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...the second drive connector no more than 46 cm (18 in.), with the red stripe to Pin 1 on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be exceptions. Some pins are clearly distinguished from the first connector.... will cause damage to the PS/2 mouse if one is for connectors or power sources. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin female) ASUS P3W User's Manual 35 Check the connectors before installation because there may use IRQ12. 3. H/W SETUP Connectors 2) PS/2 Keyboard ...the side closest to mini DIN adapter on floppy disk drives. See PS/2 Mouse Function Control in the Motherboard Layout.
...the second drive connector no more than 46 cm (18 in.), with the red stripe to Pin 1 on hard drives and CD-ROM drives, but may be exceptions. Some pins are clearly distinguished from the first connector.... will cause damage to the PS/2 mouse if one is for connectors or power sources. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin female) ASUS P3W User's Manual 35 Check the connectors before installation because there may use IRQ12. 3. H/W SETUP Connectors 2) PS/2 Keyboard ...the side closest to mini DIN adapter on floppy disk drives. See PS/2 Mouse Function Control in the Motherboard Layout.
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...the two plugs at the other end to light up. 01 01 1 P3W ® TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not light, try reversing the 2-pin plug. Refer to your hard disk(s). You may configure two hard disks to Slave mode by devices connected to the Primary and/or Secondary IDE ...IDE hard disk ribbon cable. TIP: You may install one for the primary IDE connector and another on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 P3W IDE Connectors 10) IDE Activity LED Lead (2-pin IDELED) This lead supplies power to prevent inserting in 4.6 Boot Menu. IDELED P3W IDE Activity LED 38 ASUS P3W User...
...the two plugs at the other end to light up. 01 01 1 P3W ® TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not light, try reversing the 2-pin plug. Refer to your hard disk(s). You may configure two hard disks to Slave mode by devices connected to the Primary and/or Secondary IDE ...IDE hard disk ribbon cable. TIP: You may install one for the primary IDE connector and another on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 P3W IDE Connectors 10) IDE Activity LED Lead (2-pin IDELED) This lead supplies power to prevent inserting in 4.6 Boot Menu. IDELED P3W IDE Activity LED 38 ASUS P3W User...
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... and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that may be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. 48 ASUS P3W User's Manual Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file. 1. DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to run AFLASH. 4. It is your CDROM ... works only in DOS mode. In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH to the disk. 2. NOTE: BIOS setup must specify "Floppy" as the first item in case you reboot using a floppy. 3. To determine the BIOS version of your hard drive. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS IMPORTANT! If "unknown" is displayed after Flash...
... and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that may be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. 48 ASUS P3W User's Manual Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file. 1. DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to run AFLASH. 4. It is your CDROM ... works only in DOS mode. In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH to the disk. 2. NOTE: BIOS setup must specify "Floppy" as the first item in case you reboot using a floppy. 3. To determine the BIOS version of your hard drive. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS IMPORTANT! If "unknown" is displayed after Flash...
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... to active (also possible with FDISK) and then formatted before data can try updating your system to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. To allow the BIOS to disable IDE devices ASUS P3W User's Manual 55 to detect the drive type automatically, select [Auto]. Incorrect settings may be read from and write on...
... to active (also possible with FDISK) and then formatted before data can try updating your system to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. To allow the BIOS to disable IDE devices ASUS P3W User's Manual 55 to detect the drive type automatically, select [Auto]. Incorrect settings may be read from and write on...
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... and not replacing it, select [None]. When Logical Block Addressing is enabled, 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used when the disk was already formatted on the hard disk. Refer to your drive. You will not be detected. If the parameters listed differ from the ones used... the correct ones manually by setting [User Type HDD]. [User Type HDD] 4. If the auto-detected parameters do not need to [Manual]. 56 ASUS P3W User's Manual Configuration options: [LBA] [LARGE] [Normal] [Match Partition Table] [Manual] Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders, heads and...
... and not replacing it, select [None]. When Logical Block Addressing is enabled, 28-bit addressing of the hard drive is used when the disk was already formatted on the hard disk. Refer to your drive. You will not be detected. If the parameters listed differ from the ones used... the correct ones manually by setting [User Type HDD]. [User Type HDD] 4. If the auto-detected parameters do not need to [Manual]. 56 ASUS P3W User's Manual Configuration options: [LBA] [LARGE] [Normal] [Match Partition Table] [Manual] Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders, heads and...
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...SETUP Head This field configures the number of the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology. CHS Capacity This field shows the drive's maximum CHS capacity calculated automatically by the BIOS from the.... This feature is automatically configured, the set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the IDE device. BIOS SETUP Master/Slave Drives ASUS P3W User's Manual 57 Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to [User Type HDD]. NOTE: To make changes to [Manual...
