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...ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for each product design represented by... thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. • VIA is defaced or missing. Product Name: K7M Manual Revision: 1.04 E463 Release Date: October 1999 2 ASUS K7M User's Manual ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT ...
...ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. For previous or updated manuals, BIOS, drivers, or product release information, contact ASUS at http://www.asus.com.tw or through any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for each product design represented by... thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. • VIA is defaced or missing. Product Name: K7M Manual Revision: 1.04 E463 Release Date: October 1999 2 ASUS K7M User's Manual ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT ...
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... onboard audio option 73 5.4 PC-cillin 98 74 5.5 Acrobat Reader Vx.x 75 5.6 IDE Driver 76 5.7 Miniport Driver 77 5.8 ASUS PC Probe 78 5.9 YAMAHA S-YXG50 79 5.10 YAMAHA XGStudio 80 5.11 Uninstalling Programs 81 6. APPENDIX 93 7.1 ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card 93 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5 CONTENTS 4. BIOS Setup Program 49 4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar 50 4.2.2 Navigation...
... onboard audio option 73 5.4 PC-cillin 98 74 5.5 Acrobat Reader Vx.x 75 5.6 IDE Driver 76 5.7 Miniport Driver 77 5.8 ASUS PC Probe 78 5.9 YAMAHA S-YXG50 79 5.10 YAMAHA XGStudio 80 5.11 Uninstalling Programs 81 6. APPENDIX 93 7.1 ASUS PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card 93 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5 CONTENTS 4. BIOS Setup Program 49 4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar 50 4.2.2 Navigation...
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...) ATX power supply be used for (1) 3.5" floppy disk drive (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional) ASUS PCI...Motherboard (1) ASUS Motherboard (1) Universal Retention Mechanism (factory installed) (1) ASUS USB Connector Set (1) Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA/33 & UltraDMA/66 IDE drives (1) Ribbon cable for this motherboard. INTRODUCTION Sections/Checklist 1. Your system may become unstable/unreliable and may experience difficulty in 3.8 External Connectors). ASUS K7M...
...) ATX power supply be used for (1) 3.5" floppy disk drive (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional) ASUS PCI...Motherboard (1) ASUS Motherboard (1) Universal Retention Mechanism (factory installed) (1) ASUS USB Connector Set (1) Ribbon cable for master and slave UltraDMA/33 & UltraDMA/66 IDE drives (1) Ribbon cable for this motherboard. INTRODUCTION Sections/Checklist 1. Your system may become unstable/unreliable and may experience difficulty in 3.8 External Connectors). ASUS K7M...
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...ASUS K7M User's Manual The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all the energy saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of the motherboard... meets PC 99 compliancy. 2. FEATURES 2.1.2 Performance • 100/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support: CPU frequency can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for UltraDMA...
...ASUS K7M User's Manual The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all the energy saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of the motherboard... meets PC 99 compliancy. 2. FEATURES 2.1.2 Performance • 100/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support: CPU frequency can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for UltraDMA...
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...drivers support "Share IRQ" or that will arise between the two PCI groups that the cards do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Unplug your expansion card and make the system unstable or cards inoperable. Replace the computer system's cover. 6. ASUS K7M... card, such as jumpers. 2. Secure the card on the slot you removed above. 5. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for your computer system's cover and the bracket plate on the slot with...
...drivers support "Share IRQ" or that will arise between the two PCI groups that the cards do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. Unplug your expansion card and make the system unstable or cards inoperable. Replace the computer system's cover. 6. ASUS K7M... card, such as jumpers. 2. Secure the card on the slot you removed above. 5. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for your computer system's cover and the bracket plate on the slot with...
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...: The XXX in FLASHXXX.EXE are actually 3 numbers that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming Utility (FLASHXXX.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in DOS mode. Type COPY D:\FLASH... new BIOS file to run FLASH. 4. It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that you reboot using a floppy disk. 3. NOTE: BIOS Setup must specify "Floppy" as the first item in DOS mode....boot from the floppy disk. Reboot your computer from your screen during bootup. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 46 K7M User's Manual
...: The XXX in FLASHXXX.EXE are actually 3 numbers that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming Utility (FLASHXXX.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in DOS mode. Type COPY D:\FLASH... new BIOS file to run FLASH. 4. It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that you reboot using a floppy disk. 3. NOTE: BIOS Setup must specify "Floppy" as the first item in DOS mode....boot from the floppy disk. Reboot your computer from your screen during bootup. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 46 K7M User's Manual
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... to ensure full compliancy. Always use Service Pack 3.0 or later. 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you must use the driver available on your screen. SS//WWSSEETTUUPP WiWinnddoowwss9988 NOTE: The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the ...or an applicable driver update from your motherboard, Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip. SOFTWARE SETUP 5.1 Operating Systems You should always use OSR 2.0 or later. ASUS K7M User's Manual...
