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2 E1781First Edition December 3 ContentsChapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information 4 Chapter 3: Powering upChapter 4: BIOS setup 5 Chapter 5: Software support7 Federal Communications Commission StatementCanadian Department of Communications Statement 8 Electrical safetyOperation safety 9 How this guide is organizedWhere to find more information 10 Conventions used in this guide11 A8V-EDeluxe specifications summary16 Chapter summary17 1.1WelcomeThank you for buying an ASUS® A8V-EDeluxe motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard I/O modules Cables Accessories Application CDs Documentation 18 1.3.1Product highlights19 PCI Express™ interfaceAI Audio technology S/PDIF digital sound ready IEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology 20 1.3.2ASUS Proactive features21 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features22 ASUS MyLogo2™ASUS Instant Music 23 Hardware2 information25 2.1Before you proceedOnboard LED 26 2.2.1Placement direction2.2.2Screw holes 27 2.2.3Motherboard layout28 2.2.4Layout Contents30 2.3.1Overview2.3.2Installling the CPU 32 2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan34 2.4.1Overview35 2.4.2Memory Configurations37 2.4.3Installing a DIMM2.4.4Removing a DIMM 38 2.5.1Installing an expansion card2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 39 2.5.3Interrupt assignments40 2.5.4PCI slots2.5.5PCI Express x16 slot 2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot 41 2.6 Jumpers1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 42 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)43 3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)44 2.7.1Rear panel connectors45 Wireless LAN LED indications10 . Microphone port (pink) Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 12 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and 13 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and 14 . Optical S/PDIF Out port 15 . Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 16 . PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard 17 . PS/2 mouse port (green). This port is for a PS/2 mouse 46 2.7.2 Internal connectors47 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2)48 4 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors(3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHIP_FAN, CHA_FAN2) 49 5 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 50 7 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)51 8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX)9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 52 10 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)11 . IEEE 1394 connector (10-1pin IE1394_2) 53 12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)13 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF) 54 14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) System warning speaker (Orange •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) •Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWR) •Reset button (Blue 2-pinRESET) 57 3.1Starting up for the first time58 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 59 3.3.1Vocal POST messages61 3.3.2Winbond Voice Editor62 Changing the default languageLoad Write Yes 63 Customizing your POST messagesAdd Add Wave File 64 EditEvent Sound Editor Save .flh 67 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk68 4.1.2Updating the BIOS69 File Name to Program70 4.1.3Saving the current BIOS file71 4.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility72 Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk73 4.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility74 4.1.6ASUS Update utility75 Updating the BIOS through the Internet76 Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file77 4.2BIOS setup program78 4.2.1BIOS menu screen4.2.2Menu bar 79 4.2.3Legend bar4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 80 4.2.7Pop-upwindow4.2.8General help 81 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Language [English] 4.3.4Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 82 4.3.5Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave83 4.3.6HDD SMART Monitoring4.3.7Installed Memory 84 4.4.1CPU Configuration85 4.4.2Chipset86 Upstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit]Downstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit] LDT Bus Frequency [Auto] VLink Mode Selection [By Auto] PEG Data Scrambling [Auto] 87 4.4.3PCI PnP88 IRQ ResourcesResources Controlled By PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] Maximum Payload Size [4096] 89 4.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration90 Onboard AC97 Audio [Auto]Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] ECP Mode Use DMA [3] Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [330] Midi Port IRQ [10] 91 4.4.5USB Configuration92 4.4.6JumperFree Configuration93 Frequency Configuration94 PCIEx clock Sync. to CPUPCI clock Sync. to CPU CPU Multiplier [Auto] 95 Hammer Vid control [Startup]Memory Voltage Adjustment [2.75 V] CPU VCore Offset [+100 mv] Overclock Options [Overclock 3%] N.O.S. Option [Disable] 96 4.4.7LAN Cable Status4.4.8PEG Link Mode 97 4.4.9Speech Configuration98 4.4.10 Instant Music99 4.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]4.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 100 4.5.3APM Configuration101 Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled]Date (of Month) [0] Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 : 0 : Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off] 102 4.5.4Hardware Monitor103 CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]Temperature Tolerance [3ºC] Minimum FAN Duty Cycle [11/16] FAN Step Time [0.1 sec] 4.6Boot menu 104 4.6.1Boot Device Priority4.6.2Removable Drives 105 4.6.3Hard Disk Drives4.6.4CDROM Drives 106 4.6.5Boot Settings Configuration107 Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6]Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 108 4.6.6Security109 A note about passwordsForgot your password Password Check 110 4.7Exit menuExit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes 111 Load Setup DefaultsExit & Save Changes Discard Changes 113 Software5 support115 5.2.1Running the support CD116 5.2.2Drivers menu117 ASUS Wireless LAN adapter Drivers and UtilityUSB 2.0 Driver AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver 118 5.2.3Utilities menu119 Microsoft DirectXWinbond Voice Editor Anti-virusUtility ADOBE Acrobat Reader ASUS Screen Saver 120 5.2.4ASUS Contact information5.2.5Other information 121 Browse this CDTechnical support Form 122 Filelist123 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™124 Ratio125 5.3.2AI NETUsing the Virtual Cable Tester™ 126 5.3.3Audio configurations127 Sound EffectS/PDIF option SPDIF 128 Speaker ConfigurationSpeaker Configuration Auto Test UAJ Automatic 129 AI Audio featureConnector Sensing Bracket Option 130 HRTF DemoHRTF Demo Play Stop 131 General settingsGeneral Language Rear panel audio ports function variation 132 5.4.1Installing hard disks133 5.4.2VIA RAID configurations134 Create ArrayCreate Array RAID 0 for performance Array Mode RAID 0 for performance Auto Setup for Performance 135 Select Disk DrivesBlock Size Start Create Process RAID 1 for data protection RAID 1 for data protection 136 Auto Setup for Data Security137 RAID Span for capacityRAID SPAN for capacity Auto Setup for Capacity 138 Delete ArrayDelete Array Select Boot Array Select Boot Array Status 139 Serial Number ViewSerial Number View 140 5.5Creating a RAID driver diskMake VIA 6420 RAID Driver Disk \Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID 141 5.6.1Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology142 5.6.2Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software
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