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1. 83 Toe Command TNC RY NN HRN NR 84 DEO CUCM P YNYR FARF YF OFYN NR FENYW NN 84 The Command Center Controls NR 84 The Command Center Display ee aaa 84 aM o VEIN ACC A8 16 FWYN AE E AENEA AAA 85 FOC LOL pearen nE E EEE E EE EE DDYRNOD 85 The Miniature Mode Controls OTO UYS 85 The Ado NTI Ci RH E EE OET E EEEE 86 Modu HOM NF E EAEE E E EE E E RNN CYFN 86 The Audio Mixer Controls ear naaa 86 The Te I PE cc _ 87 I au ae LUTON D i T E E E REN E NN EN 87 The Digital Audio Player Controls YG YA An YD GYN SY 87 The Digital Audio Player Display ea 87 The DVL 8 E8 a FYNN E E EE E ET 88 TOC LO a EFE A 88 The MIDI Player Controls sena CARR NF NEN NN NN 88 The MIDI Player DISplay Y YNE FFF a 88 The Compact Disk PIA EFYRNWY NN YN FYR EA 89 Ka grat NT RF HNN 89 The Compact Disk Player Controls WD Cr RA YO 89 The UcHO F CCOLO OU aey GREE TC ONCE GO OR CGG o 90 PTO E O1 p A A AA NWYN AFAN 90 The Audio Recorder Controls Oy NG AO 90 The Audio Recorder Display GN Y YO 90 lt Kel INOUE 8 a sectors RR RY AN FRY FF E E FD AWN 91 og Disable Eject Button on the CD Player aa 91 3 Using AudioRack CD Player as Default
2. 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup The Chipset Features Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen im POLS se HE TP tal IMIFPSET HHI S 5 PASO ME HSH 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 for items 2 5 Leave on default setting SDRAM CAS Latency 2T 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 2T This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read write com mand Leave on default setting SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 2T This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM Leave on default setting DRAM Idle Timer 0T This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page Leave on default setting SDRAM MA Wait State Normal This controls the leadoff clocks for CPU read cycles Leave on default setting Snoop Ahead Enabled Enabled will allow PCI streaming Leave on default setting Host Bus Fast Data Ready Disabled Leave on default setting 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 ASUS P2B VM Us
3. I Playback _ Record aa Playlist Ue Playlist GA ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 83 Introduction J0 u0 puewwoy 84 E Audio Software The Command Center ae r Plier DAT gt MIDI E co Counters Track or MD Component Icons Transport State File Names DAT MIDI CD Indicators Introduction The Command Center controls which parts of the AudioRack32 are displayed You can display or hide any part of the AudioRack32 you choose customizing its ap pearance to suit your needs or desires It also displays information on the status of the different audio components The Command Center Controls Powe closes the AudioRack32 window ml enables the Miniature mode minimizing the AudioRack32 display displays or hides the Digital Audio Player accesses On line Help displays or hides the Compact Disk Player displays or hides the Audio Mixer displays or hides the MIDI Player The Command Center Display Counter shows you which track or file in the playlist the component is playing Component Icon is displayed when the associated component is shown and is not displayed when the component is hidden Transport State Indicator shows the state of a component It indicates when the component is playing paused has the Auto Repeat enabled or in the case of the Digital Audio Player 1s recording Track or File Name shows the name of th
4. SoJnjee 10 ll FEATURES Intelligent Features Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button Pushing the power button for less than 4 sec onds when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two states sleep mode or soft off mode depending on the BIOS setting see Power Management Setup under BIOS SOFTWARE When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds the system enters the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting Keyboard Power Up Keyboard Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard Message LED reguires ACPI OS support Turbo LEDs now act as informa tion providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can de termine the stage the computer 1s in A simple glimpse provides useful informa tion to the user Remote Ring On requires external modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an external modem With this benefit on hand any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 9 NT and OS 2 reguire much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user int
5. ASUS P2B VM User s Manual How this manual is organized I INTRODUCTION op This manual is divided into the following sections 2 3 Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications concerning this product E Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard Z Ss BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software Support CD Information on the included support software Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer Oooo IS IS IS IS IS IS IS 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC SECC2 SEPP 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 Motherboard User s Manual COM2 connector with bracket optional ASUS PC100 DIMM memory module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Fast Ethernet Card optional IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 7 ll FEATURES Features of the ASUS P2B VM Motherboard The ASUS P2B VM is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU Specifications e Multi Speed Supports Intel Pentium II 233MHz to 450MHz and Celeron 266MHz and faster processors Intel AGPset Feat
6. CPU Support p p 25 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 25 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot Connectors 1 MOUSE P 26 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female 2 KEYBOARD p 26 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 5 ba 3 PRINTER p 27 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 4 COMI p 27 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin male 5 VGA p 27 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin female o 6 AUDIO optional p 28 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 7 2 7 GAME optional p 28 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin female optional 7 8 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin female 9 PRIMARY SECONDARY IDE p 29 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 10 FLOPPY p 29 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 11 IR p 30 IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 12 WOL_CON p 30 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN p 31 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Connectors Three 3 pin 14 ATXPWR p 31 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 15 SB LINK p 32 SBLink Connector 6 1 pins 16 CD_IN MODEM IN p 32 Stereo Audio In and Modem Audio Two 4 pin 17 MLED PANEL p 33 System Message LED 2 pins 18 KEYLOCK PANEL p 33 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 19 SMI PANEL p 33 SMI Switch Lead 2 pins 20 SPEAKER PANEL p 33 Speaker Output Connector 4 pins 21 PWR PANEL p 33 ATX Power amp Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 22 IDELED PANEL p 33 IDE A
7. J mus P2b VM Pentium II Celeron 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 ide
8. 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 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 Set to Enabled to set this feature IMPORTANT This feature requires the ASUS PCI L101 LAN Card and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows you to have an u
9. alt 9 w Center dialog boxes IV Enable ERLE Ea Ea Advanced Properties w Show settings icon on task bar Cancel Apply Help ASUS P2B VM User s Manual B Other Video Drivers Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 IMPORTANT e Windows NT 3 5x does not support AGP cards e Before installing the ASUS display driver in Windows NT 4 0 make sure that you have installed the Windows NT 4 0 Service Pack version 3 0 available on the Internet at http www microsoft com isapi support bldqpage idc Product Page q_servpk Otherwise the system will hang and will not be able to start up e For all the AGP features to be available you must be using Windows NT 5 0 available in the future lt r Ra Z o Le S Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT will default to standard VGA mode 640x480 16 colors when you first start up Follow the procedure below to install the video driver and player for Windows NT 4 0 a 2 z g o a To install the video driver and player for Windows NT 4 0 1 Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive If Windows NT autoruns the CD skip to step 5 Click Start Select Run Type D ATISETUP where D is your CD ROM drive Click Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard Follow the Wizard s on screen instructions to complete the installation te S ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 65 66 B Other Video Drivers Video Driv
10. with optional onboard audio Line Out can be connected to 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 inputing voice LineOut Lineln Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard 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 CD o gm e dp f 2 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 2 28 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 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 the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent in
11. Defaults Cancel Apply Help ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 63 2 g gt lt op D S o o gt O am AQ O op eo lt dp db zD C dp gt S j g g 64 A Video Driver Color This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red Green and Blue You can save your settings by clicking Save As and typing in a file name This allows you to recall previously saved settings Click Defaults to restore all settings to their defaults Display Properties E E Background Screen Saver Appearance Adjustment Fanning Color Settings Scheme mz Scheme Save As Delete Color Spline Target Gamma Red 1 00 Scheme Hotkey Green JC sak Blue Defaults Load Bitmap Cancel Apply Help Settings This allows you to adjust the Color palette Font size and Display area Choose Center dialog boxes to keep messages visible Enable task bar icon for easy ac cess to the ATI configuration menus and Show settings icon on task bar for quick resolution changes Display Properties Ed Background Screen Saver Appearance Adjustment Panning Color Settings Scheme NYz Scheme Save A Delete Color palette Display area 5 10244768 High Color 16 bit a BB I WEN Font size Desktop 1024x768 Small Fonts Scheme Hotkey Normal size 96 dpi Ctr
12. music and other sound It provides settings for sound attributes such as mono ste reo compression level and sampling rate You can use it to embed sound objects in documents created in applications that support object linking and embedding OLE The Audio Recorder s edit record and playback capabilities are compatible with the Windows Sound Recorder and other recorders that record and play back in the PCM format Like the Digital Audio Player the Audio Recorder can record and play back WAV and AUD files The Audio Recorder allows a choice of compression from low medium and high ESPCM and ADPCM The Audio Recorder Controls Ci starts a new audio file inserts the Clipboard audio at the cursor or replaces the selected portion opens an audio file mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor saves an audio file I starts recording reverses the last change you made to the current audio file plays the currently loaded audio file removes the selected portion of the audio file and stores it on the Clipboard stops the file currently playing or recording copies the selected audio portion to the Clipboard without removing it r determines the cursor postion on the waveform The Audio aca Display iE rg Ti The four text boxes under T tool bar display the length in seconds of the selected part of the currently loaded file the total length in seconds of the current file whether the file is
