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TUV4X

JumperFree™ PC133/VC133

133MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X

Socket 370 Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Summary of Contents for TUV4X

Page 1: ... TUV4X JumperFree PC133 VC133 133MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket 370 Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...4 3 2 Layout Contents 15 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory 23 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 23 3 5 2 Memory Installation 24 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 25 3 6 1 CPU Installation 26 3 7 Expansion Cards 27 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 27 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 28 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot 29 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser...

Page 5: ...4 3 2 Keyboard Features 56 4 4 Advanced Menu 58 4 4 1 Chip Configuration 62 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration 65 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 67 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration 70 4 5 Power Menu 71 4 5 1 Power Up Control 73 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 75 4 6 Boot Menu 76 4 7 Exit Menu 78 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 81 5 1 Operating Systems 81 5 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 81 5 2 TUV4X Motherboard Support CD 81 5 2 ...

Page 6: ...ermined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference 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 techn...

Page 7: ...he included software 7 APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer 1 INTRODUCTION 1 INTRODUCTION Manual Checklist Package Contents 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for two 3 5 floppy disk drive...

Page 8: ...l PC133 100 compliant or NEC s VC133 compliant Virtual Channel VC SDRAMs the new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service high multimedia requirements JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of frequency and Vcore voltage through BIOS setup when the JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches come with the motherboard ...

Page 9: ... Flash EEPROM that offers enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 ME 2000 compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for a virtual automatic setup Integrated Infrared IrDA Support Supports an optional infrared port module for wireless interface Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS that allows hardware to communicate within a standard protoco...

Page 10: ...onboard IDE bus master controller doubles the UltraDMA 33 burst transfer rate to 66 6MB s UltraDMA 100 is backward compatible with DMA 66 DMA 33 and other existing DMA devices to save the need to upgrade current EIDE IDE drives UltraDMA 100 66 requires a 40 pin 80 conductor cable Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses to the memory and processor VCM SDRA...

Page 11: ...be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers anywhere System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 2000 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor warns the user before th...

Page 12: ...nectors 7 1 Parallel Port Top 22 2 Serial Ports COM1 COM2 Bottom 22 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 24 USB Connectors Port 2 Port 3 10 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 25 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 25 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring integrated in ASUS ASIC 11 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors Onboard Audio on audio models only Audio Chipset 17 1 Game MIDI Connector Top 20 1 Line...

Page 13: ...ASUS TUV4X User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 1 Component Locations 7 18 22 20 25 24 2 19 3 4 5 6 9 11 12 15 16 17 13 14 10 1 8 21 23 ...

Page 14: ...MM Socket 3 64 72 bit 168 pin module 4 5 CPU_FAN IR Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro VIA VT82C694T Chipset Flash EEPROM Programable BIOS CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PCI 4 PCI 3 PCI 5 GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In WOR AUX MODEM CD1 LED JEN VIO PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB1 USB2 COM1 PARALLEL PORT COM2 DIP_SW DIMM Socket 4 64 72 bit 168 pin module 6 7 AFPANEL C Media CMI 8738 MIC2 USB_PWR...

Page 15: ...n female 7 AUDIO p 33 Audio Connectors three 1 8 jacks 8 IDELED p 34 IDE Activity LED 2 pin 9 FLOPPY p 34 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 1 pin 10 PRIMARY IDE p 35 IDE Connectors two 40 1 pin SECONDARY IDE 11 WOL_CON p 36 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin 12 WOR p 36 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin 13 CPU PWR CHA_FAN p 37 Chassis and CPU Fan Connectors three3 pin 14 CHASSIS p 38 Chassis Intrusion Lead ...

Page 16: ...ollow these precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug the computer when working on the internal components 2 Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or to a metal object suchasthepowersupplycase beforehandlingcomputercomponents 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component placethe componentsonagro...

Page 17: ...the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN Enable JumperFree 2 3 default Disable Jumper 1 2 NOTE In JumperFree mode set all DIP switches DIP_SW to OFF TUV4X DIP Switches ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OFF ON Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Multiple Frequency Selection Frequency Selecti...

Page 18: ...mmended CPU bus frequencies are not guaranteed to be stable Overclocking the processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed TUV4X CPU External Frequency Selection 83MHz 42MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 66MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 68MHz 34MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 75MHz 37MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 80MHz 40MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI CPU PCI 100MHz 33MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 CPU PCI 103MHz 34MHz...

Page 19: ...ncy These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency TUV4X CPU Frequency Multiple Selection 2 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 3 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 4 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 5 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 6 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 8 0x ON 1...

