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1. ea 47 PNP and PCI SEUD pa AAA AAA 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup reen 50 Load BIOS Defaults errr ena anna nana naaa aaa 52 Eoad scn De erae EE E E ARA 52 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual CONTENTS Supervisor Password and User Password aa 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection merana nana naaa 54 A E SE eee nnn eee E en O eee eer eee ere 55 Exit Without Saving erra naaa nana n anna nanas anas aaa 55 rU o E E E ceases lt antecssesaveacers 57 VI Software Relerente sssisisresrissesiconssnresssidssssocers etak ite ronossnT rou der snost 67 APPONI ii E EEE EEE AEE R 81 ASUS MEB VM 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 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 c
2. x oee e ajujej a Awo wo Gao HAM 22 050 Hz 16 Bit Stereo 693 120 KBytes NUM 2 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE ATI Player ATI Player and control panel Windows 95 98 If VIDEO drivers are installed for playing video clips the ATI Player icon will appear in the DeskTop Double click on this icon to bring up the Video Screen as shown here Detailed button definitions are shown when holding the cursor over the individual buttons for a few seconds The Task Control Panel The Task control panel indicates what mode the player is in and what it s doing Your Task control panel may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls a an CD Audio MPEG Videoln Capture Help Minimize Exit CDAudio Play standard audio CDs only in Windows 95 98 MPEG Playback Play MPEG and AVI video files Video In Tuner button Display live video sources available only on video model Capture Capture still images video sequences or audio only available only on video model Features The question mark on top right of the Video Screen allows inspection into each button on the control panel Click on the then on a button that you would like to know about ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 73 74 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 Click the Audio CD button in the Task
3. V SOFTWARE SETUP MEB VM Support CD Insert the 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 Support CD NOTE The Support CD contents are constantly updated without notice Support CD Autorun Menu EMES VM Smart Motherboard Senex Su t CO for Windows SH ppr pe b P S as i In a eg he et Per ae we Sine DC M A bala un ketip Exit n LDCM Local Setup Installs software to monitor the local system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed in order to use the hardware man ager features LDCM Administrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address with the Local software installed The administrator should install both Local and Administrator Software Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view the LDCM manual in the LDCM directory Install Video Driver and Utility Installs the video driver and utilities for the onboard VGA chipset e Install Audio Driver Audio driver installation instructions for the onboard audio Install PCCillin Installs PC cillin virus protection software View the online help if you have any questions Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD e Read Me View additional notes with Notepad e LDCM Introduce MPEG VCD View a video on the LDCM
4. All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem 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 refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive 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 com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears 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 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 HR PEL Te eS BER HOS Seu IILE Mat SE H5 H SIHH CHIE SEF FERL HE PRESS
5. IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for LOMbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play 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 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 MEB VM User s Manual
6. NOTE The terms track and file are used interchangeably throughout this section 66 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative CD Player Creative CD operates like a home CD player letting you play audio CDs from CD ROM drives on your PC In addition it has some advanced features which include e Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote e OLE Automation support e Plug and Play support e Power management support e Touch sensitive display e Multiple display forms e Fine control of track s playing position e Introduction Mode Repeat Playlist Mode Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback e Playlist compilation of CD tracks into a collection e Fast track selection e Direct volume control for multiple sound cards Creative CD Player CD Title Stop Play Pause Eject CD Selectors Track Name Using the CD Playlist To access the Playlist dialog box click kuss on the CD player Enter CD Title ers be E J Displays sequence of EERO Add 01 University of Michigan Displays all the olverines ame tracks to be played are dl saa E Wohin tracks on the CD Remove ae Day Remove All E nter track name j University of Michigan Done Enter artist name i Kalin and Felicia Yeh etal E nter track notes E Robert and Ernestine Help ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 67 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative MIDI Player Creative MIDI is the pl
7. ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a pass word 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 want 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 automatically re verts to the main screen LTSA Elts LHES in Si FTW TTL ITY Hit IA ZIKA PES ea LEH MEHI DE 0 MO Fert 3 j Eri i i To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS SETUP 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 Forgot the password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery
8. Il HARDWARE SETUP 1 Jumpers 1 VGA Interrupt Selection INT_EN 2 VGA Setting VGAEN INT_EN allows you to set the VGA interrupt method The default disables the chipset s internal interrupt routing Some TV tuners or MPEG cards may require the interrupt be assigned by the onboard chipset in which case INT_EN must be enabled VGAEN allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA Disable the onboard VGA if you are using a VGA card on the expansion slot 3 Audio Setting AUDIOEN The onboard 32 bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this jumper Setting AUDIOEN Enable 1 2 default Disable 2 3 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 15 IIl HARDWARE SETUP 4 CPU Bus Frequency Selector FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 FS4 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 NO oo NO oo NO oo NO oo NO oo NO oo NO oo Fso Gi Gi HD Ge CD Ge ID si E gt C oe Ge CDO Ga Ge Fs2 CBD mh Gf CEB Fs CED CED C C II Gee
9. To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short the solder points 3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Short solder points to clear CMOS RTCCLR MEB VM Clear RTC RAM ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 53 IV BIOS SETUP 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 ADH PCIVISA BIG Ra LAL SEIU OILI LHD SOF ee SS 4 eae E YLS HEAD PREAIAP LAD SET WIHN i x M i n j Belect Frimary Pes fae fetion H Skipl N FP TIOWS SI CAS HEAD PREQUMP LAND SECTUH KOH 244 T D i T A LOA i i i a in i ii j i i H a a oe la or installatioa 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 on
10. nel 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 re quired 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 automatically 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 cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically 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 MEM 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 L
