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CUV4X-ME

JumperFree™ PC-133

AGP/4X Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for CUV4X-ME

Page 1: ... CUV4X ME JumperFree PC 133 AGP 4X Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...s manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe VIA and Apollo Pro133A are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc Intel LANDesk Pentium and Celeron are trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machi...

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Page 4: ...rd Settings 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 22 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 22 3 5 2 Memory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 7 Expansion Cards 26 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 28 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 29 3 8 External Connectors 30 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 41 4 BIOS SE...

Page 5: ... 74 4 6 Boot Menu 75 4 7 Exit Menu 77 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 79 5 1 Operating Systems 79 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 79 5 2 CUV4X Series Motherboard Support CD 80 5 3 Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx 81 5 4 Install PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 82 5 5 Install ADOBE AcroBat Reader Vx xx 83 5 6 VIA 4 in 1 Driver 84 5 7 AUDIO Driver 85 5 8 YAMAHA XGStudio 86 5 9 Uninstalling Programs 86 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 8...

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: ... 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 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and t...

Page 8: ...mory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC133 PC100 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB NEC s Virtual Channel VC SDRAM or En hanced Memory System s High speed DRAMs HSDRAMs up to 1 5GB VC SDRAM and HSDRAM are new DRAM core architectures that dramatically im proves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy...

Page 9: ... UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup IrDA...

Page 10: ...man aging all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proce duresforWindows 95 98 NT Color codedconnectorsanddescriptiveiconsmake identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buss...

Page 11: ...te Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user interfaces and run large...

Page 12: ...upport 5 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 20 1 Serial COM1 COM2 Port Connectors Bottom 19 21 2 USB Port Connectors 22 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 23 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 23 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 15 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 18 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 18 1 Line In Connector on audio model only Bottom 18 1 Microphone Connector on au...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUV4X ME User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 18 1 3 5 4 8 16 17 19 21 7 6 10 22 20 23 9 2 12 11 15 13 14 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ... Line Out Line In Bottom USB1 USB2 Socket 370 USBPORT 19 2cm 7 56in 24 4cm 9 6in CHASSIS VIA VT82C694X Chipset VIA VT82C686B Chipset JTPWR PCI 1 DIMM Socket 1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 0 1 DIMM Socket 2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 2 3 DIMM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 4 5 CPU_FAN Accelerated Graphics Port CD Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS IR DIP_SW CLRTC IDELED LED ATX Power Connector WOL_CON MICI...

Page 15: ...o4 pinfemale 4 PRINTER p 31 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 31 Serial Port Connector Two 9 pin male 6 GAME_AUDIO p 32 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 32 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 CHASSIS p 32 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 9 PRIMARY IDE p 33 IDE Connectors Four 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE THIRD IDE FOURTH IDE 10 FLOPPY p 33 Floppy ...

Page 16: ...40 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 22 SPEAKER PANEL p 40 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 23 MSG LED PANEL p 40 System Message LED 2 pins 24 SMI PANEL p 40 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 25 PWR SW PANEL p 40 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 26 RESET PANEL p 40 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...ons 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 compon...

Page 18: ... Mode Default JEN 1 2 3 JEN 1 2 3 CUV4X ME ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF DIP_SW NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches DIP_SW must be set to OFF Motherboard Features Settings DIP Switches DIP_SW 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 CUV4X ME DIP Switches ON 1...

Page 19: ...NOTE Thissettingisavailableonlyonmotherboardswiththeonboardaudiooption Setting AUDIOCODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 CUV4X ME CUV4X ME Audio Codec Setting Disable Enable Default 1 2 3 1 2 3 SPK ADN AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 SPK ADN AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 2 CPU Core Voltage Setting VID This jumper allows you to manual adjust the CPU core voltage It is recom mended that this be set to Ena...

Page 20: ...MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 68MHz 34MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 75 0MHz 37 5MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 80MHz 40MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI CPU PCI 100MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI 103 0MHz 34 3MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 105MHz 35MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 120MHz 40MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 133MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 140MHz 35MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI 124MHz 31MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI 150 0M...

