ASUS XGDLS User Manual

®

XG-DLS

Dual Xeon® A TX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Product Name: ASUS XG-DLS
Manual Revision: 1.04 E396
Release Date: June 1999

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CONTENTS

I. INTRODUCTION 7

How this Manual is Organized ........................................................... 7

Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7

II. FEATURES 8

Features ............................................................................................... 8

ASUS XG-DLS Motherboard........................................................... 11

III. INSTALLATION 12

ASUS XG-DLS Motherboard Layout .............................................. 12

Installation Steps............................................................................... 14

1. Jumpers ......................................................................................... 14

2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................. 16

DIMM Memory Installation Procedures ..................................... 17

3. Central Processing Unit (CPU).................................................... 18

Xeon Processor Installation .............................................................. 19

Step 1: Install the Baseboard....................................................... 19

Step 2: Install Retention Mechanisms......................................... 19

Step 3: Install the Retention Mechanism Brace Bars.................. 20

Step 4: Install Cartridge Lifters................................................... 20

Step 5: Install a 2nd Processor or Termination Module .............. 21

Step 6: Install Retention Mechanism Cap ................................... 21

Step 7: Install Retention Mechanism Frame ............................... 22

Removing the Xeon™ Processor ................................................ 22

External Thermal Sensor (optional) ............................................ 23

4. Expansion Cards .......................................................................... 24

Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ................................ 24

Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards.................................... 24

Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards.............................. 25

ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ......................................... 25

Accelerated Graphics Port ..................................................... 25

5. External Connectors..................................................................... 26

SCSI Connection and Termination Information.......................... 30

SCSI Connection Examples .................................................. 30

Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 35

IV. BIOS SOFTWARE 36

Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 36

Main Menu .................................................................................. 36

Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS................... 38

6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 39

Load Defaults ........................................................................ 40

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CONTENTS

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

Power Management Setup........................................................... 49

Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 49

PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 52

Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 52

Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 54

Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 54

Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 55

IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 56

Save & Exit Setup ....................................................................... 57

Exit Without Saving .................................................................... 57

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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful interference, and

• This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa­tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However , there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by
turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ­ference by one or more of the following measures:

• Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.

• Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.

• Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.

• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING! Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap-

proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance
and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana­dian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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I. INTRODUCTION

How this Manual is Organized

This manual is divided into the following sections:

I. Introduction Manual information and checklist
II. Features Information and specifications
III. Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard
IV. BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software
V. Support Software Driver and utilities installation and usage

Item Checklist

Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,
contact your retailer.

(1) ASUS Motherboard
(1) Processor mounting set for two processors

Manual / Checklist

I. INTRODUCTION

(1) Front side bus termination module (for slot 2 connector)
(1) IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives
(1) Floppy ribbon cable for (1) 5.25inch floppy and (2) 3.5inch floppies
(1) Bag of spare jumpers caps
(1) 68-pin Ultra2 cable with terminator (usable on all 68pin SCSI devices)
(1) 68-pin Ultra-Wide SCSI cable (not usable for Ultra2 devices)
(1) 50-pin Ultra-Fast SCSI cable
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities
(1) This motherboard User’s Manual
(1) Adaptec 7800 Family Manager Set User’s Manual

ASUS PC100 DIMM memory module (optional)
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional)

IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)
CPU thermal sensor cable (optional)

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II. FEATURES

Features

The ASUS XG-DLS motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding corpo­rate user who wants the highest performance motherboard money can buy.

• Multi-Speed: Supports dual Intel

II. FEATURES

Specifications

• Intel AGPset: Features Intel’s 440GX AGPset with I/O subsystems and front-

• PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with four DIMM sockets to support Intel

• Network Interface: Features the Intel 82558 Fast-Ethernet Controller (fully

• W ake-On-LAN Connector: Supports a secondary W ake-On–LAN activity with

• Adaptec SCSI Chipset: Features Adaptec AIC-7896 dual-channel Ultra2 SCSI

• AGP Slot: Supports Accelerated Graphics Port cards for high performance, com-

• PCI/ISA Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI and one 16-bit ISA slots.

• Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and

• Ultra DMA/33 Bus Master IDE/Floppy: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus

• SB-Link™: Features Creative’s SB-Link™, allowing SB16 compatibility, us-

• IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface.

• Chassis Intrusion: Onboard chassis intrusion header allows security switches

®

Pentium® III Xeon™ (500MHz and faster)
and Pentium® II Xeon™ (400MHz to 450MHz) processors. When using a dual
processor configuration, both processors must have the same speed. When us­ing a single processor configuration, the included front side bus termination
moudle must be used.

side bus (FSB) platform, which boosts the traditional 66-MHz internal bus speed
to 100MHz.

PC100-compliant SDRAMs (8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB) up to 2048MB.

integrated 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX) which supports Wake-On-LAN.

an optional Wake-On-LAN Ethernet card on the expansion slot.

chipset that supports any combination of 50-pin narrow or 68-pin wide/ultra2
devices through the onboard 50-pin and 68-pin SCSI connectors.

ponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display applications.

(PCI4 and PCI5 has shared interrupt)

one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed
from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections.

Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in
two channels, supports UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE
DMA Mode 2, and supports Enhanced IDE devices. Two floppy drives of either

5.25inch or 3.5inch (1.44MB or 2.88MB) are also supported without an external
card. Supports Japanese standard “Floppy 3 mode” (3.5-inch disk drive: 1.2MB)
and LS-120 floppy disk drives (3.5-inch disk drive: 120 MB, 1.44MB, 720KB).
BIOS supports IDE CD-ROM or SCSI device boot-up.

ing Intel’s PC-PCI technology, to AWE64D or compatible PCI audio cards.

to be connected to the motherboard for chassis intrusion alarm and logging.

