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... intent to the owners' benefit, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product Name: ASUS ME-99B Manual Revision: 1.01 E403 Release Date: June 1999 2 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual Manual updates are used only for identification or explanation and to infringe. •... products and software described in the manual revision number. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for each product design represented...
... intent to the owners' benefit, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product Name: ASUS ME-99B Manual Revision: 1.01 E403 Release Date: June 1999 2 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual Manual updates are used only for identification or explanation and to infringe. •... products and software described in the manual revision number. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for each product design represented...
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...5.1 Operating Systems 69 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 69 5.2 ME-99B Support CD 70 5.2.1 Installation Menu 70 5.3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx 71 5.4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver 72 5.5 Install VGA Driver 73 5.5.1 Making Monitor Adjustments 74 Video Setting Page 74 Display Modes Page... 75 Gamma Correction Page 76 5.6 Install Audio Driver (only with onboard audio option ...
...5.1 Operating Systems 69 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 69 5.2 ME-99B Support CD 70 5.2.1 Installation Menu 70 5.3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx 71 5.4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver 72 5.5 Install VGA Driver 73 5.5.1 Making Monitor Adjustments 74 Video Setting Page 74 Display Modes Page... 75 Gamma Correction Page 76 5.6 Install Audio Driver (only with onboard audio option ...
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...bracket (1) Connector set for serial ports (1) Connector set for PS/2 mouse and parallel port (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual Connector set for TV Out (with TV Out chip onboard) Connector set for LCD (with LCD chip ...set for audio input/output and game/MIDI port (with audio chip onboard) ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional) ASUS USB/MIR module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 7 If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your...
...bracket (1) Connector set for serial ports (1) Connector set for PS/2 mouse and parallel port (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual Connector set for TV Out (with TV Out chip onboard) Connector set for LCD (with LCD chip ...set for audio input/output and game/MIDI port (with audio chip onboard) ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional) ASUS USB/MIR module (optional) ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 7 If you discover damaged or missing items, please contact your...
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... (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate to 66MB/s using UltraDMA/66 technology. ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for Windows 95/98/NT. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 9 FEATURES Smart Series 2. Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and ...ASUS smart series motherboards. With these features implemented in the OS, PCs can handle rates up to 33MB/s and up to 800MB/s max using UltraDMA/ 33 Bus Master IDE can be used. • PC'98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of all system components, and 32-bit device drivers...
... (SDRAM), which increases the data transfer rate to 66MB/s using UltraDMA/66 technology. ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for Windows 95/98/NT. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 9 FEATURES Smart Series 2. Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and ...ASUS smart series motherboards. With these features implemented in the OS, PCs can handle rates up to 33MB/s and up to 800MB/s max using UltraDMA/ 33 Bus Master IDE can be used. • PC'98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of all system components, and 32-bit device drivers...
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... to use an IRQ to use at the same time. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. To see a map of ISA cards. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 25 Failure to do so may require IRQs. Set up the...
... to use an IRQ to use at the same time. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. To see a map of ISA cards. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 25 Failure to do so may require IRQs. Set up the...
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...+5 V PLED Keylock Ground +5V Ground Ground Speaker +5 V TB_LED ExtSMI# Ground PWR +3VSB Reset Ground 01 3. This function requires ACPI OS and driver support. 22) System Management Interrupt Switch Lead (2-pin SMISW) This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or "Green" ...chassis speaker. This 2-pin connector connects to save electricity and expand the life of the switch. Wake-up the system). 36 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual You may require one or two presses depending on and blinks when it shorted will hear system warnings through your ...
...+5 V PLED Keylock Ground +5V Ground Ground Speaker +5 V TB_LED ExtSMI# Ground PWR +3VSB Reset Ground 01 3. This function requires ACPI OS and driver support. 22) System Management Interrupt Switch Lead (2-pin SMISW) This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or "Green" ...chassis speaker. This 2-pin connector connects to save electricity and expand the life of the switch. Wake-up the system). 36 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual You may require one or two presses depending on and blinks when it shorted will hear system warnings through your ...
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...normal setup procedures later in this section. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 69 S/W SETUP Windows 98 NOTE: The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on the ASUS Support CD or an applicable driver update from your motherboard, Windows 98 will... you must use OSR 2.0 or later. Always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to install a driver from the ASUS web site. 5. For Windows NT 4.0, you start Windows for the initial restart prompt is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip. 5.