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 displayed IRQ 1s 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 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 include 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 determine 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
12. F4 CEB CED C o 6G CPU 66 8MHz 75 0MHz 100 3MHz 103 0MHz 105 0MHz 110 0MHz PCI 33 4MHz 37 5MHz 33 4MHz 34 3MHz 35 0MHz 36 7MHz 123 123 123 123 123 123 Fso GH Ge CEB CEB CW D Ge FSi CES CH CER E Gaa so GH CEB CEB CED Ga C Fs CED CE Ge O Gi 4 a o Ge o o Ga Ge CPU 112 0MHz 115 0MHz 120 0MHz 124 0MHz 124 0MHz 133 0MHz 133 0MHz PCI 37 3MHz 38 3MHz 40 0MHz 41 83MHz 31 0MHz 44 3MHz 33 3MHz CPU Bus Frequency 3 2 1 0 3 2 NO GE sFo CHB eri a Bro n CE eF a Ra Ber G sFo NO GE eri NOO oC EEE Me Mua SC Ber N N SAR gt Mi N eed MEB VM CPU Settings a a Rp Po G bi CEB sro EET Fo re 5 0x 5 1 5 5x TE 6 0x CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple O S WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable PCI frequencies above 33MHz exceed the specifications for PCI cards and are not guaranteed to be stable Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows P CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple Intel CPU Model Freq Ratio BUSF FSO FSI FS2 FS3 FS4 BF3 BF2 BF1 BFO Celeron PPGA 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Celeron PPGA 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Celeron PPGA 300MHz 45x 66MHz
13. SOFT WARE section and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Ground 45 Volt Standby PME IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5Volt standby power MEB VM Wake On LAN Connector 26 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP 13 SB Link Connector 6 1 pin SBLINK If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card you must link it to this connector Otherwise you will have compatibility issues under DOS environment NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it PC PCI Request Sideband Signal DGND 2 9 Serial IRQ PC PCI Grant 5 DGND Sideband Signal SBLINK MEB VM SB Link M Header 14 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin CD IN The CD IN connector can be used to receive stereo audio input from an internal CD ROM drive or other sound sources such as a TV tuner or MPEG card Left Audio Channel t Ground Ground 4 Right Audio Channel CD_IN MEB VM Stereo Audio In Connector ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 27 IIl HARDWARE SETUP 15 Voice Modem In Connector 4 pin MODEM The MODEM connector allows mono input and output for a voice modem mi crophone and speaker interface Input Ground Ground Output MODEM MEB VM Voice Modem In Connector 16 Serial Port COM 2 Header 10 1 pin COM2 The optional serial port connector and bracket can be used to add an additional se
14. TVET Mo OPPO EC D nn A E S 60 Support CD Autorun Menu sac ceccwsasssateasonedstonnonsaantesetenrenseneentvensa 60 Installing the Video Driver and Utility aaa 61 Installing the Audio Driver rear ies eeeeenreeusestasiesses 62 nai PEC U aeee EE AA 63 Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader erra 64 58 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual V SOFTWARE SETUP Operating Systems You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware in order to ensure full compliancy For Windows 95 you must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later Windows 98 First Time Installation When you start Windows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt 1s a necessary step be cause Windows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard ATI 3D Rage chip Always use the driver available on the ASUS Support CD or an applicable driver update from your ASUS vendor or from the ASUS web site NOTE The screen displays in this section may not reflect exactly the screen con tents displayed on your screen ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 59
15. concerning this product Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software Software Setup Information on setting up the included support software Software Reference Reference material for the included support software Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer Doa NVNNNANARRAW 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25 floppy and 2 3 5 floppies 1 COM2 connector with bracket 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS PC100 compliant SDRAM optional IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Fast Ethernet Card optional ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 7 Il FEATURES The ASUS MEB VM Motherboard The ASUS MEB VM motherboard 1s carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package Intel Processor Support Supports Intel s Celeron processor designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array PPGA Intel AGPset Features Intel s 440BX AGPset with I O subsystems and front side bus FSB platform which boosts the traditional 66MHz internal bus speed to LOOMHz AGP 3D AGP VGA Features onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X 8MB SDRAM or Rage
16. features e Exit Exit the selection menu Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH directory 60 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual V SOFTWARE SETUP Installing the Video Driver and Utility Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen Install Video Driver and Utility installs the video driver necessary for your card to have higher performance resolutions and special features You can also install the ATI Player a software multimedia player which provides full screen MPEG video playback with excellent color quality plus a host of advanced multimedia features og MEB YVM Smart Motherboard Semes Support CD for Windows 38 C LDCM isal ra Se eM Administratar Setup Adobe Acrobat Reader Ss ae Install Video Driver and Udin a es Install Audio Driver ees aS Install PCC Sey es here ee aimee LDM Introduce MPEG vem a a ASS BE ATI Installation Cort ASC Computer ne ri File Install Options Tools Click here to E thei y installation wizard Pies ae Easy Install On Line Manual Display drivers and ATI Player ATI Setup Welcome to the ATI Installation program This program will install the ATI Enhanced Drivers and Player on your computer E MLS The ATI En
17. goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 43 IV BIOS SETUP Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset i SA HOLE FH Ha r ie RP E E WIPE FERIU S 5 L HASO SE H45 NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details 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 com mand 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 T
18. installed ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 51 U A S 2 A W st A 52 IV BIOS SETUP Load BIOS Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non opti mal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings high light Load BIOS Defaults on the main screen and then 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 sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then 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 HR PELIS HE BH CHS SEW iLE Mat Se Meh EM SCAT HIE SEI FORTER PRS haf Hits FERME SET LER PRESSOR IFSET FENTGRES SET DE SE fe DETECT DoH PRET HPHALEBEAT SETUP At EXE SEFI PAF BHO PEI ETU Lami ELIS HI BLL rH
19. making multi sector transfers instead 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 Analysis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor ing technology This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance F p T D b t 42 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 1s 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 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 R
20. supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up 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 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 49 Dd AG ld 98 OnNId lt W 8 50 IV BIOS SETUP 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 PCL ISE LE RR HF HHI FI 3 ST ME HSH E ea u IA Hea rial b r i TA Lf ISA E i i Fe Fa UAE i Ik Ha It Ha Ha bri bi Ha Ha 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 configure 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 installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 IRQ Slot 2 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11
21. 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 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 77 2 z E VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 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 78 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual APPENDIX ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card I Ehh is j i T o mii r aiaj Picape ro ae Laa D 1 a mrii et Cay E L5 y F m fit E 1 ae py na aie n npt es ae pe G e Paara Em HT pater a a i ieee L e n E a E Fa iea ekia j tz ra i sis S oe oT aar f U FE z et aa F IEE ts zei D ed j Pris TF T LEFEFVEEI i P
22. up the autorun screen td a SSS a InstallShield Self extracting EXE Ed This will install Adobe Acrobat Reader Search 3 01 Do you wish to continue Click here nee Lee beer Fl clan a F iin Beng ie TERS e a a reda a Thi apt pipe A eke A oo eo inci nab HU Reg ore ba ve a ee g ete ey gs jp aa TH CONTRACT Br ee al Pn Se Ta ET Tee SEEMS AHD IHE IONS OF TH AMEE HAT mi hetero add Heii oan ob oe Tho Achebe Se noose Peta Bienen are gy a pe Aa eg aiaiai Sa sabi 3 F inp bym oni Se her ai ira my imani tean na iyapa Ta ccs pubia T di ha acl pens ral Dee AA Sinh Tiii peee EnF bpp iad S ipei rect be aiie fe PR Th ecg eed is coe ie r TE SA in ga i i oa O a co gg eee i cite hia Ge ee et eee pi Ba Fh yd redai iard see Y Ei oe Bee blr g herh ep Ta mika m d y ih bi Todi m a ee era ck Dee ed Bee a aa Cae rcs ee hc le i at Daki I0 ne cic dag eem be et Sek p 64 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative Multimedia Decks a icciswansnarsecies eteekwtorricreniaeanisvoaanetassinaois 68 Common operations eesssseeeesssseeeossseterosssetessssseresssseerees 68 eree COPIEI niran A A O EE I E 69 Usme the CD PA ISG AAA 69 een ADIR yi E E TT 70 Using the MIDI Playlist nenas 70 Dea RODO ere a E 71 Creaire Ware PIVOT ara na A EA AAE EA TR 12 SB AudioPCI 64V Mixet siecsscssoassessvianasanstsantieivonsasenensasevancesmienss J3 Pel T
23. 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 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 Celeron processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller 16 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual Ill HARDWARE SETUP 2 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac cess Memory SDRAM of either 8 16 32 64 128MB or 256MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard The Intel 440BX AGPset does not support ECC function ECC memory modules may be used but the ECC function will not be available Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup in BIOS SETUP Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Memory Modules a Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB Socket 2 Rows 2 amp 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB al Total System Memory Max 512MB SPD Support This motherboard supports SPD DIMMs If non SPD DIMMs are used you will be warned during boot up to set the timings manually General DIMM Notes e For the system CPU bus to
24. Aa EE FERMERE SETI IBER MESTHI HET FENTERES SET DE AW fT DETECT DoH HEF HACER SETUP MEENT EXD SETIF AP HO PEI SETU EAL HLI HEIRE ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 37 38 IV BIOS SETUP Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting 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 hard ware configuration and set the system clock 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 A Melio i i oi T IL m j HH ODES The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for t
25. BA 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 MEB VM User s Manual 39 40 IV BIOS SETUP Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary 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 standard method as described earlier by the User option NOTE After the 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 None This field records the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system The avail able options 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 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 d
26. IIC AGP 4MB SDRAM for 3D hardware acceleration Onboard Audio optional Provides Creative ES1373 PCI audio chipset with 3D surround and positioning capabiliy Includes complete online help to guide you through the audio software Audio Codec optional Features an 18 bit stereo full duplex audio codec that conforms to AC 97 analog component specfications Enhanced ACPI amp Anti Boot Virus BIOS Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in hard ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Versatile Memory Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 512MB AGP Slot Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us ing a 66MHz bus PCI amp ISA Expansion Provides two 32 bit PCI expansion slots and one 16 bit ISA expansion slot Wake On LAN Header Supports Wake On LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us ing Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Desktop Management Interfac
27. 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 COM2 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 COM2 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 channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channe
28. JeJ gt MEB VM Socket 370 AGP 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 purposes 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 identification
29. OM 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 available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables 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 1s 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 10 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 The default setting 1s System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system The other option is Setup where the system
30. OOKIE pa krizi SULS oe eae HERBA EF F Ep a i 1 EH ie pma r i J epii eli n AA a i aa ms Behe oat a A ho oo al an hie h s ke i i gn A a Ia i MA pa ai madla w ety oad a a a F z A 3 LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal AF Motherboard type Other 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 MEB VM User s Manual 79 80 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 1OOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE 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
31. Revision 1 01 E325 Release Date January 1999 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Asia Pacific 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 Tel English 886 2 2894 3447 ext 706 Tel Chinese 886 2 2894 3447 ext 701 Fax 886 2 2895 9254 Email tsd asus com tw Newsgroup news2 asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America 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 FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe 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 FTP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS MEB VM User s Manual CONTENTS L TNTRODUL ON na A 7 How this manual 1S OR AOI FC ae sesgrcsaressavceseceeemures AA A 1 PGE tt O a E A T E a T 7 MBs RCA ERTS oec E ESEE 8 The ASUS MEB VM Motherboard cccccccccsseescccceeseeeeceeeaaeeeeees 8 Introduct
