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This chapter describes the features of the

motherboard. It includes brief descriptions

of the motherboard components, and

illustrations of the layout, jumper settings,

and connectors.

Product Introduction

Chapter 1

Summary of Contents for K8U-X - Socket 754 Motherboard

Page 1: ...Motherboard K8U X User Guide ...

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Page 3: ...ighlights 1 2 1 3 2 Unique ASUS features 1 4 1 4 Before You Proceed 1 5 Onboard LED 1 5 1 5 Motherboard Overview 1 6 1 5 1 Motherboard layout 1 6 1 5 2 Placement direction 1 7 1 5 3 Screw holes 1 7 1 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 1 8 1 6 1 Overview 1 8 1 6 2 Installing the CPU 1 9 1 7 System Memory 1 10 1 7 1 DIMM sockets location 1 10 1 7 2 Memory conﬁgurations 1 10 1 7 3 Installing a DIMM 1 13 1...

Page 4: ...rogramm 2 8 2 2 1 BIOS menu screen 2 9 2 2 2 Menu bar 2 9 2 2 3 Navigation keys 2 9 2 2 4 Menu items 2 10 2 2 5 Sub menu items 2 10 2 2 6 Conﬁgruation 2 10 2 2 7 Pop up window 2 10 2 2 8 Scroll bar 2 10 2 2 9 General help 2 10 2 3 Main Menu 2 11 2 3 1 System Time 2 11 2 3 2 System Date 2 11 2 3 3 Legacy Diskeete A B 2 11 2 3 4 Primary Secondary Third Fourth IDE Master Slave 2 12 2 3 5 System Infor...

Page 5: ...9 2 6 4 Security 2 30 2 7 Exit Menu 2 32 Chapter 3 Software support 3 1 Install an Operating System 3 2 3 2 Support CD Information 3 2 3 2 1 Running the support CD 3 2 3 2 2 Drivers menu 3 3 3 2 3 Utilities menu 3 4 3 2 4 Manual menu 3 5 3 2 5 ASUS Contact Information 3 6 3 3 RAID Conﬁgurations 3 7 3 3 1 Installing hard disks 3 7 3 4 Creating a VIA RAID Driver Disk 3 8 3 5 Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Technolog...

Page 6: ...ses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturerʼs 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 o...

Page 7: ...t voltage in your area If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using contact your local power company If the power supply is broken do not try to ﬁx it by yourself Contact a qualiﬁed service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the...

Page 8: ...rasp each feature through simple and clear explanation It also mentions about all the new technologies which are applied to on K8U X Chapter 2 BIOS Information In this chapter it describes how to use each item of menu which is in BIOS conﬁguration to change combinations conﬁguration In addition the time of using each conﬁguration data and parameter conﬁguration will be introduced in details Chapte...

Page 9: ...133 100 2 x SATA with RAID 0 RAID 1and JBOD Audio ADI AD1888 SoundMAX 6 channel audio Codec support for S PDIF out interfafce Lan Realtek 8201CL 10 100 Mbps Ethernet Controller USB 8 USB 2 0 1 1 ports Overclocking SFS Stepless Frequency Selection from 200 MHz up to 300 MHz at 1 MHz increment Adjustable FSB DDR ratio ASUS JumperFree ASUS C P R CPU Parameter Recall ASUS EZ Flash Special features ASU...

Page 10: ...GAME MIDI connector Chassis intrusion BIOS features 4Mb Flash EEPROM AMI BIOS ACPI PnP DMI2 0 WfM 2 0 SM BIOS 2 3 ASUS EZ Flash CrashFree BIOS 2 Industry standard PCI 2 2 USB 2 0 1 1 Manageability WOL by PME WOR by PME Power Requirement ATX power supply with 20 pin and 4 pin 12V plugs ATX 12V 2 0 compliant Form Factor ATX form factor 12 in x 7 in 30 5 cm x 17 8 cm Support CD contents Device driver...

Page 11: ... chapter describes the features of the motherboard It includes brief descriptions of the motherboard components and illustrations of the layout jumper settings and connectors Product Introduction Chapter 1 ...

Page 12: ...ting Before you start installing the motherboard and hardware devices on it check the items in your package with the list below If any of the above items is damaged or missing contact your retailer 1 2 Package Contents Check your motherboard package for the following items ASUS K8U X motherboard ASUS motherboard support CD 1 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 cables 1 x Serial ATA cables 1 x Serial ATA power ...

