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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-VM Motherboard. 8 Parts of the ASUS P2B-VM Motherboard.. 11 III. INSTALLATION... 12 ASUS P2B-VM Motherboard Layout... 12 Installation Steps... 14 1. Jumpers.... 14 2. System Memory (DIMM)... 17 DIMM Memory Installation.. 18 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU).. 19 Universal Retention Mechanism.. 19 Heatsinks... 19 Installing the Processor... 20 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 5. External Connectors... 26 Power Connection Procedures... 35 IV. BIOS SOFTWARE... 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility.. 36 Main Menu.... 36 Managing and Updating Your Motherboards BIOS. 38 6. BIOS Setup.... 39 Load Defaults.. 40 Standard CMOS Setup... 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup:... 40 BIOS Features Setup.. 43 Details of BIOS Features Setup.. 43 Chipset Features Setup... 46 Details of Chipset Features Setup.. 46 Power Management Setup... 49 Details of Power Management Setup. 49
PNP and PCI Setup... 52 Details of PNP and PCI Setup.. 52 Load BIOS Defaults... 54 Load Setup Defaults... 54 Supervisor Password and User Password.. 55 IDE HDD Auto Detection... 56 Save & Exit Setup... 57 Exit Without Saving... 57 V. SUPPORT CD... 58 ASUS Support CD Main Menu... 58 A. Video Driver... 61 B. Other Video Drivers... 65 C. ATI Player... 77 D. Audio Driver... 81 E. Audio Software... 85 F. Software Wavetable... 92 G. DMI Utility.... 93

Special Features: Enhanced ACPI: Features a programmable BIOS, offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection through Trend ChipAway Virus codes, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup. Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. PC98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of motherboards meet PC98 compliancy. The new PC98 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT. Anti-Boot Virus BIOS & PC-cillin Bundled: Double protection for your motherboard against boot sector viruses through boot firmware (Anti-Boot Virus BIOS) and file viruses through the bundled PC-cillin. 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 master 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/33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this new technology is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables. SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the new generation memory - Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) which increases the data transfer rate from 528MB/s max using EDO memory to 800MB/s max using SDRAM.

II. FEATURES Features

Intelligent Features: Auto Fan Off: The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems. Dual Function Power Button: Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two states: sleep mode or soft-off mode, depending on the BIOS setting (see Power Management Setup under BIOS SOFTWARE). When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds, the system enters the soft-off mode regardless of the BIOS setting. Keyboard Power Up: Keyboard Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard. Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Turbo LEDs now act as information providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, the user can determine the stage the computer is in. A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user. Remote Ring On (requires external modem): This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an external modem. With this benefit on-hand, any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world! System Resources Alert: Todays operating systems such as Windows 95/98/ NT and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes. Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently.

Expansion Slots

1) 2) 3) 4) DIMM Sockets CPU Slot1 PCI Slot 1, 2, 3 ISA Slot 1 p. 17 p. 19 p. 25 p. 25 168-Pin DIMM Memory Support Pentium II/CeleronTM CPU Support 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slot

