Asus A7V133, User Manual

Page 1: ... A7V133 JumperFree PC133 VC133 200 266MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...5 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure 17 3 4 Motherboard Settings 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM 25 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 25 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 29 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 30 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 31 3 8 External Connectors...

Page 5: ...3 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 A7V133 Series Motherboard Support CD 84 5 4 Using the Promise Chip for RAID 0 86 5 5 Installing IDE RAID 0 Drivers Manually 89 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 90 6 1 ASUS PC Probe 90 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 95 6 3 CyberLink...

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: ...ence 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 2 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 also compatible with UltraDMA 33 IDE drives devices 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS 2 p...

Page 8: ...e DIMM sockets to support Intel PC133 PC100 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB or NEC s VC133 compliant Virtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1 5GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that 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 red...

Page 9: ...ster PCI cards such as SCSI or LAN cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput and one Audio Modem Riser AMR slot shared which supports a very affordable audio and or modem riser card Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Enhanced ACPI Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanc...

Page 10: ...r Windows 98 ME 2000 NT Color coded connectors and descrip tive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware Onboard AC 97 Audio Controller optional Supports advanced automated audio performance See 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration in BIOS setup 2 1 3 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurr...

Page 11: ...aiting in the mailbox Asimple glimpse provides useful information to the user 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 can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world System ResourcesAlert Today s operating systems such asWindows 98 2000 ME NT and OS 2 require muc...

Page 12: ...ectors UltraDMA 100 RAID 0 Support 9 1 Panel Connector 10 1 Parallel Port Connector Top 25 1 Serial COM1 Port Connector Bottom 26 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector Bottom 24 USB Connectors Port 0 Port 1 27 USB Connectors Ports 4 6 14 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Top 28 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Bottom 28 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional 20 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 23 1 Line Out Conn...

Page 13: ...ASUS A7V133 User s Manual 13 2 FEATURES 2 FEATURES Motherboard Parts 2 2 1 Component Locations 6 3 26 23 27 9 25 19 16 1 4 7 22 20 17 13 21 5 8 18 24 28 2 14 15 1110 12 ...

Page 14: ...BIOS CHA_FAN DSW DIP Switches 3VSBSLT PRIMARY IDE IDELED CLRTC PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T Port0 B Port1 JEN CHASSIS PCI Slot 5 PCI Slot 4 COM1 COM2 PARALLEL PORT Mic In Line Out Line In GAME_AUDIO VIA VT8363A AGP4X PC133 Memory Controller CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power ASUS ASIC AS99127F WOLCON USBPORT ATA100 IDE Controller PLED VIO IR AUD_EN1 AUD_EN2 ADN SPK VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 Socket 462 P...

Page 15: ...ics Port AGP Pro 6 AMR p 32 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 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 ...

Page 16: ...ly Connector 20 pins 20 JTPWR p 42 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin 21 IDELED p 43 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 22 SPEAKER PANEL p 44 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 23 PWR LED PANEL p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 24 MSG LED PANEL p 44 System Message LED 2 pins 25 RESET PANEL p 44 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 26 PWRSW PANEL p 44 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 27 SMI PANEL p 44 System...

Page 17: ...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 components on a grounde...

Page 18: ...Features Settings DIP Switches DSW 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 ON position The default setting is OFF 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection 5 Frequency Selection A7V133 DIP Switches ON OFF DSW ON 1 2 3 4 0 1...

Page 19: ...lots or a primary AMR on the AMR slot If using a PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC 97 Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration of the BIOS must also be disabled NOTE Thissettingisavailableonlyonmotherboardswiththeonboardaudiooption Setting AUDIOCODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 Audio Codec Setting Enable Onboard Audio Codec Default ...

Page 20: ... Default 1 2 2 3 3VSBSLT 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 ATA100 RAID0 Selection RAID0 ATA100 3 2 2 1 JP13 JP14 5 ATA100 RAID 0 Setting ATA100 RAID 0 Optional Jumper 13 and 14 allow you to select the ATA100 IDE protocol or the RAID 0 protocol and so specify the function of the Promise IDE controller More infor mation is available on the Support CD and in Section 5 4 of Software Setup Using the Promise Ch...

Page 21: ...56V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO 3 30 Volt 1 2 3 45 Volt 2 3 default test mode 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 recom mended that you leave this setting on its default 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 VIO Setting 3 30 Volt 3 45 Volt 1 2 2 3 ...

