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A7V333

User Guide

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Page 1: ...Motherboard A7V333 User Guide ...

Page 2: ... are trademarks of Trend Micro Inc Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation nVidia is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revisions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by ...

Page 3: ...n BIOS beep codes Chapter 4 BIOS setup How to change system settings using onboard BIOS firmware Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are supplied Chapter 5 Software support A summary of contents on the motherboard support CD ROM Appendix and Glossary Optional components and technical definitions Index Conventions used in this guide To make sure that you perform set up tasks properly take ...

Page 4: ...otherboard installation 7 2 1 1 Placement direction 7 2 1 2 Screw holes 7 2 2 Motherboard layout 8 2 2 1 Layout contents 9 2 3 Before you proceed 11 2 4 Central Processing Unit CPU 12 2 4 1 Overview 12 2 4 2 Installing the CPU 13 2 5 System memory 14 2 5 1 Overview 14 2 5 2 Memory configurations 15 2 5 3 Installing a DIMM 15 2 6 Expansion slots 16 2 6 1 Installing an expansion card 16 2 6 2 Config...

Page 5: ...nu 63 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 65 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 68 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 70 4 5 Power Menu 73 4 5 1 Power Up Control 75 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 77 4 6 Boot Menu 78 4 7 Exit Menu 80 Chapter 5 Software support 1 5 1 Install an operating system 83 5 2 Support CD information 83 5 3 A7V333 Motherboard Support CD 84 5 4 Using the Promise Chip for RAID 0 or 1 86 5 5 Manual Installation ...

Page 6: ...rcuit Make sure that your power supply is set to the voltage available in your area If the power supply is broken contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operational safety Before installing the motherboard and adding new devices carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before use ensure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables arenotdamaged Ifyoudet...

Page 7: ... cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which 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 Reorient 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 t...

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Page 9: ...Chapter 1 Product introduction ...

Page 10: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard ...

Page 11: ...D sound Promise IDE RAID 0 1 Controller onboard 1394 Interface ready Memory Stick Secure Digital memory support Four USB 2 0 ports UltraDMA 133 data rates The A7V333 is the perfect vehicle to get ahead in the world of power computing 1 1 Package contents Check your A7V333 package for the following items ASUS A7V333 motherboard ATX form factor 12 0 in x 9 6 in ASUS A7V333 support CD ASUS 2 port USB...

Page 12: ... per clock cycle UltraDMA 133 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA133 100 66 33 PIO Modes 3 4 Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and Tape Backup drives Multi I O Chipset Offers complete support for a variety of I O functions Provides two h...

Page 13: ...an and Voltage Monitoring CPU temperature is monitored by the ASUS ASIC through the CPU s internal thermal diode to prevent overheating and damage The CPU and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components ACPI Ready Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for ...

Page 14: ...Ports 20_34 27 Smart Card Connector 20 Game Connector 21 ASUS iPanel Connector 13 1394 Header 31 1 Parallel Port 33 2 Serial Ports COM1 COM2 38 USB 2 0 Connectors 37 USB 1 1 Connectors 39 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector green 32 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector purple 40 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitor integrated in ASUS ASIC 12 Special Feature Onboard LED 16 Audio Features on audio models only SPDIF D...

Page 15: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide 5 1 4 1 Component Locations 2 5 3 18 25 1 8 7 19 15 26 4 6 10 9 11 12 16 20 21 22 28 29 30 31 13 14 17 23 24 27 32 33 40 39 38 34 35 36 37 ...

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Page 17: ...Chapter 2 Hardware information ...

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Page 19: ...ssis Refer to the image below It may be more convenient to install major cables the CPU and modular components before fixing the motherboard inside the case frame 2 1 2 Screw holes Place nine screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Place this side towards the rear of the chassis CAUTION Do not overtighten the screws Doing so may damage the motherboard WA...

Page 20: ...B Keyboard 1394HEAD USB1 1 T USB0 B USB1 USB2 0 T USB1 B USB2 Below Mic In Center Line Out Top Line In PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCI5 BACK_RT DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 DDR DIMM3 64 72 bit 184 pin module 4 5 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro VIA KT333 Chipset Socket 462 BUZZER VID IR_CON USBWP2_EN USBWP1_EN VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 USB01_PWR KBWK SPEECH PROMISE I...

Page 21: ..._ 23_ 45_PWR p 25 USB Device Wake up Disable Enable 11 1394_En p 26 IEEE 1394 Device Enable Enable Disable 12 MS_SD_EN p 26 MS SD Device Enable Enable Disable 13 BCS1 BCS2 p 27 Bass Center Setting CENTER BASS BASS CENTER 14 SPEECH p 27 Speaker Selector Buzzer Back Panel 15 AUDIO_EN p 28 Audio Setting Enable Disable 16 CLR_RTC p 28 Clear RTC RAM Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 29 PS 2 Mouse Port 6 pin femal...

Page 22: ...B2_3 p 40 USB Headers Two 10 1 pin 22 CHASSIS p 41 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 2 pin 23 BACK_LT BACK_RT p 42 Line out Selector Jumpers 4 pin 24 LINE_IN p 42 Audio Input Line In Header 5 pin 25 IPANEL p 43 ASUS Front Panel Audio Connector 10 1 pin 26 1394HEAD p 43 IEEE 1394 Header 8 pin 27 PLED PANEL p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin 28 KEYLOCK PANEL p 44 System Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin 29 SPEA...

Page 23: ... before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity 3 Hold components by the edges and do not to touch the ICs on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the pow...

Page 24: ...ts Athlon XP processors with QuantiSpeed data processing large data caches 3D enhancements and 266MHz bus speeds A7V333 A7V333 Socket A AMD CPU CPU NOTCH LOCK CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER LEVER EachAMD CPU has a marked corner This corner is indicated with a notch and or a golden square or triangle Refer to this indicator while orienting the CPU See the next section for installation details A fan and ...

Page 25: ...lever upwards The socket lever must be fully opened 90 to 100 degrees 2 Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The notched or golden corner of the CPU must be oriented toward the inner corner of the socket base nearest to the lever hinge NOTE Do not neglect to set the correct Bus Frequency and leave the CPU Multiple setting at default to avoid start up problems CAUTION Take care not to scrape...

Page 26: ...64MB to 3GB Three 3 sockets are available for both 333MHz PC2700 266MHz PC2100 or 200MHz PC1600 DDR DIMMs to form a memory size of 64MB to 3GB A7V333 A7V333 184 Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 80 Pins 104 Pins CAUTION DIMMs are keyed to fit into notches with only one direction DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM DIMMs with more than 18 chips are not supported ASUS motherboards suppor...

Page 27: ...3GB Installing a DIMM 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notches on the DIMM exactly match the notches in the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place 2 5 3 Installing a DIMM CAUTION Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system component...

Page 28: ...following sub sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support 2 6 1 Installing an expansion card Follow these steps to install an expansion card 1 Before installing the expansion card read the documentation that came with it and make the necessary hardware settings 2 Remove the system unit cover if your motherboard is already installed in a chassis 3 Remove the bracket opposi...

Page 29: ...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 IDE ...

Page 30: ...y fit the AGP slot on your motherboard Below is an example of a 1 5V AGP card CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP AGP Pro graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot 2 6 3 PCI slots Five 32 bit PCI slots are available on this motherboard The slots support PCI cards such as a LAN card SCSI card USB card and other cards that comply ...

Page 31: ... Switches and jumpers The jumpers on the motherboard allow you to change some feature settings to suit your customized system configuration Motherboard Frequency Settings DIP Switches The motherboard frequency is adjusted through the DSW switches The illustration below shows the default position 1 JumperFree Mode 3 pin JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperF...

Page 32: ...5 6 190MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 200MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 210MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 220MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 230MHz SYSCLK A7V333 CPU External Frequency Selection CPU CPU CPU WARNING Set the SYSCLK frequency only to the recommended settings Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies are not guaranteed to be stable Overclocking the processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed Frequen...

Page 33: ...This jumper overrides all BIOS settings A7V333 A7V333 PROMISE Setting RAID_EN ENABLE DISABLE Default 1 2 2 3 4 ROM Setting 3 pin ROMSIP This jumper selects the source for data to set functional parameters for the CPU The default jumper 2 3 enables the use of BIOS to set CPU parameters Resetting the jumper to 1 2 enables the use of preset ROM data from the chip A7V333 A7V333 ROMSIP Setting ROMSIP H...

Page 34: ...ge Selection 3 2 1 1 85 1 825Volts VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 1 75 1 725Volts 1 7 1 675Volts 3 2 1 6 Voltage Regulator Output Limit 3 pin VID This jumpers offers extra security and control over the VID core voltage settings The default setting limits the voltage output to the default and does not allow any excess voltage emission to occur Resetting the jumper to 2 3 does not res...

Page 35: ...er to Enable if you wish to use your keyboard by pressing Spacebar to power up your computer This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 300mA on the 5VSB lead The default is set to Enable The computer will not power ON if you set this to Enable but do not have the correct ATX power supply NOTE This jumper must be set in conjunction with Wake On PS2 KB PS2 Mouse CIR in 4 5 1...

Page 36: ...is jumper enables or disables the Universal Serial Bus USB 2 0 capability The default is set to enable 1 2 for use with USB 2 0 compliant devices NOTE This jumper activates rear panel ports USB20_12 9 USB Wakeup Enable 2x3 pin USBWP2_EN USBWP1_EN By default these jumpers enable Wakeup power to the USB ports The circuit facilitates external power up from a USB device source Switching the jumper cap...

Page 37: ...umpers is 1 2 to select 5V because not all computers have the appropriate power supply The USBO1_PWR jumper activates the rear panel USB ports The USB23_PWR jumper activates the internal header USB2_3 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 N...

Page 38: ...BLE MS_SD_EN 11 IEEE 1394 Device Enable 3 pin 1394_En This jumper opens the circuit to the 1394 headers By default 1 2 the circuit is already open Set to pins 2 3 to disable power to the 1394 header 12 MS SD Device Enable 3 pin MS_SD_EN This jumper opens the circuit to the MS SD headers By default 1 2 the circuit is already open Set to pins 2 3 to disable power to the MS SD header ...

Page 39: ... the three pick up surfaces on male audio jacks therefore it may be necessary to switch jumpers from the default position type 1 to type 2 in order to reroute signals among the internal leads in the Line In Line Out Mic female sockets Make sure a test is made using the Audio Driver software setup available on the Support CD 14 Speaker Selector 3 pin SPEECH This jumper specifies which speaker to us...

Page 40: ...hing a conductive metal object to both points like a paperclip or a screwdriver head 4 Re install the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data A7V333 A7V333 Clear RTC RAM CLR_RTC Short solder points to Clear CMOS 15 Audio Setting 3 pin Audio_En The onboard 6 channel audio chip may be enabled or disa...

Page 41: ...vailable to expansion cards See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector does not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or po...

Page 42: ...s To enable these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for the settings 4 Parallel Port 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 USB 1 Universal Serial Bus 1 1 USB 0 USB 1 USB 2 Universal Serial Bus 2 0 COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male Parallel Por...

Page 43: ...l The Line Out lime connects a headphone or speakers The Line In light blue connects a tape players or other audio sources The Mic pink connects a microphone NOTE The functions of the audio connectors Line Out Line In and Mic change when the 6 channel audio feature is enabled Refer to Chapter 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ...

Page 44: ... 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 A7V333 NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 A7V333 Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPPY A7V333 A7...

Page 45: ...romise IDE2 Use them to setup the RAID 0 or 1 arrays and to support extra ATAPI devices A total of eight hard disks two on each IDE connector can be connected to the A7V333 but only two can function in a RAID array See 5 4 Software Setup for more information about setting up a RAID array IMPORTANT UltraDMA100 and UltraDMA133 IDE devices require a 40 pin 80 conductor cable and RAID arrays only oper...

