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P2B-N
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Pentium III / Pentium II / Celeron™
NLX Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Marketing Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan 112 Telephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw Technical Support Tel (English): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 706 Tel (Chinese): +886-2-2894-3447 ext. 111 Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw Newsgroup: news2.asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com.tw FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) Marketing Address: 6737 Mowry Avenue,
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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 ............
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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 ..............................................
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provid
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: 1. Introduction Manual information and checklist 2. Features Information and specifications concerning this product 3. Hardware Setup Instructions on setting up the motherboard and jumpers 4. BIOS Setup Instructions on setting up the BIOS software 5. Software Setup Instructions on setting up the included support software 6. Software Reference Reference material for the included support software 7
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2. FEATURES Specifications 2. FEATURES 2.1 The ASUS P2B-N Motherboard The ASUS P2B-N is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants ad- vanced features processed by the fastest CPU. 2.1.1 Specifications • NLX: Features ASUS’ custom designed NLX form factor. ® ® • Multi-Speed: Supports Intel Pentium III (450MHz and faster), Pentium II TM (233MHz to 450MHz), and Celeron SEPP (266MHz and faster) processors. • Multi-Cache: Supports processors with 512, 256, 128, or 0KB Pipelined Burst Le
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2. FEATURES ® • Universal Retention Mechanism: Supports a Pentium III / II processor pack- TM aged in a Single Edge Contact Cartridge (SECC2/SECC) or a Celeron proces- sor packaged in a Single Edge Processor Package (SEPP). • Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through an op- tional ASUS PCI-L101 10/100 Fast Ethernet PCI card (see 7.1 PCI-L101 LAN Card) or a similar ethernet card. • IrDA: Includes/supports an infrared module for wireless interface. • Slim CD-ROM: Supports an op
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2. FEATURES Specifications 2. FEATURES ter busses to the memory and 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. • SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the new generation memory - Syn- chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB/s max using PC100-compliant SDRAM. 2.1.4 Intelligence • Dual Func
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2. FEATURES 2.2 ASUS P2B-N Parts T: Parallel Conn. Joystick/MIDI COM 1 B: Serial Conn. COM 2 VGA Connector RJ-45* LAN LED* Connector* T: PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard Intel 82558 LAN Controller* 4MB (Rage IIC)/ 8MB (Rage Pro) VGA Memory* Onboard ESS Audio* 2 DIMM Sockets ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X/Rage IIC VGA Chipset* CPU Slot 1 Universal Folding Retention Mechanism Intel PIIX4E PCIset Intel 440BX AGPset Slim CD-ROM Connector ASUS ASIC Keyboard BIOS, Multi-I/O Programmable Flash EEPROM H/W Monitoring
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3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Layout 3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.1 Motherboard Layout COM 1 COM 2 Parallel PS/2 RJ-45 VGA Joystick/MIDI TOP: Port MOUSE GAME BOTTOM: Connector LAN_LED KEYBOARD JACK_CON 1 1 CPU_FAN Intel 82558 MODEM CPU THEM Ethernet LAN Controller SDRAM SDRAM Rage Pro VGA: 8MB SDRAM Rage IIC VGA: 4MB SDRAM LANDIS_EN SDRAM SDRAM VIO PCI Audio ATI 3D Rage Pro AGP 2X/ Rage IIC VGA AUDIS_EN Chipset Intel PIIX4E Chipset Intel 440BX AGPset ASUS Keyboard ASIC BIOS, RTC, 32 1 0 Row & Multi-I/O FREQ
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3. HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Settings 1) VIO p. 18 Voltage Input/Output Selection 2) LANDIS_EN p. 18 LAN Setting (Enable/Disable) 3) AUDIS_EN p. 19 Audio Setting (Enable/Disable) 4) KB_WAKE p. 19 Keyboard Wake Up (Enable/Disable) 5) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 20 CPU External Clock (Bus) Frequency Selection 6) BF0, BF1, BF2, BF3 p. 20 CPU Core:Bus Frequency Multiple Sockets 1) DIMM1, DIMM2 p. 24 168-pin DIMM Memory Expansion Socket 2) CPU Slot 1 p. 25 CPU Support Hardware Monitor 1) CPU THEM p. 29 Thermal
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3. H/W SETUP Riser Card Layouts 3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.2 Riser Cards NOTE: Grayed items are optional 3.2.1 NLX-R Riser Card at the time of purchase. PCI2 ® NLX-R LAN LED WOL_CON PCI1 ISA FLOPPY HEAD_SPK MIC-CON USB NLX_EXT NLX_SLOT FCON NLX-R Riser Card Front IR IDE1 CIR POWER NLX-R Riser Card Back 3.2.2 B9-N Riser Card PCI3 ® PCI2 IDEA WAKEUP PCI1 IDEB ISA B9-N LED_CTRL FLOPPY JP-2K USB1 IR HEAD_SPK NLX_SLOT NLX_EXT B9-N Riser Card Front ATXPWR B9-N Riser Card Back 3.2.3 Yeong-Yang Riser Card PCI1
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3. HARDWARE SETUP Riser Card Expansion Slots 1) ISA (NLX-R) p. 30 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots* ISA (B9-N) 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots SLOT1/1A (Yeong-Yang) 16-bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 2) PCI1, PCI2 (NLX-R) p. 30 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots PCI1, PCI2, PCI3 (B9-N) 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots PCI1, PCI2 (Yeong-Yang) 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots Riser Card Connectors 1) CDIN (Yeong-Yang) p. 36 Stereo Audio In Connector 2) LAN_LED (NLX-R) p. 37 LAN Activity LED Connector (2 pins) WO
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3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1. Check Motherboard Settings 2. Install Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Panel Wires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BIOS Software 3.4 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard’s function settings through the use of switches and/or jumpers. WARNING! Computer mothe
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3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 3. HARDWARE SETUP 1) +3V Voltage Selection (VIO) This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM, chipset, AGP, and the CPU’s I/O buffer. IMPORTANT! Setting this jumper to High Volt (3.5V) may cause your system to become unstable. It is strongly recommended that you leave this jumper on its default setting of Normal Volt (3.3V). VIO Setting Normal Volt [2-3] (default) High Volt [1-2] VIO VIO 3 3 2 2 1 1 Normal High Voltage Voltage (default) P2B
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3. HARDWARE SETUP 3) Audio Setting (AUDIS_EN) The onboard 32-bit PCI audio may be enabled or disabled using this jumper. AUDIS EN Setting Enable [2-3] (default) Disable [1-2] AUDIS_EN AUDIS_EN 321 321 Disable Enable (Default) P2B-N Onboard Audio Setting 4) Keyboard Wake Up (KB_WAKE) This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function. Set this jumper to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard (by pressing the spacebar) to power up your computer. This feature requires an ATX power
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3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 3. HARDWARE SETUP 5) CPU Bus Frequency Selector (FS0, FS1, FS2) This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, DRAM, and AGPset. This allows the selection of the CPU’s External frequency (or BUS Clock). The Bus Clock multiplied by the Bus Multiple equals the CPU’s Internal frequency (the advertised CPU speed). 3 21 3 21 3 21 3 21 FS0 fi FS1 fi FS2 fi 66.8MHZ 75.0MHZ 83.3MHZ 100.2MHZ CPU fi fi 33.1MHZ 37.5MHZ 41.7MHZ 33.3MHZ PCI 3 21 3 21 3 2
