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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.
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized ..........7 1.2 Item Checklist ................7 2. FEATURES ..................8 2.1 The ASUS P4T-CM ..............8 2.2 P4T-CM Motherboard Components .......... 12 3. HARDWARE SETUP ..............14 3.1 P4T-CM Motherboard Layout ..........14 3.2 Layout Contents ................
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5. SOFTWARE SETUP ............... 67 5.1 Install Operating System ............67 5.2 Start Windows ................67 5.3 P4T-CM Motherboard Support CD ........... 68 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ............71 6.1 ASUS PC Probe ................ 71 6.2 ASUS Live Update ..............76 6.4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE ............
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
1000 ethernet card (1) Ribbon cable for (1) 5.25” and (2) 3.5” floppy disk drives (1) COM Port Bracket and Cable (1) ASUS 2-port USB connector set with bracket (1) I/O port bracket (1) Bag of spare jumpers (1) Support drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User’s Manual...
2. FEATURES 2.1 The ASUS P4T-CM The ASUS P4T-CM motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors. 2.1.1 Specifications ® • Intel Processor Support: Intel Socket 423 Pentium 4 processors.
18-bit stereo, full duplex audio performance. The chipset supporst up to four analog line inputs, two stereo outputs, and one mono output channel. Added featuers include 3D stereo enhancement, and extra true line-level out for headphones and speaker amplifiers. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
• 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.
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Millenium, and Windows NT/2000, require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications. The onboard hardware ASUS ASIC in conjunction with either the bundled ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes.
ATX power connector on the motherboard. WARNING! Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to your motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
RIMMA1 RDRAM (Rows 0&1) RIMMB1 RDRAM (Rows 2&3) TOTAL SYSTEM MEMORY (1GB Max) IMPORTANT 1. The memory configuration of channel A (RIMMA1 ) and channel B (RIMMB1) must be identical. 128MB RDRAM RIMMB1 128MB RDRAM RIMMA1 ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Do not touch the memory module’s connectors. Handle the mod- ule only by the edges. P4T-CM ® P4T-CM 184-Pin RIMM Sockets 1. Make sure that the notch keys in the module are aligned with the small ribs inside the RIMM sockets. MOUNTING NOTCH...
The CPU fits in one orientation and should drop easily into place. Do not force the CPU into the socket to avoid bending the pins. If the CPU does not fit, check its alignment and look for bent pins. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Insert the white plastic plugs into the middle of the black plastic collars and pop them firmly out the bottom of the motherboard. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor’s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is work- ing. Without sufficient circulation, the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard. You may install an auxiliary fan, if necessary. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
ACPI Mode when enabled IRQ Holder for PCI Steering IRQ Holder for PCI Steering PS/2 Compatible Mouse Port Numeric Data Processor Primary IDE Channel Secondary IDE Channel *These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
P4T-CM Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) IMPORTANT: ® Only 1.5V AGP cards are supported. ASUS AGP 4X cards are rated for both 1.5 and 3.3 Volts. Early AGP cards only operate at 3.3 volts and will not fit properly into the new AGP 4X slots. See examples of both types below: An early 3.3V AGP card:...
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 P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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See Onboard Serial Port 1/2 in 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration for settings. COM 1 Serial Port (9-pin male) COM2 P4T-CM ® PIN 1 P4T-CM Serial COM2 Bracket ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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USB connectors. The connector allows the motherboard to connect to a Lo- cal Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. RJ-45 7) IEEE-1394 Controller Interface Connector (6 pin 1394_CON) (optional) This connector supports external digital devices. IEEE-1394 (6 pins) ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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(Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting the cable into the wrong orientation). FLOPPY NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. P4T-CM ® PIN 1 P4T-CM Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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UltraDMA/100 IDE devices must use a 40-pin 80-conductor IDE cable for 100MByte/sec transfer rates. NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. P4T-CM ® PIN 1 P4T-CM IDE Connectors ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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AUX_CON CD IN P4T-CM ® P4T-CM Internal Audio Connectors 13) IEEE-1394 Headers (8-pin 1394HEAD2/1394HEAD3) (optional) These headers support an IEEE-1394 serial connector cable set that mounts to a standard expansion slot in the computer case. 1394-compliant internal fixed disk drives may also be connected to these headers.
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NOTE: The “Rotation” signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal. The Rotations per Minute (RPM) can monitored using a utility such as ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM. WARNING! The CPU and/or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks.
