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A7V333
1.01 E1010
March
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® A7V333 motherboard
1.1Package contents
ASUS A7V333 motherboard user guide
1.2Core Specifications
AMD® Athlon™ / Athlon™ XP and Duron™ Socket A (462) Processor
UltraDMA/133 Support:
Multi-I/O
Chipset
1.3Special Features
Easy Overclocking
ACPI Ready: A
Concurrent PCI:
Auto Fan Off:
1.4Motherboard Components
Location
Chipsets
Main Memory
Expansion Slots
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
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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
IRQ
Priority
Standard Function
2.6.3 PCI slots
2.6.4 AGP PRO slot
2.7Switches and jumpers
Motherboard Frequency Settings (DIP Switches)
1) JumperFree™ Mode (3 pin JEN)
2) CPU External Frequency Selection (DIP_SW Switches 1–4)
Frequency Table
DSW
CPU MHz
3) RAID Controller (3 pin RAID_EN)
4) ROM Setting (3 pin ROMSIP)
5) Voltage Regulator Output Setting (4x3 pin VID1 - 4)
6) Voltage Regulator Output Limit (3 pin VID)
7) Keyboard Wake Up (3 pin KBWK)
8) USB 2.0 Compliant Device Enable (3 pin USB)
9) USB Wakeup Enable (2x3 pin USBWP2_EN, USBWP1_EN)
10) USB Device Wake-up(2x3 pin USB01_PWR/USB23_PWR)
11) IEEE-1394Device Enable (3 pin 1394_En)
12) MS SD Device Enable (3 pin MS_SD_EN)
13) Bass Center Setting (2x3 pin CENTER/BASS, BASS/CENTER)
14) Speaker Selector (3 pin SPEECH)
15) Audio Setting (3 pin Audio_En)
16) Clear RTC RAM (CLR_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 0, 1, 2 & 3 (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) Audio Connectors (Three 1/8” AUDIO) (optional)
Line Out
Line In
Mic
5. SOFTWARE SETUP
7) IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED)
8) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
9) Primary (Blue) / Secondary (Black) IDE Connectors
see
4.6 Boot Menu
See 5.4 Software Setup
10)CPU Fan, Power Fan, and Chassis Fan Connectors (3x3 pin CPU_, PWR_, CHA_FAN)
10)
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE
These are not jumpers, do not place jumper caps over these connectors
11) Infrared Module Connector (10-1pin IR_CON)
UART2 Use Infrared
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration)
12) ASUS iPanel Connector (24-1pin AFPANEL)
13) Power Supply Connectors (20-pinblock ATXPWR)
14) SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB)
15) Internal Audio Connectors (4 pin CD, AUX, MODEM) (optional)
16) Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector (2 pin JTPWR)
17) Smart Card Reader Connector (14-1pin SMARTCARD)
UART2 Use As
18) SD and MS Connector (2 x 10 pin SD, MS)
19) Game Connector (16-1pin GAME)
20) Digital Audio Interfaces (6-1pin SPDIF_C)
21) USB Headers (10-1pin USB20_34, USB2_3)
22) Chassis Open Alarm Lead (4-1pin CHASSIS)
23) Line-outSelector Jumpers (4 pin BACK_LT / BACK_RT)
24) Audio Input Line In Header (LINE_IN)
NOTE
only
25) ASUS Front Panel Audio Connector (10-1pin IPANEL)
26) IEEE-1394Header (8-pin1394HEAD) (Optional)
27) System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
28) Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2 pin KEYLOCK)
29) System Warning Speaker Lead (4 pin SPEAKER)
30) System Message LED Lead (2 pin MLED)
31) System Management Interrupt Lead (2 pin SMI)
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Award BIOS Beep Codes
POST Voice Message
Action
Chapter 3: Powering up
POST Message
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4.1.1 Using the computer system for the first time
ASUS POST Flash Utility
Using AFLASH from a Floppy Disk:
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.]
Legacy Diskette B [None]
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 [0]
Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled]
4.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/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 Frequency Multiple (when CPU Speed is set to [Manual])
CPU/PCI Frequency (MHz) (when CPU Speed is set to [Manual])
CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio [Auto]
CPU VCore Setting [Auto]
CPU VCore [1.850V]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]
4.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency [2.5T(DDR)/3T(SDR]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]
SDRAM RAS Precharge Time [3T]
SDRAM Active to Precharge Delay [6T]
SDRAM 1T Command Control [Disabled]
SDRAM Bank Interleave [Auto]
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
AGP Capability [4X Mode]
Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both]
S2K Strobe P Control [2]
S2K Strobe N Control [3]
DQS Driving Strength [Auto]
DQS P Contol [2]
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap]
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]
ECP DMA Select [3]
Onboard Card Reader Type [Disabled]
Speech POST Reporter [Enabled]
4.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1/5, 2, 3, 4 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
4.4.3.1 Onboard PCI Devices Control
4.4.3.2 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend-to-RAM[Disabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
4.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Card [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Automatic Power Up [Disabled]
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
POWER Temperature [N/A]
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]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Full Screen Logo [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
ASUS Screen Saver:
ITE GSM Editor:
Winbond Voice Editor:
E-Color
3Deep:
5.4 Using the Promise Chip for RAID 0 or
5.4.1 Installing the Hard Disks
5.4.2 Enter FastTrak100 BIOS and FastBuild Utility
5.4.3 Creating a RAID 0 Array
5.4.4 Creating a RAID 1 Array
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5.4.5 Other FastBuild Utility Commands
5.4.6 Alternative Set Ups and Other Details
5.5 Manual Installation of IDE/RAID Drivers
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
5.6.1 3Deep Color Tuning
5.6.2 The 3Deep Control Panel
Launching the program
Playing the default wave files
Changing the default language
Customizing your POST messages
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Setting Up ITE GSM Editor
The ITE GSM menu:
Using the basic ITE GSM Editor:
Using the Command field:
Using the PIN Manager:
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Appendix: Glossary
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Symbols
Index