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A7V133-VM

PC133/VC133

200/266 MHz FSB AGP 4X

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for A7V133-VM

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

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Page 4: ...ocedure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM 20 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 20 3 5 2 Memory Installation 21 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 23 3 7 Expansion Cards 24 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 25 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 26 3 8 External Connectors 27 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4 BIOS SETUP 41 4 1 Managing ...

Page 5: ...4 5 Power Menu 68 4 5 1 Power Up Control 70 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 72 4 6 Boot Menu 73 4 7 Exit Menu 75 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 77 5 1 Install Operating System 77 5 2 Start Windows 77 5 3 A7V133 VM Series Support CD 78 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 79 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 84 6 3 CyberLink PowerDVD 84 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 86 6 5 ASUS LiveUpdate 88 7 APPENDIX 89 7 1 Glossary 89 ...

Page 6: ...be 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 T...

Page 7: ...tems and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 devices 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS 2 port USB...

Page 8: ...pliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB SDRAM up to 1GB JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor s external frequency AGP Slot Supports AGP cards for high performance component level inter conne...

Page 9: ...CI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency ad justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Power supply autodetects to enable disable suspend to RAM Integrated Infrared IrDA Support Integrated IR supports an optional re mote control package for wireless inte...

Page 10: ...nt for configuring and managing 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 2 1 3 Optional Components Realtek RTL8139C Ethernet single chip fast ethernet controller for 100 10 Mbps capacity and supports WOL Wake on LAN feature Onboard AC 97 Audio Controller ...

Page 11: ...ers the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU power supply and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit...

Page 12: ...tom 23 1 VGA Connector Bottom 21 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector 15 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 Bottom 24 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 13 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 25 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 25 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 18 Creative Audio Controller optional 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 20 1 Line In Connector on au...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7V133 VM User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 19 1 2 3 4 5 9 11 12 13 15 16 17 18 20 22 24 25 6 78 10 14 23 21 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...68 pin module 0 1 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Socket A Realtek Fast Enternet VIA VT8365A Chipset VIA VT82C686B Chipset PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In Audio Codec CPU_FAN HPANEL COM2 WOLCON ATXPWR MODEM SMB USB2 IR WOR IDELED HPHONE CHASS_FAN AUX CD PS_FAN Flash EEPROM P...

Page 15: ...nnector 9 pin male 7 GAME_AUDIO p 29 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 30 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 RJ45 p 30 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional 10 PRIMARY IDE p 31 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin SECONDARY IDE 11 FLOPPY p 31 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pin 12 IR p 32 Infrared Module Connector 5 pin 13 CPU_FAN PS_FAN p 33 CPU Supply Power...

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

Page 17: ... to OFF Motherboard Features Settings DSW Switches SW1 The motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position A7V133 VM DIP Switches 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection ON OFF DSW ON 1 2 3 4 A7V133 VM ON 1 2 3 4 3 H W S...

Page 18: ...a default that operates with AMD 133 FSB capacity processors The factory default is set to run the FSB at 133 MHz and the JF jumper is preset to 2 3 and all DSW SW1 switches are preset to OFF If AMD 100 MHz capacity processors are used then reset the JF jumper to 1 2 and change the DSW SW1 switches to the 100 MHz setting shown below If the JF and switch settings do not match the capacity of the pr...

Page 19: ...gh BIOS using JumperFree Mode and a 133 MHz capacity processor 2 To use the manual DSW SW1 switches as shown below the JEN must be set to Jumper Mode 1 2 See 1 p 18 3 Otherwise if JumperFree Mode is enabled all DSW SW1 switches must be set to OFF and the JEN jumper must be set to 2 3 See 1 on the previ ous page Then the BIOS setup can be used in place of these switches Set Operating Frequency Sett...

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

Page 21: ...he same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7V133 VM 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins A7V133 VM 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 Unbuffere...

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

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

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

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

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

Page 28: ...this section and mount it to the chassis 5 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA This connector is for output to a VGA compatible device 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 Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 Pa...

Page 29: ...rt 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 7 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male A7V133 VM Serial COM2 Bracke...

Page 30: ...ws tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors RJ 45 9 Fast Ethernet Port Connectors RJ45 optional The RJ45 connector is located on top of the USB Ports 0 1 The connector allows the motherboard to connect to a Local Area Netwo...

Page 31: ...n 20 plugged If you have more than two UltraDMA 66 100 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 66 100 cable NOTE The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 66 100 cable is intentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an...

Page 32: ...n 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 s SIR connector according to the pin definitions A7V133 VM A7V133 VM Infrared Module Connector Fr...

Page 33: ...ck should 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 heats...

