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Страница 1: ... A7M266 DDR SDRAM 266MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

Страница 2: ... appearing 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 AMD Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc VIA is a trademark of VIA Technologies Inc Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Adobe and Acroba...

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Страница 4: ...ing Started 17 3 4 Motherboard Settings 18 3 5 System Memory DDR DIMM 25 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 26 3 5 2 Memory Installation 26 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 27 3 7 Expansion Cards 28 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 28 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 30 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 30 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 32 3 8 External Connectors 33 3 9 Startin...

Страница 5: ...hadow Configuration 73 4 5 Power Menu 74 4 5 1 Power Up Control 76 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor 78 4 6 Boot Menu 79 4 7 Exit Menu 81 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 83 5 1 Install Operating System 83 5 2 Start Windows 83 5 3 A7 Series Motherboard Support CD 83 5 4 Uninstalling Programs 85 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 87 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 87 6 2 ASUS Update 92 6 3 YAMAHA XGPlayer 93 7 APPENDIX 97 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Car...

Страница 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 ...

Страница 7: ...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 100 UltraDMA 66 also compatible with UltraDMA 33 IDE drives devices 1 Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 fl...

Страница 8: ...d dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements Stepless Frequency Selection Allows CPU external FSB frequency settings to be set in 1MHz increments or reduction JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches inste...

Страница 9: ... offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 982000 Millenium compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency ad justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI ...

Страница 10: ...configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures forWindows95 98 NT Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 2 1 4 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor High Speed Data Transfer Interface IDE transfers u...

Страница 11: ... a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 98 Millenium and Windows NT 2000 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The sys t...

Страница 12: ...Support 4 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 21 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 22 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 20 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 23 USB Header Port 2 Port 3 7 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 24 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 24 Audio PCI Audio Chipset optional 15 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 19 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 19 1 Line In Connecto...

Страница 13: ...ASUS A7M266 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 22 23 6 18 21 16 3 4 9 17 5 20 24 1 8 7 10 11 12 13 14 15 19 2 2 1 Component Locations ...

Страница 14: ...1 DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module 2 3 0 1 DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module 0 1 A7M266 SMB 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS PRIMARY IDE CLRTC PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard JEN PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 AMD761 System Controller CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor USBPORT CHA_FAN Socket A Audio Modem Riser AMR WOLCON WOR AFPANEL CHASSIS USBPWR2 VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 JTPWR V...

Страница 15: ...Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 34 UniversalSerialBus Connectors0 1 Two4 pinfemale 4 COM1 COM2 p 34 Serial Port Connector 9 pin male 5 PRINTER p 34 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 6 GAME_AUDIO p 35 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 35 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 optional 8 RJ45 p 35 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional 9 FLOPPY p 36 Floppy Disk ...

Страница 16: ...IDE Activity LED 2 pins 22 PWR LED PANEL p 43 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 23 SPEAKER PANEL p 43 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 24 MSG LED PANEL p 43 System Message LED 2 pins 25 SMI PANEL p 43 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 26 PWR SW PANEL p 43 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 27 RESET PANEL p 43 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins ...

Страница 17: ...etting Started Before using your computer you must complete the following steps 1 Check Motherboard Settings 2 Install Memory Modules 3 Install the Central Processing Unit CPU 4 Install Expansion Cards 5 Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply 6 Setup the BIOS Software ...

Страница 18: ...g 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 components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 5...

Страница 19: ...266 A7M266 Jumper Mode Setting Jumper Mode Jumper Free Default 1 2 2 3 JEN 3 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 NOTE In JumperFree mode all VID1 4 must be set to 3 4 Motherboard Features Settings DIP Switches DSCKF The motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position 0 1 0 1 A7M266...

Страница 20: ... 3 30 Volt 1 2 default 3 56 Volt 2 3 3 45 Volt 3 4 Setting VIO1 2 7 Volt 1 2 default 2 9 Volt 2 3 2 8 Volt 3 4 0 1 0 1 A7M266 A7M266 Voltage Settings 2 7 Volt default 2 9 Volt VIO1 2 8 Volt 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 30 Volt default 3 56 Volt VIO 3 45 Volt 1 2 2 3 3 4 WARNING Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may re sult in the shortening of your computer component s life It is strongly rec...

Страница 21: ...p state no power to CPU RAM in slow refresh power supply in a reduced power mode An ATX power supply that can supply at least 2A on the 5VSB lead is required when these jumpers are set to 5VSB The default is set to 5V because not all computers have the appropriateATX power supply Your computer will not power ON if you set this to 5VSB and do not have the appropriate ATX power supply Setting USBPWR...

