NOTE: Orient the red markings
(usually zigzag) on the IDE
ribbon cable to PIN 1.
UltraDMA/100/66 IDE
80 IDE 80 IDE
UltraDMA/100/66
PIN 1
PIN 1
4. SMBus 5-pin PSUSMB1
SMBusSystem
Management BusSMBus
+3.3V Remote Sense
NC
I2C_7_DATA#
GND
®
NCL-DS1R2
NCL-DS1R2 Power supply SMBus connector
I2C_7_CLK#
SMBus
PSUSMB1
5. SMBus 5-pin BPSMB1
SMBusSystem
Management BusSMBus
NCL-DS1R2 SMBus connector
AP2400R-E2
®
NCL-DS1R2
BPSMB1
1
FAN_DC
GND
I2C_6_CLK#
I2C_6_DATA#
+5V
SCSI 1
SMBus
3-13
6.24-pin ATXPWR1, 8-pin ATX12V1
ATX +12V
24 ATXPWR
8-pin +12V
ATX +12V +12V 8
+5VSB 2
230
300
3-14
®
NCL-DS1R2
NCL-DS1R2 ATX power connectors
ATXPWR1ATX12V1
24-pin Power Connector
+3 Volts
+3 Volts
Ground
+5 Volts
+5 Volts
Ground
Ground
Power OK
+5V Standby
+12 Volts
+12 Volts
+3 Volts
Ground
PSON#
Ground
Ground
-5 Volts
+5 Volts
+5 Volts
+5 Volts
Ground
For Power Supply
Power Connector
+3 Volts
-12 Volts
Ground
8-pin
GND12V
GND12V
GND12V
with 24-pin
GND12V
7.
4-pin CPU_FAN1/2,
3-pin REAR_FAN1/2, FRNT_FAN1/2
350740 8.88 12.2 26.64
/+12
+12VGND
NCL-DS1R2 Fan connectors
CPU_FAN1
REAR_FAN2
REAR_FAN1
®
CPU_FAN2
NCL-DS1R2
FRNT_FAN1
FRNT_FAN2
CPU_FAN1
GND
FAN Power
FAN Speed
PWM Control
REAR_FAN1
GND
+12V
Rotation
FRNT_FAN1
GND
+12V
Rotation
CPU_FAN2
GND
FAN Power
FAN Speed
PWM Control
REAR_FAN2
Rotation
+12V
GND
FRNT_FAN2
GND
+12V
Rotation
AP2400R-E2
3-15
8. Serial ATA 7-pin SATA1, SATA2
Serial ATA Serial ATA
150MB 133MB
Parallel ATAUltra ATA/133
®
GND
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP2
RSATA_TXN2
RSATA_RXN2
NCL-DS1R2
RSATA_RXP2
SATA2SATA1
NCL-DS1R2 SATA connectors
Serial ATA
Serial ATA
Serial ATA
Parallel ATA
RAID 0 RAID1 Serial ATA RAID
Serial ATA Windows XP Service Pack 1 Windows
2000 Service Pack 4
Serial ATA RAID RAID 0 RAID
1 Win 2000/XP/Windows Server 2003
GND
GND
GND
RSATA_TXP1
RSATA_TXN1
RSATA_RXN1
RSATA_RXP1
3-16
Serial ATA
SATA1Master
SATA2Slave
9. Ultra320 SCSI 68-pin SCSI-A1, SCSI-B1
68-pin Ultra320 SCSI
15 Ultra320
SCSIB1
68-Pin Ultra320/
Ultra2-Wide SCSI Connector
®
NCL-DS1R2
SCSIA1
68-Pin Ultra320/
Ultra2-Wide SCSI Connector
341
NCL-DS1R2 Onboard SCSI connectors
3568
SCSI
SCSI I/O
single-ended (SE)Ultra2Ultra160 Ultra320 SCSI
Ultra320 12 25
320MB/sec SE
SE
1.5m
35
1
6834
SCSI SCSI SCSI
Ultra320 Ultra160 Ultra2 Ultra-Wide
SCSI
68-pin Internal SCSI Cable (Twisted-Pair Ribbon)
®
Internal SCSI Devices (up to 15 devices)
NCL-DS1R2
68-pin Internal SCSI Cable (Twisted-Pair Ribbon)
Internal SCSI Devices (up to 15 devices)
NCL-DS1R2 SCSI connection example
AP2400R-E2
Channel A
68-pin Female
Terminator
Channel B
