R P2Z-VM
Pentium® III / II / CeleronTM Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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ASUS P2Z-VM
Product Name:
Manual Revision: 1.02 E352
Release Date:
March 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 P2Z-VM Motherboard .................................... 8
The ASUS P2Z-VM Motherboard .............................................. 11
III. HARDWARE SETUP .................................................................... 12
Layout of the ASUS P2Z-VM Motherboard..................................... 12
Hardware Setup Steps ....................................................................... 14
1. Motherboard Settings .................................................................... 14
Jumpers ....................................................................................... 14
2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................. 19
DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: .............................. 20
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 21
Universal Retention Mechanism ........................................... 21
Heatsinks ............................................................................... 21
Installing the Processor ............................................................... 22
Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors .................... 24
4. Expansion Cards ........................................................................... 25
Expansion Card Installation Procedure ................................. 25
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards.................................... 25
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards .............................. 26
Accelerated Graphics Port ..................................................... 26
5. External Connectors ..................................................................... 27
Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 37
IV. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................... 38
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 38
Main Menu .................................................................................. 38
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS ................... 40
6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 41
Load Defaults ........................................................................ 42
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 42
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ......................................... 42
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 45
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................. 45
Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 48
Details of Chipset Features Setup.......................................... 48
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Power Management Setup........................................................... 51
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 51
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 54
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 54
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 56
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 56
Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 57
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 58
Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................... 60
Exit Without Saving .................................................................... 60
V. SOFTWARE SETUP ....................................................................... 63
Windows 98 First Time Installation .................................................. 63
P2Z-VM Support CD Autorun Screen .............................................. 64
Installing the Video Driver and Utility ............................................. 65
Installing Audio Utilites .................................................................... 69
Installing the Software Wavetable .................................................... 70
Installing PCCillin ............................................................................ 71
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE.......................................................... 73
ATI Player ......................................................................................... 73
Task Control Panel ...................................................................... 73
Audio CD Player ......................................................................... 74
MPEG Player .............................................................................. 75
TV Tuner ..................................................................................... 76
Teletext ........................................................................................ 76
Capture ........................................................................................ 77
AudioRack32 .................................................................................... 79
VII. APPENDIX .................................................................................... 87
The ASUS S370 CPU Card .............................................................. 87
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................ 89
Glossary ............................................................................................ 91
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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.
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• 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 SECC/SECC2/SEPP
(1) Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives
(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives
(1) COM2 connector with bracket
(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 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 P2Z-VM Motherboard
The ASUS P2Z-VM is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants
advanced 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 440ZX 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 either 512, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst
Level 2 cache.
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
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• AGP 3D VGA (optional): Features onboard ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X (8MB
SDRAM) or Rage IIC AGP (4MB SDRAM) for 3D hardware acceleration.
Peripheral Wake Up: Supports modem wake up, keyboard wake up, and LAN
card wake up functions from sleep or soft-off mode.
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• AGP Slot (optional): Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port card for high per-
formance, component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display appli-
cations using a 1X or 2X mode bus. This slot is available as an option with Rage
IIC only.
PCI Audio (optional): Features ESS Solo-1 32-bit PCI audio onboard.
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 three 32-bit PCI slots and one 16-bit
ISA slot.
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• Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one par-
allel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.
• Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE
controller 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.
• Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium® III / Pentium® II pro-
cessor packaged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2/SECC) or a
CeleronTM processor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP).
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