K7M User Manual
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... means indicated on the product itself. Product Name: K7M Manual Revision: 1.04 E463 Release Date: October 1999 2 ASUS K7M User's Manual 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 ASUS; SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE...
... means indicated on the product itself. Product Name: K7M Manual Revision: 1.04 E463 Release Date: October 1999 2 ASUS K7M User's Manual 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 ASUS; SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE...
K7M User Manual
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...ASUS K7M User's Manual 5 BIOS SETUP 46 4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 46 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 46 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures 48 4.2. SOFTWARE SETUP 71 5.1 Operating Systems 71 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 71 5.2 K7M Support CD 72 5.3 Audio Driver... (only with 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...
...ASUS K7M User's Manual 5 BIOS SETUP 46 4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 46 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 46 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures 48 4.2. SOFTWARE SETUP 71 5.1 Operating Systems 71 5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation 71 5.2 K7M Support CD 72 5.3 Audio Driver... (only with 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...
K7M User Manual
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... Reference material for this motherboard. Your system may become unstable/unreliable and may experience difficulty in 3.8 External Connectors). ASUS K7M User's Manual 7 Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least a 200-watt (235W for full configuration) ATX power supply be used ...Ribbon cable 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-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended...
... Reference material for this motherboard. Your system may become unstable/unreliable and may experience difficulty in 3.8 External Connectors). ASUS K7M User's Manual 7 Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least a 200-watt (235W for full configuration) ATX power supply be used ...Ribbon cable 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-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional) IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended...
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...(UltraDMA/66 requires a 40-pin 80-conductor cable to be enabled and/or for Windows 95/98/NT. 10 ASUS K7M User's Manual To fully utilize the benefits of the motherboard meets PC 99 compliancy. FEATURES 2.1.2 Performance • 100/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support: CPU frequency can be ... an ACPI-supported OS, such as Windows 98, must be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for UltraDMA Mode 4.) • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to memory to CPU...
...(UltraDMA/66 requires a 40-pin 80-conductor cable to be enabled and/or for Windows 95/98/NT. 10 ASUS K7M User's Manual To fully utilize the benefits of the motherboard meets PC 99 compliancy. FEATURES 2.1.2 Performance • 100/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support: CPU frequency can be ... an ACPI-supported OS, such as Windows 98, must be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all system components, and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for UltraDMA Mode 4.) • Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master buses to memory to CPU...
K7M User Manual
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...for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software settings for possible future use . Keep the bracket for your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. INT-B INT-C - - Unplug your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs...necessary (such as jumpers. 2. ASUS K7M User's Manual 31 Carefully align the card's connectors and press firmly. 4. Remove your computer system's cover and the bracket plate on the slot you removed above. 5. Install the necessary software drivers for Expansion Cards IMPORTANT: Interrupt requests...
...for your expansion card and make any necessary hardware or software settings for possible future use . Keep the bracket for your motherboard and expansion cards. 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1. INT-B INT-C - - Unplug your expansion card. 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs...necessary (such as jumpers. 2. ASUS K7M User's Manual 31 Carefully align the card's connectors and press firmly. 4. Remove your computer system's cover and the bracket plate on the slot you removed above. 5. Install the necessary software drivers for Expansion Cards IMPORTANT: Interrupt requests...
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.... IMPORTANT: The XXX in FLASHXXX.EXE are actually 3 numbers that represent the version of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming Utility (FLASHXXX.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you...Utility that you need to the just created boot disk. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 46 K7M User's Manual In DOS mode, type A:\FLASHXXX and then press to the programmable flash ...during bootup. NOTE: FLASH works only in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk. FLASHXXX.EXE is recommended that may be loaded when...
.... IMPORTANT: The XXX in FLASHXXX.EXE are actually 3 numbers that represent the version of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash EPROM Programming Utility (FLASHXXX.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you...Utility that you need to the just created boot disk. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 46 K7M User's Manual In DOS mode, type A:\FLASHXXX and then press to the programmable flash ...during bootup. NOTE: FLASH works only in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that you boot from the floppy disk. FLASHXXX.EXE is recommended that may be loaded when...
K7M User Manual
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... then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section. IMPORTANT: Selecting No for the first time after the installation of your motherboard, Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on the Support CD... your screen. 5. 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 vendor. 55.. ASUS K7M User's Manual 71 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.1 Operating Systems You should always use OSR 2.0 or later. For Windows 95, you start Windows ...
