Item Checklist .................. 1 II. FEATURES ..............2 PCI-AS300 Features ................ 2 System Requirements: ..............2 Layout and Connectors of the PCI-AS300 ......2 CD-Audio Connector Pin Definitions ........2 III. INSTALLATION ............3 Installation Steps ................4 1. Jumpers ..................4 Audio Adapter Amplifier ............
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VIII. Win3.1x Audio Driver ..........5 Audio Drivers ................7 Environment Variables ............... 11 SOUND Environment variable ..........11 BLASTER Environment Variable ........11 MIDI Environment Variable ..........12 Maximum Recording Rates for the Audio Hardware ... 12 ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
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 Cana- dian Department of Communications. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
I. INTRODUCTION The PCI-AS300 SCSI/Audio MediaBus Card This is a brief guie on how to configure and install the PCI-AS300 adapter card in your system. The card is a composite SCSI adapter and 16-bit audio card that uses the ASUS MediaBus expansion slot. The MediaBus slot is a composite slot com- prised of a 120-pin 5-volt PCI local bus slot and a 72-pin ISA slot extension.
• Connections for MIDI, audio input/output, microphone input • Software Includes: DOS and Window 3.1 Drivers Windows 95 Driver Wave Editor Wave OLE Quick CD Mixer Control System Requirements: • ASUS motherboard with MediaBus revision 2.0 ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
III. INSTALLATION Layout and Connectors of the PCI-AS300 1. Speaker out 10. Mitsumi CD Audio Input 2. Volume Control 11. Sony CD Audio Input 3. Microphone Input 12. PCSpeaker Input 4. Line Input 13. 8-bit Fast SCSI 50 pin connector 5.
3. Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components. 4. Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
These devices are listed with their factory default I/O addresses. I/O Address occupied by the Audio Card. I/O Address Range Usage 200H to 207H Game Port 220H to 233H Audio Interface 330H to 331H MPU-401 UART MIDI Interface 388H to 38BH FM Music Synthesizer ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
SCSI TYPE Cable Length Limit Single-ended SCSI 6 meters (19.7 feet) Fast Single-ended SCSI 3 meters (9.8 feet) WARNING: This adapter is for "Single-Ended" SCSI devices only. Do not connect "Differential" SCSI devices to this adapter. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
If there is more than one device, connect the addi- tional devices with additional cables. You can connect up to seven devices to the Fast SCSI bus and fifteen devices to the Wide SCSI bus. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
ID number for the device. The SCSI adapter must also have an ID number. The default number for the PCI-AS300 is 7. You should use this unless you know there is a specific need to change it. Consult the documentation for any other SCSI devices to see how to set their ID numbers.
If you need to change the SCSI adapter configuration on the PCI-AS300, or if you want to customize the control settings for an individual SCIS device on the bus, you can run the SCSISelect configuration utility.
Doing this before you start using a disk is a good idea. Operating System Support The PCI-AS300 supports both DOS/Windows under MS-DOS 5.0 and up, allowing you to connect up to seven hard disk drives. You can used the supplied Adapted EZ- SCSI Windows utility to enable using non-disk SCSI devices such as scanners, tape drives, or CD-ROM drives.
In order to comply with CD specifications, a core must be added to any cable that is connected to the "Game Port." 15 Pin Game Port CE Compliant Ferrite Core Wind the cable around the core one time as shown and press the sides of the core together until it locks. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
III. INSTALLATION Troubleshooting In the event that you have problems getting the PCI-AS300 installed and working properly, make sure that: • all the SCSI devices are turned on. • all the cables connects the SCSI devices in a series. •...
Verify Media - scans the selected drive media for defects, notifies you of any found and gives you the option of reassigning bad blocks so that data will not be written to them. This is only necessary if you suspect that your SCSI disk drive has a problem. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
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1 Install DOS6.x or above and start it running on your computer. 2 Insert the installation CD into your CD-ROM drive. 3 Change to your CD ROM drive letter. 4 Change to the SCSI\EZSCSI\ folder and run Install.bat 5 Follow the instructions that appear on the screen. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
If Windows does not detect the host adapter, run the Add New Hardware Wizard again. This time, select No on the second screen of the wizard, then select SCSI controllers on the next screen. Select the name of your host adapter when it appears. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
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5 Turn the computer ON. If the new host adapter supports Plug and Play, Win- dows will install and configure it automatically. Otherwise, run Add New Hard- ware to make sure the new driver is loaded. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
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Comment out the line that loads mscdex.exe in the autoexec.bat file. • Change the /L switch on the line that loads mscdex.exe in the autoexec.bat file so it assigns the CDROM drive the next highest logical drive letter after the hard disk drives. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
ASPI manager. To learn more about these ASPI managers, including their command line option information, see the Adaptec EZSCSI Online Reference, a Windows Help application. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
You can reassign the bad block(s) to prevent data from being stored there. 6. Repeat steps 3, 4, and 5, as needed, to format or verify other disk devices. When you are finished, press Esc to exit. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
Disks smaller than 1Gigabyte have 64 heads, 32 sectors per track, and cylinders equal to the number of MBytes of available capacity. Disks larger than 1Gigabyte have 255 heads, 63sectors per track, and one cylinder per 8MBytes of available capacity. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
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6. Press Esc to return to the Select SCSI Device to Partition window. If you want to partition a different disk device, select the device from the list and repeat the earlier steps. 7. To quit afdisk, press Esc and select Yes to confirm that you want to quit. ASUS PCI-AS300 User's Manual...
• MS-DOS is a registered trademark and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. • ASUS is a registered trademark of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. • All other products are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
7. Carefully follow the installation wizard displayed and click the "Next" buttons to continue through the installation process. 8. When installation is completed, you can run the audio utilities through the start menu as shown below: ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
The following path will be used for installing Configuration Manager programs. Proceed using the settings shown Configuration Manager Path : C:\CTCM Microsoft Windows 3.1 Path : C:\WINDOWS System Bootup Drive Press <ENTER> to continue, <F1> for help, or <F3> to exit. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
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DOS by pressing <ENTER> but be sure to reboot on your own. A message "Please remember to REBOOT your system" will appear when exiting. Otherwise, press <F10> to automatically reboot your system. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
CD WIN31 <ENTER> INSTALL <ENTER> The following Audio Software Installation Screen will appear: Follow the instructions and make your choice to learn more about INSTALL <F1>, view the README <F2>, quit <F3>, or install Configuration Manager <ENTER>. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
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If you wish to use the "Play" and "Record" utility located in \VIBRA16\ directory in DOS mode, you must also add the following two lines through "Custom Installa- tion." EVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\VIBRA16.SYS /UNIT=0 /BLASTER=A:220 I:5 D:1 H:5 DEVICE=C:\VIBRA16\DRV\CTMMSYS.SYS ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
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VIII. Win3.1x Audio Driver Certain older audio files may already exist in your Windows directory. If so, simply press <ENTER> to "Backup the original files" as shown here: ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
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You should here a musical chime as you enter Windows 3.1x and see the following on your screen: After this message above, your installation for Windows 3.1x is complete. From here on, you may refer to Section II and Section III for Audio Software usage. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 Where: Specifies the audio hardware base I/O port Specifies the interrupt request line Specifies the Low DMA channel Specifies the High DMA channel Specifies the MPU-401 base I/O port Specifies the card type ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...
To obtain optimal performance, try configuring the audio hardware to use a high DMA (Direct Memory Access) channel under Windows. Refer to your audio hard- ware Getting Started Manual for more information on setting up the sound card to use a high DMA channel. ASUS PCI-AS300 User’s Manual...