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ASUS A7A133 User’s Manual

3. HARDWARE SETUP

3.1 Motherboard Layout

Motherboard Layout

3. H/W SETUP

Grayed components are available only on certain models at the time of purchase.

24.5cm (9.64in)

30.5cm (12.0in)

Primary IDE

Secondary IDE

PANEL

PCI 2

FLOPPY

A7A133

ALi

Chipset

ASUS

ASIC

with Hardware

Monitor

PCI 1

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP Pro)

ALi

M1647

Chipset

Flash EEPROM

(Programable BIOS)

CR2032 3V
Lithium Cell

CMOS Power

PCI 4

PCI 3

PCI 5

GAME_AUDIO

Mic

Line
Out

Line

AUX

MODEM

CD1

LED1

JEN

COM1

ARALLEL

POR

COM2

VID

AFPANEL

Socket 462

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

0 1

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

2 3

C-Media CMI-8738

USB1

CHASSIS

IDELED

USB2

AUDIO_PANEL

MIC2

Audio Modem Riser

(AMR)

PS/2

T: Mouse
B: Keyboard

USB1
USB2

TX Power Connector

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

4 5

BCS1

CPU_FAN

PWR_FAN

CHA_FAN

DSW

WOR

WOL_CON

CLRTC

JTPWR

BCS2

SMB

Summary of Contents for A7A133

Page 1: ... A7A133 266MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ... appearing 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 AMD Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acroba...

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Page 4: ...cedure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM 22 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 22 3 5 2 Memory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 7 Expansion Cards 26 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 28 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 28 3 8 Connectors 29 3 8 1 External Connectors 29 ...

Page 5: ...u 65 4 5 1 Power Up Control 67 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 69 4 6 Boot Menu 70 4 7 Exit Menu 72 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 75 5 1 Install Operating System 75 5 2 Start Windows 75 5 3 A7A133 Series Motherboard Support CD 76 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 77 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 77 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 83 6 3 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 83 6 4 ASUS Live Update 85 6 5 Multi Channel Audio Feature Setup 86 6 6 3Deep Color Tu...

Page 6: ... 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: ...nce 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 100 UltraDMA 66 also compatible with UltraDMA 33 IDE drives devices 1 Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for ...

Page 8: ... PC133 PC100 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512 MB modules up to 3GB of SDRAM JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor s external frequency CPU external FSB frequency settings may be set i...

Page 9: ...ct insertion of the IDE ribbon cable Floppy disk connector Supports the floppy disk drive ribbon cable One side of the connector is slotted to prevent incorrect insertion of the floppy disk cable Wake On LAN Supports Wake On LAN activity through an optional ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card Wake On Ring Supports Wake On Ring activity through a PCI modem card USB Supports up to six USB po...

Page 10: ...nformation from their computers from anywhere in the world New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this motherboard meet the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Sup port for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 3...

Page 11: ... can de termine if there are messages waiting in the mailbox Asimple glimpse provides useful information to the user System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 98 Millenium and Windows NT 2000 require much more memory and hard drive space to accomodate enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resource...

Page 12: ...rallel Port Connector Top 24 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 25 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 23 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 26 USB Header Port 2 3 Port 4 5 14 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 27 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 27 1 ASUS IrDA iPanel Connector 9 1 ASUS IR Connector 12 1 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 21 Audio 6 Channel Audio Chipset optional 18 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio mod...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7A133 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 3 27 24 9 23 26 21 14 1 6 20 13 22 7 25 2 1110 19 15 16 17 18 4 5 8 12 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...t AGP Pro ALi M1647 Chipset Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 5 GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In AUX MODEM CD1 LED1 JEN COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 VID AFPANEL Socket 462 DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 1 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 C Media CMI 8738 USB1 CHASSIS IDELED USB2 AUDIO_PANEL MIC2 Audio Modem Riser AMR PS 2 T Mouse B Key...

Page 15: ...AME_AUDIO p 31 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 optional 8 FLOPPY p 31 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pin 9 PRIM SEC IDE p 32 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin 10 IDELED p 33 IDE Activity LED 2 pin 11 CHASSIS p 33 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pin 12 WOL_CON p 34 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin 13 WOR p 34 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin 14 PWR_FAN CPU_FAN p 35 Chassis Power Supply CPU Fan Connectors 3 pin 15 USB1...

Page 16: ...ons 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 compon...

Page 17: ...per Mode 1 2 Motherboard Features Settings DIP Switches DSW 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 A7A133 A7A133 Jumper Mode Setting Jumper Mode Jumper Free Default 1 2 2 3 JEN DSW OFF ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON A7A133 A7A133 DIP Switch DSW OFF ON 1 2 3 4...

