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KN97-X

Pentium

II ATX Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...R KN97 X Pentium II ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...nual or product ASUS may revise this manual from time to time without notice Products mentioned in this manual are mentioned for identification purposes only Product names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies Intel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation IBM is a registered trademark of International...

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Page 4: ...ng IRQs for Expansion Cards 26 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 27 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 27 5 External Connectors 28 Power Connection Procedures 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 36 Support Software 36 Flash Memory Writer Utility 36 Main Menu 36 Advanced Features Menu 37 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS 38 6 BIOS Setup 39 Load Defaults 40 Standard CMOS Setup 40 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 40 BIO...

Page 5: ...p the ASUS PCI SC200 62 Setting the INT Assignment 63 Terminator Settings 63 SCSI ID Numbers 64 The Following Sections are Available with Optional Audio Only Creative Labs ViBRA 16C Series 1 Audio Drivers Installation 3 Manual Information 3 ASUS Installation CD 3 ASUS Audio Driver CD Contents 3 Win95 Audio Drivers 4 3D Sound 5 Win3 x Audio Drivers 7 Configuration Manager 7 Creative PnP Configurati...

Page 6: ...ar installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on ...

Page 7: ...anual with optional onboard Audio Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer þ The ASUS KN97 X motherboard þ Retention Mechanism Heat Sink Support Brace þ 1 IDE ribbon cable þ 1 floppy ribbon cable þ Support drivers and utilities as follows view FILELIST TXT for details LANDesk Client Manager LDCM Software Flash M...

Page 8: ...PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan nels provides faster data transfer rates and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives This controller supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 BIOS now supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI bootup CPU Built In Level 2 Cach...

Page 9: ...sors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 Windows NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system re source monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible applicatio...

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Page 11: ...set Pentium II CPU Slot 5 PCI Slots 3 ISA Slots 1 DIMM Socket T USB Port 1 B USB Port 2 Programmable Flash ROM T PS 2 Mouse B PS 2 Keyboard T Parallel Conn B Serial Conn Optional T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic COM 1 COM 2 Hardware Monitor Floppy IDE Intel PIIX3 PCIset Optional Creative Labs Audio Multi I O Optional 3D Sound ...

Page 12: ...y CR2032 3 Volt Lithium Cell Pentium II CPU Cartridge Slot Floppy Drives Secondary IDE Primary IDE R Panel IDE LED Chassis Fan CPU_FAN PWR_FAN Panasonic CD In Sony CD In Mitsumi CD In Infrared Connect Volume Control FS0 FS1 BUS FREQ CPU Voltage ID 0 1 2 3 4 BUS FREQ BF0 BF1 BF2 BF3 Chasis open alarm lead Battery Test Creative Modem Connector RTC Clear Audio En Dis Boot Block Write Multi I O En Dis...

Page 13: ...Two 9 pin Female 5 AUDIO optional p 27 Audio Port Line Out Line In Mic Three 1 8 Female 6 GAME optional p 28 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female 7 USB p 28 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 8 FLOPPY p 28 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 9 FANPWR1 2 3 p 29 Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Power 3 pin Block 10 CHASSIS p 29 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 3 pin Block 11 IDE1 IDE2 p 30 Primary ...

Page 14: ...raphi cally such as to connect pins 1 2 and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply pla...

Page 15: ...ble 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 R Multi I O Setting Enable Disable Disabled Enable Default IOEN 1 2 3 1 2 3 IOEN 2 Flash ROM Boot Block Programming BBLKW This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position This is required only if prompted by the Flash MemoryWriterUtility as shown in BIOS SOFTWARE Programming BBLKW Disabled Pro...

Page 16: ... Onboard Audio AUDIO Enabled 1 2 Default Disabled 2 3 R Onboard Audio Enable Disable Enable Default AUDIO Disable AUDIO 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 Onboard Digital Audio Control VOLADJ with optional onboard Audio This jumper allows you to adjust the audio volume digitally using case mounted momentary buttons Audio Adjustment VOLADJ Volume Up 1 2 momentary Volume Down 4 5 momentary R Onboard Digital Audio Adjust...

Page 17: ... Data Operation Default RTCLR Clear Data RTCLR 1 2 3 1 2 3 6 Battery Test Jumper BATTERY TEST You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter the two pins WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information may be cleared by this action You should en...

Page 18: ...e above jumpers CPU External BUS Frequency Selection R CPU BUS Frequency Ratio CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection BF1 BF0 BF3 BF2 2 5X 4 5X BF1 BF0 BF3 BF2 3 0X 5 0X 60MHz 1 2 3 FS0 FS1 66MHz 1 2 3 BF1 BF0 BF3 BF2 4 0X Reserved BF1 BF0 BF3 BF2 3 5X 5 5X Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel AMD or Cyrix CPU as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS0 FS1 B...

Page 19: ...tions as follows Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Slots 1 2 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 SIMM Slots 3 4 72 pin FPM EDO BEDO SIMM Bank 2 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB x1 DIMM Slot 1 168 pin 5V EDO DRAM DIMM Total System Memory Max 384MB IMPORTANT The same size and type FPM EDO BEDO of memory must be installed in pairs so that memory modul...

Page 20: ...odule firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place Metal Clip Plastic Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket 4 The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on the sides and the Metal Clips ...

Page 21: ...Memory Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins Lock The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 5 0Volt Ex tended Data Output EDO DRAM You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 PIN DRAM DIMM Notch Key Definitions Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right t...

Page 22: ...ridge may over heat and cause damage to both the SEC cartridge and the motherboard You should check to see that you have the following 9 items NOTE The pictures in the following pages will have the same item numbers next to them for your refer ence The design and color of your items may be slightly different Attach Mount Bridges Items 1 2 Factory Installed 1 2 Pentium II Retention Mechanism Item 3...