68-pin Female
Terminator
3-17
10.IDE 4-pin HDLED1
SCSI RAID IDE/SATA
HDLED1
®
NCL-DS1R2
NCL-DS1R2 SCSI/SATA card activity LED connector
11.USB 2.0 10-1pin USB34
USB USB 2.0
480 Mbps USB 1.1 12 Mbps 40
5 pin
®
NCL-DS1R2
NCL-DS1R2 USB connector
SCSI_ACTLED-
SCSI_ACTLED+
1 SMBus
USB34
1
SCSI_ACTLED-
SCSI_ACTLED+
SCSI
Power
USB PortA(-)
USB PortA(+)
GND
1
NC
GND
Power
USB PortB(-)
USB PortB(+)
3-18
12.BMC 16-pin BMCCONN1
management card
®
BMCCONN1
NCL-DS1R2
ASUS server
+5VSB
+5VSB
BMC SMBCLK
12CCLK1
PSON#
BMC_RST#
PWROK
PSONEN#
NCL-DS1R2 BMC connector
13.20-pin PANEL1
®
NCL-DS1R2
PANEL1
NCL-DS1R2 System panel connector
POWERLED+HDLED+
+5VSB
+5VSB
NCHDLED-
POWERLED-
12CDATA1
FP_PWRBTN#
BMC SMBDATA
BMC_PRESENT#
MLED-GND
NCPOWERBTN#
+5VGND
MLED+NMIBTN#
GND
BMC_SMI#
GNDNC
GNDRESETBTN#
SPKROUTGND
AP2400R-E2
3-19
3-1 pin PLED
IDE 2-pin IDE_LED
IDE_LED IDE
IDE
4-pin SPEAKER
ATX 2-pin PWRSW
BIOS
2-pin RESET
Reset
3-20
14.20-pin PANEL1
®
I2C_4_CLK#
GNDGND
NCL-DS1R2
AUX_PANEL1
NCL-DS1R2 Auxiliary panel connector
SMB6-1 pin FPSMB
SMBus
LAN 2-pin LAN1_LED, LAN2_LED
Gigabit LAN
NC
1
+5VSB
CASEOPEN
I2C_4_DATA#LOCATORLED1+
+5VSBLOCATORLED1-
LAN1_LINKACTLED+LOCATORBTN#
LAN1_LINKACTLED-GND
LAN2_LINKACTLED-LOCATORLED2-
LAN2_LINKACTLED+LOCATORLED2+
4-1 pin CHASSIS
Jumper Caseopen GND pin
Locator 6-pin LOCATOR
AP2400R-E2
Location
3-21
3-22
BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
4.1 BIOS
BIOS
1. ASUS AFUDOS DOS BIOS
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 BIOS
BIOS
3. ASUS Update Windows BIOS
BIOS
BIOS AFUDOS
BIOS
4.1.1
1.
DOS
a. 1.44MB
b. DOS format A:/SEnter
Windows XP
a. 1.44MB
b. Windows /
c.3 1/2
d.FileFormatFormat 3 1/2
Floppy Disk
e.Create a MS-DOS startup disk
4-2
BIOS
4.1.2 AFUDOS BIOS
AFUDOS DOS BIOS
BIOS AFUDOS BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
•
600KB
•
1. AFUDOS afudos.exe
2. DOS
afudos /o[filename]
BIOS
filename
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM
3.Enter BIOS
A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading flash ..... done
A:\>
BIOS DOS
AP2400R-E2
4-3
BIOS
AFUDOS BIOS
1.tw.asus.com BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
2. AFUDOS.EXE BIOS
3. DOS
afudos /i[filename]
filename
BIOS
A:\>afudos /iNCL-DS1.ROM
4. AFUDOS BIOS
A:\>afudos /iNCL-DS1.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading file ..... done
Erasing flash .... done
Writing flash .... 0x0008CC00 (9%)
BIOS
5. BIOS DOS
A:\>afudos /iNCL-DS1.ROM
AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10
Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved.