13. CD Player 91 a 8 Configuring Playback Mixer FR FO CO 91 Q F Software Wavetable cscscsssssssscssssossssssssssossssnssssecsere 92 Install Software Wavetable Windows 95 98 wu aaa 92 G DMI Utility a LL Lou 93 Desktop Management Interface DMI i i iei sine 93 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 93 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 93 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 94 60 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual A Video Driver First Time Installation When you start Windows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 95 98 will detect the onboard video chip either ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X or ATI 3D Rage IIC AGP depending on your motherboard and may attempt to install a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No Then follow the normal installation procedure later in this section IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is 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 Operating Systems You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware 1n order to ensure full compliancy For Wi
14. Memory DIMM 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 One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard To utilize the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM module with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip and make the proper settings through Chipset Features Setup in BIOS setup 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 Size 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 PSN Socket 3 Rows 4 amp 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256MB af Total System Memory Max 768MB General DIMM Notes For the system CPU bus to operate at 100MHz use only PC100 compliant DIMMs compatible with Intel s PC100 SDRAM specifications This motherboard operates at 100MHz thus most systems will not even boot if non compliant modules are used be cause of the strict timing issues involved under this speed If your DIMMs are not PC100 compliant set the CPU bus frequency to 66MHz Two possible memory chips are supported SDRAM with and without ECC e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher
15. 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 1t s doing Your Task control panel may not look exactly like the illustration only installed or available features will have controls Under win31 environment PAL NTSC r CD Audio MPEG Video In Capture Help Minimize Exit Under Win95 environment Ui ET Gees PAL NTSC CDAudio Play standard audio CDs only in Windows 95 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 P2L VM P2E VM User s Manual 75 C ATI Player E co Te o gt op o Ke S 5 o O dp CO O1 Go gt lt KALI LLV D 76 C ATI Player Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 Click the Audio CD button in the Task control panel to switch to Audio CD mo
16. aresolution then a refresh rate You will see a box outline WARNING Using the wrong refresh rate may permanently damage your moni tor For more information refer to the manual NOTE An incorrect Monitor Type setting may damage your monitor Review your monitor specifications before making a selection from the Monitor Selection Menu Do not exceed the monitor specifications Using a refresh rate 1 e vertical frequency that is higher than specified may damage your monitor The manufacturer will not be liable for any damage caused by incorrect settings Consult your monitor manual to determine the highest refresh rate for each resolution that your monitor supports A scrambled screen indicates your monitor is not capable of the selected display mode In which case you should immediately press lt Esc gt to exit TIP If the monitor produces a scrambled display try a lower refresh rate If it is already at the lowest refresh rate set that resolution to Not Supported 5 Adjust the size and position of the box outline Press Enter to accept 6 Repeat steps 2 and 3 until you are satisfied with the box outline for all the resolutions When finished remember to exit and save the settings ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 69 N am gt a 2 z JI O di D gt F lt J o C mD dp o dp 70 B Other Video Drivers Advanced Setup optional If you wish to fine tune its set
17. 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 types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drive A 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 disabled but you may choose from either Drive A and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 40 CGA 80 and MONO for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All E
18. 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 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press lt N gt to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you 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 PCISISS BIDS PZB WM l Pi LM SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOF THAR IMC STANDARD CHOS SETUP SUPERVISOR PASSWORD Tis FEATURES SETUP SER PWRSSHUORE HIPS FEHIURES SEIH LE HID HO DETECT LO
19. ee eee ere mal Tm iah Fret im TRT FE 92 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual G DMI Utility 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 block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIO
20. for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 22 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 23 System Power LED 3 1 pin PLED This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system 1s powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode 24 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 to prolong the life of the system s power supply Connectors SMI Lead Speaker Connector Keyboard Lock Message LED IDELED Power LED VA P2B VM System Panel Connectors ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 33 O op o gm O dp 2 34 III INSTALLATION 25 Serial Port COM 2 10 1 pin COM2 The optional serial port bracket can be used to add an additional serial port for additional serial devices P2B VM Serial COM 2 Bracket 26 ATI Multimedia Channel AMC 40 3 pin AMC This connector is used for video accessories such as video capture cards or tele vision tuners EEE EEE TEET TELL ss P2B VM ATI Multimedia Channel Connector ASUS P2B
21. in stereo or mono and the sampling rate in kilohertz To the right of the text boxes is a box displaying the icon associated with the particu lar file If a file has no icon associated with it it is given a default icon ASUS P2B VM User s Manual E Audio Software Release Notes This information is provided for convenience only Information here is subject to change without prior notice View the installation CD for any updated information in Readme text files The AudioRack also provides detailed online help click the Help button on the Command Center Disable Eject Button on the CD Player Under the Windows directory in the file auddrive ini there is a string DisableEjectButton 0 under the cdplayer section If you would like to disable EJECT button on the CD player you can change the value from 0 to 1 You need to close AudioRack and launch it again to make the new settings take effect Using AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player During installation you will be asked 1f you want to use AudioRack CD player as the default CD player Normally Windows 95 CD player is the default and will automatically run when an audio CD is inserted into the CD ROM If you answer Yes the installation program will overwrite the value of the key HKEY_ CLASSES ROOT AudioCD shell play command in the registry You may switch back to Windows 95 CD player by resetting this key value Configuring Playback Mixer The onboa
22. 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 1s 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 1n this section the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password The default setting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system The other option is Setup where the system goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 45 IV BIOS N co ab LL ep O aa O W op F TI op ab t pm cp dp lt p i
23. not saved Load MIFD 5 z D Q dp D 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 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 95 96 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS P2B VM User s Manual
24. of your audio sources you are listening to or recording how loud each of those sources are and how they are balanced Each audio source has its own module with mute balance and volume controls In addition the Audio Mixer provides special effects controls for chorus reverb treble bass and 3 D effects The Audio Mixer Controls The two Playback and Record toggle buttons are used to switch between Playback mode and Record mode The Effects toggle button switches the display to the effects panel where you can use the buttons to enable and disable effects and the sliders to control the amount of the effect There are a number of audio source modules displayed on the Audio Mixer The exact number displayed depends on the capabilities of your hardware Each module has three controls a slider to adjust the balance a slider to adjust the volume a button for muting Modules that your hardware may provide for are Master Line Wave Mic CD MIDI andAuxB ASUS P2B VM User s Manual E Audio Software The Digital Audio Player DAT Wr Se ie ae au aa Introduction The Digital Audio Player enables you to play record and compress sound as WAV files In addition you can play AUD files The WAV files use PCM which is the Windows audio file format The AUD format uses ESPCM compression to pro duce an audio file Files are written directly to your hard disk as you record en abling you to record very lar
25. pin density than EDO Extended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e 8 chips side modules do not support ECC only 9 chips side modules support ECC e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256MB ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 17 7 System Memory III INSTALLATION 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 cn Loc dp z 3 F 5 o 3 9 P2B 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 OALJE DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O ff Ti RFU Unbuffered 5 0v l Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to 1dentify 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 P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU Your m
