Asus A7Pro 2.2.1Component Locations

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ASUS A7PRO User’s Manual

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JumperFree™ PC133/VC133 200MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X ASUS A7PRO 1.04 E658 November ASUS A7PRO User’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 A7PRO 2.1.1 Specifications Wake-On-Ring Connector: USB: PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: Super 2.1.2Special Features 2.1.3 Performance Features 2.1.4Intelligence 2.2Motherboard Components 2.2.1Component Locations 3.1Motherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents H/W.3 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure 3.4Motherboard Settings SETUP H/W Motherboard Features Settings (DIP Switches - DSW) Mode (JEN) Setting VID 2)Onboard Audio Setting (AUDIOCODEC) Setting AUDIOCODEC 3)PCI 3Volt Setting (3VSBSLT) 3VSBSLT 4)I/O Voltage Setting (VIO) Setting VIO 5)CPU External Frequency Setting (DSW Switches 1–5) 6)CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple (DSFID Switches 1–6) Note 7)Voltage Regulator Output Setting (VID1, VID2, VID3, VID4) 3.5System Memory (DIMM) 3.5.1 General DIMM Notes 3.5.2Memory Installation 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) H/WSETUP .3 SETUP H/W 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) 3.7.4Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot 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)Game/MIDI Connector (Gold 15-pinGAME_AUDIO) (optional) 7)Audio Port Connectors (Three 1/8” GAME_AUDIO) (optional) 8)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 9)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (Two 40-1pinIDE) 10)Chassis Intrusion Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) 11)Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector (5-pinIR) UART2 Use Infrared 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 12)Wake-On-LANConnector (3-pinWOL_CON) 4.4.3 Power Management 13)Wake-On-RingConnector (2-pinWOR) 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE not supported do not place jumper caps over these pins 15)Internal Audio Connectors (4-pinCD_IN, AUX, VIDEO, MODEM) 16)Internal Microphone Header (3-pinMIC2) 17)Headphone True-LevelOut Header (3-pinHPHONE) 18)USB Headers (10-1pin USBPORT) 19)SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB) 20)ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pinblock ATXPWR) 21)Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2-pinblock JTPWR) 22)IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) will not 23)System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pinSPEAKER) 24)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 25)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMSG.LED) 26)Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) 27)ATX Power Switch 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 Setting [Optimal] CPU Vcore Setting [Auto] CPU Vcore CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Disabled] Notes for JumperFree Mode 4.4.1Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM Configuration SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Memory Early/Delay Write [Auto] Memory Data Drive [Auto] CAS# Drive [Auto] DIMM Interleave Setting [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Game Port Function [Disabled] Onboard Legacy Audio Support [Disabled] Sound Blaster Emulation [Disabled] Sound Blaster I/O Base Address [220h-22Fh] Sound Blaster IRQ [IRQ5] 4.4.3PCI Configuration 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] Suspend-to-RAMCapability [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] 4.5.1Power Up Control Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 4.5.2Hardware Monitor 4.6Boot Menu Boot Sequence Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)] Plug & Play O/S [No] Reset Configuration Data [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] 4.7Exit Menu Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes 5.1Install Operating System 5.2 Start Windows 5.3A7 Series Motherboard Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu 5.4Uninstalling Programs Page 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 PowerDVD 6.3.1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD 6.3.2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface 6.4CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.4.1Starting VideoLive Mail 6.4.2CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface Page 7.1PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card 7.1.1 Features 7.1.2 Software Driver Support 7.1.3 Question and Answer 7.2 Modem Riser 7.2.1 56K Software Modem 7.2.2 Primary/Seconday MR 7.2.3Hardware Installation Procedure 7.2.4Software Setup in Windows 7.3 Glossary Boot Bus Master IDE Byte (Binary Term) COM Port Concurrent PCI LPT Port (Line Printer Port) MMX OnNow PC100 PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) ROM (Read Only Memory) SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SPD for SDRAM module SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions)