User manual ASUS U6SG EXPRESS GATE QUICK START GUIDE

[. . . ] Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. · Intel, LANDesk, and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation. · IBM and OS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines. · Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation. [. . . ] 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 U6SG User's Manual 33 III. BIOS SOFTWARE Support Software PFLASH. EXE - This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the motherboard. To determine the BIOS version, check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left-hand corner of your screen during bootup. Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file. NOTE: The following screen contents in this user's manual are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system. Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT!If "unknown" is displayed after Flash Type -- , the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. IV. BIOS (Flash Memory Writer) Main Menu 1. Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS in case you need to reinstall it. It is recommended that you save PFLASH and the BIOS file to a bootable floppy diskette. Update BIOS Main Block From File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk. If this happens, your system will need service. After successfully updating the new BIOS file, exit the Flash Memory Writer utility and then turn off your system. Set the jumper back to its default setting of Programming "Disabled or Protected. " 8. Turn on your computer and hold down the <Delete> key to enter BIOS setup. You must select "Setup Default" to affect the new BIOS, then you may set other items from the Main Menu. IV. BIOS (Flash Memory Writer) 36 ASUS U6SG User's Manual IV. BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 volt and 12 volt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are released. Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section. All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the system configuration and settings. If your motherboard came in a computer system, the proper configuration entries may have already been made. [. . . ] See the following example which illustrates this concept. ASUS U6SG User's Manual VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI ID Numbers) · · 62 SCSI Device 1 Termination Required (JP5 Open) SCSI Device 2 Termination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 No Termination Required (JP5 Short) SCSI Device 4 Termination Required (End Device) Termination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices, including the ASUS PCI-SC200 and ASUS PCI-SC860 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device. There are eight possible ID numbers, 0 through 7. The ASUS PCI-SC200 and ASUS PCI-SC860 cards have fixed SCSI IDs of 7. [. . . ]