Page 13: ... ATA RAID solution The motherboard provides a high performance Serial ATA RAID controller that enhance hard disk performance and data backup protection without the cost of additional RAID cards The onboard ULI M1689 RAID controller provides two Serial ATA connectors for RAID 0 1 and JBOD functions AGP 8X support AGP 8X AGP 3 0 is the VGA interface specification that enables enhanced graphics perfo...

Page 14: ...he motherboard BIOS allows automatic re setting to the BIOS default settings in case the system hangs due to overclocking When the system hangs due to overclocking C P R eliminates the need to open the system chassis and clear the RTC data Simply shut down and reboot the system and BIOS automatically restores the CPU previous setting for each parameter ASUS MyLogo This new feature present in the m...

Page 15: ... avoid touching the ICs on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the component 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components Onboard LED ...

Page 16: ...DI AD1888 ATX12V CHASSIS CLRTC ATXPWR USB56 SB_PWR CHA_FAN USBPW12 USBPW34 USBPW56 USBPW78 18 3cm 7in 30 5cm 12in SATA1 FLOPPY ULI M1689 USB78 SATA2 CPU_FAN PARALLEL PORT COM1 SPDIF_O PS 2KBMS T Mouse B Keyboard Below Mic In Center Line Out Top Line In F_USB12 RJ 45 Top USB3 USB4 Bottom DDR DIMM1 64 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMM2 64 bit 184 pin module Socket 754 PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 RTL8201CL PRI_IDE SEC_...

Page 17: ...ect orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below 1 5 3 Screw holes Place 9 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis Do not overtighten the screws Doing so may damage the motherboard Place this side towards the rear of the chassis K8U X ...

Page 18: ...o Insertion Force ZIF socket designed for the AMD Athlon 64 processor The 128 bit wide data paths of these processors can run applications faster than processors with only 32 bit or 64 bit wide data paths Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket may bend the pins and severely damage the CPU K8U X K8U X CPU Socket 754 Gold Arrow ...

Page 19: ...Position the CPU above the socket such that the CPU corner with the gold triangle matches the socket corner with a small triangle 4 Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it ﬁts in place The CPU ﬁts only in one correct orientation DO NOT force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU 5 When the CPU is in place push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The...

Page 20: ...emory sizing error or system boot failure Use any of the recommended conﬁgurations in Table 1 2 For optimum compatibility obtain memory modules from qualiﬁed vendors See Qualiﬁed Vendors List on page 1 11 3 Always install DIMMs with the same CAS Latency For optimum compatibility obtain memory modules from the same vendors See Qualiﬁed Vendors List on page 1 11 4 Obtain DDR DIMMs only from ASUS qua...

Page 21: ...G 40BGB Micron SS MT46V32M8TG 5BG V V 512MB Micron MT16VDDT6464AG 40BCB Micron DS MT46V32M8TG 5BC V V 256MB Samsung M368L3223FTN CCC Samsung SS K4H560838F TCCC V V 512MB Samsung M368L6423FTN CCC Samsung DS K4H560838F TCCC V V 256MB Samsung M368L3223FTN CB3 Samsung SS K4H560838F TCB3 V V 512MB Samsung M368L6423FTN CB3 Samsung DS K4H560838F TCB3 V V 256MB Winbond U24256ADWBG6H20 Winbond SS W942508CH...

Page 22: ...2 Inﬁneon SS HYB25D256800BT 6B V V 256MB Apacer 77 10636 56G Mosel SS V58C2256804SAT5B V V 512MB Apacer 77 10736 11G Inﬁneon DS HYB25D256800BT 5B V V 256MB Smart U24256ADSRG6H20 Smart SS D32M8XS50H3X4AMV V V 256MB Smart U24256ADSRG6H20 Smart SS D32M8XS60HBX4AMV V V 512MB Smart U24512ADSRG6H20 Smart DS D32M8XS50H3X4AMV V V 512MB Smart U24512ADSRG6H20 Smart DS D32M8XS60HBX4AMV V V 256MB Twinmos DDR3...

Page 23: ... DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ﬁts in only one direction DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM 1 7 3 Installing a DIMM 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the ...

Page 24: ... Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel 1 8 1 Standard interrupt assignments These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices When using PCI cards on shared slots ensure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Otherwise conﬂicts will arise between the two PCI groups making the system unstable and the car...

Page 25: ...n AGP card make sure that you ask for one with 1 5V speciﬁcation Note the notches on the card golden ﬁngers to ensure that they ﬁt the AGP slot on the motherboard K8U X K8U X Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Keyed for 1 5v 1 8 3 PCI slots The PCI slots support PCI cards such as a LAN card SCSI card USB card and other cards that comply with PCI speciﬁcations ...

