Asus A7V266-C manual

® A7V266-C

JumperFree™ DDR DRAM

266MHz FSB AGP 4X

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Contents

JumperFree™ DDR DRAM 266MHz FSB AGP ASUS A7V266-C 1.00 E1018 April ASUS A7V266-CUser’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 2.1ASUS A7V266-CMotherboard 2.1.1 Specifications 2.1.2Connections 2.1.3Performance 2.1.4Intelligence 2.2Motherboard Components 2.2.1 Component Locations 3.1Motherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents SETUP H/W 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure 3.4Motherboard Settings Motherboard Frequency Settings (DIP Switches) 1) JumperFree™ Mode (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN 2)CPU External Frequency Selection (SYSCLK Switches 1–4) 3)Voltage Over Setting (OVER1, OVER2) 4)Voltage Regulator Output Setting (VID1, VID2, VID3, VID4) CPU Default 5)Keyboard Wake Up (KBWK) 6)USB Device Wake-up(USB01_PWR, USB23_PWR) NOTES: 7) Thermal Sensor CPU Setting (2-pinTHERMTRIP) 8)Clear RTC RAM (2-pinCLR_RTC) 3.5System Memory 3.5.1 DDR DIMM Support 3.5.2Memory Installation 3.5.3 General DIMM Memo 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 3.7Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Installing an Expansion Card 3.7.2Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3.7.3Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4x Slot 3.8Connectors 3.8.1 External Connectors 4)Parallel Port (Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER) Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) NOTE 5)Serial Ports (Teal/Turquoise 9 pin COM1 / 9 pin COM2) 6)Game/MIDI Ports (Gold 15-pinGAME_AUDIO) (Optional) 7)Audio Connectors (Three 1/8” AUDIO) (Optional) Line Out Line In Mic 8)IDE Activity LED (2 pin IDELED) 9)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) Page 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these connectors 12)USB Headers (10-1pin USB2_3) 13)Infrared Module Connector (10-2pin IR_CON) 14)Power Supply Connectors (20 pin block ATXPWR) 15)SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB) 16)Internal Audio Connectors (4 pin MODEM, AUX, CD) (optional) 17)Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2-pinJTPWR) 18)Digital Audio Interfaces (6-1pin SPDIF_C) (optional) 19)Chassis Open Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS) ASUS Internal Line In Connector (5 pin LINE_IN) 21)ASUS Internal Line Out Connector (Two 2 pin BACK_LT/BACK_RT) (Optional) 22)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) 23)Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK) 24)System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER) 25)System Message LED Lead (2-pinMLED) 26)System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) 4.1Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Save Current BIOS to File Save Current BIOS To File A:\XXX-XX.XXX SETUP BIOS 4.1.2Updating BIOS Procedures 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 Type Translation Method CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] SMART Monitoring [Disabled] PIO Mode [4] 4.3.2Keyboard Features Language [English] A Note about Passwords Forgot the Password Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 4.4Advanced Menu System/SDRAM Frequency Ratio [Auto] System/ PCI Frequency (MHz) Load Performance Setting [Normal] Vcore [Various] CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] Notes for JumperFree Mode System Hangup Cause for Hangup: Improper CPU Speed Cause for Hangup: Improper CPU: System Frequency Multiple Cause for Hangup: Improper (For processors with unlocked frequency multiplier only) 4.4.1Chip Configuration SDRAM Active to Precharge Time [6T] Bank Interleave [Auto] DRAM 4K/8K Page Enable [Auto] DDR_1T/2T_ITEM [2T CMD] Burst Len [Auto] AGP Drive Strength [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [32MB] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both] Onboard PCI Audio Controller [Enabled] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration Onboard Peripheral Resource Control 4.4.3PCI Configuration PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion 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 Wake Up by USB Device [Disabled] Wake Up by Keyboard [Space Bar] Power Up on PS2 KB/Mouse [Disabled] Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 4.5.2Hardware Monitor 4.6Boot Menu Boot Sequence Plug & Play O/S [No] Reset Configuration Data [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] 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 5.3A7V266-CMotherboard Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu E-Color 3Deep: Show Motherboard Information: Browse Support CD: ReadMe: Page 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Settings CPU Cooling System Setup History Information Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Utility Execute Program 6.1.3ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 6.2Multi-ChannelAudio Feature Setup 6.2.1 The C-MediaAudio Mixer 6.2.2 The C-MediaApplications 6.2.3 Connector Configuration 6.3ASUS Live Update 6.43Deep Color Tuner 6.4.1 3Deep Color Tuning 6.4.2The 3Deep Control Panel 6.5CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.5.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.5.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel 6.6CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.6.1Starting VideoLive Mail 6.6.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface Page 7.1 Glossary APPENDIX Page Page INDEX Symbols