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ASUS K7M User’s Manual

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4. BIOS SETUP

4. BIOS SETUP

Advanced CMOS

Floppy Drive Swap [Disabled]

This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy
disk drives. Available options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

Floppy Drive Seek [Disabled]

When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the
drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Floppy drives with 1.44MB have 80 tracks. You may leave
the default [Disabled] to save time if you are using 1.44MB floppy drives.

PS/2 Mouse Support [Enabled]

[Enabled] will reserve IRQ12 for the PS/2 Mouse. If disabled, IRQ12 will be re-
served for expansion cards.

Primary Display [VGA/EGA]

Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system. Available
options: [Absent] [VGA/EGA] [CGA40x25] [CGA80x25] [Mono]

Password Check [Setup]

When set to [Always], everytime you start the system, the password set in the Secu-
rity menu is required. [Setup] requires you to enter the password only when you
want to access the BIOS Setup program. Available options: [Setup] [Always]

Boot to OS/2 > 64M [No]

When using OS/2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB,
you need to set this field to [Yes]; otherwise leave this on the Setup default of [No].

Internal Cache [WriteBack]

Leave on default setting. [Disabled] turns off the CPU’s built-in level 1 cache. Avail-
able options: [Disabled] [WriteBack]

External Cache [WriteBack]

Leave on default setting. [Disabled] turns off the CPU’s external level 2 cache. Avail-
able options: [Disabled] [WriteBack]

L2 Cache ECC [TableDefault]

This function controls the ECC check capability in the CPU level 2 cache. Leave on
default setting. Available options: [Disabled] [TableDefault]

System BIOS Cacheable [Enabled]

This feature allows you to cache the system BIOS ROM at F0000h-FFFFFh.

C000, 32kShadow to DC00, 16k 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 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose.

Summary of Contents for K7M - Motherboard - ATX

Page 1: ...R K7M Slot A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 22 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 22 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 6 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 25 3 6 2 Heatsinks 25 3 6 3 Installing the Processor 26 3 6 4 Smart Thermal Solutions 28 3 6 5 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot A Processors 29 3 7 Expansion Cards 31 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 31 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for E...

Page 5: ...lug and Play Setup 64 4 4 5 Peripheral Setup 66 4 4 6 Hardware Monitor Setup 68 4 5 Security Menu 69 4 6 Exit Menu 70 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 71 5 1 Operating Systems 71 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 71 5 2 K7M Support CD 72 5 3 Audio Driver only with onboard audio option 73 5 4 PC cillin 98 74 5 5 Acrobat Reader Vx x 75 5 6 IDE Driver 76 5 7 Miniport Driver 77 5 8 ASUS PC Probe 78 5 9 YAMAHA ...

Page 6: ...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 t...

Page 7: ...oard 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism factory installed 1 ASUS USB Connector Set 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA 33 UltraDMA 66 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 3 5 floppy disk drive 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Fast Ethe...

Page 8: ...tion of most devices for virtually automatic setup PC100 Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to support Intel PC100 compliant SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 or 256MB up to 768MB Thermal SensorConnectorwith Optional Sensor Accurately detects the CPU temperature with theASUS Smart Fan when connected to anASUS P2T Cable Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one par...

Page 9: ...d are color coded 2 1 1 1 Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase Onboard Audio Hardware AC 97 V2 1 CODEC compliant Analog Device s 3D sound circuitry sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz Full audio output can be directed to the chassis internal speaker to save space save money and reduce complications associated with external speakers Infrare...

Page 10: ... This motherboard supports the new genera tion memory Synchronous Dynamic RandomAccess Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate to 800MB s max using PC100 compliant SDRAM ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features imple mented ...

Page 11: ...o ensure stable current to critical motherboard components Voltage speci fications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature to implement silent PC system...

Page 12: ...sh EEPROM Wake On Ring Connector Wake On LAN Connector ISA Slot s 1 or 2 slots ISA model only PCI Slots number optional at purchase time AC 97 Audio CODEC AGP Slot Audio Modem Riser AMR Connector Joystick MIDI Connector T Line Out Line In Microphone In Connectors B Serial Connector COM2 B Parallel Port Connector T Serial Connector COM1 B USB Connnectors Port 0 Port 1 PS 2 Mouse T Keyboard B Connec...

