Asus 200/266 MHZ FSB AGP 4X User Manual Download

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A7V133-M

PC133/VC133

200/266 MHz FSB AGP 4X

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for 200/266 MHZ FSB AGP 4X

Page 1: ... A7V133 M PC133 VC133 200 266 MHz FSB AGP 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...aring in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe VIA and KT133 are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc AMD Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and A...

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Page 4: ...ts 15 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM 20 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 20 3 5 2 Memory Installation 21 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 23 3 7 Expansion Cards 24 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 25 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 26 3 8 External Connectors 27 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4 ...

Page 5: ...56 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 59 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 63 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration 67 4 5 Power Menu 68 4 5 1 Power Up Control 70 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 72 4 6 Boot Menu 73 4 7 Exit Menu 75 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 79 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 84 6 3 CyberLink PowerDVD 84 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 86 6 APPENDIX 89 7 1 Glossary 89 INDEX 93 ...

Page 6: ...e determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence 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...

Page 7: ...IX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 devices 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS 2 port USB...

Page 8: ...htwoDualInlineMemory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC133 PC100 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB or NEC sVC133 compliantVirtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically im proves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements AGP Slot Supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnection tar...

Page 9: ...grammable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides CPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCS...

Page 10: ...ios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Optional Components Onboard PCI Audio Controller A single chip by Creative Audio supports advanced Audio performance Realtek RTL8139C Ethernet A single chip fast ethernet controller for 100 10 Mbps capacity that supports WOL Wake On LAN feature 2 1 4 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent ...

Page 11: ...be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers 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 enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn ...

Page 12: ...pport 5 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 21 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 20 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 22 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 Bottom 23 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 13 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 24 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 24 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 17 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 19 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 19 1 L...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7V133 M User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 17 19 20 21 22 23 6 8 7 8 16 18 14 15 24 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...ium Cell CMOS Power USB2 WOL_CON PS_FAN PCI Slot 1 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 CHASS_FAN AUX CD JEN IDELED SMB WOR CHASS SW1 MODEM LED VIA VT82C686B Chipset HPHONE ATXPWR COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 1 Socket A Audio Codec 24 5cm 9 6in 24 5cm 9 6in ASCI Realtek 8139 CREATIVE CT5880 USB T USB1 B USB2 Motherboar...

Page 15: ...AUDIO p 29 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 RJ45 p 29 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional 9 PRIMARY IDE p 30 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin SECONDARY IDE 10 FLOPPY p 30 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pin 11 CHASS p 31 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pin 12 IR p 31 Infrared Module Connector 5 pin 13 WOL_CON p 32 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin 14 WOR p 32 Wake On Ring Connector 2 p...

Page 16: ...ecautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place ...

Page 17: ...t not be changed Setting JEN Jumper Mode 1 2 default A7V133 M JumperFree Setting Jumper Mode 1 2 JEN A7V133 M Default Motherboard Features Settings DIP Switches SW1 The motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequ...

Page 18: ...ctory default for standard processors operating with a 200 MHz Front Side Bus FSB 3 266 MHz FSB Setting SW1_B This switch setting is designed for faster processors operating with a 266 MHz Front Side Bus FSB A7V133 M A7V133 M 200MHz FSB Setting SW1 O N 4 3 2 1 5 Default 200MHz A7V133 M A7V133 M 266MHz FSB Setting SW1 O N 4 3 2 1 5 266MHz ...

Page 19: ...y multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed NOTE The motherboard supports PC100 PC133 DIMMs or VC SDRAMs for system memory Registered DIMMs are not supported See 3 5 System Memory DIMM External Frequency Table CPU PCI Frequency Selection Switches MHz MHz 1 2 3 4 5 100 00 33 33 ON ON ON OFF ON 103 00 34 33 ON OFF ON OFF ON 105 00 35 00 ON ON O...

Page 20: ... attempt to mix PC133 SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1024MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard ForthesystemCPUbustooperateat100MHz 1...

Page 21: ...the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7V133 M A7V133 M 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered...

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Page 23: ...rely cover the CPU Carefully attach the heatsink locking brace to the plastic clips on the socket base With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink locking brace no extra force is required to keep the CPU in place CPU 3 H W SETUP A7V133 M Socket A AMD CPU CPU NOTCH LOCK CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER LEVER A7V133 M 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a Socket A Socket 462 for ...

Page 24: ... make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if...

Page 25: ... System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Prim...

Page 26: ...raphics Port AGP slot to support AGP graphics cards such as an ASUSAGP V7700 GeForce2 GTS graphics card CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot A7V133 M A7V133 M Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Expansion Cards 3 H W SETUP ...

Page 27: ...floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Fu...

Page 28: ...in Male 3 Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices If these are not enough a USB header is available for two additional USB port connectors See USB Headers later in this section Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 5 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parall...

Page 29: ...c pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 6 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Game MIDI 15 pin Female 8 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional The RJ45 connector is l...

Page 30: ...with pin 20 plugged If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 100 cable NOTE TheholeneartheblueconnectorontheUltraDMA 100cableisintentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive an...

Page 31: ...se the circuit A7V133 M A7V133 M Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASS 1 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 12 Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Inf...

Page 32: ...by power A7V133 M Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON A7V133 M 14 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For externa...

Page 33: ...e ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage...

Page 34: ...e modem card with a similar connector A7V133 M A7V133 M Internal Audio Connectors CD Black AUX White MODEM Modem Out Ground Modem In Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 17 Headphone True Level Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an exte...