...SETUP Head This field configures the number of the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology. CHS Capacity This field shows the drive's maximum CHS capacity calculated automatically by the BIOS from the.... This feature is automatically configured, the set a PIO (Programmed Input/Output) mode for the IDE device. BIOS SETUP Master/Slave Drives ASUS P3W User's Manual 57 Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to [User Type HDD]. NOTE: To make changes to [Manual...
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... of the BIOS' displayed language. The password is now set the password, highlight the appropriate field and press . for IDE magneto optical disk drives [Other ATAPI Device] - Symbols and other words, it makes no difference whether you to specify two separate passwords: a Supervisor password...Setup program functions. BIOS SETUP Main Menu 58 ASUS P3W User's Manual 4. When enabled, the Supervisor password is available. In other keys are not case sensitive. for LS-120 compatible floppy disk drives [ZIP-100] - for the hard disk drive that you will notice that the drive ...
... of the BIOS' displayed language. The password is now set the password, highlight the appropriate field and press . for IDE magneto optical disk drives [Other ATAPI Device] - Symbols and other words, it makes no difference whether you to specify two separate passwords: a Supervisor password...Setup program functions. BIOS SETUP Main Menu 58 ASUS P3W User's Manual 4. When enabled, the Supervisor password is available. In other keys are not case sensitive. for LS-120 compatible floppy disk drives [ZIP-100] - for the hard disk drive that you will notice that the drive ...
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... set power saving options according to [Disabled], power management features will appear in the Power Management Properties dialog box. Choose "Advanced" in the "Control Panel." ASUS P3W User's Manual 71 When set to your preference. Configuration options: [User Define] [Disabled] [Min Saving] [Max Saving] IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be conserved.... The [User Define] option allows you to your own selections in the Power menu. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a brief period of inactivity. 4.
... set power saving options according to [Disabled], power management features will appear in the Power Management Properties dialog box. Choose "Advanced" in the "Control Panel." ASUS P3W User's Manual 71 When set to your preference. Configuration options: [User Define] [Disabled] [Min Saving] [Max Saving] IMPORTANT: Advanced Power Management (APM) should be conserved.... The [User Define] option allows you to your own selections in the Power menu. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a brief period of inactivity. 4.
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...: [Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in this for monitors without power management or "green" features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min] Suspend-to-RAM...expansion cards you use this user-configurable field. Configuration options: [Soft off features. BIOS SETUP Power Menu 72 ASUS P3W User's Manual This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives. if not, this field on the computer are turned off the system. The DPMS (Display Power ...
...: [Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in this for monitors without power management or "green" features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min] Suspend-to-RAM...expansion cards you use this user-configurable field. Configuration options: [Soft off features. BIOS SETUP Power Menu 72 ASUS P3W User's Manual This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives. if not, this field on the computer are turned off the system. The DPMS (Display Power ...
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... CD-ROM This field allows you can promote devices and by using the up . By using the or key, you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence. Pressing [Enter] will show the product IDs of boot devices listed using the key, you to search...for a boot device on system power up and down arrow keys. Promotion or demotion of all connected IDE hard disk drives. Other Boot Device Select [Network] Configuration options: [Network] [SCSI Boot Device] 76 ASUS P3W User's Manual 4. BIOS SETUP Boot Menu Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you can demote devices. BIOS...
... CD-ROM This field allows you can promote devices and by using the up . By using the or key, you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence. Pressing [Enter] will show the product IDs of boot devices listed using the key, you to search...for a boot device on system power up and down arrow keys. Promotion or demotion of all connected IDE hard disk drives. Other Boot Device Select [Network] Configuration options: [Network] [SCSI Boot Device] 76 ASUS P3W User's Manual 4. BIOS SETUP Boot Menu Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you can demote devices. BIOS...
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...MB of RAM for Windows 95/98; 24 MB of RAM for Windows NT (32 MB recommended). • Disk storage space: 100 MB of available hard disk space to install; 40-100 MB of available hard disk space to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run (depending on cluster size). • ... of whether the client accesses the network. • Monitor resolution of 600x800, 256 colors or greater. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here. (4) Click here. 86 ASUS P3W User's Manual Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My...
...MB of RAM for Windows 95/98; 24 MB of RAM for Windows NT (32 MB recommended). • Disk storage space: 100 MB of available hard disk space to install; 40-100 MB of available hard disk space to bring up the setup screen. NOTE: LDCM will not run (depending on cluster size). • ... of whether the client accesses the network. • Monitor resolution of 600x800, 256 colors or greater. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here. (4) Click here. 86 ASUS P3W User's Manual Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My...
