MEB-VM

Socket 370 AGP Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL
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Product Name: ASUS MEB-VM

Manual Revision: 1.01 E325
Release Date: January 1999

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 CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7
How this manual is organized ............................................................. 7
Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7
II. FEATURES ....................................................................................... 8
The ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard .................................................... 8
Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards ................. 9
Parts of the ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard ...................................... 11
III. HARDWARE SETUP .................................................................... 12
ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard Layout ............................................. 12
1. Jumpers ......................................................................................... 14
HARDWARE SETUP Steps ............................................................. 14
2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................. 17
SPD Support .......................................................................... 17
DIMM Memory Installation .................................................. 18
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 19
4. Expansion Cards .......................................................................... 20
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ................................ 20
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .................................... 20
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards .............................. 21
5. External Connectors ..................................................................... 22
Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 33
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 34
IV. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................... 34
Main Menu .................................................................................. 34
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS ................... 36
6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 37
Load Defaults ........................................................................ 38
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 38
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ......................................... 38
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 41
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................. 41
Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 44
Details of Chipset Features Setup .......................................... 44
Power Management Setup ........................................................... 47
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 47
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 50
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 50
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 52
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 52

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Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 53
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 54
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................... 55
Exit Without Saving .................................................................... 55

V. Software Setup ................................................................................. 57

VI. Software Reference ........................................................................ 67
Appendix ............................................................................................... 81

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 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
• This device may not cause harmful interference, and
• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer-
ence by one or more of the following measures:
• Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING! Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s
heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working. Without sufficient
circulation, the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the
motherboard. You may install an auxiliary fan, if necessary.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian
Department of Communications.

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 I. INTRODUCTION
How this manual is organized

I. INTRODUCTION
Sections/Checklist
This manual is divided into the following sections:
I. Introduction Manual information and checklist
II. Features Information and specifications concerning this product
III. Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard
IV. BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software
V. Software Setup Information on setting up the included support software
VI. Software Reference Reference material for the included support software

Item Checklist
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,
please contact your retailer.
(1) ASUS Motherboard
(1) IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives
(1) Floppy ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” floppy and (2) 3.5” floppies
(1) COM2 connector with bracket
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities
(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual

ASUS PC100-compliant SDRAM (optional)

IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional)

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 II. FEATURES
The ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard
The ASUS MEB-VM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user
who wants many intelligent features in a small package.
• Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel’s Celeron processor designed for the
Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
• Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front
side bus (FSB) platform which boosts the traditional 66MHz internal bus speed
to 100MHz.
II. FEATURES

• AGP 3D AGP VGA: Features onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB
Features

SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.

• Onboard Audio (optional): Provides Creative ES1373 PCI audio chipset with
3D surround and positioning capabiliy. Includes complete online help to guide
you through the audio software.
• Audio Codec (optional): Features an 18-bit stereo, full duplex, audio codec
that conforms to AC’97 analog component specfications.
• Enhanced ACPI & Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash
EEPROM), offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in hard-
ware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually au-
tomatic setup.
• Versatile Memory: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100-
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB.
• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us-
ing a 66MHz bus.
• PCI & ISA Expansion: Provides two 32-bit PCI expansion slots and one 16-bit
ISA expansion slot .
• Wake-On-LAN Header: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an optional
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet card or a similar ethernet card.
• SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols to AWE64D or compatible PCI
audio cards.
• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
• Desktop Management 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.)
• Ultra DMA/33 BM IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices in two channels, supports Ultra
DMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports
Enhanced IDE devices, such as Tape Backup, CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
• Easy Installation: Equipped with BIOS that supports autodetection of hard
drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives,
expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.
• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.

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 II. FEATURES
Introduction to ASUS Smart Series Motherboards
Performance
• ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also imple-
mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards. ACPI provides more Energy
Saving Features for future operating systems (OS) supporting OS Direct Power
Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features implemented in the OS,
PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy saving standards.
To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-supported OS such as the succes-

II. FEATURES
Smart Series
sor of Windows 95 must be used.
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: IDE transfers using UltraDMA/33 Bus Mas-
ter IDE can handle rates up to 33MB/sec. The best of all is that this new technol-
ogy is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specifications so there is no need to
upgrade current hard drives or cables.
• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter buses to memory to CPU.
• PC’98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meet
PC’98 compliancy. The new PC’98 requirements for systems and components are
based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility
and power management for configuring and managing all system components,
and 32-bit device drivers and setup procedures for Windows 95/98/NT.
• SDRAM Optimized Performance: ASUS smart series motherboards support
the new generation memory, Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory
(SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB/s max using EDO
memory to 528MB/s max using SDRAM.

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 II. FEATURES
Power Management
• System Resources Alert: Today’s operating systems such as Windows 95, Win-
dows NT, and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present
enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource moni-
tor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos-
sible application crashes. Suggestions will give the user information on manag-
ing their limited resources more efficiently.
• Auto Fan Off: The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep
II. FEATURES
Smart Series

mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and
is a important feature to implement silent PC systems.
• Dual Function Power Button: The system can be in one of two states, one is
Sleep mode and the other is the Soft-Off mode. Pushing the power button for
less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep mode. When the power button
is pressed for more than 4 seconds, it enters the Soft-Off mode.
• Remote Ring On (requires modem): This allows a computer to be turned on
remotely through an internal or external modem. With this benefit on-hand, any
user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world!
• Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Chassis LEDs now act as infor-
mation providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, the user can
determine the stage the computer is in. A simple glimpse provides useful infor-
mation to the user.

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Parts of the ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard

ATX Power 2 DIMM Intel 440BX ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP2X/

Connector Socket 370 Sockets AGPset Rage IIC AGP VGA Chipset
T: PS/2 Mouse
B: PS/2 Keyboard

Motherboard Parts
II. FEATURES
T: USB 1
B: USB 2

Serial COM 1

Parallel Port

VGA Connector

T: Joystick/Midi
B: Out/In/Mic
(optional)
Wake-On-LAN
Header
AGP Port
2 PCI Slots
Audio Codec
(optional)
Multi-I/O Chip
Serial COM2
Header
1 ISA Slot

Creative Labs Programmable Intel PIIX4E SB-LinkTM 4MB VGA Memory

PCI Audio Flash EEPROM PCIset Header (Rage IIC)
(optional) 8MB VGA Memory
(Rage Pro)

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ASUS MEB-VM Motherboard Layout

PS/2 T: Mouse BUS FREQ

B:Keyboard FS0
FS1

ATXPWR
FS2
FS3
FS4
USB Row
T: Port 1 0

0 1
DIMM Socket 1 (64/72-bit, 168-pin module) 1
B:Port 2
2
DIMM Socket 2 (64/72-bit, 168-pin module) 3
COM1

ATI Multimedia Connector (AMC)

PARALLEL PORT

PRINTER Socket 370

Intel INT_EN
440BX
2 MB
AGPset SDRAM
VGA ATI 3D Rage
Pro AGP 2X/
Motherboard Layout

Rage IIC 2 MB
VGA
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Line Chipset
SDRAM
GAME_AUDIO

Out
VGAEN
SECONDARY

SDRAM
SDRAM
Line

2 MB
2 MB
In
AUDIOEN
32-bit
Mic
WOL_CON PCI
In
Audio PRIMARY
CD_IN
CPU_FAN
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) CR2032 3V
Lithium Cell
BIOS Power

PCI Slot 1 (PCI1) Intel SBLINK

Audio PIIX4E RTCCLR
Codec
Chipset
PCI Slot 2 (PCI2) FREQ MULT

MODEM FLOPPY ASUS

BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

Multi-I/O &
2Mbit Flash EEPROM
ASIC
Keyboard (Programmable BIOS)
COM2 Controller IR Buzzer

ISA Slot 1 (ISA1) PANEL

(Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase.)