32. SA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve U 5 e Accelerated Graphics Port This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port AGP slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth such as an ASUS 3D hardware accelerator MEB VM Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 21 22 Hl HARDWARE SETUP 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Motherboard Layout 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 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 1s the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and some floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18 inches 46 cm with the second drive connector no more than 6 inches 15 cm from the first connector 1 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 Control in BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyb
33. at 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 specified 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 ROH PCLYIS ICS Ra MS SETUP UT AWARD SOFTWARE IMC STARDARD CHOIS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWoen 10S FEATURES SETUP USER PRSSHORD HIPS FERTUHES SE UL Lt HIM BTU TETEG ILON AIHER HHRAGEREHI 5E MIH St amp ERKLI SEIUP WP AHU PCL SETUP SAT SAVE to CHOS and ERTT 9 RI7 Y NAD BIOS DEFAULT OAD SETUF DEFAULTS ET Ihig E FIG Sme oer beri Lt i 3 Eniri Setan Leha ta Chanae Colo 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 Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 55 IV BIOS SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 56 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual V SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 57 V SOFTWARE SETUP Ve DOE TV AIRE SETUP nn a 57 Oporne YA A A E E A A 59 Windows 98 First Time Installation aaa 59
34. ayer in the Multimedia Decks suite of players that lets you play MIDI files It also has some advanced features which include e Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote e OLE Automation support e Plug and Play support e Power management support e Touch sensitive display e Multiple display forms e Fine control of a track s playing position e Introduction Mode Repeat Playlist Mode Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback e Playlist compilation of different MIDI files e Fast track selection e Direct volume control for multiple sound cards O A 6 S v gt Stop Play Pause Using the MIDI Playlist To access the Playlist dialog box click si on the MIDI player Selecta collection kad HE a saved playlist frotectiont A olele rr Adds the selected tracks in the File list Dele Te aie 02 bach2pr9 mid always mid to the Playlist 03 bbdrag mid bient mid tracks to be plaved 04 chmuz e mid __ Adda Resend play P Remove bhanara mid Displays the files in blyegras mid bluenote mid the current directory Remove All cognito mid sae SEEE Selects the directory path 10 lin rnd der mid a 11 minuet mid Ditectary nna gt and type of files to be eee displayed in the File list of the file selected _Wd C Program Files Creative CTSND MEDIA bach1 p14 mid Done Enter artist name 2 5 Bach ae Enter trac
35. ck 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 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 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 Restart your computer and press lt Shift gt lt F5 gt during bootup to ente
36. d 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 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 47 48 IV BIOS SETUP 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 oreen 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 vertical 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 Po
37. e DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Ultra DMA 33 BM IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels supports Ultra DMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup CD ROM and LS 120 drives Easy Installation Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface ASUS MEB VM User s Manual Il FEATURES Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards Performance ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is also imple mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as the succes sor of Windows 95 must be used Double the IDE Transfer Speed IDE transfers using UltraDMA 33 Bus Mas ter IDE can handle rates up to 33MB sec The b
38. ect option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more de tails 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 AN 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 In cluding 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 booting 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 complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need service 36 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 re leased Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section
39. eep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is a important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode and the other is the Soft Off mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep mode When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds it enters the Soft Off mode Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world Message LED requires ACPI OS support Chassis LEDs now act as infor mation providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can determine the stage the computer 1s in A simple glimpse provides useful infor mation to the user ASUS MEB VM User s Manual Il FEATURES Parts of the ASUS MEB VM Motherboard ATX Power 2DIMM Intel 440BX ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X Connector Socket 370 Sockets AGPset Rage IIC AGP VGA Chipset T PS 2 Mouse _ Le a eee B PS 2 Keyboard JE i me AAE JSE ar ie T e M oogoaoann t p Ti j dae iu TUSE 1 B USB 2 z F if ERELEELEEIJ Serial COM 1 jee am Parallel Port PAT Stein an aee eee fi so VGA Connector a Er EF he gl i te T J oystick Midi B Out In Mic ita Siia imei J HEN optio
40. ent Interrupt SMI Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the figure below connects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any problems May require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch The key board will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker You may leave this disconnect as this motherboard has an onboard buzzer which can replace the chassis speaker When connected you will hear system warnings though both sources NOTE Some sound cards allow you to connect to the system speaker signal so that the warnings can be heard and adjusted through your multimedia system ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 31 Il HARDWARE SETUP 27 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper o
41. erved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM module 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 purchas ing This motherboard supports four clock signals 18 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual Wl HARDWARE SETUP 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a ZIF Socket 370 The CPU that came with the mother board should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If this 1s not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system WARNING Without a fan circulating air on the CPU the CPU can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end the of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU NOTE Set the bus f
42. est of all is that this new technol ogy 1s compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE specifications so there 1s no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and setup procedures for Windows 95 98 NT SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS smart series motherboards support the new generation memory Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB s max using EDO memory to 528MB s max using SDRAM ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 10 Il FEATURES Power Management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 Win dows NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource moni tor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sl
