User manual ASUS P5E3 DELUXE

[. . . ] 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. The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself. Manual revisions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number. Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number. [. . . ] Connect the Line Out/Mic cable to the FLOUT/MIC2 connector. A7VC MIC2 FLOUT 1 ® MIC PWR MIC Signal Head set Right channel Head set Left channel GND A7VC Microphone Header 60 Chapter 3: Motherboard Information The following 20-pin PANEL illustration is for items 14-19. Keyboard Lock Power LED Ground Keylock PLED +5 V A7VC Speaker Connector Speaker Ground Ground +5V Ground Reset Ground PWR Ground ExtSMI# TB_LED +5 V ® Message LED SMI Lead Reset SW ATX Power Switch* A7VC System Panel Connectors * Requires an ATX power supply. 14. System Power LED Connector (3-1 pin PWR. LED) 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 or soft-off mode. System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. System Message LED Connector (2-pin MSG. LED) This 2-pin connector is for the system message LED that indicates receipt of messages from a fax/modem. The normal status for this LED is ON, when there is no incoming data signal. The LED blinks when there is data received. The system message LED feature requires an ACPI OS and driver support. System Management Interrupt Connector (2-pin SMI) This 2-pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode, or "Green" mode, where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components. Attach the case-mounted suspend switch this 2-pin connector. ATX Power Switch / Soft-Off Switch Connector (2-pin PWR. SW) The system power is controlled by a momentary switch attached to this connector. Browse Support CD: Allows you to view the contents of the support CD. ReadMe: Allows you to view a list of the files included in the support CD and ASUS contact information. Exit: Exits the CD installation menu. · · · 66 Chapter 4: Starting Up 4. 2 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your computer system's vital components, such as fan rotations, voltages, and temperatures. It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer, such as hard disk space, memory usage, and CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/external frequencies through the DMI Explorer. 4. 2. 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts, a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not. To bypass this startup screen, clear the Show up in next execution check box. To launch ASUS PC Probe, click the Windows Start button, point to Programs, and then ASUS Utility, and then click Probe Vx. xx. The PC Probe icon appears on the taskbar system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running. Clicking the icon allows you to see the status of your PC. ASUS Terminator K7 Barebone System 67 4. 2. 2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored. Temperature Monitor Shows the PC temperature (for supported processors only). Temperature Warning threshold adjustment (Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level) Fan Monitor Shows the PC fan rotation. Fan Warning threshold adjustment (Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level) Voltage Monitor Shows the PC voltages. 68 Chapter 4: Starting Up Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC's temperature, fan rotation, and voltages. CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling. When When CPU Overheated is selected, the CPU cooling system is enabled whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value. History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference. Fan Control Lets you enable/disable Smart Fan Control. Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined threshold. Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC's hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used. ASUS Terminator K7 Barebone System 69 Memory Shows the PC memory load, memory usage, and paging file usage. Device Summary Shows a summary of devices present in your PC. DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC, such as CPU type, CPU speed, and internal/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. 70 Chapter 4: Starting Up 4. 2. 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon brings up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring. When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC, portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red, the PC speaker beeps, and the ASUS PC Probe monitor appears. ASUS Terminator K7 Barebone System 71 NOTES 72 Chapter 4: Starting Up Chapter 5 ASUS Terminator K7 Barebone System BIOS Information 73 This chapter describes the power up sequence and gives details on how to change the system settings using the BIOS setup menus. 5. 1 Powering Up the First Time 1. After making all the connections, replace the system case cover. [. . . ] Pressing [Enter] will show the product IDs of all your connected ATAPI CD-ROM drives. IMPORTANT Make sure the ATAPI CD-ROM drive that you want to use in the boot sequence is connected to either the PRIMARY or SECONDARY IDE connectors, not to the ATA100 connectors. Currently, the Promise® Ultra DMA/100 chip does not support this feature. 106 Chapter 5: BIOS Information Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)] Configuration options: [Disabled] [SCSI/Onboard ATA Boot Device] [INT18 Device (Network)] Plug & Play O/S [No] This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. When [Yes] is selected, interrupts may be reassigned by the OS. When a nonPnP OS is installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, select the default setting of [No]. [. . . ]