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R P2B Pentium ® II Motherboard USER’S MANUAL.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS P2B Manual Revision: 1.03 E302 Release Date: November 1998 No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 BBS: +886-2-2896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................... 7 Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7 II.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 44 Details of Chipset Features Setup .......................................... 44 Power Management Setup ....................
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 7 I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION Manual / Checklist How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Intr oduction: Manual information and checklist II. Featur es: Information and specifications concerning this product III.
8 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual Features of the ASUS P2B Motherboard The ASUS P2B is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad- vanced features processed by the fastest CPU. • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium ® II (23 3 to 450MH z) and Celeron TM (266MHz and faster) processors.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 9 The ASUS P2B Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 B: COM 1 B: COM 2 Programmable 2Mbit Flash EEROM 3 ISA Slots T : PS/2 Mo.
10 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Layout of the ASUS P2B Motherboard FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE CR2032 3V Lithium Cell (BIOS Power) CPU_F AN DIMM Socket 1 (64/72 bit, 168 pin modu.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) CLR TC p . 13 Clear Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (Short/Clear CMOS) 2) KBPWR p. 13 Keyboard Power 3) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 14 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 4) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p .
12 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers 2. Install Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers Jumper Settings 1. Clear Real Time Clock (R TC) RAM (CLR TC) The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery .
14 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers III. INST ALLA TION BF2 BF1 BF3 CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple P2B CPU R BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 BF2 BF1 BF3 BF0 2.0x (2/1) 2.5x (5/2) 3.
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ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION System Memory 2. System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses o nly Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Three sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) of either 8, 16, 32, 64, 128 o r 25 6MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 76 8MB.
18 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual System Memory III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 19 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) Y our motherboard provides a Slot 1 connector for a Pentium ® II processor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC/SECC2) or a Celeron™ processor pack- aged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).
20 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION CPU III. INST ALLA TION 2. Attach the Heatsink NOTE: Follow carefully the heatsink attachment instructions included with your heatsink or processor . The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 21 CPU III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION W ARNING! Make sure the heatsink is mounted tightly against the SECC, SECC2 or SEPP; otherwise, the CPU will overheat. Y ou may install an auxiliary fan to provide adequate circulation across the processor ’ s passive heatsink.
22 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual CPU III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ASUS provides two smart solutions to Slot 1 CPU thermal problems: the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S-P2F AN and the ASUS P2T -Cable .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot 1 processors are those with three-pin fans, such as the ASUS Smart Fan, that can be connected to the motherboard’ s CPU fan connector .
24 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Expansion Cards III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard- ware or software settings for your expansion card, such as jumpers.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION T o 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.
26 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : 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 floppy drives.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION DMA Channels III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Port Connector (25-pin Female) Y ou can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTW ARE.
28 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual Connectors III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 6. Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (T wo 4-pin Female) T wo USB ports are available for connecting USB devices.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 9. Chassis / CPU / Power Supply Fan Connectors (3-pin F AN) These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA (6W) 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.
30 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 13. W ake-on-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON) The WOL_CON connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received from the network through the ASUS PCI-L101 LAN card (see section VII.
32 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 16. Message LED Lead (MSG.LED) 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 waiting in the inbox.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are of f (in some systems, marked with ).
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Flash Memory W riter Utility This motherboard has an onboard SCSI BIOS and boot virus protection and therefore, re- quires a 2Mbit flash ROM.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS Updating BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’ s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS T ime T o set the time, highlight the “T ime” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current time. Follow the hour , minute and second format.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features BIOS Features Setup This “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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Features Security Option (System) When you specify a Supervisor Passwor d and/or User Passwor d (explained later in this section), the Security Option field determines when the system prompts for the password.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Chipset Features Setup This “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’ s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Graphics Aperture Size (64MB) Memory-mapped, graphics data structures can reside in a Graphics Aperture. Leave on default setting. V ideo Memory Cache Mode (UC) USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 46 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Onboard FDC Swap A & B (No Swap) This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives. T wo options are available: No Swap and Swap AB . If you want to switch drive letter assignments through the onboard chipset, set this field to Swap AB .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management Power Management Setup This “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns of f the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 48 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video off features. The following options are available: DPMS OFF , DPMS Reduce ON , Blank Scr een , V/H SYNC+Blank, DPMS Standby , and DPMS Suspend .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Power Management PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the A TX power supply on) when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft Off .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Plug & Play / PCI IV . BIOS PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Plug & Play / PCI 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. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s .
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Load Defaults IV . BIOS Load BIOS Defaults This “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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 53 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Hard Disk Detect IDE HDD Auto Detection This “IDE HDD Auto Detection” option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 55 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be detected. Y ou 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 56 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface (DMI) V . DMI DMI Introduction Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD).
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 57 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT V . DMI Using DMI Utility Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 58 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD Y ou 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.
ASUS P2B User’ s Manual 59 VI. ASUS LAN Card Parts / Layout VI. ASUS LAN Card ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card LAN Activity Output Signal RJ45 LEDs Motherboard type Wake on LAN Output Signal ASUS Other Intel Chipset If you are using the ASUS PCI-L101 on an ASUS motherboard, leave the jumper on its defaut setting of “ASUS.
60 ASUS P2B User’ s Manual VI. ASUS LAN Card Information VI. ASUS LAN Card Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • W ake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported • PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev .
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Se non hai ancora comprato il Asus P2B è un buon momento per familiarizzare con i dati di base del prodotto. Prime consultare le pagine iniziali del manuale d’uso, che si trova al di sopra. Dovresti trovare lì i dati tecnici più importanti del Asus P2B - in questo modo è possibile verificare se l’apparecchio soddisfa le tue esigenze. Esplorando le pagine segenti del manuali d’uso Asus P2B imparerai tutte le caratteristiche del prodotto e le informazioni sul suo funzionamento. Le informazioni sul Asus P2B ti aiuteranno sicuramente a prendere una decisione relativa all’acquisto.
In una situazione in cui hai già il Asus P2B, ma non hai ancora letto il manuale d’uso, dovresti farlo per le ragioni sopra descritte. Saprai quindi se hai correttamente usato le funzioni disponibili, e se hai commesso errori che possono ridurre la durata di vita del Asus P2B.
Tuttavia, uno dei ruoli più importanti per l’utente svolti dal manuale d’uso è quello di aiutare a risolvere i problemi con il Asus P2B. Quasi sempre, ci troverai Troubleshooting, cioè i guasti più frequenti e malfunzionamenti del dispositivo Asus P2B insieme con le istruzioni su come risolverli. Anche se non si riesci a risolvere il problema, il manuale d’uso ti mostrerà il percorso di ulteriori procedimenti – il contatto con il centro servizio clienti o il servizio più vicino.