...normal setup procedures later in this section. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 69 S/W SETUP Windows 98 NOTE: The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on the ASUS Support CD or an applicable driver update from your motherboard, Windows 98 will... you must use OSR 2.0 or later. Always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to install a driver from the ASUS web site. 5. For Windows NT 4.0, you start Windows for the initial restart prompt is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip. 5.
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...• Browse Support CD: Allows you to monitor your CD-ROM drive is available in the USBPATCH folder. 70 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual S/W SETUP Windows 98 • Install ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a simple utility to view information about your CD-ROM drive and the support CD ...installation menu should appear. Refer to ac- To begin using the USB driver under Windows 95 OSR 2.1 in PDF format ...
...• Browse Support CD: Allows you to monitor your CD-ROM drive is available in the USBPATCH folder. 70 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual S/W SETUP Windows 98 • Install ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a simple utility to view information about your CD-ROM drive and the support CD ...installation menu should appear. Refer to ac- To begin using the USB driver under Windows 95 OSR 2.1 in PDF format ...
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S/W SETUP Windows 98 72 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual SOFTWARE SETUP 5.4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here and then click Next to start the installation. (3) Click here and then click OK to restart. 5. 5.
S/W SETUP Windows 98 72 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual SOFTWARE SETUP 5.4 Install Bus Master IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here and then click Next to start the installation. (3) Click here and then click OK to restart. 5. 5.
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SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5 Install VGA Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here and then click Finish. 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 73 5.
SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5 Install VGA Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here and then click Finish. 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 73 5.
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SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5.1 Making Monitor Adjustments After you have installed the video driver and restarted your computer, you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen output. This function is available only in 16-bit color (high color, 65K-color) and 32-bit (true color plus 8 bits for an alpha channel,16.7M-color) color depths. 74 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual S/W SETUP Windows 98 Video Setting Page This page allows you can make monitor adjustments by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and choosing Properties, clicking the Settings tab, and then the Advanced button. 5. 5.
SOFTWARE SETUP 5.5.1 Making Monitor Adjustments After you have installed the video driver and restarted your computer, you to adjust the brightness and contrast of the screen output. This function is available only in 16-bit color (high color, 65K-color) and 32-bit (true color plus 8 bits for an alpha channel,16.7M-color) color depths. 74 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual S/W SETUP Windows 98 Video Setting Page This page allows you can make monitor adjustments by right-clicking on the Windows desktop and choosing Properties, clicking the Settings tab, and then the Advanced button. 5. 5.
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S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 77 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.6 Install Audio Driver (only with onboard audio option) Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Choose Upgrade Drivers and then click here. (4) Select the preferred language of the driver and then click here to start installation. (5) Click here and then click Finish to restart. 5. 5.
S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 77 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.6 Install Audio Driver (only with onboard audio option) Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Choose Upgrade Drivers and then click here. (4) Select the preferred language of the driver and then click here to start installation. (5) Click here and then click Finish to restart. 5. 5.
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...back one second in the playlist. goes forward one file in the MIDI file. Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers. enables or disables the Auto Repeat. It remembers the last playlist you used with each CD you play audio CDs. stops the file currently... playing. The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management: The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD and loads that CD. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 95 goes back one file in the MIDI file. ejects the CD from the CD-ROM drive. activates or deactivates the Pause ...
...back one second in the playlist. goes forward one file in the MIDI file. Check your hardware manual about setting up CD audio hardware and drivers. enables or disables the Auto Repeat. It remembers the last playlist you used with each CD you play audio CDs. stops the file currently... playing. The Compact Disk Player uses intelligent CD playlist management: The Compact Disk Player maintains a record of each CD and loads that CD. ASUS ME-99B User's Manual 95 goes back one file in the MIDI file. ejects the CD from the CD-ROM drive. activates or deactivates the Pause ...
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tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 102 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. APPENDIX 7.1.1 Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • Wake... provides the capability to function? Microsoft LAN Manager, Microsoft Windows 3.11, IBM LAN Server • NDIS 3.0 Drivers - Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, DOS, OS/2 Client • NDIS 2.01 Drivers - A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card that can trigger wake...
tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 102 ASUS ME-99B User's Manual A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. APPENDIX 7.1.1 Features • Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller (Fully integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) • Wake... provides the capability to function? Microsoft LAN Manager, Microsoft Windows 3.11, IBM LAN Server • NDIS 3.0 Drivers - Novell Netware 3.x, 4.x, DOS, OS/2 Client • NDIS 2.01 Drivers - A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card that can trigger wake...