced IDE devices Two floppy drives of either 5 25inch or 3 5inch 1 44MB or 2 88MB are also supported without an external card Supports Japanese standard Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 44MB 1 2MB 720KB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120 MB BIOS supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI device boot up e IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface e Concurrent PCI Allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to memory to CPU Sp O D T O rev a S 5 n Sayin iva 8 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il FEATURES The ASUS P2B D2 Motherboard Wide SCSI Connector T PS 2 Mouse Intel 440BX Narrow SCSI Connector ATX Power B PS 2 Keyboard CPU Slot 1 AGPset 4 DIMM Sockets AT Power T USB Conn 1 B USB Conn 2 T I Serial COM 1 a Parallel Conn VGA Connector rr LAN Conn RJ 45 Adaptec AIC 7890 SCSI Chipset COM 2 Floppy Conn 3 PCI Slots Multi O Chip 3 Seco
86. ed through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup IMPORTANT see General DIMM Notes below e SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current Intel PC100 SDRAM specification Install memory in any combination as follows srk Rows SDRAM 6z mm aM OOO Seez Rovs 245 SDRAM 16 32 6418 206 faf ___ sok ows sas SDRAM 16 3 6418 2B xt Soe ttov i SDRAM TO 6128 DMB _ _ Ta syen Memory 16 _ General DIMM Notes e Use only PC100 compliant DIMMs This motherboard operates at 1OOMHz thus most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict tim ing issues involved under this speed e Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Extended Data Output chips e BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e 8 chips side modules do not support ECC only 9 chips side modules support ECC e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Il INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins is different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin d
87. eeseeseseessesessssresssersssesessssrrsssee 9 ML INSTALLATION sssicisssceesistsstrtssiennncnienincnnntinannsenes AU The ASUS P2B D2 Motherboard Layout ccceeesseeeeesteeeeeeees 10 Installati n Steps asco ease ce ce eee os cance ae yaceees eneee dt eneste 12 l JUMPE S eserinin aa EAE E ERER EERTE eee 12 Jumper SetUnoS seiseeseirirer er nnne ET EEE ENEE AS 13 2 System MeEMOTy nce pvedereaxdutetneidontoschasnsetn E RER En ERERKEN 16 Main Memory DIMM ssasncsissuededsecuetansadendedgacsceiesatuecdoineomeeerage 16 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures 0 00 eeeseeeeseeeees 17 1960 Memory SIMM os iccrsesrctera saacqusntensncuasanosinendensesxasasonanedenssees 18 SIMM Installation soni etscccnnstesceusnseniteasweisdhetmbointawehehesexdadiotaccia 18 3 Central Processing Unit CPU gcse dsaccneasaccacancunveaseaceinesdececstesncenes 19 Pentium II Processor eeeesesseeseeeesseseessereessererseeeesssressseeesseeee 19 Recommended Heatsinks sec dan cxoacisasencecicearteeswadacepiesemnetbesnepansndtans 23 AAVID TAC AU Stk ctiestonctasttaveesscdextestetnaseasinenbueeetenteatienet cae 23 Elan Vital Heatsink cos asc sted dunes aaearecoaaptonreunanacuastebecssenecasiues 23 d Expansion CardScan E E 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure lt csssscsssiessvesnenccsosess 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards eee eeeeeeeeeeeeeeee 25 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ssesssseeeeseseeessee
88. en the Control Panel double click SCSI Adapters Select the Drivers tab and click Add In the Install Driver window click Have Disk Insert the ASUS P2B D2 CD At the Copy manufacturer s files from text box type E scs wINnT 4_0 Where E is your CD ROM drive and click OK 7 Atthe Install Driver window select the driver Adaptec AHA 294xU2 295xU2 AIC 789x PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT4 0 and then click OK 8 In response to Do you want to use the currently installed driver s or install new one s select New D pUe w Pom 9 Again type E scst winnt 4_0 and click Continue The driver is now installed 10 You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect Click Yes to re start your computer Click No to return to the SCSI Adapters window ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 Removing a Host Adapter from Windows NT v4 0 Removing a host adapter can be as simple as physically removing it from the slot when your computer is shut down Windows NT boots and functions properly in this configuration but a warning message is generated every time you boot Windows NT CAUTION If you have removed a host adapter but still have other host adapt ers of the same type installed in your computer do not use Windows NT Setup to remove the device driver To eliminate the warning message you must update the Windows NT software con figuration as described in the following steps 1 Open the Control Panel d
89. ensity F a o me E es m P2B D2 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets om Sal k a e a i i i 14 i U oe SUld 09 SUld 02 See m bon te i Ea T The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 6 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position L Unbuffered Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 17 System Memory Mow N 096 18 Il INSTALLATION i960 Memory SIMM The i960 processor supports two 72 pin 32 bit SIMMs Single Inline Memory Modules of 4 8 16 32 64 or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB Only Extended Data Output EDO DRAM non parity SIMMs can be sup ported by the 1960 processor IMPORTANT You must use 1960 SIMM socket 1 when using only one module SIMM Installation L The SIMM memory modules will fit in only one orientation as shown because the plastic safety tab on one end of the SIMM sockets requires the notched end of the SIMM memory modules n m TERHES isd Ces B
90. er saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Win dows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are Always On and Suspend gt Off D D D D 5 A ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 51 m e D z D 5 D Q D 3 D SOK Al 52 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The following options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Suspend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertica
91. esseseesssee 25 5 External Connectors sseessseesseeeesesseessereeseseeseseressotersesreseseernseos 26 Power Connection Procedures saic2ssasordasisedemseedeohonccneniecbbnaeiatacicc 31 TY BIOS SOFTWARE sicssscsssiessecestsassssesavesseotionsvanviaveiesarssinetoaniseeisedese OO Flash Memory Writer Utility ssxssceisanscceecensetesseeds sdeunchinsaesnehteduadaniateoncs 38 Main MoU se ree NEE EEE EEE REE 38 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 40 6 BIOS SEUD arree E E E EEES 41 Load Defalis roren nR RT 42 Standard CMOS Setup sssesooesesseseeseseessseresssseesssrresereessssresseeeeseee 42 Details of Standard CMOS Setup ccsssssscsenseccssonsccesees 42 BIOS Features Setup essesesesseeseseresesocesssrerssoresessressereeseoeeeeseeese 45 Details of BIOS Features Setup vscestacdccatwarienctcisaniedexecenctieiatans 45 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual CONTENTS Chipset Feat res SS QUI creeds renei diredi 48 Details of Chipset Features Setup ecpccvactsteancieactecenierteseeinioers 48 Power Management Setup casraaientosenseneccvenceseeserneetcreenioiannoeeenaren 51 Details of Power Management Setup scsssaieccecsecacsnstativinnriends 51 PNP and PTS Si cercen annn S 54 Details of PNP and PCI Setup sicccassscrcracuneemarcatencnnneiene 54 Load BIOS PC tA lS ccseseeavessnnnedenienvenetemnevenesadcansenmauennieansenrnen 56 Load Setup Deta lts ossein REE EREE 56 Supervisor Password and User Password
92. ferent hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly but gently making sure that the pins are aligned 5 0 Volts Ee 5 0 Volts Power Good E E 5 0 Volts E OU S oO m lt lt S_ om P2B D2 ATX Power Connector Ground amp Ground 5 0 Volts E Ground Ground E Ground 3 3 Volts B 12 0Volts 3 3 Volts B 3 3Volts Ground amp Ground 5 0 Volts amp Power Supply On 12 0Volts 5V Standby IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5 VSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 31 Il INSTALLATION 15 Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox This function requires ACPI OS and driver support 16 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to m
93. g the DASD devices The driver will also search for multiple LUNs on all host adapters BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD ET A 0 SM 4 A 1 DM 1 5 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 115 2 SO INEI aa a Se N Oo D 116 IBM OS 2 Special Unit Parameters TAG Sets the number 1 16 of tagged commands for all target devices on the host adapter A value of one disables tagged queuing 16 is the maximum number allowed and 8 is the default value TAG 1 Disables tagged queuing for all target devices on a given host adapter The driver maintains a maximum of 2 non tagged commands per target inter nally The driver treats all target devices as non tagged devices and sends only one command at a time per target to the host adapter Example BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD A 0 TAG 8 will set the number of tagged commands for all target devices on the first host adapter to 8 Diskette Contents The following files are included in this diskette OS2 README TXT This file For Ultra2SCSI host adapters OS2 AIC78U2 AIC78U2 ADD The Adaptec Ultra2SCSI driver for the 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 OS2 AIC78U2 AIC78U2 DDP Install script used by the IBM OS 2 Install utility OS2 AIC78U2 78U2PRES EXE Adapter Presence Check program used by the Install script For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters OS2 AIC7870 AIC7870 ADD The UltraSCSI Adaptec driver for the 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 OS2 AIC7870 AIC7870 DDP Ins
94. h of the network If a new user is added to a 100 Mbps switching hub the new station receives its own dedicated 100 Mbps link and doesn t impact the 100 Mbps bandwidth of another station Switching hubs can effectively increase the overall bandwidth available on the network significantly improving performance Switching hubs can also support full duplex ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix Using Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature operates according to a published specification In simple terms the specification allows designers to build network adapters or interfaces that are capable of listening to network activity even when the computer is turned off WOL adapters or interfaces have a special low power standby mode that is active when the rest of the computer is without power The network interface or adapter will re spond to a special wake up packet sent by another computer or network device Typically this wake up packet causes the network interface or adapter to signal the computer to power up and run a pre defined program Question and Answer Q A gt Q What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on systems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advan
95. hal64x add ahal74x add aic7770 add aic7870 add and fd16 700 add b If you have an Adaptec host adapter that is not part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the ahal54x add driver c SO Wal o 2 N oO O D c Ifyou have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel architecture system and you still do not have approxi mately 140 KB of disk space available on the diskette delete these files ibm2flpy add ibm2adsk add and ibm2scsi add NOTE If you have a combination PCI Microchannel architecture system you need to delete third party driver files not required 3 Ifyou are installing IBM OS 2 2 1X use the backup copies of the Installation Diskette and Disk 1 to do the following a Copy OS2LDR from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette onto the Installation Diskette b Copy IBMINT13 113 from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette onto Disk 1 NOTE You do not need these files when installing IBM OS 2 Warp or SMP 106 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 Add the following lines to the config sys file on IBM OS 2 diskette 1 a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD Set CopyFromFloppy 1 b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters BASEDEV AIC78