... to ensure full compliancy. Always use Service Pack 3.0 or later. 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you must use the driver available on your screen. SS//WWSSEETTUUPP WiWinnddoowwss9988 NOTE: The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the ...or an applicable driver update from your motherboard, Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may load an older display driver that is incompatible with the onboard VGA chip. SOFTWARE SETUP 5.1 Operating Systems You should always use OSR 2.0 or later. ASUS K7M User's Manual...
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...(Click RIGHTARROW on the lower-right corner of our web sites. • IDE Driver: Installs VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller Driver. • Miniport Driver: Installs the necessary AGP miniport driver for playing MIDI files through software. Additonal CD Content: Flash BIOS writer in PDF ... fan, temperature, and voltages. • YAMAHAS-YXG50 (Optional): Installs the YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer for the K7 Series motherboards with AMD-751 chipset under Windows 9x. • ASUS PC Probe: Installs a simple utility to view user's manuals saved in the FLASH folder. 72 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5.
...(Click RIGHTARROW on the lower-right corner of our web sites. • IDE Driver: Installs VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Controller Driver. • Miniport Driver: Installs the necessary AGP miniport driver for playing MIDI files through software. Additonal CD Content: Flash BIOS writer in PDF ... fan, temperature, and voltages. • YAMAHAS-YXG50 (Optional): Installs the YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer for the K7 Series motherboards with AMD-751 chipset under Windows 9x. • ASUS PC Probe: Installs a simple utility to view user's manuals saved in the FLASH folder. 72 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5.
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...files. (4) Click here and then click Finish restart your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click OK again and the driver files will be able to use immediately the devices associated with your motherboard into your computer. Click Yes to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. ..., be copied. 6. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here and then click Next to install other drivers and/or software. These drivers are enabled when Windows starts/restarts. Click OK. 3. ASUS K7M User's Manual 73 You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is your CD-ROM...
...files. (4) Click here and then click Finish restart your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click OK again and the driver files will be able to use immediately the devices associated with your motherboard into your computer. Click Yes to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. ..., be copied. 6. S/W SETUP Windows 98 (3) Click here and then click Next to install other drivers and/or software. These drivers are enabled when Windows starts/restarts. Click OK. 3. ASUS K7M User's Manual 73 You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is your CD-ROM...
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S/W SETUP Windows 98 76 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5. SOFTWARE SETUP 5.6 IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (3) Click here and then click Next to start copying files. (2) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here and then click Finish to restart. 5.
S/W SETUP Windows 98 76 ASUS K7M User's Manual 5. SOFTWARE SETUP 5.6 IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (3) Click here and then click Next to start copying files. (2) Click here. (4) Click here. (5) Click here and then click Finish to restart. 5.
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5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS K7M User's Manual 77 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.7 Miniport Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click Finish to restart. 5.
5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS K7M User's Manual 77 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.7 Miniport Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen. (1) Click here. (2) Click here. (3) Click Finish to restart. 5.
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...files to increase the free space on your tone generator. 90 ASUS K7M User's Manual If you are using an external MIDI tone generator whose HOST connector is connected to the owner's manual for your disk. The driver you must be possible if you are using the specified procedure? ...Tone generator used Soft Synthesizer S-YG20 Soft Synthesizer S-YG50 External YAMAHA tone generator (MU80 or MU50 etc.) External tone generator of another manufacturer Driver to select and set correctly? (For the name of the select switch, refer to the serial port of your tone generator, audio playback...
...files to increase the free space on your tone generator. 90 ASUS K7M User's Manual If you are using an external MIDI tone generator whose HOST connector is connected to the owner's manual for your disk. The driver you must be possible if you are using the specified procedure? ...Tone generator used Soft Synthesizer S-YG20 Soft Synthesizer S-YG50 External YAMAHA tone generator (MU80 or MU50 etc.) External tone generator of another manufacturer Driver to select and set correctly? (For the name of the select switch, refer to the serial port of your tone generator, audio playback...
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... 2.1 specifications • Consists of course save you ? tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 94 ASUS K7M User's Manual APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. Q: What components are required for Wake-On-LAN to remotely power on ACPI & APM • Adheres to /... • Enhancements on sys- Q: What can Wake-On-LAN do for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play 7.1.2 Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? With this feature, remotely uploading/downloading data to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev....
... 2.1 specifications • Consists of course save you ? tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up frame. 94 ASUS K7M User's Manual APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. Q: What components are required for Wake-On-LAN to remotely power on ACPI & APM • Adheres to /... • Enhancements on sys- Q: What can Wake-On-LAN do for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play 7.1.2 Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? With this feature, remotely uploading/downloading data to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev....