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...Memory Installation 23 3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 25 3.7 Expansion Cards 26 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro (AGP Pro 28 3.7.4 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot 29 3.8 External Connectors 30 3.9 Starting Up the First Time 41 4. FEATURES 8 2.1 The ASUS CUV4X... Bar 48 4.3 Main Menu 50 4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave 51 4.3.2 Keyboard Features 54 4 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized 7 1.2 Item Checklist 7 2.
...Memory Installation 23 3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 25 3.7 Expansion Cards 26 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 26 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 27 3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro (AGP Pro 28 3.7.4 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot 29 3.8 External Connectors 30 3.9 Starting Up the First Time 41 4. FEATURES 8 2.1 The ASUS CUV4X... Bar 48 4.3 Main Menu 50 4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave 51 4.3.2 Keyboard Features 54 4 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized 7 1.2 Item Checklist 7 2.
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..., or 512MB), NEC's VC133-compliant Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAM, or Enhanced Memory System's High-speed DRAMs (HSDRAMs) up to -use DIP switches instead of jumpers are new DRAM core architectures that support four IDE devices on two channels. Appendix). 8 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual Easy-to 66.6MB/sec; FEATURES Specifications 2. VC SDRAM and...
..., or 512MB), NEC's VC133-compliant Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAM, or Enhanced Memory System's High-speed DRAMs (HSDRAMs) up to -use DIP switches instead of jumpers are new DRAM core architectures that support four IDE devices on two channels. Appendix). 8 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual Easy-to 66.6MB/sec; FEATURES Specifications 2. VC SDRAM and...
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...PCI transfers from PCI master busses to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 9 Power supply is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices. • PCI/ISA/AMR Expansion ... and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe. • SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which allows hardware to the memory and processor. • Smart BIOS: 2MB firmware provides Vcore and...
...PCI transfers from PCI master busses to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.) ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 9 Power supply is used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices. • PCI/ISA/AMR Expansion ... and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe. • SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which allows hardware to the memory and processor. • Smart BIOS: 2MB firmware provides Vcore and...
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... (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for UltraDMA/66 doubles the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer rate to the memory and processor. • High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: IDE transfers using PC100-compliant SDRAMs). 10 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual This motherboard also supports standard SDRAM, which is compatible to be ready around the clock...
... (ACPI) provides more Energy Saving Features for UltraDMA/66 doubles the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer rate to the memory and processor. • High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: IDE transfers using PC100-compliant SDRAMs). 10 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual This motherboard also supports standard SDRAM, which is compatible to be ready around the clock...
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...NT and OS/2, require much more than 4 seconds when the system is kept in sleep mode. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 11 With this benefit on-hand, users can be turned on remotely through the ASUS ASIC. A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user. • Remote Ring On (requires modem...for less than 4 seconds, the system enters the soft-off mode regardless of two states: sleep mode or soft-off automatically even in memory on managing their computers from anywhere in the mailbox. When the power button is necessary to be monitored for more efficiently. • ...
...NT and OS/2, require much more than 4 seconds when the system is kept in sleep mode. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 11 With this benefit on-hand, users can be turned on remotely through the ASUS ASIC. A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user. • Remote Ring On (requires modem...for less than 4 seconds, the system enters the soft-off mode regardless of two states: sleep mode or soft-off automatically even in memory on managing their computers from anywhere in the mailbox. When the power button is necessary to be monitored for more efficiently. • ...
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...DIP Switches 6 Chipsets VIA VT82C694Z (VIA Apollo Pro133Z) system controller ..... 3 VIA VT82C686A PCIset 12 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM 10 Main Memory Maximum 1.5GB support 3 DIMM Sockets 4 PC133 SDRAM support Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots 19 1 ISA Slot 14 1 Accelerated Graphics... 13 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring (integrated in ASUS ASIC) ....... 11 3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors Power ATX Power Supply Connector 1 Special Feature Onboard LED 16 Form Factor ATX 12 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual Location Processor Support Socket 370 for locations...
...DIP Switches 6 Chipsets VIA VT82C694Z (VIA Apollo Pro133Z) system controller ..... 3 VIA VT82C686A PCIset 12 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM 10 Main Memory Maximum 1.5GB support 3 DIMM Sockets 4 PC133 SDRAM support Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots 19 1 ISA Slot 14 1 Accelerated Graphics... 13 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring (integrated in ASUS ASIC) ....... 11 3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors Power ATX Power Supply Connector 1 Special Feature Onboard LED 16 Form Factor ATX 12 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual Location Processor Support Socket 370 for locations...
