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ASUS A7VL-VM User’s Manual

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Page 1: ... A7VL VM JumperFree PC133 VC133 200 MHz FSB Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...4 3 2 Layout Contents 15 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM 19 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 19 3 5 2 Memory Installation 20 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 21 3 7 Expansion Cards 22 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 22 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 3 8 External Connectors 25 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 37 4 BIOS SETUP 39 4 1 Ma...

Page 5: ... 4 Shadow Configuration 64 4 5 Power Menu 65 4 5 1 Power Up Control 67 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 69 4 6 Boot Menu 70 4 7 Exit Menu 72 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 75 5 1 Install Operating System 75 5 2 Start Windows 75 5 3 A7VL VM Series Support CD 76 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 77 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 77 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 82 6 3 CyberLink PowerDVD 82 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 84 7 APPENDIX 87 7 1 PCI L101 F...

Page 6: ...e determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV...

Page 7: ...onal items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal 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 po...

Page 8: ...0 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB or NEC s VC100 compliant Virtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dra matically improves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled ...

Page 9: ...ing enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot ...

Page 10: ... 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 Asingle chip fast ethernet controller for 100 10 Mbps capacity and supports WOL Wake on LAN feature See 4 4 2 I O De vice Configurat...

Page 11: ... 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 on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the w...

Page 12: ...erial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 23 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector 13 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 Bottom 24 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 11 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 25 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 25 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 17 Creative Audio Controller optional 15 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 20 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 20 1 Line In Connec...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7VL VM User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 22 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 19 20 21 23 6 7 16 24 14 13 18 8 25 17 15 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...ket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 1 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Socket A Realtek Fast Enternet VIA VT8365 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 Programable BIO...

Page 15: ...8 female optional 9 RJ45 p 28 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional 10 PRIMARY IDE p 28 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE 11 FLOPPY p 29 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pins 12 CHASS p 29 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 13 IR p 30 Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 14 WOL_CON p 30 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 15 WOR p 31 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 16 CPU_ PS_ CHASS_FAN p 31 Chas...

Page 16: ...autions 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 co...

Page 17: ...hown ON 1 2 4 OFF 3 A7VL VM JumperFree Mode Setting Jumper Mode JumperFree Default 2 1 JEN 3 2 DSW Default A7VL VM ON 1 2 3 4 100MHz Motherboard Features Settings DIP 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 A7VL VM DIP Switches 1 Frequency Sel...

Page 18: ...mper Mode 1 2 See 1 on the previous page 2 Otherwise if JumperFree Mode is enabled SW1 Switches 1 2 and 4 must be set to ON and SW1 Switch 3 to OFF See 1 on the previous page and then use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4 Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup to set the CPU Frequency External Frequency Table CPU PCI Frequency Selection Switches MH...

Page 19: ...SDRAMs The motherboard only supports PC100 PC133 DIMMs or VC SDRAMs for system memory Registered DIMMs are not supported System Memory 3 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 Total System Memory Max 1024MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs th...

Page 20: ...oth sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7VL VM 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins A7VL 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 Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V ...

Page 21: ...degrees when installing or removing the CPU Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The notched corner should be oriented toward the blank space on the socket nearest the lever The CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners and will only fit in the orientation as shown Ensure that the CPU is exactly parallel to the socket base so the pins make good contact and are not bent Take care not ...

Page 22: ...ansion 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 system s cover 6 Set...

Page 23: ...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...

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Page 25: ...loppy 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 Fun...

Page 26: ... O Device Configu ration for settings COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male 3 Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices If these are not enough a USB header is available for two additional USB port connectors See USB Headers later in this section Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 5 Monitor Output Connector Blue 15 pin VGA This connector is for ...

Page 27: ... GAME_AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows 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 7 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You ...

Page 28: ... 1 Advanced CMOS Setup 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 66 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 66 cable NOTE The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 66 cable is intentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the p...

Page 29: ...ore information If the chassis intrusion lead is not used a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to close the circuit 1 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal A7VL VM Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS A7VL VM 11 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 o...

Page 30: ... IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON 13 Standard 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...

