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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:
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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
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1.4.1 Core specifications
Audio CODEC
LAN controller
PS/2 mouse port
Parallel port
RJ-45
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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)
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2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
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2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk
Updating the BIOS
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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
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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
CHA_FAN