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ASUS A7M266-D User’s Manual

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3. HARDWARE SETUP

Connectors

3. H/W SETUP

11) 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 I

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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.

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12) Internal Microphone Connector (3-pin MIC2) (optional)

This connector supports the chassis-mounted microphone to the motherboard
instead of connecting an external microphone to the ATX connector.

NOTE: The internal microphone does not work if there is an external mi-
crophone connected to the external Mic (pink) jack. You may only use one
microphone at a time.

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Summary of Contents for A7M266-D

Page 1: ... A7M266 D Dual Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...es 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 Acro...

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Page 4: ...otherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DDR DIMM 21 3 5 1 Memory Installation 22 3 5 2 General DIMM Memo 22 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 Pro AGP Pro 26 3 7 4 ASUS PCI USB2 Card 26 3 8 External Connectors 27 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4 BIOS...

Page 5: ...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 A7M266 D Series Support CD 75 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 Tuner 88 7 GLO...

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: ... 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 one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS PCI USB2 Card 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual Optional Items ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion dete...

Page 8: ...PC1600 DDR SDRAM Support Equipped with four Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module DDR DIMM sockets to support up to 3 5GB of registered DDR SDRAM or up to 2GB of unbuffered DDR SDRAM sup plies the highest bandwidth and offers the lowest latency currently available improving the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements UltraDMA 100 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master...

Page 9: ...mponent level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode bus Floppy Disk Connector Supports the floppy disk drive Serial Ports Two 9 pin COM1 COM2 ports are for all serial devices IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface Parallel Port 25 pin port connects a parallel printer or other devices PS 2 mouse Port Green 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 m...

Page 10: ...er to disconnect the power supply when making any change to the configuration PCI USB2 Card A 4 port USB PCI card is bundled with the A7M266 D Concurrent PCI Multiple PCI transfers are now harmonized from the PCI master bus to the memory and processor Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users ...

Page 11: ...asy to access box with system diagnostic display area sys tem status LEDs USB ports and hot keys The AFPANEL connector on the motherboard accommodates the ASUS iPanel PC Health Monitoring Provides an easy way to test and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe Dual Function Pow...

Page 12: ... Drive Connector 7 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 10 1 Front Audio Panel Connector 13 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 24 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 25 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 23 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 26 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 26 Audio PCI 6 Channel Audio Controller optional 17 1 Line Out Connector audio model only Lime 22 1 Line In Connector audio model onl...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7M266 D User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 25 6 19 24 17 3 4 9 18 5 23 1 8 7 10 11 12 14 15 21 26 13 20 22 16 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...266 D SMB PRIMARY IDE PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard JEN AMD762 System Controller ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor AFPANEL CHASSIS IDELED CD AUX C Media CMI 8738 PCI Audio MODEM Socket 462 Socket 462 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM4 64 72 bit 184 pin module 6 7 AUX Power Connector ATX12V CPU0_FAN PWR_FAN CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power DSW CLRTC PCI...

Page 15: ...rt Connectors Three 1 8 optional 6 FLOPPY p 29 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pins 7 PRIM SECOND IDE p 30 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 8 CHASSIS p 31 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 9 IR_CON p 31 Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 10 CHA PWR CPU0 CPU1_FAN p 32 Chassis PowerSupply CPU0 1 FanConnectors 3pins 11 SMB p 33 SMBus Connector 5 1 pins 12 MIC2 p 33 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin 13 AFPAN...

Page 16: ...precautions 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 Plac...

Page 17: ... example below shows all the switches in the OFF position A7M266 D Frequency Selection DSW OFF ON 1 2 3 4 A7M266 D DIP Switch ON 133MHz Default 1 Jumper Mode JumperFree Mode JEN This motherboard FSB is preset to operate at 133MHz in Jumper Mode 1 2 Changing the jumper to 2 3 enables JumperFree mode which permits processor settings through BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu A7M266 D A7M266 D Jumper M...

Page 18: ...enter Setting CENTER BASS BASS CENTER default 1 2 BCS1 BCS2 2 3 BCS1 BCS2 3 Bass Center Setting CENTER BASS BASS CENTER Use these jumpers in conjunction with the C Media PCI Audio Driver and 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 2 3 to 1 2 in order to...

Page 19: ...feature check the JEN jumper settings see Jumper JumperFree Mode JEN on the previous pages A7M266 D A7M266 D CPU External Frequency Selection DSW CPU 100MHz 103MHz 110MHz 115MHz ON 1 2 3 4 CPU ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 105MHz 133MHz Frequency Table MHz DSW CPU 1 2 3 4 100 ON OFF ON ON 103 OFF ON OFF ON 105 ON OFF OFF ON 110 OFF OFF OFF ON 115 OFF OFF ON ON 133 ON ON ON...