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... Audio Setting 3) DIP_SW 5-8 p. 20 CPU External Frequency Selection 4) DIP_SW 1-4 p. 21 CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple Selection Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p.22 System Memory Support 2) DIMM1/2/3 p.22 DIMM Memory Module Support 3) Socket 370 p.25 CPU Support 4) PCI1/2 p.27 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5) AGP p.28 Accelerated Graphics Port 6) AMR ... Supply Connector (20 pins) 19) JTPWR p. 38 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2 pins) 20) SMB p. 39 SMBus Connector (5-1 pins) continued... H/W SETUP LayoutContents 3. 3. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 15
... Audio Setting 3) DIP_SW 5-8 p. 20 CPU External Frequency Selection 4) DIP_SW 1-4 p. 21 CPU Core:BUS Frequency Multiple Selection Expansion Slots/Sockets 1) System Memory p.22 System Memory Support 2) DIMM1/2/3 p.22 DIMM Memory Module Support 3) Socket 370 p.25 CPU Support 4) PCI1/2 p.27 32-bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5) AGP p.28 Accelerated Graphics Port 6) AMR ... Supply Connector (20 pins) 19) JTPWR p. 38 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2 pins) 20) SMB p. 39 SMBus Connector (5-1 pins) continued... H/W SETUP LayoutContents 3. 3. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 15
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... and not powered OFF. Failure to do not have one, touch both of switches and/or jumpers. PLED CUV4X CUV4X Onboard LED ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 17 Install Expansion Cards 5. Check Motherboard Settings 2. WARNING! Connect Ribbon Cables, Panel Wires, and...computer components. The onboard LED when lit acts as the power supply case. 3. Ensure that you work on the motherboard. Install Memory Modules 3. Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. Unplug your hands to a safely grounded ...
... and not powered OFF. Failure to do not have one, touch both of switches and/or jumpers. PLED CUV4X CUV4X Onboard LED ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 17 Install Expansion Cards 5. Check Motherboard Settings 2. WARNING! Connect Ribbon Cables, Panel Wires, and...computer components. The onboard LED when lit acts as the power supply case. 3. Ensure that you work on the motherboard. Install Memory Modules 3. Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit (IC) chips. Unplug your hands to a safely grounded ...
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...attempt to mix registered SDRAMs with memory chips) of 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB to form a memory size between 8MB to operate 100MHz/133MHz, use only PC100-/PC133- double-sided come in 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB. 22 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual This motherboard also ...supports NEC's Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAMs and Enhanced Memory System's High-speed DRAMs (HSDRAMs). Memory speed setup is the memory of choice for 3.3Volt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random ...
...attempt to mix registered SDRAMs with memory chips) of 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, or 512MB to form a memory size between 8MB to operate 100MHz/133MHz, use only PC100-/PC133- double-sided come in 32, 64, 128, 256, 512MB. 22 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual This motherboard also ...supports NEC's Virtual Channel (VC) SDRAMs and Enhanced Memory System's High-speed DRAMs (HSDRAMs). Memory speed setup is the memory of choice for 3.3Volt (power level) unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random ...
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... identify the type and also to both sides. Because the number of pins are different on the motherboard. 3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.5.2 Memory Installation WARNING! ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 23 DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on each side and therefore have different pin contacts on both your...Definitions (3.3V) 3. SDRAM DIMMs have a higher pin density. 88 Pins 60 Pins CUV4X 20 Pins CUV4X 168-Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must tell your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components. Make sure that you unplug your retailer the correct DIMM...
... identify the type and also to both sides. Because the number of pins are different on the motherboard. 3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.5.2 Memory Installation WARNING! ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 23 DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on each side and therefore have different pin contacts on both your...Definitions (3.3V) 3. SDRAM DIMMs have a higher pin density. 88 Pins 60 Pins CUV4X 20 Pins CUV4X 168-Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must tell your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components. Make sure that you unplug your retailer the correct DIMM...
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Connect the power supply cord into a power outlet that all connections are running at a lower frequency ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 41 The LED on the monitor may have failed a power-on the power, the system may light up or switch between orange and ... LED will light. Be sure that 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 appear on the front panel of the case. 6. Connect the power...
Connect the power supply cord into a power outlet that all connections are running at a lower frequency ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 41 The LED on the monitor may have failed a power-on the power, the system may light up or switch between orange and ... LED will light. Be sure that 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 appear on the front panel of the case. 6. Connect the power...
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... will not work with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk. It is a Flash Memory Writer utility that you need to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard. DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to the just created boot disk. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 43 4. If... "unknown" is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is either not programmable or is your screen during bootup. This file works only in DOS mode...
... will not work with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk. It is a Flash Memory Writer utility that you need to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard. DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC.BAT & CONFIG.SYS to the just created boot disk. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 43 4. If... "unknown" is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is either not programmable or is your screen during bootup. This file works only in DOS mode...
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... Y to boot up . This will minimize the chance that a failed update will need servicing. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 45 If this might prevent your system from booting up . If you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system from booting...
