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ASUS A7N266-C User’s Manual

3. HARDWARE SETUP

3.1 Motherboard Layout

Motherboard Layout

3. H/W SETUP

24.5cm (9.64in)

30.5cm (12.0in)

Primary IDE

Secondary IDE

FLOPPY

A7N266-C

nVidia

MCP-D

Chipset

ASUS

ASIC

with Hardware

Monitor

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP Pro)

nVidia

nForce

IGP-128

Chipset

CR2032 3V
Lithium Cell

CMOS Power

PLED

DDR DIMM1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

0 1

DDR DIMM2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

2 3

TX Power Connector

ACR

Super

I/O

2Mb

BIOS

DDR DIMM2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module)

4 5

Socket 462

PCI 1

PCI 2

PCI 3

PCI 4

PCI 5

PS/2

T: Mouse
B: Keyboard

RJ-45

Top:

USB1
USB2

Bottom:

COM1

ARALLEL

POR

GAME_AUDIO

Realtek

TL8100

COM2

VDDR

PANEL

USB45

USB23

JTPWR

USBPWR01

SMB

CHASSIS

BUZZER

IDELED

USBPWR23

USBPWR45

CLRTC

BSEL0

CPU_FAN

CHA_FAN

NB_FAN

VID1
VID2
VID3
VID4

BSEL1

WARNING

JEN

(Grayed components are optional at the time of purchase.)

Summary of Contents for A7N266-C

Page 1: ... A7N266 C JumperFree DDR DRAM 266MHz FSB NVIDIA nForce 415 D Chipset Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...Settings 17 3 5 System Memory 23 3 5 1 DDR DIMM Support 23 3 5 2 Memory Installation 24 3 5 4 General DIMM Memo 25 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 28 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot 30 3 7 4 Advanced Communications Riser Slot 31 ACR A6CH Layout 31 ACR A6CH Hardware Installation Pro...

Page 5: ... 7 Exit Menu 75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 77 5 1 Install Operating System 77 5 2 Start Windows 77 5 3 A7N266 C Series Motherboard Support CD 78 5 3 2 Installation Procedure 79 5 3 3 Manual Installation of Drivers for Windows 98 80 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 82 6 1 ASUS Live Update 82 6 2 ASUS PC Probe 83 6 3 3Deep Color Tuner 88 6 4 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 90 6 5 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 91 7 APPENDIX 93 7 1 Mo...

Page 6: ...can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference 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 radi...

Page 7: ... 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 UltraDMA100 66 33 IDE drives 1 extra 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable 1 Ribbon cable for two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS...

Page 8: ...t for Fast Ethernet devices The chipset has an integrated APU Audio Processing Unit that provides 6 ChannelAC 97 compliant 3D positional audio and Dolby digital encoding The controller supports standard UltraDMA 100 66 33 for burst mode data transfer rates of up to 100MB sec Separate data paths for each IDE channel are built in to support up to four IDE devices The controller supports six USB port...

Page 9: ...connecting USB devices such as a mouse and PDA Serial ports One 9 pin COM1 port and one COM2 header support all serial devices IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface Game MIDI connector This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games Parallel port 25 pin port connects a parallel printer or other devices PS 2 mouse port Green 6 pin connector is fo...

Page 10: ... must be installed to activate this feature OnboardAudio Bundled with theASUSACR A6CH card for superlative audio support complete with two AC 97 CODEC chips Multiple audio outputs are available including S PDIF_OUT digital audio plus connectors for 6 Channel speaker systems APU The chipset has an integratedAPU Audio Processing Unit that provides 6 Channel AC 97 compliant 3D positional audio and Do...

Page 11: ...nabled components EnhancedACPI andAnti BootVirus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM that offers enhancedACPI forWindows XP 2000 ME compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for a virtual automatic setup Chassis Intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring through the ASUS ASIC A chassis intrusion event is kept in memory on battery ...