Страница 22: ...ultiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed IMPORTANT 1 To use this feature JEN see 1 JumperFree Mode JEN in 3 HARD WARE SETUP must be set to Jumper mode or 1 2 2 In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW 1 DSW 4 must be set to OFF 3 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User D...

Страница 23: ...OFF ON ON Athlon 1GHz 10 0x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 950MHz 9 5x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 900MHz 9 0x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 850MHz 8 5x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 800MHz 8 0x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 750MHz 7 5x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 700MHz 7 0x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 650MHz 6 5x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Athlon 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Duron 750MHz 7 5x 100MHz ON OFF ON ON Du...

Страница 24: ... jumper setting there are two voltage options depending on the CPU used 0 1 0 1 A7M266 A7M266 CPU Core Voltage Selection 1 35 1 325Volts 1 30 1 275Volts 1 20 1 175Volts 1 10 1 075Volts CPU Default JumperFree Default 1 40 1 375Volts 1 15 1 125Volts 1 25 1 225Volts 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 1 8 1 775Volts 1 75 1 725Volts 1 65 1 625Volts 1 55 ...

Страница 25: ...Memory 3 H W SETUP Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 184 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 1 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 3 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 1GB x1 Total System Memory Max 2GB ASUS A7M266 Qualified DDR DIMM Vendor List The following lists the memory modules that have been tested and qualified for use with this motherboard Vendor Model Type Size M...

Страница 26: ...M has a single notch slightly to the right of center A7M266 184 Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 0 1 0 1 A7M266 This motherboard supports three pairs of differential clock signals per DIMM 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard For the system CPU bus to operate at 200MHz 266MHz use only PC1600 PC2100 compliant DIMMs ASUS motherboards support SPD Seria...

Страница 27: ...uld be orientated toward the blank space on the socket near est the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan and heatsink that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink no force is required to insert the CPU Once com pletely inse...

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Страница 29: ...our expansion 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 cove...

Страница 30: ...ble lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring 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 Printe...

Страница 31: ... graphics card into the slot A7M266 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch 0 1 0 1 A7M266 CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a safety tab on the 20 pin bay for use with AGP cards without a retention notch DO NOT remove this tab if you will be using such cards removing may cause these cards to shift which may cause...

Страница 32: ...able audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost IMPORTANT TheAMR slot of this motherboard shares the same expansion slot as PCI Slot 5 Because of this and its location the slot can only accept a specially designed AMR card optional The components of a standard AMR card and its bracket face toward the edge of the motherboard while those of the specially designed card face the expansion ...

Страница 33: ...loppy 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 Fun...

Страница 34: ...ors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 Two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices For setting up these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configu ration for settings COM2 COM1 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 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 Con...

Страница 35: ...me can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Mic Line In Line Out 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 8 Fast Ethernet Port Connector RJ45 optional The RJ45 connector is optional at the time of...

Страница 36: ... the black connector to your UltraDMA 100 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 100 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu Pin 20 is ...

Страница 37: ...ose the circuit 0 1 0 1 A7M266 A7M266 Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 1 12 Standard Infrared Module Connector 5 1 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrare...

Страница 38: ...power 0 1 0 1 A7M266 A7M266 Wake On LAN Connector IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOLCON 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 externa...

Страница 39: ...ould be 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 ...

Страница 40: ... Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 17 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 connected to the same bus and ea...

Страница 41: ...Panel Connector AFPANEL Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND 5VSB NC 5 V GND CIRRX NC GND IRRX IRTX CIR SIR IR_CON 18 ASUS iPanel Connector 24 1 pinAFPANEL This connector allows you to connect an optional ASUS iPanel an easy to ac cess drive bay with front I O ports status LEDs and space reserved for a hard disk drive If you are not using an ASUS iPanel you can connect an...

Страница 42: ...em 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 A7M266 A7M266 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 conn...

Страница 43: ...ction requires an ACPI OS and driver support 25 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector seetheprecedingfigure connectstothecase mountedsuspendswitch 2...

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Страница 45: ...of 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 wil...

Страница 46: ...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...

Страница 47: ...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 ...

Страница 48: ...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...

Страница 49: ...en 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 M...

Страница 50: ...ASUS A7M266 User s Manual 50 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS This page was intentionally left blank ...

Страница 51: ...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...

Страница 52: ...tice 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 key...

Страница 53: ...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 ...

Страница 54: ...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...

Страница 55: ...sful 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...

Страница 56: ...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...

Страница 57: ... 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...

Страница 58: ...hat 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 Configuratio...

Страница 59: ...ord 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 itmakesnodifferencewhetheryouenterapasswordusingupperor...

Страница 60: ...uency Setting is set to User Define The field displays the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency and external frequency Set System Operation Frequency when Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define This allows you to increase decrease the system frequency in 1MHz incre ments System Frequency 100MHz This field displays the frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus Th...

