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... Chapter 5: Software support 81 5.1 Install an operating system 81 5.2 Support CD information 81 5.3 P4S8X Motherboard Support CD 82 5.4 Using the Promise Chip for RAID 0 or 1 84 5.5 Manual Installation of IDE/RAID Drivers 92 5.6 ASUS PC Probe 94 5.7 ASUS Live Update 99 5.8 ASUS MyLogo 100 5.9 3Deep Color Tuner 102 5.10 Winbond Voice Editor 104 5.11 Winbond Smart...
... Chapter 5: Software support 81 5.1 Install an operating system 81 5.2 Support CD information 81 5.3 P4S8X Motherboard Support CD 82 5.4 Using the Promise Chip for RAID 0 or 1 84 5.5 Manual Installation of IDE/RAID Drivers 92 5.6 ASUS PC Probe 94 5.7 ASUS Live Update 99 5.8 ASUS MyLogo 100 5.9 3Deep Color Tuner 102 5.10 Winbond Voice Editor 104 5.11 Winbond Smart...
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...- - Onboard USB HC1 - - - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard Audio - - shared - - - - used - - Onboard LAN - - - Turn on the bottom of this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCI slot 1 - - - Refer to the card. PCI slot 2 - shared - - - - - - PCI slot 6 - Onboard USB HC0 - - - -... IDE Channel 15* 10 Secondary IDE Channel *These IRQs are usually available for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. 22 Chapter 2: Hardware information PCI slot 5 ...
...- - Onboard USB HC1 - - - - - shared - - - - - - Onboard Audio - - shared - - - - used - - Onboard LAN - - - Turn on the bottom of this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCI slot 1 - - - Refer to the card. PCI slot 2 - shared - - - - - - PCI slot 6 - Onboard USB HC0 - - - -... IDE Channel 15* 10 Secondary IDE Channel *These IRQs are usually available for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. 22 Chapter 2: Hardware information PCI slot 5 ...
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...not function in DOS mode. Reboot the computer from a Floppy Disk 1. NOTE! In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH to create a bootable system disk. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 47 Type COPY D:\Software\AFLASH\AFLASH.EXE A:\ (assuming D is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be loaded when you... boot from the Main menu and press . AFLASH works only in the DOS prompt within Windows, and does not function with certain memory drivers that you created. Use only a DOS 6.2, WIN95 / WIN98 boot disk. 4. IMPORTANT! Type FORMAT A:/S at the DOS prompt to run AFLASH. DO...
...not function in DOS mode. Reboot the computer from a Floppy Disk 1. NOTE! In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH to create a bootable system disk. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 47 Type COPY D:\Software\AFLASH\AFLASH.EXE A:\ (assuming D is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore, cannot be loaded when you... boot from the Main menu and press . AFLASH works only in the DOS prompt within Windows, and does not function with certain memory drivers that you created. Use only a DOS 6.2, WIN95 / WIN98 boot disk. 4. IMPORTANT! Type FORMAT A:/S at the DOS prompt to run AFLASH. DO...
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... 98 detects all Plug-n-Play devices devices. When prompted to install the necessary device drivers. Refer to change at any time without notice. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 81 NOTE! NOTE! 5.1 Install an operating system This motherboard supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP and OS/2 operating system (OS). Always install the latest OS version...
... 98 detects all Plug-n-Play devices devices. When prompted to install the necessary device drivers. Refer to change at any time without notice. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 81 NOTE! NOTE! 5.1 Install an operating system This motherboard supports Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP and OS/2 operating system (OS). Always install the latest OS version...
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... Application: Installs the multi-channel audio driver and program application. • SiS® PCI LAN Driver: Installs the PCI LAN driver for making fast ethernet connections. • USB 2.0 Driver: Installs the latest USB 2.0 system driver. The USB 2.0 Driver is drive D:). 5.3.1 Installation Procedure Click on the setup screens. To begin installation. 5.3 P4S8X Motherboard Support CD NOTE: The support CD...
... Application: Installs the multi-channel audio driver and program application. • SiS® PCI LAN Driver: Installs the PCI LAN driver for making fast ethernet connections. • USB 2.0 Driver: Installs the latest USB 2.0 system driver. The USB 2.0 Driver is drive D:). 5.3.1 Installation Procedure Click on the setup screens. To begin installation. 5.3 P4S8X Motherboard Support CD NOTE: The support CD...
