User manual ASUS P4B533-X

[. . . ] P4B533-X User Guide Motherboard E1458 Checklist First Edition November 2003 Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. 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. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] The GAME/MIDI port on the module connects a joystick or a game pad for playing games, and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files. P4B533-X ® GAME1 +5V J1B1 J1CX GND GND J1CY J1B2 +5V P4B533-X Game Connector The GAME/MIDI module is purchased separately. 1-20 +5V J2B1 J2CX MIDI_OUT J2CY J2B2 MIDI_IN Chapter 1: Product introduction BLINE_OUT_L 9. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL) This connector accommodates several system front panel functions. Power LED PLED+ PLED- Speaker Connector +5V Ground Ground Speaker PWR Ground IDE_LED+ IDE_LED- P4B533-X Reset SW ATX Power Switch* IDE_LED ® * Requires an ATX power supply. P4B533-X System Panel Connectors · System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED. The LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. · System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPKR) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. · ATX Power Switch / Soft-Off Switch Lead (2-pin PWR) This connector connects a switch that controls the system power. Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP, or ON and SOFT OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF. · Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without turning off the system power. · Hard disk activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. Any read or write activity of an IDE device cause this LED to light up. ASUS P4B533-X motherboard user guide Reset Ground 1-21 1-22 Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2 This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS information 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk. ) 2. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ) 3. CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk or the motherboard support CD. ) 4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in a Windows® environment. ) Refer to the corresponding section for each utility. Important notes It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the AFUDOS or the ASUS Update utilities. A working BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Use this file only when you do not have a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file in a floppy disk. Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. 2. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type: format A:/S then press <Enter>. From your Windows desktop, click on Start, point to Settings, then click on Control Panel. Double-click on Add/Remove Programs icon from the Control Panel window. [. . . ] Select [Yes] to save changes and exit. If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes, the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting. Pressing <Enter> saves the changes while exiting. Exit & Discard Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the Setup program. If you made changes to fields other than system date, system time, and password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting. Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. After selecting this option, a confirmation appears. [. . . ]