Page 46: ...connector ensuring that the black wire matches the ground pin Use the Rotation signal only with a specially designed fan with a rotation signal You can monitor the Rotations Per Minute RPM using ASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE A7V333 A7V333 12 Volt Fan Connectors CPU_FAN PWR_FAN CHA_FAN GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V WARNING Make sure to connect the fan cables to the fan...

Page 47: ...not come with the motherboard package The CIR module is currently unavailable A7V333 A7V333 Infrared Module Connector Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND SIR 5V IRRX IRTX GND IRTX GND CIRRX CIR 5V 12 ASUS iPanel Connector 24 1 pin AFPANEL This connector supports an optional ASUS iPanel an easy to access drive bay with front I O ports status LEDs and space reserved for a ...

Page 48: ...mits multiple chips to connect to the same bus and enable each one to act as a master by initiating data transfer A7V333 A7V333 ATX Power Connectors ATXPWR Pin 1 3 3VDC 12 0VDC COM PS_ON COM COM COM 5 0VDC 5 0VDC 5 0VDC PWR_OK 12 0VDC 3 3VDC 3 3VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5VSB A7V333 1 SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 3V A7V333 SMBus Connector SMB IMPORTANT Make sure that the ATX 12V power supply minimum r...

Page 49: ...ing of mono_in such as a phone and a mono_out such as a speaker between the audio and a voice modem card A7V333 A7V333 Internal Audio Connectors MODEM Modem In Ground Modem Out Ground CD Black AUX White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground A7V333 A7V333 Thermal Sensor Connector JTPWR Power Supply Thermal Sensor 16 Power Supply Th...

Page 50: ...o conveniently make transactions such as financial health care telephony or traveling services through a Smart Card user interface software When using this connector configure the UART2 UseAs parameter in BIOS to set UART2 for use with Smart Card See Advanced BIOS sub menu I O Device Configuration for details 18 SD and MS Connector 2 x 10 pin SD MS These connectors support sophisticated memory dev...

Page 51: ... SPDIF_IN SPDIF_OUT GND 1 20 Digital Audio Interfaces 6 1 pin SPDIF_C These connectors supply an SPDIF audio cable that outputs digital instead of analog sound from CD ROM DVD ROM CD RW and advanced sound cards such as SoundBlaster Live The SPDIF module is not included in this product 19 Game Connector 16 1 pin GAME This connector supports an external game port An example of a PCI game port is ill...

Page 52: ...nnect a 2 port USB connector set to a USB header and mount the USB bracket to an open slot in the chassis The USB20_34 header supports the USB 2 0 protocol and the USB2_3 header supports the USB 1 1 header A7V333 A7V333 USB 2 0 Header NC GND LDP1 LDM1 USB 5V GND LDP2 LDM2 USB 5V 1 5 6 10 USB20_34 Blue A7V333 NC GND USBP2 USBP2 USB Power GND USBP3 USBP3 USB Power 1 5 6 10 A7V333 USB1 1 Header USB2_...

Page 53: ...nsor or microswitch When any chassis component is removed the sensor is triggered and a high level signal is sent to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event The event is then be processed by software such as LDCM When not using the chassis intrusion lead place a jumper cap over the pins to close the circuit Removing the jumper cap will prevent the system from booting up A7V333 A7V333 Chassis...

Page 54: ...next page then remove the caps from these two jumpers to permit automatic switching of audio signals between the rear panel Line Out jack and the Intel audio cable A7V333 A7V333 LINE_IN Connector LINE_IN AGND BLINE_LIN_L ALINE_LIN_L BLINE_IN_R LINE_IN_R A7V333 A7V333 Internal Line Out Connectors BACK_LT BLOL FLOL BLOR FLOR BACK_RT 24 Audio Input Line In Header LINE_IN This connector suports audio ...

Page 55: ...INE_OUT_L MIC2 Line out_R Line out_L BLINE_OUT_R NC MICPWR 5VA AGND A7V333 A7V333 IEEE 1394 Headers 1394HEAD Ground Ground TPA TPA TPB TPB Ground 12V 26 IEEE 1394 Header 8 pin 1394HEAD Optional This header supports an IEEE 1394 serial connector cable set that mounts to a standard expansion slot in the computer case 1394 compliant internal fixed disk drives may also be connected to these headers ...