96. he Adaptec 294x 394x AIC7870 PCI SCSI and click OK The text box for SCSI Adapter Support should say None NOTE If these adapters are not deselected the driver included on the CD ROM will be copied over the driver being installed 9 Follow the instructions in your IBM OS 2 documentation to complete the instal lation NOTE Verify after installation is complete that only one BASEDEV aic78U2 add or BASEDEV aic7870 add statement exists in your config sys file on your hard drive Remove other instances if more than one is found ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 111 o gt Se N oS O D c SO INEI 112 IBM OS 2 Known Issues This version of the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 driver added a new switch named PCIHW which enables the driver to skip accessing the PCI hard ware registers directly and use PCI BIOS instead This switch could be useful for users having problems loading the driver included with IBM OS 2 Warp or SMP Modify the CONFIG SYS file to include the following line a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD PCIHW b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD PCIHW Intel Errata 8511 lists known data integrity issues with the processor cache on the Saturn 1 chipset 82424TX For this reason Adaptec recommends that pro cessor cache be disabled via the CMOS setup to avoid data corruption For more information see Intel Errata 8511 You may get this f
97. he IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its correspond ing field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow keys Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5inch diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS F
98. he driver was previously installed on the system a dialog box will appear that states that driver for the Intel PITX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller is already on the system If this occurs select New to install the new driver When prompted reboot the system as directed in order for the changes to take effect ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 89 S 2 L D 4 D jaa Lu m JJ D z D Ca D g 90 WINDOWS NT 4 0 Verifying Driver Installation in Windows NT 4 0 In order to verify the installation of the driver 1 Double click My Computer 2 Open the Control Panel Folder 3 Invoke the SCSI Adapters applet 4 A list of active SCSI adapters and connected devices will be displayed One or more instances of the PIIX Bus Master IDE Driver Intel PILX PCI Bus Master IDE Controller should be listed The default driver IDE CD ROM Atapi 1 2 Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller should not be listed NOTE This text may vary according to the release of Windows NT One instance will be listed for each controller interface of the PIX that is cur rently enabled with devices connected to it ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 A Install S3 VGA Driver This package contains an OS 2 graphics accelerator device driver supporting the Trio32 732 Trio64 764 Trio64V 765 and Trio64V2 DX GX 775 785 chip sets from S3 Incorporated IMPORTANT e S3 DRV1 and S3 DRV2 must be the label on the i
99. hen press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup De faults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirma tion message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then lt Enter gt to confirm Press lt N gt and then lt Enter gt to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen M PEISA HI P E LHS SETIP UPL DIY HSI Se HSR H SUPLEVIEG PESSHIR I BIM FERMES SETIF IGE MEFA IPE EOE SETUP BE awm 0 E TEETH PHE KNEET SETUP SH ERLI SEPI PAP SHI PEL SETU Lami BISS efaelie Ys LOHI BLE iy AULT ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system By default the system comes without any passwords To specify a password highlight the type you wan
100. ialog box in Windows NT e Check the Windows NT Event Viewer for error messages e If you are attaching to a NetWare network check your frame type and verify that NetWare client software has been installed e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 125 fan tS ee D L x fe A D zZ PS e Z r 4 feb O a gt 126 Appendix Windows 95 Automatic Configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters or interfaces while boot ing The network interface s IRQ level and I O address of this motherbaord are auto matically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface or adapter Con figuration is complete when Windows 95 starts If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps to configure Install Network Drivers from Diskette Have your Windows 95 installation CD ROM or disks available as Windows 95 prompts for them when you install the new network interface or adapter 1 After you have set up your motherboard for network use start Windows 95 The New Hardware Found dialog box appears If this box does not appear and Win dows 95 starts normally you may need to manually add the network interface or adapter 2 Click Driver from disk provided by hardwar
101. ian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana dian Department of Communications ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual How this Manual is Organized I INTRODUCTION 2p This manual is divided into the following sections 6 3 Introduction Manual information and checklist 5 Features Information and specifications S Installation Setting up the motherboard and jumpers Z2 amp BIOS Software Setting up the BIOS software Support CD Information on the included support software Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer OOUUUOU NNNNANANANARARA 1 ASUS Motherboard 2 Processor Retention Mechanisms 2 Attach mount bridges factory installed 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 User s Manual 1 ASUS C P2T PC100 CPU termination card 1 Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set User s Manual 1 Serial COM2 external connector 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI cable optional 50 pin Narrow SCSI cable optional Ultra2 SCSI terminator optional IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Ethernet Card optional ASUS S P2
102. ier piion H skip H IPTIOHS gI 1 PREQOMP LAND SECTOR HUH tt a i a Lon H j i l H URKI amp HURHAL for instal latior Up to four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press lt Y gt or else select from the numbers dis played under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supp
103. ies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 95 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The system will then power off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 37 aa feb wn r z D 3 e lt SOK Al 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Flash Memory Writer Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system WARNING If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it It is recommended that you save AFLASH E
104. iles In the case of a floppy disk distribution copy the files to a temporary directory and change directories to the temporary directory 2 Use a text editor to read the license information in the file license txt 3 Create a DOS bootable disk For this example a floppy disk is assumed to be the boot device To format a diskette type the following command FORMAT S V A oe M e gt E S E 4 Inthe root directory of the boot disk use a text editor such as Notepad to create a config sys file that contains the following commands files 20 buffers 30 device a dit exe e t 200 5 Type INSTALL BAT A to install the program files to the floppy disk This won t install the source files For information on installing the program files and the source files type INSTALL NOTE This is the first official release of the SAC utilities All previous versions and associated files will no longer be supported Please do not use any of the files from previous versions 78 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 Using 120 1 Make sure that the iRTOS embedded in all IOPs properly supports the opera tions that the SAC utilities provide For example iRTOS upgrade is supported in some iRTOS versions and not in others Consult your iRTOS vendor s docu mentation for details on supported and unsupported I20 R messages The typi cal messages of concern are ExecSwDownload and ExecConfig Validate 2 Boot
105. in form data occurs This means that you will rarely need to use the REFRESH MENU submit option You need to use this option only when a removable media for the currently selected drive has been removed and re placed with a different one In this case use the REFRESH MENU submit button to update the directory and files lists The SAC utilities have been tested against IOPs that are running an iRTOS that implements Version 1 5 of the Intelligent I O 20 Architecture Specification The SAC utilities may not function correctly when running with iRTOSs that implement future versions of the specification ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 79 S gt O x id Q a lt WINDOWS NT 4 0 Holes eng If you experience problems while using the utilities it may become necessary to determine if the problem is occurring with DIT alone or with DIT and iopsetup exe This is important because if the DIT experiences any problems during initialization iopsetup exe will not work correctly even though iopsetup exe is running correctly To isolate the problem to either the DIT or iopsetup exe first disable your autoexec bat file by renaming it e g autoexec sav Then reset the system If the problem occurs before the DOS prompt displays then DIT is experiencing the problem not iopsetup exe since iopsetup exe isn t running yet If the prob lem occurs after the DOS prompt appears start iopsetup exe by typing iopsetup main htm If the p
106. ing data integrity in the memory module array EC Only data errors are detected but not corrected ECC with hardware scrubbing allows a detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors See 2 System Memory section III for more infor mation on memory modules Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 49 7p ab 40 ab LL fab 7A 2 i O gej re Tl fq feb os gp p lt i 50 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available No Swap and Swap AB If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset set this field to Swap AB Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3FSH IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connec
107. ipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hardware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM and the ASUS PC Probe software Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan To install simply follow the procedures for In stalling the Processor The Elan Vital heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC cartridge Mount the heatsink in the orientation as shown then flip the lever from Unlock to Lock ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 23 Hl INSTALLATION 4 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card N PA ee Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards m gt lt
108. l and horizontal scanning PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Suspend Mode which suspends the CPU The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 7 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour and Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is interrupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers to powering off the system through a momentary button switch ATX switch or through the software as opposed to disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft Off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 second