26. selected by configuring a monitor type at Windows 95 installation time or through the Settings page of the display properties sheet The Windows 95 enhanced display driver may incorrectly interpret Windows 95 monitor timing data for some older monitors which require interlaced modes This may cause some options to be disabled A solution to this problem is to select one of the Standard monitor types available through the Settings page of the display properties sheet If you change the selected monitor type through the Settings page of the Display Properties sheet the new timing data may not take effect until after restarting Win dows 95 A solution to this problem 1s to always restart Windows 95 after changing the monitor type In Windows 95 display drivers can be installed using the Add New Hardware wizard This is not recommended because when the Windows 95 enhanced display driver 1s installed using the Add New Hardware wizard the Settings page does not get installed into the Display Adapter Property sheet Windows 95 property page problems While adjusting monitor settings in the Adjustment page of the Display Properties sheet your monitor could become unreadable If this occurs press the ESC key to return to your previous monitor settings All Video Player Notes Why can my Video Player not execute in Windows 3 1 The Video Player needs at least 600K DOS CONVENTIONAL MEMORY You can try to close some programs to a
27. such as the ASUS Smart Fan that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks such as the Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hardware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM and the ASUS PC Probe software Elan Vital Heatsink with Fan To install simply follow the procedures for Installing the Processor The Elan Vi tal heatsink however comes with a lever to clamp the heatsink into the SEC car tridge Mount the heatsink in the orientation as shown then flip the lever from Un lock to Lock ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 23 7 CPU TI gt lt o Q gt co O O Q o o 2 24 III INSTALLATION 4 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Repl
28. 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 SIEHT CHIE SEIF HE FERIEFES SETI nai F 7 i l F lFEET FEWITFEE 5ETUP IE A MWU E TESTIH YE HDHO EFENI SETUP SHE E EHIT SETU WP GH PEI EEIT HETH UT SAVING ii RE te ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 39 IV BIOS o ab p N O oo lt o S o oQ O lt dp 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 regu lar 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 t
29. using a memory manager such as OEMM or 386MAX you need to modify the command line in the CONFIG SYS file so that the address of the graphics device video BIOS C000 C7FF is excluded For example add EX CLUDE C000 C7FF to the command line e Remove all unnecessary boards e Disable shadow RAM e Ensure that the board is seated correctly and that the device has been installed using the proper utilities e Try the device in a different system and reset to factory defaults using the IN STALL program If the device works in another system the problem is likely due to incorrect configuration Troubleshooting Because a typical computer system consists of many different parts difficulties may arise from a combination of items from software or hardware installation to monitor compatibility Listed below are several checks you can make to help deter mine what the problem is Test Patterns OK Applications Do Not Sync The wrong monitor type has been selected Change the settings in the INSTALL program Windows Driver Not Installing Properly Windows must be running in 386 Enhanced Mode Incompatible memory manag ers may prevent Windows from starting in enhanced mode If this occurs remove the offending driver or memory manager Windows NT 4 0 driver cannot pass Test VGA Please bypass Test VGA then load ATI drivers after completing installation AutoCAD Driver Not Installing Properly If using a 386 ensure th
30. 2B VM Motherboard Layout esen 12 Installation SUC OS anna GERRIG A fo NR NW OG 14 Ue PUNO Cs FFY E E AN FR HU EFO UFFAR 14 2 System Memory DIMM sn secescreexseasncssomenusasedsacgevionerandyntsaaserensneasd 17 DIMM Memory Installation ena 18 3 Central Processing Unit CPU YR ONN Fo 19 Universal Retention Mechanism ea 19 PTS AUS DS RF UEF NN FN AAA 19 Wrist Tin the a 8 EL 8 SYY NN PF 20 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors 23 A Es Pas ON a E A 24 Expansion Card Installation Procedure a 24 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ccccccccesssseeeeeeeees 24 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ee aa 29 ema OR OE rerea ora E Uf AO 26 Power Connection Procedures RD DOMEN EDN UO 35 DV ESO SOF EWAN GAY iena nd O 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility GY SY CY 36 Mai Ue LYNN A FFF YN 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 38 Gz LOS SE n ET A EA 39 Load BO o SY AE EE 40 Standard CMOS SCID FY FFR a 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup emas 40 BIOS T ares SC LUD RF RYN NT THYN 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup aw I GR DRO dAn 43 lana cL Pedu SU AAA 46 Details of Chipset Features Setup era 46 Power Mala ene Tt CLUD UF OO Yd G
31. 65 Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4 0 a 65 Installing Video Drivers for Windows NT 4 0 65 Video Driver Installation for IBM OS 2 emas aaaan 66 System Information optional ONGYR YNN ANN YRU 68 Quick Setup ii Opu onak FERN 68 VDIF Piles A en YG AAA 69 Advanced Setup optional mena A NN NAF ONGYR 70 Dano a A EA RA ERE 70 Toup SO ER A E HN NER AA 71 System LOCK UD au eU AAA Y NUW AO 71 Do RF FFEFRYN A 71 Windows 95 enhanced display drivet ea 73 Windows 95 property page problems ea 73 ATI Video Player Notes RF YN TYRRU 73 Other Problems amp Act10nS RA CY Y NU 74 y bn N UAV CD au FYRR EN OENES 75 AELE CU a A YA FEE GOF CF 75 Pa SE c NN YR NN EN FYRR FFR REFER UN 75 Playing Audio CDs Only in window 95 esa 76 sd au Media mn LYFR FFRED FFF ART Y FFR FORE T7 Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 aa 77 DAS DEI CF AE 79 First Time Insta lat On naaa ini daaa nent GN kinsenas 79 FOR Vy WO 0 au A 79 Per a A 79 First Time Insta Le nn nan I R NN NR S0 For Windows NT 4 0 beiau anaw On AROA Ru UWYN A AARON R Oda ho 0nd WG l ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 59 0 gt Contents V Support CD KASAR NAWN NN ONN 93 Audio Rack Ba eL AU OU FFF FFREYNC FFR YNND 83 Audio Rack Introduction SW _
32. BF2 BF1 BFO am E ai COT or LO eon x 2 1 2 5x 5 2 3 0x Ai 3 5x 7 2 P2B VM CPU Setti ngs o BF1 2 E BF2 BF1 BFO eo BF2BF1B 4 0x 4 1 4 5x 9 2 5 0x 5 1 CPU Core Bus Freguency Multiple WARNING Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable WARNING 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 r CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple Intel CPU Model Freq Ratio BUSF FS4 FS3 FS2 FS1 FSO BF3 BF2 BF1 BFO Pentium II 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Pentium II 400MHz 4 0x 100MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Pentium II 350MHz 3 5x 100MHz 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 333MHz 5 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Pentium II Celeron 300MHz 4 5x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 Pentium II Celeron 266MHz 4 0x 66MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 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 P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 2 oystem
33. C OU 49 Details of Power Management Setup aan 49 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual SUPPORT CD CONTENTS PNP A DN a FN RR RYD Details of PNP and PCI Setup NI On UU Gyng ARY Load BIOS DU HS enra OG GU O GI GNU OC Load Setup Defaults nian nn ni irion retena FT Supervisor Password and User Password a IDE HDD Auto COT CU GL TYDY O YNE GON Oy hice ac EN eee nee YF REF ee een ener re Exit VV LUO U5 V1 era nerearece HD EEE ASUS Support CD Main Menu GG RD Y GAD gd dnas ommuow Video Driver GG GG yd Other Video Drivers eu LG GG FF FF Fu Mas PLAY CE a EFE YN FFF ANFODD EN EE PA EFA Audio DrIVer eeu I LL GL LL GG FN Audio Software 20 cc ccc eccccccececcccececcccccccecececescececsescecescscscususcecess Software Wavetable cccccccescecececcececescccecccescececescececescececes DMI Utility uuuuouuu AA IAU IU ASUS P2B 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 r
34. CP 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 UART 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 channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This field autodetects Ultra DMA capability for improved transfer speeds and data in tegrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disable to suppress Ultra DMA capability I
35. DE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 3 4 it is necessary for these to be independent The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 pet Hales POH M Lill FJA IiE F H FIAT MW ra 5 JL IAD 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 1s 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 Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DO
36. 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 AVI video files C ATI Player a ap Te o gt op o Ke S To play a file 1 In the Playback panel click the File Open button G 2 Select a file from the list 3 Click Add then click OK 4 Click the Play button gg 5 The file plays in the Display panel Open Setup Playing Interactive Discs Video CD 2 0 Capture File Dialog 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 P2L VM P2E VM User s Manual 77 This page was intentionally left blank 78 ASUS P2L VM P2E VM User s Manual D Audio Driver First Time Installation When starting Windows 95 9 NT 4 0 the operating system will automatically de tect the ESS Solo 1 PCI Audio Driver For Windows 95 l When the New Hardware Found screen prompts for a driver select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive Click OK Click Browse Locate the D audio w95 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK Click OK again and the driver file
37. M IKEE HHFFIGEFEMI 5E NIF SA amp ERLI SEIU Hl HAD POL SETUP PM CAVE to CHOS nnd EXIT 7W F U UM DEFAULT NAD SETUP DEFAULTS DAL SE ILA a ts Li pdf 4 LA m ynd j BE I x a ret F o a gt Save amp Exit 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 P2B VM User s Manual 57 V SUPPORT CD ASUS Support CD Main Menu Insert your support CD or double click your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root directory of the ASUS support CD NOTE The CD version and con tents are constantly modified with out notice e 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 e Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software neces sary to view the LDCM manual in the LDCM directory BusMaster Windows 95 only Installs the Intel BusMaster IDE drivers Install Video Driver and Uti
38. N The INT_EN jumper allows you to set the VGA interrupt method The default disables the chipset s internal interrupt routing Some TV Tuner or MPEG cards may require that the interrupt be assigned by the onboard chipset in which case enable INT_EN The VGAEN jumper allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA Disable the onboard VGA if you are using a VGA card on the expansion slot VGAEN VGAEN 1 1 2 2 3 3 Enable Disable Default INT EN INT EN 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable P2B VM VGA Seitings Penan 14 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 3 Real Time Clock RTC RAM CLRTC The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short solder points 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences RTC RAM CLRTC Clear CMOS _ short solder points momentarily P2B VM Clear RTC RAM 4 Keyboard Power Wake Up KB_WAK This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function Set this jumper to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing the spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mAmp on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disable because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your com puter will not power on if you set this to Enable and if you do not have the right ATX powe