Page 26: ...words is powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Move the battery away from motherboard 3 Move the jumper cap from pins 1 2 default to pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 4 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 5 Hold down the Del key during the boot process an...

Page 27: ...and S4 sleep modes no power to CPU DRAM in slow refresh power supply in reduced power mode K8U X 2 1 K8U X USB device wake up 3 2 2 1 5V Default 5VSB USBPW56 USBPW78 5V Default 5VSB USBPW12 USBPW34 3 2 1 The USB device wake up feature requires a power supply that can provide 500mA on the 5VSB lead for each USB port Otherwise the system would not power up 2 The total current consumed must NOT excee...

Page 28: ...her audio sources In 6 channel mode the function of this jack becomes Bass Center 5 Line Out jack This Line Out lime jack connects a headphone or a speaker In 6 channel mode the function of this jack becomes Front Speaker Out 6 Microphone jack This Mic pink jack connects a microphone In 6 channel mode the function of this jack becomes Rear Speaker Out The functions of the Line Out Line In and Micr...

Page 29: ...SB 2 0 devices 8 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices 9 Serial connector This 9 pin COM1 port is for serial devices 10 S PDIF out jack This jack connects to external audio output devices 11 PS 2 keyboard port This purple connector is for a PS 2 keyboard ...

Page 30: ...vice hard disk drive and the black connector to the UltraATA133 master device Note Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 K8U X K8U X IDE connectors NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 PRI_IDE PIN 1 SEC_IDE PIN 1 1 Follow the hard disk drive documentation when setting the device in master or slave mode 2 Pin 20 on each IDE c...

Page 31: ...he power supply are designed to ﬁt these connectors in only one orientation Find the proper orientation and push down ﬁrmly until the connectors completely ﬁt K8U X K8U X ATX power connectors ATXPWR ATX12V Pin 1 3 3VDC 12 0VDC COM PS_ON COM COM COM 5 0VDC 5 0VDC 5 0VDC PWR_OK 12 0VDC 3 3VDC 3 3VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5 0VDC COM 5VSB 12V DC GND 12V DC GND Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can pro...

Page 32: ...t the fan cables to the fan connectors Lack of sufﬁcient air ﬂow within the system may damage the motherboard components These are not jumpers DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors K8U X K8U X Fan connectors CPU_FAN CHA_FAN GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V 4 Internal audio connectors 4 pin CD AUX These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD ROM...

Page 33: ...P6 GND NC USB 5V USB_P5 USB_P5 GND 1 USB78 USB 5V USB_P8 USB_P8 GND NC USB 5V USB_P7 USB_P7 GND 1 1 The USB 2 0 module is purchased separately 2 Install the USB 2 0 driver before using the USB 2 0 feature 7 Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin FP_AUDIO This is an interface for the front panel cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices K8U X K8U X Front panel audio connect...

Page 34: ...E MIDI module is purchased separately 8 Chassis intrusion connector 4 1 pin CHASSIS This lead is for a chassis designed with intrusion detection feature This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sensor or microswitch When you remove any chassis component the sensor triggers and sends a high level signal to this lead to record a chassis intrusion event By default the...

Page 35: ...SATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND Important notes on Serial ATA solution The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more ﬂexible allowing easier routing inside the chassis The lower pin count of the Serial ATA cable eliminates the problem caused by the wide ﬂat ribbon cables of the Parallet ATA interface Hot plug support for Serial ATA drive and connec...

Page 36: ...sleep mode System Warning Speaker Lead Orange 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings Reset Switch Lead Blue 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without turning off the system power ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead Yellow 2 pin PWRSW This connector c...

Page 37: ...This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided BIOS Information Chapter 2 ...

Page 38: ...S website http www asus com and download the latest BIOS ﬁle for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility Important notes 2 1 1 Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk 1 Do either one of the following to create a bootable ﬂoppy disk DOS environment Insert a 1 44 MB ﬂoppy disk into the drive At the DOS prompt type format A S then press Enter Windows 98SE ME 2000 environment a From your Windows desktop...

Page 39: ...name at the prompt 2 Copy the AFUDOS EXE utility from the support CD to the bootable ﬂoppy disk that contains the BIOS ﬁle 3 Boot the system from the ﬂoppy disk 4 At the DOS prompt type the command line afudos i ﬁlename where ﬁlename means the latest or original BIOS ﬁle that you copied to the bootable ﬂoppy disk 5 Press Enter The succeeding screen displays the status of the update process The BIO...

Page 40: ...the current system BIOS to a ﬂoppy or hard disk and use it as a backup in case the system BIOS fails or gets corrupted 1 At the DOS prompt type the command line afudos o ﬁlename where ﬁlename string of not more than 8 alpha numeric characters for the main ﬁlename and 3 alpha numeric characters for the extension name The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only What you see on your scre...

Page 41: ...he utility will copy the current system BIOS by default to the ﬂoppy disk Make sure that the ﬂoppy disk has at least 600KB of free disk space and is not write protected When the copy process is complete the utility returns to the DOS prompt To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash 1 Visit the ASUS website www asus com to download the latest BIOS ﬁle for your motherboard and rename the downloaded ﬁle...

Page 42: ... the BIOS ﬁle in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted 1 Prepare the support CD that came with the motherboard or a floppy disk that contains the motherboard BIOS before proceeding with the BIOS update process 2 If you have saved a copy of the original motherboard BIOS to a bootable ﬂoppy disk you may also use this disk to restore the BIOS See section 2 1 1 Creating a bo...

Page 43: ...n the CD ROM The support CD contains the a working BIOS for this motherboard 4 When the BIOS update process is complete reboot the system Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy Floppy found Reading ﬁle K8U X ROM Completed Start ﬂashing 4 When the BIOS update process is complete reboot the system The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard Visit A...

Page 44: ...gram Press Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility Otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Delete or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the ﬁrst two failed The Setup program is des...

Page 45: ...tion keys differ from one screen to another 2 2 3 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings System Time 11 10 19 System Date Thu 03 10 2005 Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B Disabled Primary IDE Master ST320413A Primary IDE Slave ASUS CD S400...

Page 46: ...ng wrong values in the sections below may cause system to malfunction Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Enabled Memory Acceleration Mode Auto DRAM Idle Timer Auto DRAm Refresh Rate Auto Graphic Adapter Priority AGP PCI Graphics Aperture Size 64 MB Spread Spectrum Enabled ICH Delayed Transaction Enabled MPS Revision 1 4 2 2 4 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items fo...

Page 47: ...ppy drive installed Configuration options Disabled 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Refer to section 2 2 1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them System Time 11 51 19 Use ENTER TAB System Date Thu 08 05 2003 or SHIFT TAB to Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in select a ﬁeld Legacy Diskette B Disabled Primary IDE Master ST...

Page 48: ...evice is either a ZIP LS 120 or MO drive Conﬁguration options Not Installed Auto CDROM ARMD LBA Large Mode Auto Enables or disables the LBA mode Setting to Auto enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Auto Block Multi sector Transfer Auto Enables or disables data multi sectors transfer...

Page 49: ...ion options Disabled Auto PIO Mode Auto Selects the PIO mode Conﬁguration options Auto 0 1 2 3 4 DMA Mode Auto Selects the DMA mode Configuration options Auto SWDMA0 SWDMA1 SWDMA2 MWDMA0 MWDMA1 MWDMA2 UDMA0 UDMA1 UDMA2 UDMA3 UDMA4 UDMA5 UDMA6 SMART Monitoring Auto Sets the Smart Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology Conﬁguration options Auto Disabled Enabled 32Bit Data Transfer Disabled Ena...

Page 50: ... Conﬁguration AI Overclock Tuner Standard Select the target CPU CPU Frequency 200 frequency and the relevant parameters Conﬁgure System Frequency Voltage will be auto adjusted Frequencies higher AI overclock Tuner Standard Allows selection of CPU overclocking options to achieve desired CPU internal frequency Select either one of the preset overclocking options Configuration options Manual Standard...

Page 51: ...r chip CPU Conﬁguration GART Error Reporting Disabled MTRR Mapping Continuous Cool N Quiet Enabled GART Error Reporting Disabled Allows you to enable or disable GART Error Reporting feature This option should always be disabled for normal operation Device driver developers may enable it for testing purpose Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled MTRR Mapping Continuous This item allows you to set MT...

Page 52: ...t settings Select an item then press Enter to display the sub menu Chipset Settings NorthBridge Conﬁguration HyperTransport Conﬁguration SouthBridge Conﬁguration AGP Conﬁguration Spread Spectrum Enable MPS Revision 1 1 NorthBridge Conﬁguration Memory Conﬁguration Memory CLK 200MHz CAS Latency 2 5 TRCD 3 CLK TRAS 8 CLK TRP 3 CLK ...