Page 18: ...e 2 3 1 2 3 Bass Center Setting BCS1 BCS2 Use these jumpers in conjunction with the C Media PCIAudio Driver to adjust output for 6 speaker audio No audio standard exists for the three pick up surfaces on male audio jacks therefore it may be necessary to switch jumpers from the default position to reroute signals among the internal leads to the Line In Line Out Mic female sockets Make sure a test i...

Page 19: ...F 3 WhenJumperFreemodeisenabled useBIOSsetupinplaceoftheseswitches Set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup so you can set the CPU Frequency A7A133 DSW ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 126MHz 126MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 133MHz 133MHz 100MHz 100MHz 100MHz 133MHz 120MHz 120MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ...

Page 20: ... OFF to disable the manual CPU ratio settings DSW switch 10 is ON for all manual CPU ratio settings A7A133 A7A133 CPU Ratio Setting ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 CPU Ratio Enable CPU Ratio Disable DSW OFF ON Set DSW switches 6 through 9 as follows according to the desired multiplier Multiplier 6 7 8 9 12 5x and up OFF OFF ON ON 12 0x ON OFF ON ON 11 5x OFF ON ON ON 11 0x ON ON ON...

Page 21: ... 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 8 0x 8 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 9 0x 9 5x 10 0x 10 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 0x 11 5x 12 0x 12 5x A7A133 CPU Frequency Multiple Select...

Page 22: ...s for system memory Registered DIMMs are not supported Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 MB x1 Total System Memory Max 3GB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips...

Page 23: ...nd therefore have a higher pin density DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals per DIMM Th...

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Page 25: ...k should entirely 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 CAUTION Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur When mounting a heatsink onto...

Page 26: ...rd and 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 B...

Page 27: ...The following table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 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 Contro...

Page 28: ...ly should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot Removing the tab 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Thisconnectorsupportsaspeciallydesignedaudioand ormodemcardcalledanAMR Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost IMPORTANT TheAMR slot of this...

Page 29: ... disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cables must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the second 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 Function...

Page 30: ...ors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 Two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices For setting up these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for settings COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Conf...

Page 31: ...ape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the o...

Page 32: ... mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and anothe...

Page 33: ...ssis intrusion module see your vendor for more details If the chassis intrusion lead is not used a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to close the circuit A7A133 A7A133 Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASIS 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 1 10 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This lead supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the...

Page 34: ...standby power 13 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 external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that the Wake On LAN or PCI Modem feature is enabled see 4 5 1...

Page 35: ...should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consideration 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...

Page 36: ...us Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices 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 can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer A7A133 A7A133...

Page 37: ... feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 4 4 2 I ODeviceConfiguration toselectwhetherUART2isdirectedforusewithCOM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s SIR connector according to the pin definitions 18 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector 12 1 pin AAPANEL on audio model only Connect the audio cable...

Page 38: ...Audio Connectors MODEM AUX White CD1 Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Modem In Ground Modem Out Ground 19 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin CD1 AUX MODEM These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voi...

Page 39: ...by lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in powering ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB A7A133 A7A133 ATX Power Connector 3 3Volts 12 0Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Groun...

Page 40: ...when there is no signal and blink when there is data received This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 27 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin co...

Page 41: ... front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel 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 runnin...

Page 42: ...ating 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 sh...

Page 43: ...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 44: ... revision will solve your problems Careless 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 Ente...

Page 45: ... Yet if the update fails your system will run a greater risk of boot failure depending on whether the boot block is damaged or not 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming is finished Fl...

Page 46: ...t 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 Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue ...

Page 47: ...en 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 D...

Page 48: ...tice 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 key...

Page 49: ...at 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 contains additional op tions for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to...

Page 50: ...id 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 supp...

Page 51: ...sful 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 formatted...

Page 52: ...ads 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 Block Address ing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or s...

Page 53: ... 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 documenta tion that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Secto...

Page 54: ...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 6 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration opt...

Page 55: ...t 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 passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup The pass words are not case sensitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or...

Page 56: ...d processors only If your processor s Frequency Multiple is detected locked you will not be able to access this field This field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU Exter nal FSB Frequency to match the speed of your CPU Configuration op tions 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 12 0 12 5x CPU PCI Frequency MHz When CPU Interna...

Page 57: ...bled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Con figuration 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...

Page 58: ...stem will start up running at a bus speed of 66MHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency 4x66MHz It will then automatically take you to theAdvanced menu with a popup menu of all the officially possible CPU internal frequencies System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus sp...

