Asus A7S8X-MX 1.8.4PCI slots, 1.8.5AGP slot

1.8.4PCI slots

This motherboard has two PCI slots. The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. The figure shows a LAN card installed on a PCI slot.

1.8.5AGP slot

This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot that supports +1.5V AGP cards. When you buy an AGP card, make sure that you ask for one with +1.5V specification. Note the notches on the card golden fingers to ensure that they fit the AGP slot on your motherboard.

A7S8X-MX

Keyed for 1.5v

A7S8X-MX Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP1)

Install only 1.5V AGP cards on this motherboard!

ASUS A7S8X-MX

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Contents

Page E1766 First Edition September Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 3: Software support Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide A7S8X-MXspecifications summary Page Page Page 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® A7S8X-MXmotherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard Cables 1.3.1Product highlights AMD Athon™ XP/Sempron™ processor support AGP 8X support Powerful integrated graphics Serial ATA technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection) ASUS EZ Flash BIOS ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS MyLogo™ Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout Installing the CPU Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory Configurations Recommended memory configurations Memory frequency/CPU FSB synchronization 1.7.3Installing a DIMM 1.7.4Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.3Interrupt assignments Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.4PCI slots 1.8.5AGP slot 1.9 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC1) 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW1234, USBPW5678) 3 . External frequency selection (3-pinFSB_SEL1, FSB_SEL0) 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors Audio 2, 4, or 6-channelconfiguration Page 1.10.2 Internal connectors 2 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors 4 . CPU, and Chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN1) 5 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 6 . GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1) 7 . ATX power connector (20-pinATXPWR1) 8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 9 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUIDO1) 10 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 11 . Speaker out connector (4-pinSPEAKER1) 12 . Power LED connector (3-1pin PWR_LED1) 13 . System panel connector (10-1pin PANEL) •System power LED (Green 2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinHDLED) •Power/Soft-offbutton (Black 2-pinPWRBTN) •Reset button (Blue 2-pinRST) Page Page Important notes 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2AwardBIOS Flash Utility Updating the BIOS file Page 2.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk 2.1.5ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.2BIOS Setup program 2.2.1BIOS menu bar 2.2.2Legend bar General help Scroll bar Sub-menu 2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 2.3.2System Date [xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled] 2.3.5Installed Memory [xxx MB] 2.3.6Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave Primary IDE Master [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] UDMA Mode [Auto] 2.3.7First and Second SATA Master Extended IDE Drive [Auto] 2.4Advanced Menu 2.4.1CPU configuration 2.4.2Chipset configuration AGP Bridge Configuration Page Frequency Control Init Display First [PCI slot] 2.4.3PCIPnP Plug & Play OS [No] Resources Controlled By [Auto] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] 2.4.4Onboard device configuration Onboard LAN [Enabled] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Internal PCI/IDE[Both] IDE Burst Mode [Enabled] OnChip SATA [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] 2.4.5USB configuration USB 1.1 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Supports [Enabled] USB Legacy Support [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)] ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.1APM configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Suspend Mode [Disabled] Switch Function[Break/Wake] Hot Key Function [Power Off] Power Button Override [Instant-Off] Ring Power Up Control [Disabled] MACPME Power Up Control [Disabled] PCIPME Power Up Control [Disabled] PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Ctrl+Alt+B_Space] Month Alarm [NA] Day of Month Alarm [NA] Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm [0 : 0 : 0] 2.5.2Hardware monitor Power System Temperature [xxxoC/xxxo F ] CPU Temperature [xxxoC/xxxoF ] CPU FAN Speed [xxxxRPM] Chassis FAN Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xth Boot Device 2.6.2Removable drives 2.6.3Hard Disk Drives 2.6.4CD-ROMdrives 2.6.5Boot settings configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Boot Up Num-Lock[On] OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 2.6.6Security Supervisor Password [Clear] User Password [Clear] A note about passwords Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu SiS IDE Driver SiS741/SiS741GX Graphic Driver AD1888 SoundMAX Driver SiS Ethernet Device Driver 3.2.3Utilities menu ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update Microsoft DirectX Anti-VirusUtility 3.2.4ASUS Contact information