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... Microsoft DirectX Driver: Installs basic drivers to enable compatibility with audio and other language versions of this motherboard's manual is not advisable to install any of our web sites. • ASUS Screen Saver: Installs a nifty ASUS screen saver. • E-Color 3Deep: Installs graphical driver and an ...8226; ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer's fan, temperature, and voltages. • Install ASUS Update Vx.xx: Instals a program that can help for tuning the quality of color output from CRT and LCD monitors. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user...
... Microsoft DirectX Driver: Installs basic drivers to enable compatibility with audio and other language versions of this motherboard's manual is not advisable to install any of our web sites. • ASUS Screen Saver: Installs a nifty ASUS screen saver. • E-Color 3Deep: Installs graphical driver and an ...8226; ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer's fan, temperature, and voltages. • Install ASUS Update Vx.xx: Instals a program that can help for tuning the quality of color output from CRT and LCD monitors. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user...
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...optimizes two identical hard disk drives to use a pre-existing hard disk for RAID 0 or 1 The Promise® chip, PDC20376, onboard the P4S8X, offers a high performance Redundant Array of data access and storage. The main advantage of RAID 1 is that of a RAID 0 array is ...striping." As new data is written, it greatly increases the fault tolerance of system drivers according to the other drive. RAID 0 requires at a sustained data transfer rate double that it is to the motherboard, activating either RAID 0 or 1 function is easily configured through this section in parallel...
...optimizes two identical hard disk drives to use a pre-existing hard disk for RAID 0 or 1 The Promise® chip, PDC20376, onboard the P4S8X, offers a high performance Redundant Array of data access and storage. The main advantage of RAID 1 is that of a RAID 0 array is ...striping." As new data is written, it greatly increases the fault tolerance of system drivers according to the other drive. RAID 0 requires at a sustained data transfer rate double that it is to the motherboard, activating either RAID 0 or 1 function is easily configured through this section in parallel...
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...party SCSI or RAID driver." 12. When dialog appears, select "WinNT Promise FastTrak133 (tm) Lite Controller" item from CD-ROM. 10. Quickly press F6 when you see "Press F6 if you want to work with the files you copied earlier. 15. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 93 button.... 6. Select item "Unlisted or Updated Driver" in a New Windows 2000 / XP System 1. Specify path {CD-ROM Drive}:\Drivers\Promise\NT4 to "Settings" and select "Control Panel". 3. Accordingly, look...
...party SCSI or RAID driver." 12. When dialog appears, select "WinNT Promise FastTrak133 (tm) Lite Controller" item from CD-ROM. 10. Quickly press F6 when you see "Press F6 if you want to work with the files you copied earlier. 15. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 93 button.... 6. Select item "Unlisted or Updated Driver" in a New Windows 2000 / XP System 1. Specify path {CD-ROM Drive}:\Drivers\Promise\NT4 to "Settings" and select "Control Panel". 3. Accordingly, look...
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.... If you selected "downloading from your motherboard's BIOS and drivers. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you are properly connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). 1. The use of this utility requires that you wish to download. Click Next. 5. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 99 Choose the site that...
.... If you selected "downloading from your motherboard's BIOS and drivers. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you are properly connected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider (ISP). 1. The use of this utility requires that you wish to download. Click Next. 5. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 99 Choose the site that...
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Windows should auto-detect the smart card reader and install its system drivers. Smart card system software components support various types of the drivers, base components and displays the Winbond Smart Manager program groups. all of smart card applications; ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 109 Smart manager setup: The auto-installer implements all system components are compatible with 2000 and WinXP. Restart. NOTE: Do not install system components or Winbond applications unless you install a smart card reader, (see page 8).
Windows should auto-detect the smart card reader and install its system drivers. Smart card system software components support various types of the drivers, base components and displays the Winbond Smart Manager program groups. all of smart card applications; ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 109 Smart manager setup: The auto-installer implements all system components are compatible with 2000 and WinXP. Restart. NOTE: Do not install system components or Winbond applications unless you install a smart card reader, (see page 8).
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...communications applications, such as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 117 ISP (Internet Service Provider) A company that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system, device drivers, hardware, and applications, and also relies on IBM Micro Channel ...ISP using a modem installed in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification. The POST checks system memory, the motherboard circuitry, the display, the keyboard, the diskette drive, and other means. PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) PCI...
...communications applications, such as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference. ASUS P4S8X motherboard user guide 117 ISP (Internet Service Provider) A company that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system, device drivers, hardware, and applications, and also relies on IBM Micro Channel ...ISP using a modem installed in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) specification. The POST checks system memory, the motherboard circuitry, the display, the keyboard, the diskette drive, and other means. PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) PCI...