User manual ASUS P5B-MX

[. . . ] P5B-MX/ WiFi-AP Motherboard E2918 First Edition December 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. [. . . ] System warning speaker (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. ATX power button/soft-off button (2-pin PWRSW) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF. Reset button (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. · · · · ASUS P5B-MX/WiFi-AP IDE_LED PWRSW Speaker Ground Ground +5V R RESET 1-37 1-38 Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup 2 2-1 ASUS P5B-MX/WiFi-AP 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a floppy disk or the motherboard support CD. ) ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk. ) ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted. ) ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment. ) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or a USB flash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 2. 1. 1 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk a. Insert a 1. 44MB floppy disk into the drive. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. Click Start from the Windows® desktop, then select My Computer. c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon. e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click Start. Insert a formatted, high density 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. Insert the Windows® 2003 CD to the optical drive. To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2003: d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk window appears. D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue. 2. 2-2 assuming that D: is your optical drive. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2. 1. 2 ASUS EZ Flash utility The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using a DOS-based utility. [. . . ] 4. Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on devices, if any. Refer to the expansion card or add-on device(s) documentation, or visit the related website, to verify if the card/device supports a 64-bit system. A. 2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) · The motherboard comes with a BIOS file that supports EIST. You can download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www. asus. com/support/download/) if you need to update the BIOS. Visit www. intel. com for more information on the EIST feature. · A. 2. 1 · System requirements Before using EIST, check your system if it meets the following requirements: · · Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with EIST support Operating system with EIST support (Windows® XP SP2/Windows® Server 2003 SP1/Linux 2. 6 kernel or later versions) BIOS file with EIST support A-2 Appendix: CPU features A. 2. 2 1. Using the EIST To use the EIST feature: 2. [. . . ]