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... the network. • Monitor resolution of available hard disk space to bring up the setup screen. To uninstall any program, see 5.10 Uninstalling Programs. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here. (4) Click here. 88 ASUS P3W User's Manual SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5 LDCM Administrator Setup ...icon in My Computer to run if another hardware monitoring utility, such as ASUS PC Probe, is required for Windows NT (32 MB recommended). • Disk storage space: 100 MB of available hard disk space to install; 40-100 MB of 600x800, 256 colors or greater....
... the network. • Monitor resolution of available hard disk space to bring up the setup screen. To uninstall any program, see 5.10 Uninstalling Programs. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here. (4) Click here. 88 ASUS P3W User's Manual SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5 LDCM Administrator Setup ...icon in My Computer to run if another hardware monitoring utility, such as ASUS PC Probe, is required for Windows NT (32 MB recommended). • Disk storage space: 100 MB of available hard disk space to install; 40-100 MB of 600x800, 256 colors or greater....
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To bypass this startup screen, clear the Show up in next execution check box. ASUS P3W User's Manual 107 Clicking the icon will appear on the taskbar's system tray indicating that lets you review useful information about your computer, such as... see the status of your computer system's vital components, such as hard disk space, memory usage, and CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies through the DMI Explorer. 6.2.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts, a splash screen appears allowing you open ASUS PC Probe, click the Windows Start button, point to show...
To bypass this startup screen, clear the Show up in next execution check box. ASUS P3W User's Manual 107 Clicking the icon will appear on the taskbar's system tray indicating that lets you review useful information about your computer, such as... see the status of your computer system's vital components, such as hard disk space, memory usage, and CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies through the DMI Explorer. 6.2.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts, a splash screen appears allowing you open ASUS PC Probe, click the Windows Start button, point to show...
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Information Hard Drives Shows the used . S/W REFERENCE Windows 98 6. CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for ... whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC's hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used and free space of the PC's temperature, fan rotation, and voltages. History Lets you select...
Information Hard Drives Shows the used . S/W REFERENCE Windows 98 6. CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for ... whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC's hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used and free space of the PC's temperature, fan rotation, and voltages. History Lets you select...
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... Exit Saving Changes 78 Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 32 External Connectors 35 F Floppy 3 Mode Support 54 Floppy Disk Access Control 65 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 39 Full Screen Logo 77 H Halt On 59 Hardware Information 116 HDD Power Down 72 Head ...57 Headers Serial Port COM 2 43 High Priority PCI Mode 64 I IDE Activity LED Lead 38 IDE Hard Drive 76 INF...Monitor Output Connector 37 Motherboard Layout 14 Motherboard Settings 17 Multi-Sector Transfers 57 122 ASUS P3W User's Manual
... Exit Saving Changes 78 Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 32 External Connectors 35 F Floppy 3 Mode Support 54 Floppy Disk Access Control 65 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 39 Full Screen Logo 77 H Halt On 59 Hardware Information 116 HDD Power Down 72 Head ...57 Headers Serial Port COM 2 43 High Priority PCI Mode 64 I IDE Activity LED Lead 38 IDE Hard Drive 76 INF...Monitor Output Connector 37 Motherboard Layout 14 Motherboard Settings 17 Multi-Sector Transfers 57 122 ASUS P3W User's Manual
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...• 19" rack mountable (height: 5U) • LED for hard disk power and working status • Two 8cm system fans and four 6cm drive fans • Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation • 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI-DA2100/2200 Series SCSI RAID Card • PCI-DA2100 series support... channels • Automatic bad sector reassignment • Supports both global and lo- number of drives for each logical drive has no limitation ASUS AR1000 RAID Sub-system with DA3000 SCSI-to-SCSI RAID Controller • Supports 5x86 RAID processor and two 72-pin SIMM sockets for up...
...• 19" rack mountable (height: 5U) • LED for hard disk power and working status • Two 8cm system fans and four 6cm drive fans • Aluminum disk arrays for easy heat dissipation • 350W redundant power supply ASUS PCI-DA2100/2200 Series SCSI RAID Card • PCI-DA2100 series support... channels • Automatic bad sector reassignment • Supports both global and lo- number of drives for each logical drive has no limitation ASUS AR1000 RAID Sub-system with DA3000 SCSI-to-SCSI RAID Controller • Supports 5x86 RAID processor and two 72-pin SIMM sockets for up...