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First 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:
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
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ASUS A7V8X-XMotherboard
Thank you for buying the ASUS® A7V8X-Xmotherboard
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1.3.1 Core specifications
Audio CODEC
LAN PHY
AGP slot
PS/2 mouse port
Parallel port
1.4.1 Product highlights
333MHz FSB Athlon XP CPU support
AGP 8X support
DDR400 (PC3200) support
C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection):
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1.7.1 Placement direction
1.7.2 Screw holes
1.8.1Installing the CPU
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-pinUSBPWR12,USBPWR34,USBPWR56)
2. VCORE over-voltage (3-pinOVER_VOLT)
3. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
4. Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
1.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR)
2.USB headers (10-1pin USB56)
3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
4.MDC header (10-1pin MDC)
5.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
7.Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX, CD)
8.Front panel audio connectors (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)
9.Hard disk connector (2-pinIDE_LED)
10. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
11. GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME) (on Audio model only)
12. System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
• System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
• System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR)
• System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)
• ATX Power Switch/Soft-offSwitch Lead (2-pinPWR)
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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 CrashFree BIOS feature
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]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]
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)
2.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency [2.5T (DDR)]
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T]
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay [3T]
SDRAM RAS Active Precharge Delay [7T]
AGP Drive Strength [Auto]
AGP Drive N Control [E]
AGP Drive P Control [F]
AGP performance control [Disabled]
AGP Fast Write control [Disabled]
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap]
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
2.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB Function [Enabled]
2.4.3.1 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 [Enabled]
2.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On External Modem [Disabled]
Wake/Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
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
3.2.2Drivers menu
VIA 4 in 1 Driver
AD1980 SoundMAX Audio Driver
Install VIA LAN Driver
3.2.3 Utilities menu
ASUS PC Probe
ASUS Update
Microsoft DirectX 8.1 Driver
PC-cillin2002
3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information
3.2.5 Multi-channelaudio feature
Setting to multi-channelaudio
SoundMAX Digital Integrated Audio icon to display the SoundMAX Control Panel
Stereo Speakers
Speaker Setup
Apply
Play Test Noise
Adjusting the volume settings
Adjusting the microphone settings