Reading file ..... done
Erasing flash .... done
Writing flash .... 0x0008CC00 (9%)
Verifying flash .. done
A:\>
4-4
BIOS
4.1.3 CrashFree BIOS 2 BIOS
CrashFree BIOS 2 BIOS
BIOS BIOS
1. BIOS
BIOS
2. BIOS NCL-DS1.ROM
BIOS
BIOS
1.
2. BIOS
3.
BIOS
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
BIOS
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy found!
Reading file “NCL-DS1.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
BIOS
4.
AP2400R-E2
4-5
BIOS
BIOS
1.
2.
3.
BIOS
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery...
Checking for floppy...
Floppy not found!
Checking for CD-ROM...
CD-ROM found.
Reading file “P5GD1-VM.ROM”. Completed.
Start flashing...
4. BIOS
4-6
BIOS
BIOS BIOS
http://tw.asus.com BIOS
BIOS
4.1.4
BIOS
1. BIOS
2. BIOS
3. BIOS BIOS
4. BIOS
5. BIOS
1.
Windows
ISP
2. VX.XX.
XX
3.
BIOS
AP2400R-E2
4-7
BIOS
BIOS
1.ASUSASUSUpdateASUSUpdate
2. Update
BIOS from the Internet
Next
3. FTP
Auto Select
4-8
Next
BIOS
4. BIOS
Next
5.
BIOS
BIOS
BIOS BIOS
BIOS BIOS
1.ASUS
ASUSUpdateASUSUpdate
2. Update
BIOS from a file
Next
3. BIOS
4.
BIOS
AP2400R-E2
4-9
4.2 BIOS
BIOSBasic Input and Output System
BIOS
BIOS
RUN SETUP
BIOS
BIOS
Flash ROM BIOS Flash
ROM
BIOS BIOS
BIOS
CMOS RAM
BIOS
POSTPower-On Self Test
DELETE
DELETE
RESET
Ctrl + Alt + DELETE
BIOS
BIOS
4-10
1. BIOS
BIOS
4.7 BIOS Load Setup
Defaults
2. BIOS
3.http://tw.asus.com BIOS
BIOS
BIOS
4.2.1 BIOS
System Time[11:10:19]
System Date[Fri 08/06/2004]
Legacy Diskette A[1.44M, 3.5 in]
Primary IDE Master: [ST320413A]
Primary IDE Slave: [ASUS CD-S520/A]
Third IDE Master: [Not Detected]
Third IDE Slave: [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Master: [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Slave: [Not Detected]
IDE Configuration
System Information
4.2.2
BIOS
Main
Advanced
Power
Boot
Exit BIOS
Use [ENTER], [TAB] or
[SHIFT-TAB] to select
a field.
Use [+] or [-] to
configure the System
time.
4.2.3
AP2400R-E2
4-11
4.2.4
Main
AdvancedPowerBoot Exit
4.2.5
4.2.6
System Time[11:51:19]
System Date[Thu 05/0 7/2004]
Legacy Diskette A[1.44M, 3.5 in]
Primary IDE Master : [ST320413A]
Primary IDE Slave : [ASUS CD-S520/A
Third IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Third IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Master : [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Slave : [Not Detected]
IDE Configuration
System Information
Enter
Advanced PCI/PnP Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in
below sections may cause system to
malfunction.
Plug And Play O/S[No]
PCI Latency Timer[64]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palette Snooping[Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster[Enabled]
Use [ENTER],
[TAB] or [SHIFTTAB] to select a
field.
Use [+] or [-] to
configure the
System time.