Page 13: ... FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 Motherboard Parts continued 5 4 2 3 22 20 18 17 14 19 21 23 9 8 10 11 13 6 12 1 15 7 16 ISA model ISA slots are optional at the time of purchase Models without ISA will have 5 PCI slots ...

Page 14: ...IMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module 3 2 0 1 DIMM1 64 72 bit 168 pin module 1 0 CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power Row PCI Slot 4 USBPORT Ports 2 3 HPHONE Audio Modem Riser AMR USB T Port0 B Port1 K7M ASUS ASIC Audio Codec Audio Codec Setting SPK AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 ADN SMB PCI Slot 5 I O Voltage Setting VIO Hardware Monitor CPU S2K Slot A 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS CHA_FAN DSW1 DIP Switches CPU Cor...

Page 15: ... pin female 3 USB p 35 Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 1 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 35 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 35 Serial Port Connectors Two 9 pin male 6 GAME_AUDIO p 36 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 36 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 37 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 9 FLOPPY p 37 Fl...

Page 16: ...PEAKER PANEL p 44 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 22 PWRLED PANEL p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 23 RESET PANEL p 44 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 24 PWRSW PANEL p 44 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 25 SMI PANEL p 44 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...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 components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with...

Page 18: ... K7M PCI Vaux Selection Add 3 Volt Add 3 VSB 1 2 3 1 2 3 3VSBSLT 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M 2 PS 2 Mouse Setting MSDATA This jumper allows you to release IRQ12 for use by add in cards if you are not using a PS 2 mouse Set to IRQ12 if you do not have a PS 2 mouse Set to MSDATA if you want to use a PS 2 mouse K7M PS 2 Mouse Selection IRQ12 w o PS 2 Mouse MSDATA w PS 2 Mouse 1 2 3 1 2 3 MSDATA 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M ...

Page 19: ...our computer component s life It is strongly recommended that you leave this setting on its default 4 Onboard Audio Setting available on audio model only The onboard audio CODEC may be enabled or disabled using all of these jump ers Disable the onboard audio CODEC if you are using an ISA or PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primaryAMR on the AMR slot seeAMR Slot laterinthissection ...

Page 20: ...quency the advertised CPU speed The CPU is running at the same speed as the SDRAM NOTE To use this feature CPU Frequency Selection in BIOS setup must be set to By Jumper see 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Setup K7M CPU External Frequency Selection CPU SDRAM 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M DSW1 OFF ON ON 1 2 OFF ON ON 1 2 ON 1 2 ON 1 2 CPU SDRAM 100MHz 103MHz 105MHz 110MHz NOTE Frequency Multiple settings are not availabl...

Page 21: ...8 1 85Volts 1 6 1 65Volts 1 4 1 45Volts 1 3 1 35olts CPU Default 2 2 05Volts 1 5 1 55Volts VID2 VID1 VID3 1 7 1 75Volts VID2 VID1 VID3 VID2 VID1 VID3 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M WARNING Premature wearing of the processor may result when overclocking Be sure that the DIMM you use can handle the specified SDRAM MHz or else bootup will not b...

Page 22: ... intend to initially use one DIMM use DIMM1 first Then when you are ready for a second DIMM use DIMM2 and so on If this sequence is not followed system instability may be experienced Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMM1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 DIMM3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256MB x1 Total System Memory Max 768MB NOTE At the time this U...

Page 23: ... 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock FRONT 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins TheDIMMsmustbe3 3VUnbuffered forthismotherboard TodeterminetheDIMM 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 5 0V The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify ...

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Page 25: ...nnected to the fan connectors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard At least one fan aside from the processor cooling fan must be installed in the back of the system cas...

Page 26: ...1 Unlock the URM s Folding SupportArms The folding support arms of the URM are locked when shipped Using the cartridge fan Pushthetwolockarmsonedirectiontoclamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Unlocked Folding Support Arms Locked Folding Support Arms To unlock the support arms simply flip them up to an upright position Lock Arm Lock Arm WARNING Make sure the heat...

Page 27: ...k facing the motherboard s chipset push the cartridge gently but firmly into the Slot A connector until it is fully inserted 4 Secure the cartridge Secure the cartridge in place by pushing the cartridge until it is firmly seated on the Slot A connector The SECC locks should be outward when secured so that the lock shows through the retention mechanism s lock holes Push lock inward CPU fan cable to...

Page 28: ...s the best protection to your computer system To Use the ASUS S K7FAN See 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S K7FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation ASUS P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be used for a processor packaged in an SECC2 SECC SEPP NOTE TheASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot A motherboard with a ...

Page 29: ...n s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software SECC Heatsink Fan WARNING Do not insert the sensor between the processor and heatsink other wise it will cause damage to the P2T Cable IMPORTANT Accurate readings are guaranteed only for theASUS Smart Fan 2 Connect the P2T Cable to the CPU thermal sensor connector TRCPU 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M T...

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Page 31: ...ss firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPAND PCI SETUP 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards IMPORTANT Interrupt requests are shared as shown by the following table INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI s...

Page 32: ...lify this process this motherboard complies with the Plug and Play PnP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PnP compliant card is added to the system For PnP cards IRQs are assigned 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 a...

Page 33: ...s Port AGP 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M 3 7 6 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Thisconnectorsupportsaspeciallydesignedaudioand ormodemcardcalledanAMR Main processing is done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset 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 mot...

Page 34: ...ppy 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 Funct...

Page 35: ...hoose 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 Printer Port 25 pin Female 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion s...

Page 36: ...ng or editing professional audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 7 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 by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In L...

Page 37: ...o ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M IDE Connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE r...

Page 38: ... power 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M 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 11 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 externa...

Page 39: ...lots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different 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 sect...

Page 40: ...peaker between the onboard audio and a voice modem card 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M Internal Audio Connectors MODEM Modem Out from Modem Ground Modem In to Modem CD In Black AUX In White VIDEO In Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 15 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector ...

Page 41: ...bbon cable from the module to the motherboard s IR connector according to the pin definitions 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7M K7M Infrared Module Connector Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5V IRRX IRTX NC GND IR 1 17 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 dev...

Page 42: ...CHASSIS 1 19 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that yourATX power supply minimum recommended wattage 200 watts 235W for a fully c...

Page 43: ...round Ground Ground Keyboard Lock ATX Power Switch 20 USB Connector Set 10 1 pin USBPORT If the USB Ports on the back panels are inadequate a USB connector set is available midboard If you want to use this connector you need to use the bundled external connector set The external connector set connects to the 10 1 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s chassis K7M USB Ports 2 and 3...

Page 44: ...PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 25 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system i...

Page 45: ...wer switch is pressed The monitor LED may light up 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 additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper...

Page 46: ...ring bootup Newer dates represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D FLASH FLASHXXX EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy FLASHXXX EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE FLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with c...

Page 47: ... the Main Menu and press Enter to acti vate the File frame 6 Usetheupordown keypad arrow to select the BIOS Filename for sav ing field Type a filename and the path for example A XXXXXXXX XXX and then press Enter 7 When the saving is finished BIOS ROM data saving successful will be displayed 4 BIOS SETUP ...

Page 48: ... the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXXXXXXX XXX andthenpress En ter Whenprompt ed to confirm the BIOS flash press Enter 6 When the saving is finished Flash ROM Update Com pleted Pass will be displayed 7 Follow the onscreen instructions to exit the Flash EPROM ProgrammingUtility The system will au tomatically reboot 1 Download or get an updated BIOS see ASUS CONTACT INFORMA T...

Page 49: ...M of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On SelfTest 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 I...

Page 50: ...om of the Setup Help window and in the legend bar located at the bottom of the Setup screen These keys allow you to navi gate through the various Setup menus The following table lists these keys with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a pop up menu Enter Brings up a pop up menu for the selec...

Page 51: ...just as you would within a menu Use the Esc key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with each of the legend keys and their corre spondingfunctions Practicenavigatingthroughthevariousmenusandpop upmenus If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields use the set default hot key F5 While moving around through the Setup program note that explana tions appe...

Page 52: ... MB 3 1 2 Floppy Drive B Not Installed These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system Avail able options for drivesAand B Not Installed 360KB 5 1 4 1 2MB 5 1 4 720KB 3 1 2 1 44MB 3 1 2 2 88MB 3 1 2 Primary Secondary IDE Master Slave Auto See 4 3 1 Primary Seconday IDE Master Slave for details Auto Detect Hard Disks This option detects the parameters of an IDE hard dis...