Page 59: ...h as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Configuration options User Define By SPD NOTE The following 3 fields will only be adjustable when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available Configuration options 3T 2T SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls th...

Page 60: ...te Enabled Configuration options Enabled Disabled Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache tech nology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC...

Page 61: ...rial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial 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 Con figuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled Onboard IR Port Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to ...

Page 62: ...to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed op eration in a two way mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Au...

Page 63: ...default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled 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 controller If the Symbios SCSI controller is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI control ler is detected the onboa...

Page 64: ...rd supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to Both if you want to use all USB devices Set to Primary for ports 0 and 1 only Configuration options Both Primary Disabled Primary VGA BIOS Sequence PCI VGA Card If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA controllers this field allows you to select which of the controllers will act as your primary graphics controller The default PCI AGP allows your...

Page 65: ... for the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity 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 Max...

Page 66: ...C Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled This feature shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity 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 Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode N...

Page 67: ...eceives 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 can not 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 Power...

Page 68: ...e PS2 mouse or consumer IR device to power up the PC This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate ATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to Enabled and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power...

Page 69: ...t the CPU power supply and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage 5V Voltage xx xV 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 it...

Page 70: ... IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO 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 ...

Page 71: ...abled 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 On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up th...

Page 72: ... 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 On...

Page 73: ...saving the 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 me...

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Page 75: ...you must 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 opti...

Page 76: ...ver Installs Microsoft PC Cillin 2000 Installs the PC Cillin anitvirus software application ADOBE Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE and...

Page 77: ...ternal 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 78: ... 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 79: ...d 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 sof...

Page 80: ...tinent 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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 81: ...e 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 82: ... 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 Mode Shuffle Play Increase Volum...

Page 83: ...s 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 conversi...

Page 84: ...il 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 choose the bigger the file size will ...

Page 85: ...art menu Programs AsusUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeed ing screens to complete the update process If you selected the op...

Page 86: ...ions for your speaker system This menu enables the Line In and Mic In audio jacks on the back panel to setup additional speakers for 4 and 6 Channel Audio 6 5 Multi Channel Audio Feature Setup The C Media PCI Audio Driver and Applications are located on the Support CD Installing the programs enables the multi channel audio feature Note You must use 4 or 6 channel speakers for this setup 6 5 1 The ...

Page 87: ...ectors on the yellow MIDI Game Audio connector port located on the back panel The three female connectors are available for use in the 6 Channel audio system 3 The Speaker Channel Configuration Menu displays all the options available to help tune the multi channel audio system even more precisely Connector Settings and Functions Headphone 4 Speaker 6 Speaker 2 Speaker Lime Line Out Line Out Line O...

Page 88: ...to match true internet source colors with the color displayed on the monitor Simply run the setup program from the start menu and follow the instruc tions on the various setup test screens 6 6 1 3Deep Color Tuning 2 Follow the instructions to manually adjust the brightness level of the monitor 3 Select the faintest of the three colors blue red and green 1 Select the type of monitor connected to th...

Page 89: ...process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 6 5 2 The 3Deep Control Panel Using the Windows Start button activate the 3Deep Control Panel program from the 3Deep Applications group on the Main Program menu The control panel offers access to the Color Wizard tuning program a Game Gamma setting and a Tweak slider for brightness adjustment...

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Page 91: ...ines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones...

Page 92: ...des multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transactions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies improves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based applications CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the co...

Page 93: ...ress assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applica tions such as 3D video 3D sound video conference Modem A device that allows a computer to talk to another computer through the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide ap...

Page 94: ...CPU clock eliminating the delay associated with data transfers between the CPU and memory SDRAM takes memory access away from the CPU control internal registers in the memory accept the request and lets the CPU do something else while the data requested is assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM mod...

Page 95: ...nsor 39 USB 30 Wake On LAN 34 Wake On Ring 34 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 83 VideoLive Mail 83 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 83 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 83 Cylinders 52 D Discard Changes 73 INDEX E ECP DMA Select 62 Exit Discarding Changes 72 Exit Saving Changes 72 Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 27 F Floppy 3 Mode Support 50 Floppy Disk Access Control 61 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 31 G Glossa...

Page 96: ...2 Mouse Port 9 PWR Button 4 Secs 66 PWR Up On Modem Act 67 Q Quick Power On Self Test 71 R Removable Device 70 Reset Switch Lead 40 S Save Changes 73 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 59 SDRAM CAS Latency 59 SDRAM Configuration 59 Sector 53 Serial Port Connectors 30 Serial ports 9 SMART Monitoring 53 SMBus Connector 36 Starting Up 41 Supervisor Password 55 Suspend Mode 66 SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS 63 System Date 5...

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