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... disk drives Optional Items ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion detection module ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/ 100 Ethernet Card ASUS MR-I Modem Riser Card (1) ASUS 2-port USB Connector Set (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 7 Package Contents (1) ASUS Motherboard (1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/ 100 / UltraDMA/66 (also compatible with UltraDMA/33 IDE drives/devices) (1) Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/33 IDE drives (1) Ribbon cable...
... disk drives Optional Items ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion detection module ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/ 100 Ethernet Card ASUS MR-I Modem Riser Card (1) ASUS 2-port USB Connector Set (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User's Manual ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 7 Package Contents (1) ASUS Motherboard (1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/ 100 / UltraDMA/66 (also compatible with UltraDMA/33 IDE drives/devices) (1) Ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/33 IDE drives (1) Ribbon cable...
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... DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to 1.5GB. up to allow manual adjustment of the processor's external frequency. • AGP Pro Slot: Supports AGP/AGP Pro cards for 4X, 2X, and 1X AGP modes; Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CDR/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives. • Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through BIOS setup. It...
... DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to 1.5GB. up to allow manual adjustment of the processor's external frequency. • AGP Pro Slot: Supports AGP/AGP Pro cards for 4X, 2X, and 1X AGP modes; Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CDR/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives. • Wake-On-LAN Connector: Supports Wake-On-LAN activity through BIOS setup. It...
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... compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) • Color-coded Connectors: To enhance user accessibility to system components and to the memory and processor. • Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU/SDRAM frequency adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 9 2. Power supply is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices. • PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion slots, which can support Bus...
... compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) • Color-coded Connectors: To enhance user accessibility to system components and to the memory and processor. • Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware provides Vcore and CPU/SDRAM frequency adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot selection. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 9 2. Power supply is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices. • PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI (Rev. 2.2) expansion slots, which can support Bus...
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...'s core design provides up to wait for a long time for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make the setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • Suspend and Go: Suspend-to-RAM (STR) provides maximum power savings as required by PC 99. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware. 2.1.3 Performance Features • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows...
...'s core design provides up to wait for a long time for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make the setup of hard disk drives, expansion cards, and other devices virtually automatic. • Suspend and Go: Suspend-to-RAM (STR) provides maximum power savings as required by PC 99. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware. 2.1.3 Performance Features • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows...
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... set for more memory and hard drive space to prevent possible application crashes. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 11 FEATURES 2.1.4 Intelligence • Auto Fan Off: The system fans will give the user information on -hand, users can determine if there are messages waiting in 4.5 Power Menu). When the power button is pressed for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds. • Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Turbo LEDs now act as Windows...
... set for more memory and hard drive space to prevent possible application crashes. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 11 FEATURES 2.1.4 Intelligence • Auto Fan Off: The system fans will give the user information on -hand, users can determine if there are messages waiting in 4.5 Power Menu). When the power button is pressed for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds. • Message LED (requires ACPI OS support): Turbo LEDs now act as Windows...
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... Socket A AMD Athlon/Duron Processors 3 (NOTE: A CPU thermal sensor is integrated on the motherboard, located near the center of the CPU heat source, just below the CPU socket) Feature Setting DIP Switches 6 Chipsets VIA VT8363 (VIA Apollo KT133) system controller 2 VIA VT82C686A PCIset 16 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM 9 Main Memory Maximum 1.5GB support 3 DIMM Sockets 4 VC133/PC133 memory support Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots 16 1 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot 19 1 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot Shared) 15 System I/O 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector 8 2 IDE Connectors...
... Socket A AMD Athlon/Duron Processors 3 (NOTE: A CPU thermal sensor is integrated on the motherboard, located near the center of the CPU heat source, just below the CPU socket) Feature Setting DIP Switches 6 Chipsets VIA VT8363 (VIA Apollo KT133) system controller 2 VIA VT82C686A PCIset 16 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM 9 Main Memory Maximum 1.5GB support 3 DIMM Sockets 4 VC133/PC133 memory support Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots 16 1 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot 19 1 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot Shared) 15 System I/O 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector 8 2 IDE Connectors...
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... 23 CPU Core: BUS Frequency Multiple 7) VID1/VID2/VID3/VID4 p. 24 Voltage Regulator Output Setting Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p.24 System Memory Support 2) DIMM1/2/3 p.25 DIMM Memory Module Support 3) Socket 462 (Socket A) p.27 CPU Support 4) PCI1/2/3/4/5 p.29 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5) AGP PRO p.31 Accelerated Graphics 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 Universal Serial Bus Connectors 0 & 1 (Two...
... 23 CPU Core: BUS Frequency Multiple 7) VID1/VID2/VID3/VID4 p. 24 Voltage Regulator Output Setting Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p.24 System Memory Support 2) DIMM1/2/3 p.25 DIMM Memory Module Support 3) Socket 462 (Socket A) p.27 CPU Support 4) PCI1/2/3/4/5 p.29 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5) AGP PRO p.31 Accelerated Graphics 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 Universal Serial Bus Connectors 0 & 1 (Two...
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Three sockets are not supported. WARNING! ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 25 One side (with memory chips) of choice for best performance vs. This motherboard also supports NEC's Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAMs. Memory speed setup is the memory of the DIMM takes up one row on bootup screen. • Single-sided DIMMs come in 16, 32, 64,128, 256MB; HARDWARE SETUP 3.5 System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Install memory in any...
Three sockets are not supported. WARNING! ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 25 One side (with memory chips) of choice for best performance vs. This motherboard also supports NEC's Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAMs. Memory speed setup is the memory of the DIMM takes up one row on bootup screen. • Single-sided DIMMs come in 16, 32, 64,128, 256MB; HARDWARE SETUP 3.5 System Memory (DIMM) This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMMs). Install memory in any...
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...IDE hard disk ribbon cable. It is removed to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS now supports specific device bootup (see 4.4.1 Advanced CMOS Setup). (Pin 20 is recommended that non-UltraDMA/66 devices be both Masters with pin 20 plugged). 3. H/W SETUP Connectors 36 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual You may configure two hard disks to your hard disk documentation for the primary IDE connector and another on the IDE ribbon cable to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly. PIN 1 3. Connect the cable's blue connector to the motherboard's primary (recommended) or secondary IDE...
...IDE hard disk ribbon cable. It is removed to the secondary IDE connector. BIOS now supports specific device bootup (see 4.4.1 Advanced CMOS Setup). (Pin 20 is recommended that non-UltraDMA/66 devices be both Masters with pin 20 plugged). 3. H/W SETUP Connectors 36 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual You may configure two hard disks to your hard disk documentation for the primary IDE connector and another on the IDE ribbon cable to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly. PIN 1 3. Connect the cable's blue connector to the motherboard's primary (recommended) or secondary IDE...
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... case-mounted speaker. If you to turn the system off your power switch. H/W SETUP Connectors 44 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual Pressing the button once will allow you do not have a switch for rebooting your computer without having to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been properly initialized. 24) System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PWRLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects the system power LED, which lights when the system is activated when it detects a short...
... case-mounted speaker. If you to turn the system off your power switch. H/W SETUP Connectors 44 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual Pressing the button once will allow you do not have a switch for rebooting your computer without having to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been properly initialized. 24) System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PWRLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects the system power LED, which lights when the system is activated when it detects a short...
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... front of the case. 6. You may then turn on your devices in an endless loop One long beep followed by three short beeps High frequency beeps when system is pressed. The system will light when the ATX power switch is working Meaning No error during POST No DRAM installed or detected Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System running , the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will light. Your monitor b. If you do...
... front of the case. 6. You may then turn on your devices in an endless loop One long beep followed by three short beeps High frequency beeps when system is pressed. The system will light when the ATX power switch is working Meaning No error during POST No DRAM installed or detected Video card not found or video card memory bad CPU overheated System running , the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will light. Your monitor b. If you do...
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... mode. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 47 DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to run AFLASH. 4. This file works only in case you save a copy of your hard drive. It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with a Flash Memory Writer utility (AFLASH.EXE) to the programmable flash ROM on the upper lefthand corner of the original motherboard BIOS along with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk...
... mode. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 47 DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to run AFLASH. 4. This file works only in case you save a copy of your hard drive. It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with a Flash Memory Writer utility (AFLASH.EXE) to the programmable flash ROM on the upper lefthand corner of the original motherboard BIOS along with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk...
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... Legacy Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. The default of [Auto] allows the system to turn on or off the CPU's Level 1 and Level 2 built-in the CPU level 2 cache. When this option to supply the processor with installed DRAM of [Enabled], the BIOS will be enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using a USB device or not. Configuration options: [Optimal] [Normal] CPU Vcore Setting [Auto] In JumperFree mode, this on startup. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] BIOS Update...
... Legacy Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. The default of [Auto] allows the system to turn on or off the CPU's Level 1 and Level 2 built-in the CPU level 2 cache. When this option to supply the processor with installed DRAM of [Enabled], the BIOS will be enabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using a USB device or not. Configuration options: [Optimal] [Normal] CPU Vcore Setting [Auto] In JumperFree mode, this on startup. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] BIOS Update...
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... you may set the operation mode of the onboard parallel port connector. Configuration options: [1] [3] Onboard Peripheral Resource Control 4. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 67 BIOS SETUP I/O Device Config Onboard AC97 Modem Controller [Auto] Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Auto] [Auto] allows the motherboard's BIOS to operate in bidirectional DMA mode; [ECP+EPP] allows normal speed operation in Parallel Port Mode above. if no modem/audio device is available only if you are using any modem/audio device. BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port [378H...
