R C-P6ND CPU Card USER'S MANUAL
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CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................ 1 How this manual is organized .......................................................... 1 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 1 Features of the ASUS CPU Card ..................................................... 2 II. FEATURES ................................................................. 2 Map of the ASUS CPU Card .............................................
CONTENTS V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT ................................... 29 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) .......................................... 29 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ............. 29 System Requirements ......................................................... 29 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ...................... 30 Notes: ..................................................................................
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.
I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION (Manual / Checklist) How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. II. III. IV. V. Introduction: Manual information and checklist Features: Information and specifications concerning this product Installation: Instructions on setting up the ASUS CPU card BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information DMI Utility: BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete.
II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS CPU Card The ASUS C-P6ND is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants great versatility in the assembly of a computer system. This CPU card: II. FEATURES (Features) • PS/2 Connectors: PS/2 Mouse & PS/2 Keyboard connectors on bracket. • Versatile Processor Support: Supports dual 150-200MHz Pentium Pro Processor in ZIF socket 8. • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 440FX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
III. INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1. CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio (JP13, 14, 15, 16) These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency (called the BUS Clock) within the CPU. These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection. 2. CPU External (BUS) Frequency Selection (JP6, 7) These jumpers tells the chipset what frequency the CPU is using. J P1 6 J P1 5 JP14 J P1 3 JP6 JP7 66MHz III.
III. INSTALLATION 3. Voltage Regulator Output Selection (JP2-5, 9-12) Pentium Pro Processors may require different voltages. Current processors (marked "Pentium Pro") support VID and will automatically adjust the voltage regulator so that no jumper settings are needed (leave these jumpers open in this case). Older processors without VID support require manual voltage ID setting. Use [S] for Short and [O] or Open. Selections JP5/9 (VID 0) JP4/10 (VID 1) JP3/11 (VID 2) JP2/12 (VID 3) 3.5 [S] [S] [S] [S] 3.
III. INSTALLATION Software BIOS The BIOS on the two CPU cards are different. When adding a CPU card, find the BIOS chip that came with the CPU card and replace it with the one on the baseboard if one is present. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to upgrade the BIOS version from the support diskette provided if necessary. You can find instruction on using the Flash memory Write utility at the end of the BIOS Software section IV. Power Connection Procedures 1.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Support Software FILELIST.TXT - View this file to see the files included in the support software. PFLASH.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, 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 2. Update BIOS Main Block from File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk. This can either be a new file or a backup file created by the “Save Current BIOS to File” option. This will not update the Boot Block if the Boot Block is different. You will be prompted with the following if advanced features if necessary. Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one !!! Please Use 'Advanced Feature' to flash whole bios !!! 3.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Updating your Motherboard's BIOS 1. Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. See ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page II. 2. Turn off your computer and open the system cabinet to Enable "Boot Block Programming" jumper as shown in section III. 2. Boot from the floppy diskette you created in step 1 of the main menu. 3. At the "A:\" prompt, type: PFLASH 4.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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 released. 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 system configuration and settings.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The “Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the minimized 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Details of Standard CMOS Setup: Date To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press the page up/page down or +/- keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values for month, day and year are: Month: Day: Year: 1 to 12 1 to 31 up to 2099 Time To set the time, highlight the “Time” field and then press the page up/page down or +/- keys to set the current time. Follow the hour, minute and second format.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Drive A, Drive B These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system. The available options for drives A and B are: 360KB, 5.25 in. 1.2MB, 5.25 in. 720KB, 3.5 in. 1.44MB, 3.5 in. 2.88MB, 3.5 in. None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive, highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left- or right-arrow key. Floppy 3 Mode Support This is the Japanese standard floppy drive. The standard stores 1.2MB in a 3.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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 according to your preference. Some entries here are required by the motherboard’s design to remain in their default settings. IV. BIOS (BIOS Features) 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE CPU Fast String Leave on default setting of Enabled for best performance. Deturbo Mode When Enabled, FLUSH# signal is held asserted to disable caching and the P6 bus pipeline will be stalled. This allows software to run at a reduced-speed. The default is set to Disabled to allow maximum processing speed. Quick Power On Self Test 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors 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. By setup default, this field is set to HDD MAX, other selections are Disabled 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32. Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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. Auto Configuration The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 6 for 60ns DRAM modules. If you are using 70ns DRAM modules, you must change this item to 70ns DRAM. Select Disabled to change items 2 through 6. See pages 12-13 for DRAM installation information. IV.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 16-bit I/O Recovery Time Timing for 16-bit ISA cards (leave on default setting of 1 BUSCLK) 8-bit I/O Recovery Time Timing for 8-bit ISA cards (leave on default setting of 1 BUSCLK) Video Memory Cache Mode USWC (uncacheable, speculative write combining) is a new cache technology for the video memory of the Pentium Pro processor. It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Onboard Serial Port 1 Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4 (default), 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector. Onboard Serial Port 2 Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3 (default), 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector. Onboard Parallel Port This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector. You can select either: 3BCH / IRQ 7, 378H / IRQ 7 (default), 278H / IRQ 5, Disabled.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup This “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. Details of Power Management Setup: IV. BIOS (Power Manage) Power Management This field acts as the master control for the power management modes. There are four options: Max Saving, Min Saving, Disabled, and User Defined.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method This field defines the video off features. Three options are available: V/H SYNC + Blank, DPMS, and Blank Only. The first option, which is the default setting, blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning; DPMS (acronym for Display Power Management System) allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature; Blank Screen only blanks the screen.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE PM Events This section sets the wake-up call of the system. If activity is detected from any enabled IRQ channels in the left-hand group, the system wakes up from suspended mode. You can enable power management for IRQs 3 ~ 15 individually in the list at the right of the screen. The power management feature will work on the enabled IRQ channels. Take note that a Microsoft serial mouse or compatible will use either COM1 (IRQ4) or COM2 (IRQ3), and a PS/2 mouse will use IRQ12.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ASUS C-P6ND User’s Manual IV. BIOS (Plug & Play / PCI) IRQ xx Used By ISA 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.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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-optimal and disable all high performance features. To load these default settings, highlight “Load BIOS Defaults” on the main screen and then press the key. The system displays a confirmation message on the screen. Press the key and then the key to confirm.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE Supervisor Password and User Password IV. BIOS (Password) These two options set the system passwords. “Supervisor Password” sets a password 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 the key. A password prompt appears on the screen.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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. ROM PCI/ISA BIOS (PIP65UP5) CMOS SETUP UTILITY AWARD SOFTWARE, INC.
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 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 there is nothing on it. However, if the drive is already formatted when you install it and different parameters than those detected were used, you will need to enter them manually yourself. If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the drive was formatted, the drive will not be readable.
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V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Configuration 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.
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 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.
V. DESKTOP MANAGEMENT Save MIFD You can save the MIFD (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved. Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here. V. DMI (Using DMI Utility) Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data.
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