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TX97-XE

Pentium

ATX Motherboard

USER'S MANUAL

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Page 1: ...R TX97 XE Pentium ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...ures 21 3 Central Processing Unit CPU 22 4 Expansion Cards 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 5 External Connectors 25 Power Connection Procedures 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 34 Support Software 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility 34 Main Menu 34 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS...

Page 5: ...e ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 56 System Requirements 56 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 57 16 bit Audio 59 ASUS Audio CD 61 ASUS Audio Driver CD Contents 61 Audio Drivers Installation 61 Win95 Audio Drivers 62 Win3 x Audio Drivers 63 Configuration Manager 63 Creative PnP Configuration Manager CTCM 63 Audio Software 65 Environment Variables 69 SOUND Environment variable 69 BLASTER Envir...

Page 6: ...rticular 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 interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outl...

Page 7: ...ion on the included support software Audio Installation Audio driver installation with onboard audio only Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable for master and slave drives 1 Floppy ribbon cable for 1 5 25inch floppy and 2 3 5inch floppies 1 Bag of spare jumpers 1 Support ...

Page 8: ...it PCI slots Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI ...

Page 9: ... OSPM functionality With these features imple mented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock everyday yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as in the next release of Windows 95 must be used PC 97 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS TX97 series of motherboards meet PC 97 compliancy The new PC 97 requirements f...

Page 10: ...on stage is completed upon boot up CPU Slow Down When CPU fans or system fans are malfunctioning the system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the speed upon detection of system overheat This will prevent CPU damage from system overheat The CPU utilization will restore normal operations when tem perature falls below a safe level Auto Fan Off The system fans will powe...

Page 11: ...ipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots 4 ISA Slots 2 DIMM Sockets 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 LM78 Hardware Monitor optional CPU Thermal Sensor optional Creative Labs Audio optional 4 SIMM Sockets ...

Page 12: ...y CD audio in Creative Modem Blaster Connector SIMM Socket 1 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 2 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 3 32 bit 72 pin module SIMM Socket 4 32 bit 72 pin module 3 2 3 2 1 0 1 0 Row PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard T USB 1 B USB 2 USB DIMM Socket 2 64 bit 168 pin module DIMM Socket 1 64 bit 168 pin module 3 2 1 0 Row Creative Labs Audio VID0 VID1 VID2 CPU Voltage VID3 Wake on LAN R...

Page 13: ...y Drive Connector 34 pin Block 6 AUDIO optional p 27 Audio Port Line Out Line In Mic Three 1 8 Female 7 GAME optional p 27 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female 8 USB p 27 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 Primary Second IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 10 IDELED p 28 IDE LEDActivity Light 11 FANPWR1 2 3 p 29 1Chassis 2CPU 3PowerSupplyFanPowerLead 3 pinBlock 1...

Page 14: ... to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jump ers 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 place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins ...

Page 15: ...wer 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 enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user information after removing and reapplying this jumper RTC RAM RTCLR Operation 1 2 Default Clear Data 2 3 momentarily R RTC RAM Operation Clear Data Operation Default RTCLR C...

Page 16: ...rnalfrequency the advertisedCPUspeed 5 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio BF0 BF1 BF2 These jumpers set the frequency ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External BUS Frequency Selection CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 2 5x 5 2 2 5x 5 2 1 0x 1 1 2 0x 2 1 2 0x 2 1 2 0x ...

Page 17: ...tium 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR233 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR200 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD K6 PR166 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 PR133 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR120 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR100 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR90 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD ...

Page 18: ...se CPU designs change rapidly the following chart is only intended as a simple quideline and is not intended to be true for your CPU Look for the CPU voltage included with your CPU and follow the Voltage setting diagramed below the chart Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2 VID1 VID0 Intel AMD IBM Cyrix P54C CS K5 M1 3 5V VRE 2 3 1 2 AMD IBM Cyrix K6 166 200 MX 2 9V Dual 2 3 2 3...