... you may set the operation mode of the onboard parallel port connector. Configuration options: [1] [3] Onboard Peripheral Resource Control 4. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 67 BIOS SETUP I/O Device Config Onboard AC97 Modem Controller [Auto] Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Auto] [Auto] allows the motherboard's BIOS to operate in bidirectional DMA mode; [ECP+EPP] allows normal speed operation in Parallel Port Mode above. if no modem/audio device is available only if you are using any modem/audio device. BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port [378H...
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...] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Some nonstandard VGA cards, such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards, may not show colors properly. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] Leave on default setting for each field is detected, the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled. [Disabled] will disable the motherboard's Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add-on the default setting of [Disabled]. stability. if no Symbios SCSI card is [Auto], which utilizes auto-routing...
...] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Some nonstandard VGA cards, such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards, may not show colors properly. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] Leave on default setting for each field is detected, the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled. [Disabled] will disable the motherboard's Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add-on the default setting of [Disabled]. stability. if no Symbios SCSI card is [Auto], which utilizes auto-routing...
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... (assuming that your computer's fan, temperature, and voltages. • ASUS Update Vx.xx: (Currently not available for this motherboard's manual is drive D:). 5.3.1 Installation Menu 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 • VIA 4 in 1 drivers: Installs Bus Master PCI IDE Driver, AGP VxD Driver, VIA Chipset Functions Registry, and IRQ Routing Miniport Driver. • Audio Driver: Installs the necessary audio drivers for more information. • ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx.xx: Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to change at any time without...
... (assuming that your computer's fan, temperature, and voltages. • ASUS Update Vx.xx: (Currently not available for this motherboard's manual is drive D:). 5.3.1 Installation Menu 5. S/W SETUP Windows 98 • VIA 4 in 1 drivers: Installs Bus Master PCI IDE Driver, AGP VxD Driver, VIA Chipset Functions Registry, and IRQ Routing Miniport Driver. • Audio Driver: Installs the necessary audio drivers for more information. • ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx.xx: Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to change at any time without...
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... click the designated COM port as shown. 100 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual APPENDIX 7.2.4 Software Setup in Windows 98 The Modem Riser supports the Plug and Play feature. Click OK. 8. It allows your device and click Next. 4. Select Search for the best driver for your computer to automatically set the optimal configurations for the MR driver. 5. Power ON the computer after the hardware installation is located, click Next and...
... click the designated COM port as shown. 100 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual APPENDIX 7.2.4 Software Setup in Windows 98 The Modem Riser supports the Plug and Play feature. Click OK. 8. It allows your device and click Next. 4. Select Search for the best driver for your computer to automatically set the optimal configurations for the MR driver. 5. Power ON the computer after the hardware installation is located, click Next and...
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... as memory, disks, and the display adapter. The specification also defines new extensions supporting modem and docking to help integrate the components necessary to -point cable-connected virtual bus. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of routines that provides a standard way to the PC such as scanners and cameras. The BIOS can turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard disk drives, and...
... as memory, disks, and the display adapter. The specification also defines new extensions supporting modem and docking to help integrate the components necessary to -point cable-connected virtual bus. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of routines that provides a standard way to the PC such as scanners and cameras. The BIOS can turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD-ROMs, network cards, hard disk drives, and...
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... other x86-compatible microprocessors. The PnP BIOS uses a memory block to define and remember each manufacturer. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 103 This type of architecture transfers data through the POST, a series of 57 new instructions based on the bus. lers, and graphics/video ICs. Plug and play (PnP) BIOS eliminates the ISA add-on IBM Micro Channel Architecture. The POST checks system memory, the motherboard circuitry, the display, the keyboard, the diskette drive, and...
... other x86-compatible microprocessors. The PnP BIOS uses a memory block to define and remember each manufacturer. ASUS A7PRO User's Manual 103 This type of architecture transfers data through the POST, a series of 57 new instructions based on the bus. lers, and graphics/video ICs. Plug and play (PnP) BIOS eliminates the ISA add-on IBM Micro Channel Architecture. The POST checks system memory, the motherboard circuitry, the display, the keyboard, the diskette drive, and...
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... 127 plug and play computer peripherals such as the data transfer. SPD for storing module configuration information inside. The standard started from the CPU's control; Ultra DMA/33 uses both edges of high performance and a simple user interface. USB 2.0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to 66.6 Mbytes/sec and maximized disk performance under power soft-off, suspend or sleep mode. 104 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual This...
... 127 plug and play computer peripherals such as the data transfer. SPD for storing module configuration information inside. The standard started from the CPU's control; Ultra DMA/33 uses both edges of high performance and a simple user interface. USB 2.0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to 66.6 Mbytes/sec and maximized disk performance under power soft-off, suspend or sleep mode. 104 ASUS A7PRO User's Manual This...