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A7V

JumperFree™ PC133/VC133

200MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for A7V

Page 1: ... A7V JumperFree PC133 VC133 200MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ... Settings 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 25 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 25 3 5 2 Memory Installation 26 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 27 3 6 1 ASUS P2T Cable 28 3 7 Expansion Cards 28 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 28 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 30 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 31 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 32 3 8 External Connectors 33 3 9 Starting Up the F...

Page 5: ... 5 1 Install Operating System 83 5 2 Start Windows 83 5 3 A7V Series Motherboard Support CD 84 5 4 VIA 4 in 1 drivers 85 5 5 Win95 98 Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller 86 5 6 ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 87 5 7 ASUS Update Vx xx 88 5 8 PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 89 5 9 ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx xx 90 5 10Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 91 5 11Uninstalling Programs 92 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 95 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 9...

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 t...

Page 7: ...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 one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS 3 port USB Connector Set 1 ASUSP2T ThermalSensor Cable NOTE Not included on...

Page 8: ...MB or NEC s VC133 compliant Virtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1 5GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements Stepless Frequency Selection Allows CPU external FSB frequency settings to be set in 1MHz increments or reduction JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre q...

Page 9: ...EPP and ECP capabilities Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides V...

Page 10: ...naging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures forWindows95 98 NT Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter bus...

Page 11: ...he mailbox Asimple glimpse provides useful information to the user 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 can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory ...

Page 12: ... 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 9 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 26 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 27 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 25 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 28 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 12 USB Connectors Ports 4 6 14 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 29 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 29 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 20 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 23 ...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7V User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES MB Components 6 3 27 23 28 9 24 26 19 16 1 4 7 22 20 17 13 21 5 8 18 25 29 2 14 15 11 10 12 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...mable BIOS CHA_FAN DSW DIP Switches 3VSBSLT JTCPU PRIMARY IDE IDELED CLRTC PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T Port0 B Port1 JEN JTPWR CHASSIS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 COM1 COM2 PARALLEL PORT GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In VIA VT8363 AGP4X PC133 Memory Controller CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power ASUS ASIC AS99127 USB3A WOLCON USBPORT ATA100 IDE Controller PLED VIO IR AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 ADN SPK VID1 VID2 ...

Page 15: ... Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 34 UniversalSerialBus Connectors0 1 Two4 pinfemale 4 COM1 COM2 p 34 Serial Port Connector 9 pin male 5 PRINTER p 34 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 6 GAME_AUDIO p 35 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 35 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 FLOPPY p 35 Floppy Disk Driv...

Page 16: ...s 21 JTPWR p 42 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins 22 IDELED p 43 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 23 PWR LED PANEL p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 24 SPEAKER PANEL p 44 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 25 MSG LED PANEL p 44 System Message LED 2 pins 26 SMI PANEL p 44 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 27 PWR SW PANEL p 44 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 44 Reset Sw...

Page 17: ...k 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 components on a grounded a...

Page 18: ...3 A7V Jumper Mode Settings 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7PRO JEN VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 Jumper Mode 1 2 JumperFree Mode Default 2 3 ON ON 1 2 3 4 OFF DSW ON ON 1 2 3 4 OFF DSW See Voltage Reg Out VID JEN 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 switc...

Page 19: ...n slots or a primary AMR on the AMR slot If using a PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC 97 Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration of the BIOS must also be disabled NOTE Thissettingisavailableonlyonmotherboardswiththeonboardaudiooption Setting AUDIOCODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 A7V Audio Codec Setting Enable Onboard Audio Codec Default Disable Onboard Aud...

Page 20: ...etting 3VSBSLT This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to PCI devices If you have PCI devices that require auxiliary power set this jumper to 3 VSB Setting 3VSBSLT 3 Volt 1 2 3 VSB 2 3 default A7V PCI 3Volt Selection Add 3 Volt Add 3 VSB Default 1 2 2 3 3VSBSLT 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V ...

Page 21: ... 3 56V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO 3 35 Volt 1 2 3 56 Volt 2 3 default 3 69 Volt 3 4 A7V VIO Setting 3 35 Volt 3 69 Volt 1 2 2 3 VIO 3 56 Volt Default 3 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may re sult in the shortening of your computer component s life It is strongly recom mended that you leave this ...