Page 56: ...2 pin SMI This 2 pin connector permits switching to suspend mode or Green mode in which 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 32 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR The system power is controlled by a momentary switch attached to this connector Pressing the but...

Page 57: ...Chapter 3 Powering up ...

Page 58: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard ...

Page 59: ... standards or if it has a power standby feature the monitor LED may light up or switch between orange and green after the system LED turns on The system then runs the power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turned on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check...

Page 60: ...No CPU installed Install an Intel Pentium 4 478 Northwood Processor into the CPU socket System failed CPU test Check the CPU if properly installed Call ASUS technical support for assistance See the ASUS contact information and www asus com System failed memory test Install 184 pin unbuffered DDR modules into the DIMM sockets Check if the DIMMs on the DIMM sockets are properly installed Make sure t...

Page 61: ...rive to the one of the IDE connectors on the motherboard See section 2 8 Connectors CPU temperature too high Check CPU fan if working properly CPU fan failed Check the CPU fan and make sure it turns on after you applied power to the system CPU voltage out of range Check your power supply and make sure it is not defective Call ASUS technical support for assistance See the ASUS contact information o...

Page 62: ...u can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down the operating system If you use Windows 95 98 2000 XP click the Start button click Shut Down then click the OK button to shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down The message You can now safely turn off your computer does not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies ...

Page 63: ...Chapter 4 BIOS setup ...

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Page 65: ...age for more information on using AFLASH from a floppy disk ASUS POST Flash Utility An alternative utility for flashing a new BIOS is now available ASUS POST Flash press ALT F2 just after the memory test during boot up ASUS POST Flash functions much like regular AFLASH but no floppy disk is required ASUS POST Flash is built in to the existing BIOS firmware of new BIOS editions First visit the ASUS...

Page 66: ...3 Reboot the computer from the floppy disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It does not function in the DOS prompt within Windows and does not function with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from the hard drive It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy disk Use only a DOS 6 2 WIN95 WIN98 boot disk NOTE BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequ...

Page 67: ...OS 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 To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update 4 1 2 Updating BIOS procedures CAUTION Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you are sure that the new BIOS revision will s...

Page 68: ...lashed 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 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 complete BIOS file t...

Page 69: ...cord them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program Press Delete during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete o...

Page 70: ...r 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 any where in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu Left or Right arrow Selects the menu...

Page 71: ...window press Enter or Esc Sub menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown on the left 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 ...

Page 72: ... values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2084 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 drive 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 support old...

Page 73: ...ay be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details CAUTION Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the correct configuration information supplie...

Page 74: ...key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured User Type HDD Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for the drive Refer to the drive documentation or on the drive label for this information NOTE After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utilit...

Page 75: ...This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the...

Page 76: ...crease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 0 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successive increase in performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to suppress U...

Page 77: ...eyboard 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 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 ...

Page 78: ...are not case sensitive meaning passwords typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters are accepted The BIOS 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 ...

Page 79: ...requency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency CPU speed and external frequency Set this field in conjunction with CPU Frequency MHz to match the speed of the CPU Configuration options 5 0X 14 0X CPU PCI Frequency MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by...

Page 80: ...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 field to Enabled BIOS reserves IRQ12 whether or not a PS 2 mouse is detected at startup Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect...

Page 81: ...echarge Time 3T This item controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM 4 4 1 Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration By SPD This parameter allows you to set the optimal timings for items 2 5 depending on the memory modules that you are using The default setting is By SPD which configures items 2 5 by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device The EEPROM...

Page 82: ... using an AGP 4x card Configuration options 1X Mode 4X Mode AGP Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive N Control E Useful test parameters Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive P Control F Useful test parameters Configuration options Auto Manual Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of th...

Page 83: ...s determines the strength of electrical current to the DRAM They are useful test parameters Configuration options Auto Manual DQS P Contol 2 DQS N Contol E Useful test parameters Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F DQS output delay contol Auto Useful test parameters Configuration options Auto Manual DQS output delay 4MSB E DQS output delay 4LSB 2 Useful test parameters Configurat...

