Asus L7 User manual

NOTEBOOK PC
DRIVERS & UTILITIES
INSTALLATION & USER’S GUIDE
(WINDOWS 98)

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Contents
User’s Notice (Support CD)......................................................................2
Using New Hard Disk Drives.................................................................... 4
Flashing the BIOS ....................................................................................6
New Operating System ............................................................................7
Microsoft Windows 98.......................................................................... 7
Support CD for Windows 98.....................................................................8
YAMAHAAudio ........................................................................................ 9
YAMAHA Software (optional) ................................................................... 11
VGA Driver ...............................................................................................13
Setting the Display ...................................................................................15
Control Panel ...........................................................................................17
Lynx Display Properties ....................................................................... 18
TouchPad .................................................................................................19
Fast IR Driver ...........................................................................................21
PC-cillin ....................................................................................................23
Other Support CD Options .......................................................................24
Alps Mouse Utility .................................................................................. 25

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Using New Hard Disk Drives
When you purchase a new hard disk drive, there will not be any partitions on it unless it was pre-
configured for your Notebook PC by your dealer. Partitions are necessary for a hard disk drive to
accept data. Booting toWindows requires that the active partition be within the maximum of 2GB,
therefore at least two partitions are necessary for the standard hard disk drive of 3GB. With two
partitions, you will see drive letters “C:\>” and “D:\>”. Because the Suspend-to-Disk partition is
notuser-accessible,it doesnot have adriveletter.Eachadditionalpartition willcreateanother drive
letter and the built-in CD-ROM will then add its own drive letter to the end.
NOTE: Formatting will not be allowed on non-partitioned hard disk drives and formatting hard
disk drives will not remove partitions.
Creating a Bootable Diskette
A bootable system diskette is necessary to enter the command prompt when there are no active
system partition on your hard disk drive.To create a bootable floppy diskette, type “FORMATA:/
S”from theDOSprompt or useWindow’s format(from“My Computer”) andcheck “Copy system
files.”YoumustcopyFDISK.EXEandother DOSutilitiesfromthe“C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND”
directory of Windows 95 or 98. Do not include AUTOEXEC.BAT or CONFIG.SYS system files
on the boot disk because some utilities cannot be used with memory managers usually loaded
through theAUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS system files.
Creating a Suspend-to-Disk Partition
If you wish to use the Suspend-to-Disk utility any time in the future, you must have a Suspend-to-
Disk partition. The Suspend-to-Disk partition must be created before other partitions are used be-
cause the other partitions will be removed. If you decide in the future that you do not want the
Suspend-to-Diskpartition,theSuspend-to-DiskpartitionmayberemovedusingFDISK.EXEwithout
affecting other partitions.The Supend-to-Disk partition will occupy its own space on the hard disk
drive that cannot be used for other purposes.The “Suspend-to-Disk” function requires the “Power
Management” mode to be configured for this function in the BIOS setup.
1. Boot from a system diskette with the “PHDISK.EXE” utility.
2. Type “PHDISK/CREATE 165000” then press [Enter].

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Using New Hard Disk Drives (Cont’)
The option “165000” is to tell PHDISK.EXE to create a 165,000 byte partition. The reason why
165MB is required is so that the Notebook PC maximum memory size of 160Mbytes can be sup-
ported. The 165MB Suspend-to-Disk partition on the hard disk drive guarantees that all of the data
in the memory can be stored on this partition regardless of your memory upgrades. If you do not
specify “165000,” PHDISK.EXE will create a partition which is a slightly larger than the system’s
current memory size. Future memory upgrades will not allow the use of the Suspend-to-Disk with-
out recreating the Suspend-to-Disk partition. The problem is that the PHDISK.EXE utility will
remove all other partitions when used.
Using the FDISK.EXE Utility
The FDISK.EXE utility can add or remove partitions on a hard disk drive. This utility is only
requiredifthehard disk drive is new and has never been formatted or used (rememberthe abilityto
formata hard disk drive means that there is at least one partition).Youdo notneed to use this utility
after formatting a hard disk drive. Be careful not to remove existing partitions that you may need,
you will not be able to recover it!
1. Boot from a system diskette with the “FDISK.EXE” utility.
2. Type “FDISK” from the “A:\>” prompt, then press [Enter].
3. Create a primary partition and set it active by following the on-screen menu, and also
create extended partitions if needed.
Formatting the Hard Disk Drive
Formatting a hard disk drive actually only erases all the data on one partition. In order to erase data
on other partitions, you must specify those drive letters when using the format utility. The /S com-
mandwillplacesystem files on the partition to allow bootup.Type “FORMAT/?” for a list of other
options.
1. Boot from a system diskette with the “FORMAT.COM” utility.
2. Type “FORMAT C: /S” from the “A:\>” prompt then press [Enter].
3. Type “Y”, then press [Enter] to confirm format.
4. Enter a Volume label, or press [Enter] to leave blank.

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Flashing the BIOS
TheBIOS contains informationforthe Notebook PC’shardware.Newer versions of theBIOSmay
includenew featuresand bugfixes. Newbug fixeswillinclude allpreviousfixes soonly the newest
versionisneeded.EachBIOS image file is customized for a specific product and model. Do not try
to use a BIOS image file that was not intended for your Notebook PC. With the wrong BIOS, your
Notebook PC may not bootup and will require servicing. Use the utility “PHLASH.EXE” (pro-
nounced“flash”)toupdate(or“flash”)yourNotebookPC’sBIOS.NOTE:Anyuser-definedchanges
in the BIOS configuration will be lost. Write down specific settings that you made in the BIOS
setup before using this utility.
1. Boot from a system diskette with the “PHLASH” utility, PLATFORM.BIN, and BIOS
image (e.g. ls-0103a) files. (If downloading from the internet, you will have to UNZIP
the files to the diskette.)
2. Type “phlash/mode=3 ls-0103a” (use the name of your new BIOS image file) and press
[ENTER].
3. The PHLASH utility will automatically update the BIOS. When the BIOS has been
successfully programmed, you will be asked to press any key to restart the system. If the
system does not restart, power OFF the Notebook PC and then turn ON the power.
4. Assuming that you have successfully flashed the BIOS, press [F2] on system bootup to
enter the BIOS setup. Select the “Load Setup Defaults” on the “Exit” menu and then
[Enter]. Go back to the other menus if you require BIOS configuration changes (previous
BIOS settings will be lost after updating the BIOS). Then select “Exit Saving Changes”
to exit the BIOS setup. If the screen resolution has changed after you restart the Notebook
PC, change your “Screen area” to 1024 by 768 pixels and “Colors” to High Color (16 bit)
through Settings in “Display Properties”.

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New Operating System
CD-ROM Support Under MS-DOS
When installing an operating system on an empty hard disk drive, a DOS real-mode CD-ROM
driver needs to be loaded in the CONFIG.SYS andAUTOEXEC.BAT files in order to use the CD-
ROM drive. The floppy disk drive can be used without any device drivers. PCMCIAcards are not
recommendedunder DOSbut,if necessary, you mayconsultyour PCMCIAcarddocumentation or
dealer for configuration under the DOS environment. The CD-ROM device driver should be pre-
configuredfrom the factory as follows (because hardwareandsoftware are constantly improved or
customized for a particular market, the examples in the software section may not exactly reflect
your Notebook PC.
CONFIG.SYS: DEVICE=C:\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:0EMCD001
AUTOEXEC.BAT: MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /L:D
Microsoft Windows 98
Microsoft Windows 98 may be pre-installed on your Notebook PC. If installation or configuration
changes are necessary, please refer to the documentation provided with the Windows 98 operating
system. Once Windows 98 is running, you should use the Windows 98 CD-ROM device driver
insteadof the DOSreal-mode CD-ROM driver.ADOSdriver haspoorperformance, poor memory
management, and may cause conflicts with other devices.
Removing the DOS real-mode CD-ROM driver
Removingthe deviceline oradding“REM” (upperorlower case)infront oftheline willdisable the
DOS driver and allow Windows 98 to use its own CD-ROM device driver. Windows 98 may
alreadyadd the letters “REM” in front of the DOS CD-ROM drivers inAUTOEXEC.BATsuchas:
CONFIG.SYS: rem - By Windows Setup - DEVICE=C:\CDROMDRV.SYS /D:0EMCD001
AUTOEXEC.BAT: rem - By Windows Setup - MSCDEX.EXE /D:OEMCD001 /L:D
IfrunningWindows98setup, it willautomaticallycheck forreal-modedrivers and guideyouusing
a wizard to remove undetected ones. If these two lines exist and do not have “REM” in front, add
them yourself by opening the files with NOTEPAD.EXE provided by Windows or EDIT.COM
provide by DOS or you may simply delete these two lines.

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Support CD for Windows 98
The support CD included with the Notebook PC provides all the necessary drivers and utilities in
order for you to use your Notebook PC. The following pages will give step-by-step installation
procedures for typical system configurations. For application usage, please see the on-line help
provided with each of the applications after installation. The following is what you will see when
you insert the support CD. If the autorun menu does not appear, double clicking the CD-ROM disc
drive icon (the letter (E:) drive on hard disk drives with two partitions) or running SETUP.EXE
located in the root of the support CD, will bring up the autorun menu.

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YAMAHAAudio
This is necessary in order for your operating system to have the correct audio drivers for your
Notebook PC’s built-in audio. Windows 98 cannot contain all the device drivers from every manu-
facture, with every update; therefore the provided support CD will contain the best driver for your
built-in audio.You may skip this software if your audio drivers were pre-configured at the time of
purchase.
Installation Procedure
1. Insert the support CD. (You may exit the
autorun screen.)
2. Right-click on My Computer icon and
choose Properties.
3. Click the Device Manager tab.
4. Under Sound, video and game control-
lers, select Gameport Joystick. (Click the
plus sign or double click a component
heading to expand the component items.)
5. Click Remove, and then click OK.
6. Double-click YAMAHAOPL3-SAx
WDM Driver, and then click Properties.

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7. SelecttheDrivertabandclickUpdateDriver.
YAMAHAAudio (Cont’)
11. Click Finish, and then click Close twice to
exit.
10.Select Specify a location and type in the
CD path: E:\AUDIO\WIN98.
9. Click Next again to let Windows search
for you.
8. Click Next to search for updated drivers.