39. S 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 enter safe mode command prompt 3 Go to the directory containing DMICFG EXE 4 Type DMIcFG and press lt Enter gt to run ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 93 5 z Ke pru o mD D Ss i Q G DMI Utility Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system Edit DMI or delete Fil DA Cosfiguration Utility AEWVi d Farch 1798 Save MIFDI Load MIFDI tLload DIOS Defaultzl Es F E men AIS fitn Deteet Vendor Hamr Anuari Sof biirr ine BIS Wersion S0100 X BIS starting Addrecs Segenet Pee BINS Ballad Date 1 17702797 BIDS Character lizivies Treesa TENTED fiir decal Tire of BIS ROH BHZBHK 2 O og ae EMNTER ficce Use the amp left right curs
40. S POWER EXE in you CONFIG S YS 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 manage ment The settings are Suspend gt Off and Always On ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 49 D D OD cU S D o am U O D lt pa o o 3 D Sold Al 50 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The following options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen WH 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 Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Suspend mode w
41. SUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION To simplify this process this motherboard has complied with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration whenever a PNP compliant card is added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are assigned automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration 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 IRO 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 IRO 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 IRO assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utili
42. 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 is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins Power Supply Fan MR 12V GND CPU Fan Power Chassis Fan Power Rotation 12V FI GND P2B VM 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power 14 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 orientation 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 Cc O gt o 22 g F 2y oo os gt gt SSEeEEsSgc gt So oo a 30g Bente ees oad F OOO08 OT ss d Oh als Be dl Ob Uu ols bb THAT aavososono O o o Oo Oo gt 2e5o gt o gt a gt gt So oooomomom NOAD HG coc T gt 5 ua P2B VM ATX Power Connector ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 15 SB Link Connector 6 1 pi
43. VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures Ie o 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 eguipped 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 as well as press the ATX 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 t
44. ace the computer system s cover y s Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has audio onboard an extra 3 IRQs will be used leaving 3 IRQs free Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as legacy ISA cards requires that you con figure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics MSD EXE utility located in the Win dows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs If you use Windows 95 the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device to gain access double click the System icon under the Control Panel program Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time A
45. ain 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 be low 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 sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and 1s very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 41 o in gt Standard CMOS lt p o 2 S o o O lt O ON 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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
46. at AutoCAD has been configured for the appropriate ADI driver The protected mode driver requires extended memory Error Codes and Messages Problems and solutions for some common errors found by the test program are provided for your reference as follows ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 71 a 2 z g O cf o 2 dp ie o gt m Mu o O O O D o o 72 B Other Video Drivers Memory aperture test failure or Diagnostics program locks or Reboots during aperture test If you receive an error message indicating that the memory aperture location is con flicting with your system memory restart the INSTALL program as follows IN STALL APMAP lt Enter gt Now when you enable Memory Aperture you must se lect a location above but not overlapping System Memory S BIOS B or Re served R locations Not applicable for ISA cards Desired resolution is disabled and displayed in gray A mode displayed in gray means that the BIOS 1s told this mode is not available based on the device configuration Reinstall using custom monitor selection Menu item is disabled and displayed in gray The test program has determined that the mode or test is not available under the current configuration Aperture tests are not available if the aperture 1s disabled and CRT mode and pixel depth are determined by current installation DAC type memory size and memory type Adapter not detected This mes
47. ay 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 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 by any the BIOS If you install either the optional PCI SC200 or PCI SC860 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup e Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the m
48. board PWR FAN BUS FREQ EEE PS_FAN CPU FAN mas ESO KB WAK ann S2 fees FS3 n a FS4 TOP USB 1 BOTTOM USB 2 EEF ATI Multimedia Connector 8MB available on Rage Pro only EEA INT_EN Intel 440BX AGPset CPU Slot 1 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module O gt D o amp o CO o y O N N lt r xX O O o Q ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X IIC AGP VGA Chipset CD IN 32 bit PCI Accelerated Graphics Port udio Chipset HR Lithium Cell PCI Slot 1 PCI1 BIOSPower COM2 head Intel Bagan alaa PIIX4E PCI Slot 2 PCI2 PClset ASUS ASIC AUR EEE AUDIO EN PCI Slot 3 PCI3 dimi Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS SECONDARY IDE Panel Connectors VPANEL ISA Slot 1 ISA1 Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase 12 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION umpers 1 INT_EN 2 VGAEN 3 CLRTC 4 KB_WAK 5 FSO FS1 FS2 FS3 FS4 6 BFO BF1 BF2 BF3 Expansion Slots 1 DIMM Sockets 2 CPU Slotl 3 PCI Slot 1 2 3 4 ISA Slot 1 14 VGA Interrupt Setting Enable Disable 14 VGA Setting Enable Disable 15 Real Time Clock RTC RAM 15 Keyboard Power Wake Up Enable Disable 16 CPU External Clock BUS Freguency Selection 16 CPU BUS Freguency Multiple 17 168 Pin DIMM Memory Support 19 Pentium II Celeron
49. c PC 98 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of motherboards meet PC 98 compliancy The new PC 98 requirements for sys tems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man aging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proce dures for Windows 95 98 NT Anti Boot Virus BIOS amp PC cillin Bundled Double protection for your motherboard against boot sector viruses through boot firmware Anti Boot Vi rus BIOS and file viruses through the bundled PC cillin Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard SYMBIOS firmware Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and to the processor Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB s The best of all is that this new technol ogy is compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables SDRAM Optimized Performance Supports the new generation memory Syn chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate from 528MB s max using EDO memory to 800MB s max using SDRAM ASUS P2B VM User s Manual Features
50. cquire more memory to use If it still happens return to DOS and run MEMMAKER in your DOS directory to modify your memory configuration Ouiting some DOS TSRs Terminate and Stay Resident programs also helps After installing Xing MPEG Player my ATI Video Player can not play Video CD even standard MPEG files Xing MPEG Player and ATI Video Player can not be installed together They confilct with each other The previously installed player will work abnormally You can re install ATI Video Player to recover it Why can I not use the TV output function in Windows 95 You need to make sure that your resolution is 800x600 or under and refresh rate equal to or less than 60Hz in NTSC and 50Hz in PAL ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 73 a l A Driver Player B Other Video Drivers Other Problems amp Actions My monitor is not capable of high resolution or refresh rate It depends on the display characteristics of your monitor Consult your monitor docu mentation for the proper configuration After installing the driver Windows 95 doesn t prompt me to restart and the driver still doesn t work after I restart my computer You may have installed similar drivers before Try the following steps to install 1 Right click My Computer on the desktop 2 Select Properties The System Properties dialog box appears 3 Click the Device Manager tab Be sure that View devices by type is selected 4 Double click Display a
51. ctivity LED 2 pins 23 PLED PANEL p 33 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 24 RESET PANEL p 33 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 25 COM2 p 34 Serial Port COM2 Header 10 1 pins 26 AMC p 34 ATI Multimedia Channel 40 3 pins ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 13 III INSTALLATION Installation 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 a 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 c 3 ue op O 2 1 dumpers 1 VGA Interrupt Selection INT EN and 2 VGA Setting VGAE
52. dapters If Display adapters does not appear jump to step 8 and continue o UO 4D dp ep ce n gt ep J gt Oo mD dp The name of your device will be listed in the box Double click it The properties box of your device appears Click the Driver tab Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps Click Other devices Your device should be listed Click the name of your device to bring up the properties box of your device Select the Driver tab oe a 10 Click Change Driver and follow the installation steps After installation and restarting Windows 95 informs me that the display setting is still incorrect There may be a conflict between a previous and the current display drivers This is caused by the incomplete removal of the previous display driver Try the following steps to remove it Right click My Computer on the desktop Select Properties The System Properties dialog box appears Click the Device Manager tab Be sure that View devices by type is selected Double click Display adapters You will find two or more conflicting adapters Disable all previous adapters by selecting them and clicking Remove Close Device Manager and restart Windows 95 a Se ee eS Your display driver should work correctly this time 74 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual C ATI Player ATI Player ATI Player and control panel Win3 1x and Win95 If VIDEO drivers
53. de 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 f 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 In the Audio CD panel click the Play button jy Sane i 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 P2L VM P2E VM User s Manual C ATI Player Playing Media Files Click the MPEG Playback button in the Task control panel to switch to play back mode PAL NTSC 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 Playlist Frame Advance File Name Track select Open
