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K7V-T

Slot A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 4: ...ory Installation 23 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 6 1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure 25 3 6 2 Attaching the Heatsink 26 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism 26 3 6 4 Installing the Processor 26 3 6 5 Removing the Processor 28 3 6 6 Smart Thermal Solutions 29 3 6 7 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot A Processors 30 3 7 Expansion Cards 31 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedur...

Page 5: ...enu 81 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 83 5 1 Operating Systems 83 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 83 5 2 K7V T Series Motherboard Support CD 84 5 3 Registry patch for VIA Chipset 85 5 4 VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport Driver 86 5 5 AUDIO Driver only with onboard audio option 87 5 6 PC cillin 98 88 5 7 Acrobat Reader Vx x 89 5 8 IDE Driver 90 5 9 AGP Miniport Driver 91 5 10 ASUS PC Probe x 92 5 11 YAMAHA X...

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 ...

Page 7: ...ism 1 ASUS 2 port USB Connector Set 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave 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 3 port USB Connector Set ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS PCI L101...

Page 8: ...VirusBIOS ProgrammableBIOS FlashEEPROM offering enhancedACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based vi rus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup PC133 PC100 Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to sup port PC133 PC100 compliant SDRAMs or VCM SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 256 512MB up to 1 5GB JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy ove...

Page 9: ...at provides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides CPU SDRAM fre quency adjustments and HD SCSI ZIP CD Floppy Network boot selection Color codedConnectors Toenhanceuseraccessibilitytosystemcomponentsand to meet PC 99 compliancy major connectors in this motherboard are color coded 2 1 1 1 Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase On...

Page 10: ...AM which is compatible to the indus try standard SDRAM The VCM s core design provides up to 50 higher SDRAM speed at reduced power consumption of about 30 This motherboard also supports standard SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate 1 064GB s max using PC133 compliant SDRAMs and 800MB s max using PC100 compli ant SDRAMs ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface provides mor...

Page 11: ...to 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 syste...

Page 12: ...or Bottom 24 1 Serial COM2 Connector Bottom 22 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 23 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 25 USB Connectors Ports 2 3 Ports 4 6 optional 10 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 26 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 26 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 17 Aureal PCI Audio Controller optional 14 Digital Audio Interface Header optional 15 1 Joystick MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 2...

Page 13: ...ASUS K7V T User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Component Locations K7V T Motherboard Component Locations 6 3 2 4 25 21 24 26 9 7 14 1 12 5 22 23 17 10 18 13 8 20 11 16 15 19 ...

Page 14: ... Audio Modem Riser AMR K7V T Audio Codec Audio Codec Setting SPK ADN AUD_EN2 AUD_EN1 SMB CPU S2K SLOT A 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS CHA_FAN DSW DIP Switches CPU Core Voltage Setting VID 3VSBSLT JTCPU PRIMARY IDE IDELED CLRTC PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T Port0 B Port1 JEN JTPWR CHASSIS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 COM1 COM2 PARALLEL PORT GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In VIA VT8371 AGP4X PC133 ...

Page 15: ...TER p 36 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 36 Serial Port Connectors Two 9 pin male 6 GAME_AUDIO p 37 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 37 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 PRIMARY SECONDARYIDE p 38 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pins 9 FLOPPY p 38 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pins 10 WOL_CON p 39 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pi...

Page 16: ...Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 23 PWRLED PANEL p 46 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 24 MSGLED PANEL p 46 System MessageLED Lead 2 pins 25 RESET PANEL p 46 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 26 PWRSW PANEL p 46 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 27 SMI PANEL p 46 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Page 17: ...e 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 the compo nent whenever ...

Page 18: ...d 3 VSB Default 1 2 2 3 3VSBSLT 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu IMPORTANT In JumperFree mode all DIP switches DSW must be set to OFF and VID1 VID2 and VID3 see 6 Voltage Regulator Output Setting must be set to 3 4 Setting JEN Enable JumperFree ...

