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ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide
1
Welcome!
Thank you for buying the ASUS
®
P4S8X motherboard!
The ASUS
P4S8X motherboard delivers a host of new features to ensure
long-lasting, superlative performance. The ASUS
®
P4S8X motherboard is
the prime choice for home PCs and workstations.
The P4S8X incorporates the Intel
®
Pentium
®
4 Processor coupled with the
SiS 648 chipset to set a new benchmark for an effective desktop platform
solution.
~ CPU Thermal Protection
~ Up to 3GB of system memory of PC 2700 / 2100 / 1600 DDR
~ High-resolution graphics via an AGP 8X slot
~ Digital Audio Interface for 3D sound (Optional)
~ Realtek
™
LAN Controller onboard (Optional)
~ Serial ATA connection onboard for easy system upgrade (Optional)
~ Four USB ports plus a headers for two more
Before installing the motherboard, check the items in your package:
1.1 Package contents
Check your P4S8X package for the following items.
ASUS P4S8X motherboard (ATX 30.5 cm x 21.9 cm)
ASUS P4S8X support CD
ASUS 2-port USB 2.0 / Game port module (Optional)
80 pin conductor ribbon cable for UltraDMA/33/66/100/133 IDE drives
9 pin COM2 cable
Ribbon cable for a 3.5-inch floppy drive
Bag of extra jumper caps
User Guide
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer.
- Motherboard 1
- Sepetember 2002 2
- About this guide 3
- Contents 4
- Safety information 6
- FCC/CDC statements 7
- ASUS contact information 8
- Chapter 1 9
- ASUS P4S8X motherboard 10
- Welcome! 11
- Core Specifications 12
- 1.3 Special Features 13
- Motherboard Components 14
- 1.4.1 Component Locations 15
- 1.5 Value-added Solutions 16
- Chapter 2 17
- 2.1 Motherboard installation 19
- 2.2 Motherboard layout 20
- 2.2.1 Layout contents 21
- 2.3 Before you proceed 22
- 2.4.1 Overview 23
- 90 - 100 24
- Gold Mark 25
- Retention Module Base 26
- CPU Heatsink 26
- Retention Hole 27
- Retention Hook Snapped 27
- Retention Lock 27
- CPU Fan Connector (CPUFAN) 28
- 104 Pins 29
- 2.5.2 Memory configurations 30
- 2.5.3 Installing a DIMM 31
- 2.5.4 Removing a DIMM 32
- 2.6 Expansion slots 33
- 2.6.3 PCI slots 35
- 2.6.4 AGP slot 35
- 2.7 Jumpers 36
- FP_LO_SWL 37
- FP_LO_SWR 37
- P4S8X Clear RTC RAM 38
- PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) 39
- Parallel Port (25-pin Female) 40
- 5. SOFTWARE SETUP 41
- P4S8X IDE Activity LED 42
- PRI_ATA133 43
- P4S8X 12-Volt Fan Connectors 44
- +12V DC COM 45
- P4S8X USB 2.0 Header 46
- P4S8X Digital Audio Connector 47
- P4S8X 1394 Headers 48
- IEEE1394_2 48
- SEC_SATA 49
- P4S8X Smartcard 50
- SMARTCON 50
- P4S8X Audio Panel Connector 51
- FP_AUDIO 51
- P4S8X System Panel Connectors 52
- Chapter 3 53
- Award BIOS Beep Codes 55
- 3.2 Vocal POST Messages 56
- POST Message Action 57
- 3.3 Powering off the computer 58
- Chapter 4 59
- 4.2 BIOS Setup program 66
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu bar 67
- 4.2.2 Legend bar 67
- General help 68
- Scroll bar 68
- Sub-menu 68
- 4.3 Main menu 69
- Type [Auto] 70
- [User Type HDD] 71
- SMART Monitoring [Disabled] 73
- PIO Mode [4] 73
- Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] 73
- 4.3.2 Keyboard Features 74
- Installed Memory [XXX MB] 75
- Language [English] 75
- A note about passwords 75
- Halt On [All Errors] 75
- 4.4 Advanced Menu 76
- 1.750V, 1.775V, 1.800V 77
- USB Legacy Support [Auto] 78
- 4.4.1 Chip Configuration 79
- PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled] 81
- Onboard PCI IDE Enable [Both] 81
- UART2 Use As [COM Port] 82
- Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] 83
- ECP DMA Select [3] 83
- 4.4.3 PCI Configuration 84
- USB 2.0 Function [Enabled] 85
- Onboard ATA device [Enabled] 85
- IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU] 86
- 4.5 Power Menu 87
- 4.5.1 Power Up Control 89
- Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 90
- 4.5.2 Hardware Monitor 91
- 4.6 Boot Menu 92
- ASUS MyLogo 93
- feature 93
- 4.7 Exit Menu 94
- Load Setup Defaults 95
- Discard Changes 95
- Save Changes 95
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 96
- Chapter 5 97
- 5.2 Support CD information 99
- 5.3.1 Installation Procedure 100
- 5.4 Using the Promise 102
- Chip for RAID 0 or 1 102
- 5.4.2 Enter FastTrak376 104
- BIOS and FastBuild Utility 104
- Y -Create and Duplicate 106
- N -Create Only 106
- 5.6 ASUS PC Probe 112
- 5.6.2 Using ASUS PC Probe 113
- Information 114
- 5.7 ASUS Live Update 117
- 5.8 ASUS MyLogo 118
- 5.9 3Deep Color Tuner 120
- 5.9.2 The 3Deep Control Panel 121
- 5.10 Winbond Voice Editor 122
- Changing the default language 123
- 5.11 Winbond Smart Manager 126
- 5.11.2 Using Smart Manager 128
- 5.11.3 Smart Manager Modes 129
- Chapter 5: Software reference 132
- Glossary 133
- Appendix: Glossary 136
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