109. ll detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG2 EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory must be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG SYS or press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 1 In Windows copy DMICFG EXE to your hard disk drive 2 Re
110. ll the driver for the new host adapter by following the steps in the section on Updating Windows NT with the Driver It is not essential to remove the device driver for the host adapter you are replac ing Windows NT dynamically detects the absence or presence of host adapter hardware and no problems should arise if you leave the existing device driver installed You may remove the device driver later after you have successfully rebooted Windows NT However if you leave the driver in the system alerts you with an error message of the extra device driver every time you boot See section on Removing a Host Adapter Once the new device driver is installed shut down Windows NT and replace the existing host adapter Restart your computer and Windows NT It is possible that some drive letter assignments may change from the previous configuration ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 E BusMaster This subsection describes how to install the software on a system where Windows NT Version 4 0 is installed NOTE This procedure assumes that the driver PIIXIDE SYS installation file OEMSETUP INF and tag file DISK1 NT are located in the same directory Record the locations of the driver installation and Windows NT directories before installing the driver If the driver is installed on the system un install the driver following the directions in the Un installing the Software section PRIOR to re installing the driver
111. lready exist in the LCU command file PR PR AR ARH A HR A HR E E E AR 2 RFA E FA E E E AR 2 E FAG 2 ACE 2 AG 2 E E E E E k k k k k kk kk gt lt G gt D RebootAndGotoState parse arg new_state other rc2 SetState new_state RebootAndGotoState 1 Set the state to gotoin OVERALL_STATE Call SaveStates Save the environment vars Call Reboot Reboot the machine return 100 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 P87 ARF ASF AS 2 G2 2 82 8 2 FIG 2A 6 FI 6 FIR 2 82 82 82 a END OF LCU INFORMATION TO BE ADDED ERE EEE G2 RR o o 2 G2 CG 2 SR E 2 G2 2 E C2 FA ICG 2 CE 2 k k k kk kk kkk kk Following is an explanation of the line that is executed in the LCU command file C OS2 INSTALL DSPINSTL pd c os2 install 00S3 dsc S X img s3_drvs T C res 640x480x256 u pd c os2 install 00S3 dsc is the dsc laid down during setup phase S X img s3_drvs where X img s3_drvs is the redirected source path T C where C is the drive where OS 2 is installed res 640x480x256 is a resolution color depth from the list of Supported Resolutions that appears earlier in this README u means Unattended installation NOTES Be sure you have the stated video memory required as listed in Supported Resolutions earlier in this README A safe choice is 640x480x256 Any of the listed resolutions can be selected but your display might be damaged if you select a resolution tha
112. m io kev CMIS apito with spu FIIS whee om ide Frare ESC Bali ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 39 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk 3 Run AFLASH EXE from this new disk and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt See 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from boot ing up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complet
113. mber of sectors and MODE The SIZE field automatically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see below Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncommon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 43 IV Standard CMOS S 5 2 D 3 z p i i 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Sec ondary Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup This will allow you to change your hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk in the stan dard method as described earlier by the User option NOTE After t
114. moments you will see a blue screen To setup Windows NT now press ENTER 3 Press S to skip Windows NT Setup s auto detection of your SCSI adapter Press S again to specify an additional device 5 Press ENTER to select Others and insert the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set 6a 6b v3 01 diskette For non Ultra2 host adapters Select the Adaptec AHA290x 29 1x 294x 394x 4944 AIC78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 and press ENTER or For Ultra2 host adapters Select the Adaptec AHA 294xU2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 4 0 and press ENTER If you want to add other host adapters that are not a part of the 7800 Family do so at this time by pressing S and repeating step 5 for each additional adapter and inserting the appropriate disk provided by the hardware manufacturer The Adaptec 7800 Family host adapters use the same driver it is not necessary to install the AIC78XX SYS or AIC78U2 SYS driver again Press ENTER to continue with the Windows NT operating system setup Follow the instructions given on screen and in the Windows NT installation documenta tion ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual D m o gt oO ra iS lt S 85 gt F N fore 9 2 R 86 WINDOWS NT 4 0 Updating the FMS Driver under Windows NT v4 0 Follow these instructions only if Windows NT v4 0 is already installed Click the Start button on the Winows NT task bar and point to Settings Op
115. n CHASSIS This lead is for a chassis intrusion monitor or sensor The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the chassis signal lead This occurs when a panel switch or light detector is triggered This function requires optional trigger switches to be installed 5VSB Ground Chassis Signal f C Fa P2B D2 Chassis Open Alarm Lead ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 29 Il INSTALLATION 11 IrDA Compliant infrared module connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View m A O popopogg 1 me 4 Oli e m H For the infrared feature to be availabl
116. ncluded on diskette 1 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 6 Modify the CONFIG SYS file on diskette 1 to include the following line BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD 7 Run the IBM OS 2 installation program follow the instructions in your IBM OS 2 documentation 8 At the end of the installation process follow the on screen instructions to re move the last IBM OS 2 distribution diskette and reboot the computer If the computer fails to boot up and locks up while displaying the IBM OS 2 logo screen you may use one of the following options to get to the command prompt a If you installed IBM OS 2 using the FAT Filesystem boot up MS DOS to get to the command prompt b If you installed IBM OS 2 using the HPFS Filesystem insert the Installation Diskette and boot up the computer from this diskette When the IBM screen is displayed remove the Installation diskette and insert Diskette 1 as instructed to do so After a while a screen will be displayed asking which installation method you wish to choose At this point press the F3 key to get to the com mand prompt Once you get to the command prompt change to the drive where the IBM OS 2 system files are located usually Drive C You may now use a text editor to again modify the IBM OS 2 CONFIG SYS file on the hard drive to add the PCIHW switch to the BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD line IBM OS 2 should then boot normally from the hard disk B LAN Driver WINDOWS NT 4 0 IBM OS 2 D 2
117. ndary PCI Slots Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEPROM ISA Slot i NVRAM i960 Fi 3 Trio64v2DX interan ImtelI960RD i960 Firmware VGA Chipset 2 SIMM Sockets Ultra2 SCSI Connector i Chipset for 120 Subsystem ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual wn oO D 2 D E noe pseoquaujoyy 10 Parallel Port Connector 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS Hl INSTALLATION The ASUS P2B D2 Motherboard Layout CPU Slot 1 J1601 ioc CPU Thermal Sensor Connector El J1602 m LAN _EN PWR_FAN Intel 440BX AGPset CPU_FAN CPU Slot 1 a Baa 512KB DRAM B12KB DRAM J for onboard VGA CPU Thermal Sensor Connector Intel Intel i960 Processor FSO faam FS1 sual FS2 Khe L Bus Freq CR2032 3Volts Chipset 2 CHA_FAN mega BI PWR CON2 68 pin Ultra Wide SCSI Connector 50 pin Narrow SCSI Connector DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 4 64 72 bit 168 pin module Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset mm SCSI_EN Lithium Cell CLRTC osc EXT BATT 68 pin Ultra2 LVD SCSI Connector i960 SIMM Socket 2 Bank 1 960SEL 82558 Hardwar LAN Monitor Secondary PCI Slot 3 Chipset Secondary PCI Slot 2 Intel
118. nly Adaptec host adapter installed in your system delete all other Adaptec drivers ahal52x add ahal54x add ahal64x add ahal74x add aic7770 add and fd16 700 add NOTE If you are installing the Ultra2SCSI host adapter delete the aic7870 add driver as well c SO INEI b If you have an Adaptec host adapter that is not part of the 7800 Family delete all of the Adaptec drivers not used by that particular host adapter For example if you have an Adaptec AHA 1540CP host adapter installed in your computer delete all Adaptec drivers except for the aha154x add driver o gt 2 bs oO O D c Ifyou have deleted the suggested Adaptec drivers above and if you do not have a Microchannel architecture system and you still do not have approxi mately 140 KB of disk space available on the diskette delete these files ibm2flpy add ibm2adsk add and ibm2scsi add NOTE If you have a combination PCI Microchannel architecture system you need to delete third party driver files not required 3 Copy the driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set diskette for IBM OS 2 onto the IBM OS 2 installation diskette 1 a For Ultra2SCSI host adapters the driver AIC78U2 ADD will be located in OS2 AIC787U2 directory b For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters the driver AIC7870 ADD will be located in OS2 AIC7870 directoy 110 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 4 For each driver removed from the IBM OS 2 diskette
119. nnects to an LED to monitor connection speed The LED lights On when connection is made to a 100Base TX host If Off the network connection is operating at 10Mbps Network Cable Connection Twisted Pair Ethernet TPE Connect a single network cable to the RJ45 connector For 1OOBASE TX your network cable must be category 5 not category 3 twisted pair wiring with RJ45 connectors If you plan on running the interface at 100 Mbps it must be connected to a JOOBASE TX hub not a 1 OOBASE T4 hub For 10BASE T use category 3 4 or 5 twisted pair wiring Twisted Pair Cable The cable used to connect the Ethernet card to a host generally a Hub is called a straight through twisted pair The end connectors are called RJ45 connectors which are not compatible with the standard RJ11 telephone connectors The illustration shows a connection between a typical Hub and this motherboard s network interface RJ45 Motherboard Straight Through Cable Hub Card 1 IRD 1OTD 2IRD 2 OTD JUB JODS RDE je mae a S aaa oinek oo eee ee RJ45 Connector Pin 1 Output Transmit Data HUB RJ45 Connector Pin 2 Output Transmit Data 12345678 Pin 3 Input Receive Data Pin 6 Input Receive Data Pins 4 5 7 8 Reserved ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix DOS and Windows 3 1 Setup for Novell Automatic configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters and interfaces while
120. nnel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This field autodetects Ultra DMA capability for improved transfer speeds and data in tegrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability IDE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power con sumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity PCL Sa HIE IPn FOHT BRHGIT ETA HST SIE 4SH NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Define This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of sys tem inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inactivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set pow