Page 20: ...133MHz OFF OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON Pentium III 800MHz 8 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON OFF OFF Pentium III 750MHz 7 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF ON OFF Pentium III 700MHz 7 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON OFF ON OFF Pentium III 650MHz 6 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF ON ON OFF Pentium III 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON ON ON ON OFF Pentium III 550MHz 5 5x 100MHz OFF OFF OFF ON OFF OFF OFF ON Pen...

Page 21: ...g for better system stability 5 Clear RTC RAM These two solder points allow you to clear the Real Time Clock RTC RAM in CMOS You can clear the CMOS memory of date time and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data The RAM data in CMOS that include system setup information such as system passwords is powered by the onboard button cell battery ToerasetheRTCRAM 1 unplugthecomputer 2 sh...

Page 22: ...ing for both USBPWR0 and USBPWR1 is DISABLE NOTES 1 Before setting either of these jumpers to ENABLE make sure that you have the appropriate power supply otherwise the computer does not power up 2 If you would like to enable the USB wake up feature choose ENABLE for both USBPWR0 and USBPWR1 settings 3 The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whether under normal ...

Page 23: ...nation as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 4 Rows 6 7 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1 5GB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard For the system...

Page 24: ...hebreaks themoduleonlyfitsinonedirection SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and have a higher pin density than DRAM SIMMs The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see the figure below The notches on the DIMM shifts between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted i...

Page 25: ...socket so as not to damage the CPU pins The CPU picture above is for reference only Usually when you buy a CPU the heatsink and fan are already attached to the CPU If a heatsink and fan did not come with the package make sure you obtain one before installing the CPU Proceed to the next section for the steps on how to properly install a CPU CAUTION Becarefulnottoscrapethemotherboardwhenmounting unm...

Page 26: ...endor Refer to the installation instructions that came with the heatsink and fan CAUTION The CPU fits only in one orientation Do not force the CPU into the socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU If the CPU does not fit completely check its orientation or check for bent pins NOTE Do not forget to set the correct Bus Frequency and Multiple frequency multiple setting is available onl...

Page 27: ... it 2 Remove the system unit cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the screw for later use 3 Align the card connectors with the slot and press firmly until the card fits in place 4 Secure the card to the slot with the screw you removed earlier 5 Replace the system cover 6 Change the necessary BIOS settings if any see section 4 4 3 PCI Configuration to change the settings 7...

Page 28: ...your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System Timer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI St...

Page 29: ...ver the 20 pin bay DO NOT remove this label and the safety tab underneath it if you will be using an AGP card without a retention notch Doing so may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to the card slot and motherboard Remove the label and tab ONLY when you are using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip such as a pen tip to dislodge and remove the tab from the bay Removing the tab TUV4X Acceler...

Page 30: ...herboard package does not include the AMR card IMPORTANT The AMR slot shares the same expansion slot with PCI Slot 6 Because of space limitation the AMR slot can support only specially designed AMR cards The components of a standardAMR card and its bracket face toward the edge of the motherboard while those of a specially designedAMR card face the expansion slots Expansion Cards 3 H W SETUP TUV4X ...

Page 31: ...y 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 second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system automatically directs IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If no mouse is detected IRQ12 become available to expansion cards ...

Page 32: ...devices or other serial devices To enable these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 Onboard Serial Port 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for the settings 4 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Universal Serial Bus U...

Page 33: ... files 7 Audio Connectors Three 1 8 AUDIO optional The Line Out lime connects a headphone or speakers The Line In light blue connects a tape players or other audio sources The Mic pink connects a microphone Joystick Midi 15 pin Female Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors NOTE The functions of the audio connectors Line Out and Line In change when the 4 channel audio feature is enabled r...

Page 34: ...rive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting 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 orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged TUV4X TUV4X IDE Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pi...

Page 35: ...ector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable NOTES 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered ho...

Page 36: ...ng 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 external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that the Power Up On External Modem Act parameter is enabled see 4 5 1 Power Up Control a...

Page 37: ...the black should be ground Connect the fan plug to the board taking into consideration the polarity of the connector NOTE Use the Rotation signalonlywith aspeciallydesignedfanwitha rotation signal The Rotations Per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Dam...

Page 38: ...e such as LDCM When not using the chassis intrusion lead place a jumper cap over the pins to close the circuit 8 SMBus Connector 6 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multip...

Page 39: ...2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard SIR connector according to the pin definitions 10 USB Header 10 1 pin USBPORT If the USB port connectors on the back panel are inadequate one USB header is available for two additional USB port connectors Connect the USB header to a 2 port USB connector set and mount the bracket to an op...