Page 22: ...st be set to OFF 3 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup so you can set the CPU Frequency A7V CPU External Frequency Selection 133 30 MHz 33 33 MHz 90 00 MHz 30 00 MHz 113 00 MHz 37 67 MHz 109 00 MHz 36 33 MHz 105 00 MHz 35 00 MHz 102 00 MHz 34 00 MHz ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2 3 4 ON 1 2...

Page 23: ...ltiple If the Fre quency Multiple of your processor is locked setting the Frequency Multiple will have no effect Manual CPU Settings NOTE JumperFree mode must be disabled Set the DIP switches by the internal speed of your processor as follows CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple CPU Freq Mult Bus F 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 Athlon 1GHz 10 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF ON Athlon 950MHz 9 5x 100MHz ON ON ...

Page 24: ...efault 1 525 1 55Volts 1 225 1 25Volts 1 325 1 35Volts 1 775 1 80Volts 1 725 1 75Volts 1 825 1 85Volts 1 625 1 65Volts 1 575 1 60Volts 1 675 1 70Volts 1 375 1 4Volts 1 175 1 20Volts 1 075 1 10Volts VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 V...

Page 25: ...H W SETUP Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1536MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard ForthesystemCPUbusto...

Page 26: ...same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7V 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered R...

Page 27: ...e socket then up wards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should be orientated toward the blank space on the socket near est the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan and heatsink that covers the face of...

Page 28: ...following procedures assume that you have properly attached a heatsink onto your processor 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor on the proces sor heatsink nearest the processor Sensor Connector Plug Sensor NOTE If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its ther mal sensor cable to JTPWR see 21 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector in 3 8 External Con...

Page 29: ...entation for your expansion card 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...

Page 30: ...able 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 Controller 7 15 Print...

Page 31: ... graphics card into the slot A7V Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a safety tab on the 20 pin bay for use with AGP cards without a retention notch DO NOT remove this tab if you will be using such cards removing may cause these cards to shift which may cause d...

Page 32: ...istwithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC must be disabled when using a primary AMR IMPORTANT TheAMR slot of this motherboard shares the same expansion slot as PCI Slot 5 Because of this and its location the slot can only accept a specially designed AMR card optional The components of a standard AMR card and its bracket face toward the edge of the motherboard while t...

Page 33: ...ppy 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 Funct...

Page 34: ...2 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 Configu ration 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 Configuration NOTE Serial printers m...

Page 35: ...onnector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Game MIDI 15 pin Female 8 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 en...

Page 36: ...setting its jumper accordingly 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 If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 cable NOTE The hole n...

Page 37: ...ver the pins to close the circuit A7V Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V 11 Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 4 4 2 I O Device ...

Page 38: ...power A7V Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V 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...

Page 39: ... 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 see6 SOFTWAREREFERENCE The Rotation signal is not supported by F FAN WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard hea...

Page 40: ...dem Ground Modem In to Modem CD Black VIDEO Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V 16 Internal Microphone Header 3 pin MIC2 Thisconnectorallowsyoutoconnectachasssismountedmicrophonetothemother board instead of having to attach an external microphone onto theATX connectors MIC Power MIC Input GND A7V Microphone Header 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V MIC2 1 17 Headphone True Level Out H...

Page 41: ...GND 1 5 6 10 USB3 Optional USB3A Optional USB Power GND USBP USBP 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V Bundled 3 port USB Connector Set 19 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that i...

Page 42: ...y lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing 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 A7V ATX Power Connector ATX 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 Ground 5V S...

Page 43: ...V NOTE The LED will not light up during read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors of motherboards with PCB versions earlier than Rev 1 01 P for example Rev 1 01 To check your PCB version see the area between PCI4 and PCI5 and look for the marking that starts with REV PCI5 PCI4 AMR The following PANEL illustration is used for items 23 28 next page A7V S...

Page 44: ...itch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 27 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the s...

Page 45: ... 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 will ...

Page 46: ...ting 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 shu...

Page 47: ...RMAT 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...

Page 48: ...evision 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 Enter...

Page 49: ... 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 Mem...

Page 50: ...ASUS A7V User s Manual 50 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 51: ...n 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 De...