Page 19: ...tting AUDIO CODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T Audio Codec Setting Enable Onboard Audio Codec Default 1 2 2 3 SPK ADN AUD_EN2 AUD_EN1 SPK AUD_EN2 Disable Onboard Audio Codec ADN AUD_EN1 4 I O Voltage Setting VIO VIO allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP PCI and the CPU s I O buffer The default voltage 3 31V should be use...

Page 20: ... In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW 1 DSW 4 must be set to OFF 3 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup so you can set the CPU Frequency 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T CPU External Frequency Selection CPU PCI DSW 100 00MHz 33 33MHz 103 00MHz 34 33MHz 105MHz 35MHz 110 00MHz 36 67MHz ...

Page 21: ...1 85Volts 1 6 1 65Volts 1 4 1 45Volts 1 3 1 35olts CPU Default JumperFree Default 2 2 05Volts 1 5 1 55Volts VID2 VID3 VID1 1 7 1 75Volts VID2 VID3 VID1 VID2 VID3 VID1 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 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 ...

Page 22: ...Chipset Setup Install memory in any combination as follows IMPORTANT For optimum signal integrity inserting the DIMMs in the following order is recommended DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current PC133 PC100 SDRAM specification DO NOT attempt to mix SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMM1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 DIMM2 Rows 2 3 SDRA...

Page 23: ... K7V T 168 Pin DIMM Sockets Lock 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T 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: ...ach the heatsink to the processor with thermal grease and retention clip The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for your processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connec tors 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 suf...

Page 26: ...ush the two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes with a set of Universal Retention Mechanism URM which supports Athlon processors There are two types of URMs A With Inte grated Retainer Pins and B With Separate Retainer Pins URM A URM B Separate Retainer Pins Int...

Page 27: ...er pins are not pushed in press down on the retention brackets until the black fastener sleeves fit snugly against the board 5 Push the four retainer pins completely down into the black fastener sleeves until the head of each pin is securely seated WARNING Installing the URM while the retainer pins are pushed in will not only cause the URM to be installed improperly but will also damage the URM 3 ...

Page 28: ...else misalignment will occur Secure the assembly in place by pushing the two locks outward so that the locks show through the retention mechanism s lock holes 3 6 5 Removing the Processor Push the two locks inward to disengage the latch feature and firmly lift the assembly out of the URM Push lock inward CPU fan cable to fan connector Locked Position push upward CAUTION You may wear gloves to prot...

Page 29: ...es 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 30: ... 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 JTCPU 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V ...

Page 31: ... bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set 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 Some expansion cards ...

Page 32: ...ignments 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 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when enabled 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data...

Page 33: ...y 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 motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR cancoexistwithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR...

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Page 35: ...oppy 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 Func...

Page 36: ...RQ 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 slot opening...

Page 37: ...ices for playing 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...

Page 38: ... using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two 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 conduct...

Page 39: ...wer 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 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 extern...

Page 40: ...he expansion slots 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 ...

Page 41: ...ker between the onboard audio and a voice modem card AUX White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T Internal Audio Connectors MODEM Modem Out from Modem Ground to Modem Modem In CD Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground VIDEO Green Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 15 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin HPHONE optional This connector...

Page 42: ... connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s IR connector according to the pin definitions 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T Infrared Module Connector Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND IR 5V IRRX IRTX GND 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 o...

Page 43: ...X 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 configured syste...

Page 44: ...pheral connectivity two additional USB ports are supported midboard 0 1 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T USB Ports USBPORT Optional USB USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 USB3 Optional USB3A Optional USB Power GND USBP USBP 21 Digital Audio Interface Connector 3 pin SPDIFOUT optional This optional connector is the digital link between the motherboard and your devices such as CD pla...

Page 45: ... 0 1 0 1 K7V T K7V T System Panel Connectors Requires an ATX power supply PLED Ground TB_LED PWR 5 V 5V Speaker Speaker Connector Power LED Ground 5 V Reset SW SMI Lead MessageLED ExtSMI Reset Ground Ground ATX Power Switch Ground The following is for items 22 27 next page ...

Page 46: ...witch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 26 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 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 ...