54. dy for the installation of your processor 20 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 2 Attach the Heatsink NOTE Follow carefully the heatsink attachment instructions included with your heatsink or processor The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink SECC with Pentium II Place the SECC face down on a flat surface and lay the heat sink flush on the back metal side of the SECC Check the orientation of the heatsink against the illustration below The thicker fin must be orientated toward the bottom The top clamp is wider than the bottom clamp so only this orientation will fit With a screw driver push the clamps one at a time into the SECC Be sure that the heatsink is firmly pressed against the SECC Push each end of the clamps until they lock mu poe a HU SECC2 with Pentium II SEPP with Celeron Insert the heatsink clip through the holes at the SECC2 SEPP s back making sure that the bottom of the clip plate sits against the processors s back Remove the tab from the thermal grease which is located on the bottom of the heatsink and place the heatsink over the processor A slight rocking motion may be necessary to place the heatsink on the SECC2 SEPP with one pair of the heatsink clip legs going first through the correspond ing heatsink holes and then the other pair NOTE The heatsink and SECC2 SEPP holes are slightly offset to ensure good loc
55. e current track or file in the playlist Time Index displays the amount of time elapsed for the track or file in hours minutes seconds and tenths of a second ASUS P2B VM User s Manual E Audio Software The Miniature Mode AudioRack JT ATT Wi fj Introduction The Miniature mode is designed to give you full control of the AudioRack32 while using a minimum of space You are able to effectively use the AudioRack32 and still have enough room on your desktop to run other applications In the Miniature mode you can play pause stop and control the master volume of the AudioRack32 The Miniature Mode Controls stops currently playing tracks or files of active components plays currently loaded tracks or files of active components pauses currently playing tracks or files of active components F calls a popup menu where you can restore the AudioRack32 invoke the Al ways on Top command select active components DAT MIDI or CD or exit the AudioRack32 The Stop Pause and Play buttons affect components that are cur rently active Miniature Mode SA controls the master volume ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 5 JexiN oipny 86 E Audio Software The Audio Mixer m oe KI Ka Ka Pa Volume Central a Playback Record Effect Introduction The Audio Mixer has two modes Playback mode and Record mode You can use these two modes to fully control which
56. e 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 Back View Front View P2B VM Infrared Module Connector O op o gm O dp 2 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 reguires that the WAKE On LAN Power Up Con trol is set to Enabled see Power Management Setup under BIOS SOFT WARE section and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power 5 Volt Standby Ground FT PME IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5Volt standby power P2B VM Wake On LAN Connector 30 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 13 Chassis CPU amp Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin CHA_ CPU_ PWR_FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 500mAMP 6 Watts or less Orien tate 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 consid eration the polarity of the this connector NOTE
57. easonable protection against harmful interference 1n a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there 1s 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 e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver 1s connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifica tions to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equipment 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
58. ed expansion cards can use IRO12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female O CD o gm e dp 2 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 26 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female 4 Serial Port COM1 Connector 9 pin Male One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE for settings Connectors 7 Serial Port 9 pin Male COM 1 5 Monitor VGA Output Connector 15 pin Female This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device VGA Monitor 15 pin Female ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 27 III INSTALLATION 6 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female
59. ent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and 1f 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 Sold Al O o CO O o 38 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are 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 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
60. er s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 or else your system 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 reguire this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM are xx bits wide If all your DIMMs have ECC e g 8 chips 1 ECC chip they are considered 72bits and the following will be displayed Ll iri if Fl Laie P Eel If your DIMMs do not have ECC e g 8 chips they are considered 64 bits and the following will be displayed instead i i MW BE tka 1 bi Teer El LEJT a Bande Data Integrity Mode Non ECC Non ECC has byte wise write capability but no provisio
61. er Installation for IBM OS 2 The ATI OS 2 video driver is to be used for the English version of OS 2 only To install ATI video drivers for OS 2 or OS 2 Warp use the INSTALL program This program checks the system for possible conflicts sets the monitor type and installs the enhanced display driver To run the INSTALL program l 2 Se A 13 Start OS 2 Check that OS 2 1s using a standard VGA driver and no other applications are running Double click the OS 2 System folder Double click the Command Prompts folder Double click the OS 2 Full Screen object Insert the ASUS Support CD Type D lt Enter gt assuming D is your CD ROM driver Type CD ATRUTILITY lt Enter gt Type OS2INST lt Enter gt Select Utilities Installation from the Main Menu This copies the utiities onto your hard drive Press lt Enter gt to select the default destination directory When prompted let the INSTALL program make changes to your Autoexec bat file Select QUICK SETUP You need to select QUICK SETUP to specify a monitor Proper monitor selection is necessary for correct resolution and refresh rate operation Select your monitor from the list or If you do not see your monitor listed see Custom Monitor Configuration After you have selected a monitor you are ready to cop y the enhanced driver files ASUS P2B VM User s Manual B Other Video Drivers To copy the driver files 1 Select Drivers Installati
62. erfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently ASUS P2B VM User s Manual ll FEATURES Parts of the ASUS P2B VM Motherboard ATI Multimedia Connector Intel 440BX 3DIMM 4MB VGA Memory Rage IIC ATX Power CPU Slot1 AGPset sockets 8MB VGA Memory Rage Pro T PS 2 Mouse e i Oa B PS 2 Keyboard T MAN ilies TRWM T USB Conn 1 fr a WW Er B USB Conn 2 F Bia Yy a i ii pada di ph LELE ECER CERE GC Serial COM 1 an oi il YW g cU O_ O 2 cU O Ke 2 ab Ie O FF rf nj r id LA cm Parallel Port I a A NI E VGA Connector 3 Optional 2 T Joystick MIDI Connector B Audio Ports P ESS Audio o optional Accelerated Graphics gt oo Ss ee Port optional 1 A i re PE NA RANDIR ED 3 PCI Slots aa Multi O Keyboard ARE RE Sipe te Controller 1 ISA Slot E nin Se eee Serial COM 2 SB Link Programmable ASUS Header Connector Flash EEPROM ASIC ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X Intel PIX4E ATI 3D Rage IIC AGP PClset with RTC ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 11 jno e7 pJe00Jou0JN III INSTALLATION ASUS P2B VM Motherboard Layout TOP Mouse H _ BOTTOM Key
63. ge files Your only limitation 1s the amount of free space on your hard disk The voice activation feature 1s useful for recording any kind of intermittent audio The Digital Audio Player provides a choice of linear PCM or 16 bit recording Note that you have additional options using the Audio Recorder which is invoked by the Edit button The Digital Audio Player Controls starts recording to your hard disk goes to the end of the wave file or to the next file in the current playlist KM plays the wave file currently loaded enables or disables the Auto Repeat ET activates or deactivates the Pause opens the Audio Recorder window KN stops the file currently playing opens the Set Playlist dialog box EE goes back one second in the wave file DD starts a new file by opening the New Options dialog box goes forward one second in the wave file brings up the Open file dialog box in order to load a file into the Digital Audio Player KEM goes to the beginning of the wave file or to the previous file in the current playlist E saves an audio file The Digital Audio Player Display The Level Meter displays the output from the left top and right bottom channels when a wave file is played By clicking on the image of the tape deck you can display information about the file currently loaded in the Digital Audio Player The display tells you the file name size number of bits per sample sample rate and whether
64. he 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 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 HED OD ERS Primary Face bor i F L T Primary Girs y mum a F The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field press lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right hand side of the screen is read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 D
65. hich suspends the CPU The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key 1s pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRO 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 J 15 Min or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Suspend Mode Disable Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 sec I Min 2 Min 4 Min 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 switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE
66. ield 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 C A D A E A E A C only LS ZIP C LAN A C and LAN C A The setup default setting is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive that 1s A C Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A once Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers 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 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE HDD S M A R T capab
67. ility 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 1s normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Aufo allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on bootup If detected IRO12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRO12 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 ROM to RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C 000 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
68. ions in the next section BIOS SOFTWARE Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 95 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ASUS P2B VM User s Manual o Power Connections 35 T1 jab ep F lt D 3 e lt nF op 36 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Flash Memory Writer Utility AFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard To determine the BIOS version of your motherboard check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file This file works only in DOS mode NOTE The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or 1s not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there fore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility Main Menu 1 Save Curre
