Asus A7V266-MX 15

DIMM1 (64 bit,184-pin module)

DIMM2 (64 bit,184-pin module)

1.5Motherboard layout

PS/2KBMS

T:Mouse

B:Keyboard

COM1

24.5cm (9.6in)

Socket 462

CPU_FAN

DSW

VGA1

USB1

USB2

PARALLEL PORT

USBPWR34			USBPWR12

FLOPPY

Connector

(9.6in)

USB2.0 Top:

T: USB3 RJ-45

B: USB4

Top:Line In

Center:Line Out

Below:Mic In

VIA

VT6103

SPDIF

AD1980

CODEC

FP_AUDIO

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP1)

PCI1

VIA

A7V266-MX

VT8235CE

PCI2

CR2032 3V

Lithium Cell

CMOS Power

PCI3

CLRTC

USB56

USBPWR56

AUX1 CD1

SB_PWR

ATX Power

24.5cm

PRI IDE

SEC IDE

2Mbit

Firmware Hub

CHA_FAN1

Super

I/O

CHASSIS

GAMEPANEL

ASUS A7V266-MX motherboard user guide

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Contents

Page E1444 First Edition October 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS information Chapter 3: Software support Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety Page Conventions used in this guide Page 266MHz FSB support for Athlon™ XP/Athlon™/Duron™ processors Integrated graphics SoundMAX Digital Audio System USB 2.0 technology ASUS C.O.P ASUS CrashFree BIOS Digital audio support Page CPU socket ATX power connector DIP switches IDE connectors Flash ROM Audio CODEC PS/2 mouse port Parallel port RJ-45 port Page 1.6.1 Placement direction 1.6.2 Screw holes Page Installing the CPU Installing a DIMM 1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.10.2 AGP slot 1.10.3 PCI slots 1.CPU external frequency selection (SW1 Switches 1-5) 2.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12, USBPWR34, USBPWR56) 3.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 1.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1) 3.Digital Audio Connector (6-1pin SPDIF) 4.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR) 5.USB header (10-1pin USB56) 6.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME) 8.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 9.Front panel audio connectors (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 10.Internal audio connectors (4 pin CD, AUX) 11.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) •Reset Switch (2-pinRESET) Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2Updating BIOS using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility Updating BIOS via a bootable floppy disk 2.1.3 CrashFree BIOS feature Award BIOS Beep Codes 2.3.1 BIOS menu bar 2.3.2 Legend bar General help Saving changes and exiting the Setup program Scroll bar Sub-menu Date [mm/dd/yy] Time [hh:mm:ss] Drive A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None] Chassis intrude detection [Enabled] Set Supervisor Password [Clear] / Set User Password [Clear] Security Option [Setup] Installed Memory [XXX MB] Halt On [No Errors] IDE HDD Auto-Detection[Press Enter] IDE Primary Master/Slave [Auto] IDE Secondary Master/Slave [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] [Manual] & [CHS] Settings Cylinders Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector Transfer Mode DRAM Clock [By SPD] CPU Internal/External Cache [Enabled]/[Enabled] 2.5.1 Chip Configuration VGA Share Memory Size [32M] System BIOS Cacheable [Disabled] Video RAM Cacheable [Disabled] AGP & P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size [XXXMB] AGP Mode [4X] AGP Fast Write [Disabled] AGP Master 1 WS Write [Disabled] DRAM Clock/Drive Control DRAM Timing [Safe] DRAM CAS Latency [2.5] Bank Interleave [Disabled] Precharge to Active (Trp) [2T] CPU & PCI Bus Control PCI1 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI2 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI1 Post Write [Enabled] PCI2 Post Write [Enabled] VIA OnChip IDE Device IDE DMA Transfer Access [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel 0 [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel 1 [Enabled] IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] Swap Floppy Drive [Disabled] Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] VIA-3058AC97 Audio [Auto] VIA-3043OnChip LAN [Auto] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Game Port Address [201] PCI Configuration Resources Controlled by [Auto (ESCD)] PCI/VGA Snoop Palette [Disabled] Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] Assign IRQ for USB [Enabled] IRQ Resources IRQ 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 assigned to [PCI Device] 2.5.4 Frequency/Voltage Control Spread Spectrum [Disabled] CPU Clock [100] ACPI Function [Enabled] ACPI Suspend Mode [S1 (POS)] Power Management Option [User Define] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Auto Suspend Timeout [Disabled] Video Off Method [V/H Sync+Blank] PWR Button < 4 Sec [Instant-off] Run VGA BIOS if S3 Resume [Auto] AC Loss Auto Restart [Previous State] C.O.P. Control [85 degree] 2.6.1 Power Up Control PS2KB Wakeup Select [Hot Key] PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] USB Resume from S3 [Disabled] Hardware Monitor CPU Fan Check [Enabled] System Fan Check [Enabled] CPU Warning Temp [Disabled] M/B Temp [xxx°C/xxx°F] First, Second, Third, Fourth Boot Device PNP OS Installed [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Quick Power-On-Self-Test[Disabled] Boot up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Page 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3.2.4 ASUS contact information