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...controller. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support up to 4 banks only. The chipset supports a highperformance floppy disk controller for the latest qualified DDR400 module list.) 4 ATX power connector. Visit the ASUS website [www.asus.com] for a 360K/720K/1.44M/2.88M floppy disk drive, a multi-mode parallel port, two standard compatible UARTs and a Flash ROM interface. 11 PCI slots. This connector accommodates the provided ribbon cable for the AMD Barton/Thoroughbred/Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron Processors, with 133MB/s maximum throughput. 1-4 Chapter 1: Motherboard...
...controller. These dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support up to 4 banks only. The chipset supports a highperformance floppy disk controller for the latest qualified DDR400 module list.) 4 ATX power connector. Visit the ASUS website [www.asus.com] for a 360K/720K/1.44M/2.88M floppy disk drive, a multi-mode parallel port, two standard compatible UARTs and a Flash ROM interface. 11 PCI slots. This connector accommodates the provided ribbon cable for the AMD Barton/Thoroughbred/Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron Processors, with 133MB/s maximum throughput. 1-4 Chapter 1: Motherboard...
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... to clear the CMOS data. Simply restart the system and the BIOS will automatically restore the CPU default setting for an optional ROM. 1-6 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information Unlike other competing vendors' products, ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to open the case to prolong the life of 533Mhz, AGP 8X is the next generation VGA interface specification that enables enhanced graphics performance...
... to clear the CMOS data. Simply restart the system and the BIOS will automatically restore the CPU default setting for an optional ROM. 1-6 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information Unlike other competing vendors' products, ASUS motherboards now enable users to enjoy this protection feature without the need to open the case to prolong the life of 533Mhz, AGP 8X is the next generation VGA interface specification that enables enhanced graphics performance...
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... support. 1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card After physically installing the expansion card, configure the card by adjusting the software settings. 1. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 1-11 DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket to the tables below. 3. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. 2. PC3200 maximum to 2 banks only and PC2700 maximum to 4 banks only. 1.10 Expansion slots The A7V8X-X motherboard has six (6) expansion PCI slots and one direction. Install the software drivers...
... support. 1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card After physically installing the expansion card, configure the card by adjusting the software settings. 1. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 1-11 DO NOT force a DIMM into a socket to the tables below. 3. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. 2. PC3200 maximum to 2 banks only and PC2700 maximum to 4 banks only. 1.10 Expansion slots The A7V8X-X motherboard has six (6) expansion PCI slots and one direction. Install the software drivers...
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...23 A7V8X-X USB Device Wake Up +5V (Default) +5VSB 2. OVER_VOLT 12 23 Enable Disable (Default) A7V8X-X ® A7V8X-X OVER_VOLT Setting Setting to a very high core voltage may adjust the CPU VCORE through the BIOS Setup. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 1-13 USB device wake-up the computer from S3 sleep mode (no power to the front USB ports. The USBPWR12 and USBPWR34 jumpers are set to support this feature. This feature requires a power supply that can connect to CPU, DRAM in slow refresh, power supply in reduced power mode). VCORE over-voltage (3-pin OVER_VOLT) When enabled...
...23 A7V8X-X USB Device Wake Up +5V (Default) +5VSB 2. OVER_VOLT 12 23 Enable Disable (Default) A7V8X-X ® A7V8X-X OVER_VOLT Setting Setting to a very high core voltage may adjust the CPU VCORE through the BIOS Setup. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 1-13 USB device wake-up the computer from S3 sleep mode (no power to the front USB ports. The USBPWR12 and USBPWR34 jumpers are set to support this feature. This feature requires a power supply that can connect to CPU, DRAM in slow refresh, power supply in reduced power mode). VCORE over-voltage (3-pin OVER_VOLT) When enabled...
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... enter BIOS setup to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in the BIOS. Keyboard power (3-pin KBPWR) This jumper allows you press a key on the +5VSB lead, and a corresponding setting in CMOS. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer. 6. This feature requires an ATX power supply that can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by placing the jumper cap to pins [1-2] and replace it to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up feature. 3. Remove...
... enter BIOS setup to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in the BIOS. Keyboard power (3-pin KBPWR) This jumper allows you press a key on the +5VSB lead, and a corresponding setting in CMOS. Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer. 6. This feature requires an ATX power supply that can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by placing the jumper cap to pins [1-2] and replace it to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up feature. 3. Remove...
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... secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to be both master devices with two ribbon cables - Refer to the secondary IDE connector. This prevents incorrect orientation when you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. BIOS supports specific device bootup. MDC header (10-1 pin MDC) This ASUS proprietary modem header accomodates an optional modem module...
... secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to be both master devices with two ribbon cables - Refer to the secondary IDE connector. This prevents incorrect orientation when you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. BIOS supports specific device bootup. MDC header (10-1 pin MDC) This ASUS proprietary modem header accomodates an optional modem module...
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... 2-pin connector. • ATX Power Switch/Soft-off the system power. • Hard Disk LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector connects to the front panel HD LED and lights up when you turn on the BIOS or OS settings. 12. Pressing the power switch while in sleep mode. • System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPKR) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. • System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pin SMI) This 2-pin connector allows...
... 2-pin connector. • ATX Power Switch/Soft-off the system power. • Hard Disk LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector connects to the front panel HD LED and lights up when you turn on the BIOS or OS settings. 12. Pressing the power switch while in sleep mode. • System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPKR) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. • System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pin SMI) This 2-pin connector allows...
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... Use this menu to configure the default system device used to the advanced features. To access the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. BOOT Use this menu to enable and make changes to configure and enable Power Management features. POWER Use this program. This requires you may want to enable the security password feature or make changes to locate and load the Operating System. Because the BIOS software...
... Use this menu to configure the default system device used to the advanced features. To access the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. BOOT Use this menu to enable and make changes to configure and enable Power Management features. POWER Use this program. This requires you may want to enable the security password feature or make changes to locate and load the Operating System. Because the BIOS software...
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... BIOS" on how to update the BIOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] These fields allow you can type up the system. If you specify (usually the current date). The password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to erase the CMOS RAM, unplug the all the power cables and remove the button cell battery. Make a copy of floppy drive installed. The passwords control access to [Enabled]. System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Sets...
... BIOS" on how to update the BIOS. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] These fields allow you can type up the system. If you specify (usually the current date). The password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to erase the CMOS RAM, unplug the all the power cables and remove the button cell battery. Make a copy of floppy drive installed. The passwords control access to [Enabled]. System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Sets...
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...-120 compatible floppy disk drives [ZIP] - Sector This field configures the number of the hard drive is used without regard for IDE CD-ROM drives [LS-120] - Translation Method [LBA] Select the hard disk drive type in this field, set the Type field to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field to the Main menu. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 2-13 Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value. for IDE magneto optical disk drives [Other ATAPI Device] - Note...
...-120 compatible floppy disk drives [ZIP] - Sector This field configures the number of the hard drive is used without regard for IDE CD-ROM drives [LS-120] - Translation Method [LBA] Select the hard disk drive type in this field, set the Type field to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field to the Main menu. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 2-13 Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value. for IDE magneto optical disk drives [Other ATAPI Device] - Note...
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... documentation that utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology. Set to [Disabled] to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for the IDE device. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [Disabled] 2.3.2 Keyboard Features Boot Up NumLock Status [On] This field enables users to suppress Ultra DMA capability. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PIO Mode [4] This option lets you set the Type field to...
... documentation that utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology. Set to [Disabled] to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for the IDE device. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [Disabled] 2.3.2 Keyboard Features Boot Up NumLock Status [On] This field enables users to suppress Ultra DMA capability. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PIO Mode [4] This option lets you set the Type field to...
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...Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. If detected, the USB controller legacy mode is disabled. This field is not accessible when the CPU VCore Setting is set this option to [Enabled]. If not detected, the USB controller legacy mode is enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2.4.1 Chip Configuration 2-16 Chapter 2: BIOS Information The default of greater than 64MB, you to choose from the default [Enabled] or choose [Disabled] to the default setting [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory...
...Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. If detected, the USB controller legacy mode is disabled. This field is not accessible when the CPU VCore Setting is set this option to [Enabled]. If not detected, the USB controller legacy mode is enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2.4.1 Chip Configuration 2-16 Chapter 2: BIOS Information The default of greater than 64MB, you to choose from the default [Enabled] or choose [Disabled] to the default setting [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory...
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... set to [Enabled], this field to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel, or both channels to UC (uncacheable) if your display card does not support this to [Disabled]. Set this feature frees the PCI bus when the CPU is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor. You can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] DRAM Burst Length Configuration options: [4] [Auto] S2K Bus Driving Strength Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] S2K Strobe P Control Configuration...
... set to [Enabled], this field to enable either the primary IDE channel or secondary IDE channel, or both channels to UC (uncacheable) if your display card does not support this to [Disabled]. Set this feature frees the PCI bus when the CPU is a new cache technology for the video memory of the processor. You can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] DRAM Burst Length Configuration options: [4] [Auto] S2K Bus Driving Strength Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] S2K Strobe P Control Configuration...
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... to select the USB port that you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard Game Port [200H-207H] These fields allow you are using standard VGA cards, leave this field to the default setting [Disabled]. The default setting for the onboard game connectors. Configuration options: [Disabled] [330H-331H] [300H-301H] 2.4.3 PCI Configuration Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto] These fields automatically assign the IRQ for best performance and stability. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Latency Timer...
... to select the USB port that you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard Game Port [200H-207H] These fields allow you are using standard VGA cards, leave this field to the default setting [Disabled]. The default setting for the onboard game connectors. Configuration options: [Disabled] [330H-331H] [300H-301H] 2.4.3 PCI Configuration Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto] These fields automatically assign the IRQ for best performance and stability. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Latency Timer...
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Configuration options: [PCI VGA Card] [AGP VGA Card] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] This field allows you to reduce power consumption. Configuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] 2.5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity. Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card] This field allows you to [Yes] if you install a legacy device that this particular IRQ is being used by a legacy device. Set the IRQ field to select the...
Configuration options: [PCI VGA Card] [AGP VGA Card] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] This field allows you to reduce power consumption. Configuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] 2.5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Boot ROM. This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity. Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card] This field allows you to [Yes] if you install a legacy device that this particular IRQ is being used by a legacy device. Set the IRQ field to select the...
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... Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you to enable or disable the ACPI Suspend-to [Max Saving], system power is automatically installed as set to -RAM feature. 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 this menu. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS Information To support this feature, the +5VSB of the power supply should install the Advanced Power Management (APM) utility to [Disabled], the power...
... Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you to enable or disable the ACPI Suspend-to [Max Saving], system power is automatically installed as set to -RAM feature. 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 this menu. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS Information To support this feature, the +5VSB of the power supply should install the Advanced Power Management (APM) utility to [Disabled], the power...
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...-free boot sector. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] This field speeds up the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. The Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) setting allows you to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Reset Configuration Data...
...-free boot sector. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] This field speeds up the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and fourth time. The Programmable Interrupt Controller (PIC) setting allows you to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] When enabled, the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to enable or disable the full screen logo display feature. Reset Configuration Data...
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... subject to run the CD. 3-2 Chapter 3: Starting-Up Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures presented in your computer. The contents of the support CD to display more information. 3.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features. 3.1 Install an operating system The A7V8X-X motherboard supports Windows ME/NT/2000/XP operating systems...
... subject to run the CD. 3-2 Chapter 3: Starting-Up Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary, use the setup procedures presented in your computer. The contents of the support CD to display more information. 3.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard contains useful software and several utility drivers that enhance the motherboard features. 3.1 Install an operating system The A7V8X-X motherboard supports Windows ME/NT/2000/XP operating systems...
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... applications. ASUS Update Installs utility to load the installation wizard and install the VIA Local Area Network (LAN) driver. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 3-3 Install VIA LAN Driver Click this item to download and update motherboard BIOS & drivers. ASUS PC Probe Install utility that the motherboard supports. USB 2.0 Driver This item installs the USB 2.0 driver. Some menu items appear only to specific operating system versions. 3.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that can monitor Fan, Speed, Voltage, and CPU temperature. VIA...
... applications. ASUS Update Installs utility to load the installation wizard and install the VIA Local Area Network (LAN) driver. ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard 3-3 Install VIA LAN Driver Click this item to download and update motherboard BIOS & drivers. ASUS PC Probe Install utility that the motherboard supports. USB 2.0 Driver This item installs the USB 2.0 driver. Some menu items appear only to specific operating system versions. 3.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that can monitor Fan, Speed, Voltage, and CPU temperature. VIA...
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... setup. Install the SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application from the support CD that came with the motherboard package to avail the 6channel audio feature onboard. 3-4 Chapter 3: Starting-Up ASUS Screen Saver This item installs the ASUS screen saver. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V5.0 This installs software for this user guide. 3.2.5 Multi-channel audio feature The ADI AD1980 AC '97 audio CODEC provides 6-channel audio capability. You must use 4-channel or 6-channel speakers for viewing files in Portable Document Format (PDF...
... setup. Install the SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application from the support CD that came with the motherboard package to avail the 6channel audio feature onboard. 3-4 Chapter 3: Starting-Up ASUS Screen Saver This item installs the ASUS screen saver. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V5.0 This installs software for this user guide. 3.2.5 Multi-channel audio feature The ADI AD1980 AC '97 audio CODEC provides 6-channel audio capability. You must use 4-channel or 6-channel speakers for viewing files in Portable Document Format (PDF...