69. ities UART can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Ultra DMA 33 Bus Master IDE Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels supports UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM and LS 120 drives e Universal Retention Mechanism Supports a Pentium II processor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC SECC2 or a Celeron processor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package SEPP e Wake On LAN Header Supports Wake On LAN activity with special net work cards such as the ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card ASUS P2B VM User s Manual ll FEATURES Special Features Enhanced ACPI Features a programmable BIOS offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Easy Installation Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automati
70. king grip between the two SECC2 SEPP Heatsink Clip Legs WARNING Make sure the heatsink is mounted tightly against the SECC SECC2 or SEPP otherwise the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide adeguate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 21 O U C 2 III INSTALLATION 3 Insert the SECC SECC2 SEPP SECC with Pentium II only Push the SECC s two locks inward until you hear a click the picture in step 2 shows the locks in the outward position and inward in the picture below With the heatsink facing the motherboard s chipset push the SECC SECC2 or SEPP gently but firmly into the Slot 1 connector until it is fully inserted SECC SECC2 SEPP Push lock inward CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector 4 Secure the SECC SECC2 SEPP Secure the SECC SECC2 SEPP in place by pushing the SECC SECC2 SEPP until it is firmly seated on the Slot 1 connector SECC with Pentium II only The SECC locks should be outward when se cured so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes SECC SECC2 SEPP Lock hole CPU fan cable to fan connector CPU fan cable to fan connector 22 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three pin fans
71. l hi CWLS HEAD FREITIMNF HH DIS SECTOR HIM SI 7 i Li il H u IH T rs ii H H AIH J IH 7 tallati HKHH nr lnztaLlatio f 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 1n this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection 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
72. lity Installs the video driver and utilities for the onboard VGA chipset e Install Audio Driver Audio driver installation instructions for the onboard audio e Install Audio Utilities Installs AudioRack32 audio utility e Install Software Wave Table Expands the audio sound capability for increased sound effects Patch for PIIX4 chipset Windows 95 only Installs the necessary drivers for PCI card and PCI bridge for Windows 95 95a OSR1 and 95b OSR2 for ASUS motherboards 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 Read Me View additional notes with Notepad e LDCM Introduce MPEG VCD View a video on the LDCM features e Exit Exit the selection menu Ua U0D lt o Additonal CD Contents DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH directory 58 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual V Support CD A YxIco DIINON ai A ONY O AD FdA NGR ol Pes ETS ATS CaN AON ERFYN ONN NYFED NN 61 Ge ne SY 3 a ea FN Y NF AA AAA 61 Install Video Driver and Utility Windows 95 98 62 Display Settings for Windows 95 98 ccccccccccsesseeeeeeceeecaaaeeeseeeeees 63 PAC US IT M o ie a E ROF T A 63 Pan MOni ena EA AE A 63 Ci E E E E NF NR HAR NF E 64 DS AE E A E E 64 B Other Video DrLVEES ii OU FYRR SONNIR
73. llation The Tr Eph Dever aral iai Le ul brwd tert o ehara ka Grogs DD A pon mad dl irs ariga aoe Gah When prompted to restart your computer ar click Yes prace a 62 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual A Video Driver Display Settings for Windows 95 98 To change resolution color and other display properties either right click the Win dows 95 98 desktop and then choose Properties double click the Display icon in the Control Panel or right click the ATI icon in the system tray Adjustment Menu You can adjust the screen output on the monitor from the Adjustment menu Use the Position and Size arrows to center your screen and make 1t as large as possible Display Properties Ed Background Screen Saver Appearance Adjustment Panning Color Settings Click here for test patterns Monitor Mode Resolution 10244768 Color Depth 16 bpp W Freguency 60 Hz H Frequency 46 29 KHz Synchronization Horizontal Vertical Composite Defaults Fiefresh Rate Cancel Apply Help Panning Menu This allows you to assign hotkeys in the Value box for moving your screen up down left right in or out in any application Click Defaults to fill in the Value box with default values Display Properties Ei Background Screen Saver Appearance Adjustment Panning Color Settings Value None Description Select a hotkey to pan the screen left on the desktop
74. location will be shown Click Finish llym para beeen ie chars rici Farge Hl yg rg rydd dim mr bram eed pwn aun i pm rh by gee rg You will be prompted to insert the ASUS Sup amp LL AC MI aT A Capt PT kl te l port CD Click OK Te tel rested by wot coment TU Click Browse and locate the audio Win95 or audio Nt40 folder on the ASUS Support CD again Follow the self explanatory instructions to finish your driver installation ASUS P2B VM User s Manual D Audio Driver For Windows NT 4 0 L 9 SS Run the Windows NT Multimedia program located in Control Panel Start gt Settings gt Control Panels gt Multimedia Click the Devices tab Select Audio Devices under Multimedia Devices Click Add Select Unlisted or Updated Driver under List of Drivers Click OK When Windows prompts you for the driver location click Browse Locate the D audio Nt40 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive A list of audio drivers will be displayed Select the driver for your audio chipset and click OK Windows will prompt you to restart 10 Click OK to restart the computer ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 81 D Audio Driver lt r o Le This page was intentionally left blank 2 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual E Audio Software Audio Rack Installation Reinsert your CD or double click on your CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Se
75. lot The default setting for Slot 2 Audio IRO is 5 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 IRO to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRO 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Available options 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 reguires a unigue 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 tha
76. n SBLINK Using Intel s PC PCI and serialized IRO protocols found in this motherboard s AGPset this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 compatibility to AWE64D Digi tal or other PCI audio cards enabling users to play Real mode DOS games and multimedia applications SB Link acts as a bridge between the motherboard and the PCI audio card by providing the DMA and IRO signals present in the ISA bus but not available on the PCI bus PC PCI Request Sideband Signal 1 DGND 5 PC PCI Grant Sideband Signal Serial IRQ 6 2 DGND SB LINK NOTE Pin 3 is removed to ensure the correct orientation of the cable on it P2B VM SB Link Connector O op o gm O dp 2 16 Stereo Audio In Connector 4 pin Voice Modem In Connector 4 pin 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 The MODEM IN connector allows mono input and output for a voice modem mi crophone and speaker interface ao rei Channel e ee Channel CD_IN MODEM IN Input Ground Ground Output P2B VM Stereo Audio In and Voice Modem In Connectors 32 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual III INSTALLATION 17 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 data are being transfer or messages are waiting in the inbox This func
77. n for protecting data integrity in the DRAM array EC Only data errors are detected but not corrected ECC with hard ware scrubbing allows a detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors See section III for more information on DRAM memory modules Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When Enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy disk drives set this field to Disabled ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 47 dp ab I co ab Li ab dp 2 a ce Oo O D o Pp D F TI D ab t J op dp lt p B 48 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2F8H IRO3 3ESH IRO4 2ESH IRO10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRO4 2F8H IRO3 3ESH IRO4 2ESH IRO 10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 37SH IRO7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 27SH 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 E
78. nattended 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 P2B VM User s Manual 51 IV BIOS D D OD oO D o am a Ce Qo U a lt SS U lt y i 52 IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup The PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value HOLE IFUH VM I PEL ee HL IF FHF HHI FL SE IUF ST ME HSA H ECE Im HA id LM 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 Auto Slot 2 Audio IRQ 5 Slot 3 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRO use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for Slot 1 IRO and Slot 2 IRO is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRO use The other options are manual settings of NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each s
79. ndows 95 you must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 61 2 amp g gt lt O op ab H op I Li A Video Driver Install Video Driver and Utility Windows 95 98 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 D o dp Ce O1 Ce eo AUA O9pIA V To install the video driver and utility for Windows 95 98 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 or run Setup exe in the root directory of your CD ROM drive Click Install Video Driver and Utility The ATT Installation dialog box will appear Click Easy Install to begin the Installa EENES tion Wizard File Install Options Tools Easy Install On Line Manual Display drivers and ATI Player The ATI Setup screen will appcar Bera ba rh aT bred allao Then arm ar all riial isa APE rharced ww md Pig on L Click Next to proceed with the installa tion and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the insta
80. nt BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard iawu Current BIOS Ta Fil BIOS in case you need to reinstall WM it Itis recommended that you save AFLASH EXE and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk Boia ACE ES Bwecisban EE I 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 X XX X and then press lt Enter gt ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the ACPI extended system con figuration data ESCD parameter block from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file To update your current BIOS Update HERS Bechadimg Bast Blok wed ESCH type 2 at the Main Menu and 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 AAXXXXXXX AWD and then press lt Enter gt ni XI ACF FIM Revisiern NHW die Pi When prompted to confirm the tipdate PI laniadiag Boat binsk aed PICA BIOS update press Y to start the update The utility starts to program the e MTH Necledisg Bast Kiosk aed EICH new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed Fla