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Jumpers
1) INT_EN p. 15 VGA Interrupt Setting (Enable/Disable)
2) VGAEN p. 15 VGA Setting (Enable/Disable)
3) AUDIOEN p. 15 Audio Setting (Enable/Disable)
4) FS0, FS1, FS2, FS3, FS4 p. 16 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection
5) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p. 16 CPU:BUS Frequency Multiple

Expansion Slots
1) DIMM1, DIMM2 p. 17 168-Pin DIMM Memory Support
2) Socket 370 p. 19 Central Processing Unit (CPU) Support
3) PCI1, PCI2 p. 20 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots
4) ISA1 p. 20 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot

Connectors
1) PS2KBMS P. 22 PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin female)
2) PS2KBMS p. 22 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin female)
3) USB p. 23 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (Two 4-pin female)

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Layout Contents
4) PRINTER p. 23 Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female)
5) COM1 p. 23 Serial Port COM1 Connector (9-pin male)
6) VGA p. 24 Monitor (VGA) Output Connector (15-pin female)
7) GAME_AUDIO (optional) p. 24 Joystick/Midi Connector (15-pin female) (optional)
8) GAME_AUDIO (optional) p. 24 Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” female) (optional)
9) PRIMARY/SECONDARY IDE p. 25 Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pins)
10) FLOPPY p. 25 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pins)
11) IR p. 26 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5 pins)
12) WOL_CON p. 26 Wake-On-LAN Connector (3 pins)
13) SBLINK p. 27 SB-LinkTM Connector (6-1 pins)
14) CD_IN p. 27 Stereo Audio In Connector (4 pins)
15) MODEM p. 28 Modem In Audio Connector (4 pins)
16) COM2 p. 28 Serial Port COM2 Header (10-1 pins)
17) AMC p. 29 ATI Multimedia Channel (40-3 pins)
18) CPU_FAN p. 29 CPU Fan Connector (3 pins)
19) MLED (PANEL) p. 30 System Message LED (2 pins)
20) KEYLOCK (PANEL) p. 30 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2 pins)
21) SMI (PANEL) p. 30 SMI Switch Lead (2 pins)
22) SPEAKER (PANEL) p. 30 System Warning Speaker Connector (4 pins)
23) PWR (PANEL) p. 30 ATX Power & Soft-Off Switch Lead (2 pins)
24) IDELED (PANEL) p. 30 IDE Activity LED (2 pins)
25) PLED (PANEL) p. 31 System Power LED Lead (3-1 pins)
26) RESET (PANEL) p. 31 Reset Switch Lead (2 pins)
27) ATXPWR p. 32 ATX Power Supply Connector (20 pins)

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 III. HARDWARE SETUP
Hardware Setup Steps
Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps:
1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard
2. Install System Memory Modules
3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU)
4. Install Expansion Cards
5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, and Power Supply
6. Setup the BIOS Software

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.
1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside.
III. H/W SETUP

2. 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
Jumpers

metal object, such as the power supply case.

3. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads or
connectors, or other components.
4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with
the component whenever the components are separated from the system.

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1. Jumpers
1. VGA Interrupt Selection (INT_EN) / 2. VGA Setting (VGAEN)
INT_EN allows you to set the VGA interrupt method. The default disables the
chipset’s internal interrupt routing. Some TV tuners or MPEG cards may require
the interrupt be assigned by the onboard chipset, in which case INT_EN must be
enabled. VGAEN allows you to enable or disable the onboard VGA. Disable the
onboard VGA if you are using a VGA card on the expansion slot.

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Jumpers
3. Audio Setting (AUDIOEN)
The onboard 32-bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this jumper.
Setting AUDIOEN
Enable [1-2] (default)
Disable [2-3]

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4. 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).
5. CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple (BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3)
This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the
CPU and the CPU’s External frequency. These must be set in conjunction with the
CPU Bus Frequency.
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
FS0
FS1
FS2
FS3
FS4
CPU 66.8MHz 75.0MHz 83.0MHz 100.3MHz 103.0MHz 105.0MHz 110.0MHz
PCI 33.4MHz 37.5MHz 41.6MHz 33.4MHz 34.3MHz 35.0MHz 36.7MHz
1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3
FS0
FS1
0 1

FS2
FS3
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FS4
CPU 112.0MHz 115.0MHz 120.0MHz 124.0MHz 124.0MHz 133.0MHz 133.0MHz
Jumpers

PCI 37.3MHz 38.3MHz 40.0MHz 41.3MHz 31.0MHz 44.3MHz 33.3MHz

CPU Bus Frequency
BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0
BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

3 3 3 3
2 2 2 2
1 1 1 1
3.0x(3/1) 3.5x(7/2) 4.0x(4/1) 4.5x(9/2)
BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0
BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

BF3
BF2
BF1
BF0

MEB-VM CPU Settings

3 3 3
2 2 2
1 1 1
5.0x(5/1) 5.5x(11/2) 6.0x(6/1)
CPU Core:Bus Frequency Multiple

WARNING! Frequencies above 100MHz exceed the specifications for the on-
board Intel Chipset and are not guaranteed to be stable. PCI frequencies above
33MHz exceed the specifications for PCI cards and are not guaranteed to be stable.

Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of your processor as follows:

(CPU BUS Freq.) (Freq. Multiple)

Intel CPU Model Freq. Ratio BUS F. FS0 FS1 FS2 FS3 FS4 BF3 BF2 BF1 BF0
Celeron (PPGA) 366MHz 5.5x 66MHz [1-2] [1-2] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [1-2] [1-2]
Celeron (PPGA) 333MHz 5.0x 66MHz [1-2] [1-2] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [1-2] [2-3]
Celeron (PPGA) 300MHz 4.5x 66MHz [1-2] [1-2] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [2-3] [1-2]

NOTES: Overclocking your processor is not recommended. It may result in a slower

speed. Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID) is not needed for the Pentium II/Celeron
processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller.

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2. System Memory (DIMM)
NOTE: No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory.
This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Sockets are
available for 3.3Volt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Ac-
cess Memory (SDRAM) of either 8, 16, 32, 64, 128MB, or 256MB. One side (with
memory chips) of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard.
The Intel 440BX AGPset does not support ECC function. ECC memory modules
may be used but the ECC function will not be available.
Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration under “Chipset
Features Setup” in BIOS SETUP.
Install memory in any combination as follows:
DIMM Location 168-pin DIMM Memory Modules Total Memory
Socket 1 (Rows 0&1) SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB x1

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System Memory
Socket 2 (Rows 2&3) SDRAM 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256MB x1
Total System Memory (Max 512MB) =

SPD Support
This motherboard supports SPD DIMMs. If non-SPD DIMMs are used, you will be
warned during boot-up to set the timings manually.