Page 84: ...e onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Function Selection COM2 This field selects the device on which to assign UART2 Only the COM2 or the infrared or the Smart Card Reader may be supported at any given time Configuration options COM2 Standard Infrared Smart Card Reader ...

Page 85: ...A Select 3 This field configures 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 Card Reader Type Disabled This field enables or disables two different types of external memory media devices memory stick and secure digital Configuration options Memory Stick Secure Dig...

Page 86: ...lors 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 to the default setting 32 for best performance and stability USB Function Enabled Set this field to Enabled if you want to use Universal Serial Bus USB devices Configuratio...

Page 87: ...ny audio device If an audio device is detected the onboard audio controller is enabled if no audio device is detected the controller is disabled If there are conflicts with the onboard modem audio controller set the appropriate field to Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled 4 4 3 1 Onboard PCI Devices Control ...

Page 88: ...t the IRQ field to Yes if you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are NOT using ICU Also it is required to reserve the IRQ ie set to Yes if using a Non Maskable Interrupt NMI the NMI setting is effective only for Win9X but not for Win2K or XP operating systems Configuration options No ICU Yes Onboard ATA Device First No This setting controls the priority of the detect sequ...

Page 89: ...et to Max Saving system power is conserved to its greatest amount This setting automatically puts the system into suspend mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving allows the least power saving as the system enters suspend mode only after a long period of inactivity Configuration options User Defined Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMPORTANT You should install the Advanced Power Man...

Page 90: ...DE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min ACPI Suspend to RAM Disabled This field allows you to enable or disable theACPI Suspend to RAM feature To support this feature the 5VSB of the power supply should have the capacity to provide more...

Page 91: ...nabled Power Up On PCI Card Disabled When set to Enabled the system through a network or a PCI modem This feature requires anATX power supply that provides at least 1Aon the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Enabled Power On By PS 2 Keyboard Disabled This parameter allows you to use specific keys on the keyboard to turn on the system This feature requires anATX power supply that provides at...

Page 92: ...ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 93: ...e onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the CPU and chassis fan speeds in rotations per minute RPM VCORE 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 Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power se...

Page 94: ...ard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS 120 ZIP ATAPIMO 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 ...

Page 95: ...est POST Configuration options Yes No 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 If enabled this field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping and retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disab...

Page 96: ...n you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit Exit Discarding Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that you made to the Setup program If you made changes to fields other than system date syst...

Page 97: ...g 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 menus and make fu...

Page 98: ...82 Chapter 4 BIOS Setup ...

Page 99: ...Chapter 5 Software support ...

Page 100: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard ...

Page 101: ... in this chapter to install the software and drivers contained in the support CD NOTE Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary use the setup procedures presented in this chapter for general reference only Refer to your OS documentation for more information 5 2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers tha...

Page 102: ...k fast ethernet network controller driver Promise FastTrak133 Controller Installs the Promise FastTrak133 IDE RAID Controller Driver ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages ASUS Update Vx xx Instals a program that can help you update BIOS or download a BIOS image file Microsoft DirectX Driver Installs basic drivers to enable compatibilit...

Page 103: ...D 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 the CD installation menu NOTE It is not advisable to install any software contained on the support CD which does not a...

Page 104: ...mizes two identical hard disk drives to copy all data from one hard disk drive to the other and vice versa As new data is written it is duplicated onto both disks using a parallel write process The main advantage of RAID 1 is that it greatly increases Fault Tolerance of the entire system especially if each hard disk is connected separately to bothATA 133 IDE channels available on theA7V333 Should ...

Page 105: ...e IDE drives and displays this screen 2 Press Ctrl F keys to display the FastBuild Utility Main Menu 1 Install the first and second hard disk into the hard disk bays of your system Connect each hard disk drive with a separate UltraDMA 100 cable one to the Promise IDE1 connector and the other to the Promise IDE2 connector onboard the A7V333 NOTE Do not connect any other types of IDE devices to the ...

