® P3B-1394
IEEE-1394 Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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ASUS P3B-1394
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Manual Revision: 2.02 E455
Release Date:
September 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 P3B-1394 Motherboard ............................................ 8
2.1.1 Specifications ..................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Special Features ............................................................... 10
2.1.3 Performance Features ...................................................... 10
2.1.4 Intelligence....................................................................... 11
2.2 ASUS P3B-1394 Part Locations ............................................... 12
2.3 ASUS P3B-1394 Part Descriptions .......................................... 13
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) ......................................................... 20
3.5.1 General DIMM Notes ...................................................... 20
3.5.2 DIMM Installation ........................................................... 21
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 22
3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism ...................................... 22
3.6.2 Heatsinks .......................................................................... 22
3.6.3 Installing the Processor .................................................... 23
3.6.4 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors .............. 25
3.6.5 Precautions ....................................................................... 26
3.7 Expansion Cards ....................................................................... 27
3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure............................ 27
3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .............................. 27
3.7.3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ........................ 28
3.7.4 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP).................................... 28
3.8 External Connectors .................................................................. 29
3.9 Power Connection Procedures .................................................. 39
4. BIOS SETUP .................................................................................... 40
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS ......................................... 40
4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ......................... 40
4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) ......... 41
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4.2 BIOS Setup ............................................................................... 43
4.3 Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................. 44
4.4 BIOS Features Setup ................................................................. 47
4.5 Chipset Features Setup .............................................................. 51
4.6 Power Management Setup ........................................................ 54
4.7 PNP and PCI Setup ................................................................... 57
4.8 Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................. 59
4.9 Load Setup Defaults .................................................................. 59
4.10 Supervisor Password & User Password .................................... 60
4.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ......................................................... 61
4.12 Save & Exit Setup ..................................................................... 62
4.13 Exit Without Saving .................................................................. 62
5. SOFTWARE SETUP ....................................................................... 63
5.1 Operating Systems .................................................................... 63
5.2 Starting Windows For the First Time ........................................ 63
5.3 P3B-1394 Support CD .............................................................. 64
5.4 Intel LDCM Administrator Setup ............................................. 66
5.5 Intel LDCM Client Setup .......................................................... 67
5.6 Install 1394 Host Controller Driver .......................................... 69
5.7 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx .................................................. 70
5.8 Install ASUS Update Vx.xx ...................................................... 71
5.9 Install PC-Cillin 98 Vx.xx ........................................................ 72
5.10 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx.x ...................................... 73
5.11 Uninstalling Programs .............................................................. 75
5.12 Ulead VideoStudio 3.0 SE DV .................................................. 75
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ............................................................ 77
6.1 Intel LANDesk Client Manager ................................................ 77
6.2 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 83
6.3 Ulead VideoStudio 3.0 .............................................................. 89
7. APPENDIX ........................................................................................ 93
7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................... 93
7.2 S370 Series CPU Cards ............................................................ 95
7.3 Glossary .................................................................................... 97
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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.
•
• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
the 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.
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.
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:
Introduction
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2. Features
3. Hardware Setup
4. BIOS Setup
5. Software Setup
6. Software Reference Reference material for the included support software
7. Appendix
Manual information and checklist
Information and specifications concerning this product
Instructions on setting up the motherboard and jumpers
Instructions on setting up the BIOS software
Instructions on setting up the included support software
Optional items and general reference
1.2 Item Checklist
Please check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing
items, please contact your retailer.
(1) ASUS Motherboard
(1) Universal Retention Mechanism for SECC2/SECC/SEPP processors
(1) Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives
(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps
(1) ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities
(1) Ulead VideoStudio™ 3.0 CD
(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual
IEEE-1394+COM2 serial cable connector set, which includes the following:
(1) 1394 CON board
(2) 8-to-6 pin cables
(1) Serial COM2 cable
(1) Metal bracket
ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
ASUS S370 Series CPU cards (optional)
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)
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2. FEATURES
2.1 The ASUS P3B-1394 Motherboard
The ASUS P3B-1394 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
advanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
2.1.1 Specifications
• Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium® III (450MHz and faster), Pentium® II
(233MHz to 450MHz), and CeleronTM (266MHz and faster) processors.
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1394-1995 and 1394.A Ready: Integrated TI® 400Mbps capable link-layer con-
troller and 400Mbps physical layer controller provide a fast, scalable, easy-to-
use digital interface for throughput intensive consumer electronics devices such
as, DV camcorders, digital cameras, scanners, and printers. IEEE-1394 supports
traditional asynchronous data transfer as well as isochronous (real-time) data
transfer.
Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440BX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-side
bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66MHz external bus speed to 100MHz.
• Multi-Cache: Supports processors with 512, 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst
Level 2 cache.
• Anti-Boot Virus BIOS: Features a programmable BIOS, offering enhanced
Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) support for Windows 98 com-
patibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus
codes, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.
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PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with two DIMM sockets to support Intel
PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 512MB. These
new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed
requirement.
PCI Audio with AC’97 Codec (optional): Features Aureal’s Vortex 2 posi-
tional 3D audio chip with A3D 2.0 hardware support. A3D 2.0 provides many
advanced 3D audio features, including Aureal WavetracingTM, which traces sound
waves in real-time to simulate the acoustic characteristics of the environment
for true 3D audio.
Peripheral Wake Up: Supports modem wake up and LAN card wake up func-
tions from sleep or soft-off mode.
PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easier way to examine and manage system
status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan
status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled LDCM by Intel or
PC Probe from ASUS.
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