43. h 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 IMPORTANT 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 lawa Current BOOS Ta FEN BIOS in case you need to reinstall Ka it It is recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk Boao ALP L BIDS RAVIER ban Eh j To save your current BIOS type 1 at the Main Menu and then press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears Type a filename and the path for example A XXX X and then press lt Enter gt 34 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the ACPI extended system con figuration data ESCD parameter block fro
44. hanced Drivers and Player utilize the Full multimedia pg video card and deliver sup Click here and follow the paromana onscreen instructions to complete installation When prompted to restart lk is strongly recommended Windows programs before your computer click Yes this program Back Next gt Cancel ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 61 V SOFTWARE SETUP Installing the Audio Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen SOUND BLASTER AuDIOPC GV Kes prai Ta aa a EFA la ie naa he Se peer Cheba Trae Shaye Se Pare CE HSE ale fer Keran 20 are 1 1 CHAM THE TERE REQUEST BREET 4 Click here pm m Lick i ide B a spa eT A feh mi read Rhee a chee dep shn Perkara et ie a a Me a j ETT bg papa meii alepa eee Tp raid ooo ee rect ki Poe ed ee ar ie a Ce a aT cs ed by hiag Cerai Bc aed tk et hl Fest Fa nhpemoms Yon ba Click and then click here Ddim on nhi Er TLE we Por ea Se ee ets et te Bag ee Ao he pee ad ppt pka iega eet a te NAN bread da F lE Ai rd Mae An ie elie se ke ee an eee rr Kavai Gard peter hara P O Sd i ae SE MPEP pa ra ca ed at cop gees bes Click here and then click Finish to restart 62 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual V SOFTWARE SETUP Installing PCCillin Insert
45. he system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and OFF Pushing 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 20 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This 2 pin connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE con nectors will cause the LED to light up 21 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PLED 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 22 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply 23 Message LED Lead 2 pin MLED 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 Messages waiting in the inbox This function requires ACPI OS support Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking 2 da ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 25 26 Il HARDWARE SETUP System Managem
46. headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Line Out Line In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 24 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP 9 Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting 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 documentation 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 BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP 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 markings on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector MEB VM IDE Connecto
47. his 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 44 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 Leave 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 you
48. his 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 MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either lt Page Up gt 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 Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan
49. ign there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an extra IRQ will be used leaving 5 IRQs free If your motherboard has ISA audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and any remaining IRQs are then used by 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 configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use Microsoft s Diagnostic MSD EXE utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs For Windows 95 98 users the Control Panel icon in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double clicking on a specific device give you Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS MEB VM User s Manual Il HARDWARE SETUP To simplify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system co
50. ime ECCS na a EEE OA E 73 Creative WV ANC UO saer a ea 74 PT PNY Ci A E A A 75 PU A E E 79 Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 esa 76 Playing Modia Files sosser nin aE RS 17 Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 aa TI Desktop Management Interface DMI aaa 78 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 78 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 78 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 79 ASUS PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card ena 81 BAUS 5 oss eects sc E E E E E A vanes 82 Software Driver Support ceacsarcssewsnsaceeanansewaseenmaeorateatecseneseaneatentess 82 Question and ANS WEL cxucinicorrusvesidicasesanieponsctavianouvenssanassaseevecsudeanes 82 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 65 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative Multimedia Decks ces Creative CD ER Creative MIDI Creative Multimedia Decks is a collection of players that al Hi Creative Remote lows you to independently or concurrently control multimedia B Creative Wave devices such as your CD ROM drive and MIDI device It con Da pea sists of Creative Remote and other players such as Creative users Guide CD Creative Wave and Creative MIDI HA fave Studio CIAA Common operations Touch oe Skip Backward Display Repeat Rewind Mode Intro Fast Forward Mode Skip Forward Power Off Menu Minimize Tracks Playlist Volume
51. ion to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards 9 Parts of the ASUS MEB VM Motherboard aaa 11 HI HARDWARE SETUP aan a ana aa naaa 12 ASUS MEB VM Motherboard Layout esen 12 Vi PUM GTS A A A a 14 HARDWARE SELUP SUCDS en ana naaa a aaa adan 14 2 System Memory DIMM nn naa A 17 DPD SUP OOM a EE E E 17 DIMM Memory Installation ee 18 3 Cental Processing Unit CPU senaman AAA 19 is AR e aaa 20 Expansion Card Installation Procedure a 20 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards cccccccceessseeeeeeeeees 20 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards aa 21 D EC Onne OR oe Pa ree ere vee 2 Power Connection Procedures saris oveasecsateaesdosnsnasemraeutsentertacnsensaeeicanies 33 Fl sh Memory Writer UG onn nn nn AAA 34 Iy DIOS SETUP aeisi a EE E a 34 Man MeN esaeo nas e A EEE E A EEEE 34 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 36 o BIOD SCID cereis Te AA 37 LOV DE S eea E E E EE 38 Standard CMOS Setup tae reagent ons ates neniserteiasecantarnannausaases 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup meneran 38 BIOS CAUCE a A AE satecnetaenan 41 Details OF BIOS Features Sepi a ea enda 41 Chipset Features SEUD senai en ieai 44 Details of Chipset Features Setup erra 44 Power Management Setup erra erra n anna aan aa aaaaan 47 Details of Power Management Setup
52. isabled but you may choose from either Drive A or 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 MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP BIOS Features Setup The BIOS Features Setup option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features accord ing to your preference Some entries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings PCLT HIE E A 5 IE 4 85 th 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 rese