General DIMM Notes

• For the system CPU bus to operate above 100MHz, use only PC100-compli-
ant DIMMs. When this motherboard operates at 100MHz, most system will not
even boot if non-compliant modules are used because of the strict timing issues
involved under this speed. If your DIMMs are not PC100-compliant, set the
CPU bus frequency to 66MHz for system stability.
• Two possible memory chips are supported: SDRAM with and without ECC.
• SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO (Ex-
tended Data Output) chips.
• BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen.
• 8 chips/side modules do not support ECC, only 9 chips/side modules support ECC.
• Single-sided DIMMs come in 16, 32, 64,128MB; double-sided come in 32, 64,
128, 256MB.

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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.
0 1

88 60 20
pins pins pins

Lock Lock
System Memory
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MEB-VM 168-Pin DIMM Sockets

The DIMMs must be 3.3V Unbuffered for this motherboard. To determine the DIMM
type, check the notches on the DIMMs (see figure below).

168-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions (3.3V)

DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position

RFU Unbuffered 5.0V Reserved

Buffered 3.3V

The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left, center, or right to identify
the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on
the motherboard. You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchas-
ing. This motherboard supports four clock signals.

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3. Central Processing Unit (CPU)
The motherboard provides a ZIF Socket 370. The CPU that came with the mother-
board should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case
then purchase a fan before you turn on your system.

WARNING! Without a fan circulating air on the CPU, the CPU can overheat
and cause damage to both the CPU and the motherboard.

To install a CPU, first turn off your system and remove its cover. Locate the ZIF
socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then
upwards to a 90-degree right angle. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as
shown. The notched corner should point towards the end the of the lever. Because
the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners, the CPU will only fit in the one
orientation as shown. The picture is for reference only; you should have a CPU fan

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that will cover the face of the CPU. With the added weight of the CPU fan, no force

CPU
is required to insert the CPU. Once completely inserted, close the socket’s lever
while holding down the CPU.
NOTE: Set the bus frequency and multiple for your Socket 370 processor.

Socket 370 CPU (Top) Socket 370 CPU (Bottom)

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Notch

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4. Expansion Cards

WARNING! Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or
removing expansion cards or other system components. Failure to do so may
cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards.

Expansion Card Installation Procedure:

1. Read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software set-
tings that may be required to setup your specific card.
2. Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card.
3. Remove your computer system’s cover.
4. Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use.
Keep the bracket for possible future use.
Expansion Cards

5. Carefully align the card’s connectors and press firmly.

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6. Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4.
7. Replace the computer system’s cover.
8. Setup the BIOS if necessary
9. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card.

Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards

Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ (Interrupt Request) to operate. Generally
an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use. In a standard design there are 16
IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which
leaves 6 free for expansion cards. If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard, an
extra IRQ will be used, leaving 5 IRQs free. If your motherboard has ISA audio
onboard, an extra 3 IRQs will be used, leaving 3 IRQs free.
Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs. System IRQs are avail-
able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, and any remaining IRQs are
then used by PCI cards. Currently, there are two types of ISA cards.
The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as “Legacy” ISA cards,
requires that you configure the card’s jumpers manually and then install it in any
available slot on the ISA bus. You may use Microsoft’s Diagnostic (MSD.EXE)
utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs.
For Windows 95/98 users, the “Control Panel” icon in “My Computer,” contains a
“System” icon, which gives you a “Device Manager” tab. Double-clicking on a
specific device give you “Resources” tab which shows the Interrupt number and
address. Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQs or your computer will
experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time.

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To simplify this process, this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play (PNP)
specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when-
ever a PNP-compliant card is added to the system. For PNP cards, IRQs are as-
signed automatically from those available.
If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed, IRQs are
assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards. The PCI and PNP
configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being
used by Legacy cards. For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS, you
can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility.
An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by
Legacy and PNP ISA cards. In the PCI bus design, the BIOS automatically assigns an
IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ. To install a PCI card, you need
to set something called the INT (interrupt) assignment. Since all the PCI slots on this
motherboard use an INTA #, be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A.

Expansion Cards
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Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards
Some ISA cards, both legacy and PnP, may also need to use a DMA (Direct Memory
Access) channel. DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way
as the IRQ assignment process described earlier. You can select a DMA channel in
the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility.
IMPORTANT: To avoid conflicts, reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy
ISA cards (under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SOFTWARE, choose Yes in IRQ
xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve).
Accelerated Graphics Port
This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port (AGP) slot to support a new
generation of graphics cards with ultra-high memory bandwidth, such as an ASUS
3D hardware accelerator.
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5. External Connectors

WARNING! Some pins are used for connectors or power sources. These are
clearly separated from jumpers in “Motherboard Layout.” Placing jumper caps
over these will cause damage to your motherboard.

IMPORTANT: Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the
Pin 1 side of the connector. The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the
motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and some
floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18 inches (46 cm), with the second
drive connector no more than 6 inches (15 cm) from the first connector.

1. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin PS2KBMS)

The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is detected. If not de-
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tected, expansion cards can use IRQ12. See “PS/2 Mouse Control” in BIOS
Connectors

Features Setup of BIOS SETUP.

PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female)

2. PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin PS2KBMS)

This connection is for a standard keyboard using a PS/2 plug (mini DIN). This
connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs. You
may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards.

PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female)

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3. Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (Two 4-pin USB)
Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.

USB 1

Universal Serial Bus (USB) 2

4. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin PRINTER)

You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel
Port” in Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP.
NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port.

Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin Female)

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Connectors
5. Serial Port COM1 Connector (9-pin COM1)
One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices. A second serial port
is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an
expansion slot opening. See “Onboard Serial Port” in Chipset Features Setup of
BIOS SETUP for settings.

Serial Port (9-pin Male) COM 1

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6. Monitor Output Connector (15-pin VGA)
This connector is for output to a VGA-compatible device.

VGA Monitor (15-pin Female)

7. Joystick/MIDI Connector (15-pin GAME_AUDIO)

You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing
games. Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing audio.
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Connectors

Joystick/Midi (15-pin Female)

8. Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” GAME_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 inputting voice.

Line Out Line In Mic

1/8" Stereo Audio Connectors

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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” &
“Boot Sequence” in BIOS Features Setup of BIOS SETUP) (Pin 20 is removed
to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with
pin 20 plugged).
TIP: You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon
cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary
IDE connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an-
other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup.
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NOTE: Orient the red markings

Connectors
on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.

Secondary IDE Connector

PIN 1
Primary IDE Connector

MEB-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.
0 1

PIN 1

MEB-VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector

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11. IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5-pin IR)
This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared
module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this
feature. You must also configure the setting through “UART2 Use Infrared” in
Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2
or IrDA. Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable
from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions.
0 1

Front View Back View

IRRX

IRTX
+5V

GND
(NC)
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Connectors

IRTX +5V
GND (NC)
IRRX

MEB-VM Infrared Module Connector

12. Wake-On-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON)

These connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output, such as
the ASUS PCI-L101. The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet
or signal is received through the LAN card.
IMPORTANT: This feature requires that the WAKE On LAN Power Up Con-
trol is set to Enabled (see “Power Management Setup” under BIOS SOFT-
WARE section) and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least
720mA +5V standby power.
0 1

+5 Volt Standby
Ground
PME

IMPORTANT: Requires an ATX power

supply with at least 720mA +5Volt
standby power.

MEB-VM Wake-On-LAN Connector

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13. SB-Link™ Connector (6-1 pin SBLINK)
If you have a Sound Blaster compatible PCI audio card, you must link it to this
connector. Otherwise, you will have compatibility issues under DOS environment.