Page 20: ...U used NOTE After PCB 1 04 the PO_VID jumpers simultaneously adjust voltages for both CPU0 and CPU1 A7M266 D A7M266 D CPU0 Core Voltage Selection 1 35 1 325Volts 1 30 1 275Volts 1 20 1 175Volts 1 10 1 075Volts CPU Default JumperMode Default 1 40 1 375Volts 1 15 1 125Volts 1 25 1 225Volts 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 1 8 1 775Volts 1 75 1 725Volts 1 65 1 625Volts 1 55 1 525Volts 1 50 1 475Volts 1 85 1 8...

Page 21: ... for PCs versions Four 4 sockets are available for both 266MHz PC2100 or 200MHz PC1600 registered DDR DIMMs to form a memory size of 64MB to 3 5GB Two 2 sockets are available for 266MHz PC2100 unbuffered DDR DIMMs to form a memory size of 64MB to 2GB NOTE The DDR memory bus runs at the same frequency as the CPU front side bus System Memory 3 H W SETUP Install memory populating the sockets from lef...

Page 22: ... this motherboard For the system CPU bus to operate at 200MHz 266MHz use only PC1600 PC2100 compliant DIMMs ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability Single sided DDR DIMMs come in 64 128 256 and 512MB double sided come in 128 256 512MB and 1GB Please refer to Appendix 7 1 for a list of Qualified Vendors for DIMMs that...

Page 23: ... heatsink locking brace to the plastic clips on the socket base No extra force is required to keep the CPU in place CPU 3 H W SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard supports twoA type sockets 462 for dual CPU installation Only AMD Athlon MP processors may be installed each CPU should be rated for the same FSB speed but the rated speed for each CPU need not be the same For single pro...

Page 24: ...ard 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 ...

Page 25: ...em unstable or cards inop erable 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 somet...

Page 26: ...will be using such cards Re move the tab ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip such as a pen tip to dislodge and remove the tab from the bay A7M266 D A7M266 D Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch 3 7 4 ASUS PCI USB2 Card The A7M266 D motherboard is supplied with the USB 1 1 and 2 0 compliant PCI ...

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: ...devices For setting up these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configu ration for settings COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 4 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 Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Port 25 pin Female ...

Page 29: ... up a four speaker system connect rear side speakers to the Line In connector and enable the C Media 4 speaker function see 6 4 2 Enabling 4 Speaker Function 6 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent...

Page 30: ...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 another...

Page 31: ...tandard Infrared Module Connector 5 1 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 Infrared see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown ...

Page 32: ...be 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 Damag...

Page 33: ... to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer A7M266 D 1 SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V FLOATING A7M266 D SMBus Connector SMB A7M266 D A7M266 D Internal Microphone Connector MIC Power 1 3 MIC Input Ground MIC2 12 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 optional This connector supports the chassis mounted microphone to the motherboard instead of connecting an external mic...

Page 34: ...Connector 24 1 pinAFPANEL This connector allows you to connect an optional ASUS iPanel an easy to ac cess drive bay with front I O ports status LEDs and space reserved for a hard disk drive If you are not using an ASUS iPanel you can connect an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module to the SIR connector or an optional consumer infrared connector set to the CIR and SIR connect...

Page 35: ... connector NOTE The internal microphone does not work if there is an external mi crophone connected to the external Mic pink jack You may only use one microphone at a time 15 Audio Input Line In Header 5 pin LINE_IN optional This connector suports audio input on left and right stereo audio channels NOTE The motherboard ships with Jumper caps over pins 1 2 and 4 5 Remove them only when making audio...

Page 36: ...266 D Intel Panel Connector IAPANEL Backpanel_LineOut_R LineOut_L AGND_A Backpanel_LineOut_L LineOut_R 5VA MICPWR MIC2 NC 1 2 9 10 Key 16 Front Panel Audio Connector 10 1 pin IAPANEL Attach the Front Panel audio cable to the IAPANELconnector for audio control NOTE The motherboard ships with Jumper caps over pins 1 2 and 5 6 Remove them only when making connections to a Front Panel A7M266 D A7M266 ...

Page 37: ...ower loading is a 400 Watt ATX 12V power supply minimum requirement for 5v 3 3 V is 180 Watts 12 Volts requires 15 Amps 5VSB requires 1 Amp Also ensure that the ATXpowersupplycanputoutatleast10mAonthe 5 voltstandbylead 5VSB You may experience difficulty powering ON the system if the power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB N...

Page 38: ...en there is no signal and blink when there is data received This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 23 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMISW This connector permits 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 Th...

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 ...

Page 44: ...ASUS A7M266 D User s Manual 44 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS This page was intentionally left blank ...

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: ...e 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 ...

Page 52: ... the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Keyboard Features 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: ...ssword 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 itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenterapasswordusinguppe...

Page 54: ...z Set System Operation Frequency when Operating Frequency Setting is set to Default When the Operating Frequency Setting is set to Manually this field configures the external frequency of the CPU Select Manually to make changes to the CPU Frequency field If 950 MHz is selected the FSB Frequency will be fixed at 100MHz and if 1266 MHz is selected then the FSB Frequency will be fixed at 133MHz Confi...

