• ATX power button/soft-off button (Light Green 2-pin PWRSW) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF. This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. • Reset button (Blue 2-pin RESET) P5M2-M/C_TS100-E4 ® P5M2-M/C_TS100-E4 System Panel Connector PANEL1 MLEDGND NCPOWERBTN# +5VGND GNDNC POWERLED+ HDLED+ NCHDLEDPOWERLEDMLED+ NMIBTN# GNDRESETBTN# SPKROUTGND The system panel connector is color-coded for easy connection. ASUS TS100-E4/PI2 Chapter 3: Motherboard Information Chapter 4 This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. 1. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.) 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk 3. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the originalmotherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk To create a bootable floppy disk in a DOS environement: a. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive. b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press . Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1.2 AFUDOS utility The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment using a bootable floppy disk with the updated BIOS file. This utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS file that you can use as backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. Copying the current BIOS To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility: • Make sure that the floppy disk is not write.protected and has at least 1024 KB free space to save the file. • The succeeding BIOS screens are for reference only. The actual BIOSscreen displays may not be same as shown. 1. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos.exe) from the motherboard support CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. 2. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type: afudos /o[filename] where the [filename] is any user.assigned filename not more than eight alphanumeric characters for the main filename and three alphanumeric characters for the extension name. Main filename Extension name A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom 3. Press . The utility copies the current BIOS file to the floppy disk. A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. Readingflash.....doneWritetofile......okA:\> The utility returns to the DOS prompt after copying the current BIOS file. ASUS TS100-E4/PI2 Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility: 1. Visit the ASUS website (and download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk. 2. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos.exe) from the motherboard support CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. 3. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type: afudos/i[filename] where [filename] is the latest or the original BIOS file on the bootable floppy disk. A:\>afudos /iTS100-E4.ROM A:\>afudos /iTS100-E4.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. WARNING!!DonotturnoffpowerduringflashBIOSReadingfile.......doneReadingflash......doneAdvanceCheck...... Erasingflash......doneWritingflash......0x0008CC00(9%) 4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS. Write the BIOS filename on a piece of paper. You need to type the exactBIOS filename at the DOS prompt. Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! Chapter 4: BIOS setup 5. The utility returns to the DOS prompt after the BIOS update process is completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive. A:\>afudos /iTS100-E4.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility Version 1.19(ASUS V2.07(03.11.24BB)) Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. WARNING!! Do not turn off power during flash BIOS Reading file ....... done Reading flash ...... done Advance Check ...... Erasing flash ...... done Writing flash ...... done Verifying flash .... done Please restart your computer A:\> Updating the BIOS file using a USB flash drive If you have not purchased a USB floppy disk dri...
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