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...NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT.
Copyright © 1998 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.
Product Name: ASUS P2B-VM
Manual Revision: 1.04 E295
Release Date:
November 1998
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... 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 5. External Connectors 26 Power Connection Procedures 35
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 36
Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 Main Menu 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard's BIOS 38
6. BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40
Standard...
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... drives
(1) Floppy ribbon cable for (1) 5.25inch floppy and (2) 3.5inch floppies
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) Motherboard User's Manual
COM2 connector with bracket (optional) ASUS PC100 DIMM memory module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
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...• Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through onboard SYMBIOS firmware.
Performance Features: • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-
ter busses to the memory and to the processor.
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA...
P2B-VM User Manual - Page 24
... use Windows 95, the Resources tab under Device Manager displays the resource settings being used by a particular device (to gain access, double-click the System icon under the Control Panel program). Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time.
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P2B-VM User Manual - Page 39
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE
6. 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 ...
P2B-VM User Manual - Page 49
... Windows 95, you need to install Windows with the APM feature. A battery and power cord icon labeled "Power" will appear in the "Control Panel." Choose "Advanced" in the Power Management Field.
Video Off Option (Suspend -> Off ) This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. The settings are Suspend -> Off and Always On.
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... driver installation instructions for the onboard audio. • Install Audio Utilities: Installs AudioRack32 audio utility. • Install Software Wave Table: Expands the audio sound capability for increased
sound effects. • Patch for PIIX4 chipset: (Windows 95 only) Installs the necessary drivers for
PCI card and PCI bridge for Windows 95/95a (OSR1) and 95b (OSR2) for ASUS motherboards...
P2B-VM User Manual - Page 60
... CD Player as Default CD Player 91 Configuring Playback Mixer 91
F. Software Wavetable 92
Install Software Wavetable (Windows 95/98 92
G. DMI Utility 93
Desktop Management Interface (DMI 93 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 93 Starting the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 93 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 94
V. Support CD Contents
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... ASUS Support CD or an applicable driver update from your ASUS vendor or from the ASUS web site.
Operating Systems
You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware in order to ensure full compliancy. For Windows 95, you must use OSR 2.0 or later. For Windows NT 4.0, you must use Service Pack 3.0 or later.
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P2B-VM User Manual - Page 62
... your card to have higher performance, resolutions, and special features. You can also install the ATI Player-a software multimedia player which provides full-screen MPEG video playback with excellent color quality, plus a host of advanced multimedia features.
To install the video driver and utility for Windows 95/98 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or...
P2B-VM User Manual - Page 63
A. Video Driver Display Settings
A. Video Driver
Display Settings for Windows 95/98
To change resolution, color, and other display properties, either right-click the Windows 95/98 desktop and then choose Properties, double-click the Display icon in the Control Panel, or right-click the ATI icon in .... Click Defaults to fill in the Value box with default values.
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...To install the video driver and player for Windows NT 4.0 1. Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CD-ROM drive.
If Windows NT autoruns the CD, skip to step 5. 2. Click Start. 3. Select Run. 4. Type D:\ATISETUP (where D is your CD-ROM drive). 5. Click Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard. 6. Follow the Wizard's on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
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... then load ATI drivers after completing installation.
AutoCAD Driver Not Installing Properly If using a 386, ensure that AutoCAD has been configured for the appropriate ADI driver. The protected mode driver requires extended memory.
Error Codes and Messages Problems and solutions for some common errors found by the test program are provided for your reference as follows:
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... other. The previously installed player will work abnormally. You can reinstall ATI Video Player to recover it.
Why can I not use the TV output function in Windows 95?
You need to make sure that your resolution is 800x600 or under and refresh rate equal to or less than 60Hz in NTSC and 50Hz in PAL.
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... dialog box appears. 3. Click the Device Manager tab. Be sure that View devices by type is selected. 4. Double-click Display adapters. 5. You will find two (or more) conflicting adapters. 6. Disable all previous adapters by selecting them and clicking Remove. 7. Close Device Manager and restart Windows 95. 8. Your display driver should work correctly this time.
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... ASUS Support CD. Click OK to select the folder.
Click OK and your device and driver location will be shown. Click Finish.
You will be prompted to insert the ASUS Support CD. Click OK.
Click Browse and locate the \audio\Win95 (or \audio\Nt40) folder on theASUS Support CD again.
Follow the self-explanatory instructions to finish your driver installation.
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P2B-VM User Manual - Page 91
...", and "Mono In". AudioRack can only display six of them at a time. You may configure the settings by modifying the file "auddrive.ini" in the Windows directory. Under the section [MixerRak], you can enable or disable the display of each input by setting its corresponding binary value to 1(enable) or 0(disable).
E. Audio Software Release Notes
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F. Wavetable Installation
F. Software Wavetable
Install Software Wavetable (Windows 95/98)
Insert the ASUS Support CD into your CDROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM driver. This will bring up the main menu. Click Install Software Wave Table.
Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and click ...
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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...