Asus A7V133 A1 Series, S8 Series, L8 Series, M8 Series

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A1 Series

Affordable Entertainment Notebook PC

•Internal CD/DVD & Floppy

•13.3”/12.1” TFT Color Display

•600MHz to 850MHz+

•64MB to 192MB Memory

•Internal Modem+LAN

•Wireless LAN via PC Card

•Up to 32MB Shared VGA Memory

S8 Series

Ultra Slim and Light Notebook PC

•External CD/DVD & Floppy

•13.3”/12.1” TFT Color Display

•600MHz to 850MHz+

•64MB to 192MB Memory

•Internal Modem+LAN

•Wireless LAN via PC Card

•External AiBox Module Bay

L8 Series

Compact Professional Notebook PC

•Internal CD/DVD & Floppy

•14.1” TFT Color Display

•500MHz to 850MHz+

•64MB to 256MB Memory

•2X AGP 3D w/ 8MB VRAM

•Internal Modem+LAN

•100MHz Processor Side Bus

M8 Series

Thin & Light Convertible Notebook PC

•1 Internal & 1 External Drive

•13.3”/12.1” TFT Color Display

•500MHz to 650MHz+

•64MB to 192MB Memory

•Internal Modem+LAN

•Ext. PortDock Module Bay

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JumperFree™ PC133/VC133 200/266MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X Product Name: ASUS A7V133 Manual Revision: 1.02 E688 Release Date: December ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) 1. INTRODUCTION 2. FEATURES 3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 5. SOFTWARE SETUP 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE 7. APPENDIX Federal Communications Commission Statement •This device may not cause harmful interference, and •Re-orientor relocate the receiving antenna •Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver •Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help 1.1How This Manual Is Organized 1.2 Item Checklist 2.1The ASUS A7V133 2.1.1 Specifications Wake-On-Ring Connector: USB: PC Health Monitoring: PCI/AMR Expansion Slots: 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 SETUP H/W 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure 3.4Motherboard Settings 1)Motherboard Features Settings (DIP Switches - DSW) 2)JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Setting DSW 3)Onboard Audio Setting (AUDIOCODEC) Setting AUDIOCODEC Enable [1-2] Disable 4)PCI 3Volt Setting (3VSBSLT) 3VSBSLT Volt VSB 5)ATA100 / RAID 0 Setting (ATA100/RAID 0) (Optional) 6)I/O Voltage Setting (VIO) Setting VIO 3.30Volt [1-2] 3.45 Volt test mode 7)CPU External Frequency Setting (DSW Switches 1–5) 1.To use this feature, JEN must be set to Jumper Mode: [1-2];[See section 2] 8)CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple (DSFID Switches 1–6) Note 9)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) unlocked H/WSETUP CPU 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 Page 3.8External Connectors 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) Onboard Parallel Port 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 (40-1pin PRIMARY ATA100 SECONDARY ATA100) (40-1pin PRIMARY IDE/SECONDARY IDE) 10)Chassis Intrusion Lead (2 pin 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, MODEM) 16)Internal Microphone Header (3-pinMIC2) 17)USB Headers (10-1pin USBPORT) (optional) 18)SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB) 19)ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pinblock ATXPWR) 20)Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2-pinblock JTPWR) 21)IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 22)System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pinSPEAKER) 23)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 24)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMSG.LED) 25)Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) 26)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 6.When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update Flashed Successfully 8. Follow the onscreen instructions to continue 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 Main Halt On [All Errors] 4.4Advanced Menu DRAM Frequency DRAM Frequency System Performance Setting [Optimal] CPU Vcore Setting [Auto] CPU Vcore CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] 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] I/O Recovery Time [Disabled] 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] CPU Fan in Standby Mode [On] 4.5.1 Power Up Control Wake On LAN or PCI Modem [Disabled] Automatic Power Up [Disabled] Automatic Power Up Power Up Control 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 5.3A7V133 Series Motherboard Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu Intel LDCM 6.1 Client Setup: ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6.1: Show Motherboard Information: •Browse Support CD: Allows you to view the contents of the CD Browse Support CD: 5.4Using the Promise Chip for RAID 5.4.1 Setting Up the RAID 0 Array 5.4.2Installing the Hard Disks 5.4.3 Creating the RAID 0 Array 5.4.4 Options and Other Details 5.5 Installing IDE/RAID 0 Drivers Manually 5.5.1 To install Win95-98Promise Ultra 100 IDE Controller Driver manually: 5.5.2 To install Win9x-MEPromise® FastTrak100 (tm) Speed BIOS manually: 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Information 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 6.4.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface A1 Series S8 Series L8 Series M8 Series Experience Radical 3D/2D Graphics Performance with 2nd Generation GPU 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 (Klamath) CPU as well as other OnNow PC100 ROM (Read Only Memory) SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SPD for SDRAM module SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions)