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... 4-1 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-1 4.1.2 Updating the BIOS 4-2 4.2 BIOS Setup program 4-3 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-4 4.2.2 Menu bar 4-4 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4-5 4.2.4 General help 4-5 4.2.5 Sub-menu 4-5 4.2.6 Scroll bar 4-5 4.2.7 Pop-up window 4-5 4.3 Main menu 4-6 4.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave 4-8 4.4 Advanced menu 4-11 4.4.1 Advanced Chipset Features 4-11 4.4.2 Integrated Peripherals 4-14 4.4.3 PnP/PCI Configuration 4-21 4.5 Power menu 4-23 4.5.1 Hardware...
... 4-1 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-1 4.1.2 Updating the BIOS 4-2 4.2 BIOS Setup program 4-3 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-4 4.2.2 Menu bar 4-4 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4-5 4.2.4 General help 4-5 4.2.5 Sub-menu 4-5 4.2.6 Scroll bar 4-5 4.2.7 Pop-up window 4-5 4.3 Main menu 4-6 4.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave 4-8 4.4 Advanced menu 4-11 4.4.1 Advanced Chipset Features 4-11 4.4.2 Integrated Peripherals 4-14 4.4.3 PnP/PCI Configuration 4-21 4.5 Power menu 4-23 4.5.1 Hardware...
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...ASUS Q-Fan Technology ASUS POST Reporter™ Power Loss Restart 1 x Parallel port 2 x Serial ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x IEEE 1394 port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ-45 port Line In/Line Out/Microphone ports (continued on the next page) xi RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, Multi-RAID configurations TI TSB43AB22A IEEE 1394 controller - PC-DL Deluxe... Bridge (ICH5R) - 2 x UltraDMA100 connectors - 2 x Serial ATA connectors (supports RAID 0/RAID 1 configuration under Windows XP) Supported by Promise® PDC20378 controller - 1 x UltraDMA133 connector - 2 x Serial ATA connectors -
...ASUS Q-Fan Technology ASUS POST Reporter™ Power Loss Restart 1 x Parallel port 2 x Serial ports 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x IEEE 1394 port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 1 x RJ-45 port Line In/Line Out/Microphone ports (continued on the next page) xi RAID0, RAID1, RAID0+1, Multi-RAID configurations TI TSB43AB22A IEEE 1394 controller - PC-DL Deluxe... Bridge (ICH5R) - 2 x UltraDMA100 connectors - 2 x Serial ATA connectors (supports RAID 0/RAID 1 configuration under Windows XP) Supported by Promise® PDC20378 controller - 1 x UltraDMA133 connector - 2 x Serial ATA connectors -
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PC-DL PC-DL IDE Connectors SEC_IDE1 PIN 1 PRI_IDE1 PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on how to configure P-ATA and S-ATA devices if you must configure ... its jumper accordingly. Important note when using legacy OS Refer to page 2-21 on the IDE ribbon cable to the secondary IDE connector. MS-DOS, Windows 98/ Me/NT4.0). 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information It is recommended that you connect the cables. 2. 3. You may configure two hard disks to the hard disk...
PC-DL PC-DL IDE Connectors SEC_IDE1 PIN 1 PRI_IDE1 PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on how to configure P-ATA and S-ATA devices if you must configure ... its jumper accordingly. Important note when using legacy OS Refer to page 2-21 on the IDE ribbon cable to the secondary IDE connector. MS-DOS, Windows 98/ Me/NT4.0). 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information It is recommended that you connect the cables. 2. 3. You may configure two hard disks to the hard disk...
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SATA2 SATA1 PC-DL PC-DL SATA Connectors Important notes on creating a RAID. In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT) environment, using Windows XP. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to one of the Intel ICH5R chipset. See section "5.5...IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel). 2. GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 2-23 4. If you installed Serial ATA hard disks, you are using the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICHR ...
SATA2 SATA1 PC-DL PC-DL SATA Connectors Important notes on creating a RAID. In a legacy operating system (DOS, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT) environment, using Windows XP. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to one of the Intel ICH5R chipset. See section "5.5...IDE channels (either primary or secondary channel). 2. GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 2-23 4. If you installed Serial ATA hard disks, you are using the Serial ATA connectors will disable the ICHR ...
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...related BIOS items. 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information BIOS item On-Chip Serial ATA Serial ATA Port0 Mode Serial ATA Port1 Mode Windows 2000/XP Windows 98/Me/NT4.0 A B Any OS Enhanced Mode Combined Mode SATA Only Auto SATA0 or SATA1 Master Primary Master or Slave Primary... or Sec. Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations Following are Windows 2000/XP. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0 Configuration A Configuration B Configuration C Legend: - Native operating systems (OS) are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA...
...related BIOS items. 2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information BIOS item On-Chip Serial ATA Serial ATA Port0 Mode Serial ATA Port1 Mode Windows 2000/XP Windows 98/Me/NT4.0 A B Any OS Enhanced Mode Combined Mode SATA Only Auto SATA0 or SATA1 Master Primary Master or Slave Primary... or Sec. Parallel ATA and Serial ATA device configurations Following are Windows 2000/XP. Windows 98/Me/NT4.0 Configuration A Configuration B Configuration C Legend: - Native operating systems (OS) are the Parallel ATA and Serial ATA...
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... now safely turn off your computer" does not appear when shutting down . 3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up The message "You can press the ATX power switch after Windows shuts down with an ATX power supply. See section "4.5 Power Menu" in Chapter 4. The power supply should turn off after exiting or shutting down the... power switch for less than 4 seconds lets the system enter the soft-off mode regardless of the BIOS setting. For ATX power supplies, you use Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, click the Start button, click Shut Down, then the OK button to soft-off the power.
... now safely turn off your computer" does not appear when shutting down . 3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up The message "You can press the ATX power switch after Windows shuts down with an ATX power supply. See section "4.5 Power Menu" in Chapter 4. The power supply should turn off after exiting or shutting down the... power switch for less than 4 seconds lets the system enter the soft-off mode regardless of the BIOS setting. For ATX power supplies, you use Windows 98SE/ME/2000/XP, click the Start button, click Shut Down, then the OK button to soft-off the power.
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...Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to Settings, then click Control Panel. At the DOS prompt, type: format a: /s, then press the key Windows® 98SE environment a. b. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. c. From the ...restore the BIOS in the Format Options field, then click Start. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel window. d. Insert a new 1.44 MB floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. b. From the Windows desktop, click Start > My Computer. e. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-1
...Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to Settings, then click Control Panel. At the DOS prompt, type: format a: /s, then press the key Windows® 98SE environment a. b. Click on the Startup Disk tab, then on Create Disk... Insert a 1.44 MB floppy disk when prompted. c. From the ...restore the BIOS in the Format Options field, then click Start. 2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel window. d. Insert a new 1.44 MB floppy disk in the floppy disk drive. b. From the Windows desktop, click Start > My Computer. e. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-1
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... a solid triangle before the item. Press Up/Down arrow keys or PageUp/PageDown keys to display a pop-up window Select an item in the menu and change the settings. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-5 4.2.3 Navigation keys At the bottom of a menu screen are items that do not fit on the screen.... Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu, then press Enter to display the other items on the screen. 4.2.7 Pop-up window with a sub...
... a solid triangle before the item. Press Up/Down arrow keys or PageUp/PageDown keys to display a pop-up window Select an item in the menu and change the settings. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-5 4.2.3 Navigation keys At the bottom of a menu screen are items that do not fit on the screen.... Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu, then press Enter to display the other items on the screen. 4.2.7 Pop-up window with a sub...
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...IDE devices on each serial ATA channel for more information when installing IDE devices. Use ths option when you installed a legacy operating system like Windows 2000/XP. Use ths option when you to set to [RAID], this item allows configuration of the On-Chip Serial ATA item. d. ...four devices. Serial ATA Port0 Mode [Primary Master] Serial ATA Port1 Mode [Primary Slave] Allow you installed a native operating system like MS-DOS, Windows ME/98/NT4.0. You may install two IDE devices on any of the parallel ATA channels, and one IDE device on RAID configuration. Configuration options...
...IDE devices on each serial ATA channel for more information when installing IDE devices. Use ths option when you installed a legacy operating system like Windows 2000/XP. Use ths option when you to set to [RAID], this item allows configuration of the On-Chip Serial ATA item. d. ...four devices. Serial ATA Port0 Mode [Primary Master] Serial ATA Port1 Mode [Primary Slave] Allow you installed a native operating system like MS-DOS, Windows ME/98/NT4.0. You may install two IDE devices on any of the parallel ATA channels, and one IDE device on RAID configuration. Configuration options...
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... the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. Configuration options: [Normal] [Fast] ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-29 Set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. First Boot Device [Removable] Second Boot Device [CDROM]...to [Fast], the chipset controls Gate A20. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Gate A20 Option [Fast] When set to [Disabled] when using Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x operating systems that are optimized for the NumLock. Configuration options: [Removable] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Legacy LAN] [IBA...
... the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. Configuration options: [Normal] [Fast] ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-29 Set to Normal, a pin in the keyboard controller controls Gate A20. First Boot Device [Removable] Second Boot Device [CDROM]...to [Fast], the chipset controls Gate A20. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Gate A20 Option [Fast] When set to [Disabled] when using Windows XP and Linux 2.4.x operating systems that are optimized for the NumLock. Configuration options: [Removable] [Hard Disk] [CDROM] [Legacy LAN] [IBA...
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ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-31 When you select this option or if you press , a confirmation window appears. Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the optimized values for a confirmation before saving the values to the non-volatile RAM. Select ... password, the BIOS asks for each of the parameters on even when the PC is turned off. Select [Yes] to save the changes that you made changes to fields other changes before exiting. When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. Select [Yes] to the Setup program. Exit Without Saving Select this...
ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 4-31 When you select this option or if you press , a confirmation window appears. Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the optimized values for a confirmation before saving the values to the non-volatile RAM. Select ... password, the BIOS asks for each of the parameters on even when the PC is turned off. Select [Yes] to save the changes that you made changes to fields other changes before exiting. When you select this option, a confirmation window appears. Select [Yes] to the Setup program. Exit Without Saving Select this...
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After selecting this option, a confirmation window appears. Discard Changes This option allows you to other menus and make further changes. You can then return to discard the selections you select this option, a confirmation appears. Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program. Select [Yes] to save changes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values. Select [Yes] to the non-volatile RAM. 4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup After you made and restore the previously saved values.
After selecting this option, a confirmation window appears. Discard Changes This option allows you to other menus and make further changes. You can then return to discard the selections you select this option, a confirmation appears. Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program. Select [Yes] to save changes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values. Select [Yes] to the non-volatile RAM. 4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup After you made and restore the previously saved values.
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... on the left side of the screen, then click the Play button. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-3 Default Messages POST Events Playing the default wave files To play the default wave files, simply click on a POST event on your desktop, or from the Windows Start menu, Programs/Winbond Voice Editor/ Voice Editor. Launching the program...
... on the left side of the screen, then click the Play button. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-3 Default Messages POST Events Playing the default wave files To play the default wave files, simply click on a POST event on your desktop, or from the Windows Start menu, Programs/Winbond Voice Editor/ Voice Editor. Launching the program...
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Select your computer, the POST messages are announced in the language that appears. a window showing the available languages appears. 2. For some languages, not all events have a corresponding message due to update the EEPROM. 4. The event messages for the... language you boot your desired language then click Open. Click Yes on the Voice Editor screen. The next time you selected appear on the confirmation window that you selected . 5-4 Chapter 5: Driver installation Click on the Write button to file size constraints. 3. Click on the Load button. Changing the default...
Select your computer, the POST messages are announced in the language that appears. a window showing the available languages appears. 2. For some languages, not all events have a corresponding message due to update the EEPROM. 4. The event messages for the... language you boot your desired language then click Open. Click Yes on the Voice Editor screen. The next time you selected appear on the confirmation window that you selected . 5-4 Chapter 5: Driver installation Click on the Write button to file size constraints. 3. Click on the Load button. Changing the default...
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...the screen. 2. Save the messages as possible. 3. You may easily do so. For example, use 8-bit, mono quality at 22Khz sampling rate. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-5 It is not in one place. 5. Copy the wave files that you save your files in low quality to keep them easily in ...a separate folder for your wave files so you recorded to customize your POST messages. 1. The total compressed size for each event. Close the window when done. Follow these steps to the database. Prepare your messages. 4. From the Voice Editor screen, click on the leftmost column of POST...
...the screen. 2. Save the messages as possible. 3. You may easily do so. For example, use 8-bit, mono quality at 22Khz sampling rate. ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-5 It is not in one place. 5. Copy the wave files that you save your files in low quality to keep them easily in ...a separate folder for your wave files so you recorded to customize your POST messages. 1. The total compressed size for each event. Close the window when done. Follow these steps to the database. Prepare your messages. 4. From the Voice Editor screen, click on the leftmost column of POST...
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7. If you receive an error message telling you that appears. A window appears prompting you selected appears on the space next to 9 for the event then click ... to return to compress the file and copy into the EEPROM. 14. The Event Sound Editor window appears. 8. When done, click the Save button. Click a POST event on the Voice Editor screen, then on the confirmation... window that the files exceed the total allowable size, do one or all of the following. • Try ...
7. If you receive an error message telling you that appears. A window appears prompting you selected appears on the space next to 9 for the event then click ... to return to compress the file and copy into the EEPROM. 14. The Event Sound Editor window appears. 8. When done, click the Save button. Click a POST event on the Voice Editor screen, then on the confirmation... window that the files exceed the total allowable size, do one or all of the following. • Try ...
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... two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in the support CD for detailed information on the PRI_RAID interface, you use either Windows XP or Windows 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the Promise FastTrak 378 Driver from one drive to a second drive. 5.4 Promise® RAID configurations The motherboard includes...
... two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in the support CD for detailed information on the PRI_RAID interface, you use either Windows XP or Windows 2000 operating system (OS), copy first the Promise FastTrak 378 Driver from one drive to a second drive. 5.4 Promise® RAID configurations The motherboard includes...
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... "Mirror". 3. The following message appears: Start to the field Optimize Array for and select "Security" with the motherboard package. Create and Duplicate N - The next window prompts you may cause data loss. 1. Press to select Auto Setup. 2. Do you have formatted the arrayed drives, install an operating system (OS). 8. Abort ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-15
... "Mirror". 3. The following message appears: Start to the field Optimize Array for and select "Security" with the motherboard package. Create and Duplicate N - The next window prompts you may cause data loss. 1. Press to select Auto Setup. 2. Do you have formatted the arrayed drives, install an operating system (OS). 8. Abort ASUS PC-DL Deluxe motherboard 5-15