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USB connector set to an open slot on your chassis. USB2 P4T-CM ® 1: USB Power 6: USB Power 2: USBP2– 7: USBP3– 3: USBP2+ 8: USBP3+ 4: GND 9: GND 5: NC P4T-CM USB Headers ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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P4T-CM Infrared Module Connector 18) Front Panel Connectors (24-1 pin AFPANEL) This connector allows you to setup an optional ASUS ipanel, an easy to access operational console mounted in a standard front drive bay. The iPanel offers front I/O ports, status LEDs and space reserved for a hard disk drive. (If you are...
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Primary/Secondary IDE and Primary/ Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up. TIP: If the case-mounted LED does not light, try reversing the 2-pin plug. P4T-CM ® HDLED P4T-CM HD Activity LED ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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SMI Lead Switch* Requires an ATX power supply. P4T-CM System Panel Connectors 21) System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PWRLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects the system power LED, which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode.
No DRAM installed or detected One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card three short beeps memory bad High frequency beeps when CPU overheated system is working System running at a lower frequency ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Shut Down, and then click 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 P4T-CM User’s Manual...
4. In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH <Enter> to run AFLASH. IMPORTANT! If “unknown” is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. ASUS A7A266 User’s Manual...
BIOS revision will solve your problems. Careless updating can result in your motherboard having more problems! 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details) and save to the disk you created earlier.
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NOTE: When you see the message “Boot Block is different”, you may still press <Y> to update the BIOS. Yet if the update fails, your system will run a greater risk of boot failure depending on whether the boot block is damaged or not. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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BIOS file you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. If this happens, your system will need servicing. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
POST. NOTE: Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re- flect your BIOS screens exactly. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field <Home> or <PgUp> Moves the cursor to the first field <End> or <PgDn> Moves the cursor to the last field <F5> Resets the current screen to its Setup Defaults <F10> Saves changes and exits Setup ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Setup program, note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the cur- rently highlighted field. NOTE: The item heading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives. Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1.2MB (as opposed to 1.44MB) on a 3.5-inch diskette. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Drive A] [Drive B] [Both] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active (also possible with FDISK). Other options for the Type field are: [None] - to disable IDE devices ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field must be set to [Manual]. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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IDE devices. Set to [Disabled] to suppress Ultra DMA ca- pability. NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to [User Type HDD]. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [Disabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
[6/Sec] [8/Sec] [10/Sec] [12/Sec] [15/Sec] [20/Sec] [24/Sec] [30/Sec] Keyboard Auto-Repeat Delay [1/4 Sec] This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second charac- ters. Configuration options: [1/4 Sec] [1/2 Sec] [3/4 Sec] [1 Sec] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Operational CLEAR CMOS Default Position P4T-CM Clear RTC RAM Halt On [All Errors] This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Configura- tion options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but...
When set to [Enabled], the CPU has direct access to the memory. Leave on default setting for best performance. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] FPU OPCODE Compatible Mode [Disabled] Leave on default setting for optimized performance of Pentium 4 proces- sor. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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[Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using OS/2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB, you need to set this option to [Enabled]; otherwise, leave this on [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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4. BIOS SETUP System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings, power OFF your system and restart. The system will start up in safe mode running and enter BIOS setup. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. You must set this to UC (uncacheable) if your display card cannot support this feature; otherwise your system may not boot. Configuration options: [UC] [USWC] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] You can select to enable the primary IDE channel, secondary IDE channel, both, or disable both channels. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4], Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/ IRQ3] These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec- tors. Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses. Con- figuration options: [3F8H/IRQ4] [2F8H/IRQ3] [3E8H/IRQ4] [2E8H/ IRQ10] [Disabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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This field sets the I/O address and IRQ for MIDI. Configuration options; [330H-331H] [300H-301H] Onboard MIDI IRQ [10] This field indicates the onboard IRQ assignment for MIDI. Configuration options; [3 ,4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Card] uses the AGP card as your primary card. The default, [PCI Card], allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected. Configu- ration options: [PCI Card] [AGP Card] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Configuration options; [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Utility (ICU) is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ. If the IRQ is required by a legacy device, then reserce the IRQ by selecting [Yes]. Otherwise, select [No/ICU] to release the IRQ to OS. Configuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically. Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
3.x and Windows 95, you need to install Windows with the APM feature. For Windows 98 and later, APM is automatically installed. A battery and power cord icon labeled “Power Management” will appear in the “Control Panel.” Choose “Advanced” in the Power Management Properties dialog box. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Wake On PS2 KB / PS2 Mouse permits PC bootup from the keyboard or mouse. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] IMPORTANT: This feature requires an optional network interface with Wake-On- LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
NOTE: If any of the monitored items is out of range, an error message will appear: “Hardware Monitor found an error. Enter Power setup menu for details”. You will then be prompted to “Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP”. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD-ROM drive to use in the boot sequence. Pressing [Enter] will show the product IDs of all your con- nected ATAPI CD-ROM drives. Other Boot Device Select [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [SCSI Boot Device] [INT18 Device (Network)] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program. If you have made changes to fields other than system date, system time, and password, the system will ask for con- firmation before exiting. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program. You can then return to other menus and make changes. After selecting this op- tion, all selections are saved and a confirmation is requested. Select [Yes] to save any changes to the non-volatile RAM. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
NOTE: Because there are various motherboard settings, options, and expansion cards, the following can only be used as a general reference and may not be an exact reflection of your system. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a utility to monitor your computer’s fan, temperature, and voltages. • ASUS Update Vx.xx: Installs a program to help you update your BIOS or download a BIOS image file. • Microsoft DirectX Driver: Installs Microsoft DirectX driver.