Page 53: ...g Auto is shadowed In the pop up menu select Auto and press Enter again The shad owed option for the IDE Device Configuraiton field will turn to User and de tected values will be filled in for the remaining of the fields as shown below but you can still make changes to these fields manually User Defined Drive Information You may select User for the IDE Device Configuration field to manually enter ...

Page 54: ... Mode is nec essary for drives with greater than 504MB in storage capacity Available options Off On Block Mode On This option enables or disables the multiple sector transfer mode Available options Off On Fast Programmed I O PIO Modes 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 5 provide successively increased performance Available options Auto ...

Page 55: ...nu is selected the following screen appears Six sub menus are listed in this window Advanced CMOS Setup Advanced Chipset Setup Power Management Setup Plug and Play Setup Peripheral Setup and Hardware Monitor Setup Use the or keypad arrow to select the Setup menu you want to configure and then press Enter ...

Page 56: ...ting Yes allows the system to seek other boot devices when those selected in the previous 3 fields fail to boot Floppy Hard Disk Access Control Read Write When set to Read Only these fields protect files from being copied to the disk drives by allowing reads from the disk drive but not writes The Setup default Read Write allows both reads and writes Available options Read Write Read Only S M A R T...

Page 57: ...n you want to access the BIOS Setup program Available options Setup Always Boot to OS 2 64M No When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this field to Yes otherwise leave this on the Setup default of No Internal Cache WriteBack Leave on default setting Disabled turns off the CPU s built in level 1 cache Avail able options Disabled WriteBack External...

Page 58: ...using The Setup default Enabled configures the following 5 items by reading the contents in the SPD Serial Presence Detect device This 8 pin serial EEPROM device stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Page Idle Timer This controls the amount of time in HCLKs that the DRAM controller waits to close a DRAM page after t...

Page 59: ...eld the Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD field must be set to Disabled Available options 1 Cycle 2 Cycles 3 Cycles 4 Cycles DRAM Integrity Mode Disabled ECC with hardware scrubbing allows the detection of single bit and multiple bit errors and recovery of single bit errors This field is available only if your DIMMs have ECC Available options Disabled ECC DRAM Burst Refresh Enabled This controls the q...

Page 60: ...efault settings ClkGen Spread Spectrum Enabled Leave on default setting Spread spectrum typically reduces system electromagnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB ClkGen for Empty PCI Slot DIMM Enabled When enabled this feature generates clock signals for empty PCI slots and DIMM sockets Disabling this feature will save power and reduce EMI USB Controller All USB Port This motherboard supports Unive...

Page 61: ...o take advantage of the ACPI features Power Management APM Enabled Advanced Power Management APM is an application program interface that in cludes power management in the BIOS Leave on the Setup default Enabled NOTE To access the following 18 BIOS power management features you must set this field to Enabled Green PC Monitor Power State Stand by APM feature This field sets the state of the green m...

Page 62: ...ystem to monitor any display activity that takes place while the system is in power saving mode Available options Ignore Monitor IRQ3 to IRQ15 APM feature Select Monitor if you want the system to wake up from power saving mode when there is activity detected from the specified IRQ channels Available options Ig nore Monitor System Thermal Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CP...

Page 63: ...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 LAN Resume from Soft Off Disabled This allows you to remotely power up your system through your network by send ing a wake up frame or signal With this feature you can remotely upload download data to from systems during off peak...

Page 64: ...nformation such as device node data and Setup parameters Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST PCI Latency Timer PCI Clocks 64 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability Primary Graphics Adapter PCI If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows you to select which of the cards will act as your primary graphic card AGP...

Page 65: ...D Hardwired DMA Channel x PnP These fields indicate whether the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a PnP card or a legacy non PnP ISA card If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel you must set the field for that channel to ISA EISA IRQ xx PCI PnP These fields indicate whether the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a PnP card or legacy non Pn...

Page 66: ...ctors Auto detects whether you are using any devices on these connectors If yes the BIOS program automatically assigns addresses and COM ports for these connectors You may also select addresses and ports manually but Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Disabled prevents the serial ports from working Available options Auto Disabled 3F8 COM1 2F8 COM2 3E8 COM3 2E8 COM4 Seria...

Page 67: ...mary Secondary Both Onboard AC 97 Audio Enabled This field allows you to enable or disable the onboard AC 97 audio feature If you want to use your own audio devices you may set this to Disabled Onboard MC 97 Modem Disabled This field allows you to enable or disable the onboardAC 97 modem feature If you want to use your own modem devices leave on the Setup default Disabled Onboard Legacy Audio Enab...

