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  • Page 1 MEL-C Socket 370 Motherboard USER’S MANUAL...
  • 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

    WWW: www.asus.com FTP: ftp.asus.com.tw/pub/ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Marketing Address: Harkort Str. 25, 40880 Ratingen, BRD, Germany Telephone: 49-2102-445011 Fax: 49-2102-442066 Email: sales@asuscom.de Technical Support Hotline: 49-2102-499712 BBS: 49-2102-448690 Email: tsd@asuscom.de WWW: www.asuscom.de FTP: ftp.asuscom.de/pub/ASUSCOM ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    How this manual is organized ............. 7 Item Checklist ..................7 II. FEATURES ..................8 The ASUS MEL-C Motherboard ............8 Parts of the ASUS MEL-C Motherboard .......... 11 III. HARDWARE SETUP ..............12 ASUS MEL-C Motherboard Layout ..........12 Hardware Setup Steps ............... 14 1.
  • Page 5 Supervisor Password and User Password ........53 IDE HDD Auto Detection ............54 Save & Exit Setup ............... 55 Exit Without Saving ..............55 V. SOFTWARE SETUP ..............59 VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ............65 VII. APPENDIX ..................78 ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 6: Federal Communications Commission Statement

    You may install an auxiliary fan, if necessary. 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 Canadian Department of Communications. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 7: Introduction

    (1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User’s Manual ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 8: Features

    II. FEATURES The ASUS MEL-C Motherboard The ASUS MEL-C motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many intelligent features in a small package. Specifications: • Intel Processor Support: Supports Intel Celeron processors (300MHz and faster) designed for the Socket 370 and packaged in a Plastic Pin Grid Array (PPGA).
  • Page 9 • ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) is also imple- mented on all ASUS smart series motherboards. ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems (OS) supporting OS Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features implemented in the OS, PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy saving standards.
  • Page 10 A simple glimpse provides useful infor- mation to the user. • Keyboard Power Up: Keyboard Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 11: Parts Of The Asus Mel-C Motherboard

    II. FEATURES Parts of the ASUS MEL-C Motherboard ATX Power Intel 440LX 3 DIMM Sockets IDE1 & 2 Connector Socket 370 AGPset T: PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T: USB 1 B: USB 2 B: COM 1 T: Parallel/Printer B: Serial Ports...

  • Page 12: Hardware Setup

    III. HARDWARE SETUP ASUS MEL-C Motherboard Layout CPU_FAN PWR_FAN PS/2 T: Mouse B: Keyboard Socket 370 T: Port 1 B: Port 2 COM1 Intel CLRTC 440LX COM2 AGPset MODEM Audio Chipset Accelerated Graphics Port PCI Slot 1 FLOPPY Multi- Chip...

  • Page 13: Motherboard Settings

    31 Reset Switch Lead (2 pins) 24) PWR.LED (PANEL) p. 31 System Power LED Lead (3-1 pins) 25) KEYLOCK (PANEL) p. 31 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2 pins) 26) SPEAKER (PANEL) p. 31 System Warning Speaker Connector (4 pins) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 14: Hardware Setup Steps

    ATX power supply. Your computer will not power on if you set this to Enable and if you do not have the right ATX power supply. KBPWR KBPWR Disable Enable (Default) MEL-C Keyboard Power Up ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 15 Setting this jumper to Add 0.1 Volt may cause your system to become unstable. It is strongly recommended that you leave this jumper on its default setting of Normal (3.5V). Normal Add 0.1Volt MEL-C VIO Setting ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 16 4.0x(4/1) 4.5x(9/2) 5.0x(5/1) 5.5x(11/2) 6.0x(6/1) 6.5x(13/2) 7.0x(7/1) 7.5x(15/2) 8.0x(8/1) MEL-C CPU : BUS Frequency Multiple Set the DIP switches by the Internal speed of your processor as follows: (BUS Frequency) (Frequency Multiple) Intel CPU Model Speed Mult Freq. DIP1 DIP2...

  • 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; double-sided come in 32, 64, 128, 256MB. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 18: Dimm Memory Installation

    SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides. Lock MEL-C 168-Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3.3V Unbuffered for this motherboard. To determine the DIMM type, check the notches on the DIMMs (see figure below).