Page 31: ...ard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins A7VL VM A7VL VM 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power CPU_FAN PS_FAN GND Rotation 12V CHASS GND GND 12V GND Rotation 12V _FAN 15 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector conn...

Page 32: ...odem card with a similar connector 18 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 A7VL VM A7VL VM True Level Line Out Header 1 HPHONE HP OUT LT GND HP OUT RT A7VL VM A7VL VM Internal Audio Connectors Setting MODEM Modem Out Ground Modem In G...

Page 33: ...M A7VL VM USB Port USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 USB2 20 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 is multiple chips can be conne...

Page 34: ...ur system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB 22 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 A7VL VM A7VL VM IDE Activ...

Page 35: ...ng 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 27 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 electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use...

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Page 37: ...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 wil...

Page 38: ...rating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when s...

Page 39: ...AT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard d...

Page 40: ... revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ent...

Page 41: ...en 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 M...

Page 42: ...hen you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt ...

Page 43: ...tice 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 key...

Page 44: ...that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field...

Page 45: ...id 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 supp...

Page 46: ...sful 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 param eters 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 47: ...eads 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 Block Addressing is en abled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or ...

Page 48: ... This field can also be configured manually 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 manually NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis abled 2 Sectors 4 Sector...

Page 49: ...hat 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 Configuratio...

Page 50: ...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 51: ...y adjusting the onboard jumpers see Section 3 Hardware Setup 1 JEN then the Operating Frequency Setting field will automatically display By Jumper to remind users that frequency selections can now be made with the onboard switches See Section 3 Hardware Setup 2 CPU External Frequency Setting CPU Frequency Selection if Operating Frequency is set to User Define In JumperFree Mode this feature tells ...

Page 52: ...o turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of En...

Page 53: ...he 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 OS 2 Onboard Memory 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Con figuration options Disabl...

Page 54: ...ng Spread spectrum typically reduces system electromagnetic 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 Dis...

Page 55: ... 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 Disabled Default Enabled for Athl...

Page 56: ...graphic 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 uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cann...

Page 57: ...t 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the 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 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 o...

Page 58: ...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 Network Controller Enabled Onboard AC97 Audio Controller A...

Page 59: ...ect Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emulation 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 field if you want to use the MIDI device onboard MPU 401 I O Base Address 300h 303h This sets the I O address for the o...

Page 60: ...ise 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 on...

Page 61: ...ary graphics card AGP Card uses theAGP card as your primary card The default PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI Card AGP Card 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 indicates either that the displa...

Page 62: ...icate 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 deter mine if an ISA device is using that channel Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion ...

Page 63: ...an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the Reserved MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy 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 d...

Page 64: ...faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configura tio...

Page 65: ...for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving M...

Page 66: ...anning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Re duce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE 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 Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period befor...

Page 67: ...he 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 sys tem to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Di...

Page 68: ...ystem power up You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating systems such as Windows 98 that haveACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 69: ...PU 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 VT686 Voltage The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of ra...

Page 70: ...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 se quence 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 wil...

Page 71: ...mplete 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 options 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 72: ... a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for confirmation before exit ing 4 7 Exit Menu On...

Page 73: ...he values 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 m...

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Page 75: ...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 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 ...

Page 76: ...e Internet YAMAHASoftSynthesizerS YXG50 optional InstallstheYamahaSoftSynthesizer forplayingMIDIfilesthroughsoftware Refertotheonlinehelpformoreinformation PC Cillin 98Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBEAcrobat Reader Vx xx Installs theAdobe Acrobat Reader software neces sarytoviewuser smanualssavedinPDFformat Updatedorotherlanguag...

Page 77: ...ternal 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 78: ...tor 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 79: ...d 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 sof...

Page 80: ...tinent 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 81: ...he PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 82: ...e 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 Mod...

Page 83: ... 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 Contr...

Page 84: ...ds live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data convers...

Page 85: ...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 choose...

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Page 87: ...mper 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 In...

Page 88: ...OS 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 dow...

Page 89: ...fication 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 har...

Page 90: ...sing 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 proce...

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 ISA...

Page 92: ... 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 ...

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