121. nstallation diskettes in this package This label can be applied using the DOS or OS 2 LABEL command The installation will fail without this step e Disk 2 is used only for 864 964 installs e Read this entire document before beginning the device driver installation Supported Features This Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 graphics accelerator device driver provides seamless support for accelerated display graphics and advanced color resolutions when used with the minimum required video memory It conforms to the OS 2 32 bit flat memory model and is designed to function as a 32 bit Presenta tion Manager graphics display device driver under the OS 2 32 bit graphics engine This device driver supports setting the refresh rate using the System Settings note book page 2 of the Screen tab in the OS 2 System Setup folder and monitor detec tion using Display Data Channel DDC protocols ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 D m lt O gt lt x 91 gt ep gt 2 amp SO INEI Supported Resolutions Resolution IBM OS 2 Mem Req d 764 765 732 Trio Family 775 785 1024x768x8 imB Y Y 1280x0248 2mB Y Y 640x80x16 mB Y Y KIKK w lt KIK 800x600x16 2MB Y Y 1024x768x16 2MB Y Y 640x80x32 2mB Y Y 800x600x32 4MB NA Y 1024x768x32 4MB NA Y 1280x1024x16 4MB NA Y 600x1200x8 4MB Na
122. o send immediate alerts to the network administors when there are hardware or operating system failures or any evidence of tampering e Adaptec SCSI Chipset Features Adaptec AIC 7890 Ultra2 SCSI chipset that supports a combination of 8 bit and 16 bit Ultra2 Ultra and single ended or standard SCSI devices and the AIC 3860 transceiver chipset that bridges the compatibility gap between these mixed environments without affecting system performance by taking advantage of the benefits of low voltage differential LVD technology e SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards e SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices e PCI amp ISA Expansion Slots Provides one 16 bit ISA three master 32 bit PCI and three secondary 32 bit PCI slots e Intelligence Supports Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm Temperature Monitoring and Alert Voltage Monitoring and Alert System Resources Alert and Virus Write Protection through the onboard Hardware Monitor Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM and ASUS PC Probe software and Alert On LAN function Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM to the Infrared Module for wireless conn
123. off of the bootable disk 3 Type lopsetup main htm NOTES x Many early PCI systems especially desktop systems did not include support for PCI to PCI bridging or multi function PCI devices in the system BIOS Depending on the system manufacturer it may be possible to get a BIOS up grade that includes support for these features Intel strongly urges you to contact the system or motherboard manufacturer or BIOS vendor to verify whether or not the system can support these features The REBOOT HTML page is the preferred method for rebooting the host sys tem after completing configuration operations However this may not work on all host systems If the REBOOT HTML page doesn t work use the host system s reset switch or power switch to reset the host system The utility has only been tested with MSDOS 6 22 5 0 and ROMDOS 6 22 It is unknown if it will function correctly under other versions DDM and iRTOS download and DDM validation operations are the only soft ware module operations known to operate correctly and thus are the only ones allowed If a form is continually submitted with no changes in form data on the third and subsequent times the form is cached Because the cursor isn t moved at this time the browser appears to be hung up but it is actually operational If any form data is changed and the form is re submitted normal operation resumes The browser always updates the SOFTWARE MODULE OPERATIONS menu when a change
124. ol Panel icon 3 In Control Panel double click the Display icon and click the Settings tab Display Properties x Background Screen Saver Appearance Plus Settings Desktop Area Less More 640 by 480 pixels ox Frequency fuse hardware default setting x List All Modes Test Display Type Caf Cancel Apply Click Display Type The Display Type window appears Click Change The Change Display window appears Click Have Disk Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive type E vGa nr40 in the entry box and click OK 8 From the list of displayed devices select ASUS PCI V775V2 V1 04 and then click OK The Third Party Drivers window appears oo ee Third party Drivers 2 You are about to install a third party driver This driver was written by the hardware vendor and is only provided here as a convenience For any problem with this driver please contact the hardware vendor Do you wish to proceed 9 Click Yes to proceed ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 83 D Z Q lt 1 S oO O Q gt 9 2 OV LIN SWOCGNM 84 WINDOWS NT 4 0 10 If a message appears stating the driver is already installed on the system and asks if you want to use the current or new drivers be sure to select New 11 If prompted for the driver diskette a second time click Continue 12 When the message The drivers were successfully
125. orts the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press lt N gt to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you speci fied during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press lt Enter gt AISA BES F 03 SETUP UII NARS SOF HRS STARDARD CHOS SETUF SUFI 10S FEATURES SETUP EER PRSSHORE HIFI FEATURES SE TI E HOG MITO DETECTION AUHER HHRAGERENI SE THP KAE amp ERLI SETUP H AND
126. ot This will set the refresh rate to the default value A new refresh rate can now be selected using the procedure described above During the installation of this driver DISPLAY LOG and DSPINSTL LOG files are created in the OS 2 INSTALL directory These files identify the OS 2 sys tem files that were updated and indicate whether the installation was successful The contents of these files might be useful if you need to report an installation problem to IBM If the video memory size is changed after the device driver is installed the de vice driver must be reinstalled in order for the system to recognize the change Not reinstalling the driver might result in serious system problems When starting a WIN OS 2 session it is recommended that the user launch the session via one of the WIN OS 2 icons located in the Command Prompts folder within the OS 2 System icon For additional information see section 10 0 Limitations ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 Installing in a CID Environment NOTES e The server must contain a directory named 3_DRVS on the same drive where the OS 2 diskettes reside The S3_DRVS directory must contain all of the files from the Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 device driver diskette e OS 2 must have been successfully installed on the client using the CID Con figuration Installation Distribution method To install the Vision864 964 868 968 Tri032 64 64V 64V2 graphics accelerator device
127. other SCSI devices are attached to a power source and are turned ON Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting What is a miniport driver and how do I make sure that the miniport driver is installed correctly Miniport drivers are a new kind of 32bit protect mode device driver used by Win dows95 and WindowsNT to control host adapters and other kinds of devices Win dows95 and WindowsNT include a set of miniport drivers for various types of SCSI host adapters The host adapter miniport driver is automatically installed and con figured during Windows95 and WindowsNT installation if your host adapter is al ready installed To make sure the driver is installed correctly in systems running Windows95 open the Control Panel double click on System and click the Device Manager tab Then double click the SCSI Controllers icon you should see the model name of the SCSI host adapter s installed in your system What if there is no SCSI controllers icon under Device Manager or the model name of the SCSI chipset does not appear under Device Manager If the SCSI controllers icon or your host adapter s model name do not appear open Control Panel and double click the Add New Hardware icon Let Windows search for the host adapter by selecting Yes on the second screen of the Add New Hardware Wizard If Windows does not detect the host adapter run the Add New Hardware Wizard again This time select No on the second screen of the wizard then select SCSI con
128. ouble click on SCSI Adapters 2 Select the Drivers tab 3 Select the Driver you wish to remove a For non Ultra2 host adapters Select the driver you plan on removing and click Remove The driver will appear as one of the following Adaptec AHA290x 291x 294x 394x 4944 AIC78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 or Adaptec AHA 294x AHA 394x AHA 4944 or AIC 78xx PCI SCSI Controller NT 4 0 or Adaptec AHA 294X AHA 394X or AIC 78XX PCI SCSI Controller b For Ultra2 host adapters Select the driver you plan on removing and click Remove The driver will appear as one of the following Adaptec AHA 294xU2 AIC 7890 91 PCI Ultra2 SCSI Controller NT 4 0 4 If you are sure you are removing the correct host adapter type click Yes 5 You must restart your computer for the changes to take effect Click Yes to re start your computer Click No to return to the SCSI Adapters window ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual D a o gt P o lt S 87 gt 7 N rere a 88 WINDOWS NT 4 0 Swapping a Host Adapter for v4 0 Swapping one type of host adapter for another is similar to the procedure for adding a host adapter The important distinction is that you make all software configuration changes while Windows NT is running and before you make the hardware changes NOTE If you do not install the driver that comes with the new host adapter it may result in Windows NT failing to boot L Insta
129. ow 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Click the Adapters tab in the window that appears 3 Click Add A list of network interface or adapter appears 4 Select Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and click OK Install network drivers Windows NT Version 3 5x only After setting up the network interface and starting Windows NT you need to install the Intel drivers and test the network interface or adapter 1 Double click the Network icon in the Control Panel 2 Click Add Adapter 3 When the list of adapters appears scroll to the end of the list and select lt Other gt Requires disk from manufacturer 4 Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in the A drive and click OK 5 Select the Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter and click OK 6 Click OK in the Network Settings dialog box and remove the installation disk When prompted restart Windows NT To install multiple network interface or adapters repeat this procedure for each new network interface or adapter Troubleshooting If Windows NT reports an error or you can t connect to the network try the suggestions here first then turn to the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers for this network interface or adapter Drivers are located on the Windows NT CD ROM or on the ASUS Drivers and Configura tion disk e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Network Bindings d
