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A7V-E

JumperFree™ PC133/VC133

200MHz FSB AGP 4X

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

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Page 1: ... A7V E JumperFree PC133 VC133 200MHz FSB AGP 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Page 2: ...ing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe VIA and KT133 are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc AMD Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acr...

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Page 4: ...ure 16 3 4 Motherboard Settings 16 3 5 System Memory DIMM 20 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 20 3 5 2 Memory Installation 21 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 23 3 7 Expansion Cards 24 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 25 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP 26 3 8 External Connectors 27 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4 BIOS SETUP 41 4 1 Managing and ...

Page 5: ...er Menu 67 4 5 1 Power Up Control 69 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 70 4 6 Boot Menu 71 4 7 Exit Menu 73 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 75 5 1 Install Operating System 75 5 2 Start Windows 75 5 3 A7V E Series Motherboard Support CD 76 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 79 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 79 6 3 CyberLink PowerDVD 84 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 85 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 86 7 APPENDIX 89 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card 89 7 2...

Page 6: ... determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV ...

Page 7: ...ems 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 devices 1 ATA 33 IDE ribbon cable 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASU...

Page 8: ... 256 or 512MB or NEC sVC133 compliantVirtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically im proves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements Stepless Frequency Selection Allows CPU external FSB frequency settings to be raised or lowered in MHz increments JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking ...

Page 9: ...s and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhancedACPI forWindows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart...

Page 10: ...tem components and 32 bit device drivers and installation proceduresforWindows95 98 NT Color codedconnectorsanddescriptiveicons make identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Optional Components Realtek RTL8139C Ethernet optional single chip fast ethernet controller for 100 10 Mbps capacity and...

Page 11: ...the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users ca...

Page 12: ...DE Connectors UltraDMA 66 Support 5 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 21 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 20 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 22 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 Bottom 23 USB Headers Port 2 Port 3 11 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 24 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 24 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 17 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 19 1 Line Out Connector on audio...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7V E User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 1 2 3 4 5 9 10 11 12 13 17 19 20 21 22 23 24 6 7 8 16 18 14 15 DSFID 5 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Page 14: ...le BIOS CHASS_FAN IDELED PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T Port0 B Port1 JEN CHASSIS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 COM1 COM2 PARALLEL PORT GAME_AUDIO Mic In Line Out Line In VIA VT8363 AGP4X PC133 Memory Controller CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power USB2 WOLCON PLED IR Socket A PS_FAN DSFID PCI Slot 6 FLOPPY SECONDARY IDE PRIMARY IDE ATX Power Connector DIP Switches CPU_FAN HPHONE CLOCK TABLE DIP Switches Real...

Page 15: ...e 1 8 female optional 8 RJ45 p 29 Fast Ethernet Port Connector optional 9 PRIMARY IDE p 30 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE 10 FLOPPY p 30 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pins 11 CHASS p 31 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 12 IR p 31 Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 13 WOL_CON p 32 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 14 WOR p 32 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 15 CPU_ PS_ CHASS_FAN p 33 Chassi...

Page 16: ...utions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place com...

Page 17: ...cy Multiple 2 Frequency Multiple 3 Frequency Multiple 4 Frequency Multiple 5 Frequency Multiple DSFID 0 1 0 1 A7V E 1 Jumper Setting JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode In this version he JumperFree mode allows CPU external frequency settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu If Jumper Mode is selected and the switches are used then DSFID switc...

Page 18: ...ting enabling BIOS control is 100 MHz Motherboard Settings 3 H W SETUP External Frequency Table CPU PCI Frequency Selection Switches MHz MHz 1 2 3 4 5 100 00 33 57 ON ON ON OFF ON 103 00 34 33 ON OFF ON OFF ON 105 00 35 00 ON ON OFF OFF ON 110 00 36 67 ON ON OFF ON OFF NOTE For updated processor settings visit theASUS web site see ASUS CON TACT INFORMATION A7V E CPU External Frequency Selection CP...

Page 19: ...tings 2 To use this feature JEN must be set to Jumper Mode 1 2 See section 1 3 CPU External Frequencies may also be adjusted in JumperFree Mode using BIOS software For more up to date processor settings visit the ASUS web site www asus com A7V E CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple 0 1 0 1 A7V E 5 0x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x 8 5x 10 5x 12 5x 10 0x 12 0x 9 5x 9 0x 11 5x 11 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 ON 1 2 3 ...

Page 20: ...ust be compatible with current PC133 SDRAM specifica tion DO NOT attempt to mix PC133 SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1024MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not sup...

Page 21: ...n contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7V E 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 A7V E The DIMMs must be 3 3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position Unbuffered RFU Buff...

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Page 23: ...ever must be fully opened 90 to 100 degrees when installing or removing the CPU Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The notched corner should be oriented toward the blank space on the socket nearest the lever The CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners and will only fit in the orientation as shown Ensure that the CPU is exactly parallel to the socket base so the pins make good con...

Page 24: ...nsion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use 3 Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly 4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above 5 Replace the computer system s cover 6 Set ...

Page 25: ... 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 Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Seco...

Page 26: ...lerated Graphics Port AGP slot to support AGP graphics cards such as an ASUS AGP V7700 GeForce2 GTS graphics card CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot A7V E Accelerated Graphics Port AGP AGP Card without Retention Notch 0 1 0 1 A7V E ...

Page 27: ...oppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Func...

Page 28: ...n Male 3 Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices If these are not enough a USB header is available for two additional USB port connectors See USB Headers later in this section Universal Serial Bus USB 2 USB 1 5 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Paralle...

