® CUWE
Intel® 810E ATX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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ASUS CUWE
1.08 E473
November 1999
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 7
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized .................................................. 7
1.2 Item Checklist ............................................................................. 7
2. FEATURES ........................................................................................ 8
2.1 The ASUS CUWE Motherboard ................................................. 8
2.1.1 Specifications ..................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Optional Components ........................................................ 9
2.1.3 Performance ..................................................................... 10
2.1.4 Intelligence....................................................................... 11
2.2 Features and Component Locations .......................................... 12
3. HARDWARE SETUP ..................................................................... 14
3.1 Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 14
3.2 Layout Contents ........................................................................ 15
3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure ....................................................... 17
3.4 Motherboard Settings ................................................................ 17
3.5 System Memory (DIMM) ......................................................... 24
3.5.1 General DIMM Notes ...................................................... 24
3.5.2 DIMM Installation ........................................................... 25
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 26
3.7 Expansion Cards ....................................................................... 27
3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure............................ 27
3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .............................. 28
3.7.3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ........................ 30
3.7.4 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot .................................... 30
3.8 External Connectors .................................................................. 31
3.9 Starting Up the First Time ........................................................ 45
4. BIOS SETUP ..................................................................................... 47
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS ......................................... 47
4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ......................... 47
4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures .............................................. 48
4.2 BIOS Setup Program ................................................................ 51
4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 52
4.2.2 Legend Bar ....................................................................... 52
4.3 Main Menu ................................................................................ 54
4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ................................ 55
4.4 Advanced Menu ........................................................................ 60
4.4.1 Chip Configuration .......................................................... 64
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration ................................................ 67
4.4.3 PCI Configuration ............................................................ 69
4.4.4 Shadow Configuration ..................................................... 72
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4.5 Power Menu .............................................................................. 73
4.5.1 Power Up Control ............................................................ 75
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor ............................................................ 77
4.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................ 78
4.7 Exit Menu ................................................................................. 80
5. SOFTWARE SETUP ........................................................................ 83
5.1 Operating Systems .................................................................... 83
5.2 Starting Windows For the First Time ........................................ 83
5.3 ASUS Smart Motherboard Support CD .................................... 85
5.4 LDCM Local Setup ................................................................... 86
5.5 LDCM Administrator Setup ...................................................... 88
5.6 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 91
5.7 ASUS LiveUpdate .................................................................... 92
5.8 Drivers ...................................................................................... 93
5.9 Other ......................................................................................... 94
5.10 Uninstalling Programs ............................................................ 100
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE .......................................................... 103
6.1 Display Properties ................................................................... 103
6.2 ASUS PC Probe ...................................................................... 107
6.3 ASUS LiveUpdate .................................................................. 112
6.4 Using Yamaha XGstudio Player ............................................. 113
6.5 Using Yamaha XGstudio Mixer .............................................. 114
6.6 Hardware Information ............................................................. 116
7. APPENDIX ...................................................................................... 117
7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................. 117
7.2 Modem Riser ........................................................................... 119
7.3 Glossary .................................................................................. 121
INDEX .................................................................................................. 127
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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.
•
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING! Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap-
proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance
and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations #47, part 15.193, 1993. Washing-
ton DC: Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administra-
tion, U.S. Government Printing Office.
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.
This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized
This manual is divided into the following sections:
1) INTRODUCTION
2) FEATURES
3) HARDWARE SETUP
4) BIOS SETUP
5) SOFTWARE SETUP
6) SOFTWARE REFERENCE Reference material for the included software
7) APPENDIX
Manual information and checklist
Product information and specifications
Instructions on setting up the motherboard
Instructions on setting up the BIOS software
Instructions on setting up the included software
Optional items and general reference
1.2 Item Checklist
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,
please contact your retailer.
(1) ASUS Motherboard
(1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/66 or UltraDMA/
33 IDE drives
(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities
(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual
I/O Shield (for LAN model only)
Serial COM2 connector with bracket (for non-LCD model only)
LCD panel & Serial COM2 connector with bracket (for LCD model only)
ASUS consumer infrared set (optional)
ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 ethernet card (optional)
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2. FEATURES
2.1 The ASUS CUWE Motherboard
The CUWE motherboard from ASUS is carefully designed for the demanding PC
user who wants many smart features in a small package.
2.1.1 Specifications
• Latest Intel Processor Support!
Intel Pentium III EB
Intel Pentium III E
Intel Celeron
133MHz FSB, Coppermine core
100MHz FSB, Coppermine core
66MHz FSB, Mendocino core
FC-PGA
FC-PGA
PPGA
• Latest Intel 810E Chipset! Features 133/100/66MHz FSB Intel 810E chipset
with the Accelerated Hub Architecture, which provides direct connections be-
tween the 810E chipset and subsystems such as IDE controllers, USB control-
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• Multi-Cache! Supports processors with 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level
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2 Cache.
Integrated Graphics! Controller supports 3D hyper pipelined architecture, par-
allel data processing and compression, precise pixel interpolation, full 2D hard-
ware acceleration, and motion video acceleration. Onboard 4MB 32-bit 133MHz
SDRAM display cache allows up to 1024x768x16bit color for 3D graphics and
1600x1200x8bit color for 2D graphics.
• ASUS Graphics Driver! You can gain about 12% performance over that of the
standard graphics driver (2D high-end graphics WinMark) using ASUS’ custom
graphics driver. ASUS custom graphics driver also provides more features and
provides selection of higher refresh rates and resolutions.
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• Versatile Memory Support! DRAM controller supports asymmetrical address-
ing and three DIMM sockets support Intel PC100-compliant SDRAMs (16, 32,
64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. (supports a maximum of 4 sides)
JumperFree™ Mode! Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre-
quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree™ mode is
enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included incase you
want to manually adjust the processor’s external frequency.
Smart Slots! Five 32-bit PCI (rev 2.2) with two 16-bit ISA expansion slots, six
PCI with one ISA, or six PCI with no ISA, depending on territory. PCI supports
up to 133MB/s maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can support a Bus Master
PCI card (such as SCSI or LAN cards).
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• Latest Low Pin Count Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible
serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.
Integrated IDE! Controller supports UltraDMA/66 up to 66MB/s, UltraDMA/
33 up to 33MB/s, and PIO Mode 4 up to 17MB/s.
Peripheral Wake-Up! Supports Wake-On-LAN, Wake-On-Ring, Keyboard
Wake-Up, and BIOS Wake-Up.
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• AMR Slot! Audio Modem Riser slot supports a very affordable audio and/or
modem riser card.
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