... Y to boot up . This will minimize the chance that a failed update will need servicing. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 45 If this might prevent your system from booting up . If you saved to disk above. If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system from booting...
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...field determines which types of errors will appear. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 55 Symbols and other words, it makes no difference whether you to halt. Configuration options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but Disk/Keyboard] Installed Memory [XXX MB] This display-only field displays ...a password using upper or lowercase letters. In other keys are not case sensitive. BIOS SETUP Language [English] This allows selection of conventional memory detected by the onboard button cell battery. Currently only English is powered by the system during system startup.
...field determines which types of errors will appear. ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 55 Symbols and other words, it makes no difference whether you to halt. Configuration options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but Disk/Keyboard] Installed Memory [XXX MB] This display-only field displays ...a password using upper or lowercase letters. In other keys are not case sensitive. BIOS SETUP Language [English] This allows selection of conventional memory detected by the onboard button cell battery. Currently only English is powered by the system during system startup.
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... the update on startup a PS/2 mouse is set it to turn on startup. BIOS SETUP Advanced Menu ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 57 BIOS SETUP System/SDRAM Frequency Ratio [Auto] This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is detected or not. Otherwise, leave it manually, always refer to the System/PCI Frequency (MHz...
... the update on startup a PS/2 mouse is set it to turn on startup. BIOS SETUP Advanced Menu ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 57 BIOS SETUP System/SDRAM Frequency Ratio [Auto] This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is detected or not. Otherwise, leave it manually, always refer to the System/PCI Frequency (MHz...
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... greater than 64MB, you are using OS/2 operating systems with locked frequency multiplier 58 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual BIOS SETUP USB Legacy Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using a USB device or not. BIOS SETUP JumperFree Mode For...
... greater than 64MB, you are using OS/2 operating systems with locked frequency multiplier 58 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual BIOS SETUP USB Legacy Support [Auto] This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using a USB device or not. BIOS SETUP JumperFree Mode For...
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...items as shown here.) SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] This sets the optimal timings for items 2-5, depending on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module, such as memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module banks. 4. NOTE: This field will only be set to this...you are using. NOTE: This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Configuration is set to [User Define]. 60 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual The EEPROM on the memory modules that the data actually becomes available. SDRAM Active to Precharge Time To make changes to [User Define]. SDRAM ...
...items as shown here.) SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] This sets the optimal timings for items 2-5, depending on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module, such as memory type, size, speed, voltage interface, and module banks. 4. NOTE: This field will only be set to this...you are using. NOTE: This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Configuration is set to [User Define]. 60 ASUS CUV4X User's Manual The EEPROM on the memory modules that the data actually becomes available. SDRAM Active to Precharge Time To make changes to [User Define]. SDRAM ...
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...Enabled] With the Read Around Write (RAW) feature, after the CPU issues a write command, the memory controller stores the write data in a prefetchable address range. BIOS SETUP Chip Configuration ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 61 However, byte merging may leave the default [4X Mode] on PCI, this merges... a sequence of individual memory writes (bytes or words) into a single 32-bit block of 266MB/s...
...Enabled] With the Read Around Write (RAW) feature, after the CPU issues a write command, the memory controller stores the write data in a prefetchable address range. BIOS SETUP Chip Configuration ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 61 However, byte merging may leave the default [4X Mode] on PCI, this merges... a sequence of individual memory writes (bytes or words) into a single 32-bit block of 266MB/s...
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...ASUS CUV4X User's Manual You must set this feature; Expansion cards can only access memory up to the system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. Setting the address space to a particular setting will make that require it. It can select to reserve an address space for the video memory...[Both] You can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] Memory Hole At 15M-16M [Disabled] This field allows you to enable the primary IDE channel, secondary IDE channel, both, or disable both ...
...ASUS CUV4X User's Manual You must set this feature; Expansion cards can only access memory up to the system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. Setting the address space to a particular setting will make that require it. It can select to reserve an address space for the video memory...[Both] You can greatly improve the display speed by caching the display data. Configuration options: [Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled] Memory Hole At 15M-16M [Disabled] This field allows you to enable the primary IDE channel, secondary IDE channel, both, or disable both ...
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...then appear for shadowing other expansion card ROMs. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them specifically. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 69 BIOS SETUP ISA MEM Block BASE [No/ICU] This field allows you are using an ICU to accomplish this task, leave ...MEM Block BASE to RAM enhances system performance, as information access is faster than one legacy ISA card in your system that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range. Relocating to its address range, select a base address from ROM to set the base address...
...then appear for shadowing other expansion card ROMs. If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them specifically. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS CUV4X User's Manual 69 BIOS SETUP ISA MEM Block BASE [No/ICU] This field allows you are using an ICU to accomplish this task, leave ...MEM Block BASE to RAM enhances system performance, as information access is faster than one legacy ISA card in your system that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range. Relocating to its address range, select a base address from ROM to set the base address...