Page 19: ...row on the motherboard IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configuration inBIOSChipsetSetup oftheBIOSSOFTWARE If both 60ns and 70ns memory are used set Auto Configuration to 70ns Do not use memory modules with more than 24 chips per module Modules with more than 24 chips exceed the design specifications of the memory subsystem and will be unstable Memory Socket SIMM Memory Module...

Page 20: ...ng 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 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 support clips should snap on the other side 5 To...

Page 21: ...kets 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins Lock R The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory module must be a 3 3Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM for this motherboard You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buffered Reserved 3 3V 5 0V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left...

Page 22: ... upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for t...

Page 23: ...y 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 t...

Page 24: ...IOS 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 ISAcards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memor...

Page 25: ... 1 PS 2 Keyboard 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...

Page 26: ...o 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 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY 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 i...

Page 27: ...ayed through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard Audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 2 Two 4 pi...

Page 28: ...E Pin 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 Featur...

Page 29: ...ill overheat if there is no airflow 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 Orientate the fins so that air flow runs across motherboard s regulators Air Flow Air Flow 12Volt Cooling Fan Power Chassis Fan Power CPU Fan Power Power Supply Fan GND Rotat...

Page 30: ... definitions Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View Infrared Module Connector IRRX 5V IRTX FIRRX GND For the infrared feature to be available you must connect an optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard R 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hol...

Page 31: ...igitally using case mounted momentary buttons Audio Control VOLCTL Volume Up 1 2 momentary Volume Down 4 5 momentary R Onboard Digital Audio Control Ground Volume Up Ground Ground Volume Down 1 2 3 VOLCTL 5 4 16 Wake on LAN 3 pin WOL This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output When the system is in soft off mode LAN activity will power on the system R Wake On LAN Connector ...

Page 32: ...u want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 19 ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds ...

Page 33: ...r LED may light up after the system s if it complies with green stan dards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or c...

Page 34: ...are provided as examples only and may not reflect the screen contents displayed on your system Flash Memory Writer Utility Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to save a copy of the original motherboard BIOSincaseyouneedtoreinstall it Itisrecommendedthatyousave AFLASH EXEandtheBIOSfile to a bootable floppy disk IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory...

Page 35: ...from a new BIOS file See the next page for proce dures on downloading an updated BIOS file The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM When the program ming is finished Flashed Suc cessfully will be displayed To update your current BIOS type 2 at the Main Menu and then press Enter The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears Type the filename of your n...

Page 36: ... or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service seeASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Enter See 2 Update BIOS In cluding Boot Block and ESCD on the previous page for more details and the rest of the steps WARNING If you en...

Page 37: ...ou are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or 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 Te...

Page 38: ...he 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 preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their ...

Page 39: ...rboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card 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...

Page 40: ...ible with 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 an...

Page 41: ... Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental 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 your system This set...

Page 42: ...f one sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting is System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for t...

Page 43: ...educes the memory available between 640KB and 1024KB by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system...

Page 44: ...ult or check with your vendor for DIMM specs SDRAM Speculative Read Disabled If Enabled the CPU will issue predict commands to access the DRAM if a miss occurs the CPU will cancel this command Some operating systems under certain situations have a problem utilizing this feature so it is normally Disabled Passive Release Enabled This is a mechanism that allows concurrency of ISA EISA cycles and CPU...

Page 45: ...ter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled by the onboard chipset Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This fi...

Page 46: ...the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA capable IDE de vices The BIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE devices so that Auto or high settings will not cause problems for older IDE devices Choose Disable if you do no...

Page 47: ...ures Min Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity 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 DOS POWER E...

Page 48: ... from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable This field shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 ...

Page 49: ...set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor can detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan Speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The o...

Page 50: ...w IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the d...

Page 51: ...M Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and 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 t...

Page 52: ...reen Press Y and then Enter to confirm Press N and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults The 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 53: ...e that the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press Enter The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will pro...

Page 54: ...e En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard 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 controlle...

Page 55: ... the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press N to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and ...

Page 56: ...ing 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 D...

Page 57: ...ot available 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 E...

Page 58: ... to cancel save you may press 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 BIO...

