Asus Computer Hardware P2B DS User Manual

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P2B-D / P2B-DS  
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Dual Pentium II Motherboards  
USER’S MANUAL  
Special Features  
P2B-DS  
• Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset  
• Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver  
ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION  
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.  
Marketing  
Address:  
Telephone:  
Fax:  
150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112  
+886-2-2894-3447  
+886-2-2894-3449  
Email:  
Technical Support  
Fax:  
+886-2-2895-9254  
BBS:  
Email:  
WWW:  
FTP:  
+886-2-2896-4667  
ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS  
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL  
Marketing  
Address:  
6737 Mowry Ave, Mowry Business Center, Building 2,  
Newark, CA 94560, USA  
Fax:  
+1-510-608-4555  
Email:  
Technical Support  
Fax:  
+1-510-608-4555  
BBS:  
Email:  
WWW:  
FTP:  
+1-510-739-3774  
ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS  
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH  
Marketing  
Address:  
Telephone:  
Fax:  
Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany  
49-2102-445011  
49-2102-442066  
Email:  
Technical Support  
Hotline:  
BBS:  
49-2102-499712  
49-2102-448690  
Email:  
WWW:  
FTP:  
ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM  
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CONTENTS  
I. INTRODUCTION  
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How this Manual is Organized ........................................................... 7  
Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7  
II. FEATURES  
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Features ............................................................................................... 8  
The ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS Motherboard ........................................... 9  
III. INSTALLATION  
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ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS Motherboard Layout ................................... 10  
Installation Steps ............................................................................... 12  
1. Jumpers ......................................................................................... 12  
Jumper Settings ..................................................................... 13  
2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................ 17  
DIMM Memory Installation Procedures ............................... 18  
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 19  
Pentium II Processor.............................................................. 19  
Recommended Heatsinks ............................................................ 23  
AAVID Heatsink ................................................................... 23  
Elan Vital Heatsink ................................................................ 23  
4. Expansion Cards ........................................................................... 24  
Expansion Card Installation Procedure ................................. 24  
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards.................................... 24  
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards.............................. 25  
ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ......................................... 25  
Accelerated Graphics Port ..................................................... 25  
5. External Connectors..................................................................... 26  
Power Connection Procedures .................................................... 35  
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE  
36  
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 36  
Main Menu .................................................................................. 36  
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS ........................ 38  
6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 39  
Load Defaults .............................................................................. 40  
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 40  
Details of Standard CMOS Setup .......................................... 40  
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 43  
Details of BIOS Features Setup............................................. 43  
Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 46  
Details of Chipset Features Setup.......................................... 46  
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CONTENTS  
Power Management Setup........................................................... 49  
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 49  
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 52  
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 52  
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 54  
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 54  
Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 55  
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 56  
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................... 57  
Exit Without Saving .................................................................... 57  
V. SUPPORT SOFTWARE  
58  
ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD............................................ 58  
VI. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT 59  
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)............................................. 59  
VII. ASUS LAN Card 63  
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................ 63  
Features ............................................................................................. 64  
Software Driver Support ............................................................. 64  
Question and Answer .................................................................. 64  
VIII. ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT  
65  
Configuring the SCSI Adapter .......................................................... 65  
SCSI Disk Utilities ...................................................................... 65  
IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI  
67  
Quick Start Instructions .................................................................... 67  
Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 68  
Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users ...................................... 71  
DOS Formatting Utilities ............................................................ 72  
Low-level Formatter (scsifmt)............................................... 72  
Formatter and Partitioner (afdisk) ......................................... 73  
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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 inter-  
ference 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! The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the  
graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations. Changes  
or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for  
compliance could void the user's authority to operate this equipment.  
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 Cana-  
dian Department of Communications.  
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ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS User’s Manual  
I. INTRODUCTION  
How this Manual is Organized  
This manual is divided into the following sections:  
I.  
Introduction  
Manual information and checklist  
Information and specifications  
Setting up the motherboard.  
Setting up the BIOS software  
ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD  
II. Features  
III. Installation  
IV. BIOS Software  
V.  
Support Software  
VI. Desktop Management BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface  
VII. ASUS LAN Card ASUSPCI-L101FastEthernetPCIcardinstallation(optional)  
VIII. Adaptec SCSI Select Adaptec SCSI Select utility (optional)  
IX. Adaptec EZ-SCSI  
Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility (optional)  
Item Checklist  
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,  
contact your retailer.  
(1) ASUS Motherboard  
(1) Dual Processor Retention Mechanism and heatsink for 440BX AGPset  
(4) Attach mount screws  
(1) IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives  
(1) Floppy ribbon cable for (1) 5.25inch floppy and (2) 3.5inch floppies  
(1) Bag of spare jumpers  
(1) Support drivers and utilities:  
(1) User’s Manual  
(1) ASUS -P2T PC100 Rev. 1.02 or later  
(1) Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set User’s Manual (optional)  
68-pin Ultra2 SCSI cable with terminator (optional)  
68-pin Fast & Wide SCSI cable (optional)  
50-pin Fast SCSI cable (optional)  
PS/2 Mouse, Infrared, USB1, and USB2 external connector module (optional)  
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)  
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II. FEATURES  
Features  
The ASUS P2B-D/P2B-DS motherboards are carefully designed for the demanding PC user  
who wants advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.  
Multi-Speed: Supports Dual Intel Pentium® II processors from 233MHz to 450MHz.  
Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side bus  
(FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed to 100MHz.  
Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS, offering  
enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility, built-in hardware-based virus protection through  
Trend ChipAwayVirus, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.  
PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100-  
compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 1GB. These new SDRAMs are  
necessary to meet the enhanced 100MHz bus speed requirement.  
Wake-On-LAN: Supports Wake-On–LAN activity with special network cards, such as  
the ASUS PCI-L101 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card.  
Adaptec SCSI Chipset: Features AdaptecAIC-7890 Ultra2 SCSI chipset (optional) that  
supports a combination of 8-bit and 16-bit Ultra2, Ultra, and single-ended or standard  
SCSI devices and the AIC-3860 transceiver chipset (optional) that bridges the compat-  
ibility gap between these mixed environments without affecting system performance by  
taking advantage of the benefits of low-voltage differential (LVD) technology.  
AGP Slot: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, component  
level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.  
SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, using Intel’s  
PC-PCI and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards.  
SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physically  
transport commands and information between SMBus devices.  
PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA PCI slots.  
Intelligence: Supports Keyboard Power Up, Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm, Tem-  
perature Monitoring and Alert, Voltage Monitoring and Alert, System Resources Alert,  
and Virus Write Protection through the onboard Hardware Monitor, Intel LANDesk Cli-  
ent Manager (LDCM), and ASUS PC Probe software.  
Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral-  
lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the  
Infrared Module for wireless connections.  
Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which allows  
hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compat-  
ibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) (See section V)  
Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE/Floppy: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE  
controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two channels, supports  
UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and supports En-  
hanced IDE devices. Two floppy drives of either 5.25inch or 3.5inch (1.44MB or 2.88MB)  
are also supported without an external card. Supports Japanese standard “Floppy 3 mode”  
(3.5-inch disk drive: 1.44MB, 1.2MB, 720KB) and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk  
drive: 120 MB). BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.  
IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.  
Concurrent PCI: Allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to memory to CPU.  
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