130. p 28 IDE SCSI LED Activity Light 2 pins 9 IDEI IDE2 p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pins 10 CHASSIS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Sensor Lead 4 1 pins 11 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 5 pins 12 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 30 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pins 13 PWRCON PWR CON2 p 31 AT Power Supply Connector 12 pins 14 ATXPWR p 31 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pins 15 MSG LED PANEL p 32 Message LED Lead 2 pins 16 SMI PANEL p 32 SMI Suspend Switch Lead 2 pins 17 PWR SW PANEL p 32 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pins 18 RESET PANEL p 32 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 19 PWR LED PANEL p 32 System Power LED 3 1 pins 20 KEY LOCK PANEL p 32 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 21 SPEAKER PANEL p 32 Speaker Connector 4 pins 22 SCSI SO SCSI 68 ULTRA2 68 p 33 50 pin Narrow 68 pin Wide 68 pin Ultra2 SCSI Connectors 23 SBLINK p 34 SB LINK Port Connector 6 1 pins 24 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Drive Port Connector 34 1 pins 25 COM2 p 34 Serial Port Connector 10 1 pins 26 VGA Memory p 35 VGA Memory Expansion Sockets The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address otherwise conflicts will occur ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 11 cK 3 D A e 12 III INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard
131. port for the appropri ate fixes ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 113 IBM OS 2 D S a D 1S lt faa IBM OS 2 Command Line Options IBM OS 2 adapter device drivers ADD files are normally installed automatically and require no further information from the user However in certain situations the user may wish to modify the behavior of the driver to meet their specific needs IMPORTANT Please proceed cautiously with the following information The standard format for command line switches is 1 For Ultra2SCSI host adapter BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD Universal Parameter Adapter ID Unit Parameter SCSI Target ID 2 For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD Universal Parameter Adapter ID Unit Parameter SCSI Target ID e Universal Parameter An option that applies to all adapters controlled by the driver e Adapter ID A n where n is the number zero relative of the adapter in stalled in the system The adapter ID is determined when the driver is loaded based on the order that adapters are found in the system Refer to the Configu ration Examples in the General Unit Parameters section below for informa tion on how to use this option c SO INEI aa N O 2 e Unit Parameter Modifies the behavior of the selected host adapter SCSI Target ID The targets to which the Unit Parameter will be applied This parameter may be a singl
132. ps 3 1x and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive 3 Select File Run from the Program Manager menu 4 When the Run dialog box appears type a setup if you are using the A drive or b setup if you are using the B drive Then click OK 5 Follow the onscreen instructions DOS 1 Install DOS 6 x or later and start it running on your computer 2 Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive 3 Atthe DOS prompt type a install assuming your 3 5 floppy is A drive Then press lt Enter gt 4 Follow the onscreen instructions ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix Troubleshooting Tips SCSI Device Troubleshooting Review this checklist if your newly installed SCSI disk drives CDROM drives and other devices do not seem to work properly e Be sure that termination is correctly set for all devices on the SCSI bus as described in your host adapter documentation e Be sure there are no hardware conflicts such as devices in your computer try ing to use the same interrupts IRQs or DMA channels e Be sure the cables connecting the external and internal SCSI devices and the host adapter are attached securely Also be sure the pin 1 orientation is correct for internal cables See the host adapter documentation for more information e Be sure that each SCSI device connected to the host adapter has a unique SCSI ID Be sure CD ROM drives and
133. r the hard disk drives ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 139 7p O oP NI LN m IN ep S Z7 140 Appendix Information for DOS Windows 3 1x Users The following information may be useful if you install Adaptec EZSCSI on a com puter running DOS Windows 3 1x or Windows for Workgroups3 1x NOTE The Windows95 WindowsNT Troubleshooting section on page 6 de scribes a few situations when you may need to use the DOS Windows3 1x driv ers and ASPI managers under Windows95 or WindowsNT DOS and Windows3 1x Device Drivers Device drivers are software programs that enable your computer to communicate with SCSI devices such as hard disk drives CDROM drives and scanners Each kind of device requires a different device driver Adaptec EZSCSI includes several DOS Windows3 1x device drivers that are copied to your hard disk during installa tion Adaptec EZSCSI adds command lines to your CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files to load these device drivers if it finds these kinds of devices on your computer To learn more about the Adaptec EZSCSI device drivers including their command line option information see the online Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference a Win dows Help application DOS and Windows3 1x ASPI Managers ASPI Advanced SCSI Programming Interface managers are software programs that enable the SCSI device drivers your host adapter and your SCSI devices to communicate with each other ASPI managers ar
134. r sends and receives data packets over the network This motherboard s network interface can operate at full duplex only when connected to a full duplex IOBASE T 100BASE TX switching hub or another full duplex network interface or adapter To summarize e Auto requires a full duplex network interface or adapter or switching hub with auto negotiation capability The network interface or adapter negotiates with the hub to send and receive packets at the highest rate This is the default setting If the hub does not provide auto negotiation the network interface or adapter runs at half duplex e Full duplex requires a full duplex switching hub or network interface or adapter The network interface or adapter can send and receive packets at the same time This mode can increase network interface or adapter performance ca pability If the full duplex hub provides auto negotiation the network interface or adapter runs at full duplex If the full duplex hub does not provide auto negotia tion you need to set the network interface or adapter duplex mode manually see following paragraphs e Half duplex The network interface or adapter performs one operation at a time it either sends or receives NOTE If your hub is running at 100 Mbps and half duplex your potential bandwidth is higher than if you run at 10 Mbps and full duplex Manually Configuring for Full Duplex If your switch supports auto negotiation with the N way standard duplex
135. re than 15cm 6in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards OOO PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin female ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual III INSTALLATION Parallel Connector 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial print ers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Port 25 pin female 00000 O 0000 of Soo o o o j Serial Port Connector 9 pin COM1 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings Connectors O Oo O0 Q 020
136. rlier host adapters When you find the driver AIC7870 ADD select INSTALL 7 After the install finishes select EXIT and reboot the computer NOTE Be sure to plug in the Ultra2SCSI card if updating from UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters to the Ultra2SCSI host adapter You may also install the driver manually For Ultra2SCSI host adapters Copy AIC78U2 ADD to C OS2 BOOT Add a line to your CONFIG SYS that says BASEDEV AIC78U2 ADD V For UltraSCSI or earlier host adapters Copy AIC7870 ADD to C OS2 BOOT Add a line to your config sys that says BASEDEV AIC7870 ADD V ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 105 IBM OS 2 First Time Installation of IBM OS 2 2 1X Warp SMP From Floppy Diskette NOTE To install the driver it is necessary to copy the driver from the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 diskette for IBM OS 2 on to the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 However before you can copy the driver you must first remove various files from the IBM OS 2 Diskette 1 as explained in step 2 below 1 Make backup copies of the Installation Diskette and Disk 1 2 Delete some of the existing files on the backup copy of the IBM OS 2 diskette 1 so that approximately 140 KB of disk space is available on the diskette Use the following information to help you decide which files to delete a If the Adaptec 7800 Family host adapter is the only Adaptec host adapter installed in your system delete all other Adaptec drivers ahal52x add ahal54x add a
137. rmation on installing your network driver ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 65 o G gt 2 86 SMOANIM 66 WINDOWS 98 B Install S3 VGA Driver Installing the Driver When Installing Windows 98 Windows 98 will automatically detect and install the correct VGA driver Updating the Driver 1 Right click My Computer and click Properties Click the Device Manager tab Double click Display adapters and double click the driver you wish to update If a yellow question mark is displayed double click the question mark 4 Click the Driver tab and click Update Driver The Update Device Driver Wiz ard window appears 5 Click Next 6 Select the Search for a better driver than the one option and click Next 7 Insert your Windows 98 Installation CD into your CD ROM drive Select Specify a Location type or browse to D DRIVERS DISPLAY S3 86C260M5 and click Next eines de be eet tae eae m Hebe A hires T Sams tp Cae nnalig an paag na ma ee mamar smem t omal de eee deers on ia linteis ee ipara Tae Bc mp pa ope iaga pa cn Po rorwe Ld ee Ee kii ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 Installing DirectX Microsoft DirectX allows Direct3D support in Windows 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Com puter to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup exe in the root directory of the CD 2 Click Browse this CD 8 S B VGA Driver P
138. roblem is experienced after iopsetup exe is started the prob lem could either be an iopsetup exe problem or a DIT problem The following describes the DDM download and iRTOS upgrade capabilities of the Cyclone IQ80960RP and IQ80960RD66 boards gt a gt O Board iRTOS upgrade DDM download 1Q80960RP Yes No 1Q80960RD66 No Yes NOTE For the IQ80960RP board the VPP switch and SW1 must be set to ON in order for iRTOS upgrade to work To determine the capabilities for other hardware please consult the board s documentation or contact the board manufacturer 80 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 B Install Intel LAN Driver NOTE Do not install the LAN driver directly from the P2B D2 Support CD You must copy all subdirectories and files that are under E LAN assume E is the CD ROM drive to a floppy disk or hard disk and then install the LAN driver from it 1 Start system with the Windows NT 4 0 installed 2 Copy all subdirectories and files that are under E LAN assume E is the CD ROM to a floppy disk or hard disk 3 From Start point to Settings and then click Control Panel 4 In Control Panel double click on the Network icon 5 Select the Adapters tab Select Intel 82557 based 10 100 Ethernet PCI Adapter and then click Remove NOTE When you install Windows NT4 0 it auto detects the Network card and will install the Intel 82557 based 10 100 Ethernet PCI Adapter However
139. rom Intel s FaxBack sys tem at 800 628 2283 or 916 356 3105 For more detailed information see Errata 8512 and 8513 Can t install on the maximum hard disk drive partition size supported by IBM OS 2 v3 0 On IBM OS 2 v3 0 it is a known problem Refer to IBM for further info IBM s APARs PJ15988 and PJ 6151 deal with this issue Additional Notes This version of the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 driver supports the AIC 7800 Family of Host Adapters Adapter numbers are first assigned to boards with their BIOS enabled The numbers are assigned from lowest BIOS address to highest address Any remaining boards are assigned numbers by scanning slots Each slot is a combination of a bus number and a device number pair start ing from lowest to highest numbers and the adapters are assigned a number in the order they are found Example Bus 0 device 0 assigned as adapter 0 Bus 1 device 1 assigned as adapter 1 etc ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 On some PCI systems users may sometimes have problems loading the driver when the host adapter board is seated in a particular slot Moving the host adapter board to another slot may solve the problem If the problem still persists it may be occurring because the Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set v3 00 driver is unable to access the PCI hardware registers directly To overcome this users should use the PCIHW switch Modify the CONFIG SYS file to include the following line a For Ultra2S
140. rompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that have been modified by the user _ com 8 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 145 iv DMI Utility xipueddy Appendix Save MIFD You can save the MIFD normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 146 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix v ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card te Comp 3 BSERIOY ted te T 4 Rath fc0 Stancaray l Eo Fon dare oe oTi ta 2 1 zZ L N Ip lt LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset Wake on L
141. rowse or type the path to E LAN Where E is your CD ROM drive and then click Next Select The update driver Recommended and then click Next NOTE If you don t see this message click Back Check that the ASUS P2B D2 CD is inserted and the path is correct and follow then go back to step 8 If the step is correct you will see the message Location of driver ASUS E LAN NET82557 INF Click Next Click Finish Close the Update Driver window Close the System Properties window Restart your computer After restarting Windows 98 you should be able to connect to your network by double clicking Network Neighboorhood ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS 98 Troubleshooting If you can t connect to a server or if Windows 98 reports an error after you double click Network Neighborhood try the suggestions here first then the Troubleshooting section if necessary e Make sure you re using the drivers that are on the Support CD that ships with this network interface or adapter D 2 Q zZ i lt e Make sure the driver is loaded and the protocols are bound Check the Device Properties list for trouble indicators an X or symbol e Check with your LAN administrator you may need to install supplemental net working software NetWare Server Client 32 UNIX OS 2 Banyan and Other Operating Systems For these refer to our online documents On a DOS computer view the appropriate README file for info
142. s In a shared network environment computers are connected to hubs called repeaters All ports of the repeater hub share a fixed amount of bandwidth or data capacity On a 100 Mbps shared hub all nodes on the hub must share the 100 Mbps of bandwidth As stations are added to the hub the effective band width available to any individual sta tion gets smaller Shared hubs do not support full duplex Think of a shared repeater hub as a single lane highway that everyone shares As the number of vehicles on the highway increases the traffic becomes con gested and tran sit time increases for individual cars On a shared hub all nodes must operate at the same speed either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Fast Ethernet repeaters provide 100 Mbps of available bandwidth ten times more than what s available with a 1OBASE T repeater Repeaters use a well established uncomplicated design making them highly cost ef fective for connecting PCs within a workgroup These are the most common type of Ethernet hubs in the installed base Switching hubs In a switched network environment each port gets a fixed dedicated amount of band width In the highway scenario each car has its own lane on a multi lane highway and there is no sharing In a switched environment data is sent only to the port that leads to the pro per destina tion station Network bandwidth is not shared among all stations and each new station added to the hub gets access to the full bandwidt
143. s Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer turns the ATX power supply on when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft off NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli cations are fully running thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa tion string that will also cause the system to power on AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off after reapply ing power and Enabled boots up your system after reapplying power Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak hours Enabled sets this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the optional network interface see Network Interface and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up
144. s 123 Run Setup to install network drivers u o 123 Troubles hoolin saissuenssann n E AAEE 124 Responder testing on the network optiondl 00cccccc00 124 Windows NT Server or Workstation cccessecceseeseeeeeeeeeeees 124 Automatic configuration sseesessssssesssssessessesseeseesssssesere 124 Install network drivers Windows NT Version 4 0 only 124 Install network drivers Windows NT Version 3 5x only 125 Tro bles holing rsrsrsrsrs enrenar iais 123 NV UG WS O Sesen o E E E ERE A E E EA 126 Automatic Configuration s ssseeesesssssesssssssseresssseesersssssereees 126 Install Network Drivers from Diskette wcssis cssssassserecsasvonasaveris 126 Troubles OOS sansirnir enoni 126 Select Duplex Mode optional esssseesesseseeseeseessessssesessssresssee 127 Manually Configuring for Full Duplex cccccccccccsscsecceeeessees 127 NetWare Serve 4 cassax siacsiasscvoitaaseacenseancasesnasiaviiiiediertaesesaanes 128 Windows NT orons a a E trons imnnenens 128 Wind Oms I Tesien E E E E E 128 Other operating Systems sssrrssssnririisissserisssisrrieissserrisissseisenas 128 v Troubleshooting ate oncsecaryen sccsseenpeonncse nteneteanenneuio enone 129 S If the interface can t connect to the network ccccccccceseeeees 129 S Testing the network interface or adapter cccccccccccesseceseeeeesees 130 Common problems and solutions suskslncaislersaiedecsicotsseaeneddeues 130 Te hnical Informatio ss52cncdausnceie
145. s and will black out the screen When the Source Directory pop up window requests the Vision868 968 Trio32 64 64V 64V2 diskette insert the diskette labelled S3 DRV1 If the Source Directory pop up window requests the CHIPDESC2 diskette insert the dis kette labelled S3 DRV2 Then select Install When prompted to do so select OK to perform a shutdown and then restart your computer Make sure the diskette has been removed from the install drive ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 97 IBM OS 2 D 2 O lt amp gt lt gt G gt 2 SO INEI 8 10 IBM OS 2 When the system has restarted a Open the OS 2 System folder b Open the System Setup folder c Open the System object d When the Settings notebook appears select the Screen tab If your monitor has been detected as Plug and Play DDC compatible go to step 10 On Screen page 2 select your display from the display list If your display does not appear in the list select Default It might be necessary to restart your com puter to have all refresh rate options available When the system has restarted a Open the System object and select Screen page 1 as in step 8 b Select a screen resolution and a screen refresh rate c Close the Settings notebook d Perform a shutdown and restart your computer NOTES 98 If the selected vertical refresh rate is not supported by your monitor delete OS2 VIDEO CFG file and rebo
146. s intended to encompass several media types and techniques for signal rates from 1Mb s to 100Mb s Interrupt IRQ Signal suspending a program temporarily and transfers control to the operating sys tem when input or output is required LED Light emitting diode Mbps Megabits per second a e lt r 4 gt feb ap a gt 134 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix li SCSI BIOS Configuring the SCSI Adapter Access the SCSI BIOS by holding down both CTRL and A keys when you see the BIOS banner message listing the driver name and the attached devices For example Adaptec AIC 7890 SCSI BIOS Build 20107 c 1998 Adaptec Inc All Rights Reserved lt lt lt Press lt Ctrl gt lt A gt for SCSISelect TM Utility gt gt gt The SCS Select screen will come up Instructions on how to move the cursor and select options are listed on the bottom of the program windows SCSI Disk Utilities The SCSI Disk Utilities option displays information on SCSI IDs 0 though 15 listing all devices on the bus including non disk devices When you select a device from the list and press Enter key another window appears giving you the option of selecting one of two sub utilities Format Disk or Verify Media These utilities are used for hard disk drives only and will have no effect on other non disk SCSI devices Format Disk low level formats your SCSI hard disks In general SCSI hard disks have already been low
147. s of Chipset Features Setup SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings of settings for items 2 5 depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures items 2 5 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device This 8 pin serial EEPROM device stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write command Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting DRAM Idle Timer This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page Leave on default setting SDRAM MA Wait State Normal This controls the leadoff clocks for CPU read cycles Leave on default setting Snoop Ahead Enabled Enabled will allow PCI streaming Leave on default setting Host Bus Fast Data Ready Disabled Leave on default setting 5 i P gej e TI Cq feb D e 48 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit and 8 bit ISA cards respectively Le
148. s your system and displays the Adapter Setup window Windows 95 While running Windows 95 1 From the Control Panel double click the Intel PROSet icon 2 PROSet examines your system and displays the Adapter Setup window If you have multiple adapters click the adapter you are configuring you can identify it by its Ethernet address Each adapter must be configured separately 3 From the window that appears click Change 4 From the Adapter Setup window click the menu for Network Speed 2 5 Click 100 or 10 Mbps depending on your hub speed a 6 Click the menu for Duplex Mode S 7 Click Full hi 8 Click OK when finished 9 Click OK to restart Windows 95 Other operating systems See the Adapter Installation and Special Configurations README file Push Instal lation for Windows 95 If you are a LAN Administrator setting up server based push installation of Windows 95 as defined in Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit additional steps are required for this network interface or adapter 128 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix Troubleshooting If the interface can t connect to the network Make sure the cable is installed properly The network cable must be securely attached at both RJ 45 connections interface and hub If the cable is attached but the problem persists try a different cable The maxi mum allowable distance from network interface or adapter or interface to hub is 100 meters If you re direc
149. sabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on bootup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on bootup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled MPS 1 4 Support Disabled Leave on default setting for best performance PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory
150. seserrsesssereee 141 Low level Formatter scsifmt scciseietncaceiidatoisesachatbatabsetienenies 141 iv Desktop Management Interface DMI ssssssssssssosesessssoseesssooo 144 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 00 0 144 System Requirements isis deecicenanaixiatalinsrastanimateaseebemetanasuindataveins 144 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ccccccceeeeseeees 145 v ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card essssecsssosessoosesssesessssee 147 BAUS errena E 148 Software Driver SUP POUL aacctesecmtsteadacerneeeaslananmanmateeereae 148 Question and ANSWET ae trcccacocisnnncertuttercnterernetutinnedwcntennwniimes 148 je j s a gt oe x pu ddy 120 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix i Network Interface This motherboard features an optional 32 bit 10 100Mbps Ethernet network inter face This interface supports the bus mastering architecture and auto negotiation feature which makes it possible to use the common twisted pair cabling with RJ45 connectors for both 1OMbps and 100Mbps connections Extensive driver support for commonly used network systems is also provided Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 10B ASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Rev 2 1 Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 1OBASE T and IEEE 802 3U 100BASE TX interfaces Fully supports
151. signment Since all the PCI slots on this mother board use an INTA set the jumpers on your PCI cards to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SOFTWARE choose Yes in IRQ xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 25 Q je D O a e ee 26 Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources Placing jumper caps over these will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46cm 18in with the second drive connec tor no mo
152. ss or result in lost connections ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 129 fan tS fe D L i x fe A D zZ PS e lt rN q gt feb O a gt 130 Appendix Testing the network interface or adapter Test the network interface or adapter by running Intel diagnostics For DOS or Windows 3 1 computers run Setup on the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk For Windows NT and Windows 95 run Intel PROSet by double clicking the Intel PROSet Icon in the Control Panel Click Help from the main PROSet window to get complete diagnostics information and instructions Common problems and solutions SETUP EXE reports the network interface or adapter is Not enabled by BIOS e The PCI BIOS isn t configuring the network interface or adapter correctly Try the PCI installation tips The computer hangs when the drivers are loaded e Change the PCI BIOS interrupt settings See the next page for PCI installation tips e Ifyou are using EMM386 it must be version 4 49 or newer this version ships with MS DOS 6 22 or newer Diagnostics pass but the connection fails or errors occur e At 100 Mbps use category 5 wiring and make sure the network cable is securely attached e For NetWare clients make sure you specify the correct frame type in the NET CFG file e Make sure the duplex mode setting on the network interface or adapter matches the setting on the hub e At 100 Mbps connect to a 1
153. start your computer and press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt during bootup to enter safe mode command prompt 3 Go to the directory containing DMICFG EXE 4 Type pMIcFG and press lt Enter gt to run ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system Edit DMI or delete MATE DAI Coal iguration Utility AEVE J March 1998 ave HUFO JE v4 MIFDI Cload DIOS Derauitsi oe aias hita Oricet oss tm E fuari Sol twires ino mee Petani EEEE Address Segenet 1 Paii aia fa Ld Date et ora oy 13 Character isgiles Trees TENTE fur detall shits of ETIKE RIH BLZEK r EMNTEA fcce Use the lt left right cursors to move the top menu items and the TY up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will p
154. t and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press lt Enter gt The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen auto matically reverts to the main screen H 0 a PCL TSS BS IP CHIS EEL UTILITY HED EDF THAR IH SIHHAT CHIE SE e a e PSR Im FERMES St IER PESTA HIPHET FENTMRES SETUP IDE SM 10 DETECT HEF ALENT SETUP Zu EHIT SETIF NP GH PEI SEP ET HLI SHWINE Lom RITOS Ge ICHU ES To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see Clear Time Clock Jumpers in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 57 8 i Passwords sold Al e feb oa J i r J 4P mal a gt O a 58 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection The IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen SSECIIMP LAA SELTIK HMH holact Primary Ma
155. t of the screen Disks smaller than 1 Gigabyte have 64 heads 32 sectors per track and cylinders equal to the number of MB of available capacity Disks larger than 1 Gigabyte have 255 heads 63 sectors per track and one cylinder per 8 MB of available capacity ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix 3 To create a new partition on the disk device press lt Ins gt A screen similar to this appears P n D Adaptec SCSI Disk Setup Program v3 33 dp T E M Select SCSI Device to Partition we sian fid egs N HA 0 Target 0 QUANTUM LP1 LU HA 0 Target 4 IOMEGA BET at Logical Drive Info 64 head 32 sectors track 85 cylinders Create a DOS Partition 512 bytes sector Start Cylinder a 85 megabytes End Cylinder 84 2AEEFh blocks lt Ins gt Create lt Del gt Delete lt F1 gt Help lt Esc gt Exit The Create a DOS Partition window suggests that you create one partition on the disk device equal to its entire capacity If this is what you want to do skip to step 5 4 To change the size of the partition use the arrow keys to select Start Cylinder and End Cylinder and type in the numbers you want Partitions up to 2 Gigabytes are supported 5 When the number of cylinders is what you want press lt Esc gt When the confir mation prompt appears select Yes and press lt
156. t your display does not support To select a refresh rate SVGA EXE can be executed again separately after DSPINSTL Example SVGA ON INIT 1024 75 This will create another OS2 VIDEO CFG file with 75Hz as the default at 1024x768 resolution The prior OS2 VIDEO CFG file should be deleted first After the Vision864 964 868 968 Tr1032 64 64V 64V 2 device driver has been successfully installed on the client machine using the CID method and the client machine is restarted the resolution will be as specified by command line argu ment After the CID installation refer the end user to section 6 0 Installation from Diskette step 12 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 D m lt O gt lt x 101 IBM OS 2 Selecting Small or Large Fonts for Windows The default font sizes for Windows sessions are listed below Resolution Default Font Size 640x480 Small 800x600 Small 1024x768 Large 1280x1024 Large 1600x1200 Large NOTE Large fonts are not available for 640x480 resolution Use the following procedures to select small or large fonts for Windows sessions Select the S3 Windows Font Size object in the OS 2 System Setup Folder Click the radio button next to the font size you wish to select Click the OK button A message will display saying that the new settings will take effect the next time you restart your Windows session Currently open sessions will not be affected by the new settings 5 Click the OK but
157. tages that can reduce sys tem management workload provide flexibility to the system administrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card or interface that can activate the Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capability and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger the wake up frame ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 133 fan ee D L x fe A D zZ Appendix Glossary 100Base TX IEEF s specification for running 100Mbps Ethernet using twisted pair cables 10Base T IEEF s specification for running 10Mbps Ethernet using twisted pair cables 10Base2 IEEE s specification for running Ethernet using thick coaxial cables BNC A connector with a half twick locking shell typically used for thin coaxial cables Boot ROM Read only memory chip that allows a workstation to communicate with LAN cards or other network interfaces Driver A program that enables the network operating system to communicate with LAN cards IEEE 802 3 standard Standard for the physical and electrical connections in local area networks devel oped by the IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers IEEE 802 3u standard IEEE standard for Local Area Networks LAN employing CSMA CD as the access method This standard i
158. tall script used by the IBM OS 2 Install util ity OS2 AIC7870 7870PRES EXE Adapter Presence Check program used by the Install script OS2 AIC7870 IBMINT 13 113 Used for a first time install of IBM OS 2 2 1x OS2 AIC7870 OS2LDR Used for a first time install of IBM OS 2 2 1x ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 C BusMaster 1 After running SETUP EXE copy PITXIDE ADD and PIIXIDE FLT to the OS2 directory on the boot drive 2 Make the following changes to the CONFIG SYS file Replace With BASEDEV IBM1S506 ADD BASEDEV PIIXIDE ADD Replace With BASEDEV IBMIDECD ADD BASEDEV PIIXIDE FLT 3 Shutdown and reboot the system NOTE PIIXIDE ADD auto detects DMA capable hard disk drives and configures them and the Intel PCIset for bus master DMA transfers 5 C BusMaster ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 117 IBM OS 2 This page was intentionally left blank z g o JJ D zZ D ce D 118 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix i Network Interface sisscsescassasscesssscenisesscnsssesonsestonsenenstecnsiisteeansiacenes 121 FEATS pes eeidesauecoruntyessseescnianesetenersuesistanes E EEE 121 Software Driver SUP POUL zcavececcreerecmenenneiieenentmsndidcaamiawties 121 LED ORIN C11 Soe csc srecesvessecvsaemsepsderasnaseottteertetcederenMarscesermads 122 DOS and Windows 3 1 Setup for Novell cccssscsessessceees 123 Automatic configuration oirepesiatandesramaccouiasapsesyereacerionencirens
159. talled from CD ROM or a LAN do the following Under OS 2 2 1 2 11 before running RSPDSPI delete the following file OS2 DRIVE OS2 INSTALL 00S3 DSC Be sure RSPDSPI EXE is in the OS2 INSTALL directory If it is go to step 6 If it is not unpack RSPDSPI EXE with the following command C OS2 UNPACK E DISK_8 INSTAID C N RSPDSPI_EXE where C is the drive where OS 2 is installed and E is the CD ROM or LAN drive Type C and then press lt Enter gt Type CD C OS2 INSTALL and then press lt Enter gt ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 D O lt amp lt 95 pe lt G gt 2 c SO Wal 96 IBM OS 2 Type the following RSPDSPI PK VGA SK NONE S E OS2SE21 T C In T C C is the target drive where OS 2 is installed In S E E is the source CD ROM or LAN drive Then press Enter Perform a shutdown and restart your computer If you are installing this driver on OS 2 Warp 3 0 do the following Restart your computer Simultaneously press Alt and F1 key immediately when a square block appears in the top left hand corner Press v key for VGA If you are installing this driver on OS 2 Warp Merlin 4 0 do the following Restart your computer Simultaneously press Alt and F1 key immediately when a square block appears in the top left hand corner Press F3 key for VGA ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 Installing from Diskett
160. tandard hard disk format OS 2 floppy format or DOS V Japanese format NOTE Use afdisk only if the disk device is not controlled by the host adapter BIOS that is if the host adapter does not have a BIOS or if its BIOS is not enabled If the disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS use the DOS fdisk utility to partition and format the disk device See the MSDOS documentation Run AFDISK from the DOS prompt only not from the Windows MSDOS prompt Before you run it be sure the disk devices you want to format and partition are connected to the host adapter and that they are powered Then follow these steps I Change to the directory where afdisk exe is located usually c scsi type AFDISK at the DOS prompt and press lt Enter gt Information about your SCSI disk devices appears on the screen The number that appears after Target is the device s SCSI ID Use the arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the disk device you want to partition then press lt Enter gt If the selected disk device is controlled by the host adapter BIOS you can view information about it but you cannot partition it with afdisk Use the DOS fdisk and format utilities If the selected disk device is unpartitioned you must partition it before you can format it To do this follow the instructions on the screen Press F1 to see an explanation of the partitioning options Information about the selected disk device appears in the lower lef
