Asus A7M266-D manual

® A7M266-D

Dual Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Contents

Page ASUS A7M266-D 1.03 E1026 May ASUS A7M266-DUser’s Manual ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Page Page Page 1.1How This Manual Is Organized 1.2 Item Checklist 2.1The ASUS A7M266-D 2.1.1 Core Specifications 2.1.2Connections 2.1.3Performance and Intelligence Enhanced ACPI and Anti-Boot Virus Protection: Chassis Intrusion Detection: Dual Function Power Button: 2.2Motherboard Components 2.2.1Component Locations 3.1Motherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents 3.3Getting Started 3.4Motherboard Settings Motherboard Features Settings (DIP Switches - DSW) 1) JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN 2)DDR Voltage Setting (VDDR) VDDR 3)Bass Center Setting (CENTER/BASS, BASS/CENTER) 4)CPU External Frequency Setting (DSW Switches 1–4) JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) Frequency Table (MHz) DSW 5)Voltage Regulator Output Setting (PO_VID1 - 4) CPU Default NOTE 3.5System Memory (DDR DIMM) 3.5.1Memory Installation 3.5.2 General DIMM Memo 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) NOTE 3.7Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3.7.3Accelerated Graphics Port Pro (AGP Pro) 3.7.4 ASUS™ PCI-USB2Card 3.8External Connectors 3)Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 & 1 (Black two 4-pinUSB) 4)Serial Port Connectors (Teal/Turquoise 9-pinCOM1 / COM2) Onboard Serial Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configu- ration 5)Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER) 6)Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” GAME_AUDIO) (optional) 7)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 8)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pinIDE) 9)Chassis Intrusion Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) 10)Standard Infrared Module Connector (5-1pin IR) UART2 Use Infrared 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE do not place jumper caps over these pins 12)USB Headers (10-1pin USBPORT) 13)SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB) 14)ASUS iPanel Connector (24-1pin AFPANEL) 15)Internal Microphone Connector (3-pinMIC2) (optional) 16)Headphone True-levelLine Out Header (3-pinHPHONE) (optional) 17)Audio Input Line In Header (5-pinLINE_IN) (optional) only 18)Front Panel Audio Connector (10-1pin IAPANEL) NOTE only 19)IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 20)ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pinblock ATXPWR, 6-pinEAUXPWER, 4-pinATX12V) 21)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 22)Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK) 24)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMSGLED) 25)System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMISW) 26)ATX Power Switch / Soft-OffSwitch Lead (2-pinPWRSW) 3.9Starting Up the First Time Award BIOS Beep Codes 4. BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer: Start Shut Down Shut down the computer 4.1Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures Page Page 4.2BIOS Setup Program 4.2.1BIOS Menu Bar 4.2.2 Legend Bar General Help Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program Scroll Bar Sub-Menu 4.3Main Menu 4.3.1Primary & Secondary Master/Slave [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Translation Method Head Sector CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] 4.3.2 Keyboard Features Language [English] A Note about Passwords Forgot the Password Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 4.4Advanced Menu System Performance [Normal Mode] Spread Spectrum Control [Enabled] CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] BIOS Update [Enabled] PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto] Notes for JumperFree Mode 4.4.1Chip Configuration AGP Fast Write [Disabled] AGP Compensation [Bypass] AGP Signal Driving [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [32MB] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration 4.4.3 PCI Configuration PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS [Auto] Onboard Audio [Enabled] USB Function [Enabled] PCI/PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion PCI/PNP DMA Resource Exclusion PCI/PNP UMB Resource Exclusion 4.4.4Shadow Configuration 4.5Power Menu Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ] Video Off Method [DPMS OFF] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Entering Suspend in [Disabled] PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off] 4.5.1Power Up Control Page 4.5.2Hardware Monitor 4.6Boot Menu Boot Sequence Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)] Plug & Play O/S [No] MPS 1.4 Support [Enabled] MP Table [Enabled] Reset Configuration Data [No] 4.7Exit Menu Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Page 5.1Install Operating System 5.2 Start Windows 5.3 A7M266-DSeries Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Settings History Fan Control Information Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Utility 6.1.3ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 6.2CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.2.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.2.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel 6.3CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.3.1Starting VideoLive Mail 6.3.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface 6.4ASUS Live Update 6.5Multi-ChannelAudio Feature Setup 6.5.1 The C-MediaAudio Mixer 6.5.2 The C-MediaApplications 6.2.3 Connector Configuration 6.63Deep Color Tuner 6.6.1 3Deep Color Tuning 6.5.2 The 3Deep Control Panel Page 7.1Qualified Vendors List APPENDIX 7.2 Glossary