Page 106: ...eys The Mode field displays Stripe 3 Then go to the TypicalApplication Menu Three options are available A V Editing DESKTOP or Server These selections determine how data blocks are managed to enhance performance A V Editing is intended for audio video applications or similar programs that require larger file transfers Desktop combines large and small file sizes Server is for numerous file transfer...

Page 107: ...to Setup Options Menu Optimize Array for Security Typical Application to use Not Available Up Down Space Change Option ESC Exit CTRL Y Save Up Down Space Change Option ESC Exit CTRL Y Save Mode Mirror Spare Drive 0 Drive s Used in Array 2 Array Disk Capacity size in MB 14645 Array Setup Configuration 1 In the FastBuild Utility Main Menu select Auto Setup 1 2 Go to the field Optimize Array for and ...

Page 108: ...y drive The second warning Offline indicates that one hard disks in a striped array has failed cannot be detected or has become disconnected In this case adjust or replace the hard disk if necessary and rebuild data from a back up source 5 The utility prompts Please SelectASource Disk Choose the pre existing hard disk as the source and then a new blank hard disk as the target Then select Ctrl Y to...

Page 109: ... to enter the FastBuild Main Menu 3 Select 3 for View Array to verify the ID of the defunct hard disk 4 Power off the system and replace the hard disk with an identical model 5 Reboot and enter the FastBuild Main Menu again 6 Select 5 for Rebuild Array The malfunctioning array is highlighted Press Enter to select it FastBuild tm Utility 1 31 c 1996 2000 Promise Technology Inc Keys Available Up Dow...

Page 110: ...d disk should be connected to the PrimaryATA 100 connector and the second hard disk to the Secondary ATA 100 connector Adding Extra Hard Disks The A7V333 is supplied with two additional Primary IDE and Secondary IDE connectors Only two hard disks connected to the Primary and Secondary ATA 133 IDE connectors can function in a RAID 0 or RAID 1 array Extra hard disks may be connected to the system us...

Page 111: ...the desktop Select Properties when the menu appears Or you can Press Start button Move highlight bar to Settings and select Control Panel Double click on System icon 2 Select Hardware page and then click Device Manager button 3 View device by type and find Other devices node 4 Right Click the Mass Storage Controller node 5 When the menu appears click the Properties item 6 Please select select Driv...

Page 112: ...rough the DMI Explorer 5 4 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 The PC Probe icon will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon will allow you t...

Page 113: ...ows 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 114: ...rent monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC 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 Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold ...

Page 115: ... Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and internal 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 ...

Page 116: ...S 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 exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system monitoring ...

Page 117: ...AsusUpdate 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or clickAuto Select 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeeding screens to complete the update process If you selected the option to update the BIOS from ...

Page 118: ...tions 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 instructions on the various setup test screens 5 6 1 3Deep Color Tuning 2 Follow the instructions to manually adjust the brightness level of the monitor 3 Select the faintest of the three colors blue red and green 1 Select the type of monitor connected ...

Page 119: ... tuning process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 5 6 2 The 3Deep Control Panel Using the Windows Start button activate the 3Deep Control Panel program from the 3Deep Applications group on the Main Program menu The control panel offers access to the Color Wizard tuning program a Game Gamma setting and a Tweak slider for brightness ad...

Page 120: ...rogram Launch the program either from the Winbond Voice Editor icon on your desktop or from the Windows Start menu Programs Winbond Voice Editor Voice Editor The Winbond Voice Editor screen appears Playing the default wave files To play the default wave files simply click on a POST event on the left side of the screen then click the Play button Default Messages POST Events The default language set...

Page 121: ...ck Open The event messages for the language you selected appear on the Voice Editor screen For some languages not all events have a corresponding message due to file size constraints 3 Click on the Write button to update the EEPROM 4 Click Yes on the confirmation window that appears The next time you boot your computer the POST messages are announced in the language that you selected ...

Page 122: ... POST events on the leftmost column of the screen 2 Prepare your message for each event The total compressed size for all the wave files must not exceed 1Mbit so make your messages as short as possible 3 Use a recording software such as Windows Recorder to record your messages 4 Save the messages as wave files WAV It is recommended that you save your files in low quality to keep them small For exa...