53. k notes 4 pe Help 68 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative Remote Creative Remote is the main component of the Creative Multimedia Decks group of players Like a home remote control it lets you control different Creative Multime dia Decks players from a single control interface If you require more control over a player you can also invoke the player from Creative Remote Creative Renote In addition it consists of several advanced features like e Ability to launch any of the available Creative Multimedia Decks players for more direct control over a device e Touch sensitive display e Multiple display forms e Fast track selection e Color scheme selection Select an active player Invoke player RESE na E Displays the Playlist dialog box of the active player Opens closes the CD ROM tray an a ER Select and play a track in the playlist of the active player baee CTs ds I Starts recording Controls the volume of the active player ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 69 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative Wave Player Creative Wave is the player in the Creative Multimedia Decks suite of players that lets you play wave files It also has some advanced features which include e Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote e OLE Automation support e Plug and Play support e Power management support e Touch sensitive display e Multiple dis
54. list Frame Advance File Name Track Select Open File Dialog Play Stop Full Rewind Last Next Volume Volume Screen Frame Track Control Mute You can use the Media Playback panel to play the following media files e MPEG 1 digital audio and video including Karaoke including dual channel au dio CDi Games and reference application titles e AVI video files To play a file 1 Inthe Playback panel click the File Open button Gi 2 Select a file from the list 3 Click Add then click OK 4 Click the Play button gy 5 The file plays in the Display panel Open Setup Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 Capture File Dialog o KI TETTETETT E alles Play Menu Selection Audio Track Play Return Play Select Selection Default When playing Video CD 2 0 discs the Control panel changes to this interactive panel ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 75 2 z E 76 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 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 will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB blo
55. ls 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 MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP Power Management Setup The Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Mi POL Tse HE TH PORT HAHI EIAI 3 IPHS ME HSH 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 system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disable disables the power saving features User Define al lows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advance
56. ly 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 1s 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 supports 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 54 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 th
57. m a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS lipdate WEES Fechad ey Rast Block wed ESCH type 2 at the Main Menu and ame then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example AA XXXXXXX AWD and then press lt Enter gt ni Be ACF FI Revisbern BEA ee oe When prompted to confirm the Update BIE Tachading Bast Block wed ESCH BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program the lipdate BIKE Fechadiay Baot Block wed ESCH new BIOS information into the ri flash ROM When the pro cee EP BUOY Revi gramming is finished Flashed seat sail iia 7 Successfully will be displayed Follow the onscreen instruc tions to continue fei LFL D i Mb ALR WEITER Vi erg i He T 7 ACFE hit A f f ff You ha arhei Lkr CPRORI TE iz renee n thai pam bare oif ie poer cember SETIF amd E raphe Setup Gefaulin te be Crs ajui ged ull ogee EYL whee ee Frasa ERC Te Bali ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 35 IV BIOS SETUP 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 sel
58. mory Support 2 Socket 370 p 19 Central Processing Unit CPU Support 3 PCII PCI2 p 20 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 4 ISAI p 20 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot Connectors 1 PS2KBMS P 22 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 22 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 23 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 23 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COMI p 23 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 6 VGA p 24 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female 7 GAME AUDIO optional p 24 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME AUDIO optional p 24 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 PRIMARY SECONDARY IDE p 25 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 10 FLOPPY p 25 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pins 11 IR p 26 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 12 WOL_CON p 26 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 SBLINK p 27 SB Link Connector 6 1 pins 14 CD_IN p 27 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pins 15 MODEM p 28 Modem In Audio Connector 4 pins 16 COM2 p 28 Serial Port COM2 Header 10 1 pins 17 AMC p 29 ATI Multimedia Channel 40 3 pins 18 CPU FAN p 29 CPU Fan Connector 3 pins 19 MLED PANEL p 30 System Message LED 2 pins 20 KEYLOCK PANEL p 30 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 21 SMI PANEL p 30 SMI Switch Lead 2 pins 22 SPEAKER PANEL p 30 System Warning Speaker Con
59. nal id Tee ee Eo aay eee Wake On LAN ae ee E 3 Header ad E H 1 AGP Port a 2 PCI Slots a Audio Codec i He tilg ee w Multi I O Chip a ae F Serial COM2 REN Header A LISA Slot LA EE renter EEATT Aran ge pe Creative Labs a Programmable Intel PIIX4E SB Link 4MB VGA Memory PCI Audio Flash EEPROM PCiset Header Rage IIC optional 8MB VGA Memory Rage Pro ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 11 Ill HARDWARE SETUP ASUS MEB VM Motherboard Layout BUS FREQ USB T Port 1 B Port 2 ATXPWR HB9999999999W 99999 ATI Multimedia Connector AMC Socket 370 ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X Rage IIC VGA Chipset 32 bit wo con PRO PCI onfi H Audio CPU_FAN Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PCI Slot 1 PCI1 PCI Slot 2 PCI2 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell BIOS Power mez ASIC Benan Kebon 2Mbit Flash EEPROM ng COND Controller Programmable BIOS Guzzo ISA Slot 1 ISA1 ETE PANEL Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase 12 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP umpers 1 INT_EN p 15 VGA Interrupt Setting Enable Disable 2 VGAEN p 15 VGA Setting Enable Disable 3 AUDIOEN p 15 Audio Setting Enable Disable 4 FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 FS4 p 16 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 5 BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 p 16 CPU BUS Frequency Multiple Expansion Slots 1 DIMMI DIMM2 p 17 168 Pin DIMM Me
60. nector 4 pins 23 PWR PANEL p 30 ATX Power amp Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 24 IDELED PANEL p 30 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 25 PLED PANEL p 31 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 26 RESET PANEL p 31 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 27 ATXPWR p 32 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 13 Ill HARDWARE SETUP Hardware Setup Steps Before using your computer you must complete the following steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 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 ee ee 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 14 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual
61. nfiguration when ever a PNP compliant card 1s added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed 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 of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can 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 has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set 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 JRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By I
62. oard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin COM1 One serial port 1s 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 BIOS SETUP for settings Serial Port 9 pin Male COM 1 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 23 IIl HARDWARE SETUP 6 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin Female 7 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin GAME AUDIO You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME AUDIO Line Out can be connected to
63. ommunications 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 interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna 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 1s connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help 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 1f necessary Canadian 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 Canadian Department of Communications ASUS MEB VM User s Manual How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections I II Il IV V VI I INTRODUCTION k t Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications
64. operate above 100MHz use only PC100 compli ant DIMMs When this motherboard operates at OOMHz most system will not even boot if non compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz for system stability Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Ex tended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e 8chips 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 MEB VM User s Manual 17 Il HARDWARE SETUP DIMM Memory Installation Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DIMM modules are longer and have different pin contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides 60 20 pins pins z Lock MEB VM 168 Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this motherboard To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V II IL IL DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O ff rT RFU L Unbuffered 5 0V Res
65. or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e XGstudio and Soft Synthesizer is a trademark of the Yamaha Corporation e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated 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 Copyright 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS MEB VM Manual
66. panel to switch to Audio CD mode Random Position Loop Play Slider Eject Setup Stop Pause Intro Track Skip Skip Track Time Time Volume Volume Play Down Back Forward Up Mode Display Control Mute The Audio CD player has its own control panel for controlling the audio CD playback You can use the Audio CD panel to play standard audio CDs Advanced features such as Random play Intro play which plays the first ten seconds of each track and Loop play are available Current Time Track Name Disc Name Current Time The Audio CD player has its own display To play an audio CD 1 Insert the audio CD into your CD ROM drive 2 In the Audio CD panel click the Setup Dialogs button j 3 Click the Disc Info tab 4 From the Available Tracks list add or remove tracks as desired The Play List displays your current selections Click OK 6 Inthe Audio CD panel click the Play button E a The Audio CD player uses Windows 95 standard INI file to store disc names track names and the play list You can use the Setup dialog to enter the name of the artist and the disc ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Playing Media Files Click the MPEG Playback button in the Task control panel to switch to play 3 A back mode 7 re oon X The Control panel changes to the Playback panel To view hide the Playback panel in Full Screen mode press F2 Loop Track First Previous Audio Track Setup Play
67. play forms e Fine control of a track s playing position e Introduction Mode Repeat Playlist Mode Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode for playback e Playlist compilation of different wave files e Fast track selection e Direct volume control for multiple sound cards Aed NY DARED Stop Play Pause Record Activates the Record Setting dialog box which allows you to select the format of the wave file to record Record Settings Ei Ei Channels Ok Uses one left or right channel C Mono per tsa Uses both two left and right channels G Stereo Lancel Help Frequency at which samples of sound are taken from the source Sampling Aate C 11025 Hz 22050 Hz 44100 Hz Size of each sample of sound taken from the source Sampling Size C 8 Bits 70 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE SB AudioPCl 64V Mixer A mixer has been included for Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V This mixer accommo dates some features found on the AudioPCI card These features are unavailable through the Windows 95 98 mixer SB AudioPCl 64 Mixer Os Options Show na 1 WE Da tia nn mn maa flute amp flute flute flute a lute flute flute lute a flute Spatial maa a Boost Video Real Time Effects AudioPCI supports real time effects In addition to the effects described below more effects may be available in the future sa This effec
68. power switch on the front of the case 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 1t has a power standby fea ture The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running addi tional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your re tailer for assistance During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating sys tem If you are using Windows 95 98 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn 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 MEB VM User s Manual 33 IV BIOS SETUP Flash Memory Writer Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flas
69. r DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed TARA ja il TE Laie rer i Wal If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be displayed instead Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provision for protecting 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 MEB VM User s Manual 45 46 IV BIOS SETUP Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH TIRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQO3 3JESH IRO4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 27SH
70. r safe mode command prompt 3 Go to the directory containing DMICFG EXE 4 Type DMIcFG and press lt Enter gt to run ASUS MEB VM User s Manual VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE 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 2 5 z al Edit DMI or delete ASUSTE DAL Coel iguration Utility HEU 3 March 1998 Save HIFO Load MIFDI tload BIOS Defaults gt usr Soriwire ine 3 LAO 01A ot 1 Fea ama Baa 1a Date I 12 822 7 BIOS Characteriziics Tresa TERTERA fir decal Tire of BITES ROH i GLARE r EMNTER ficce Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the N 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 prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N