  • Page 19: Central Processing Unit (Cpu)

    CPU. Once completely inserted, close the socket’s lever while holding down the CPU. NOTE: Set the bus frequency and multiple for your Socket 370 processor. Socket 370 CPU (Top) Socket 370 CPU (Bottom) Notch MEL-C Socket 370 ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
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  • Page 21: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 22: Assigning Dma Channels For Isa Cards

    By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve). Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) This motherboard provides an accelerated graphics port (AGP) slot to support a new generation of graphics cards with ultra-high memory bandwidth, such as an ASUS 3D hardware accelerator. MEL-C Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

  • Page 23: External Connectors

    This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS/2 plug (mini DIN). This connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs. You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 24 5. Serial Port Connectors (Two 9-pin COM1/COM2) The two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. See “Onboard Serial Port” in Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SETUP. COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports (9-pin Male) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 25 LAN support, your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA +5VSB. +3.3Volts +3.3 Volts -12.0Volts +3.3 Volts Ground Ground Power Supply On +5.0 Volts Ground Ground Ground +5.0 Volts Ground Ground -5.0 Volts Power Good +5.0 Volts +5V Standby +5.0 Volts +12.0Volts MEL-C ATX Power Connector ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 26 (Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged). NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 MEL-C Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 27 12. Wake-On-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON) These connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake-On-LAN output, such as the ASUS PCI-L101 (see section on ASUS LAN Card). The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card.
  • Page 28 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. Front View Back View +5V IRRX IRTX (NC) GND IRTX (NC) IRRX MEL-C Infrared Module Connector ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 29 It also allows the sharing of microphone and speaker between the onboard audio and the voice modem card. NOTE: Your voice modem card requires a similar connector to use this feature. MODEM MEL-C Modem Card Voice In Connector ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 30 Ground Ground Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Right Audio Channel NOTE: AUX is the same as CD1. MEL-C Stereo Audio In Connectors For Items 20-26 Speaker Keyboard Lock Connector Power LED Reset SW Message LED ATX Power...
  • Page 31 When connected, you will hear system warnings though both sources. NOTE: Some sound cards allow you to connect to the system speaker signal so that the warnings can be heard and adjusted through your multimedia system. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
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  • Page 33: Power Connection Procedures

    Shut down the computer?. The power supply should turn 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 34: Flash Memory Writer Utility

    To save your current BIOS, type [1] at the Main Menu and then press <Enter>. The Save Cur- rent BIOS To File screen ap- pears. Type a filename and the path, for example, A:\XXX-XX.XXX and then press <Enter>. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 35 BIOS update, press Y to start the update. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM. When the pro- gramming is finished, Flashed Successfully will be displayed. Follow the onscreen instruc- tions to continue. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 36: 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 37: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 38: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 39 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 40 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 41: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 42 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 43 The default setting is System, where the system prompts for the User Password every time you start your system. The other option is Setup, where the system goes through its startup routine unless the Setup utility is called, when the system prompts for the Supervisor Password. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 44: Chipset Features Setup

    This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to SDRAM. Leave on default setting. MA Wait State (Auto) This controls the leadoff clocks for CPU read cycles. Leave on default setting. SDRAM Banks Close Policy (Page-Miss) Leave on default setting. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 45 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 46 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 47: Power Management Setup

    Power Management Field. Windows 98, by default, installs the APM. 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 48 4 seconds. Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power OFF the system. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 49 This allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system. You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday, which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 50: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 51 USB devices, you may set this feature to Disabled to save an extra IRQ# for expansion cards. VGA BIOS Sequence (PCI/AGP) You can select the search order for your VGA card(s). PCI/AGP will detect PCI VGA cards before AGP, and AGP/PCI will detect AGP cards before PCI VGA. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 52: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 53: Supervisor Password And User Password

    (2) Short the solder points, (3) Turn ON your computer, (4) Hold down <Delete> during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re-enter user preferences. CLRTC Short solder points to Clear CMOS MEL-C Clear RTC RAM ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 54: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 55: 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 56 IV. BIOS SETUP (This page was intentionally left blank.) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 57 SUPPORT CD ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 58 SOFTWARE CONTENTS V. SOFTWARE SETUP ........... 59 Operating Systems ................59 MEL-C Support CD (Windows 98) ........... 59 Installing the ESS Audio Driver ............61 Installing AudioRack32 ..............62 Installing the Software Wavetable ........... 63 Installing PCCillin ................64 VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ........65 AudioRack32 ..................