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Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications: Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE, PowerDVD Trial, and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail. • ASUS Screen Saver: Installs the ASUS screen saver. • Show Motherboard Information: Allows you to view information about your motherboard, such as product name, BIOS version, and CPU.
ASUS Utility, and then click Probe Vx.xx. The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar’s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running. Clicking the icon will allow you to see the status of your PC. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6.1.2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored. Temperature Monitor Shows the PC’s temperature (for supported processors only). Temperature Warning threshold adjustment (Move the slider up to increase the...
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CPU temperature and predefined thresh- old. Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC’s hard disk drives and the file allo- cation table or file system used. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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CPU type, CPU speed, and in- ternal/external frequencies, and memory size. Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules. To run a program, click Execute Program. NOTE: This feature is currently unavailable. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6.1.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys- tem monitoring. When the ASUS PC Probe...
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6.2 ASUS Live Update ASUS LiveUpdate is a utility that allows you to update your motherboard’s BIOS and drivers. The use of this utility requires that you are properly con- nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
M u t e Shuffle Decrease Volume Karaoke Next angle Next audio stream Next subtitle Add bookmark Capture frame G o - U p R e p e a t M e n u Go to bookmark ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
VLM 3 supports all the hardware devices that are compliant with Video for Win- dows standard. Video for Windows is a well-accepted and well-tested standard. Thus, users do not have to worry about compatibility issues. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Start Playback Save Video File Snapshot to File Stop Recording / Playback Send Mail Start Recording Load Video File Video Configuration Pause Send Mail Increase MIC volume Decrease MIC volume Increase speaker volume Decrease speaker volume ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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BIOS file into the EEPROM. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer. A bit can have one of two values: 0 or 1. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself, elimi- nating the need for a separate adapter card (in the case for SCSI devices). UltraDMA/ 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB/Sec transfer. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Developed by Rambus, Inc., this type of memory can deliver up to 1.6GB of data per second. RDRAM is the first interface standard that can be directly implemented on high performance VLSI components such as, CMOS DRAMs, memory control- lers, and graphics/video ICs. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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USB 2.0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to USB 1.0 and competes with the 1394 standard. Wake-On-LAN Computer will automatically wake-up upon receiving a wake-up packet through a Network interface when it is under power soft-off, suspend or sleep mode. ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
Front Panel Connectors 32 Fast-Ethernet Port 26 Floppy Disk Drive 27 Front Panel (iPanel) 32 IDE 28 Getting Started 16 Infrared Module 15, 32 Internal Audio 29, 32 iPanel 12 Halt On 49 Parallel Port 25 Hardware Setup ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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Legacy Diskette A 44 Legacy Diskette B 44 Load Setup Defaults 66 Removable Device 63 Reset Switch Lead 34 Maximum LBA Capacity 47 MB Temperature 62 Save Changes 66 Memory Hole At 15M-16M 54 Sector 47 Multi-Sector Transfers 47 ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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ASUS PC Probe 71 ASUS Update 76 PowerPlayer SE 77 VCORE Voltage 62 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 59 VideoLive Mail 79 Using 79 Voltage +12 62 +3.3 62 +5 62 VCORE 62 Wake On LAN 61 ASUS P4T-CM User’s Manual...
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