Page 59: ...R 16 bit Audio USER S MANUAL Drivers Installation ...

Page 60: ...nies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe Sound Blaster SB AWE32 and SB16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation IBM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines The product name and revision number are both printed on the board itsel...

Page 61: ...nfiguration Manager CTCM You must close all applications before installating the audio drivers The following is a list of the main directories used in this audio section ASUS Audio Driver CD Contents AUDIO CTCM Creative PnP Configuration Manager for DOS Win3 x Run INSTALL EXE from DOS before Win3 x AUDIO DISKS Individual installation disks for above drivers Copy to 1 44MB 3 5 floppy disks if neces...

Page 62: ...ouble click on the Audio folder 5 Double click on the Win95 folder 6 Double click on the Setup exe icon 7 Carefully follow the installation wizard displayed and click the Next buttons to continue through the installation process 8 When installation is completed you can run the audio utilities through the start menu as shown below Win95 Audio Drivers Win95 Audio Drivers Drivers Installation ...

Page 63: ...dio Software Press a key to continue Pressing a key will send you back to the DOS prompt Run the Configuration Manager install under DOS prompt by running INSTALL from the AUDIO CTCM directory The first screen shows The following path will be used for installing Configuration Manager programs Proceed using the settings shown Configuration Manager Path C CTCM Microsoft Windows 3 1 Path C WINDOWS Sy...

Page 64: ...F2 for README or F3 to exit The following lines will be added to your system files C AUTOEXEC BAT file SET CTCM C CTCM C CTCM CTCU S W C WINDOWS C CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C CTCM CTCM EXE Press ENTER to continue F1 for help or F3 to exit A message will appear on the next screen Software installation completed The following files were modified and its original saved with B K extension C CONFIG SYS C ...

Page 65: ... ENTER You may choose Full Installation to install all components or Custom Installa tion to toggle DOS 1 Audio Samples 2 Readme and Common Q A Files and WINDOWS 1 WaveEditor 2 QuickCD You can select Custom Installation if you are curious about its options and then go back to the previous screen by pressing ESC Pressing ENTER at the above screen will show the installation paths You may change the ...

Page 66: ...UTOEXEC BAT SET BLASTER A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET SOUND C VIBRA16 SET MIDI SYNTH 1 MAP E C VIBRA16 DIAGNOSE S W C WINDOWS C VIBRA16 MIXERSET P Q C CONFIG SYS FILES 40 If less than 40 or does not exist If you wish to use the Play and Record utility located in VIBRA16 directory in DOS mode you must also add the following two lines through Custom Installation DEVICE C VIBRA16 DRV VIBRA16 SYS UNIT 0 B...

Page 67: ...already exist in your Windows directory If so simply press ENTER to Backup the original files as shown here The following files will then be saved with a B K extension in case you need to reference your original system file settings C CONFIG SYS C AUTOEXEC BAT C WINDOWS WIN INI C WINDOWS SYSTEM INI C WINDOWS CONTROL INI ...

Page 68: ...ally reboot your system After your system is rebooted enter Windows to see that the Audio Software is correctly installed You should here a musical chime as you enter Windows 3 1x and see the following on your screen After this message above your installation for Windows 3 1x is complete From here on you may refer to Section II or Section III for Audio Software usage Win3 x Audio Drivers Win3 x Au...

Page 69: ...ee the following line for the setting of the SOUND environment variable SOUND path BLASTER Environment Variable The BLASTER environment variable specifies the base I O address interrupt num ber and DMA channel hardware configuration of the audio hardware You can type SET at the DOS prompt and see the following line for the setting of the BLASTER environment variable BLASTER A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 W...

Page 70: ...Specifies General MIDI file format E Specifies Extended MIDI file format default B Specifies Basic MIDI file format Maximum Recording Rates for the Audio Hardware The sampling rate used for recording is largely influenced by your computer s main processor To obtain 16 bit digital audio using Windows the following maximum recording rates are suggested SYSTEM RECORDING RATE 386 and above Stereo 44KH...

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