Page 12: ...Disk Drive Connector 7 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 6 1 Parallel Port 22 1 Serial Port COM1 24 1 Serial Header COM2 10 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 25 USB Headers Ports 2 3 4 5 13 Front Panel Infrared Header 11 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector 20 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 26 Hardware Monitoring ASUS System Voltage Monitor with ASUS ASIC 14 Network Feature Network Models only Realtek LAN Chip contro...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 1 Component Locations 12 2 3 5 19 1 13 6 17 16 14 4 15 8 7 9 10 11 18 20 22 23 26 25 21 24 ...

Page 14: ...LED 0 1 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 0 1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 ATX Power Connector ACR Super I O 2Mb BIOS 0 1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 Socket 462 PCI 1 PCI 2 PCI 3 PCI 4 PCI 5 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard RJ 45 Top USB1 USB2 Bottom COM1 PARALLEL PORT GAME_AUDIO Realtek RTL8100 COM2 VDDR PANEL USB45 USB23 JTPWR USBPWR01 SMB CHASSIS BUZZER IDELED USBPWR23 USBPWR45...

Page 15: ...hics Port Slot 5 ACR p 31 Advanced Communication Riser slot ACR A6CH Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Mouse Port 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Keyboard Port 6 pin female 3 USB p 34 UniversalSerialBus Ports 1 2 Two4 pinfemale 4 PRINTER p 34 Parallel Port 25 pin female 5 RJ 45 p 34 Fast Ethernet Port Connector 9 pin male 6 COM 1 2 p 35 Serial Port Header 9 pin male 10 1 pin male 7 GAME p 36 Game MI...

Page 16: ... Power LED Lead 3 pin 19 KEYLOCK p 44 System Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin 20 SPEAKER p 44 System Warning Speaker Lead 4 pin 21 LED p 44 System Message LED Lead 2 pin 22 SMI p 44 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin 23 PWR p 44 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin 24 RESET p 44 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin ...

Page 17: ...by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component placethe componentsonagrounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the components 5 Beforeyouinstallorremoveanycomponent ensurethattheATXpower supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or c...

Page 18: ...this jumper 2 3 enables easy BIOS adjustments If the BSEL jumpers are used it is necessary to set this JEN jumper to 1 2 A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C Onboard LED PLED WARNING ON Incorrect AGP Card OFF Correct AGP Card ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off 1 Onboard System Indicators LED Light Emitting Diodes The GREEN onboard LED indicates that the system power is okay This light alsolightswhenthePCis...

Page 19: ...te To make any changes to jumper speed settings the JEN jumper must be set to 1 2 CPU DRAM BSEL0 BSEL1 JEN 133 133 1 2 1 2 1 2 133 100 2 3 1 2 1 2 100 133 2 3 2 3 1 2 100 100 1 2 Default 2 3 Default 1 2 A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C CPU External Frequency Selection 1 2 BSEL0 BSEL1 CPU 133MHz Default DRAM 133MHz 3 1 2 BSEL0 BSEL1 CPU 133MHz DRAM 100MHz 3 1 2 BSEL0 BSEL1 CPU 100MHz DRAM 133MHz 3 1 2...

Page 20: ...n the CPU used A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C VDDR Setting VDDR 1 2 2 3 3 4 2 5V Default 2 6V 2 7V 5 DDR Voltage Setting VDDR This jumper controls the voltage output to the DDR memory DRAMS Less strain is placed on components at lower voltage settings Setting VDDR 2 7V 1 2 2 6V 2 3 default 2 5V 3 4 A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C CPU Core Voltage Selection 1 70 1 675Volts VID3 VID2 VID4 VID1 1 2 3 4 ...

Page 21: ...ect 5V since not all computers have the appropriate power supply NOTE This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead when these jumpers are set to 5VSB Otherwise the system does not power up The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB for normal working conditions or in sleep mode A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C USB Device Wake ...

Page 22: ...is powered by the onboard button cell battery Erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Change the jumper from normal to clear CMOS for a few seconds then replace the jumper cap to the normal position 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during boot up to enter BIOS setup A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 ...

Page 23: ...e populated consecutively in order starting with DIMM Socket 1 then 2 and 3 2 The total number of banks must not exceed five ie two dual load modules and one single load module Note Do not populate DIMM Socket 3 with any dual load modules Memory Population Memory loads must be distributed according to the various possible combinations shown in the following table Capacity DIMM 1 A0 DIMM2 B0 DIMM3 ...

