Asus P2E-M - Manual (Page 4)

4 ASUS P2E-M User’s Manual
CONTENTS
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7
How this manual is organized .......................................................... 7
Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... 8
Features of the ASUS P2E-M Motherboard .................................... 8
Introduction to ASUS Smart Series motherboards ............... 9
Parts of the ASUS P2E-M Motherboard .......................................... 11
III. INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 12
ASUS P2E-M Motherboard Layout ................................................ 12
Installation Steps .............................................................................. 14
1. Jumpers ........................................................................................ 14
Jumper Settings .................................................................... 15
2. System Memory (DIMM) ........................................................... 17
DIMM Memory Installation ................................................. 18
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 19
Pentium II Processor ............................................................. 19
AAVID Heatsink .................................................................. 23
Elan Vital Heatsink ............................................................... 23
4. Expansion Cards ......................................................................... 25
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ............................... 25
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ................................... 25
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ............................. 26
ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ........................................ 26
Accelerated Graphics Port .................................................... 26
5. External Connectors .................................................................... 27
Power Connection Procedures ................................................... 35
Support Software ............................................................................. 36
Flash Memory Writer Utility ...................................................... 36
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ........................................................................ 36
Main Menu ........................................................................... 36
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS .................. 38
6. BIOS Setup ................................................................................. 39
Load Defaults ....................................................................... 40
Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 40
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ........................................ 40
BIOS Features Setup .................................................................. 43
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................ 43
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................... 46
Details of Chipset Features Setup ......................................... 46