NOTE: Pin 3 is removed to ensure the

0 1
correct orientation of the cable on it.

PC/PCI Request
Sideband Signal

2 6
DGND Serial IRQ
PC/PCI Grant DGND
Sideband Signal 1 5
SBLINK

MEB-VM SB-Link™ Header

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Connectors
14. Stereo Audio In Connector (4-pin CD_IN)
The CD_IN connector can be used to receive stereo audio input from an internal
CD-ROM drive or other sound sources such as a TV tuner or MPEG card.
01

Left Audio Channel

Ground
Ground
Right Audio Channel
CD_IN

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15. Voice Modem In Connector (4-pin MODEM)
The MODEM connector allows mono input and output for a voice modem mi-
crophone and speaker interface.

0 1

Input
Ground
Ground
Output
MODEM

MEB-VM Voice Modem In Connector

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Connectors

16. Serial Port COM 2 Header (10-1 pin COM2)

The optional serial port connector and bracket can be used to add an additional
serial port for additional serial devices.
0 1

Pin 1

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17. ATI Multimedia Channel Connector (40-3 pin AMC)
This connector is used for video accessories such as video capture cards or tele-
vision tuners.

0 1
2 40
1 39
AMC

MEB-VM ATI Multimedia Channel Connector

18. CPU Fan Connectors (3-pin CPU_FAN)

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Connectors
This connector supports cooling fans of 500mA (6 Watts) or less. Orientate the
fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink(s)
instead of the expansion slots. Depending on the fan manufacturer, the wiring
and plug may be different. The red wire should be positive, while the black
should be ground. Connect the fan’s plug to the board taking into consideration
the polarity of the this connector. NOTE: The “Rotation” signal is to be used
only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal.

WARNING! The CPU and/or motherboard will overheat if there 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.
0 1

Ground
+12V
Rotation
CPU Fan Power

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For Items 19-26

0 1
Keyboard Lock SMI Switch
Message LED System Speaker

GND

GND
GND
Power Switch Reset Switch
IDE LED Power LED

MEB-VM System Panel Connectors

19. ATX Power Switch/Soft Power Switch Lead (2-pin PWR)

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The system power can be controlled by a momentary switch connected to this

Connectors

lead. Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and OFF.
Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the
system off. The system power LED shows the status of the system’s power.
20. IDE Activity LED (2-pin IDELED)
This 2-pin connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read
and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE con-
nectors will cause the LED to light up.
21. System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED)
This 3-1 pin connector connects the system power LED, which lights when the
system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode.
22. Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET)
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting
your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred
method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system’s power supply.
23. Message LED Lead (2-pin MLED)
This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax/modem. The
LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer
or messages waiting in the inbox. This function requires ACPI OS support.
24. Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pin KEYLOCK)
This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted key switch to allow key-
board locking.

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25. System Management Interrupt (SMI) Lead (2-pin SMI)
This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or “Green”
mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and
expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use. This 2-pin
connector (see the figure below) connects to the case-mounted suspend switch.
If you do not have a switch for the connector, you may use the “Turbo Switch”
since it does not have a function. SMI is activated when it detects a short to open
moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any problems. May
require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch. The key-
board will always allow wake-up (the SMI lead cannot wake-up the system).
26. System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pin SPEAKER)
This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. You may leave this
disconnect as this motherboard has an onboard buzzer which can replace the
chassis speaker. When connected, you will hear system warnings though both
sources.
NOTE: Some sound cards allow you to connect to the system speaker signal so
that the warnings can be heard and adjusted through your multimedia system.

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27. ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pin block ATXPWR)
This connector connects to an ATX power supply. The plug from the power sup-
ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes. Find the
proper 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.
01

+3.3 Volts +3.3 Volts

-12.0 Volts +3.3 Volts
Ground Ground
Power Supply On +5.0 Volts
Ground Ground
Ground +5.0 Volts
Ground Ground
-5.0 Volts Power Good
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+5.0 Volts +5V Standby

Connectors

+5.0 Volts +12.0 Volts

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Power Connection Procedures
1. After all connections are made, close the system case cover.
2. Be sure that all switches are off (in some systems, marked with ).
3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of
your system case according to your system user’s manual.
4. Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector.
5. You may then turn on your devices in the following order:
a. Your monitor
b. External SCSI devices (starting with the last device on the chain)
c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to switch
on the power supply if a switch is provided as well as press the ATX
power switch on the front of the case.

Power Connections
6. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. For ATX power

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supplies, the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed. The
LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the
system’s if it complies with “green” standards or if it has a power standby 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.
7. During power-on, hold down <Delete> to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instruc-
tions in the next section, BIOS SETUP.
* Powering Off your computer: You must first exit or shut down your operating
system before switching off the power switch. For ATX power supplies, you can
press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating sys-
tem. If you are using Windows 95/98, click the Start button, click Shut Down,
and then click Shut down the computer?. The power supply should turn off
after Windows shuts down.
NOTE: The message “You can now safely turn off your computer” will not
appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies.

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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.
Flash Memory Writer

IMPORTANT! If “unknown” is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is

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either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be
programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility.

Main Menu
1. Save Current BIOS To File
This option allows you to save a
copy of the original motherboard
BIOS in case you need to reinstall
it. It is recommended that you save
AFLASH.EXE and the BIOS file
to a bootable floppy disk.

To save your current BIOS, type

[1] at the Main Menu and then
press <Enter>. The Save Current
BIOS To File screen appears.
Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXX-X and then press <Enter>.

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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,
type [2] at the Main Menu and
then press <Enter>. The Update
BIOS Including Boot Block
and ESCD screen appears. Type
the filename of your new BIOS
and the path, for example,
A:\XXXXXXX.AWD, and then
press <Enter>.

When prompted to confirm the

BIOS update, press Y to start the
update.

Flash Memory Writer

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The utility starts to program the
new BIOS information into the
flash ROM. When the pro-
gramming is finished, Flashed
Successfully will be displayed.

Follow the onscreen instruc-

tions to continue.

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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 “A:\” prompt, type AFLASH and then press <Enter>.
4. At the Main Menu, type 2 and then press <Enter>. See 2. Update BIOS In-
cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the
rest of the steps.

WARNING! If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS, DO NOT
turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up. Just
repeat the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS file
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Updating BIOS

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.

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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 to run this program. This ap-
pears during the Power-On Self Test (POST). Press <Delete> 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 <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing
the Reset button on the system case. You can also restart by turning the system off

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and then back on again. But do so only if the first two methods fail.

BIOS Setup
When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will
appear with the following options:

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Load Defaults
The “Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting.
“Load Setup Defaults”, on the other hand, is for loading optimized defaults for
regular use. Choosing defaults at this level, will modify all applicable settings.
A section at the bottom of the above screen displays the control keys for this screen.
Take note of these keys and their respective uses. Another section just below the
control keys section displays information on the currently highlighted item in the list.

Standard CMOS Setup

The “Standard CMOS Setup” option allows you to record some basic system hard-
ware configuration and set the system clock and error handling. If the motherboard
is already installed in a working system, you will not need to select this option
anymore. However, if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board
gets lost or damaged, or if you change your system hardware configuration, you will
need to respecify the configuration values. The configuration values usually get lost
or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens.
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Standard CMOS

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 <F1>. 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 <Page Up>/<Page Down>
or <+>/<–> to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values
for month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2079)

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Time
To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down>
or <+>/<–> 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 bythe BIOS. If you install other SCSI
controller cards, refer to their respective documentations on how to install the re-
quired SCSI drivers.
For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can:
• Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup.
• Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically

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Standard CMOS
enter the drive specifications.
• 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 MFM and ESDI
drives. This entry provides three options: Normal, Large, LBA, or Auto (see below).
Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set it to
LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow
larger IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support
LBA. Large type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon.
Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode.

