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ASUS CUV4X-V User’s Manual

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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE

Federal Communications Commission Statement

This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:

This device may not cause harmful interference, and

This device must accept any interference received, including interference that
may cause undesired operation.

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa-
tion. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if
not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may cause
harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that
interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does 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 inter-
ference 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 technician for help.

WARNING!

 

Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap-

proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance
and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules.

Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations #47, part 15.193, 1993. Washington DC: Office of the

Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office.

Canadian Department of Communications Statement

This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Cana-
dian Department of Communications.

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

Summary of Contents for CUV4X-V

Page 1: ... CUV4X V JumperFree PC133 VC133 AGP Pro 4X Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...p Procedure 17 3 4 Motherboard Settings 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 23 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 23 3 5 2 Memory Installation 24 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 29 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 30 3 8 External Connectors 31 3 9 Starting Up...

Page 5: ...ARE SETUP 81 5 1 Install Operating System 81 5 2 Start Windows 81 5 3 Motherboard Support CD 82 5 4 VIA 4 in 1 drivers 83 5 5 ASUS PC Probe Vx xx xx 84 5 6 ASUS Update Vx xx 85 5 7 YAMAHA Soft Synthesizer S YXG50 86 5 8 PC Cillin 98 Vx xx 87 5 9 ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx xx 88 5 10Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications 89 5 11Uninstalling Programs 90 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 93 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 93 6 2 ...

Page 6: ... determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference 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: ...l 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 one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS2 portUSBConnector...

Page 8: ...amatically improves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor s external frequency Multi Cache Supports proce...

Page 9: ...d justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Powersupplyisautodetectedtoenable disablesuspend to RAM elimi nating the need to make jumper adjustments Integrated Infrared Support Integrated IR supports an optional remote con trol package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals personal gad gets or an optional remote controller Desktop Management Int...

Page 10: ...ectorsanddescriptiveiconsmake identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 4 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor High Speed Data Transfer Interface IDE transfers using UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE can hand...

Page 11: ...e 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: ...M2 Port Connector 17 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 30 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 10 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 31 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 31 3D Graphics 1 VGA Monitor Output Connector Bottom 27 2LCD TV In Out Connectors optional 24 26 1 Feature Connector optional 21 Audio C Media CMI 8738 PCI Audio Chip optional 19 1 Game MIDI Connector Top 25 1 Line Out Connector Bottom 25 1 Line In Con...

Page 13: ...ASUS CUV4X V User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 22 31 28 25 30 29 2 23 3 4 5 6 7 10 12 13 9 16 18 20 21 14 15 11 1 8 17 19 27 24 26 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ... 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 IR DIP Switches DIP_SW Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO VIA VT8605 Chipset Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 5 COM1 PARALLEL PORT WOR ISA Slot CD MODEM AUX LED IDELED JEN VIO USB1 USB2 MIC2 CYRIX133 PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard VGA COM2 AFPANEL AUDIO_EN PCI A...

Page 15: ...0 1 pin male 5 VGA p 32 Monitor Output Connector 15 pin female 6 PRINTER p 33 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 7 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 8 GAME_AUDIO p 33 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 9 PRIMARY IDE p 34 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE 10 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pins 11 WOL_CON p 35 Wake On LAN Connector 3...

Page 16: ... 5 1 pins 25 CHASSIS p 41 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 26 IDELED p 41 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 27 SPEAKER PANEL p 42 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 28 PWR LED PANEL p 42 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 29 MSG LED PANEL p 42 System Message LED 2 pins 30 RESET PANEL p 42 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 31 PWR SW PANEL p 42 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 32 SMI PANEL p 42 System Management Interrup...

Page 17: ...s 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 componen...

Page 18: ...ree Mode Default JEN 2 3 JEN 1 2 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF DIP_SW CUV4X V 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 V DIP Switches ON 1 2 ...

Page 19: ...efault voltage 3 40V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO 3 30 Volt 1 2 3 40 Volt 2 3 default TEST 3 4 CUV4X V VIO Setting VIO 3 30 Volt 3 40 Volt 1 2 2 3 TEST 3 4 CUV4X V WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may result in the shortening of your computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave this setting on...

Page 20: ... 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 8 112 0MHz 37 3MHz 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 8 150 0MHz 37 5MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 120MHz 40MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 124MHz 31MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI 115 ...

Page 21: ...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 Celeron 500MHz 7 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF Celeron 466MHz 7 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF ON OFF Celeron 433MHz 6 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON ON OFF Celeron 400MHz 6 0x 66MHz OFF OFF ON ON ON ON ON OFF Celeron 366MHz 5 5x 66MHz OFF OFF ...

Page 22: ...22 ASUS CUV4X V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 H W SETUP This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 23: ...33 SDRAM specification DO NOT attempt to mix registered SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs 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 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1536MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Note...

Page 24: ...the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density CUV4X V 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins CUV4X V The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered R...

Page 25: ...ect 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 ...

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: ...le lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer...

Page 28: ...he system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by legacy cards The PCI and PNP con figuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by legacy cards For older legacy cards that do not work with the BIOS you can contact your...

Page 29: ...slot CUV4X V Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch CUV4X V CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a safety tab on the 20 pin bay for use with AGP cards without a retention notch DO NOT remove this tab if you will be using such cards removing may cause these cards to shift which may cause damage to your card slot and ...

Page 30: ...audio chip controller The motherboard s onboard audio chip controller optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR is not included with this motherboard IMPORTANT TheAMR slot of this motherboard shares the same expansion slot as the ISA slot Because of this and its location the slot can only accept a specially designed AMR card optional The components of a standard AMR card and i...