Page 53: ...led Memclock mode Auto This item allows you to set the memory clock mode Set by the code using Auto or select Limit to set using one of the standard values If select Limit the sub menu will come out Conﬁguration options Auto Limit MCT Timing Mode Auto Conﬁguration options Auto Manual User Conﬁg Mode Auto Conﬁguration options Auto Manual Burst Length 4 Beats Conﬁguration options 8 Beats 4 Beats 2 B...

Page 54: ... CLK HyperTransport Conﬁguration This menu item allow you to change the Hyper Transport settings Select an item then press Enter to display the sub menu Hammer M1689 Freq 200MHz This item allows you to set the transfer rate of HyperTransport from Hammer to M1689 Configuration options 200 MHz 400 MHz 600 MHz 800 MHz 1000 MHz Hammer M1689 Width 8 Bits This item allows you to set the data transfer ba...

Page 55: ...ontroller Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Ethernet Controller Enabled This item enables or disables the internal Ethernet controler Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled OnBoard LAN Boot ROM Disabled This item enables or disables the onboard LAN Boot ROM Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled USB 1 1 OHCI Host Controller Enabled This item enables or disables connector function of USB 1 1 Conﬁ...

Page 56: ...our conﬁguration In that case even if you installed AGP 8X graphic card it only can provide 1 06GB s as its transfer rate Conﬁguration options 1x 2x 4x 8x 1x 2x 4x Aperture Size 256MB This item sets the Aperture size for the AGP Video controller Conﬁguration options 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB FW Enable Enabled This item enables or disables the AGP FW function Conﬁguration options Enabled Disabled AGP C...

Page 57: ...A ASK IR Parallel Port Address Disabled Allows you to select the Parallel Port base addresses Configuration options Disabled 378 278 3BC Parallel Port Mode Normal Allows you to select the Parallel Port mode Configuration options Normal EPP ECP EPP ECP EPP Version 1 9 Appears only when the Parallel Port Mode is set to EPP or EPP ECP This item allows you to to select the Parallel Port EPP version Co...

Page 58: ...Plug Play operating system the operating system conﬁgures the Plug Play devices not required for boot Conﬁguration options No Yes PCI Latency Timer 64 Allows you to select the value in units of PCI clocks for the PCI device latency timer register Conﬁguration options 32 64 96 128 160 192 224 248 Advanced PCI PnP Settings NO Lets the BIOS conﬁgure all the WARNING Setting wrong values in below secti...

Page 59: ...isabled When set to Enabled the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the latter can function correctly Setting to Disabled deactivates this feature Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled IRQ xx assigned to PCI Device When set to Available the specific IRQ is free for use of PCI PnP devices When set to Reserved the IRQ is res...

Page 60: ...ions 2 5 1 Suspend Mode Auto Allows you to select the ACPI state to be used for system suspend Conﬁguration options S1 POS Only S3 Only Auto 2 5 2 Repost Video on S3 Resume No Determines whether to invoke VGA BIOS POST on S3 STR resume Conﬁguration options No Yes 2 5 3 ACPI 2 0 Support No Allows you to add more tables for ACPI 2 0 speciﬁcations Conﬁguration options No Yes 2 5 4 ACPI APIC Support E...

Page 61: ... disable the hard disk power down mode Conﬁguration options Disabled Standby Enabled Suspend Time Out Disabled Allows you to select the specified time at which the system goes on suspend mode Conﬁguration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 10 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 50 Min 60 Min The following items appear only when the Power Management APM item is set to Enabled APM Conﬁguration Power Mana...

Page 62: ...ing that turns the system power on Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off When set to Power Off the system goes into off state after an AC power loss When set to Power On the system goes on after an AC power loss When set to Last State the system goes into either off or on state whatever the system state before the AC power loss Conﬁguration options Power Off Power On Last State Resume By USB From S3 ...

Page 63: ...e fans is not connected to the motherboard the speciﬁc ﬁeld shows N A Conﬁguration options xxxC xxxF ignored VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup ...

Page 64: ...nd it specifies the boot device priority sequence from the available devices 1st 2nd 3rd refer to the sequence of boot device The names of device items that appear on the screen depend on the devices installed in the system Conﬁguration options xxxxx Drive Disabled 2 6 1 Boot Device Priority 2 6 Boot Menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options Select an item then press Ent...

