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Chapter 2

This chapter gives information about the ASUS A7V8X-X Binary Input/Output System (BIOS).This chapter includes updating the BIOS using the ASUS AFLASH BIOS that is bundled with the support CD.

BIOS Information

ASUS A7V8X-X Motherboard

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Contents

Page 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) Page Page ASUS A7V8X-XMotherboard Thank you for buying the ASUS® A7V8X-Xmotherboard Page 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): Page Page 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) 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 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 Page Page 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