71. requency and multiple for your Socket 370 processor Socket 370 CPU Top Socket 370 CPU Bottom Bh EET a bo Be EAJ E bedil ee ee mem IR IR Ii Ii PA A AI AI A IA TA DAN A A F F Errepu E In 2 m m u e E e e o e o ee g P Ta Ss 2 e DT eS ee eee Sha 8 TR Be Ro Ro oe E Notch MEB VM Socket 370 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 19 i S 3 3 20 II HARDWARE SETUP 4 Expansion Cards WARNING Make sure that you 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 your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software set tings that may be required to setup your specific card Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card 3 Remove your computer system s cover Remove the bracket 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 in step 4 Replace the computer system s cover Setup the BIOS if necessary Se ee Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ Interrupt Request to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard des
72. rial port for additional serial devices EEEE TrA MEB VM Serial COM 2 Header 28 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP 17 ATI Multimedia Channel Connector 40 3 pin AMC This connector is used for video accessories such as video capture cards or tele vision tuners TET LTE Tse AMC MEB VM ATI Multimedia Channel Connector 18 CPU Fan Connectors 3 pin CPU_FAN This connector supports cooling fans of 5 00mA 6 Watts or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink 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 NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there 1s 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 E 12V Rotation CPU Fan Power MEB VM Cooling Fan Connector ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 29 30 Il HARDWARE SETUP For Items 19 26 MEB VM System Panel Connectors 19 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWR T
73. rientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB 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 3 3 Volts 3 amp 43 3 Volts 12 0 Volts amp 43 3 Volts Ground lt amp Ground Power Supply On 5 0 Volts Ground lt Ground Ground lt 5 0 Volts Ground lt Ground 5 0 Volts 3 Power Good 45 0 Volts 5V Standby 5 0 Volts amp 12 0 Volts MEB VM ATX Power Connector 32 ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IIl HARDWARE SETUP Power Connection Procedures l 2 3 After all connections are made close the system case cover Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector 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 if a switch 1s provided as well as press the ATX
74. rs 10 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing 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 markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 Cd MEB VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 25 IIl HARDWARE SETUP 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 B Back View MEB VM Infrared Module Connector 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON These connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output such as the ASUS PCI L101 The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that the WAKE On LAN Power Up Con trol is set to Enabled see Power Management Setup under BIOS
75. rved 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 earlier 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 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 Be cause of conflicts with new operating systems for example during installation of new software you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 41 IV BIOS SETUP CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled 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 processors during sys
76. switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system ASUS MEB VM User s Manual IV BIOS SETUP 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 reapplying power and En abled boots up your system after reapplying power Power Up By Keyboard Disabled This allows the computer to be powered on by pressing any key on the keyboard Set of Enabled to set this feature WARNING This setting must coincide with the key board power wake up jumper setting or else conflicts will occur Wake On LAN Enabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing 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 and an ATX power
77. t provides a surround sound effect There is a drop down box on the device panel that will allow you to switch between the three different spatial presets Off On and Wide By default this switch is set to Off mm The reverb effect will make the MIDI instruments on the card sound as if they were playing in a large concert hall or stadium The three degrees of reverb provided are Off On and Full This effect can be applied to the Syn thesizer device ww The chorus effect will add depth to the card s synthesizer sounds The three settings for chorus are Off On and Full This effect can be applied to the Synthesizer device NOTE Chorus 1s a special effect which should be used with discretion it is generally not recommended to leave the chorus effect enabled at all times ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 71 g 5 9 Z 72 VI SOFTWARE REFERENCE Creative WaveStudio WaveStudio 1s a Windows based application that allows you to perform the follow ing sound editing functions easily e Play edit and record 8 bit tape quality and 16 bit CD quality wave data e Enhance your wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects and editing operations such as rap reverse echo mute pan cut copy and paste e Open and edit several wave files at the same time Import and export raw RAW data files ap Creative WaveStudio The Microsoft Sound way g File Edit View Special Audio Options Window Help
78. tem bootup in the default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Leave on default setting 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 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 SCS 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 CA DA EA EA 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
79. the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen LECH oral eg Lie h ator Lee Jae oer H peer Welcome Click here 7 imme mimmi PA a a N fo ee mli Ee peers la r kih ey e ap Ta iLa nic y i Hl T g maLa Ha y iieri irer bap chess Kee Enter your name and company and then click here D Crate Perang Dean rah j Peoi k Diet p e ee m MA i a E ray L ei Dik bl a aa checa bo dap Par ap pu can ome a cc na ale crta on the Tiree Dreg Dik ian located in the Palin grout 7 m 6 Insert a floppy disk uiii and then click here Hobs Fii Fale ni paa ole i hp Dis iela Pebe co ba Deck tt coed et ee gt ee ape dee la ee rek p ppr le lri m en at i aon read Cape bt ee A odin ath ihe spice grt on Caer Fen ea pmi B s omc ty am ma Pa Li lal i eS ee Pria dn r Di ek Sie a Create Emergency Clean Disk ES G Emergency Clean Disk created Please remove the disk from th as sideline wire creectearant 7 Once the Emergency Clean disk is the diskette upward 7 created click here Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation ASUS MEB VM User s Manual 63 V SOFTWARE SETUP Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring
80. wer 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 5 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 inter rupted 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 seconds 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
81. 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 Symbios SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card if detected the onboard Symbios BIOS will be enabled if not then it will be disabled Disabled prevents the onboard Symbios BIOS to be enabled so that the external Symbios SCSI card s own BIOS can be used instead Note If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function 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 ONB VGA BIOS First No This allows you to select whether you want to use the onboard VGA BIOS as the primary BIOS No allows external VGA cards to take precedent when detected Yes always uses the onboard VGA card s BIOS even when an external VGA card 1s

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