Page 40: ... system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support the ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB 12 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin block JTPWR The power supply thermal monitoring cable connects to this 2 pin connector Make sure to connect the cable to use the thermal monitoring feature of the motherboa...

Page 41: ...Panel you can connect an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module to the SIR connector 14 Internal Microphone Connector 3 pin MIC2 optional This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted microphone to the motherboard instead of connecting an external microphone to theATX connector NOTE The internal microphone does not work if there is an external microphone connected to...

Page 42: ...The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector It also allows the sharing of mono_in such as a phone and a mono_out such as a speaker between the audio and a voice modem card TUV4X Internal Audio Connectors MODEM CD1 Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Modem Out from Modem Ground Modem In to Modem Right Audio Channel Left ...

Page 43: ...ctor 2 pin SMI This 2 pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components Attach the case mounted suspend switch this 2 pin connector 20 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Connector 2 pin PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch attache...

Page 44: ... the tests are running the BIOS beeps or additional messages appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Check the jumper settings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Award BIOS Beep Codes Beep Meaning One short beep when No error during POST displaying logo Long beeps in an endles...

Page 45: ...r BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the boot disk you created NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It does not work in the DOS prompt within Windows and does not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded whe...

Page 46: ...BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press Enter The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press Enter ...

Page 47: ...ter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press Enter NOTE To cancel this operation press Enter 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Updating BIOS WARNING Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard an...

Page 48: ...ming is done Flashed Successfully appears 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a ...

Page 49: ...tart 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 Delete or...

Page 50: ...n is 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 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 keypad arrow Selec...

Page 51: ... right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu contains additional options for a field parameter To display a sub menu move the highlight to the field and press Enter The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within a sub menu as you w...

Page 52: ...ar Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required t...

Page 53: ...tically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails this may be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new Try updating the BIOS or manually entering the IDE hard disk drive parameters NOTE After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This ...

Page 54: ...mber of cylinders heads and sectors per track for the drive Refer to the drive documentation or on the drive label for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive disregarding cylinders heads ...

Page 55: ...s automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive You may also manually configure this field Refer to the documentation that came with the hard drive to determine the optimum value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors Maxi...

Page 56: ...displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured Keyboard Features 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 options 6 Sec 8 ...

Page 57: ...dialogboxasaboveappears Press Enter The password is set to Disabled A Note about Passwords TheBIOSSetupprogramallowsyoutospecifypasswordsintheMainmenu Thepasswords controlaccesstotheBIOSduringsystemstartup Passwordsarenotcasesensitive meaning it makes no difference whether you the password using uppercase or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a S...

Page 58: ...7 0x 7 5x 8 0x System PCI Frequency MHz when CPU Speed is set to Manual This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed Advanced Menu CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to select the internal frequency of your CPU Av...

Page 59: ... Pentium III processor to help verify the identity of the user across the Internet Set this field to Enabled when you need increased security for doing business online or e commerce Otherwise leave it to its default setting Disabled for greater anonymity when surfing the Internet NOTE This field is available only when a Pentium III processor is installed in the system BIOS Update Enabled This fiel...

Page 60: ... with locked frequency multiplier USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device at startup If detected the USB controller is enabled If not detected the USB controller is disabled When you set this field to Disabled the USB controller is disabled whether you are using a USB device or not Configuration...

Page 61: ...restart The system starts up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 66MHz and enters the BIOS Setup JumperFree Mode For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed Cause for Hangup Improper System SDRAM Frequency Cause for Hangup Improper CPU System Frequency Multiple For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only ...

Page 62: ...ser Define 7ns 143MHz 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field appears only when you set the SDRAM Configuration to User Defined SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field appears only when you set the S...

Page 63: ...Configuration options Enabled Disabled PCI to DRAM Prefetch Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Byte Merge Disabled To optimize the data transfer on PCI this feature combines a sequence of individual memory writes bytes or words into a single 32 bit block of data However byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range Configuration o...

Page 64: ...therwise the system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both This field allows you to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel or both You can also set both channels to Disabled Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled Onboard PCI Audio Enable Enabled This field allows you enable or disable the onboard audio controller Configuration ...

Page 65: ...UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If the system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature See Standard Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 Connectors Config...

Page 66: ...ct 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 Controller Auto The setting Auto allows BIOS to detect whether you installed a modem or a...

Page 67: ...ed corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave this field to the default setting 32 for best performance and stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the BIOS to detect whether you have a SYMBIOS SCSI card If such card is detected the SCSI BIOS is enabled Otherwise t...