Page 22: ...frequency The CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed A7V133 CPU External Frequency Selection DSW 105MHz CPU 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 ON 1 2 3 4 5 JumperFree Mode ON 1 2 3 4 5 103MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 133MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 110MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 100MHz ON 1 2 3 4 5 CPU Motherboard Settings 3 IMPORTANT 1 To use this feature JEN must b...

Page 23: ...x 5 5x 6 0x 6 5x 7 0x 7 5x 8 0x 8 5x 9 0x 9 5x 10 0x 10 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 0x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 12 5x ON 1 2 3 4 5 6 11 5x 12 0x 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 For more up to date processor settings visit the ASUS web ...

Page 24: ...25 1 55Volts 1 225 1 25Volts 1 325 1 35Volts A7V133 CPU Core Voltage Selection 1 775 1 80Volts 1 725 1 75Volts 1 825 1 85Volts 1 625 1 65Volts 1 575 1 60Volts 1 675 1 70Volts 1 375 1 4Volts 1 175 1 20Volts 1 075 1 10Volts VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 4 VID2 VID3 ...

Page 25: ...Ms for system memory Registered DIMMs are not supported System Memory 3 H W SETUP 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 Socket 3 Rows 4 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x1 Total System Memory Max 1536MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more ...

Page 26: ...e pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7V133 168 Pin DIMM Sockets 20 Pins 60 Pins 88 Pins 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 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 Unbuffere...

Page 27: ... the socket then up wards The socket lever 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...

Page 28: ...ion 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 up...

Page 29: ...sts 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 Printer Port...

Page 30: ... graphics card into the slot 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO TOP VIEW Rib inside slot Rib 20 pin bay 28 pin bay AGP Card without Retention Notch 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 c...

Page 31: ...twithouttheneedtodisabletheonboardCODEC Themotherboard s onboard CODEC must be disabled when using a primary AMR 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 tho...

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Page 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...

Page 34: ...M2 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 Configuration NOTE Serial printers ...

Page 35: ...nector 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 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin 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 ...

Page 36: ...second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 4 1Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged If you have more than two UltraDMA100 UltraDMA66 devices you will need to purchase another UltraD...

Page 37: ...cuit 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 Chassis Open Alarm Lead CHASSIS 1 5Volt Power Supply Stand By Ground Chassis Signal 11 Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 5 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 Inf...

Page 38: ...ower 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 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 13 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 ext...

Page 39: ...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 see6 SOFTWAREREFERENCE The Rotation signal is not supported by F FAN WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsin...

Page 40: ...rd with a similar connector 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 Internal Audio Connectors MODEM Modem Out from Modem Ground Modem In to Modem AUX White Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground CD Black Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground 16 Internal Microphone Header 3 pin MIC2 Thisconnectorallowsyoutoconnectachasssismountedmicrophonetothemother board instead of having to attach an external m...

Page 41: ...BP2 GND NC USB Power USBP3 USBP3 GND 1 5 6 10 Bundled 2 port USB Connector Set 18 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 t...

Page 42: ...d 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system 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 0 1 A7V133 A7V133 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 ...

Page 43: ...r supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary Secondary IDE and Primary Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up A7V133 IDE Activity LED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V133 ...

Page 44: ...er 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 shows the status of the system s power 27 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode o...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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 ...

Page 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...

Page 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...

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Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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 ...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 59: ...d 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 l...

Page 60: ...U Clock Multiplier if Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define This feature signals the CPU and North Bridge to initialize the appropriate power sequence Select the desired multiplier ap propriate for your system CPU Frequency if Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define Thisfeaturetellstheclockgeneratorwhich frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus Select the desired frequ...

Page 61: ...abled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu 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 detecte...

Page 62: ...This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected the USB controller will be enabled If not detected the USB control ler will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled the USB controller is disabled no matter whether you are using a USB device or not Configu ration options Disabled Enabled Auto OS 2...

Page 63: ...pically reduces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB Configuration options En abled Disabled 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 Confi...

Page 64: ...AM 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 Default Enabled for Athlon Proc...

Page 65: ...n options Disabled Enabled 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 caching the display data Yo...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 70: ... Disabled Enabled 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 displayed IRQ is not used or that the legacy Configura tion Utility ICU is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP...

Page 71: ...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 a legacy device is using that channel Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion ...

Page 72: ...n 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 ...

Page 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 ...

Page 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...

Page 75: ... 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 to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows t...

Page 76: ...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 4 5 1 Power Up Control PWR Button 4 Secs So...

Page 77: ...c 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 Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Disabled Wake On LAN PCI Modem allows your computer to be booted from an other computer via a network by sending a wake up frame or signal Con figuration options Disabled Enabled IMPORTANT Thisfeature...