Page 68: ... Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary Current CPU Fan PS Fan Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed 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 on...

Page 69: ...ss Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again To implement password protection specify in the Advanced CMOS Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press Enter instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears Amessage confirms the password has been disabled Forgot the password If you forgo...

Page 70: ...ch of the parameters on the Setup menus If you press Enter when this option is selected or if F5 is pressed a confirmation is requested Press Enter to load the optimal settings You can now select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the values to the non volatile RAM Load Fail Safe Settings This option allows you to load the fail safe value for each of the parameters on the Setu...

Page 71: ...rd 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 IMPORTANT Selecting No for the initial restart prompt is a necessary step because Windows may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip Always ...

Page 72: ...help for more information Acrobat Reader V4 0 Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites IDE Driver Installs VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller Driver Miniport Driver Installs the necessary AGP miniport driver for the K7 Series mothe...

Page 73: ...ardware manufacturer and insert the Support CD into your CD ROM drive 2 Click OK 3 Click Browse 4 Locate the D Audio WIN9X folder where D is your CD ROM Drive and click OK 5 Click OK again and the driver files will be copied 6 Click Yes to restart the computer 4 Click here and then click Finish restart your computer NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered es...

Page 74: ...up the setup screen 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 8 Insertafloppydiskandthenclick here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 2 Click here 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no vi ruses are found Click heretostartinstallation 5 Click here 6 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons 9 Click here and then click Finish to r...

Page 75: ...rt 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 76: ... 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 3 Click here and then click Next to start copying files 1 Click here 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart 4 Click here 2 Click here ...

Page 77: ...S W SETUP Windows 98 5 7 Miniport Driver 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 3 Click Finish to restart 1 Click here 2 Click here ...

Page 78: ... 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 12 Uninstalling Programs 1 Click here 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 ...

Page 79: ... When all the information are filled and the serial number is validated click Next 5 Click Yes to signify your ac ceptance of the conditions of use or license agreement 7 Click here and then OK to re start your computer The product serial number can be found on this soft ware s license agreement card 4 Click Yes to confirm that the registration information is correct 6 Click here to accept the def...

Page 80: ... double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click Yes to signify your ac ceptance of the conditions of use or license agreement 6 Click OK to begin using XGStudio 5 Click here to accept the de fault location Setup then be gins copying the necessary files 4 Select the preferred setup type Respond accordingly to the onscreen prompts ...

Page 81: ... 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 83: ... type CPU speed and internal external 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 ASU...

Page 84: ...perature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 85: ...efreshtimesofthePC stem perature fan rotation and voltages History Lets you record the monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC by date time and target history Hard Drives ShowstheusedandfreespaceofthePC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 86: ... devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 87: ... 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 ...

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Page 89: ...hed playing stops auto matically and the song at the beginning of the list is designated as the current play song Pauses the playing of a song Click this but ton again or click to resume playing Stops the playing of a song and returns the start play location to the beginning of the song Designates the first song in the Play List as the new current play song Designates the song just before the curr...

Page 90: ...re the volumes of your tone generator audio playback system and application raised If you have connected an external tone generator via a serial cable is the rear panel select switch set correctly For the name of the select switch refer to the owner s manual for your external tone generator If you are using a Soft Synthesizer is it set so that the computer sound output is heard correctly 6 2 3 Abo...

Page 91: ...e Channel Solo Image Switcher AVI file Video image Displays the AVI file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT AVI file is played BMP file Still image Displays the BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file being played If one is not available the preset DEFAULT BMP file is played LED velocity meter Animation Displays the volume amount of vel...

Page 92: ...file containing still image data with the same name as the MIDI file is placed in the same folder as the MIDI file the motion video or still image will be automatically loaded and dis played in the screen when the MIDI file is played If there is no AVI file or BMP file with the same name as the MIDI file the DEFAULT AVI or DEFAULT BMP file found in the same folder as CSMIXER EXT will be displayed ...

Page 93: ... PCI L101 on this motherboard leave the jumper on its default setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON to utilize theWake On LAN feature of the motherboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED to display LAN data activity 7 APPEND...

Page 94: ... 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 Questions and Answers 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 downlo...

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