Asus A7V400-MX manual

A7V400-MX

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page E1817 Revised Edition October Chapter 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 Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information Page Page Page Page 1.3.1 Product highlights 400MHz FSB support for Athlon™ XP processors Integrated graphics Integrated 10/100 LAN USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2 ASUS unique features ASUS C.O.P ASUS CrashFree BIOS Onboard LED Motherboard layout 1.5.2 Placement direction 1.5.3 Screw holes 1.6.1 Overview 1.6.2 Installing the CPU 1.7.1 Overview 1.7.2 Memory configurations 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card 1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.3 AGP slot 1.8.4 PCI slots 1.CPU external frequency selection (DSW Switches 1-5) 2.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12, USBPWR34, USBPWR56) 3.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 1.10.2 Internal panel connectors 3.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF) 4. ATX power connector (20-pinATXPWR) 5.USB header (10-1pin USB56) 6.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME) 7.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) 8.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 9.Serial connector (10-1pin COM2) 10.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 11.Front panel audio connectors (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 12.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 2.1.2 Using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility Updating the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk 2.1.3 CrashFree BIOS feature 2.1.4 ASUS Update Next Auto Select Open 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 System Date [day, mm dd yyyy] System Time [hh:mm:ss] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Case Open Warning [Enabled] Supervisor Password [Clear] / User Password [Clear] Security Option [Setup] Installed Memory [XXX MB] Halt On [All Errors] IDE HDD Auto-Detection[Press Enter] IDE Primary Master/Slave [Auto] IDE Secondary Master/Slave [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] [Manual] & [CHS] Settings Capacity Cylinder Head Sector Transfer Mode DRAM Clock [By SPD] External Cache [Enabled] USB Legacy Support [Enabled] Init Display First [PCI Slot] 2.5.1 Chip Configuration VGA Share Memory Size [32M] AGP & P2P Bridge Control AGP Aperture Size [XXXMB] AGP Driving Control [Auto] AGP Driving Value [DA] AGP Fast Write [Disabled] DRAM Clock/Drive Control DRAM Timing [Auto by SPD] DRAM CAS Latency [2.5] Bank Interleave [Disabled] Precharge to Active (Trp) [5T] 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] Onboard Pri IDE Controller [Enabled] Onboard Sec IDE Controller [Enabled] Primary Master PIO [Auto] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8/IRQ3] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] ECP Mode Use DMA [3] 2.5.3 PCI Configuration Resources Controlled by [Auto] 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 ACPI Suspend Mode [S1&S3] Power Management [User Define] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ] 2.6.1 Power Up Control Power Up On PCI Devices [Disabled] PS2KB Wakeup Select [Hot Key] PS2KB Wakeup Password [Clear] PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] USB Resume from S3/S4 [Disabled] 2.6.2 Hardware Monitor Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] System Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F] CPU Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [0RPM] First/Second/Third/Fourth Boot Device Plug & Play OS [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot up Floppy Seek [Disabled] APIC Mode [Enabled] 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 VIA 4 in 1 Drivers KM400A Display Driver ADI SoundMAX Audio Driver VIA 10/100Mb LAN Driver 3.2.4 ASUS contact information