Page 78: ...tor is able to 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 The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only if necessary NOTE If any...

Page 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...

Page 80: ...lear 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 allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your...

Page 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...

Page 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...

Page 83: ...e RAID 0 option you must run the FastTrack tm Simple BIOS before installing the OS SEE Section 5 5 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 sec...

Page 84: ...Audio Driver Installs the necessary audio drivers for the onboard audio CODEC USB patch file for AMD K7 Updates USB support for K7 CPUs InstallASUSPCProbeVx xx Installsasmart utilitytomonitoryourcomputer s fan temperature and voltages ASUS UpdateVx xx Instals a program that can help you update BIOS or down load a BIOS image file YAMAHA Soft Synthesizer Installs the Yamaha SoftSynthesizer for playi...

Page 85: ...ient Manager software monitors the Client system and operates hardware management features ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6 1 Installs a utility that remotely flashes to a client PC s BIOS software 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 Al...

Page 86: ...y improves the performance of data access and storage The chip and system software fully support Ultra ATA 100 specifications of up to 100 MB sec per disk with or without multiple disk arrays according to individual hard disk specifications With FAT32 and NTFS partitioning the array will be addressed as one large volume 5 4 1 Setting Up the RAID 0 Array This section explains how to set up two hard...

Page 87: ...e that ATA 100 RAID 0 jumpers 13 and 14 are both covered 2 3 See Section 3 4 5 Hardware Setup Motherboard Settings 3 Connect the power cables to the hard disks 5 4 3 Creating the RAID 0 Array 1 Boot up your computer If this is the first time you have booted with two hard disks correctly installed then the Promise BIOS displays this screen 2 Press Ctrl F keys to display the FastBuild Utility Main M...

Page 88: ...y Key to Reboot Rebooting the system allows the FastTrack100 Speed BIOS to display the status of your new array To finish installation of your new OS reboot with a rescue floppy disk to format the hard disks with the FDISK command and then install the OS from a CD or with a bootable OS CD you may install the new OS automatically As you set up and install the OS the system always treats RAID 0 conf...

Page 89: ... Move highlight bar to Settings and select Control Panel 3 Double click on System icon 4 Select Device Manager page 5 View device by type and find Other devices node 6 Select the PCI Mass Storage Controller node and click the Properties 7 Please select General page to reinstall driver or select Driver page to update driver 8 Follow the instruction to insert your Windows CD or ASUS support CD to in...

Page 90: ...speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe WhenASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To 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 ...

Page 91: ... 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 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 92: ...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...

Page 93: ...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 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and paging file usage 6 S W REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ...

Page 94: ...ask Bar Icon Right clicking the 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 ...

Page 95: ... 6 2 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 2 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Power Off Help Eject Minimize Zoom About Backstep Frame Backward Scan Stop Forward Scan Step Frame Next Previous Stop Configuration i Power CD Mode Shuffle Play Increase Volum...

Page 96: ... contents on the personal computer With the i Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Control Panel closed Contr...

Page 97: ...rs to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion to sending video mails via I...

Page 98: ...mail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose...

Page 99: ...ive 13 3 12 1 TFT Color Display 500MHz to 650MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Internal Modem LAN Ext PortDock Module Bay S8 Series Ultra Slim and Light Notebook PC External CD DVD Floppy 13 3 12 1 TFT Color Display 600MHz to 850MHz 64MB to 192MB Memory Internal Modem LAN Wireless LAN via PC Card External AiBox Module Bay A1 Series Affordable Entertainment Notebook PC Internal CD DVD Floppy 13 3 12 1 TFT C...

Page 100: ...3D Glasses 32MB Frame Buffer AGP V7100 2V1D GeForce2 MX 2VGA 1DVI 32MB Frame Buffer AGP V7100 DVI GeForce2 MX VGA DVI 32MB 16MB Frame Buffer AGP V7100 T GeForce2 MX VGA TV Out 32MB 16MB Frame Buffer AGP V7100 Pure GeForce2 MX VGA 32MB 16MB Frame Buffer and other dual display output combinations depending on request Other Hot ASUS Multimedia Products AGP V7700 Series AGP V3800 Series AGP V300C AGP ...

Page 101: ...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...

Page 102: ...OS 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 dow...

Page 103: ...stal onboard but the second ary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset onboard you may use the secondary MR otherwise 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 fir...

Page 104: ...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 language Click OK 8 Click ...

Page 105: ...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...

Page 106: ...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...

Page 107: ... 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...

Page 108: ...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...