Page 65: ...guration options Force BIOS Keep Current Bootup Num Lock On Allows you to select the power on state for the NumLock Conﬁguration options Off On PS 2 Mouse Support Auto Allows you to enable or disable support for PS 2 mouse Configuration options Disabled Enabled Auto Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error Enabled When set to Enabled the system waits for F1 key to be pressed when error occurs Conﬁguration options D...

Page 66: ...nfirm the password when prompted The message Password Installed appears after you have successfully set your password The Supervisor Password item now shows Installed To change the supervisor password follow the same steps as in setting a user password To clear the supervisor password select the Change Supervisor Password then press Enter The message Password Uninstalled appears Security Settings ...

Page 67: ...that appears type a password combination of at least six 6 letters and or numbers then press Enter 3 Confirm the password when prompted The message Password Installed appears after you have successfully set your password The User Password item now shows Installed To change the user password follow the same steps as in setting a user password Clear User Password Select this item if you wish to clea...

Page 68: ...xit Discard Changes Discard Changes F10 key can be used for this operation Load Setup Defaults 2 7 Exit Menu The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit Exit Save Changes O...

Page 69: ...This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package Software Support Chapter 3 ...

Page 70: ...presented in this chapter for general reference only Refer to your OS documentation for more information The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice Visit the ASUS website for updates 3 2 1 Running the support CD To begin using the support CD simply insert the CD into your CD ROM drive The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your ...

Page 71: ...i Chipset Drivers Install ULI Chipset drivers AD1888 SoundMAX Audio Driver Install AD1888 AC 97 compliant audio controller and application Make ALi RAID Driver Disk Make a RAID Floppy in order to make related conﬁguration Cool n Quiet Driver Install Cool n Quiet Driver In different OS the screen display may be different with the option of utility driver The icons are for general reference only ...

Page 72: ...pdate make sure that you have an Internet connection so you can connect to the ASUS website Microsoft DirectX 9 0 Driver Installs the Microsoft DirectX 9 0 driver Anti virus Utility The anti virus application scans identiﬁes and removes computer viruses View the online help for detailed information ADOBE Acrobat Reader V5 0 Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader V5 0 The Acrobat Reader software is for ...

Page 73: ... of utility driver The icons are for general reference only 3 2 4 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of supplementary user manuals Click an item to open the manual Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Utilities menu to open the manual ﬁles in PDF In different OS the screen display may be different with the option of utility driver The icons are for general reference only ...

Page 74: ...Chapter 3 Software Support 3 6 3 2 5 ASUS Contact Information Clicking the ASUS Contact Information tab displays as stated You may also ﬁnd this information on the inside front cover of this user guide ...

Page 75: ...r just a bunch of disks or sometimes just a bunch of drives is ofﬁcially termed as spanning This is used to refer to a computerʼs hard disks that havenʼt been conﬁgured according the RAID system to increase fault tolerance and improved data access performance This RAID system stores the same data redundantly on multiple drives by combining the drives into one larger logical drive If you use either...

Page 76: ...xecute Makedisk exe Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process 3 Write protect the ﬂoppy disk to avoid computer virus infection To create a RAID driver disk 1 During the OS installation the system prompts to press the F6 key to install third party SCSI or RAID driver 2 Press F6 then insert the ﬂoppy disk with RAID driver into the ﬂoppy disk drive 3 Follow the succeeding screen i...

Page 77: ...u select the item Cool NʼQuiet and set it to Enabled See section 2 4 Advanced Menu for details 3 In the Power menu select the item ACPI 2 0 Support and set it to Yes See section 2 5 Power Menu for details 4 Save your changes and exit BIOS Setup 5 Reboot your computer and set your Power Option Properties depending on your operating system Windows 2000 XP 1 Make sure the Control Panel is set to Clas...

Page 78: ...ox select the AMDʼs Cool ʻnʼ Quiet tm Technology tab 5 Click the Performance combo list box to select desired mode Automatic Mode is the recommended setting 6 Click OK to effect settings Make sure to install the AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet driver and application before using this feature The AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Technology feature works only with the AMD heatsink and fan assembly with monitor chip If you pur...

Page 79: ...program 1 If you are using Windows 98SE ME 2000 click the Start button Select Programs ASUS Cool Quiet Cool Quiet 2 If you are using Windows XP click the Start button Select All Programs ASUS Cool Quiet Cool Quiet 3 The Cool ʻnʼ Quiet technology screen appears and displays the current CPU Frequency and CPU Voltage Make sure to install the Cool ʻnʼ Quiet software from the motherboard support CD Ref...

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