Page 29: ...pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 6 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Game MIDI 15 pin Female 8 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional The RJ45 connector is loc...

Page 30: ... 20 plugged If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 devices you will need to purchase another UltraDMA 100 cable NOTE TheholeneartheblueconnectorontheUltraDMA 100 cableisintentional TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and anoth...

Page 31: ...SIR connector according to the pin definitions 0 1 0 1 A7V E A7V E Infrared Module Connector Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND IR 5V IRRX IRTX GND 1 0 1 0 1 A7V E A7V E Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS 1 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 11 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microsw...

Page 32: ...y power 0 1 0 1 A7V E A7V E Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby PME Ground 14 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal is received through the internal modem card NOTE For extern...

Page 33: ...ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored usingASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage m...

Page 34: ...ith a similar connector 0 1 0 1 A7V E A7V E Internal Audio Connectors MODEM AUX Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground CD White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Modem Out from Modem Ground Modem In to Modem 17 Headphone True Level Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an ext...

Page 35: ... E A7V E USB Port USB2 USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 19 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I2 C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connec...

Page 36: ...tem if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB 0 1 0 1 A7V E A7V E ATX Power Connector ATX 3 3Volts 12 0Volts Ground Power Supply On Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts 5 0 Volts Power Good 12 0Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5 0 Volts Ground 5V Standby 21 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This conne...

Page 37: ...power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 25 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED sho...

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Page 39: ...f the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will...

Page 40: ...ating system before switching off the power switch ForATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when sh...

Page 41: ...MAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPYD AFLASH AFLASH EXEA assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard ...

Page 42: ...revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press Enter 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press Ente...

Page 43: ...n the programming is finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Updating BIOS 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Me...

Page 44: ...en you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt D...

Page 45: ...ice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description F1 or Alt H Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup Esc Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu or keyp...

Page 46: ...hat a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press En ter The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field ...

Page 47: ...id values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the Tab or Shift Tab keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to supp...

Page 48: ...ful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted ...

Page 49: ...eads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical BlockAddressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or se...

Page 50: ... This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec t...

Page 51: ... the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured Main Menu Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration o...

Page 52: ...To clear the password highlight this field and press Enter The same dialog box as above will appear Press Enter and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The pass words control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sen sitive Inotherwords itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenterapa...

Page 53: ...cy multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency Note that selecting a frequency higher than what the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the system to hang or crash See System Hangup later in this section DRAM Frequency This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency Th...

Page 54: ...ult of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse is detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The...

Page 55: ...p If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running at a DRAM to CPU frequency ratio of 3 3 and a bus speed of 100MHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations JumperFree Mode ...

Page 56: ... Spread spectrum typically reduces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB AGP 4X Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl C When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Write Disabled Configuration options Disa...

Page 57: ...M RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define PCI Master Read Caching Default Enabled for Athlon Processors Disabled for Duron Processors Leave on default setting Configuration options Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction Disabled Default Enabled for Ath...

Page 58: ...guration options Disabled Enabled Graphics Aperture Size 32MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory forAGPgraphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining is a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display ...

Page 59: ...ve different addresses Configu ration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec tor it will no longer work ...

Page 60: ...ows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard AC97 Audio Controller Auto Auto allows th...

Page 61: ...ect Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emu lation feature Sound Blaster I O Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ IRQ5 Sound Blaster DMA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this field if you want to use the MIDI device onboard MPU 401 I O Base Address 300h 303h This sets the I O address for the ...

Page 62: ...m Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detecte...

Page 63: ...y graphics card AGP Card uses the AGP card as your primary card The default PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI Card AGP Card IRQ XX Reserved for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default value indi cates either that the displa...

Page 64: ...cate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP device The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion ...

Page 65: ... ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available op tions the Reserved MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy device onboard that re quires the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave Reserved MEM Block BASE to its d...

Page 66: ...aster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow 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 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration ...

Page 67: ...or the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Ma...

Page 68: ...DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity 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 CPU Fan in Standby Mode ON Select ON to make CPU Fan keep turning in Standby Mode Configura tion options ...

Page 69: ...ves a 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 LA...

Page 70: ...board hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP Power Up Control Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows a...

Page 71: ...vice Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to use in the boot sequence Pressi...

Page 72: ... 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 restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This...

Page 73: ... values you selected are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before e...

Page 74: ... val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and ma...

Page 75: ...Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow theAdd New Hardware Wiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and expansion ca...

Page 76: ...ate your BIOS or download BIOS image file from the Internet YAMAHASoftSynthesizerS YXG50 optional InstallstheYamahaSoftSynthesizer forplayingMIDIfilesthroughsoftware Refertotheonlinehelpformoreinformation PC Cillin 98Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBEAcrobat Reader Vx xx Installs theAdobe Acrobat Reader software neces sarytoviewus...

Page 77: ...e when used in conjunction with Intel LDCM Administrator Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information Exit Exits the CD installation menu TORETURNTOTHEMAINMENU CLICKLEFTARROWONTHELOWER ...

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Page 79: ...per to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity 7 APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card LAN Activity Output Signal RJ45 LEDs Motherboard type Wake on LAN Output Signal ASUS Other Int...

Page 80: ...S OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q What is Wake On LAN A The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading down...

Page 81: ...fication defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards har...

Page 82: ...ing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD proces...

Page 83: ...an perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA ...

Page 84: ... SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the ...

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