Asus P2B-N User manual

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P2B-N
Pentium®III / Pentium®II / Celeron™
NLX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL

2ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual
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4ASUS P2B-N User’s Manual
CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized .................................................. 7
1.2 Item Checklist ............................................................................. 7
1.2.1 Motherboard....................................................................... 7
1.2.2 Riser Card .......................................................................... 7
2. FEATURES ......................................................................................... 8
2.1 The ASUS P2B-N Motherboard ................................................. 8
2.1.1 Specifications..................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Special Features ................................................................. 9
2.1.3 Performance Features ...................................................... 10
2.1.4 Intelligence....................................................................... 10
2.2 ASUS P2B-N Parts ................................................................... 11
3. HARDWARE SETUP ...................................................................... 12
3.1 Motherboard Layout ................................................................. 12
3.2 Riser Cards................................................................................ 14
3.2.1 NLX-R Riser Card ........................................................... 14
3.2.2 B9-N Riser Card .............................................................. 14
3.2.3 Yeong-Yang Riser Card ................................................... 14
3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure ....................................................... 17
3.4 Motherboard Settings................................................................ 17
3.5 System Memory (DIMM) ......................................................... 23
3.5.1 General DIMM Notes ...................................................... 23
3.5.2 DIMM Memory Installation ............................................ 24
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 25
3.6.1 Universal Retention Mechanism...................................... 25
3.6.2 Heatsinks.......................................................................... 25
3.6.3 Installing the Processor .................................................... 26
3.6.4 ASUS Smart Thermal Solutions ...................................... 28
3.6.5 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot 1 Processors .............. 29
3.7 Expansion Cards ....................................................................... 30
3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure............................ 30
3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .............................. 30
3.7.3 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ........................ 31
3.7.4 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ................................... 31
3.8 External Connectors.................................................................. 32
3.8.1 Back Panel Connectors .................................................... 32
3.8.2 Midboard Connectors ...................................................... 35
3.8.3 Riser Card Connectors ..................................................... 36
3.9 Power Connection Procedures .................................................. 41

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CONTENTS
4. BIOS SETUP.................................................................................... 42
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS ......................................... 42
4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ......................... 42
4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary)......... 43
4.2 BIOS Setup ............................................................................... 45
4.3 Standard CMOS Setup .............................................................. 46
4.4 BIOS Features Setup................................................................. 49
4.5 Chipset Features Setup.............................................................. 52
4.6 Power Management Setup ........................................................ 55
4.7 PNP and PCI Setup ................................................................... 58
4.8 Load BIOS Defaults.................................................................. 60
4.9 Load Setup Defaults.................................................................. 60
4.10 Supervisor and User Password ................................................. 61
4.11 IDE HDD Auto Detection ......................................................... 62
4.12 Save & Exit Setup..................................................................... 63
4.13 Exit Without Saving .................................................................. 63
5. SOFTWARE SETUP....................................................................... 65
5.1 Support CD Main Menu (Windows 98).................................... 65
5.3 LDCM Local Setup................................................................... 68
5.4 LDCM Administrator Setup...................................................... 70
5.5 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 71
5.6 ASUS LiveUpdate .................................................................... 72
5.6 Driver ........................................................................................ 73
5.7 Other ......................................................................................... 76
5.8 Uninstalling Programs .............................................................. 78
5.9 DOS and Windows 3.1 Setup for Novell .................................. 79
5.10 Windows NT Server or Workstation ......................................... 80
5.11 Windows 95 .............................................................................. 82
5.12 Select Duplex Mode (optional)................................................. 83
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ........................................................... 85
6.1 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 85
6.2 AudioRack32 ............................................................................ 91
6.3 Display Settings for Windows 95/98 ...................................... 100
6.4 Desktop Management Interface (DMI)................................... 102
7. APPENDIX...................................................................................... 105
7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................. 105
7.2 S370 Series CPU Cards .......................................................... 107
7.3 Network Controller ................................................................. 109
7.4 Glossary .................................................................................. 115