Page 31: ...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 32: ...be used for pointing devices or other serial devices COM1 is ready for use while COM2 requires a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening For setting up these ports see On board Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configura tion for settings COM 1 Serial Port 9 pin male CUV4X V Serial COM2 Connector CUV4X V Pin 1 5 Monitor Output Connector...

Page 33: ... GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Joystick MIDI 15 pin female 8 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 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...

Page 34: ...emoved 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 primary IDE connector and another f...

Page 35: ...V standby power CUV4X V 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 V 12 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For ex...

Page 36: ...The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard 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 CUV4X V 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power PWR_FAN CPU_FA...

Page 37: ...onnector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the mo...

Page 38: ...onnector set to the CIR and SIR connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through one external infrared module CUV4X V CUV4X V Front Panel Connectors 5VSB NC CHASSIS 5 V PCIRST GND CIRRX EXTSMI MLED NC BATT NC SMBDATA GND 3VSB IRRX IRTX LOCKKEY NC NC 5V SMBCLK AFPANEL Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX ...

Page 39: ...MODEM Modem Out from Modem AUX Black CD White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground Modem In to Modem 20 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector allows you to connect chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto theATX connectors CUV4X V True Level Line Out ...

Page 40: ...by lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB CUV4X V 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 Ground ...

Page 41: ... Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED CUV4X V SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer 25 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This lead requires an external detection mechanism such as a c...

Page 42: ...itch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 31 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the...

Page 43: ...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 44: ...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 45: ...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 46: ... 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 47: ...en 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 u...

Page 48: ...ASUS CUV4X V User s Manual 48 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS This page was intentionally left blank ...

Page 49: ...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 50: ...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 51: ...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 52: ...ear Valid 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 ...

Page 53: ...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 parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted...

Page 54: ...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 55: ...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 56: ...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 57: ...us 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 itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenter...

Page 58: ...quency Multiple when CPU Speed is set to Manual This field is for unlocked processors only If your processor s Frequency Multiple is detected locked you will not be able to access this field This field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency CPU speed and external frequency This must be set in conjunction with Sys tem PCI Frequency MHz to match the speed of your CPU Config...

Page 59: ...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 only wh...

Page 60: ...U internal frequencies JumperFree Mode 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 USB controller legacy mode will be enabled If not detected USB controller legacy mode will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled USB controller legacy mode is disabled no matter wheth...

Page 61: ...System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enter BIOS setup JumperFree Mode Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed ...

Page 62: ...efine 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be adjustable 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 adjustable when SD...

Page 63: ... Disabled Enabled Byte Merge Disabled To optimize the data transfer on PCI this merges a sequence of individual 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 AGP Capability 4X Mode This motherboard supports theAGP 4x interface which t...

Page 64: ...memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature 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 ...

Page 65: ...T2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard 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 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature See IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 External Connectors Co...

Page 66: ...P mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Disabled Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Audio Controller Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you are using any modem audio device If a modem audio device is detected the onboard modem audio controller will be enabled if ...

Page 67: ...nabled 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 device onboard MPU 401 I O...

Page 68: ...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 S...

Page 69: ...to use the onboard VGAas your primary graphics controller Con figuration options PCI Card AGP Card On Board 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 ...

Page 70: ...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 71: ...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 72: ...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 Disable disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disable Min Saving Max Saving IM...

Page 73: ...ture does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 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 Select Enabled if your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5VSB lead to s...

Page 74: ...e computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Disa...

Page 75: ...em power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 which have ACPI support enabled Configura tion options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 76: ...ower supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV 12V Voltage 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the moni...

Page 77: ... 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 to...

Page 78: ...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 restart...

Page 79: ... 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 On...

Page 80: ...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 81: ...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 82: ... audio CDs See online help for more information PC Cillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx xx Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other lan guage versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Ins...

Page 83: ... CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 9 Click here and then follow onscreen instructions to complete installation 8 Click here 1 Click here 7 Click here 4 Select preferred options and then click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 2 Click here to open the VIA Service Pack 1 README dialog box 3 Click Yes on the box after you have read and agreed to the README and agreement ...

Page 84: ...therboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall any program see 5 11 Uninstalling Programs 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here 7 Click here 1 Click here ...

Page 85: ...ws 98 5 6 ASUS Update Vx xx Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 2 Click here 3 Click here 5 Click here to complete setup 1 Click here 4 Click here ...

Page 86: ... 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 14 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 here and then respo...

Page 87: ... 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 click Fi...

Page 88: ...x 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 89: ... Requirements Pentium 100MHz PC compatible Microsoft Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Hard disk drive with at least 10MB of free space 4x speed or above CD ROM drive Sound card with a Windows wave audio driver 256 or above color VGA card is required A VGA card with DirectDraw support 8MB system memory 5 10 2 Cyberlink Contact Information ...

Page 90: ...ve or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here 4 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 6 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 7 Click here and follow the onscreen instructions to complete installation 5 Click here to install PowerDVD ...

Page 91: ...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 93: ...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 94: ...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 95: ...nformation 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 Over...

Page 96: ...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 97: ...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 98: ...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 99: ... 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 100: ...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 101: ... mail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choos...

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Page 103: ...umper 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 I...

Page 104: ...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 105: ...al onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press fir...

Page 106: ...r your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive Enterthepath E Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and la...

Page 107: ...ification 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 ha...

Page 108: ...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 109: ...r can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISAcards However configuration of IS...

Page 110: ...s 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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