81. ntification 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 Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Soft Synthesizer is a trademark of the Yamaha Corporation 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 TT Copyright 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS P2B VM Manual Re
82. ode ASUS P2B VM User s Manual B Other Video Drivers VDIF Files optional VDIF files are VESA Display Information Format files They contain all the neces sary configuration parameters for getting optimal resolution and refresh rate opera tion from the specified monitor Consult your monitor manufacturer for availability of VDIF files If you have a VDIF file for your monitor select it The INSTALL program will read the VDIF file and automatically configure the device to properly work with your monitor Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Quick Setup and press lt Enter gt 3 Insert into a floppy drive the disk containing the VDIF file 4 Select READ VDIF and press lt Enter gt 5 Type in the location of the VDIF file typically A or B INSTALL will read the file and configure the device to support your monitor according to the VDIF specification Custom Configuration If your monitor is not listed in the Monitor Selection Menu or you are not using DDC or VDIF you can set up display modes 1 e resolutions and refresh rates on the device using the Custom option This option is useful even if you had selected a monitor from the list For example you can modify the screen centering or refresh rate on one resolution and not change the other resolutions Procedure 1 Start the INSTALL program 2 Select Quick Setup and press lt Enter gt 3 Select Custom and press lt Enter gt 4 Pick
83. on from the Main Menu 2 Select IBM OS 2 from the list of applications 3 Select Install for the correct version of OS 2 4 Press lt Enter gt to select the default destination directory or specify a destination directory for the OS 2 driver files 5 After the files have been copied press any key 6 Press ESC to exit You are now ready to install the enhanced driver for OS 2 To install the driver for OS 2 1 In the OS 2 full screen command prompt type DSPINSTL lt Enter gt 2 When the Display Driver Install panel appears select Primary Display Click OK to bring up the driver selection list 3 Select the latest ATI driver version from the list and click OK 4 Inthe Monitor Configuration Selection Utility select Install Using Defaults for Monitor Type then click OK 5 When the source directory panel appears choose Change and specify the location of the driver The default location is CAMACK OS2 6 Click SET 7 Click INSTALL ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 67 dp lt dp F op 3 gt o m 3 ab O D 68 B Other Video Drivers System nformation optional The program will check the system for possible conflicts with the device and dis play both the device and system configurations in the INFO BOX In case of a conflict it will issue a warning and suggest possible corrective actions Your onboard video device is PCI Plug and Play compatible your system will au tomaticall
84. on 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 WE FERTUFEE SET lFEET FENTORES EF IE A eT ETECTICH i eM FE dg SETUP e r Enel Seb P GH PEI SETU Lami BEDS Wl ROG DEFWN T ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE oupervisor 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
85. ors 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 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 94 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual G DMI Utility 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
86. otherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium II processor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge SECC SECC2 or a Celeron processor pack aged in a Single Edge Processor Package SEPP Pentium Il processor packaged in an SECC with heatsink and Pentium ll processor packaged in an SECC2 or Celeron processor fan top view packaged in an SEPP with heatsink and fan top view Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes preinstalled with a Universal Retention Mechanism URM The URM supports Pentium II and Celeron processors Universal Retention Mechanism URM Heatsinks The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for Pentium II processors for more information for the boxed Pentium II and Celeron processors are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan 1s working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan 1f necessary ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 19 II INSTALLATION Installing the Processor 1 Unlock the URM s Folding Support Arms The folding support arms of the URM are locked when shipped Locked Folding Support 3 a 2 Unlocked Folding Support Arms The URM is now rea
87. 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 Cif iS SIE Cee lr AL WA FSR S FHL IH WFLA PSSA SEA PWESWTLH DE 0 MO DETECTICH Enlli H To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see CMOS RAM for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS P2B VM User s Manual Passwords o in gt 55 ZE a o J op N O op t op o t Sold Al 56 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection The IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen F n mm y I Tn Ei F n F i ae i i an 7 i 1 I ALE amp PUTTY TT 5DF AERE IHi WLS HEAD PREAMP LAHU SECT HIHH Helact Primary Bata lotion H Skip
88. r supply WARNING This jumper setting must coincide with the BIOS setting see Power Up By Keyboard in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE or else conflicts will occur Setting KB WAK Disable 1 2 default Enable 2 3 Jumpers KB_WAK KB_WAK Disable Enable Default P2B VM Keyboard Power Wake Up ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 15 III INSTALLATION 5 CPU Bus Frequency Selector FS0 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 6 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 T 8MHz a 75 0MHz Bt 83 0MHz W 3MHz eect a Pol 33 4MHz PCI 37 5MHz PCI 41 6MHz PCI 33 4MHz PCI 34 MH i FS4FS3 Y FS4FS3F rW TTTW TT js 105 0MHz an a bn 112 0MHz ie OMHz eet 120 0 Por 35 0MHzZ PCI 36 7MHz PCI 37 3MHz PCI 38 3MHz PCI 40 0MH FS3FS2FS1 FSO ane FSO FF FSO mane U 124 0MHz dr ag my CPU133 0 AN 41 3MHz PCI 31 0MHz PCI 44 3MHz PCI 33 SMH NU Bus Freguency a Cy g E ci BF2 BF1 BFO arn BF1 BFO a BF2 BF1 BFO A
89. rd PCI audio device offers eight inputs for the playback mixer including Line Wave CD Synth Aux A Aux B Mic and Mono In AudioRack can only display six of them at a time You may configure the settings by modifying the file auddrive ini in the Windows directory Under the section MixerRak you can enable or disable the display of each input by setting its corre sponding binary value to 1 enable or O disable ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 91 Release Notes F Software Wavetable Install Software Wavetable Windows 95 98 TI D Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD a ew UR o ROM drive or double click the CD drive Se icon in My Computer to bring up the Lc naa eg D autorun menu or run Setup exe in the root bonds en aa v directory of your CD ROM driver This rate Pr Tl will bring up the main menu L H tenau FEG FED Click Install Software Wave Table Capragh AATA TER Cwsg In Yth is amaa Select Install ESS Software Wavetable A F and click Next mural CSS a e raih Pe n rir dbdu When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer it will prompt you to restart your computer Tn Taa Fi 19721 i b paai bee aiT a rr i A THOS es ce Select Yes I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish to restart your computer and complete setup Vid ard ba nel ym Y y T Haj sien ry come be Fete rr pki
90. rrors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS P2B VM User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 e Ley FYll u Is UL EW 1 SE HSH A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools which offer limited virus protection typically by write protecting the partition table With this new solution your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boo
91. s com pared to that of traditional FM producing richer timbre and greater depth of instru ment voices FM synthesis is a lower quality technology compared with Wave table synthesis This card supports Wave table synthesis therefore ESFM is not supported on this card ASUS P2B VM User s Manual E Audio Software Player Introduction If you have a CD ROM drive you can play audio CDs Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD you play It remembers the last playlist you used with each CD and loads that playlist automatically whenever you insert that CD The Compact Disk Player Controls KM plays the MIDI file currently loaded WIW goes back one file in the playlist EM activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist IC stops the file currently playing enables or disables the Auto Repeat KEN goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlist dialog box MI goes forward one second in the MIDI file j ejects the CD from the CD ROM drive E Audio Software D gt A x o m o oO O o Oo ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 89 1 p10994 oipny 90 E Audio Software The Audio Recorder Introduction The Audio Recorder enables you to record compress store and play back voice
92. s will be copied Click Yes to restart the computer For Windows 98 l a No When the Add New Hardware screen prompts you for a driver select Display a list of all the drivers in a specific location so you can select the driver you want and click Next Select Sound video and game controllers and click Next Click Have Disk Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD ROM drive Click Browse Locate the D audio w95 folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK Click OK again and the driver files will be copied Click Yes to restart the computer ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 79 2 9 2 o First Time Installation TI op wl 3 Pp F a o D O 3 O g 80 D Audio Driver First Time Installation When starting Windows 95 98 NT 4 0 the operating system will detect that you have a new PCI Multimedia Device Click Next when the Update Device Wizard gt This mar ec gion I ar screen appears UE denu myrr tt ee pat ye bm y du YL TI GA mr mei bL ee me Mi a LI Click Other Locations to direct the wizard to the audio driver files E aidi ea i de ee ee E poten a aa wel vache ng Pes bac ka a Diw Locum Di sci i Ta ri N a Bhai Click Browse to locate the audio Win95 folder for Windows 95 98 or the audio Nt40 folder for Windows NT on the ASUS Support CD Car Click OK to select the folder Click OK and your device and driver
93. sage should only occur when a mach64 ASIC is not detected If this mes sage occurs and a mach64 board is present it may indicate an I O conflict conflicts between the Extended Memory Manager EMM and the video ROM Try remov ing all other boards from the system and booting from a plain DOS disk Try exclud ing the video BIOS address C0000 C7FFF from the memory manager Refer to the documentation furnished with the memory manager software for information Any FIFO test error The effects of a bad command FIFO should be visible e g the screen does not come up or it displays garbage Quick memory test error Run Detailed RAM Test to confirm the error and identify the address of the error Detailed memory test error Run Detailed RAM Test several times to confirm the error and take notes of any messages and error codes DAC LUT test failure An error has occurred while testing the DAC LookUp Table The problem should be visible on the top color bar of any 8bpp mode ROM checksum error An error has been detected in the ROM Draw seguence failure An error has occurred in the draw engine If the error is intermittent it might indi cate a marginal RAM failure The effects of this failure may not be immediately apparent ASUS P2B VM User s Manual B Other Video Drivers Windows 95 enhanced display driver The Windows 95 enhanced display driver 1s capable of using monitor timing data contained within Windows 95 This data is