Page 55: ...Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled 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 Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto al...

Page 56: ...er frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 100MHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations JumperFree Mode NOTE To achieve more stable performance and precise frequencies JumperFree Mode should not be selected with this version of the A7M266 D ...

Page 57: ...he SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency...

Page 58: ... your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Software DDR PDL Delay Auto Configuration options Auto Manual Delayed Transaction Disabled Leave on default setting Enabled frees the PCI Bus when the CPU is accessing 8 bit ISA devices that normally consume about 50 60 PCI Clocks without PCI delayed transaction Select Disabled for ISA d...

Page 59: ...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 connector on the mother board If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature See Standar...

Page 60: ... 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 Con figuration options Normal ECP EPP 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 E...

Page 61: ...s 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 Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add on Symbios SCSI card can be used If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function Configuration options Auto Disabled Onboard Audio Enabled This control enables or disable...

Page 62: ... 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 IRQ XX Reserved for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Uti...

Page 63: ... 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 ISA device onboard that requires 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 it...

Page 64: ...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 65: ... 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 66: ...led 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 Entering Suspend in Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode Configu ration options Disabled 30 Sec 1 Min 1 Hour PWR Button 4 Secs Soft Off When ...

Page 67: ...eives 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 ...

Page 68: ...ystem power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday 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 systems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 69: ... is able to detect the CPU fan speed power supply 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 VCORE0 Voltage VCORE1 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE ...

Page 70: ...on system power up Configuration fields includeRemovableDevices IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device 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 ...

Page 71: ...n information about non PnP devices It can also hold the complete record of how the system was configured the last time it was booted Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration 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 ...

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 m...

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Page 75: ... 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 expansion cards the following can only be used as a general reference and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen 5 3 A7M266 D Series Support CD...

Page 76: ...S flash utility Microsoft DirectX Driver Installs basic drivers to enable compatibility with audi visual and other special functions PC CILLIN 2000 Installs the latest anti virus protection application ADOBE Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format CLICK THE RIGHTARROW Install Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cybe...

Page 77: ...internal external 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 c...

Page 78: ...e 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: ...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 80: ...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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 81: ...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 82: ...s 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 Volu...

Page 83: ...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 84: ...ail 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: ...tart 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 o...

Page 86: ...tions 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: ...line connectors on the Audio connector port located on the back panel The three female con nectors 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 Out Fron...

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 t...

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 adjustmen...

Page 90: ...ASUS A7M266 D User s Manual 90 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 91: ...P V6600MX ASUS AGP V7100 Pro ASUS AGP V7100Magic ASUS AGP V7700 Pro ASUS AGP V7700 ASUS AGP V8200 ATI Radeon 64MB DDR Creative Geforce 2 ELSA Gladiac 311 ELSA Gladiac 511TV out ELSA Gladiac Geforce 2 Ultra Leadtek WinFast Geforce 3 Leadtek WinFast Geforce 2MX DH Pro Matrox Millennium G550 MSI MS 8817 Geforce 2MX PCI VGA Card Vendors ASUS PCI V3800 SCSI Controller Card Vendors Adaptec ASC 29160N 64...

Page 92: ...Bit PHILIPS PSC 703 audio N A PHILIPS PSC 706 audio N A Power Supply Vendors Herolchi HEC 450CR AT A7M266 D Registered DIMM Vendors Vendor MB Memory Chip Chip Part Number Apacer 128 SAMSUNG K4H280838B TCB0 Apacer 256 SAMSUNG K4H280838B TCB0 Apacer 512 SAMSUNG K4H560838B TCB0 ATP 128 SAMSUNG K4H280838C TCB0 ATP 256 SAMSUNG K4H280838C TCB0 ATP 512 Infineon HYB25D256800AT 7 Infineon 256 Infineon HYB2...

Page 93: ...fines 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 phone...

Page 94: ...udes 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 c...

Page 95: ...dress 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 a...

Page 96: ... 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 mo...

Page 97: ...y LED 36 Infrared 31 Internal Microphone 33 Keyboard 27 Panel Connectors 38 Parallel Port 28 PS 2 Keyboard 27 PS 2 Mouse 27 Serial Port 28 SMBus 33 CPU Fan Speed 69 INDEX CPU Temperature 69 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 83 VideoLive Mail 83 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 83 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 83 Cylinders 50 D Discard Changes 73 DMA x Used By ISA 62 E ECP DMA Select 60 Exit Discarding Chang...

Page 98: ...d Connector 27 PS 2 Keyboard Port 9 PS 2 Mouse Connector 27 PS 2 Mouse Port 9 PWR Up On Modem Act 67 Q Quick Power On Self Test 71 R Removable Device 70 Reset Switch Lead 38 S Save Changes 73 SDRAM CAS Latency 57 SDRAM Configuration 55 SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 57 Sector 51 Serial Port Connectors 28 Serial ports 9 SMART Monitoring 51 SMBus Connector 33 Starting Up 39 Supervisor Password 53 SYMBIOS ...

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