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USER'S MANUAL
Special Features
ASUS P2B-L (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB)
• Intel 82558 LAN Chipset
• Wake-On-LAN
ASUS P2B-S
• Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset
• Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver
ASUS P2B-LS (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB)
• Intel 82558 LAN Chipset
• Wake-On-LAN
• Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset
• Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver
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  • Page 1 P2B-L / P2B-S / P2B-LS Pentium USER’S MANUAL Special Features ASUS P2B-L (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB) • Intel 82558 LAN Chipset • Wake-On-LAN ASUS P2B-S • Adaptec 7890 SCSI Chipset • Adaptec 3860 SCSI Transceiver ASUS P2B-LS (power supply must provide at least 720mA on the +5VSB) •...
  • Page 2 Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing.

  • Page 3: Asus Contact Information

    Email: tsd-usa@asus.com.tw WWW: www.asus.com FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: info-ger@asus.com.tw Technical Support Hotline: 49-2102-499712 BBS: 49-2102-448690 Email: tsd-ger@asus.com.tw WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Item Checklist ... 7 II. FEATURES Features ... 8 ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS Motherboard ... 9 III. INSTALLATION ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS Motherboard Layout ... 10 Installation Steps ... 12 1. Jumpers ... 12 Jumper Settings ... 13 2. System Memory (DIMM) ... 17 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: ...
  • Page 5 IX. ADAPTEC EZ-SCSI UTILITY Quick Start Instructions ... 79 Troubleshooting Tips ... 80 Information for DOS/Windows 3.1x Users ... 83 DOS Formatting Utilities ... 84 Low-level Formatter (scsifmt) ... 84 Formatter and Partitioner (afdisk) ... 85 ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Federal Communications Commission Statement

    Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana- dian Department of Communications. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    68-pin Ultra2 SCSI cable with terminator (optional) 68-pin Fast & Wide SCSI cable (optional) 50-pin Fast SCSI cable (optional) Network condition connector module (optional) ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Manual information and checklist Information and specifications Instructions on setting up the motherboard.

  • Page 8: Features

    Features The ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS motherboards are carefully designed for the de- manding PC user who wants many advanced features processed by the fastest CPU. • Multi-Speed: ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 9: Asus P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-Ls Motherboard

    Ultra2 & Ultra-Fast/ Wide SCSI Chipset (optional) Accelerated Graphics Port 4PCI Slots Multi-I/O Hardware Monitor 2 ISA Slots ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Fast-SCSI Connector Ultra-Wide SCSI Connector 4 DIMM Sockets Ultra2 SCSI Connector Intel PIIX4E Programmable PCIset 2Mbit Flash ROM...

  • Page 10: Installation

    III. INSTALLATION ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS Motherboard Layout Power Supply Fan Mouse (top port) PS/2 Keyboard (bottom port) USB 1 (top port) USB 2 (bottom port) KBPWR COM 1 COM 2 RJ-45 LAN Activity LED Connector Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Accelerated Graphics Port...

  • Page 11: Hardware Monitor

    33 Chassis/CPU/Power Supply Fan Connectors (3 pins) 23) ATXPWR p. 34 ATX Motherboard Power Connector (20 pins) The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H-297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address, otherwise conflicts will occur. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual †...

  • Page 12: Installation Steps

    4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual to connect pins 2&3. Jumpers for Short (On) and...

  • Page 13: Jumper Settings

    CLRTC, (3) Turn on your computer, (4) Hold down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences. P2B-L/S/LS Real Time Clock RAM (CLRTC) 2. Keyboard Power Up (KBPWR) This allows you to disable or enable the keyboard power up function. Set to Enable if you want to use your keyboard (by pressing <Spacebar>) to power up...
  • Page 14 SCSI and IDE devices connected to this motherboard but only have one LED on your system cabinet, place a jumper on COMBINE in order to combine the IDE and SCSI activity into the IDELED. P2B-L/S/LS IDE/SCSI Device Activity LED Selection ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual LAN_EN...
  • Page 15 Overclocking your processor is not recommended. It may result in a slower speed. Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID) is not needed for the Pentium II processor because it sends a VID signal directly to the onboard power controller. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual 2.0x (2/1) 2.5x (5/2) 3.0x (3/1) 3.5x (7/2) 4.0x (4/1) 4.5x (9/2) 5.0x (5/1) 5.5x (11/2) 6.0x (6/1)
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  • Page 17: System Memory (Dimm)

    BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen. • 8 chips/side modules do not support ECC, only 9 chips/side modules support ECC. • Single-sided DIMMs come in 16, 32, 64,128MB and double-sided DIMMs come in 32, 64, 128, 256MB sizes. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Total Memory...

