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A7N266-VM
1.00 E1014
March
How this guide is organized
Conventions used in this guide
Contents
Chapter
1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 5: Software support
Chapter 6: Appendix
Index
Electrical safety
Operational safety
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe)
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Thank you for buying the ASUS® A7N266-VMmotherboard
1.1Package contents
ASUS A7N266-VMmotherboard user guide
1.2Core Specifications
AMD® Athlon™ / Athlon™ XP and Duron™ Socket A (462) Processor
Expansion:
1.3Special Features
ACPI Ready: A
Concurrent PCI:
Auto Fan Off:
Dual Function Power Button:
1.4Motherboard Components
Location
Chipsets
Main Memory
Expansion Slots
1.4.1 Component Locations
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2.1.1 Placement direction
2.1.2 Screw holes
Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.2Layout contents
CPU, Memory and Expansion Slots
Motherboard Settings (Switches and Jumpers)
Connectors
2.3Before you proceed
2.4.1 Overview
2.4.2 Installing the CPU
2.5.1 Overview
2.5.2 Memory configurations
2.5.3 Installing a DIMM
2.6.1 Installing an expansion card
2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card
2.6.3 PCI slots
2.6.4 AGP slot
2.7Jumpers
1) CPU:DRAM Frequency Setting (BSEL0, BSEL1)
CPU
DRAM
BSEL0
2) Keyboard Wake Up (3 pin KBPWR1)
3) USB Device Wake-up(2x3 pin USBPWR01, 23, 45)
5) Clear RTC RAM (CLR_CMOS)
2.8Connectors
1) PS/2 Mouse Port (Green 6-pinPS2KBMS)
PS/2 Mouse Function Control
4.4 Advanced Menu
2) PS/2 Keyboard Port (Purple 6-pinPS2KBMS)
3) Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 and 1 (Black two x 4-pinUSB)
4) Serial Ports (Teal/Turquoise, One 9-pinCOM1, One 10-1pin COM2)
Onboard Serial Port 1 / Onboard Serial Port
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
5)Monitor Output Connector (Blue 15-pinVGA)
6) Parallel Port (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER)
Onboard Parallel Port
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration)
7) Game/MIDI Ports (Gold 15-pinGAME_AUDIO) (Optional)
8) Audio Connectors (Three 1/8” AUDIO) (Optional)
Line Out
Line In
Mic
9) IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED)
10) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
11) Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors
see
4.6 Boot Menu
12) CPU Fan Connector (3 pin CPU_FAN)
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE
These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these connectors
13) ASUS Front Panel Audio Connector (10 pin AAPANEL)
14) Power Supply Connectors (20 pin block ATXPWR)
15) SMBus Connector (6-1pin SMB)
16) Internal Audio Connectors (Two x 4 pin CD_IN1, AUX) (Optional)
17) Digital Audio Interfaces (4-1pinSPDIF1) (Optional)
18) USB Headers (10-1pin USB23, USB45)
19) Infrared module connector (5-1pin IR)
UART2 Use As
20) System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWR_LED)
21) Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2 pin KEYLOCK)
22) System Warning Speaker Lead (4 pin SPEAKER)
23) System Message LED Lead (2 pin LED)
24) System Management Interrupt Lead (2 pin SMI)
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Award BIOS Beep Codes
Chapter 3: Powering up
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4.1.1 Using the computer system for the first time
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4.1.2 Updating BIOS procedures
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4.2BIOS Setup program
4.2.1 BIOS menu bar
4.2.2 Legend bar
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program
Scroll bar
Sub-menu
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
4.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]
[User Type HDD]
Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders
Head
Sector
CHS Capacity
SMART Monitoring [Disabled]
PIO Mode [4]
Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled]
4.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]
Language [English]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
A note about passwords
Forgot the password
Halt On [All Errors]
CPU Speed
CPU/PCI Frequency (MHz) [100/33]
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio [Auto]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Enabled]
CPU Fast Decode [Disabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
USB Legacy Devices Support [Disabled]
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled]
4.4.1 Summary of Warning Messages
(Jumperless Operation only)
CPU Upgrade/Reinstallation
4.4.2 Chip Configuration
Internal Graphic Over-clocking[Disable]
Internal VGA LCD TV Display Type [NTSC-M]
Onboard VGA BIOS Update [Enabled]
MCP IDE Controller [Both]
MCP USB Controller [Enabled]
4.4.3 I/O Device Configuration
Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]
ECP DMA Select [3]
Onboard Game Port [200H-207H]
Onboard MIDI [Disabled]
4.4.4 PCI Configuration
PCI DMA Resource Exclusion
PCI UMB Resource Exclusion
4.4.5 Shadow Configuration
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled]
PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off]
4.5.1 Power Up Control
Power Up On PCI Card [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
Boot Sequence
Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Interrupt Mode [APIC]
Exit Saving Changes
Exit Discarding Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
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5.1.1 Windows 98 first time installation
5.2.1 Running the support CD
5.3.1 Installation Menu
5.3.2 Installation Procedure
5.3.3 Installation of PCI Drivers: Win98
5.3.4 Installation of Audio Codec Drivers: Win98
5.3.5 Installation of NVIDIA MCP MAC Driver: Win98
5.3.6 Installation of NVIDIA GeForce2 GPU Driver: Win98
5.4.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe
5.4.2 Using ASUS PC Probe
Settings
CPU Cooling System Setup
When CPU Overheated
History
Information
Hard Drives
Memory
Device Summary
DMI Explorer
Utility
Execute Program
5.4.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon
5.5ASUS Live Update
5.6.1 3Deep Color Tuning
5.6.2 The 3Deep Control Panel
5.7.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE
5.7.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel
5.8 CyberLink VideoLive Mail
5.8.1 Starting VideoLive Mail
5.8.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface
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6.1Glossary
Chapter 6: Appendix
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6.2Troubleshooting
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