Page 21: ...00MHz 7 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF Pentium III 650MHz 6 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF Pentium III 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF Pentium III 550MHz 5 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON Pentium III 500MHz 5 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON Pentium III 450MHz 4 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON OFF ON Celeron 533MHz 8 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF OFF...

Page 22: ...3 SDRAM specification DO NOT attempt to mix registered SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1536MB 3 H W SETUP System Memory 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes...

Page 23: ...the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density CUV4X ME 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins CUV4X ME 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...

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Page 25: ...ct orientation as shown The notched corner should point towards the end of the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force is required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted close the s...

Page 26: ...your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cov...

Page 27: ...ystem unstable or cards inop erable The following table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card so...

Page 28: ...our power supply when adding or re moving an AGP card an AMR or any other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards see 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure for more information WARNING If you are using an old AGP 2X card which does not have a reten tion notch make sure that the card s connector pins are firmly seated between the 20 pin and 28 ...

Page 29: ...pset This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another de fined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR cancoexistwithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR is not included wi...

Page 30: ...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 31: ...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 Parallel Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 Two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 2 2 I O Device Configura...

Page 32: ...ayers 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 8 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microswitch The sensor is triggered when a high level sig...

Page 33: ... the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 4 1Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged If you have more than two UltraDMA100 UltraDMA66 devices you will need to purchase another U...

Page 34: ...an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power CUV4X ME Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME Ground WOL_CON CUV4X ME 10 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the othe...

Page 35: ...MPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On Ring features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has anATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power CUV4X ME Wake On Ring Connector CUV4X ME WOR RI Ground 2 1 13 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 or Sec...

Page 36: ...fferent The red wire should be positive while the black 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 or Intel LDCM Utility WARNING The CPU and or mother...

Page 37: ...s An optional consumer infrared CIR set connects to the CIR and SIR connectors simultaneously for both wireless transmitting and re mote control functions through one external infrared module Wake On PS2 KB Mouse in 4 5 1 Power Up Control must be Enabled in order to use Con sumer Infrared CIR power up CUV4X ME Infrared Module Connector Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND I...

Page 38: ...ead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB CUV4X ME CUV4X ME ATX Power Connector 3 3 Volts 12 0 Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0 Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts G...

Page 39: ... Message LED SMI Lead Speaker Connector Ground CUV4X ME 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 connected to the same bus and each on...

Page 40: ...to a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector seetheprecedingfigure connectstothecase mountedsuspendswitch 25 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the bu...

Page 41: ... 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 42: ...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 43: ...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 44: ... 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 45: ...hen the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed 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 Memory Writer ...

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Page 47: ...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 48: ...otice 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 ke...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...lid 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 sup...

Page 51: ...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 52: ...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 Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or ...

Page 53: ...s 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 Sectors 8 ...

Page 54: ...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 Configurati...

Page 55: ...s full access to the BIOS Setup menus 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...

Page 56: ... 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 the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency Advanced Menu CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to select the internal frequency of you...

Page 57: ...mber Disabled The Processor Serial Number is a unique number that is added to every Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Internet Set this field to Enabled when you need increased security for doing busi ness online or e commerce Otherwise leave it to its default setting of Dis abled for greater anonymity when surfing the Internet NOTE This field is available on...

Page 58: ...equencies JumperFree Mode For processors with locked frequency multiplier USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected the USB controller will be enabled If not detected the USB control ler will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled the USB controller is disabled no ...

Page 59: ...restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed Cause for Hangup Improper System SDRAM Frequency Ratio Cause for Hangup Improper CPU System Frequency Multiple For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only ...

Page 60: ...M read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between...

Page 61: ...l memory writes bytes or words into a single 32 bit block of data However byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range Configuration options Disabled Enabled DRAM Read Latch Delay 0 5 ns Configuration options 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns 1 5 ns AGP Capability 4X Mode This motherboard supports theAGP4x interface which transfers video data at 1066MB s ...