Page 24: ...Hardware Setup Procedure for more information Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation shown A184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM has a single notch slightly to the right of center Installing a DIMM 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notche...

Page 25: ...ds support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability BIOS shows DDR RAM memory on bootup screen This motherboard supports three pairs of differential clock signals per DIMM Single load DDR DIMMs are available in 64 128 and 256MB dual load modules are available in 128 256 and 512MB Removing a DIMM 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outwa...

Page 26: ...into place Do not force the CPU into the socket to avoid bending the pins If the CPU does not fit check its alignment and look for bent pins 3 Once completely inserted press the CPU firmly and close the socket lever until it snaps shut 4 Place the CPU fan and heatsink on the CPU The heatsink should entirely cover the CPU Carefully attach the heatsink locking brace to the plastic clips on the socke...

Page 27: ...sion cards 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 1 Read the documentation that comes with the expansion card and make any necessary hardware settings for the card before installing it 2 Remove the system unit cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the screw for later use 3 Align the card connectors with the slot and press firmly until the card fits in place 4 Secure the card t...

Page 28: ... assignments Conflicts arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 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 1...

Page 29: ...sion Cards 3 H W SETUP Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared PCI slot 4 used PCI slot 5 shared AGP used ACR slot shared LAN controller shared USB controller shared ...

Page 30: ...the card to shift and may cause damage to the card slot and motherboard Remove the label and tab ONLY if you are using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip such as a pen tip to dislodge the white tab Removing the tab An early 3 3V AGP card Do not use A new 1 5 3 3V AGP card OKAY to use IMPORTANT Only 1 5V AGP cards are supported ASUS AGP 4X cards are rated for both 1 5 and 3 3 Volts EarlyAGPcards only ...

Page 31: ...A6CH produces an S PDIF_OUT digital audio signal with help from the nVidia MCP D south bridge The ACR 6CH offers standard output formats for modem and audio 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Internal Connectors Telephone answering device TAD 4 pin male 1 CD audio in CD_IN 4 pin male 2 Auxillary line in AUX_IN 4 pin male 3 External Connectors Digital audio output S PDIF_OUT RCA jack 4 Microphone input MIC_IN Pink ...

Page 32: ...ernal connectors to audio output and recording devices as required NOTE The card below is pictured front side up ensure that the colored connectors are positioned to face the outside edge of the motherboard A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C Advanced Communication Riser ACR IMPORTANT Only theASUS ACR A6CHAudio Communications Riser card is recommended for use with this motherboard in the ACR slot It is ...

Page 33: ...n 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 second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system automatically directs IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If no mouse is detected IRQ12 become available to expansion card...

Page 34: ...e 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 Printer Port 25 pin female RJ 45 5 Fast Ethernet Port RJ 45 Optional TheRJ 45connectorislocatedontopoftheUSBconnectors TheUSBconnector supplies a direct connection to a local area network LAN and is supported by the onboard LAN contr...

Page 35: ...erial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for settings COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C Serial COM2 Bracket PIN 1 COM2 ...

Page 36: ... 3 HARDWARE SETUP Connectors 3 H W SETUP 7 Game MIDI Ports Gold 15 pin GAME Optional This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files Joystick MIDI 15 pin female ...

Page 37: ...Y This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C IDE Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDEL...

Page 38: ...tation for the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable NOTES 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cable connector This prevents incorrect orientation when you connect the cables 2 The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 100 ...

Page 39: ... to the connector making sure that the black wire matches the ground pin NOTE Use the Rotation signal only with a specially designed fan with a rotation signal Monitor Rotations Per Minute RPM using ASUS PC Probe see section 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power CHA_FAN GND Rotation 12V CPU_FAN NB_FAN GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V WARNING Make sure to con...

Page 40: ...s 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 in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard SIR connector according to the pin definitions NOTE The SIR m...

Page 41: ...e that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that the ATX 12V power supply minimum recommended wattage 230W can supply at least 10mA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB The system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support the ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C ATX Power Connecto...