  • Page 18: Dimm Memory Installation Procedures

    SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides. SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density. P2B-L/S/LS 168-Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The DIMMs must be 3.3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs. To determine the DIMM type, check the notches on the DIMMs (see figure below).

  • Page 19: Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your reference. The design and color of your items may be slightly different. Attach Mount Bridges (Items 1,2) ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Lock Holes Captive Nut...
  • Page 20 Do not overtighten the captive nuts. Doing so could damage your motherboard. Tighten captive nuts to no more than 6±1 inch/pound. Captive nut ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual SEC CPU slot NOTE: Encircled items are the screws from the mount bridges (1 & 2)
  • Page 21 With the heatsink facing the motherboard’s chipsets, press the cartridge gently but firmly until it is full inserted. Push lock inward ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Push each end of the clamps until they lock The thermal pad & SEC cartridge should not have a gap!
  • Page 22 6. Connect the Heat Sensor Cable to TRCPU (optional): If you purchased the specially designed fan and thermal monitor heatsink, you can connect the heat sensor cable to the motherboard’s CPU heat sensor connector (TRCPU). P2B-L/S/LS CPU Thermal Sensor ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Heatsink support...

  • Page 23: Aavid Heatsink

    “Unlock” to “Lock.” You will not be able to also use the heatsink support top bar because of the fan. The heatsink support top bar will, however, still be included in the package, in case you use a heatsink without a fan. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 24: Expansion Cards

    (to gain access, double-click the System icon under the Control Panel program). Ensure that no two devices share the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 25: Assigning Dma Channels For Isa Cards

    Accelerated Graphics Port This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port (AGP) slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra-high memory bandwidth, such as the ASUS AGP-V2740 3D Multimedia Accelerator. P2B-L/S/LS Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

  • Page 26: External Connectors

    P2B-L/S/LS PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) 2. PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin Female) The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one is detected. If not de- tected, expansion cards can use IRQ12. See “PS/2 Mouse Function Control” in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE.
  • Page 27 Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE. NOTE: Serial print- ers must be connected to the serial port. P2B-L/S/LS Parallel Port (25-pin Female) 4. Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors (Two 9-pin Male) The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. See “Onboard Serial Port...”...
  • Page 28 Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices. USB 1 USB 2 P2B-L/S/LS Universal Serial Bus (USB) 7. LAN Condition Connector (6-pin A) (optional/reserved) This connector supports the optional network condition connector module. This module mounts to system cases that support this feature.
  • Page 29 IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector. You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and an- other on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Adaptec AIC-7890AB Chipset LVD Mode SE Mode Adaptec AIC-3860 Chipset P2B-L/S/LS Mixed Ultra2 and Single-Ended Device Configuration Ultra2 SCSI uses the same connectors and cables as UltraSCSI, so upgrading is easy and cost-effective. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual 68-pin Ultra2 SCSI Connector...
  • Page 31 IrDA. Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions. P2B-L/S/LS Infrared Module Connector 13. SB-LINK™ Connector (6-1 pin SBLINK) Using Intel’s PC-PCI technology, this connector allows Sound Blaster 16 com- patibility to AWE64D (Digital) or compatible PCI audio cards, enabling users to play Real-mode DOS games and multimedia applications.
  • Page 33 CHASSIS lead will indicate to the system that the chassis has been opened. This function is available with the hardware monitor installed. P2B-L/S/LS Chassis Open Alarm Lead 22. Chassis/CPU/Power Supply Fan Connectors (3-pin FAN) These connectors support cooling fans of 500mA (6W) or less. Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink(s) instead of the expansion slots.
  • Page 34 P2B-L/S/LS ATX Power Connector IMPORTANT: Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 10mA on the 5-volt standby lead (5VSB). For motherboards with the onboard LAN chipset, your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA to the +5Volt standby power.

  • Page 35: Power Connection Procedures

    Shut down the computer?. The system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and then power off after Windows shuts down. NOTE: The message “You can now safely turn off your computer” will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: Bios Software

    To save your current BIOS, type [1] at the Main Menu and then press <Enter>. The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears. Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXXXX-X and then press <Enter>. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 37 BIOS update, press Y to start the update. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. When the programming is finished, Flashed Successfully will be displayed. Follow the onscreen instruc- tions to continue. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: Managing And Updating Your Motherboard's Bios

    Updating BIOS Procedures (only when necessary) 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) or a BBS (Bulletin Board Service) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details) and save to the disk you created earlier.