Page 68: ...on options PCI Card AGP Card IRQ XX Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The setting No ICU for an IRQ field indicates that you are using the ISA Configuration Utility ICU and that this particular IRQ is NOT required by a legacy ISA card Set the IRQ field to Yes if you install a legacy ISAcard that requi...

Page 69: ...legacy non PnP ISA card The setting No ICU for a DMA channel indicates that you are using the ISA Configuration Utility ICU and that this particular DMA channel is NOT required by a legacy ISA card Set the DMA field to Yes if you install a legacy ISA card that requires a DMA channel and you are NOT using ICU Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI DMA Resource Exclusion PCI UMB Resource Exclusion ...

Page 70: ...you are using ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting No ICU Configuration options No ICU C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled When enabled this field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocating the video BIOS to RAM enhances system performance because information access is faster than in ROM Configuration optio...

Page 71: ...the power management modes Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactivity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactivity period is longer Disabled deactivates the power saving features User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max ...

Page 72: ...ter a period of inactivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Disabled This field lets you enable or disable the Suspend to RAM STR feature allowing the system to go into suspend mode after the time specified in the Suspend Mode parameter The STR feature does not work if you ins...

Page 73: ...call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or P...

Page 74: ...rovides at least 1A ampere on the 5VSB lead The default setting is Disabled because not all computers have the appropriate power supply A computer without the correct power supply will not power up if you set this field Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may configure your system to power up at a cer...

Page 75: ...xxRPM Chassis Fan Speed N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the speeds of the CPU fan power supply fan and chassis fan measured in rotations per minute RPM VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range the foll...

Page 76: ...vableDevices 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 ...

Page 77: ...lect Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration options No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to...

Page 78: ... turned off When you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter saves the changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the ...

Page 79: ...ving the values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears 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 make...

Page 80: ...ASUS TUV4X User s Manual 80 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP NOTES ...

Page 81: ...ws for the first time after the installation of the motherboard Windows 98 detects the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to install a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures on the screen 5 2 TUV4X Motherboard Support CD To begin using the support CD insert it into the CD ROM drive The support installation menu shou...

Page 82: ...CMAdministrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the network within the same bridge address with the Client software installed The administrator should install both Administrator and Client software Intel LDCM Client Setup Installs software to monitor the Client system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed to use the hardware manager features ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM...

Page 83: ... in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites Cyberlink Video andAudioApplications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE and VideoLive Mail ASUS Screen Saver Installs the ASUS Screen Saver application Show Mainboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and ...

Page 84: ...84 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS TUV4X User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Applications NOTES ...

Page 85: ...l external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then ASUS Utility and then click Prob...

Page 86: ...nitor Shows the PC 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 fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Page 87: ...nformation Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Control Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined threshold CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overhea...

Page 88: ...n pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and internal 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 memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Page 89: ... the PC Probe icon brings up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all system 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 ASUS PC Probe monitor appears 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 90: ...ASUS TUV4X User s Manual 90 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe NOTES ...

Page 91: ...sing Unit CPU 25 Core Bus Frequency Multiple 19 External Frequency 18 Installation 26 Level 1 Level 2 Cache 59 Manual Frequency Settings 20 Serial Number 59 Speed 58 Upgrade Reinstallation 60 ZIF Socket 25 Chassis Intrusion 38 Chip Configuration 62 Connectors ATX Power Supply 41 Audio 33 Chassis Fan 37 CPU Fan 37 External 31 Floppy Disk Drive 34 41 42 Game MIDI 33 IDE 35 Infrared Module 39 Interna...

Page 92: ...ves HDDs Infrared Module Connector 39 Interrupt Request IRQ Standard Assignments 28 J JumperFree Mode Notes for 60 JumperFree Mode 17 K Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 56 Auto Repeat Rate 56 Connector 31 Features 56 L Legacy Diskette 52 M Memory Hole 64 Motherboard Components 12 13 IRQ Table 28 Layout 14 Settings 16 Specifications 8 Support CD 81 Mouse Connector 31 Multi Sector Transfers 55 O Operating...

Page 93: ...T Monitoring 55 SMBus Connector 38 39 Support CD 81 Applications 82 Installation Menu 81 Suspend Mode 72 System Chipset 8 System Date 52 System Frequency Multiple 58 System Hangup 61 System Memory Byte Merge 63 DIMMs 23 Installation 24 SDRAM 23 System Start Up 44 System Time 52 System PCI Frequency 58 T Thermal Sensor Connector 38 43 U UART2 65 Ultra DMA Mode 55 Universal Serial Bus USB 32 Headers...

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