4.2.7
4.2.8
4.2.9
4-12
Enter
PageUpPageDown
BIOS
4.3 Main Menu
BIOS
4.2.1 BIOS
System Time[11:10:19]
System Date[Fri 08/06/2004]
Legacy Diskette A[1.44M, 3.5 in]
Primary IDE Master: [ST320413A]
Primary IDE Slave: [ASUS CD-S520/A]
Third IDE Master: [Not Detected]
Third IDE Slave: [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Master: [Not Detected]
Fourth IDE Slave: [Not Detected]
IDE Configuration
System Information
Use [ENTER], [TAB] or
[SHIFT-TAB] to select
a field.
Manufacturer: Intel
Brand String: Intel(R) Xeon (TM) CPU 2.80GHz
Frequency : 2800 MHz
FSB Speed : 800 MHz
Ratio Status: Unlocked
Ratio Actual Value : 14
Ratio CMOS Setting:[ 8]
Hyper Threading Technology[Enabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit:[Disabled]
Enhanced C1 Control[Auto]
CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto]
Sets the ratio between
CPU Core Clock and the
FSB Frequency.
NOTE: If an invalid
ratio is set in CMOS
then actual and
setpoint values may
differ.
Ratio CMOS Setting [8]
BIOS
Hyper Threading Technology [Enabled]
Hyper Threading
[Disabled] [Enabled]Hyper-Threading
Intel Pentium 4
4-20
BIOS
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
CPUID
[Enabled][Disabled] [Enabled]
Enhanced C1 Control [Auto]
[Auto] BIOS CPU C1E
C1ECPU CPU idle
[Auto][Disabled]
CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto]
[Auto] BIOS CPU
[Auto][Disabled]
4.4.5 Chipset
Enter
Advanced Chipset Settings
Warning: Setting wrong values in below sections may
cause system to malfunction.
NorthBridge Configuration
Onboard LAN Boot ROM[Enabled]
Onboard SCSI Boot ROM[Enabled]
OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Enabled]
ROM[Disabled] [Enabled]
OnBoard SCSI Boot ROM [Disabled]
SCSI Boot
ROM[Disabled] [Enabled]
AP2400R-E2
Enable or disable
DRAM timing.
Boot
4-21
NorthBridge Chipset Configuration
DIMM Speed: DDR2 400
Memory Remap Feature[Enabled]
DIMM Speed
DIMM
Memory Remap Feature [Enabled]
[Enabled]
[Disabled]
4-22
BIOS
4.4.6OnBoard Devices
Configuration
Configure Win627EHF Super IO Chipset
Serial Port1 Address[3F8/IRQ4]
Serial Port2 Address[2F8/IRQ3]
Serial Port2 Mode[Normal]
Parallel Port Address[378]
Onboard Game/MIDI Port[Disabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
COM 1 [Disabled] [3F8/
IRQ4] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3]
Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3]
COM 2 [Disabled] [2F8/
IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3]
Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]
COM 2 [Normal]
[IrDA] [ASK IR]
Enable or disable
Azalia controller.
Parallel Port Address [Disabled]
[278] [3BC]
AP2400R-E2
[Disabled] [378]
4-23
4.4.7 PCI PCI PnP
PCI/PnP PCI/PnP
IRQ DMA
Advanced PCI/PnP Settings
WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections
may cause system to malfunction.
Plug And Play O/S[No]
PCI Latency Timer[64]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA[Yes]
Palette Snooping[Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster[Enabled]
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card[Auto]
IRQ-3 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-4 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-5 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-7 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-9 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-10 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-11 assigned to[PCI Device]
IRQ-14 assigned to[PCI Device]
NO: Lets the BIOS
configue all the
devices in the system.
YES: Lets the
operating system
configure Plug and
Play (PnP) devices not
required for boot if
your system has a Plug
and Play operating
system.
APM Configuration
Power Management/APM[Enabled]
Video Power Down Mode[Disabled]
Hard Disk Power Down Mode[Disabled]
Standby Time Out[Disabled]
Suspend Time Out[Disabled]
Throttle Slow Clock Ratio[50%]
Power Button Mode[On/Off]
Restore on AC Power Loss[Last State]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard[Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse[Disabled]
Power On Ring[Disabled]
Power On By PME#[Disabled]
Power On By RTC Alarm[Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard[Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse[Disabled]
<Enter> to select
whether or not to
restart the system
after AC power loss.