Страница 61: ... ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default 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 S...

Страница 62: ...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 ...

Страница 63: ... to CPU pipe stages for optimal performance Configuration options Enabled Disabled Super Bypass Wait State Enabled Configuration options Enabled Disabled AGP 4X Supported Enabled Configuration options Enabled Disabled AGP Fast Write Enabled This feature allows the CPU to write directly to theAGP card for up to 30 performance gain over standard AGP 4X mode Configuration options Enabled Disabled AGP...

Страница 64: ...voltage interface and module banks Configuration options By SPD User Define SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be ad justable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE ...

Страница 65: ...ion options Disable Medium 8 BCLKS Normal 13 BCLKS Graphics Aperture Size 64MB 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 cac...

Страница 66: ...2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have 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 o...

Страница 67: ...l 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 Modem Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Audio Cont...

Страница 68: ... display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown below Sound Blaster Emulation Disabled Select 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 fie...

Страница 69: ...erwise 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 detected the...

Страница 70: ...ault PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI Card AGP Card Onboard ATA device First Yes When set to Yes this field allows the devices on the ATA 100 channel to be bootable Configuration options No Yes 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 le...

Страница 71: ...ate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISAdevice 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 ...

Страница 72: ...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 ISA device onboard that requires 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...

Страница 73: ...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 ...

Страница 74: ...for 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 M...

Страница 75: ... ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank 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 Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before...

Страница 76: ...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...

Страница 77: ...em power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ...

Страница 78: ...detect the CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV 12V Voltage 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necess...

Страница 79: ...ce Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 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 Pressing Enter will s...

Страница 80: ...lete record of how the system was configured the last time it was booted Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration op tions 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...

Страница 81: ...a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing Enter will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting 4 7 Exit Menu Onc...

Страница 82: ... 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...

Страница 83: ...d 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 cards the following can only be used as a general reference and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen 5 3 A7 Series Motherboard Support CD NOTE ...

Страница 84: ...stall Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail Intel LDCMAdministrator 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 t...

Страница 85: ...g Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program 1 Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs Properties dialog box 2 Select the program to remove and click here 3 Click here ...

Страница 86: ...86 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ASUS A7M266 User s Manual 5 S W SETUP Windows 98 This page was intentionally left blank ...

Страница 87: ...ternal 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 by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe ...

Страница 88: ...tor Shows the PC s 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 s fan rotation Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level ...

Страница 89: ...nformation Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over...

Страница 90: ...tinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal 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 s memory load memory usage and paging file usage ...

Страница 91: ...e PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem 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 ASUSPCProbemonitorisdis played 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Страница 92: ...he Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from Start Programs ASUS Utility ASUS Update Vx xx 2 Select an update method 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select If you selected Update from a file you will be prompted to locate the fil...

Страница 93: ...mance for example playback sound quality priority CPU load reduction priority click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click S YXG50 Setup You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon on the taskbar and then click SoftSynthesizer Setup To get help on the SoftSynthesizer settings click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and t...

Страница 94: ...r Volume Control Key Control Tempo Control Select Top Song Select Final Song Select Previous Song Select Next Song Playback Pause Fast Forward Rewind Song Number Display CPU Usage Rate Polyphony Smart Arrangement Block Effects Block Master Volume Slider Exit Minimize Effect Control CPU Usage Rate Polyphony Level Meter Display Channel Volume Slider Pan Knob Channel Solo Voice Select Channel Mute 6 ...

Страница 95: ...stalling it again Is the driver section of the Softsynthesizer setting screen Control in the OFF position If so turn it ON Is there an SXG Driver being used with some other previously existing MIDI Player The sound cannot be heard or is not output Please check the settings and volume of the computer amplifier speakers etc Is the YAMAHA SXG Driver set for the computer s MIDI setting Check the MIDI ...

Страница 96: ... S YXG 50 cannot be used in DOS mode or at the MS DOS prompt The generated sounds in MIDI compatible games are generated late Certain games that are not compatible with DirectSound delays in the voice Wave data may be detectable Noise gets mixed in with the playback sound Noise will be mixed in with the playback sound if you are using a computer with DirectX2 installed In this case the sound quali...

Страница 97: ...mper 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 In...

Страница 98: ...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...

Страница 99: ...l onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on theAMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firm...

Страница 100: ... your device and click Next 4 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive Enterthepath E Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver 5 After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish 6 Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window 7 ClicktheSettings tab Selectyourcoun try and lan...

Страница 101: ...ification 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 ha...

Страница 102: ...sing 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 proce...

Страница 103: ... can 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 ISAcards However configuration of ISA...

Страница 104: ...s 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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