Page 35: ...Port 1 5 6 10 1 USB Power 2 USBP2 3 USBP2 4 GND 5 NC 6 USB Power 7 USBP3 8 USBP3 9 GND USB2 A7V133 M 19 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips...

Page 36: ... system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB A7V133 M A7V133 M ATX Power Connector 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 21 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This conn...

Page 37: ...ur power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 25 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED...

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Page 39: ... of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages wi...

Page 40: ...rating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when s...

Page 41: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 42: ... revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ent...

Page 43: ...hen the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Updating BIOS 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash ...

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Page 45: ...hen you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt ...

Page 46: ...otice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or ke...

Page 47: ...that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field...

Page 48: ...lid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to sup...

Page 49: ...ssful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatte...

Page 50: ...heads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical BlockAddressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or s...

Page 51: ... This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec t...

Page 52: ...ice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configu...

Page 53: ...s To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The pass words control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sen sitive Inotherwords itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouentera...

Page 54: ... field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU external Frequency to match the speed of your SDRAM When you press Enter on this field the first available option in the pop up menu equals the CPU Frequency you select for the previous field and the second available option...

Page 55: ... all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Con...

Page 56: ...ces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB S2K Strength Setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled AGP 4X Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl C When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Wri...

Page 57: ...AM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define PCI Master Read Caching Default Enabled for Athlon Processors Disabled for Duron Processors Leave on default setting Configuration options Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction Disabled Default Enabled for At...

Page 58: ...abled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Graphics Aperture Size 32MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory forAGPgraphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching t...

Page 59: ...rial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configu ration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module c...

Page 60: ...eld allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the par...

Page 61: ...ting from Auto to Disabled if you want to use an add on audio device NOTE To display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown below Onboard Legacy Audio Support Disabled The onboard chipset is integrated with a SoundBlaster Pro controller To use it you must enable this field Leave on the default setting Disabled if you want to use an add on audio device NOTE To display the r...

Page 62: ...MA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this field if you want to use the MIDI device onboard MPU 401 I O Base Address 300h 303h This sets the I O address for the onboard MIDI device FM Enable 388h 38Bh Enable 200h 207h This field enables or disables the FM modulation feature Game Port Function Enable 200h 207h Enable this ...

Page 63: ...abled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the motherboard s Sy...

Page 64: ...te whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default value indi cates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion ...

Page 65: ...icate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion ...

Page 66: ...an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available op tions the Reserved MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy device onboard that re quires the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave Reserved MEM Block BASE to its...

Page 67: ...faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration...

Page 68: ... for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving ...

Page 69: ...MS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min CPU Fan in Standby Mode On The CPU fan may be placed into standby mode using this control Configuration opt...

Page 70: ...ives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On L...

Page 71: ...tem power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 72: ...CPU fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV 686B Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of ra...

Page 73: ...ice Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will ...

Page 74: ...ion op tions No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power O...

Page 75: ...h a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu O...

Page 76: ...e val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and m...

Page 77: ... use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New HardwareWiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and ...

Page 78: ...lp you update your BIOS or download BIOS image file from the Internet Microsoft DirectX 8 0 Driver Installs Microsoft Direct X components PC CILLIN 2000 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBEAcrobat Reader Vx xx Installs theAdobeAcrobat Reader software neces sarytoviewuser smanualssavedinPDFformat Updatedorotherlanguageversionsof this...

Page 79: ...xternal frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe...

Page 80: ...itor Shows the PC s temperature for supported processors only Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 81: ...ed and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Control Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and pre defined threshold NOTE This feature is not available on ASUS Probe version 2 12 01 2 12 02 CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable so...

Page 82: ...rtinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 83: ...he PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 84: ...e identifying your file types 6 2 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 2 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mod...

Page 85: ...D contents on the personal computer With the i Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Cont...

Page 86: ...ds live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data convers...

Page 87: ... mail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choos...

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Page 89: ...fication defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards har...

Page 90: ...sing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD proce...

Page 91: ...can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA...

Page 92: ... SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the ...

Page 93: ...io 34 Joystick 29 Keyboard 27 MIDI 29 Parallel Port 28 PS 2 Keyboard 27 PS 2 Mouse 27 Serial Port 28 SMBus 35 USB 28 Wake On LAN 32 Wake On Ring 32 CPU Fan Speed 72 CPU Temperature 72 CyberLink PowerDVD 84 PowerPlayer SE 84 VideoLive Mail 86 CyberLink PowerDVD Using 84 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 84 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 86 Cylinders 50 D Discard Changes 76 DMA x Used By ISA 65 E ECP D...

Page 94: ...1 MB Temperature 72 Memory Hole At 15M 16M 57 Memory Installation 21 MIDI Connector 29 Mouse Connector 27 Multi Sector Transfers 51 O Onboard CIR IRQ 62 Onboard Parallel Port 61 Onboard Serial Port 1 60 Onboard Serial Port 2 60 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M 55 P Parallel Port Connector 28 Parallel Port Mode 61 PCI Latency Timer 63 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 63 PIO Mode 51 Plug Play O S 74 Ports See Connector...

Page 95: ...S SCSI BIOS 63 System Date 48 System Time 48 T Translation Method 50 Type 49 U UART2 Use Standard Infrared 60 Ultra DMA Mode 51 Updating Your BIOS 41 USB Function 64 USB Headers 35 USB Legacy Support 55 USB Ports 28 Using ASUS PC Probe 79 PowerPlayer SE 84 V VCORE Voltage 72 Video Off Method 69 Video Off Option 69 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 67 VideoLive Mail 86 Using 86 Voltage 12 72 3 3 72 5 72 12 72 ...

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