Asus A7V600-X manual

A7V600-X

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page Revised Edition January Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS information Chapter 3: Software support This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety Conventions used in this guide WARNING/DANGER: CAUTION: IMPORTANT: NOTE: Page Page Page ASUS A7V600-Xmotherboard Thank you for buying the ASUS® A7V600-Xmotherboard 1.3.1 Product highlights 400 FSB K7 Platform 400MHz FSB Athlon XP CPU support DDR400 (PC3200) support AGP 8X support S/PDIF out port on Back I/O C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection): ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) CrashFree BIOS ASUS EZ Flash BIOS 1.3.2 Value-addedsolutions Overclocking Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring Chassis intrusion detection ASUS update Page 1.4.1 Core specifications Audio CODEC LAN controller PS/2 mouse port Parallel port RJ-45 Page Page 1.7.1 Placement direction 1.7.2 Screw holes 1.8.1Installing the CPU 1.9.1 DDR400 Qualified Vendor List 1.9.1.1 DDR400 One DIMM support only 1.9.1.2 DDR400 Two DIMM support only 1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.10.3 AGP slot 1.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 2.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) 3.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 4.VCORE over-voltage (3-pinOVER_VOLT1) 1.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 3. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 4.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) 5.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR1) 6.USB header (4-1pin USB56, USB78) 7.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 8.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME) 9.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 10.Serial ATA connector (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) 11.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR) •Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) •ATX Power Switch/Soft-offSwitch Lead (2-pinPWR) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) •Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pinIDE_LED) Page 2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS Page 2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS Creating a bootable disk Updating the BIOS Page 2.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk: To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 2.2.1 BIOS menu bar 2.2.2 Legend bar General help Saving changes and exiting the Setup program Sub-menu System Time [XX:XX:XX] System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Legacy Diskette A, B [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled] Language [English US] Chassis Intrusion Detection [Disabled] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] 2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave Type [Auto] [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Head Sector CHS Capacity 2.3.2 Keyboard Features Boot Up NumLock Status [On] Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec] Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec] CPU Speed CPU Frequency Multiple CPU External Frequency (MHz) Memory Frequency (MHz) CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto] USB Legacy Support [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] Instant Music [Disabled] 2.4.1 Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay SDRAM Bank Interleave Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] AGP Capability [8X Mode] AGP Drive Strength [Auto] AGP performance control [Disabled] 2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration Onboard FDC Swap A & B Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] ECP DMA Select [3] Onboard Game Port [200H-207H] Onboard MIDI I/O [Disabled] USB Controller [Enabled] USB Device Mode [Disabled] 2.4.3 PCI Configuration Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4 IRQ [Auto] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] PCI Delayed Transaction [Disabled] 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] ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] 2.5.1 Power Up Control AC Power Loss Restart [Disabled] Wake/Power Up On External Modem [Disabled] Wake/Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Wake/Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] 2.5.2 Hardware Monitor MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Boot Sequence Removable Device [Legacy Floppy] IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD-ROM Other Boot Device [INT18 Device (Network)] Reset Configuration Data [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] 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 Page 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu VIA 4 in 1 drivers VIA RAID Controller driver SoundMAX Audio Driver VIA Rhine Family Fast Ethernet Adapter Driver 3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information To enable ASUS Instant Music Lite: To use ASUS Instant Music Lite: RAID 3.4.1 Install the Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks 3.4.2 Entering VIA® Tech RAID BIOS Utility 3.4.3 Create Array RAID 0 for performance RAID 1 for data protection RAID SPAN for capacity 3.4.4 Delete Array 3.4.5 Select Boot Array 3.4.6 Serial Number View