  • Page 59: Software Setup

    For Windows 95, you must use OSR 2.0 or later. For Windows NT 4.0, you must use Service Pack 3.0 or later. MEL-C Support CD (Windows 98) Insert the support CD or double-click 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.

  • Page 60: Support Cd Contents

    Install PCCillin: Installs “PC-cillin” virus protection software. View the online help if you have any questions. • Browse this CD: Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD. • Read Me: View additional notes with Notepad. •...

  • Page 61: Installing The Ess Audio Driver

    2. Select Search for the best driver for your device and 1. Click here. then click here. 3. Browse to E:\AUDIO\W95 (assuming E is your 4. Click here. CD-ROM drive) and then click here. 5. Click here. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 62: Installing Audiorack32

    Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen. 1. Click here. 2. Click here. 3. Click here. 4. Click here to start AudioRack32. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 63: Installing The Software Wavetable

    Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the autorun screen. 1. Click here. 2. Click here. 3. Select Install ESS Software Wavetable and then click here. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 64: Installing Pccillin

    4. Click here. 6. Insert a floppy disk and then click here. 5. Click Express Install and then click here. 7. Once the Emergency Clean disk is created, click here. Follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 65: Software Reference

    The Audio Recorder is a separate application from the AudioRack32. It can be used to add effects and edit files recorded with the Digital Audio Player or by the Audio Recorder itself. The Audio Recorder can be launched from the AudioRack32’s Digital Audio Player or on its own. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 66: The Command Center

    Track or File Name: shows the name of the current track or file in the playlist. Time Index: displays the amount of time elapsed for the track or file in hours, minutes, seconds, and tenths of a second. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 67: The Miniature Mode

    AudioRack32, invoke the Always on Top command, select active components (DAT, MIDI, or CD), or exit the AudioRack32. The Stop, Pause, and Play buttons affect components that are currently active ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 68: The Audio Mixer

    Modules that your hardware may provide for are: Master, Line, Wave, Mic, CD, MIDI, and Aux B. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 69: The Digital Audio Player

    Digital Audio Player. The display tells you the file name, size, number of bits per sample, sample rate, and whether the file was recorded in stereo or mono. Click again to return to the image of the tape deck. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 70: The Midi Player

    FM, producing richer timbre and greater depth of instru- ment voices. FM synthesis is a lower quality technology compared with Wave table synthesis. This card supports Wave table synthesis therefore ESFM is not supported on this card. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 71: The Compact Disk Player

    Auto Repeat. goes back one second in the MIDI file. opens the Set Playlist dialog box. goes forward one second in the MIDI file. ejects the CD from the CD-ROM drive. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 72: The Audio Recorder

    To the right of the text boxes is a box displaying the icon associated with the particu- lar file. If a file has no icon associated with it, it is given a default icon. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 73: Release Notes

    AudioRack can only display six of them at a time. You may configure the settings by modifying the file “auddrive.ini” in the Windows directory. Under the section [MixerRak], you can enable or disable the display of each input by setting its corre- sponding binary value to 1(enable) or 0(disable). ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
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  • Page 75: Introducing The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility

    VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 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 76: Using The Asus Dmi Configuration Utility

    VI. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 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 77 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 MEL-C User’s Manual...

  • Page 78: Appendix

    Motherboard type Other If you are using the ASUS PCI-L101 on an ASUS motherboard, leave the jumper on its defaut setting of “ASUS.” If you are using another brand of motherboard, set the jumper to “Other.” Connect the Wake on LAN (WOL) output signal to the motherboard’s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth-...

  • Page 79: Software Driver Support

    A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake-On-LAN function, a client with Wake-On-LAN capa- bility, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can trigger wake-up frame. ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...
  • Page 80 VII. APPENDIX (This page was intentionally left blank) ASUS MEL-C User’s Manual...

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