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II. FEATURES

Special Features:

• Enhanced ACPI: Features a programmable BIOS, offering enhanced ACPI for

Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based virus protection through
Trend ChipAway Virus codes, and autodetection of most devices for virtually
automatic setup.

• Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which

allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.)

• Easy Installation: Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk

drives, PS/2 mouse, and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk
drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic.

• PC’98 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series of

motherboards meet PC’98 compliancy. The new PC’98 requirements for sys­tems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for
Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and man­aging all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation proce­dures for Windows 95/98/NT.

• Anti-Boot Virus BIOS & PC-cillin Bundled: Double protection for your moth-

erboard against boot sector viruses through boot firmware (Anti-Boot V irus BIOS)
and file viruses through the bundled PC-cillin.

• Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS Symbios SCSI controller cards

through onboard SYMBIOS firmware.

Performance Features:

• Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-

ter busses to the memory and to the processor.

• Double the IDE Transfer Speed: ASUS smart series motherboards with Intel

chipsets improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA/33 IDE which
can handle data transfer up to 33MB/s. The best of all is that this new technol­ogy is compatible with existing ATA-2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade
current hard drives or cables.

Specifications

II. FEATURES

• SDRAM Optimized Performance: Supports the new generation memory - Syn-

chronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM) which increases the data
transfer rate from 528MB/s max using EDO memory to 800MB/s max using
SDRAM.

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Intelligent Features:

• Auto Fan Off: The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep

• Dual Function Power Button: Pushing the power button for less than 4 sec-

II. FEATURES

Specifications

• Keyboard Power Up: Keyboard Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow

• Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Turbo LEDs now act as informa-

II. FEATURES

mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and is
an important feature in implementing silent PC systems.

onds when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two
states: sleep mode or soft-off mode, depending on the BIOS setting (see “Power
Management Setup” under BIOS SOFTWARE). When the power button is
pressed for more than 4 seconds, the system enters the soft-off mode regardless
of the BIOS setting.

the computer to be powered on by pressing the space bar on the keyboard.

tion providers. Through the way a particular LED illuminates, the user can de­termine the stage the computer is in. A simple glimpse provides useful informa­tion to the user.

• Remote Ring On (requires external modem): This allows a computer to be

turned on remotely through an external modem. With this benefit on-hand, any
user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world!

• System Resources Alert: Today’s operating systems such as Windows 95/98/

NT and OS/2, require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor­mous user interfaces and run large applications. The system resource monitor
will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible
application crashes. Suggestions will give the user information on managing
their limited resources more efficiently.

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II. FEATURES

ASUS XG-DLS Motherboard

Dual Slot 2 Connectors (for Xeon™ Processors)
T: PS/2 Mouse
B: PS/2 Keyboard

T: USB Port 1
B: USB Port 2

COM 1
(Bottom)

4 DIMM Sockets

ATX/AUX Power
Connectors

Parallel (Top)
Serial (Bottom)

COM 2
(Bottom)

Ethernet Port
(RJ45)

Intel 440GX AGPset
Intel Fast Ethernet
Floppy Connector

Accelerated
Graphics Port

5 PCI Slots
Multi-I/O

Hardware Monitor

Programmable
2Mbit Flash EEPROM

II. FEATURES

Motherboard Parts

1 ISA Slots

Intel PIIX4E PCIset

Adaptec AIC-7896
Dual Chan U2 SCSI

68pin Ultra2-SCSI Connector A
50pin Ultra-Fast-SCSI Connector
68pin Ultra2-SCSI Connector B

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ASUS XG-DLS Motherboard Layout

PS/2

TOP:

USB 1

USB

BOTTOM:

USB 2

COM1

Motherboard Layout

III. INST ALLATION

PARALLEL PORT

TOP:

Mouse

BOTTOM:

Keyboard

PWR_FAN

III. INSTALLATION

Slot 2 Connector (for Intel® Xeon™ Processor)

CPU1TEMP

Intel

440GX

AGPset

PWR3V

ATXPWR

®

COM2

RJ-45

Hardware

Monitor

Motherboard

Thermal Sensor

Intel® Fast-

Ethernet

Chipset

Multi-I/O,
Keyboard
Controller

SB-LINK

Flash EEPROM

CHA_FAN

Slot 2 Connector (for Intel® Xeon™ Processor)

CPU0TEMP

FLOPPY

PCI1 (PCI Slot 1)

WOL_CON

PCI2 (PCI Slot 2)

PCI3 (PCI Slot 3)

PCI4 (PCI Slot 4)

(Programable BIOS)

PCI5 (PCI Slot 5)

ISA Slot 1 (ISA1)

CPU_FAN

XG-DLS

AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

R

Adaptec

®

AIC-7896

Dual Chan.

Chipset

®

Intel
PIIX4E
PCIset

Ultra-Fast (50-Pin)
SCSI Connector
(Channel B)

CHASSIS
(Intrusion)

BUS FREQ

1

SECONDARY IDE

DIMM Socket 4 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

DIMM Socket 3 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

DIMM Socket 2 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

DIMM Socket 1 (64/72 bit, 168 pin module)

01 23 45

ROW

67

PRIMARY IDE

FS0
FS1
FS2

Ultra2 (68-Pin)SCSI
Connector (Channel A)

35

1

35

1

Ultra2 (68-Pin)SCSI
Connector (Channel B)

68
34

68
34

ASUS

ASIC

CLRTC

HDLED

Freq Mult

BF1

BF0

BF2

BF3

Buzzer

PANEL Connectors

CR2032 3V
Lithium Cell

(BIOSPower)

IR

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