Page 123: ...n on the Edit button The Event Sound Editor window appears 8 Locate and select your wave file for the event then click on the arrow opposite Voice1 The file you selected appears on the space next to it 9 Click OK to return to the Voice Editor screen 10 Do steps 7 to 9 for the other events 11 When done click the Save button A window appears prompting you to save your configuration 12 Type a file na...

Page 124: ...k unblocking Setting Up ITE GSM Editor Connect a smart card reader to the A7V333 refer to page 38 in Hardware Setup for the connector location Boot up the PC and enter BIOS press del to change the configuration to accept smart card hardware in the Advanced BIOS menu select the I O Device Configuration sub menu go to UART2 Function Selection and choose Smart Card Read save and exit Finish booting u...

Page 125: ...to use a conversion card slip the SIM chip into the conversion card and then insert it into the card reader 2 To access the phone book contained in the SIM card either click the chip icon 3 To edit data select the field and double click it or press Enter Type in the name and number Then click OK Or double click the SIM Card 5 To save data to the SIM chip click the save icon 4 The data appears in t...

Page 126: ...pears in front of the serial number indicated 3 Select Entry to Write into SIM Card and the program writes the selected data from the open file into the SIM card database Users can select multiple entries by pressing Ctrl and mouse selecting the data fields simultaneously Phone number entries may be comprised of 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 C or Pressing C commands the dialer to pause for three seconds befor...

Page 127: ...ed 2 Disable PIN Set Up This function is used to disable the personal identification number PIN set up It is effective only when the PIN set up is enabled and the SIM chip is not blocked Users should first enter the current PIN to disable the PIN set up If the correct PIN numbers are entered the SIM chip can be reset If three consecutive attempts to enter the PIN fail the SIM chip is automatically...

Page 128: ...110 Chapter 5 Software reference ...

Page 129: ...Glossary ...

Page 130: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard ...

Page 131: ...em and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology peripherals will also be able to activate the PC For example inserting a tape into a VCR can turn on the PC which could then activate a la...

Page 132: ...ral 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 processors Device Driver A device driver is a ...

Page 133: ...he phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for PC that is always ON but appears OFF and responds immediately to user or other requests The OnNow design initiative involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Window...

Page 134: ...way 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 module it using a EEPROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration information inside The Serial Presenc...

Page 135: ...Index ...

Page 136: ...ASUS A7V333 motherboard ...

Page 137: ... Sub menu launching 55 Updating 49 BIOS Beep Codes 45 Boot Device Selection 78 Boot Up NumLock Status 61 Boot Virus Detection 79 C Central Processing Unit CPU 12 External Frequency 20 installation 13 Level 1 Level 2 Cache 64 Speed 63 Chip Configuration 65 Connectors Audio 31 Chassis Fan 34 CPU Fan 34 Floppy Disk Drive 32 37 HDD LED 29 IDE 33 Infrared Module 35 Internal Audio 37 Panel 44 Parallel P...

Page 138: ...29 Features 61 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 10 L LAN Jumper Setting 24 25 Legacy Diskette 56 LiveUpdate 101 Using 101 M Motherboard layout 8 9 placement 7 screws 7 Mouse Connector 29 Multi Sector Transfers 59 O Onboard LED 10 Operating system installation 83 P Parallel Port 68 Modes 68 Parallel Port Connector 30 Password Supervisor 62 User 62 PC Probe Using 95 PCI Configuration 70 PCI Latency Timer 7...

Page 139: ...Smart Manager 107 SMART Monitoring 60 SMBus Connector 36 Support CD 83 ASUS Update 85 Main menu 84 Software menu 85 Welcome screen 83 Winbond Voice Editor 103 System Date 56 System memory configurations 14 System Time 56 U UART2 70 Ultra DMA Mode 60 Universal Serial Bus USB 30 Ports 30 USB Legacy Support 65 Using 3Deep Color Tuner 101 ASUS Update 100 LiveUpdate 101 PC Probe 95 Windbond Smart Manag...

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