Page 42: ...per without attaching any detectors prevents boot up of the PC A7N266 C 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7N266 C Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 1 15 USB Headers 10 1 pin USB2_3 USB4_5 If the USB port connectors on the back panel are inadequate two USB headers are available for four additional USB port connectors Connect a 2 port USB connector set to a USB header and ...

Page 43: ...le to this connector 17 SMBus 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 a multi device bus that allows multiple chips to connect to the same bus and enabling each one to act as a master by initiating dat...

Page 44: ... pin SMI This 2 pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components Attach the case mounted suspend switch this 2 pin connector 23 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR The system power is controlled by a momentary switch attached to this conn...

Page 45: ...l 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 between 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 46: ...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 47: ...wer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It does not work in the DOS prompt within Windows and does not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded w...

Page 48: ...4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press Enter ...

Page 49: ...nter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter NOTE To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Updating BIOS WARNING Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard a...

Page 50: ...mming is done Flashed Successfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a...

Page 51: ... 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 Delete ...

Page 52: ...en is 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 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 keypad arrow Sele...

Page 53: ...a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu as you ...

Page 54: ...ear Valid 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 ...

Page 55: ...HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details NOTE After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active 4 3 1 Pr...

Page 56: ... LBA LARGE Normal Match PartitionTable Manual Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to the drive documentation to d...

Page 57: ... M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system that utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This parameter is normally disabled because the resources used in the SMART monitoring feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4...

Page 58: ...rd 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 options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 4 3 2 K...

Page 59: ...Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration fields Forgot the Password If you forget your password you can clear it by erasing the CMOS ...

Page 60: ...possible to change the speed of processors by adjusting the CPU PCI multiple CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field sets the internal frequency of your CPU Select Manual if you want to make changes to the next two fields Note that selecting a frequency higher than the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the system to hang or crash Configuration options Manual ...

Page 61: ...rocessor with the required data When set to Enabled the BIOS loads the update on all processors during system bootup Configuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default setting Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse at startup If a mouse is detected the BIOS assigns IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse Otherwise IRQ12 can be used for expansion cards When you set this fiel...

Page 62: ...uencies for the particular CPU presently installed 3 Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed 1 During the last bootup your system hung for an improper CPU Speed setting Your system is now working in safe mode To optimize the system performance and stability make sure the CPU speed conforms to the specifications of your CPU 4 Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed 2 Since you are using a new CPU or have r...

Page 63: ...onfiguration options User Defined By SPD NOTE The subfield below only be used if the SDRAM Configuration can be changed to User Defined SDRAM CAS Delay Auto Normal Sets the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command Configuration options Auto Normal 2 0T Normal 2 5T Normal Auto TURBO 2 0T TURBO 2 5T TURBO Clock Spread Spectrum Mode Center Spread Not available in this model...

Page 64: ...tem may not boot up Configuration options UC USWC MCP IDE Controller Both Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled MCP USB Controller Disabled Both USB controllers are disabled by default Refer to USB Legacy Keyboard support for specifying which ports are used to enable USB keyboard support Configuration options Enabled Disabled MCP Audio Controller Auto Configuration options Disabled...

Page 65: ...erial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Standard Infrared Disabled This field can activate the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard See IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 Connectors Configuration...

Page 66: ...ws normal speed operation 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 Disabled Onboard Game Port 200H 207H This field sets the I O address to the game port C...

Page 67: ...ation options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some non standard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this field to Enabled corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave this field o...

Page 68: ... or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using the channel instead Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI UMB Resource Exclusion TSM MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows yout to set the base address and block size of an onboard legacy ISA device that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range With such a device select a base address from the options If an ICU ...

Page 69: ...e as information access is 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...

Page 70: ...tem feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning Configuration options Blank Screen V H...

Page 71: ...tch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Configuration options Soft off Suspend AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off and Enabled reboots your system Previous State sets your system back to the state it is before the power interruption Configuration options Disable...

Page 72: ... N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the speeds of the CPU fan chassis fan and chassis fan measured in rotations per minute RPM VCORE1 VCORE2 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears...

Page 73: ...emovableDevices IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 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 R...