Page 47: ...f 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 will...

Page 48: ...ating 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 sh...

Page 49: ...MAT 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 ...

Page 50: ...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 Ente...

Page 51: ...n 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 ut...

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Page 53: ...en 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 D...

Page 54: ...ice 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 keyp...

Page 55: ...hat 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 56: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to supp...

Page 57: ...ful 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 58: ...eads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical BlockAddressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or se...

Page 59: ... This field can also be configured manu ally 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 manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec t...

Page 60: ...at 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 Configuration...

Page 61: ...rd 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 itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenterapasswordusingupperor ...

Page 62: ...s whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU external Frequency to match the speed of your SDRAM Configuration options 3 3 4 3 CPU Frequency when Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI ...

Page 63: ...er integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for...

Page 64: ...p 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 DRAM to CPU frequency ratio of 3 3 and a bus speed of 100MHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations JumperFree Mode ...

Page 65: ...h P Ctrl C Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Write Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings for SDRAM related fields depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures the subsequent 3 items by reading the contents in the SPD Se r...

Page 66: ...PCI 2 1 compliant Con figuration options Enabled Disabled PCI to DRAM Prefetch Enabled Configuration options 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 Configu...

Page 67: ... Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and 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 infrar...

Page 68: ...ed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Disabled Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Audio ...

Page 69: ...d on audio device NOTE To display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown above 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 40...

Page 70: ...rwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the ...

Page 71: ...imary graphics card AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card The default PCI AGP allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI IRQ XX Used for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default value indicates either that the display...

Page 72: ... the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISAdevice The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion PCI PNP UMB Resource Exclusion ...

Page 73: ...d for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled Reserved MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of an onboard legacy ISA device that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a device and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available op tions the Reserved...

Page 74: ...or the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Ma...

Page 75: ...in 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 provide STR support but to make the STR feature function your operating system device drivers and power supply all have to support this f...

Page 76: ... call while the computer 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...

Page 77: ...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 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Page 78: ...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 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 necessa...

Page 79: ...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 80: ...lect Yes 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 t...

Page 81: ...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 Onc...

Page 82: ... 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 ma...

Page 83: ...ce 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 displays in this a...

Page 84: ...er InstallsVIAIRQRoutingMiniportDriver AUDIO Driver Optional Installs the necessary audio drivers for the onboard audio CODEC PC Cillin 98 Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information Acrobat Reader Vx x Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard...

Page 85: ...2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next to start copying files 4 Click here and then click Finish to restart your computer NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered 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 drivers or software because these drivers ...

Page 86: ...y choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered 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 drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next to start copying fil...

Page 87: ...u may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered 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 drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next to ...

Page 88: ...the setup screen 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 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 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk is created click OK 9 Click here and then...

Page 89: ...ert 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 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here only after you have read the License Agreement 4 Click here 5 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 90: ...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 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next 4 Click here 5 Click here 6 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 91: ... 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 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Click here and then click Next 4 Click here and then click Finish to restart ...

Page 92: ...ck 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 93: ...rograms see the README TXT files under the Yamaha folder of your support CD for uninstallation information The product serial number can be found on this software s license agreement card 1 Click here 2 Click here 3 Fill in the necessary information in the space provided When all the information are filled and the serial number is validated click Next 6 Click Yes to signify your acceptance of the ...

Page 94: ...g 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 ...

Page 95: ...ernal 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 V...

Page 96: ...or 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 97: ... 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 Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled...

Page 98: ...inent 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 99: ...e 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 100: ...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 clickStart point toPrograms point to YAMAHA SoftS...

Page 101: ...ize 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 Channe...

Page 102: ...ows 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 applicati...

Page 103: ... motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut 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 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 ...

Page 104: ...S 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 down...

Page 105: ...appearance the primary MR has a crystal 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 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 firm...

Page 106: ... your 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 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lang...

Page 107: ...fication defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards har...

Page 108: ...ing 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 proces...

Page 109: ... 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 ISA...

Page 110: ... 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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