161. ted on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance INSTALLATION 2 O ab je ab e ns 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section BIOS SOFTWARE Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power suppl
162. the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK and remove your floppy disk a Create Emergency Clean Disk G Emergency Clean Disk created Please remove the disk from the drive and slide the write protect tab on the back of the diskette upward When the Setup Complete windows appears click Finish and follow the online instructions to complete installation Setup Complete Setup has finished installing PC cillin on your system iy A TREND Setup can launch the Readme file PC cillin or the Update Pattern Choose the options you want below MV Yes want to launch PC cillin now MV Yes want to update my Pattern File now After updating your Pattern File please scan your entire system for viruses Click Finish to complete Setup ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 75 76 WINDOWS 98 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual WINDOWS NT 4 0 Windows NT 4 0 Support CD Main Menu Insert your support CD or double click your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the ASUS sup port CD NOTE The CD version and contents are constantly modified without notice sis P2B D2 Smart Motherboard Support CD Rev 1 00 for Windows NT Making 20 SAC Utility Boot Diskette os x Install Intel 82558 LAN Driver soe ee BSS os Install 53 V775 VGA Driver Install ea AIC 7890 Driver i BusMaster
163. then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in the Win dows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs If you use Windows 95 the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device to gain access double click the System icon under the Control Panel program Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both legacy and PnP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PnP cards from those not used by legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration section of the BIOS setup utility can be used to assign which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you may contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by legacy and PnP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that contains a card requiring an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set the INT interrupt as
164. tion or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated e Adaptec AHA EZ SCSI and AIC is a registered trademark of Adaptec Inc e Sound Blaster SB 16 AWE32 AWE64D and SB LINK are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd e Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Trend and ChipAway Virus are trademarks of Trend Micro Inc The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT
165. tly connecting two computers no hub use a crossover cable Most hubs require a straight through cable while most switches require a crossover cable see your hub or switch documentation to verify Check the LED lights on the network interface or adapter The optional network condition connector module has three diagnostic LEDs These lights help indicate if there s a problem with the connector cable or hub The table below describes the LEDs LED Indication Meaning LNK On The interface and hub have acknowledged a connection the link between the hub and interface is good Off The cable connection between the hub and interface is faulty or you have a driver configuration problem ACT Onor flashing The interface is sending or receiving network data The freq uency of the flashes varies with the amount of network traffic Off The interface is not sending or receiving network data SPD On Network connection operating at 100 Mbps Off Network connection operating at 10 Mbps Make sure you re using the correct drivers Make sure you re using the drivers that come with your motherboard The driver filename contains the letter B for example E1OOBODI DOS Make sure the hub port and the network interface or adapter have the same duplex setting If you configured the network interface for full duplex make sure the hub port is also configured for full duplex Setting the wrong duplex mode can degrade performance cause data lo
166. ton 6 Start any WIN OS 2 window or full screen session SS YS 2 SO INEI gt lt ep gt we The setting you select will remain in effect until you explicitly change it you change your display resolution or you install a new display driver 102 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 Features and Fixes Included in this Driver System Settings notebook support for setting refresh rate Capabilities button of page 1 of the System Settings notebook for large small automatic resource size selection changes WIN OS 2 font sizes as well DDC monitor detection support Windows Large font and Small font support in high resolutions WIN OS 2 based on latest S3 Windows 3 1 drivers Two diskette package One boot install EnDIVE support for Trio64V and Trio64V2 on certain video modes CID install allow preselected refresh rate Limitations 1 CID install pauses due to SVGA EXE loading in the background Workaround In the CID install script do not initiate any other processes until DISPINSTL completes execution Ensure that no other processes are running during CID install This can be accomplished by adding the following line to the CONFIGSYSLINE keyword of the CID response file SET RESTARTOBJECTS STARTUPFOLDERSONLY During CID install of IBM AntiVirus when using NetView DM 2 the OS 2 full screen is displayed as a black screen Workaround Perform CID install under VGA DISPINSTL does not allo
167. tor You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 378H IRQ 7 278H IRQ 5 Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum unidirectional data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disable UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM serial port connector See IrDA compliant infrared module connector under section III Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE cha
168. trollers on the next screen Select the name of your host adapter when it appears ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 137 a 5 7p oF NI LN a D O ee 138 Appendix If the name of your SCSI chipset does not appear you may be able to find its miniport driver on the Windows95 CD ROM Follow these steps 1 Place the Windows 95 CD ROM in your CDROM drive and run the Add New Hardware wizard 2 Select No on the second screen and select SCSI controllers on the next screen 3 Click on the Have Disk button then click the Browse button 4 Look in the drivers storage directory of the CDROM and select the name of your SCSI host adapter if it appears What if a yellow exclamation point or a red X appears in Device Manager in front of my host adapter This means there is some kind of resource problem First see if the names of any host adapters appear that are not actually installed in your computer If so select the name and click Remove If a red X appears in front of your host adapter name remove all the host adapter references under SCSI Controllers and run Add New Hardware as described in the previous question answer If a yellow exclamation point appears in front of your host adapter name the resources that the driver uses probably do not match the resources used by the hardware Double click the host adapter name then click on the Resource tab Deselect the Use automatic settings box and edit the reso
169. urces Interrupt Request Direct Memory Access etc so they match those used by the host adapter If the problem still remains there is probably a hardware resource conflict between the host adapter and other hardware in your computer You can fix this by changing the hardware resource settings See your hardware documentation What do I need to do if I want to use another host adapter 1 Open the Control Panel double click System and click the Device Manager tab 2 Double click the SCSI Controllers icon select the name of the old host adapter and click Remove 3 Turn OFF the computer and physically remove the currently installed host adapter 4 Install the new host adapter according to the instructions in the hardware docu mentation 5 Turn the computer ON If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play Win dows will install and configure it automatically Otherwise run Add New Hard ware to make sure the new driver is loaded ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual Appendix If I am running under Windows95 do I need lines for the Adaptec real mode ASPI drivers and mscdex in my CONFIG SYS and AUTOEXEC BAT files Usually you do not need to use these real mode ASPI drivers because the new Windows miniport drivers support most SCSI host adapters and SCSI devices How ever you need to load the drivers including mscdex if you have a CDROM drive if any of the following is true e You are running in MSDOS mode e You are using a s
170. w CID selection of monitor and refresh rate The workaround is as follows Requirements A system with the same graphics card and monitor configured with the S3 driver version 2 81 05 the correct display type the desired resolution and the desired refresh rate Step 1 Copy Configured Video Display Data Files Copy the video and display data files containing information about the display type resolution and refresh rate to the CID server img svgadata gt copy os2 svgadata pmi x img svgadata gt copy os2 video cfg x img svgadata Step 2 Create CID Command File Create a command file to copy svgadata pmi and video cfg to the client system s os2 directory via CID Reboot the client system The client system will be con figured with the correct driver display type resolution and refresh rate Another work around is to delete OS2 VIDEO CFG and to execute SVGA EXE again after DSPINSTL completes Example SVGA ON INIT 1024 75 to set 75Hz as the default refresh rate at 1024x768 ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual IBM OS 2 D f m lt oo lt x 103 IBM OS 2 4 In all modes video corruption or out of sync screen is displayed when using Alt Esc to switch between WIN OS 2 OS 2 and DOS window and full screen sessions started from the Startup folder To avoid this situation do not start ses sions from the Startup folder or press Alt Esc several times to restore 5 Some programs such as WINBENCH95 WINBENCH96 and
171. wse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD G H Technical Support Form Allows you to view the Technical Support Form with a text editor such as Notepad I Read Me View additional notes with Notepad J Exit Exit the selection menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH directory ASUS P2B D2 User s Manual 63 JOM NYT V 64 A WINDOWS 98 Install Intel LAN Driver Automatic Configuration Some computers automatically detect and configure adapters or interfaces while boot ing The network interface s IRQ level and I O address of this motherbaord are auto matically set by the BIOS each time you start your computer Start your computer to automatically configure the network interface or adapter Con figuration is complete when Windows 98 starts If your computer displays an error while booting it may require additional steps to configure 10 I1 12 13 14 Start the system with Windows 98 installed From Start point to Settings and then click on the Control Panel icon In Control Panel double click the System icon Select Device Manager and then double click Network adapters Select the driver and then click Update Driver Click Next Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now Recommended and then click Next Select Specify a Location and insert the ASUS P2B D2 CD B

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