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A7V266-M
1.00 E921
December
How this guide is organized
Conventions used in this guide
Contents
Chapter
1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: Software support
Glossary
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® A7V266-Mmotherboard
1.1Package contents
ASUS A7V266-Mmotherboard user guide
1.2Core Specifications
AMD® Athlon™ / Athlon™ XP and Duron™ Socket A (462) Processor
Smart BIOS:
Expansion:
Connections:
1.3Special Features
Easy Overclocking
Thermal Protection
Realtek LAN
ACPI Ready: A
1.4Motherboard Components
1.4.1 Component Locations
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2.1.1 Placement direction
2.1.2 Screw holes
2.2Motherboard layout
2.2.1 Layout contents
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
2.7Switches and jumpers
Motherboard Frequency Settings (DIP Switches)
1) JumperFree™ Mode (JEN)
2) CPU External Frequency Selection (SYSCLK DSW Switches 1–4)
CPU
AGP
PCI
DSW1
3) USB Device Wake-up(USB01_PWR / USB23_PWR)
4) Keyboard Wake Up (KBWK)
Wake On PS2 KB/PS2 Mouse/CIR
4.5.1 Power Up Control
5) LAN Enable (2 pin)
6) Clear RTC RAM (2-pinCLR_RTC)
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 1 & 2 (Black two 4-pinUSB)
4) Parallel Port (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER)
Onboard Parallel Port
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration)
5) Serial Ports (Teal/Turquoise 9-pinCOM1 / 9-pinCOM2)
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-pinIDELED)
9) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
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11)CPU Fan, Power Fan, and Chassis Fan Connectors (CPU_, PWR_, CHA_FAN)
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE
These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these connectors
12) Infrared Module Connector (10-1pin IR_CON)
UART2 Use Infrared
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration)
13) Power Supply Connectors (20-pinblock ATXPWR)
14) SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB)
15) Internal Audio Connectors (4-1pin CD, AUX, MODEM) (optional)
16) USB Headers (10-1pin USB2_3)
17) Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2 pin JTPWR)
18) Chassis Open Alarm Lead (4 pin CHASSIS)
19) Line-outSelector Jumpers (24-1pin BACK_LT / BACK_RT)
20) ASUS Front Audio Connector (10-1pin IPANEL)
21) System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
22) Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK)
23) System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER)
24) System Message LED Lead (2-pinMLED)
25) System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)
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Award BIOS Beep Codes
3.3Powering off the computer
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 [6/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 [Manual]
CPU: System Frequency Multiple (when CPU Speed is set to [Manual])
System / PCI Frequency (MHz) (when CPU Speed is set to [Manual])
System / SDRAM Frequency Ratio [Auto]
Load Performance Setting [Normal]
CPU VCore [1.750V]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Disabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled]
4.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency [3T]
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time [3T]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]
SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay [6T]
Bank Interleave [Auto]
DRAM 4K/8K PAGE ENABLE [Auto]
DDR_1T/2T_ITEM [2T CMD]
Burst Len [4]
Graphics Aperture Size [32MB]
Video Memory Cache Mode [UC]
Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both]
Memory Hole At 15M-16M[Disabled]
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
UART2 Use As [COM Port]
4.4.2.1 Onboard Peripheral Resource Control
Game Port Function [200H-207H]
Onboard MIDI I/O [330H-331H]
Onboard MIDI IRQ [5]
4.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1, Slot 2 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB Function [Enabled]
4.4.3.1 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
Suspend-to-RAMCapability [Disabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
4.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
PWR Up On External Modem Act [Disabled]
Wake On LAN or PCI Modem [Disabled]
Power Up by USB [Disabled]
Power On by Keyboard [Space Bar]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Automatic Power Up [Disabled]
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
JTPWR Temperature [Ignore]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM]
Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
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]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
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
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5.4.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe
5.4.2 Using ASUS PC Probe
Settings
CPU Cooling System Setup
When CPU Overheated
History
Hard Drives
Memory
Device Summary
DMI Explorer
Execute Program
5.4.3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon
5.5ASUS Live Update
6.5.1 3Deep Color Tuning
6.5.2 The 3Deep Control Panel
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Appendix: Glossary
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Index