Connectors

1) MOUSE P. 26 PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin female) 2) KEYBOARD p. 26 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (6-pin female) 3) PRINTER p. 27 Parallel Port Connector (25-pin female) 4) COM1 p. 27 Serial Port COM1 Connector (9-pin male) 5) VGA p. 27 Monitor (VGA) Output Connector (15-pin female) 6) AUDIO (optional) p. 28 Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8 female) (optional) 7) GAME (optional) p. 28 Joystick/Midi Connector (15-pin female) (optional) 8) USB p. 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (Two 4-pin female) 9) PRIMARY/SECONDARY IDE p. 29 Primary/Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pins) 10) FLOPPY p. 29 Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pins) 11) IR p. 30 IrDA-Compliant Infrared Module Connector (5 pins) 12) WOL_CON p. 30 Wake-On-LAN Connector (3 pins) 13) CHA_, CPU_, PWR_FAN p. 31 Chassis, CPU, Power Supply Fan Connectors (Three 3-pin) 14) ATXPWR p. 31 ATX Power Supply Connector (20 pins) 15) SB-LINK p. 32 SBLink Connector (6-1 pins) 16) CD_IN, MODEM_IN p. 32 Stereo Audio In and Modem Audio (Two 4-pin) 17) MLED (PANEL) p. 33 System Message LED (2 pins) 18) KEYLOCK (PANEL) p. 33 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2 pins) 19) SMI (PANEL) p. 33 SMI Switch Lead (2 pins) 20) SPEAKER (PANEL) p. 33 Speaker Output Connector (4 pins) 21) PWR (PANEL) p. 33 ATX Power & Soft-Off Switch Lead (2 pins) 22) IDELED (PANEL) p. 33 IDE Activity LED (2 pins) p. 33 System Power LED Lead (3-1 pins) 23) PLED (PANEL) 24) RESET (PANEL) p. 33 Reset Switch Lead (2 pins) 25) COM2 p. 34 Serial Port COM2 Header (10-1 pins) 26) AMC p. 34 ATI Multimedia Channel (40-3 pins)
III. INSTALLATION Layout Contents

Installation Steps

Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard Install System Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software WARNING! Computer motherboards, baseboards and components, such as SCSI cards, contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. To protect them against damage from static electricity, you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer. 1. Unplug your computer when working on the inside. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. If you do not have one, touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the power supply case. 3. Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips, leads or connectors, or other components. 4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system.

Expansion Card Installation Procedure
1. Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software settings for your expansion card, such as jumpers. 2. Remove your computer systems cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. Keep the bracket for possible future use. 3. Carefully align the cards connectors and press firmly. 4. Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above. 5. Replace the computer systems cover. 6. Set up the BIOS if necessary (such as IRQ xx Used By ISA: Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP) 7. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card.
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Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards
Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate. Generally, an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use, leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards. If your motherboard has audio onboard, an extra 3 IRQs will be used, leaving 3 IRQs free. Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may require to use IRQs. System IRQs are available to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, then any remaining IRQs are available to PCI cards. Currently, there are two types of ISA cards. The original ISA expansion card design, now referred to as legacy ISA cards, requires that you configure the cards jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus. You may use the Microsoft Diagnostics (MSD.EXE) utility located in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs. If you 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.
To simplify this process, this motherboard has complied with the Plug and Play (PNP) specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration whenever a PNP-compliant card is added to the system. For PNP cards, IRQs are assigned automatically from those available. If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed, IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards. The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards. For older Legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS, you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configuration Utility. An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards. In the PCI bus design, the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ. To install a PCI card, you need to set something called the INT (interrupt) assignment. Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA #, be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A.

Keyboard Lock SMI Lead Message LED

Speaker Connector

+5V GND GND SPKR

ATX Power Switch IDELED

Reset Switch Power LED
P2B-VM System Panel Connectors
25. Serial Port COM 2 (10-1 pin COM2) The optional serial port bracket can be used to add an additional serial port for additional serial devices.
P2B-VM Serial COM 2 Bracket
26. ATI Multimedia Channel AMC (40-3 pin AMC) This connector is used for video accessories such as video capture cards or television tuners.
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P2B-VM ATI Multimedia Channel Connector
Power Connection Procedures
1. After all connections are made, close the system case cover. 2. Be sure that all switches are off (in some systems, marked with ). 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system users manual. 4. Connect the power cord into a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector. 5. You may then turn on your devices in the following order: a. Your monitor b. External SCSI devices (starting with the last device on the chain) c. Your system power. For ATX power supplies, you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case. 6. The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light. For ATX power supplies, the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed. The LED on the monitor may light up or switch between orange and green after the systems if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature. The system will then run power-on tests. While the tests are running, additional messages will appear on the screen. If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power, the system may have failed a power-on test. Recheck your jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance. 7. During power-on, hold down <Delete> to enter BIOS setup. Follow the instructions in the next section, BIOS SOFTWARE. * Powering Off your computer: You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch. For ATX power supplies, you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system. If you use Windows 95, click the Start button, click Shut Down, and then click Shut down the computer? NOTE: The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies. III. INSTALLATION Power Connections 35

Details of BIOS Features Setup
CPU Internal Core Speed This function is reserved for future use and is currently disabled. Boot Virus Detection (Enabled) This field allows you to set boot virus detection, ensuring a virus-free boot sector. This new antivirus solution is unlike native BIOS tools, which offer limited virus protection typically by write-protecting the partition table. With this new solution, your computer is protected against boot virus threats earlier in the boot cycle, that is, before they have a chance to load into your system. This ensures your computer boots to a clean operating system. The system halts and displays a warning message when 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 softwares, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors.
CPU Level 1 Cache / CPU Level 2 Cache (Enabled) These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPUs Level 1 and Level 2 built-in cache. CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check (Disabled) This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache. BIOS Update (Enabled) This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data. The BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup in the default position of Enabled. Turbo Mode (Disabled) Leave on default setting for best performance. Quick Power On Self Test (Enabled) This field speeds up the Power-On Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and forth time. Setup default setting for this field is Enabled. A complete test of the system is done on each test. HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE) When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, IDE is always the boot disk using drive letter C (default setting of IDE). This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCSI. This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive. Boot Sequence (A,C) This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system. Options are A, C; C, A; A, CDROM, C; CDROM, C, A; D, A; E, A; F, A; C only; LS/ZIP, C; LAN, A, C; and LAN, C, A. The setup default setting is to check first the floppy disk and then the hard disk drive, that is, A, C. Boot Up Floppy Seek (Disabled) When enabled, the BIOS will seek drive A once. Floppy Disk Access Control (R/W) This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disks by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes. The setup default R/W allows both reads and writes. IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors (HDD MAX) This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi-sector transfers instead of one sector per transfer. Most IDE drives, except older versions, can utilize this feature. Selections are HDD MAX, Disabled, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32.

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PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the ATX power supply on) when the modem receives a call while the computer is Soft Off. NOTE: The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running, thus connection cannot be made on the first try. Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on. AC PWR Loss Restart (Disabled) This allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted. Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and Enabled boots up your system after reapplying power. Power Up By Keyboard (Disabled) This allows the computer to be powered on by pressing any key on the keyboard. Set of Enabled to set this feature. WARNING: This setting must coincide with the keyboard power up jumper setting or else conflicts will occur. Wake On LAN (Enabled) This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by sending a wake-up frame or signal. With this feature, you can remotely upload/download data to/from systems during off-peak hours. Set to Enabled to set this feature. IMPORTANT: This feature requires the ASUS PCI-L101 LAN Card and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power. Automatic Power Up (Disabled) This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday, which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date.
IV. BIOS Power Management

PNP and PCI Setup

The PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value.
Details of PNP and PCI Setup
PNP OS Installed (No) This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected. When a non-PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, select the default setting of No. Slot 1 IRQ (Auto) / Slot 2/Audio IRQ (5) / Slot 3 IRQ (Auto) These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot. The default setting for Slot 1 IRQ and Slot 2 IRQ is Auto, which uses auto-routing to determine IRQ use. The other options are manual settings of NA, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, or 15 for each slot. The default setting for Slot 2/Audio IRQ is 5. PCI Latency Timer (32 PCI Clock) The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard. IRQ xx Used By ISA (No/ICU) These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. Two options are available: No/ICU and Yes. The first option, the default value, indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ. If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ, and you are not using an ICU, you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes. For example: If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10, then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes.... 52 ASUS P2B-VM Users Manual

Load Setup Defaults

The Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system. To load these default values, highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press <Enter>. The system displays a confirmation message on the screen. Press <Y> and then <Enter> to confirm. Press <N> and then <Enter> to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
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Supervisor Password and User Password
These two options set the system passwords. Supervisor Password sets a password that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility; User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. By default, the system comes without any passwords. To specify a password, highlight the type you want and then press <Enter>. A password prompt appears on the screen. Taking note that the password is case sensitive, and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long, type in your password and then press <Enter>. The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again. After setting a password, the screen automatically reverts to the main screen.
To implement password protection, specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password. If you want to disable either password, press <Enter> instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears. A message confirms the password has been disabled.
NOTE: If you forget the password, see CMOS RAM for procedures on clearing the CMOS.