Page 62: ...re otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled Memory Hole At 15M 16M Disabled This field allows you to reserve an address space for ISA expansion cards that require it Setting the address space ...

Page 63: ...nd Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configu ration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec tor...

Page 64: ...lows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions Normal EPP ECP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Audio Controller A...

Page 65: ... items this field must be enabled as shown below Sound Blaster Emulation Disabled Select Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emu lation feature Sound Blaster I O Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ IRQ5 Sound Blaster DMA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this field if you want to use the MIDI...

Page 66: ...s 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 onboard Symbios...

Page 67: ...aphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you ins...

Page 68: ...ult setting indi cates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP ISA DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP ISA UMB Resource Exclusion PCI Co...

Page 69: ...the amount used for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block...

Page 70: ...wer management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving ...

Page 71: ...in 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to detect if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to support the STR function If the power supply meets the re...

Page 72: ...omputer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Disabl...

Page 73: ...Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system 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 Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 74: ...power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV 5V Voltage Ignore 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 mon...

Page 75: ...s IDEHardDrive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive t...

Page 76: ... only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration op tions No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restar...

Page 77: ...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 78: ...e 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 m...

Page 79: ... you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you startWindows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section NOTE The screen...

Page 80: ...ftware necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF for mat at any of our web sites VIA4 in 1 drivers Installs Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGPVxD Driver VIA Chipset Functions Registry and IRQ Routing Miniport Driver AUDIO Driver Installs the necessary audio drivers for the onboard audio CODEC YAMAHA XGStudio ...

Page 81: ...uble click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 7 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 8 Click Next and when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 1 Click here ...

Page 82: ...bring up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then cli...

Page 83: ...Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 1 Click here ...

Page 84: ... with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Select preferred options and then click here 5 Click here 1 Click here 6 Click here 8 Click here and then follow onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click heren ...

Page 85: ... the setup screen You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is offered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the driv ers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts 2 Click here 1 Click here 3 Click here 4 C...

Page 86: ...n NOTE Make sure that you have uninstalled any old version of the YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer XGplayer before installing this version If you can t uninstall your old version using the procedures in 5 9 Uninstalling Programs see the README TXT files under the Yamaha folder of your support CD for uninstallation information 2 Click here 4 Click here 3 Enter the information requested and click here 5 Click...

Page 87: ...ng Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

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Page 89: ...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 90: ...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 91: ...Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Ove...

Page 92: ...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 93: ...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 94: ... Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click S YXG50 Setup You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon on the taskbar and then click SoftSynthesizer Setup To get help on the SoftSynthesizer settings click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click S YXG50 Help To start theYAMAHAXGplayer click Start point toPrograms point to YAMAHA Sof...

Page 95: ...mize icon on the Main Panel Version Information Power Master Volume Slider Help Return to Original State Open Mixer Song Name Display Time Display Select Previous Song Select Next Song Playback Pause Stop Smart Arrangement Block Effects Block Master Volume Slider Exit Minimize Effect Control CPU Usage Rate Polyphony Level Meter Display Channel Volume Slider Pan Knob Channel Solo Voice Select Chann...

Page 96: ...dows Were you able to install using the specified procedure No sound Is the MIDI driver correctly installed Is the tone generator set correctly Is volume set to zero in the XGstudio Player or XGstudio Mixer panels If you are using an external tone generator is the serial or MIDI cable and the audio cables connected correctly Are the volumes of your tone generator audio playback system and applicat...

Page 97: ...the jumper 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 7 APPENDIX LAN Activity Output Signal RJ45 LEDs Motherboard type Wake on LAN Output Sig...

Page 98: ...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 99: ...rystal onboard but the second ary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset onboard you may use the secondary MR otherwise you should use the primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press f...

Page 100: ...ur device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive EnterthepathE Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettingstab Selectyourcoun try and language...

Page 101: ...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 102: ...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 103: ... 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 104: ...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...

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