Page 74: ...disk to restart and investigate your system Configuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Co...

Page 75: ...ears Select Yes to save changes and exit Normally as the system exits a single beep confirms that the changes were saved If three beeps sound consecutively the system will restart with a pertinent warning message NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts with a message asking to save changes before exiting Pressing Enter saves the changes while e...

Page 76: ...es before saving the values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears 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...

Page 77: ...ervice Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows for the first time after installing your motherboard Win dows will detect all plug and play devices Follow the Add New Hardware Wizard 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 expansi...

Page 78: ...OS must be used with these drivers The nVidia drivers do not support Windows NT OS Remember to uninstall all other INF drivers before installing nVidia drivers on a previously used system If using Win98 it is necessary to install three system drivers and the audio driver manually see page 78 and 79 NVIDIA Display Driver Installs the drivers for nVidia s integrated VGA displays Turn off all anti vi...

Page 79: ...AGE E Color 3Deep Installs graphical driver and an application for tuning the quality of color output from CRT and LCD monitors Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information Exit Exits t...

Page 80: ...date Driver 6 Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now option 7 Click on Specify the location and then type or browse for the path on the CD ROM Drive Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x SMbus This installs the driver 8 Click Next 9 You should see that the PCI System Management is detected 10 You do not need to restart if you need to install more drivers 11 Continue to inst...

Page 81: ...r on the system Normally the hardware wizard auto detects new devices and prompts the user to browse for new drivers on the CD ROM look for the audio INFs in these folders Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x installer English If the hardware wizard does not auto detect try clicking on Refresh in the Device Manager If it still does not auto detect use the Add New Hardware Wizard to intall the audio driver...

Page 82: ...t 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 opti...

Page 83: ... internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To start ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and th...

Page 84: ...d Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature 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 85: ...ou record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reaches th...

Page 86: ...our PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent 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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage PC Probe ...

Page 87: ...en theASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exitASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring PC Probe PC Probe ...

Page 88: ... their internet applications 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 3 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 ty...

Page 89: ...ity 6 The tuning process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 6 3 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 brig...

Page 90: ...ng your file types 6 4 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 4 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 P...

Page 91: ...o 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 conversion to sendi...

Page 92: ...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 choose the bigger ...

Page 93: ...rystal onboard but the second ary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset onboard you may use the secondary MR otherwise you should use the primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press f...

Page 94: ...r device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettingstab Selectyourcoun try and language ...

Page 95: ...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 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ... 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 99: ...Processing Unit 26 Central Processing Unit CPU Level 1 Level 2 Cache 61 Speed 60 Upgrade Reinstallation 62 Chassis Intrusion 42 Chip Configuration 63 Clear RTC RAM Jumper 22 Connectors 43 Chassis Fan 39 CPU Fan 39 External 33 Floppy Disk Drive 37 Game MIDI 36 IDE 38 IDE Activity LED 37 Infrared 40 Panel 44 Parallel Port 34 Power Supply Thermal Sensor 44 PS 2 Keyboard 33 PS 2 Mouse 33 Serial Port 3...

Page 100: ...quest IRQ Standard Assignments 28 J Jumperless Setting 18 Jumpers Clear RTC RAM 22 CPU Dram Frequency 19 DDR Voltage 20 JEN Jumperfree 18 USB Device Wake up 21 Voltage Regulator 20 K Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 58 Connector 33 Features 58 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 44 L LED indicators 18 Legacy Diskette 54 M Memory Installation 24 Modem Riser 93 Motherboard Components 12 13 IRQ Table 29 Layout 14 Set...

Page 101: ...ction Control 61 PS 2 Mouse Port 9 R RTC RAM Clearing 22 S SDRAM Configuration 63 Serial Ports 65 Serial ports 9 SMART Monitoring 57 SMBus Connector 43 Starting Up 45 System Chipset 8 System Date 54 System Time 54 T Thermal Sensor Connector 43 U UART2 65 Ultra DMA Mode 57 Universal Serial Bus USB 34 Headers 42 Ports 34 USB Device Jumper 21 USB Legacy Support 61 USB ports 9 Using 3Deep Color Tuner ...

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