IV. BIOS Passwords

IDE HDD Auto Detection
The IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen.
Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the box. To accept the optimal entries, press <Y> or else select from the numbers displayed under the OPTIONS field (2, 1, 3 in this case); to skip to the next drive, press <N>. If you accept the values, the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen. The process then proceeds to the next drive letter. Pressing <N> to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter. Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature Enhanced IDE support for four devices, you can only install two IDE hard disk drives. Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F. The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE, with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices. If you want to use another controller that supports four drives, you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen. When auto-detection is completed, the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen. Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen. If you are auto-detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode, three lines will appear in the parameter box. Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive. Do not select Large or Normal. The auto-detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive. Some IDE drives can use more than one set. This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty.

First Time Installation

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.
Install Video Driver and Utility (Windows 95/98)
Install Video Driver and Utility installs the video driver necessary for your card to have higher performance, resolutions, and special features. You can also install the ATI Playera software multimedia player which provides full-screen MPEG video playback with excellent color quality, plus a host of advanced multimedia features. A. Video Driver Windows 95/98 62
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 double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen or run Setup.exe in the root directory of your CD-ROM drive. Click Install Video Driver and Utility. The ATI Installation dialog box will appear. Click Easy Install to begin the Installation Wizard.
The ATI Setup screen will appear. Click Next to proceed with the installation and follow the onscreen instructions to complete the installation. When prompted to restart your computer, click Yes.
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 the system tray. A. Video Driver Display Settings 63
Display Settings for Windows 95/98

Adjustment Menu

You can adjust the screen output on the monitor from the Adjustment menu. Use the Position and Size arrows to center your screen and make it as large as possible.

Panning Menu

This allows you to assign hotkeys in the Value box for moving your screen up, down, left, right, in, or out in any application. Click Defaults to fill in the Value box with default values.
This allows you to adjust the Gamma level for your monitor and color levels for Red, Green, and Blue. You can save your settings by clicking Save As and typing in a file name. This allows you to recall previously saved settings. Click Defaults to restore all settings to their defaults. A. Video Driver Display Settings 64

Settings

This allows you to adjust the Color palette, Font size, and Display area. Choose Center dialog boxes to keep messages visible, Enable task bar icon for easy access to the ATI configuration menus, and Show settings icon on task bar for quick resolution changes.

B. Other Video Drivers

Video Driver Installation for Windows NT 4.0
IMPORTANT! Windows NT 3.5x does not support AGP cards. Before installing the ASUS display driver in Windows NT 4.0, make sure that you have installed the Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack version 3.0 (available on the Internet at http://www.microsoft.com/isapi/support/bldqpage.idc?Product Page=q_servpk). Otherwise, the system will hang and will not be able to start up! For all the AGP features to be available you must be using Windows NT 5.0 (available in the future)

E. Audio Software Digital Audio Player

The MIDI Player

The MIDI Player enables you to play MIDI files with the.MID or.RMI file extensions. These MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files can be produced by sequencer programs and then played back using the MIDI Player. You can also mix MIDI files with other audio sources. Or you can compile MIDI files in a playlist and play them back in any order you choose.

The MIDI Player Controls

plays the MIDI file currently loaded. goes back one file in the playlist. activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist. stops the file currently playing. enables or disables the Auto Repeat. goes back one second in the MIDI file. opens the Set Playlist dialog box. goes forward one second in the MIDI file.