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Auto detection of hard disks on bootup
For each field: Primary Master, Primary Slave, Secondary Master, and Secondary
Slave, you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields. This will enable auto
detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup. This will allow you to change your
hard disks (with the power off) and then power on without having to reconfigure
your hard disk type. If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature, then
you must configure the hard disk in the standard method as described earlier by the
“User” option.

NOTE: After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS, new
IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned (such as with FDISK) and then formatted
before data can be read from and write on. Primary IDE hard disk drives must have
its partition set to active (also possible with FDISK).

NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.

Drive A (None)
This field records the type of floppy disk drive installed in your system. The avail-
able options are: 360K, 5.25 in.; 1.2M, 5.25 in.; 720K, 3.5 in.; 1.44M, 3.5 in.; 2.88M,
3.5 in.; None
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Standard CMOS

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 or
Disabled
Video (EGA/VGA)
Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system. The options
are EGA/VGA, CGA 40, CGA 80, and MONO (for Hercules or MDA).
If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose EGA/VGA.
Halt On (All Errors)
This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Choose from
All Errors; No Errors; All,But Keyboard, All,But Diskette; and All,But Disk/Key.

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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.

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 <F1>. A pop-up help menu will appear to provide
you with the information you need. <F5> loads the last set values, <F6> and <F7>
loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values, respectively.

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NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.

BIOS Features
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 boot cycle, that is,
before they have a chance to load into your system. This ensures your computer
boots to a clean operating system. The system halts and displays a warning message
when it detects a virus. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue
or use a virus-free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system. Be-
cause of conflicts with new operating systems, for example, during installation of
new software, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors.

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CPU Level 1 Cache / CPU Level 2 Cache (Enabled)
These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to
turn on or off the CPU’s Level 1 and Level 2 built-in cache.
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check (Disabled)
This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache.
BIOS Update (Enabled)
This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor
with the required data. The BIOS will load the update on all processors during
system bootup in the default position of Enabled.
Turbo Mode (Disabled)
Leave on default setting.
Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled)
This field speeds up the Power-On Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a
second, third, and forth time. Setup default setting for this field is Enabled. A
complete test of the system is done on each test.
HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE)
When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, IDE is always the boot disk using
drive letter C (default setting of IDE). This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk
drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI. This allows multiple operating systems
to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot
using a SCSI hard disk drive.
Boot Sequence (A,C)
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This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system. Options
BIOS Features

are A,C; C,A; A,CDROM,C; CDROM,C,A; D,A; E,A; F,A; C only; LS/ZIP, C; LAN,A,C;
and LAN,C,A. The setup default setting, A, C, is to check first the floppy disk and then
the hard disk drive.
Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled)
When enabled, the BIOS will seek drive A once.
Floppy Disk Access Control (R/W)
This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy
disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk
drive but not writes. The setup default R/W allows both reads and writes.
IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors (HDD MAX)
This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers instead
of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except older versions, can utilize this
feature. Selections are HDD MAX, Disabled, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32.
HDD S.M.A.R.T. capability (Disabled)
This allows the enabling or disabling of the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis
and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor-
ing technology. This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in
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PS/2 Mouse Function Control (Auto)
The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on bootup. If detected,
IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards
if a PS/2 mouse is not detected. Enabled will always reserve IRQ12, whether on
bootup a PS/2 mouse is detected or not.
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 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.
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PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled)
Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG
Video Cards may not show colors properly. The setting Enabled should correct this
problem. Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled.
Video ROM BIOS Shadow (Enabled)
This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM. Relo-
cating to RAM enhances system performance, as information access is faster than
the ROM.
C8000-CBFFF to DC000-DFFFF (Disabled)
These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs. If you install
other expansion cards with ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses
the ROMs use to shadow them specifically. Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory
available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose.
Boot Up NumLock Status (On)

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BIOS Features
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 is Disabled.
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) (6)
This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes.
Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second. Setup default setting is 6; other
settings are 8, 10, 12, 15, 20, 24, and 30.
Typematic Delay (Msec) (250)
This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters. Four
delay rate options are available: 250, 500, 750, and 1000.
Security Option (System)
When you specify a Supervisor Password and/or User Password (explained later in
this section), the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the
password. The default setting 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.

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Chipset Features Setup
The “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’s chipset.

NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading.

Details of Chipset Features Setup

SDRAM Configuration (By SPD)
This sets the optimal timings of settings for items 2–5, depending on the memory
modules that you are using. Default setting is By SPD, which configures items 2–5
by reading the contents in the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device. This 8-pin serial
EEPROM device stores critical parameter information about the module, such as
memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module banks.
SDRAM CAS Latency
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Chipset Features

This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data
actually becomes available. Leave on default setting.
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay
This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read/write com-
mand. Leave on default setting.
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time
This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM. Leave
on default setting.
DRAM Idle Timer
This controls the idle clocks before closing an opened SDRAM page. Leave on
default setting.
SDRAM MA Wait State (Normal)
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.

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16-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK) / 8-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK)
Timing for 16-bit and 8-bit ISA cards, respectively. Leave on default setting.
Graphics Aperture Size (64MB)
Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. Leave
on default setting.
Video Memory Cache Mode (UC)
USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for
the video memory of the processor. It can greatly improve the display speed by
caching the display data. You must leave this on the default setting of UC
(uncacheable) if your display card cannot support this feature, otherwise your sys-
tem may not boot.
PCI 2.1 Support (Enabled)
This function allows you to enable or disable PCI 2.1 features including passive release
and delayed transaction. Leave Enabled (default setting) for PCI 2.1 compliancy.
Memory Hole At 15M–16M (Disabled)
Enabling this feature reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to ISA expan-
sion cards that specifically require this setting. This makes the memory from 15MB
and up unavailable to the system. Expansion cards can only access memory up to
16MB. The default is Disabled.
DRAM are xx bits wide
If all your DIMMs have ECC (e.g., 8 chips + 1 ECC chip), they are considered
72bits and the following will be displayed:

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If your DIMMs do not have ECC (e.g., 8 chips), they are considered 64 bits and the
following will be displayed instead:

Data Integrity Mode (Non-ECC)

Non-ECC has byte-wise write capability but no provision for protecting data integrity
in the memory module array. EC-Only data errors are detected but not corrected.
ECC with hardware scrubbing allows a detection of single-bit and multiple-bit errors
and recovery of single-bit errors. (See 2. System Memory, section III for more infor-
mation on memory modules.)
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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.

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Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4)
Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for
the onboard serial connector.
Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3)
Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for
the onboard serial connector.
Onboard Parallel Port (378H/IRQ7)
This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector. You can select
either: 3BCH / IRQ 7, 378H / IRQ 7, 278H / IRQ 5, Disabled. If you install an I/O card
with a parallel port, ensure that there is no conflict in the address assignments. The PC
can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port.
Parallel Port Mode (ECP+EPP)
This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port. The setting
Normal, allows normal-speed operation but in one direction only; EPP allows bidi-
rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed; ECP allows the parallel port to
operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum unidirectional
data transfer rate; ECP+EPP allows normal speed operation in a two-way mode.
ECP DMA Select (3)
This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP+EPP in the Parallel Port
Mode. Select either DMA Channel 1, 3, or Disable.
UART2 Use Infrared (Disabled)
When enabled, this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second
serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard. If your
Chipset Features
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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.
IDE 0 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode, IDE 1 Master/Slave PIO/DMA Mode (Auto)
Each channel (0 and 1) has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices
possible. Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4),
it is necessary for these to be independent. The default setting of Auto will allow
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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.

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

Power Management
puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity;

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Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that this time the system inac-
tivity period is longer; Disable disables the power saving features; User Define al-
lows you to set power saving options according to your preference.
IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be installed to keep
the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the
BIOS Power Management. For DOS environments, you need to add the statement,
DEVICE=C:\DOS\POWER.EXE, in you CONFIG.SYS. For Windows 3.x and Win-
dows 95, you need to install Windows with the APM feature. A battery and power
cord icon labeled “Power” will appear in the “Control Panel.” Choose “Advanced”
in the Power Management Field.
Video Off Option (Suspend -> Off )
This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power
management. The settings are Always On and Suspend -> Off.

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Video Off Method (DPMS OFF)
This field defines the video off features. The following options are available: DPMS
OFF, DPMS Reduce ON, Blank Screen, V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby, and
DPMS Suspend. The DPMS (Display Power Management System) features allow
the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. Blank
Screen only blanks the screen (use this for monitors without power management or
“green” features. If set up in your system, your screen saver will not display with
Blank Screen selected). V/H SYNC+Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical
and horizontal scanning.
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PM Timers
This section controls the time-out settings for the Power Management scheme. The
fields included in this section are “HDD Power Down”, which places the hard disk
into its lowest power consumption mode, and the “Suspend Mode” which suspends
the CPU.
The system automatically “wakes up” from any power saving mode when there is
system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard, or when there is
activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels.
HDD Power Down (Disable)
Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity. This
time period is user-configurable to 1–15 Min or Disable. This feature does not
Power Management

affect SCSI hard drives.

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Suspend Mode (Disable)

Sets the period of time after which each of these modes activate: 30 sec, 1 Min, 2
Min, 4 Min, 8 Min, 20 Min, 30 Min, 40 Min, 1 Hour, and Disable.
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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 < 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
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PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled)
This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the
ATX power supply on) when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft-off.
NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and appli-
cations are fully running, thus connection cannot be made on the first try. Turning
an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initializa-
tion string that will also cause the system to power on.
AC PWR Loss Restart (Disabled)
This allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has
been interrupted. Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and En-
abled boots up your system after reapplying power.
Power Up By Keyboard (Disabled)
This allows the computer to be powered on by pressing any key on the keyboard. Set
of Enabled to set this feature. WARNING! This setting must coincide with the key-
board power (wake) up jumper setting or else conflicts will occur.
Wake On LAN (Enabled)
This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send-
ing a wake-up frame or signal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/download
data to/from systems during off-peak hours. Enabled sets this feature.
IMPORTANT: This feature requires the optional network interface and an ATX power
supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power.

Power Management
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Automatic Power Up (Disabled)
This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may
configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday,
which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date.

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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.

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.
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Plug & Play / PCI

Slot 1 IRQ / Slot 2 IRQ (Auto)

These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot. The default setting for
each field is Auto, which uses auto-routing to determine IRQ use. The other options are
manual settings of NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14 or 15 for each slot.
PCI Latency Timer (32 PCI Clock)
The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this
motherboard.
IRQ xx Used By ISA (No/ICU)
These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used
by a legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. Two options are available: No/ICU and Yes. The
first option, the default value, indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or
an ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) is being used to determine if an ISA card is
using that IRQ. If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ, and you
are not using an ICU, you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes. For example: If you
install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10, then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes.
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DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU)
These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is
being used by a legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. Available options include: No/ICU and
Yes. The first option, the default setting, indicates either that the displayed DMA
channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that
channel. If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel, and
you are not using an ICU, you must set the field for that channel to Yes.
ISA MEM Block BASE (No/ICU)
This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that
uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range. If you
have such a card, and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range, select a
base address from the six available options; the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will
then appear for selecting the block size. If you have more than one legacy ISA card
in your system that requires to use this address range, you can increase the block
size to either 8K, 16K, 36K, or 64K. If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task,
leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No/ICU.
Symbios SCSI BIOS (Auto)
Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card, if detected
the onboard Symbios BIOS will be enabled, if not then it will be disabled. Disabled
prevents the onboard Symbios BIOS to be enabled so that the external Symbios
SCSI card’s own BIOS can be used instead. Note: If your Symbios SCSI card does
not have a BIOS, the Symbios SCSI card will not function.
USB IRQ (Enabled)

Plug & Play / PCI

Enabled reserves an IRQ# for the USB to work, Disabled does not allow the USB to

IV. BIOS SETUP

have an IRQ# and therefore prevents the USB from functioning. If you are not using
any USB devices, you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ# for
expansion cards.
ONB VGA BIOS First (No)
This allows you to select whether you want to use the onboard VGA BIOS as the
primary BIOS. No allows external VGA cards to take precedent when detected. Yes
always uses the onboard VGA card’s BIOS, even when an external VGA card is
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Load BIOS Defaults
The “Load BIOS Defaults” option allows you to load the troubleshooting default
values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-opti-
mal and disable all high performance features. To load these default settings, high-
light “Load BIOS Defaults” on the main screen and then press <Enter>. The system
displays a confirmation message on the screen. Press <Y> and then <Enter> to
confirm. Press <N> and then <Enter> 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 <Enter>. The system displays a confirmation
message on the screen. Press <Y> and then <Enter> to confirm. Press <N> and
then <Enter> to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS
Setup screen.
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Supervisor Password and User Password
These two options set the system passwords. “Supervisor Password” sets a pass-
word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility; “User Password”
sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. By default, the system
comes without any passwords. To specify a password, highlight the type you want
and then press <Enter>. 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 <Enter>. 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.

To implement password protection, specify in the “Security Option” field of the

BIOS SETUP Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password.
If you want to disable either password, press <Enter> instead of entering a new

Passwords
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password when the “Enter Password” prompt appears. A message confirms the
password has been disabled.
Forgot the password?
If you forgot the password, you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real
Time Clock (RTC) RAM. The RAM data containing the password information is
powered by the onboard button cell battery. To erase the RTC RAM: (1) Unplug
your computer, (2) Short the solder points, (3) Turn ON your computer, (4) Hold
down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences.
0 1

Short solder points

to clear CMOS

RTCCLR

MEB-VM Clear RTC RAM

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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.

Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the
box. To accept the optimal entries, press <Y> or else select from the numbers dis-
played under the OPTIONS field (2, 1, 3 in this case); to skip to the next drive, press
<N>. 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
<N> to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter
Hard Disk Detect

zeros after that drive letter.

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Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En-
hanced IDE support for four devices, you can only install two IDE hard disk drives.
Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E
and Drive F. The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE, with two
connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices. If you want to use another con-
troller that supports four drives, you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the
Chipset Features Setup screen.
When auto-detection is completed, the program automatically enters all entries you
accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Skipped
entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen.
If you are auto-detecting a hard disk that 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.

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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 <N> to reject the presented
settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen.

Save & 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
& Exit Setup” option on the main screen, type “Y”, and then press <Enter>.

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Save & 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 <Enter>.

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V. SOFTWARE SETUP ................................................... 57
Operating Systems ............................................................................ 59
Windows 98 First Time Installation ............................................ 59
MEB-VM Support CD ...................................................................... 60
Support CD Autorun Menu ......................................................... 60
Installing the Video Driver and Utility ............................................. 61
Installing the Audio Driver ............................................................... 62
Installing PCCillin ............................................................................ 63
Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader ...................................................... 64
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Operating Systems
You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new
hardware in order to ensure full compliancy. For Windows 95, you must use OSR
2.0 or later. For Windows NT 4.0, you must use Service Pack 3.0 or later.

Windows 98 First Time Installation

When you start Windows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard,
Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in-
stall a driver from its system registry. When prompted to restart, select No and then
follow the normal setup procedures later in this section.
IMPORTANT: Selecting No for the initial restart prompt 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
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NOTE: The screen displays in this section may not reflect exactly the screen con-
tents displayed on your screen.

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MEB-VM Support CD
Insert the support CD or double-click your CD drive icon in “My Computer” to bring
up the autorun menu or run Setup.exe in the root directory of the Support CD.
NOTE: The Support CD contents are constantly updated without notice.

Support CD Autorun Menu

• LDCM Local Setup: Installs software to monitor the local system. The
LANDesk Client Manager must be installed in order to use the hardware man-
ager features.
• LDCM Administrator Setup: Installs software to monitor PC systems on the
network within the same bridge address with the Local software installed. The
administrator should install both Local and Administrator Software.
• Adobe Acrobat Reader: Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary
to view the LDCM manual in the LDCM directory.
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• Install Video Driver and Utility: Installs the video driver and utilities for the
Windows 98

onboard VGA chipset.

• Install Audio Driver: Audio driver installation instructions for the onboard audio.
• Install PCCillin: Installs “PC-cillin” virus protection software. View the online
help if you have any questions.
• Browse this CD: Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD.
• Read Me: View additional notes with Notepad.
• LDCM Introduce (MPEG VCD): View a video on the LDCM features.
• Exit: Exit the selection menu.
Additonal CD Contents: DMI Configuration Utility in the DMI directory and Flash
BIOS writer in the AFLASH directory.

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Installing the Video Driver and Utility
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive
or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen.
Install Video Driver and Utility installs the video driver necessary for your card to
have higher performance, resolutions, and special features. You can also install the
ATI Player–a software multimedia player which provides full-screen MPEG video
playback with excellent color quality, plus a host of advanced multimedia features.

1. Click here.

2. Click here to begin the

installation wizard.

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3. Click here and follow the

onscreen instructions to
complete installation.
When prompted to restart
your computer, click Yes.

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Installing the Audio Driver
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive
or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen.

1. Click here.
2. Click here.

3. Click here. 4. Click here.

6. Click and then

5. Click here. click here.
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7. Click here. 8. Click here and then

click Finish to restart.

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Installing PCCillin
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.

1. Click here.

2. Click here.

3. Enter your name and company

and then click here. 4. Click here.

6. Insert a floppy disk

and then click here.
5. Click Express Install
and then click here.
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7. Once the Emergency Clean disk is

created, click here. Follow the onscreen
instructions to complete installation.

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Installing Adobe Acrobat Reader
Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive
or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen.

1. Click here. 2. Click here.

3. Click here. 4. Click here.

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5. Click here.
Windows 98

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Creative Multimedia Decks .............................................................. 68

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Common operations ............................................................... 68
Creative CD Player ..................................................................... 69

Contents
Using the CD Playlist ............................................................ 69
Creative MIDI Player .................................................................. 70
Using the MIDI Playlist ......................................................... 70
Creative Remote .......................................................................... 71
Creative Wave Player .................................................................. 72
SB AudioPCI 64V Mixer ............................................................ 73
Real-Time Effects .................................................................. 73
Creative WaveStudio ................................................................... 74
ATI Player ......................................................................................... 75
Features ....................................................................................... 75
Playing Audio CDs (Only in window 95) ................................... 76
Playing Media Files ..................................................................... 77
Playing Interactive Discs (Video CD 2.0) ............................. 77
Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ............................................. 78
Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ................ 78
Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ...................... 78
Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ......................... 79
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................ 81
Features ............................................................................................. 82
Software Driver Support ............................................................. 82
Question and Answer .................................................................. 82

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Creative Multimedia Decks
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Creative Multimedia Decks

Creative Multimedia Decks is a collection of players that al-
lows you to independently or concurrently control multimedia
devices such as your CD-ROM drive and MIDI device. It con-
sists of Creative Remote and other players such as Creative
CD, Creative Wave, and Creative MIDI.

Common operations

Touch Sensitive Skip Backward

Display Rewind
Repeat
Mode Intro Fast Forward
Mode Skip Forward
Power Off
Menu
Minimize

Tracks Playlist
Volume

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Creative CD Player
Creative CD operates like a home CD player, letting you play audio CDs from CD-
ROM drives on your PC. In addition, it has some advanced features which include:
• Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote
• OLE Automation support
• Plug and Play support
• Power management support
• "Touch-sensitive" display
• Multiple display forms
• Fine control of track's playing position
• Introduction Mode, Repeat Playlist Mode, Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode
for playback
• Playlist compilation of CD tracks into a collection
• Fast track selection
• Direct volume control for multiple sound cards

CD Title Stop Play Pause Eject

CD Selectors Track Name

Using the CD Playlist

To access the Playlist dialog box, click on the CD player.

Enter CD Title
Displays sequence of Displays all the
tracks to be played tracks on the CD

Enter track name

Enter artist name
Enter track notes

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Creative MIDI Player

Creative MIDI Player

Creative MIDI is the player in the Multimedia Decks suite of players that lets you
play MIDI files. It also has some advanced features which include:
• Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote
• OLE Automation support
• Plug and Play support
• Power management support
• "Touch-sensitive" display
• Multiple display forms
• Fine control of a track's playing position
• Introduction Mode, Repeat Playlist Mode, Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode
for playback
• Playlist compilation of different MIDI files
• Fast track selection
• Direct volume control for multiple sound cards
Stop Play Pause

Using the MIDI Playlist

To access the Playlist dialog box, click on the MIDI player.

Select a collection
(a saved playlist) Adds the selected
tracks in the File list
Displays the Playlist to the Playlist
(a sequence of the
tracks to be played)
Displays the files in
the current directory
Selects the directory, path,
and type of files to be
Displays the directory displayed in the File list
of the file selected
Enter artist name
Enter track notes

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Creative Remote

Creative Remote
Creative Remote is the main component of the Creative Multimedia Decks group of
players. Like a home remote control, it lets you control different Creative Multime-
dia Decks players from a single control interface. If you require more control over a
player, you can also invoke the player from Creative Remote.
In addition, it consists of several advanced features like:
• Ability to launch any of the available Creative Multimedia Decks players for
more direct control over a device
• "Touch-sensitive" display
• Multiple display forms
• Fast track selection
• Color scheme selection

Select an active player

Invoke player

Displays the Playlist dialog

box of the active player

Starts recording

Opens/closes the CD-ROM tray Controls the volume of the

active player

Select and play a track in the

playlist of the active player.