... then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section. IMPORTANT: Selecting No for the first time after the installation of your motherboard, Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on the Support CD... your screen. 5. 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 vendor. 55.. ASUS K7M User's Manual 71 SOFTWARE SETUP 5.1 Operating Systems You should always use OSR 2.0 or later. For Windows 95, you start Windows ...
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...K7 Series motherboards with AMD-751 chipset under Windows 9x. • ASUS PC Probe: Installs a simple utility to monitor your motherboard, such as product name, BIOS version, and CPU. • Browse CD Content: Allows you to view user's manuals saved in the FLASH folder. 72 ASUS K7M User's...corner of the built-in PDF format at any 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. S/W SETUP Windows 98 • Show MB Information: Allows...
...K7 Series motherboards with AMD-751 chipset under Windows 9x. • ASUS PC Probe: Installs a simple utility to monitor your motherboard, such as product name, BIOS version, and CPU. • Browse CD Content: Allows you to view user's manuals saved in the FLASH folder. 72 ASUS K7M User's...corner of the built-in PDF format at any 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. S/W SETUP Windows 98 • Show MB Information: Allows...
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... and then click Finish restart your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to install other drivers and/or software. These drivers are enabled when Windows starts/restarts. Click OK. 3. Click Yes to restart your CD-ROM Drive) and click OK. ...associated with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive. 2. When the New Hardware Found screen prompts for a driver, select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and insert the Support CD into your computer. Click OK again and the driver files will be enabled. Click Browse. 4. ASUS K7M User's Manual 73...
... and then click Finish restart your CD-ROM drive or double-click the CD drive icon in My Computer to install other drivers and/or software. These drivers are enabled when Windows starts/restarts. Click OK. 3. Click Yes to restart your CD-ROM Drive) and click OK. ...associated with your motherboard into your CD-ROM drive. 2. When the New Hardware Found screen prompts for a driver, select Driver from disk provided by hardware manufacturer and insert the Support CD into your computer. Click OK again and the driver files will be enabled. Click Browse. 4. ASUS K7M User's Manual 73...
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S/W SETUP Windows 98 76 ASUS K7M User's Manual 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. 5.
S/W SETUP Windows 98 76 ASUS K7M User's Manual 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. 5.
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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. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS K7M User's Manual 77 5.
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. S/W SETUP Windows 98 ASUS K7M User's Manual 77 5.
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... If you must be possible if you able to the serial port of your tone generator. 90 ASUS K7M User's Manual The driver you use XGPlayer, the driver must install the YAMAHA CBX Driver. S/W REFERENCE XGPlayer 6. Tone generator used Soft Synthesizer S-YG20 Soft Synthesizer S-YG50 External YAMAHA tone..., audio playback system, and application raised? • If you are using the specified procedure? No sound • Is the MIDI driver correctly installed? • Is the tone generator set correctly? • Is volume set so that the computer sound output is connected ...
... If you must be possible if you able to the serial port of your tone generator. 90 ASUS K7M User's Manual The driver you use XGPlayer, the driver must install the YAMAHA CBX Driver. S/W REFERENCE XGPlayer 6. Tone generator used Soft Synthesizer S-YG20 Soft Synthesizer S-YG50 External YAMAHA tone..., audio playback system, and application raised? • If you are using the specified procedure? No sound • Is the MIDI driver correctly installed? • Is the tone generator set correctly? • Is volume set so that the computer sound output is connected ...
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...8226; Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play 7.1.2 Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up that can trigger wake-up frame. 94 ASUS K7M User's Manual 7. A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? Q: What can... capability, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up frame. With this feature, remotely uploading/downloading data to function? APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card that can Wake-On-LAN do...
...8226; Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions • Plug and Play 7.1.2 Software Driver Support • NetWare ODI Drivers - tems supporting Wake-On-LAN by simply sending a wake-up that can trigger wake-up frame. 94 ASUS K7M User's Manual 7. A: Wake-On-LAN is Wake-On-LAN? Q: What can... capability, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up frame. With this feature, remotely uploading/downloading data to function? APPENDIX ASUS LAN Card 7. A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires an Ethernet LAN adapter card that can Wake-On-LAN do...