  • Page 39: Bios Setup

    Reset button on the system case. You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again. But do so only if the first two methods fail. When you invoke Setup, the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options: ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 40: Load Defaults

    To set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. Valid values for month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (up to 2079) ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 41 IDE hard disks; set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA. Large type of drive can only be used with MS-DOS and is very uncommon. Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card, choose EGA/VGA. Halt On (All Errors) This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Choose from All Errors; No Errors; All,But Keyboard, All,But Diskette; and All,But Disk/Key. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 43: Bios Features Setup

    Be- cause of conflicts with new operating systems, for example, during installation of new software, you may have to set this to Disabled to prevent write errors. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 44 This allows the enabling or disabling of the S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitor- ing technology. This feature is normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 IV. BIOS SOFTWARE PS/2 Mouse Function Control (Auto) The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS/2 mouse on bootup. If detected, IRQ12 will be used for the PS/2 mouse. IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS/2 mouse is not detected. Enabled will always reserve IRQ12, whether on bootup a PS/2 mouse is detected or not.

  • Page 46: Chipset Features Setup

    This controls the latency between SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available. Leave on default setting. SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between SDRAM active command and the read/write command. Leave on default setting. SDRAM RAS Precharge Time ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 47 When Enabled, this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the onboard floppy disk drive connector instead of a separate controller card. If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy disk drives, set this field to Disabled. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 48 Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing (0, 1, 2, 3, 4), it is necessary for these to be independent. The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 49: Power Management Setup

    “Power” will appear in the “Control Panel.” Choose “Advanced” in the Power Management Field. Video Off Option (Suspend -> Off ) This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. The settings are Always On and Suspend -> Off. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 50 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode. No Function disables the ATX switch function when the button is pressed under 4 seconds. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 NOTE: If any of the monitored items are out of range, an error message will appear: “Hardware Monitor found an error, enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details”. You will then be prompted to “Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP”. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: Pnp And Pci Setup

    ICU, you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes. For example: If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10, then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 53 USB devices, you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ# for expansion cards. VGA BIOS (PCI/AGP) PCI/AGP asks the system to first find the PCI VGA card, then AGP VGA card if a PCI VGA card is not found. AGP/PCI does the reverse. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: Load Bios Defaults

    <Enter>. The system displays a confirmation message on the screen. Press <Y> and then <Enter> to confirm. Press <N> and then <Enter> to abort. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: Supervisor Password And User Password

    <Enter> instead of entering a new password when the “Enter Password” prompt appears. A message confirms the password has been disabled. NOTE: If you forget the password, see Clear Time Clock (Jumpers) in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 56: Ide Hdd Auto Detection

    The auto-detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive. Some IDE drives can use more than one set. This is not a problem if the drive is new and empty. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 57: Save & Exit Setup

    Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session. To exit without saving, highlight the “Exit Without Sav- ing” option on the main screen and then press <Enter>. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 58: Support Cd

    Insert the support CD or double click on your CD drive icon in “My Computer” to bring up the autorun menu or run Setup.exe in the root directory of the Support CD. NOTE: The support CD contents are constantly updated without notice. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 59: Main Menu Selections

    (NOTE: Will not run with LDCM in- stalled.) Please view the user’s manual in Adobe Acrobat PDF format located in the “ASUSLM” directory on the ASUS Support CD or see the PC Probe section in this user’s manual.

  • Page 60: Dmi Utility

    VI. DMI Utility Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to a computer’s system such as the CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies, and memory size.

  • Page 61: Using The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility

    VI. DMI Utility Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility NOTE: The following screen displays are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents on your system. Edit DMI (or delete) Use the (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items.
  • Page 62 You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data. You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Network Interface

    V4.0; IBM LAN Server 2.x, 3.0; IBM LAN Support V1.x; IBM OS/2 EE V2.0; DEC Pathworks V4.x & V5.0; Sun PC-NFS; Banyan VINES; IBM TCP/IP for DOS & OS/ 2; Wollongong Pathway Access Unix Driver - SCO Unix ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 64: Led Connectors

    Pin 1 Output Transmit Data + Pin 2 Output Transmit Data - Pin 3 Input Receive Data + Pin 6 Input Receive Data - Pins 4,5,7,8 (Reserved) ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Motherboard Uplink 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678 12345678...

  • Page 65: Dos And Windows 3.1 Setup For Novell

    CONFIG.SYS file, type REM in front of each line that loads a network driver. Or, with DOS 6.x or later press “F5” as DOS starts, to bypass the drivers. 2. Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in a floppy drive, switch to that drive, and at the DOS prompt, type “SETUP”.