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Creative Wave Player

Creative Wave Player

Creative Wave is the player in the Creative Multimedia Decks suite of players that
lets you play wave files. It also has some advanced features which include:
• Ability to be controlled by the Creative Remote
• OLE Automation support
• Plug and Play support
• Power management support
• "Touch-sensitive" display
• Multiple display forms
• Fine control of a track's playing position
• Introduction Mode, Repeat Playlist Mode, Repeat Track Mode and Shuffle Mode
for playback
• Playlist compilation of different wave files
• Fast track selection
• Direct volume control for multiple sound cards

Stop Play Pause Record

Activates the Record Setting dialog box

which allows you to select the format of
the wave file to record.

Uses one (left or right) channel

Uses both two (left and right) channels
Frequency at which samples of sound
are taken from the source

Size of each sample of sound taken

from the source

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SB AudioPCI 64V Mixer

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A mixer has been included for Sound Blaster AudioPCI 64V. This mixer accommo-

Audio Mixer
dates some features found on the AudioPCI card. These features are unavailable
through the Windows 95/98 mixer.

Real-Time Effects
AudioPCI supports real-time effects. In addition to the effects described below, more
effects may be available in the future.
This effect provides a surround-sound effect. There is a drop-down box on
the device panel that will allow you to switch between the three different
spatial presets: Off, On, and Wide. By default this switch is set to Off.
The reverb effect will make the MIDI instruments on the card sound as if
they were playing in a large concert hall or stadium. The three degrees of
reverb provided are Off, On, and Full. This effect can be applied to the Syn-
thesizer device.
The chorus effect will add depth to the card’s synthesizer sounds. The three
settings for chorus are Off, On, and Full. This effect can be applied to the
Synthesizer device. NOTE: Chorus is a special effect, which should be used
with discretion; it is generally not recommended to leave the chorus effect
enabled at all times.

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Creative WaveStudio

WaveStudio is a Windows-based application that allows you to perform the follow-

ing sound editing functions easily:
• Play, edit, and record 8-bit (tape quality) and 16-bit (CD quality) wave data.
• Enhance your wave data or create unique sounds with various special effects
and editing operations such as rap, reverse, echo, mute, pan, cut, copy, and paste.
• Open and edit several wave files at the same time.
• Import and export raw (.RAW) data files.

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ATI Player
ATI Player and control panel (Windows 95/98)

ATI Player
If VIDEO drivers are installed, for playing video clips, the ATI Player icon will
appear in the DeskTop. Double click on this icon to bring up the Video Screen as
shown here: (Detailed button definitions are shown when holding the cursor over
the individual buttons for a few seconds.)
The Task Control Panel
The Task control panel indicates what mode the player is in and what it’s doing.
(Your Task control panel may not look exactly like the illustration-only installed or
available features will have controls.)

CD Audio MPEG Video In Capture Help Minimize Exit

Windows 95/3.x
C. ATI Player
PAL/NTSC

CDAudio–Play standard audio CDs (only in Windows 95/98)

MPEG Playback—Play MPEG and AVI video files

Video In (Tuner button)—Display live video sources

(available only on video model)
Capture–Capture still images, video sequences, or audio-only
(available only on video model)

Features
The question mark on top right of the Video Screen allows inspection into each
button on the control panel. Click on the “?” then on a button that you would like to
know about.

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Playing Audio CDs (Only in window 95)

PAL/NTSC
ATI Player

Click the Audio CD button in the Task control panel to switch to Audio CD mode
Random Position
Loop Play Slider Eject Setup

Stop Pause Intro Track Skip Skip Track Time Time Volume Volume
Play Down Back Forward Up Mode Display Control Mute

The Audio CD player has its own control panel for controlling the audio CD playback.
You can use the Audio CD panel to play standard audio CDs. Advanced features
such as Random play, Intro play, which plays the first ten seconds of each track, and
Loop play are available.

Current Time Track Name Disc Name Current Time

The Audio CD player has its own display.

To play an audio CD
1. Insert the audio CD into your CD-ROM drive.
2. In the Audio CD panel, click the Setup Dialogs button .
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.
5. Click OK.
6. In the Audio CD panel, click the Play button .

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.

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ATI Player
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 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:
• MPEG-1 digital audio and video, including Karaoke?including dual-channel au-
dio, CDi, Games, and reference application titles
• *.AVI video files
To play a file
1. In the Playback panel, click the File Open button .
2. Select a file from the list.
3. Click Add, then click OK.
4. Click the Play button .
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.
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Desktop Management Interface (DMI)

Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility
DMI 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 BIOS.

Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility

The DMI Configuration Utility (DMICFG2.EXE) must be used in real mode in
order for the program to run, the base memory must be at least 180K. Memory
managers like HIMEM.SYS (required by windows) must not be installed. You can
boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files,
“REM” HIMEM.SYS in the CONFIG.SYS, or press <Shift>+<F5> 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 <Shift>+<F5> during bootup to enter safe mode
command prompt.
3. Go to the directory containing DMICFG.EXE.
4. Type DMICFG and press <Enter> to run.

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NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not

DIM Utility
reflect the screen contents on your system.

Edit DMI (or delete)

Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (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
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Save MIFD
DMI Utility

You can save the MIFD (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the
drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message
“Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved.
Load MIFD

You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name
here.
Load BIOS Defaults

You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified
and added data. You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved
back into the Flash BIOS.

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ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card

ASUS LAN Card

APPENDIX
LAN Activity
Output Signal
LEDs

Intel
Chipset

RJ45
ASUS
Wake on LAN
Output Signal Motherboard type
Other

If you are using the ASUS PCI-L101 on an ASUS motherboard, leave the jumper on
its defaut setting of “ASUS.” If you are using another brand of motherboard, set the
jumper to “Other.” Connect the Wake on LAN (WOL) output signal to the
motherboard’s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth-
erboard. Connect the LAN activity output signal (LAN_LED) to the system cabinet’s
front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity.

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Features
• Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX)
• Wake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported
• PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev. 2.1 specifications
• Consists of MAC & PHY (10/100Mbps) interfaces
• Complies to IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX interfaces
• Fully supports 10BASE-T & 100BASE-TX operations through a single RJ45 port
• Supports 32-bit Bus Master Technology / PCI Rev. 2.1
ASUS LAN Card

• Enhancements on ACPI & APM

APPENDIX

• Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev. 1.0, ACPI Rev. 1.0, and
Device Class Power Management Rev. 1.0
• IEEE 802.3u auto-negotiation for 10Mbps/100Mbps Network Data Transfer
Rates.
• Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions
• Plug and Play

Software Driver Support

• NetWare ODI Drivers - Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, DOS, OS/2 Client
• NDIS 2.01 Drivers - Microsoft LAN Manager, Microsoft Windows 3.11, IBM
LAN Server
• NDIS 3.0 Drivers - Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft
Windows 3.11

Question and Answer

Q: What is Wake-On-LAN ?
A: The Wake-On-LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys-
tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. With this
feature, remotely uploading/downloading data to/from systems during off-peak
hours will be feasible.
Q: What can Wake-On-LAN do for you ?
A: Wake-On-LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce
system management workload, provide flexibility to the system administrator’s
job, and then of course save you time-consuming efforts and costs.
Q: What components does Wake-On-LAN require to be enable?
A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter
card that can activate Wake-On-LAN function, a client with Wake-On-LAN capa-
bility, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can trigger wake-up frame.

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