Asus Computer Hardware P2B S User Manual

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P2B-L / P2B-S / P2B-LS  
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Pentium II Motherboards  
USER’S MANUAL  
Special Features  
ASUS P2B-L (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB)  
• Intel 82558 LAN Chipset  
• Wake-On-LAN  
ASUS P2B-S  
• Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset  
• Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver  
ASUS P2B-LS (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB)  
• Intel 82558 LAN Chipset  
• Wake-On-LAN  
• 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 Avenue, Mowry Business Center, Building 2  
Newark, CA 94560, USA  
+1-510-608-4555  
Fax:  
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  
How this Manual is Organized ........................................................... 7  
Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7  
II. FEATURES  
Features ............................................................................................... 8  
ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS Motherboard ....................................... 9  
III. INSTALLATION  
ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS 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  
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  
Main Menu ............................................................................ 36  
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 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  
Power Management Setup........................................................... 49  
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 49  
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CONTENTS  
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 CD  
Support CD Main Menu .............................................................. 58  
Main Menu Selections ........................................................... 59  
Other CD Directories............................................................. 59  
VI. DMI Utility  
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)............................................. 60  
VII. NETWORK INTERFACE  
Features ....................................................................................... 63  
Software Driver Support ............................................................. 63  
LED Connectors .......................................................................... 64  
DOS and Windows 3.1 Setup for Novell .......................................... 65  
Windows NT Server or Workstation ................................................. 66  
Windows 95 ...................................................................................... 68  
Select Duplex Mode (optional) ......................................................... 69  
Troubleshooting ................................................................................ 71  
Technical Information ....................................................................... 74  
Using Wake On LAN ........................................................................ 75  
Glossary ............................................................................................ 76  
VIII. ADAPTEC SCSI SELECT  
Configuring the SCSI Adapter .......................................................... 77  
SCSI Disk Utilities ...................................................................... 77  
IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY  
Quick Start Instructions .................................................................... 79  
Troubleshooting Tips ........................................................................ 80  
Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users ...................................... 83  
DOS Formatting Utilities ............................................................ 84  
Low-level Formatter (scsifmt)............................................... 84  
Formatter and Partitioner (afdisk) ......................................... 85  
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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-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual  
I. INTRODUCTION  
How this Manual is Organized  
This manual is divided into the following sections:  
I.  
Introduction  
Manual information and checklist  
II. Features  
Information and specifications  
III. Installation  
IV. BIOS Software  
Instructions on setting up the motherboard.  
Instructions on setting up the BIOS software  
ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD  
BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface  
Information on the built-in LAN controller (optional)  
Adaptec SCSI Select utility (optional)  
Adaptec EZ-SCSI utility (optional)  
V.  
Support Software  
VI. DMI Utility  
VII. Network Interface  
VIII. Adaptec SCSI Select  
IX. Adaptec EZ-SCSI  
Item Checklist  
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,  
contact your retailer.  
(1) ASUS Motherboard  
(1) Retention mechanism & heatsink support for CPU and heatsink  
(2) Attach mount bridges  
(1) IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives  
(1) Floppy ribbon cable for (1) 5.25inch floppy and (2) 3.5inch floppies  
(1) Spare jumpers  
(1) Support drivers and utilities  
(1) User’s Manual  
68-pin Ultra2 SCSI cable with terminator (optional)  
68-pin Fast & Wide SCSI cable (optional)  
50-pin Fast SCSI cable (optional)  
Network condition connector module (optional)  
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II. FEATURES  
Features  
The ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS motherboards are carefully designed for the de-  
manding PC user who wants many advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.  
Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium® II processors from 233MHz to 450MHz.  
IntelAGPset: Features Intel’s 440BXAGPset 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  
(Flash EEPROM), offering enhancedACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-  
in hardware-based virus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtu-  
ally 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 1024MB.  
Network Interface: Features the Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (fully  
integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) as an option and a LAN Activity LED  
connector (optional/reserved) for monitoring network conditions.  
Adaptec SCSI Chipset: Features Adaptec AIC-7890 Ultra2 SCSI chipset (op-  
tional) that supports a combination of 8-bit and 16-bit Ultra2, Ultra, and single-  
ended or standard SCSI devices and AIC-3860 transceiver chipset (optional)  
that bridges the compatibility gap between these mixed environments without  
affecting system performance by taking advantage of the benefits of low-volt-  
age differential (LVD) technology.  
AGPSlot: SupportsAccelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, com-  
ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.  
PCI/ISA Expansion Slots: Provides four 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA slots.  
Intelligence: Supports Keyboard Power Up, Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm,  
Temperature Monitoring and Alert, Voltage Monitoring and Alert, System Re-  
sources Alert, and Virus Write Protection through the onboard Hardware Moni-  
tor, Intel LANDesk Client Manager (LDCM), and ASUS PC Probe software.  
Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and  
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed  
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.  
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 Enhanced 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: 1.2MB)  
and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720KB).  
BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.  
Concurrent PCI: Allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to  
memory to CPU.  
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