Page 52: ...ce 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 keypa...

Page 53: ...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 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 t...

Page 54: ...d 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 suppo...

Page 55: ...ul 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 b...

Page 56: ...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 BlockAddressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sec...

Page 57: ...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 to...

Page 58: ...t the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration ...

Page 59: ...ord 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 itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenterapasswordusingupperor...

Page 60: ... multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency Note that selecting a frequency higher than what the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the sys tem to hang or crash See System Hangup later in this section DRAM Frequency This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency Thi...

Page 61: ...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 allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for t...

Page 62: ... 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 DRAM to CPU frequency ratio of 3 3 and a bus speed of 100MHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations JumperFree Mode ...

Page 63: ...Spread spectrum typically reduces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB AGP 4X Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl C When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Write Disabled Configuration options Disab...

Page 64: ...DRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define PCI Master Read Caching Default Enabled for Athlon Processors Disabled for Duron Processors Leave on default setting Configuration options Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction Default Enabled for Athlon Pr...

Page 65: ...s Aperture Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory forAGPgraphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable ...

Page 66: ... 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configu ration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on...

Page 67: ...speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions 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 EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Audio Contro...

Page 68: ...display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown below Sound Blaster Emulation Disabled Select Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emu lation feature Sound Blaster I O Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ IRQ5 Sound Blaster DMA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this fiel...

Page 69: ...wise leave this on the 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 card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the o...

Page 70: ...ult PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI Card AGP Card Onboard ATA device First Yes When set to Yes this field allows the devices on the ATA 100 channel to be bootable Configuration options No Yes 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 leg...

Page 71: ...e whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISAdevice The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion ...

Page 72: ...CU 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 its ...

Page 73: ...ster 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 o...

Page 74: ...r 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 Max...

Page 75: ...n 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to provide STR support but to make the STR feature function your operating system device drivers and power supply all have to support this fe...

Page 76: ...es 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 LAN...

Page 77: ...m power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 78: ...etect 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 VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV 12V Voltage 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessa...

Page 79: ...e Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will sh...

Page 80: ...te 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 message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either a...

Page 81: ... 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 Once...

Page 82: ...val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and mak...

Page 83: ...e 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 Hardware Wiz 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 ex...

Page 84: ...ly not available for this motherboard PC Cillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx xx Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other lan guage versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Install Cyber...

Page 85: ...D drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 9 Click here and then follow onscreen instructions to complete installation 8 Click here 1 Click here 7 Click here 4 Select preferred options and then click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 2 Click here to open the VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box 3 Click Yes on the box after you have read and agreed to the README and agreement ...

Page 86: ...ndows 98 5 5 Win95 98 Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here to open Setup Instructions see below ...

Page 87: ...rboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 11 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 88: ... 98 5 7 ASUS Update Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 5 Click here to complete setup 1 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 89: ...p the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then click Fini...

Page 90: ...Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 91: ...equirements Pentium 100MHz PC compatible Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Hard disk drive with at least 10MB of free space 4x speed or above CD ROM drive Sound card with a Windows wave audio driver 256 or above color VGA card is required A VGA card with DirectDraw support 8MB system memory 5 10 2 Cyberlink Contact Information ...

Page 92: ... or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 6 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 5 Click here to install PowerDVD ...

Page 93: ... Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

Page 94: ...94 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS A7V User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 95: ...rnal 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 Vx...

Page 96: ...r Shows the PC s temperature for supported processors only Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 97: ...ormation Hard Drives Shows the used 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 Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overhe...

Page 98: ...nent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory size Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 99: ... 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 100: ...identifying your file types 6 2 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 2 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mode ...

Page 101: ...contents on the personal computer With the i Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Contro...

Page 102: ... 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 conversio...

Page 103: ...ail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose ...

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Page 105: ...per to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity 7 APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card LAN Activity Output Signal RJ45 LEDs Motherboard type Wake on LAN Output Signal ASUS Other Int...

Page 106: ... OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downl...

Page 107: ... onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise 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 firml...

Page 108: ...your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive Enterthepath E 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 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lang...

Page 109: ...ication defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards hard...

Page 110: ...ng of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD process...

Page 111: ...can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISAcards However configuration of ISA ...

Page 112: ...SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the o...

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