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... WITHOUT 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 ©1999 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.
Product Name: ASUS P2-99B Manual Revision: 1.01 E388 Release Date: May 1999
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... DMA Channels for ISA Cards 27 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 27 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP 27
5. External Connectors 28
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
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Uninstalling Programs 65
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 67
ASUS PC Probe (only w/ optional hardware monitor 67
Intel LANDesk Client Manager (only w/ optional hardware monitor 72
Desktop Management Interface (DMI 78
VII. APPENDIX 81
The ASUS CIDB Chassis Intrusion Sensor Module 81
The ASUS S370 CPU Card 83
ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card 85
Glossary 87
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... (1) Serial cable connector set (1) Parallel + PS/2 mouse connector set (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 USB/MIR module (optional) ASUS CIDB chassis sensor module (optional) ASUS S370 CPU card (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Ethernet Card (optional)
ASUS P2-99B...
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... 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT.
• 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 processor.
• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS smart series motherboards with...
P2-99B User Manual - Page 14
III. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings
III. HARDWARE SETUP
Hardware Setup Steps
Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps:
1. Check Motherboard Settings 2. Install Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Panel Wires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BIOS Software
1. Motherboard Settings
This section ...
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... 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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...new BIOS and the path, for example, A:\XXX-XX.XXX, and then press .
When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update.
The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. When the programming is finished, Flashed Successfully will be displayed.
Follow the onscreen instructions to continue.
IV. BIOS SETUP Flash Memory Writer
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... from booting up. Just repeat the process, and if the problem still persists, update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. If this happens, your system will need service.
IV. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS
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IV. BIOS SETUP
6. BIOS Setup
The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5-Volt and 12Volt. 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 ...
P2-99B User Manual - Page 43
...; set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing (LBA) to allow larger IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. Large type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode.
IV. BIOS SETUP Standard CMOS
ASUS P2-99B User's Manual...
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... it detects a virus. If this occurs, you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus-free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system. Because of conflicts with new operating systems, for example, during installation of new software, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors.
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... 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 Always On and Suspend -> Off.
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....EXE (assuming that your CD-ROM drive is drive D:).
Support CD Main Menu
V. S/W SETUP Windows 98
Motherboard Info Browse This CD
User's Manual Technical Support Form
Read Me
Exit
Main Menu (home button only on other screens)
Back (arrow button only on certain screens)
Navigation Button Descriptions
Motherboard Info displays information on your motherboard, BIOS, and CPU. Browse This CD allows...
P2-99B User Manual - Page 62
...ASUS LiveUpdate installs a program to help you update your BIOS or download a BIOS image file.
Driver installs the necessary components to work properly. NOTE: This is not available if your motherboard does not have onboard VGA, audio, and SCSI.
Other allows you to install Adobe Acrobat Reader and/or Trend PC Cillin, a virus protection software.
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V. S/W SETUP Windows...
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... to the network, change a computer's network adapter, or upgrade a computer to a newer version Client Manager.
To refresh PC health
• In the Select Computer dialog box, click the Refresh Known Computers button on the toolbar or press .
TIP: PC health does not automatically update as changes occur. For example, if a computer's health changes while you are displaying the Select Computer dialog...
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... DMI Utility
VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE
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...
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VII. APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card
VII. APPENDIX
Features
• Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • Wake-On-LAN Remote Control Function Supported • PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev. 2.1 specifications • Consists of MAC & PHY (10/100Mbps) interfaces • Complies to IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T and IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX interfaces •...
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..." from "Start | Shut Down..." will reboot your computer.
Bus Master IDE PIO (Programmable I/O) IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events. Bus master IDE transfers data to/from the memory without interrupting the CPU. Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode.
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...) processors.
Device Driver A device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer's operating system to communicate with devices such as VGA, audio, ethernet, printer, or modem.
DOS (Disk Operating System) DOS is the foundation on which all other programs and software applications operate, including Windows. DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory, CPU...