Page 23: ...se Pin 5 6 Pentium II processor SEC slot View of the KN97 X Motherboard from the Manufacturer Support Base 7 Installing the Pentium II Processor 1 Mount the Pentium II Retention Mechanism Place the Retention Mecha nism over the SEC Slot with the Retainer s LockHoles toward the motherboard s memory slots and screw the Captive Nuts using a Phillips or flat head screw driver WARNING Excessive torque ...

Page 24: ...howing between the thermal pad of the heat sink and the SEC cartridge WARNING If the heatsink is not mounted tightly against the SEC cartridge the CPU will overheat SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Side SEC Cartridge with Heatsink Top Push each end of the Clamps until they lock The Thermal Pad SEC cartridge should not have a gap Lock Lock 8 9 Push Clamp Push Clamp 8 9 3 Insert the SEC Cartridge Push th...

Page 25: ...ar here when the SEC cartridge is properly seated in the slot and locked 3 5 SecuretheHeatsink SlidetheHeatsinkSupportTopBarintothebottomGroove of the Heatsink until it locks into the heatsink support Base Posts SEC Cartridge installed and Heatsink Support Top Bar being inserted Heatsink Support Top Bar 4 Heatsink Support Base Post 7 6 Set Jumpers Refer to jumper settings for CPU to BUS Frequency ...

Page 26: ... in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original ISA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA cards requires that you configure th...

Page 27: ...e PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both Legacy and PNP may also need to...

Page 28: ...d Connector 6 pin Female This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standardAT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not de tected expansion cards can use ...

Page 29: ... serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female with optional onboard Audio Line Out can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com pute...

Page 30: ...orts 1 2 Two 4 pin Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Univeral Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 8 Floppy drive connector 34 pin block This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when usi...

Page 31: ...U and or motherboard will overheat if there is no air flow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins R 12Volt Chassis CPU Power Supply Fan Power Chassis Fan Power CPU Fan Power Power Supply Fan GND Rotation 12V 10 Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS This l...

Page 32: ...in 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on 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 BIOS Features ...

Page 33: ...spend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 15 ATX Power Switch PANEL The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system ON The system power LED lights when the system s power is on 16 Reset Switch Lead PANEL This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounte...

Page 34: ... NC GND Back View Infrared Module Connector For the infrared feature to be available you must connect an optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard IRRX 5V IRTX GND NC 20 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and p...

Page 35: ... 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 ap pear 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 settings and connec...

Page 36: ...g bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility below Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after Flash type then this ROM chip is not progr...

Page 37: ...rameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the ...

Page 38: ...the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete name of the file including the file name extension and then press the Enter key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Jus...

Page 39: ... motherboard or reconfiguring your system or if you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press t...

Page 40: ...e However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens The above screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control k...

Page 41: ... VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card please refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup you can Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications Enter the specifications yourself manually by using t...

Page 42: ...ith FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5 in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then...

Page 43: ...ch function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate ...

Page 44: ...e the system looks first for an operating system Options are A CDROM C CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one time Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy drives by allow...

Page 45: ...RAM Relo cating to RAM enhances system performance as information access is faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF to DC000 DFFFF 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...

Page 46: ...ault setting of RAS Only as this is the current standard CPU to PCI IDE Posting Enabled Leave on default setting of Enabled so that the CPU to PCI IDE posting cycles are treated as normal I O write transactions USWC Write Posting Enabled Leave on default setting of Enabled to allow USWC write posting during I O bridge access CPU to PCI Write Post Enabled The default setting of Enabled will increas...

Page 47: ...pace to ISA expan sion cards that specifically require this setting This makes the memory from 15MB and up unavailable to the system Expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB The default is Disabled DRAM and ECC If all your DRAM modules have parity chips e g 8 chips 4 parity chips they are considered 36bits This motherboard sums the memory per bank and therefore two modules will give 72bit...

Page 48: ...speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the Parallel Port Mode Select eit...

Page 49: ...pt that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C D...

Page 50: ...tem automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives ...

Page 51: ...ions are manual settings of 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the ...

Page 52: ...d you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA M...

Page 53: ... Enter key to confirm Press the N key and then the Enter key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup De...

Page 54: ...eens Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor MB Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Motherboard temperatures These values refresh upon key entries Set to Ignore only if necessary Voltage Monitor VCORE 3 3V 5V 12V 12V 5V xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the vo...

Page 55: ...ase sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press the Enter key The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement the password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the p...

Page 56: ...d PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen ...

Page 57: ...drive do not accept them Press the N key to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save and Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the Enter key Exit Witho...

Page 58: ...g of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI...

Page 59: ...vailable for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC w...

Page 60: ...ess ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS V DMI Using DMI Utility ...

Page 61: ...erformance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system con figuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Win dows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Win dows software The ASUS PCI SC200 i...

Page 62: ...ou can connect SCSI devices installed in your system case to the internal connector on the card You also have the additional option of connecting external SCSI devices to the external SCSI 2 connector on the card If you get the ASUS PCI SC200 later on as an option you will need to install it yourself The setup procedure is explained here Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 There are two jumper settings ...

Page 63: ...he ASUS PCI SC200 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain The SCSI chain must be terminated at both ends or the devices in the chain will not work properly Many SCSI devices use a set of terminating resistors to term...

Page 64: ...ination Required End Device SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 Termination Required End Device No Termination Required JP5 Short SCSI ID Numbers All SCSI devices including theASUS PCI SC200 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 has a fixed SCSI ID of 7...

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