94. serting 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 another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the ID ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector Connectors o Primary IDE Connector P2B VM IDE Connectors 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 PIN 1 P2B VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 29 III INSTALLATION 11 IrDA Compliant infrared module connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Us
95. sh Memory Writer Follow the onscreen instructions to continue Ei LFL FILIS Fb A I hu Vi rag Hs ALFE hi Rewiaien i You hewn Plaxked the EFIR TE is renee n thai pan tere oif srr cee EF Hy erwy Sriup Bela DAN Hm bac CMIS ILE she L gt TL Frase ESC Te Bali ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 37 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk 3 Run AFLASH EXE from this new disk and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File See 1 Save Current BIOS To File on the previous page for more 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 prev
96. t uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard SCSI BIOS choose Disabled 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 field gives priority to the onboard VGA BIOS over other VGA controllers The default setting for this field is No ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 53 o a gt Plug amp Play PCI jab o w CD h jab mr dp sold Al 54 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 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 n
97. t 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 softwares you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 43 IV BIOS N D co ab Li ep O aa Sold Al UU O dp aia D D o 44 IV BIOS SOFTWARE CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose 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 reguired data The BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled Turbo Mode Disabled Leave on default setting for best performance Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this f
98. the file was a recorded in stereo or mono Click again to return to the image of the tape deck ASUS P2B VM User s Manual 7 D A 2 O lt L gt N 2 U o lt D 88 E Audio Software Introduction The MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files with the MID or RMI file exten sions These MIDI Musical Instrument Digital Interface files can be produced by sequencer programs and then played back using the MIDI Player You can also mix MIDI files with other audio sources Or you can compile MIDI files in a playlist and play them back in any order you choose The MIDI Player Controls Ea plays the MIDI file currently loaded MIM goes back one file in the playlist MT activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist KM stops the file currently playing enables or disables the Auto Repeat EEN goes back one second in the MIDI file opens the Set Playlist dialog box E goes forward one second in the MIDI file The MIDI Player Display By clicking on the image of the floppy drive you can display the length and name of the current MIDI file in the playlist Click the display to return to the image of the floppy drive cori The MIDI Player has an indicator to show when you are listening to ESFM When the ESFM light to the left of the playlist button 1s lit the MIDI Player is using ESFM synthesis ESFM performs superior quality music synthesi
99. tings for your monitor and system type select Ad vanced Setup from the Main Menu On screen context sensitive help is displayed as you highlight each Advanced Menu item WARNING The Advanced Configuration option allows you to use certain fea tures that may add additional performance to your device However these op tions may not be compatible with your system If problems appear after an ad vanced option is changed returning the device to factory defaults will rectify the situation Factory Defaults The device can be reset to factory defaults by pressing lt Shift gt lt F7 gt Saving Your Configuration Once you have finished configuring the necessary parameters described above save them by pressing lt F10 gt Diagnostics All installed graphics modes for your video device can be viewed and tested by run ning the INSTALL program from the DOS prompt or by running a diagnostics pro gram called M64DIAG EXE Do not run it in a windowed or full screen DOS box In the INSTALL program select Test Graphics Adapter from the Diagnostics option of the Main Menu The Test Graphics Adapter menu has the following options e VGA Tests e Accelerator Tests Any time you suspect there 1s a problem especially during installation run the above tests The information provided in this appendix will enable you to solve most problems ASUS P2B VM User s Manual B Other Video Drivers Troubleshooting YDW Lockup If you are
100. tion requires ACPI OS support 18 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking 19 System Management Interrupt 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 1t shorted will not cause any problems May reguire one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 20 Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker 21 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch 2 pin PWR The system power 1s controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode
101. tup exe in the root directory of the CD Click Install Audio Utilities from the main menu Audio Rack Introduction The AudioRack32 enables you to take advantage of your computer s audio capabili ties with all of the controls conveniently in one compact space You can play audio CDs wave files in WAV and AUD formats and MIDI files in MID and RMI formats With the multisource Audio Mixer you can blend these sources with line in and microphone sources any way you choose You can then record your creations as wave files and edit them with the Audio Recorder The AudioRack32 has six main parts e Command Center customizes the appearance of the AudioRack32 Audio Mixer controls the volume and balance of the AudioRack32 devices Digital Audio Player plays and records files in the WAV format MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files Compact Disk Player enables you to play audio CDs on a CD ROM drive In addition the AudioRack32 has a miniature mode enabling you to control the AudioRack32 while using minimal screen space The Audio Recorder is a separate application from the AudioRack32 It can be used to add effects and edit files recorded with the Digital Audio Player or by the Audio Recorder itself The Audio Recorder can be launched from the AudioRack32 s Digital Audio Player or on its own i Audio Rack 3 2 PK j mm li mw lll jawn f Zl Ti Ee a Volume Control
102. ty 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 ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve Accelerated Graphics Port optional 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 NOTE You must set the VGAEN jumper to Disable when using an external AGP card in order to disable the onboard AGP chipset P2B VM Accelerated Graphics Port AGP ASUS P2B VM User s Manual o 25 Connectors Hl INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly distinguished from jumpers in the Motherboard Layout Placing jumper caps over these connector pins 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 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46cm 18in with the second drive connector no more than 15cm 6in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRO12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tect
103. ures Intel s 440BX AGPset with I O subsystems and front side bus FSB platform which boosts the traditional 66 MHz internal bus speed to 1OOMHz e Multi Cache Supports processors with either 0 128 or 512KB Pipelined Burst Level 2 cache e PC100 Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 8 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 768MB These new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement SoJnjee e Peripheral Wake Up Supports modem wake up keyboard wake up and LAN card wake up functions from sleep or soft off mode e AGP 3D VGA Features optional onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X 8MB SDRAM or Rage IIC AGP 4MB SDRAM for 3D hardware acceleration e AGP Slot optional Supports AGP graphics cards for high performance com ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications This slot is available as an option with the Rage IIC only e PCI Audio optional Features optional ESS 32 bit PCI audio onboard e SB Link Features Creative s SB Link allowing SB16 compatibility us ing Intel s PC PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compat ible PCI audio cards e PCI amp ISA Expansion Slots Provides three 32 bit PCI slots and one 16 bit ISA slot The ISA slot is shared with a PCI slot e Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabil
104. vision 1 04 E295 Release Date November 1998 ASUS P2B VM User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 886 2 2894 3447 Fax 86 2 2894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support Fax 886 2 2895 9254 BBS 886 2 2896 4667 Email tsd asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 BBS 1 510 739 3774 Email tsd usa asus com tw WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email info ger asus com tw Technical Support Hotline 49 2102 499712 BBS 49 2102 448690 Email tsd ger asus com tw WWW www asuscom de FTP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS P2B VM User s Manual CONTENTS L INTRODUCTION FR O YR A HN NF FYN vases 7 How this manual is organized OY UF AY R naaa aan 7 GTEC a cd i RYN CYFN UD DYFNAF ERYR T NN T U FEATURE eE E E ESS 8 Features of the ASUS P2B VM Motherboard aaa 8 Parts of the ASUS P2B VM Motherboard aa 11 mL PINGS PAA A EON en EA 12 ASUS P
105. y allocate system resources and resolve possible conflicts between your Plug and Play compatible video device and other expansion cards System Information Quick Setup optional Select Quick Setup to configure the video device to work with your monitor As you highlight each monitor the display specifications for that monitor type are listed in the INFO BOX Proper monitor selection is necessary for correct resolution and refresh rate operation You have four options to choose a correct Monitor Type Selecting Your Monitor Type Factory Default Apple IBM MIT NEC VESA Std Generic Read VDIF Custom Select Read VDIF If you have a VDIF file for your monitor and wish to use its parameters to automatically configure the video device Additional VDIF details are provided later in this chapter in the section VDIF Files Select Custom if none of the above applies to you or you wish to manually con figure the settings Please refer to the information provided later in this chapter in the section Custom Configuration Notes On Refresh Rates A higher refresh rate reduces screen flicker and therefore reduces eye strain Not all refresh rates are supported at all color depths Refer to the features section for specifications of your onboard video device e The resolution used by your software application is independent of the refresh rate Resolution depends on the installed software driver and selected display m

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