Page 34: ...em card with a similar connector 15 Headphone True Level Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto theATX connectors A7V133 VM A7V133 VM Internal Audio Connectors CD Black AUX White MODEM Modem Out Ground Modem In Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio...

Page 35: ...Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer A7V133 VM A7V13...

Page 36: ...system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB 19 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary Secondary IDE and Primary Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up A7V133 VM A7V133 VM ATX Powe...

Page 37: ...s 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 status of the system s power 24 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is decreased to save...

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

Page 40: ...erating 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 ...

Page 41: ...T 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 dr...

Page 42: ...S 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 En...

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: ...ty When 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 ...

Page 45: ... Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced features POWER Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management fea tures BOOT Use this menu to configure the default system device used to lo cate and load the Operating System EXIT Use this menu to exit the current menu or specify how to exit the Setup program To access the menu bar items press the right or left arrow key on the key...

Page 46: ...re in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or keypad arrow Selects the menu item to the left or right or keypad arrow Moves the highlight up or down between fields minus key Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted field plus key or spacebar Scrolls forward through the values for the highlighted field Enter Brings up a selection menu ...

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 fiel...

Page 48: ...alid 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 su...

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 ...

Page 51: ...ve 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: ...tice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Config...

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

Page 54: ...multiplied by the bus frequency equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency Note that selecting a frequency higher than what the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the system 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 This...

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

Page 56: ...gup 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 57: ...ng 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 Strength N Ctrl E When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Write Disabled Configuration options Di...

Page 58: ...harge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define SDRAM 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 Dynamic Burst Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Master Read Caching Dis...

Page 59: ...uration options 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns 1 5 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns 1 5 ns Auto DIMM Interleave Setting Auto Configuration options Auto Disabled Graphics 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 VGA Shared Memory Size 16MB Configuration options 8MB 16MB 32MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncac...

Page 60: ...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 the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec tor it will no longer wor...

Page 61: ... speed operation in a two way mode Configuration options Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the 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 Creative Audio Controller Auto Auto allows the mothe...

Page 62: ...his field Leave on the default setting Disabled if you want to use an add on audio device NOTE To display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown below 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 ...

Page 63: ...therwise 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 t...

Page 64: ...primary graphics controller The default PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected On Board uses on board VGAas the primary graphics controller Configuration options PCI Card On Board 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 device The default value indi cat...

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

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

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

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

Page 69: ...an ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period befo...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...stem power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 72: ...ry CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted ...

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

Page 74: ...plete 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 eithe...

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

Page 76: ...he 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 ...

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

Page 78: ...ture and voltages ASUS Update Vx xx Installs ASUS Update to help you update your BIOS or download BIOS image file from the Internet Microsoft DirectX V8 0 Driver Installs the DirectX driver PC CILLIN 2000 Vx xx Installs the PC Cillin virus protection software CLICK RIGHTARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN MENU ADOBE Acrobat ReaderVx xx Installs theAdobeAcrobat Reader software nec essarytov...

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

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

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

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

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

Page 84: ...me 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 Mo...

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

Page 86: ...rds 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 conver...

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

Page 88: ...e properly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS LiveUpdate 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 If you selected Update from a file you will be pr...

Page 89: ...cification 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 h...

Page 90: ...ssing 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 proc...

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

Page 92: ...us 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 th...

Page 93: ... Fan Speed 72 CPU Temperature 72 CyberLink PowerDVD 84 PowerPlayer SE 84 VideoLive Mail 86 CyberLink PowerDVD Using 84 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE Using 84 CyberLink VideoLive Mail Using 86 Cylinders 50 D Discard Changes 76 DMA x Used By ISA 65 E ECP DMA Select 61 Exit Discarding Changes 75 Exit Saving Changes 75 Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 25 F Floppy 3 Mode Support 48 Floppy Disk Access Control ...

Page 94: ...al Port 2 60 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M 55 P Parallel Port Mode 61 PCI Latency Timer 63 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 63 PIO Mode 51 Plug Play O S 74 Power Fan Speed 72 Power Management 68 PowerDVD 84 Using 84 PowerPlayer SE Using 84 Procedure CPU Installation 23 Procedures Updating BIOS 42 PWR Up On Modem Act 70 Q Quick Power On Self Test 74 R Removable Device 73 S Save Changes 76 SDRAM CAS Latency 58 SDRAM...

Page 95: ...USB Headers 36 USB Legacy Support 55 Using ASUS PC Probe 79 LiveUpdate 88 PowerPlayer SE 84 V VCORE Voltage 72 Video Off Method 69 Video Off Option 69 Video ROM BIOS Shadow 67 VideoLive Mail 86 Using 86 Voltage 12 72 3 3 72 5 72 12 72 5 72 VCORE 72 W Wake On LAN 70 Wake On LAN Connector 33 Wake On Ring Connector 33 INDEX ...

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