  • Page 66: Windows Nt Server Or Workstation

    If your computer displays an error while booting, it may require additional steps to configure. Install network drivers - Windows NT Version 4.0 only After starting Windows NT, you need to install the device drivers. Have the Windows NT CD-ROM disk available for this procedure. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 67 3. When the list of adapters appears, scroll to the end of the list and select <Other> Requires disk from manufacturer. 4. Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk in the A: drive and click OK. 5. Select the “Intel EtherExpress PRO Adapter” and click OK.

  • Page 68: Windows 95

    2. Click “Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer,” then click OK. The Install From Disk dialog box appears. 3. Insert the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk. 4. Specify A:\ (or B:\) as the path, then click OK. 5. Follow prompts for any Windows 95 installation disks and restart when prompted.

  • Page 69: Select Duplex Mode (Optional)

    DOS ODI, NDIS 2.01 Clients Edit the NET.CFG or PROTOCOL.INI file. Add keywords to Link Driver section: FORCEDUPLEX 2 SPEED 100 (or 10 if 10BASE-T) ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 70 Windows 95 If you are a LAN Administrator setting up server-based push installation of Windows 95 as defined in Microsoft Windows 95 Resource Kit, additional steps are required for this network interface or adapter. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 71: Troubleshooting

    If you configured the network interface for full duplex, make sure the hub port is also configured for full duplex. Setting the wrong duplex mode can degrade performance, cause data loss, or result in lost connections. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 72 Test the network interface or adapter by running Intel diagnostics. For DOS or Windows 3.1 computers, run Setup on the ASUS Configuration and Drivers disk. For Windows NT and Windows 95 run Intel PROSet by double-clicking the Intel PROSet Icon in the Control Panel.
  • Page 73 Make sure the network cable is fully attached to the network interface or adapter. Link LED does not light when power is connected. • Make sure WOL cable is attached and power is applied to computer. • Make sure network cable is attached at both ends. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 74: Technical Information

    100 Mbps link and doesn’t impact the 100 Mbps bandwidth of another station. Switching hubs can effectively increase the overall bandwidth available on the network, significantly improving performance. Switching hubs can also support full duplex. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 75: Using Wake On Lan

    A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card or interface that can activate the Wake-On-LAN function, a client with Wake- On-LAN capability, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can trigger the wake-up frame. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 76: Glossary

    This standard is intended to encompass several media types and techniques for signal rates from 1Mb/s to 100Mb/s. Interrupt (IRQ) Signal suspending a program temporarily and transfers control to the operating sys- tem when input or output is required. Light emitting diode Mbps Megabits per second ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 77: Adaptec Scsi Select Configuring The Scsi Adapter

    This utility is only necessary if you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
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  • Page 79: Adaptec Ez-Scsi Utility

    1. Install DOS 6.x or later and start it running on your computer. 2. Insert the Adaptec EZSCSI Setup Disk into your floppy disk drive. 3. At the DOS prompt, type a:\install (assuming your 3.5” floppy is A: drive). Then press <Enter>. 4. Follow the onscreen instructions. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 80: Troubleshooting Tips

    If Windows does not detect the host adapter, run the Add New Hardware Wizard again. This time, select No on the second screen of the wizard, then select SCSI controllers on the next screen. Select the name of your host adapter when it appears. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 81 5 Turn the computer ON. If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play, Win- dows will install and configure it automatically. Otherwise, run Add New Hard- ware to make sure the new driver is loaded. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 82 Comment out the line that loads mscdex.exe in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file. • Change the /L switch on the line that loads mscdex.exe in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file so it assigns the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 83: Information For Dos/Windows 3.1X Users

    ASPI manager. To learn more about these ASPI managers, including their command line option information, see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference, a Windows Help application. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 84: Dos Formatting Utilities

    You can reassign the bad block(s) to prevent data from being stored there. 6. Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5, as needed, to format or verify other disk devices. When you are finished, press Esc to exit. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...

  • Page 85: Formatter And Partitioner (Afdisk)

    Disks smaller than 1 Gigabyte have 64 heads, 32 sectors per track, and cylinders equal to the number of MB of available capacity. Disks larger than 1 Gigabyte have 255 heads, 63sectors per track, and one cylinder per 8 MB of available capacity. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual...
  • Page 86 7. To quit afdisk, press Esc and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit. ASUS P2B-L/P2B-S/P2B-LS User’s Manual Type Start Megs...
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