R P2B-F
Pentium® III / II / CeleronTM Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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ASUS P2B-F
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Manual Revision: 1.03 E369
April 1999
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CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION............................................................................... 7
How this Manual is Organized ........................................................... 7
Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7
II. FEATURES ........................................................................................ 8
Features of the ASUS P2B-F Motherboard ........................................ 8
The ASUS P2B-F Motherboard .................................................. 11
III. HARDWARE SETUP .................................................................... 12
Layout of the ASUS P2B-F Motherboard......................................... 12
Hardware Setup Steps ....................................................................... 14
1. Motherboard Settings .................................................................... 14
Jumpers ....................................................................................... 15
2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................. 17
DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: .............................. 18
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ..................................................... 19
Universal Retention Mechanism ........................................... 19
Heatsinks ............................................................................... 19
Installing the Processor ............................................................... 20
ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ............................................ 22
Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors .................... 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 (AGP) ......................................... 25
5. External Connectors ..................................................................... 26
Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 33
IV. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................... 34
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 34
Main Menu .................................................................................. 34
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS ................... 36
6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 37
Load Defaults ........................................................................ 38
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 38
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ......................................... 38
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 41
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................. 41
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Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 44
Details of Chipset Features Setup.......................................... 44
Power Management Setup........................................................... 47
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 47
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 50
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 50
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 52
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 52
Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 53
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 54
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................... 55
Exit Without Saving .................................................................... 55
V. SOFTWARE SETUP ...................................................................... 56
Support CD Main Menu .............................................................. 56
Installation Submenu ............................................................. 57
DOS Utility Submenu............................................................ 57
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE.......................................................... 59
ASUS PC Probe ................................................................................ 59
Starting ASUS PC Probe ............................................................. 59
Using the ASUS PC Probe .......................................................... 60
Intel LANDesk Client Manager ........................................................ 62
Main Client Manager Window .................................................... 62
Using the Taskbar icons .............................................................. 63
Using the Select Computer Dialog Box ...................................... 64
To select a computer .................................................................... 65
To discover new computers ......................................................... 65
To refresh PC health .................................................................... 65
To remove a computer from the list ............................................ 65
To wake up a computer ............................................................... 65
Displaying the Properties of a Client Computer ......................... 66
Understanding the Computer Status Icons .................................. 67
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)............................................. 68
VII. APPENDIX .................................................................................... 71
The ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module ......................... 71
The ASUS S370 CPU Card .............................................................. 73
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................ 75
Glossary ............................................................................................ 77
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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! 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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I. INTRODUCTION
How this Manual is Organized
This manual is divided into the following sections:
Introduction
Features
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III. Hardware Setup
IV. BIOS Setup
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VI. Software Reference Reference material for the included support software
VII. 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
Software Setup
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
(1) Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives
(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy drives
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities
(1) This Motherboard User’s Manual
ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion sensor module (optional)
ASUS S370 CPU card (optional)
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)
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II. FEATURES
Features of the ASUS P2B-F Motherboard
The ASUS P2B-F is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad-
vanced features processed by the fastest CPU.
Specifications:
• Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium® III (450MHz and faster), Pentium® II
(233MHz to 450MHz), and CeleronTM (266MHz and faster) processors.
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, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Level
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2 cache.
PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel
PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, or 256MB) up to 1024MB. These
new SDRAMs are necessary to meet the critical enhanced 100MHz bus speed
requirement.
Peripheral Wake Up: Supports modem wake up, keyboard wake up, and LAN
card wake up functions from sleep or soft-off mode.
• Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor: Accurately detects the CPU
temperature with the ASUS Smart Fan or the Intel boxed processor heatsink
with fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable.
PC Health Monitoring (optional): Provides an easier way to examine and man-
age 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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• AGP Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high performance,
component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications us-
ing a 1X or 2X mode bus.
SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us-
ing Intel’s PC-PCI DMA and serialized IRQ protocols, to AWE64D or compat-
ible PCI audio cards.
SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physi-
cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
PCI & ISA Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI and two 16-bit ISA slots.
One ISA slot is shared with a PCI slot.
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• Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one paral-
lel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from COM2
to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
• UltraDMA/33 Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE con-
troller with two connectors that support 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, such as Tape Backup and CD-ROM, and LS-120 drives.
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