The MIDI Player Display

By clicking on the image of the floppy drive, you can display the length and name of the current MIDI file in the playlist. Click the display to return to the image of the floppy drive. The MIDI Player has an indicator to show when you are listening to ESFM. When the ESFM light to the left of the playlist button is lit, the MIDI Player is using ESFM synthesis. ESFM performs superior-quality music synthesis compared to that of traditional FM, producing richer timbre and greater depth of instrument voices. FM synthesis is a lower quality technology compared with Wave table synthesis. This card supports Wave table synthesis therefore ESFM is not supported on this card. E. Audio Software MIDI Player 88

The Compact Disk Player

If you have a CD-ROM drive, you can play audio CDs. Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers. The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management: The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD you play. It remembers the last playlist you used with each CD and loads that playlist automatically whenever you insert that CD.
The Compact Disk Player Controls
plays the MIDI file currently loaded. goes back one file in the playlist. activates or deactivates the Pause goes forward one file in the playlist. stops the file currently playing. enables or disables the Auto Repeat. goes back one second in the MIDI file. opens the Set Playlist dialog box. goes forward one second in the MIDI file. ejects the CD from the CD-ROM drive.

E. Audio Software Compact Disk Player

The Audio Recorder

The Audio Recorder enables you to record, compress, store, and play back voice, music, and other sound. It provides settings for sound attributes such as mono/stereo, compression level, and sampling rate. You can use it to embed sound objects in documents created in applications that support object linking and embedding (OLE). The Audio Recorders edit, record, and playback capabilities are compatible with the Windows Sound Recorder and other recorders that record and play back in the PCM format. Like the Digital Audio Player, the Audio Recorder can record and play back.WAV and.AUD files. The Audio Recorder allows a choice of compression from low, medium, and high ESPCM and ADPCM.
The Audio Recorder Controls
starts a new audio file. inserts the Clipboard audio at the cursor or replaces the selected portion. opens an audio file. mixes the Clipboard audio with the audio beginning at the cursor. saves an audio file. starts recording. reverses the last change you made to the current audio file. plays the currently loaded audio file. removes the selected portion of the audio file and stores it on the Clipboard. stops the file currently playing or recording. copies the selected audio portion to the Clipboard without removing it. determines the cursor postion on the waveform.
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The Audio Recorder Display
The four text boxes under the tool bar display the length in seconds of the selected part of the currently loaded file, the total length in seconds of the current file, whether the file is in stereo or mono, and the sampling rate in kilohertz. To the right of the text boxes is a box displaying the icon associated with the particular file. If a file has no icon associated with it, it is given a default icon.

Release Notes

This information is provided for convenience only. Information here is subject to change without prior notice. View the installation CD for any updated information in Readme text files. The AudioRack also provides detailed online help (click the Help button on the Command Center)
Disable Eject Button on the CD Player
Under the Windows directory in the file auddrive.ini, there is a string DisableEjectButton=0 under the [cdplayer] section. If you would like to disable EJECT button on the CD player, you can change the value from 0 to 1. You need to close AudioRack and launch it again to make the new settings take effect.
Using AudioRack CD Player as Default CD Player
During installation, you will be asked if you want to use AudioRack CD player as the default CD player. Normally Windows 95 CD player is the default and will automatically run when an audio CD is inserted into the CD-ROM. If you answer Yes, the installation program will overwrite the value of the key [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]\AudioCD\shell\play\command in the registry. You may switch back to Windows 95 CD player by resetting this key value.

Configuring Playback Mixer
The onboard PCI audio device offers eight inputs for the playback mixer, including Line, Wave, CD, Synth, Aux A, Aux B, Mic, 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

F. Software Wavetable

Install Software Wavetable (Windows 95/98)
F. Wavetable Installation 92 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 Next.
When Setup has finished installing all the necessary files on your computer, it will prompt you to restart your computer. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and then click Finish to restart your computer and complete setup.

G. DMI Utility

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 computers system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size. The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboards Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database. Unlike other BIOS software, the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real-time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS. This DMI Configuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers, housing configurations, and vendor information. Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD. This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updating and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS.

You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here. Load BIOS Defaults
You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data. You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS.
G. DMI Utility Using DMI Utility