Asus VX97, User Manual

Page 1: ...R VX97 Pentium Motherboard USER S MANUAL ...

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Page 4: ...Installation Procedure 19 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 19 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 20 5 External Connectors 21 Power Connection Procedures 27 IV BIOS SOFTWARE 28 Support Software 28 Flash Memory Writer Utility 28 Main Menu 28 Advanced Features Menu 29 Updating your Motherboard s BIOS 30 6 BIOS Setup 31 Load Defaults 32 Standard CMOS Setup 32 Details of Standard CMOS Setup 33 BIOS...

Page 5: ...tting the INT Assignment 57 Terminator Settings 57 SCSI ID Numbers 58 VII ASUS I A16C Audio Card 59 ASUS I A16C Audio Features 59 Unpacking and Handling Precautions 59 Layout and Connectors 60 Connectors 60 CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions 60 The Following Sections are Available with ASUS Audio Bundle Only Audio Driver Installation 3 Manual Information 3 Installation CD 3 Installation CD Content...

Page 6: ...r installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the inter ference 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...

Page 7: ...u discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer The ASUS VX97 motherboard 2 serial port ribbon cables attached to a mounting bracket 1 parallel ribbon cable with mounting bracket 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support drivers and utilities as follows view FILELIST TXT for details Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS Desktop Management Interface DMI utilit...

Page 8: ...a memory size between 8MB to 128MB Supports both Fast Page Mode FPM and Extended Data Output EDO SIMMs ISA and PCI Expansion Slots Provides three PCI slots three ISA slots and one PCI ISA share slot Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connect...

Page 9: ...URES Parts of Board Parts of the VX97 Motherboard Intel s 430VX PCIset 256KB 512KB L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 72 pin SIMM Sockets 3 ISA Slots 3 PCI Slots 1 PCI ISA Share Slot Programmable Flash ROM Super Multi I O Serial Parallel Ports IDE Floppy ...

Page 10: ...eserved PS 2 Mouse Floppy Drives Keyboard SIMM Socket 1 Bank 0 SIMM Socket 2 Bank 0 SIMM Socket 3 Bank 1 SIMM Socket 4 Bank 1 CPU ZIF Socket 7 Infrared Con Panel Connections RTC Clear IDE LED Parallel Port Printer Serial Ports COM 2 COM 1 ISA Slot 4 256 512KB OnBoard L2 Cache VID2 VID1 VID0 BF0 BF1 BUS Ratio BBLKW Block Program Dis En Keyboard BIOS Flash ROM for BIOS Intel 430VX PCIset Intel PIIX3...

Page 11: ...onnectors 1 KBCON p 21 Keyboard Connector 5 pin Female 2 PS2MOUSE p 21 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Block 3 PRINTER p 22 Parallel Printer Port Connector 26 pin Block 4 COM1 COM2 p 22 Serial Port COM1 COM2 10 pin Blocks 5 FLOPPY p 23 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 6 POWER p 23 Motherboard Power Connector 12 pin Block 7 IDE1 IDE2 p 24 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 8 IDELED p 24 ID...

Page 12: ...and to connect pins 2 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jumpers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pin...

Page 13: ...ta 1 Turn off your computer 2 Short the two pads Labeled SHORT HERE TO CLEAR CMOS momentarily with a metallic object 3 Turn on your computer 4 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Battery Test Jumper JP1 For Service Use Only You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter to the pins WARNING You must unplug the p...

Page 14: ...u are not abso lutely clear on CPU jumper settings check with your retailer Intel Pentium P54C 75MHz 200MHz Pentium MMX P55C 150MHz 233MHz AMD K6 PR166 and faster AMD K5 PR75 PR133 IBM Cyrix 6x86 MX PR166 and faster IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 PR166 and faster NOTE These jumpers are labeled from right to left Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID2 VID1 VID0 Intel AMD IBM Cyrix P54C CS K5 6x86 3 ...

Page 15: ...peed of the Intel AMD or Cyrix CPU as follows BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS2 FS1 FS0 BF1 BF0 Intel Pentium 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 2 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0...

Page 16: ...he same size memory modules Maximum memory size of SIMM s must be 128MB or less IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required in BIOS Chipset Setup Auto Configuration Install memory in any or all of the banks in any combination as follows Bank Memory Module Total Memory Bank 0 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 SIMM Slots 1 2 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM Bank 1 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB x2 SIMM Slots 3 4 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM To...

Page 17: ...Module Example 2 Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket 3 With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket Support Clip Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole 4 The plastic guides should go through the two Mounting Holes on t...

Page 18: ...then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU with the white dot as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there is a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU...

Page 19: ... align the card s connectors and press firmly 6 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 7 Replace the computer system s cover 8 Setup the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNPAND PCI SETUP 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ ...

Page 20: ...s are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendor for an ISA Configu...

Page 21: ...ere Keyboard Connector 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin block If you are using a PS 2 mouse you must purchase an optional PS 2 mouse set which connects to the 6 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer s case The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE sec...

Page 22: ...u may also remove the bracket connectors and mount them directly to the case to save expansion slot space 4 Serial Port COM1 and COM2 Connectors Two 10 pin blocks These connectors support the provided serial port ribbon cables with mounting bracket Connect the ribbon cables to these connectors and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot The two serial ports on the mounting bracket will then ...

Page 23: ...onnects to a standard 5 Volt power supply To connect the leads from the power supply ensure first that the power supply is not plugged Most power supplies provide two plugs P8 and P9 each containing six wires two of which are black Orient the connectors so that the black wires are located in the middle AT Power Connector on Motherboard 12V 5V GND 12V 5V 5V PG Power Plugs from Power Supply P9 P8 RE...

Page 24: ...erting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup Connect the Red stripe to...

Page 25: ...on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable 11 Reset Switch Lead PANEL This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset swit...

Page 26: ... the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View 5V IRTX IRRX NC GND Back View IRRX 5V IRTX NC GND Infrared Module Connector For the infrared feature to be available you m...

Page 27: ...nitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light and the monitor LED as well The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may hav...

Page 28: ... bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file NOTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy diskette as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility in this section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility IMPORTANT Flash Type may also be INTEL 28F001BXT If unknown is shown after Flas...

Page 29: ...ameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the Boot Block the motherboard BIOS and the PnP ESCD Parameter Block from a new BIOS file NOTE Update BIOS Main Block from File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD requires that the system is running in real mode This utility will not operate if the s...

Page 30: ... key The utility then uploads the BIOS file from disk The following message will appear DO NOT TURN OFF THE SYSTEM IF THERE IS A PROBLEM If you encounter problems while downloading 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 upload the original BIOS file you saved to disk in step 1 of the Ma...

Page 31: ...he motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press the D...

Page 32: ...e system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore However if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the p...

Page 33: ...ecords the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which is the master and the second is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they o...

Page 34: ...er 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to Large for drives over 528MB that do not sup port LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncom mon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select A...

Page 35: ...row key Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5 diskette This is normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA Mono for Hercules or MDA CGA 40 and CGA 80 If you are using a VGA or an...

Page 36: ... set values press the F5 key F6 and F7 load the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against acci dental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to hal...

Page 37: ...or an operating system Options are C CDROM A CDROM C A A C C A The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy drive that is C A Swap Floppy Drive Disabled When enabled the BIOS swaps floppy drive assignments so that Drive A becomes Drive B and Drive B becomes Drive A under DOS Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy A drive one time Fl...

Page 38: ...trol Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 Mouse on bootup If de tected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 Mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expan sion cards if a PS 2 Mouse is not detected Disabled will reserve IRQ12 for expan sion cards and therefore the PS 2 Mouse will not function PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandardVGAsuch as graphics accele...

Page 39: ...timal timings for items 2 through 9 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM CAS Latency Leave on default setting of 3T SDRAM RAS to CAS Override Leave on default setting of Disabled PCI 2 1 Passive Release Leave on default setting of Disabled 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for ...

Page 40: ...tures floppy disk swap feature It is func tionally the same as physically interchanging the connectors of the floppy disk drives Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard...

Page 41: ...you enable the infrared feature By default this field is set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector See section III of the baseboard manual for the IrDA compliant infrared module connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI...

Page 42: ...ng except that this time the system inac tivity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Defined allows you to set power saving options according to your preference IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEV...

Page 43: ...matically wakes up from any power saving mode when there is system activity such as when a key is pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a pe riod of inactivity This time period is user configurable to 1 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives The Doze...

Page 44: ...Q use The other options are manual settings of NA 9 10 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indi...

Page 45: ...within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one Legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K...

Page 46: ...ress the N key and then the Enter key to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main scre...

Page 47: ...the password is case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press the Enter key The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically reverts to the main screen To implement the password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will...

Page 48: ...Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard ...

Page 49: ...cept them Press the N key to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen Save and Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specify during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save Exit Setup option on the main screen and then press the Enter key Exit Without Saving Selec...

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Page 51: ...ser to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utilit...

Page 52: ...ailable for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing has not been made ESC wi...

Page 53: ...ss ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS V DMI Using DMI Utility ...

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Page 55: ...SI devices working under DOS Microsoft Win dows Microsoft Windows NT Novell NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX is also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy...

Page 56: ...ting for the card already is INTA so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard JP 1 JP 2 INT A Def 1 2 3 Interrupt Settings A B C or D JP 1 JP 2 INT B 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT C 1 2 3 JP 1 JP 2 INT D 1 2 3 Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to theASUS PCI SC200 orASUS PCI...

Page 57: ...a powerful tool If while using it you somehow disable all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as sh...

Page 58: ...SCSI ID serves two purposes It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SC...

Page 59: ...6C is easily damaged by static electricity Observe the following precautions while unpacking and handling the board Before handling the board discharge static electricity from your body by touch ing an unpainted area of the system s metal chassis While installing the board ground yourself frequently to discharge any static electricity that may accu mulate in your body After removing the board form...

Page 60: ...cted to the Audio In on the card you can only use the direct output located in the front panel of the CD ROM drive and adjust volume level by the knob CD Audio Connector Pin Definitions Sony Audio In Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In Pin Definition Pin Definition Pin Definition l Right Signal 1 Ground 1 Left Signal 2 Ground 2 Left Signal 2 Ground 3 Ground 3 Ground 3 Right Signal 4 Left Signal 4 ...