Asus A7V8X manual

A7V8X

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page E1119 Second Edition September Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized •Chapter 1: Product introduction •Chapter 2: Hardware information •Chapter 3: Powering up •Chapter 4: BIOS setup Conventions used in this guide DANGER/WARNING: CAUTION: IMPORTANT: Where to find more information ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Page Page Product introduction Page Thank you for buying the ASUS® A7V8X motherboard ASUS A7V8X motherboard user guide 333MHz FSB Athlon XP CPU support AGP 8X support Serial ATA technology (optional) DDR400 (PC3200) support Gigabit LAN (optional) IEEE 1394 support (optional) ASUS Q-Fanfeature C.O.P. (CPU Overheating Protection): ASUS POST Reporter™ (optional) ASUS MyLogo2™ ASUS EZ Flash BIOS 6-channelAudio (optional) InterVideo WinCinema Software (on Gold version only) Page 1.4.1 Major components Page 1.4.2 Core specifications CPU socket DDR DIMM sockets ATX power connector Floppy disk connector ASUS ASIC RAID IDE connector SATA connectors Flash ROM SATA controller Gigabit LAN or LAN controller AGP slot PS/2 mouse port Parallel port RJ-45 Hardware information Page 2.1.1 Placement direction 2.1.2 Screw holes Chapter 2: Hardware information Page 2.4.1 Overview 2.4.2 Installing the CPU notched or golden corner Do not force the CPU 2.5.1 Overview DDR Data Transfer Rate 2.5.2 Memory configurations DDR DIMM1 DDR DIMM2 DDR DIMM3 2.5.3 DDR400 Qualified Vendor List 2.5.3 Installing a DIMM 2.5.4 Removing a DIMM Page 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card 2.6.2 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.6.3 PCI slots 2.6.4 AGP slot 1.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) 2.VCORE over-voltage (3-pinOVER_VOLT1) 3.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR_12, USBPWR_34, USBPWR_56) 4.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 5.WPCI_USB Setting (6-pinWPCI_USB1) A7V8X WPCI_USB Setting 1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED1) 2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1) 3.IDE connectors (40-1pin IDE1, IDE2) 4.RAID ATA/133/100/66/33 connector (40-1pin PRI_RAID) Important notes on the RAID feature: 5.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1) 6.SMBus connector (6-1pin SMB_CON1) 7. ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR1) 8.Smart Card Reader connector (14-1pin SMARTCON1) 9.CPU, Chassis, and Power Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, PWR_FAN1, CHA_FAN1) 10.Power supply thermal connector (2-pinTRPWR1) A7V8X Thermal Sensor Connector 11.USB header (10-1pin USB_56) 12.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1) (on Audio model only) 13.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX1, MODEM1) (on audio models only) 14.ASUS iPanel connector (24-1pin AFPANEL1) 15.IEEE 1394 connector (8-1pin IEEE1394_1, IEEE1394_2) (on 1394 model only) 16.Digital audio connector (6-1pin SPDIF1) (on audio models only) 17.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO1) (on audio models only) A7V8X Front Panel Audio Connector 18.Serial ATA connector (7 pin PRI_SATA1, SEC_SATA1) (on SATA model only) A7V8X SATA Connectors 19.Infrared Module connector (10-1or 10-2pin SIR) UART2 Use As 20.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) A7V8X System Panel Connectors •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •Keyboard Lock Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR) Powering up Page Award BIOS Beep Codes POST Message Action Chapter 3: Powering up Page Page BIOS setup Managing and updating your BIOS original BIOS 4.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS exact BIOS file name “WARNING! Device not ready.” 5.At the prompt, “Please Enter File Name for NEW BIOS: _”, type in the “Press a key to reboot” Chapter 4: BIOS Setup Creating a bootable disk Page Updating the BIOS Page Page 4.2.1 BIOS menu bar MAIN ADVANCED POWER BOOT General help Saving changes and exiting the Setup program Scroll bar Sub-menu System Time [XX:XX:XX] System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]; Legacy Diskette B [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled] Language [English US] Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] Type [Auto] [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Head Sector CHS Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] SMART Monitoring [Disabled] PIO Mode [4] Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled] Boot Up NumLock Status [On] Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [6/Sec] Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec] CPU Speed [Manual] CPU Frequency Multiple CPU External Frequency (MHz) Memory Frequency (Mhz) [Auto] CPU VCore Setting [Auto] CPU VCore [1.750V] AGP Voltage [Auto] 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] SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay SDRAM Active Precharge Delay (value depends on SDRAM SPD) SDRAM 1T Command Control SDRAM Bank Interleave Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] AGP Capability [8X Mode] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] Memory Hole At 15M-16M[Disabled] Delayed Transaction [Disabled] Onboard PCI IDE [Both] DRAM Burst Length Onboard FDC Swap A & B Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3] UART2 Use As [COM Port] Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] ECP DMA Select [3] Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Auto] Onboard Game Port [200H-207H] Slot 1/5, Slot 2, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] USB Function [Enabled] Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card] 4.4.3.1 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 [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off] AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled] Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled] Wake/Power Up By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar] Wake/Power Up By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power Up On PCI Card [Disabled] Automatic Power Up [Disabled] MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] POWER Temperature [N/A] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage Q-FanControl [Disabled] Fan Speed Ratio [10/15] Speed Up/Down Response Time [16 Sec/32Sec] Boot Sequence Removable Device [Legacy Floppy] IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD-ROM Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)] Plug & Play O/S [No] Reset Configuration Data [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Software support 5.5Manual Installation of IDE/RAID drivers 5.2.1 Running the support CD VIA 4 in 1 drivers Avance AC’97 Audio Driver Applicaton Promise FastTrak 376 Controller Driver BroadCom 5702 LAN Drivers or BroadCom 4401 LAN Drivers Wake Up Frame Magic Frame My Computer Properties System Properties USB 2.0 Driver ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update Microsoft Direct X 8.0 Driver PC-cillin2002 Adobe Acrobat Reader ASUS Screen Saver Promise Array Management Utility Winbond Voice Editor E-Color3Deep Motherboard Info Browse this CD Technical Support Form Filelist 5.3.1 ASUS Update Programs/AsusUpdate Vx.xx.xx AsusUpdate 5.3.2 ASUS MyLogo2™ Page Starting ASUS PC Probe Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Settings History Fan Control Hard Drives Information Utility ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 3Deep Control Panel 3Deep Color Tuning Set Up Now Launching the program Playing the default wave files Changing the default language Customizing your POST messages Page Setting the RealTek ALC650 AC’97 Audio Configuration Speaker Configuration tab to customize your speaker system Speaker Test Subwoofer Output SPDIF-In General 5.4.1 Install the hard disks RAID 0 (striping) RAID 1 (mirroring) Page 5.4.2 Enter the MBFastBuild™ utility 5.4.3 Creating a RAID 0 array (Performance) Ctrl-Y Creating a Security Array with New Drives Creating a Security Array with Existing Data Drive 5.4.5 Other FastBuild Utility Commands View Array (3): Delete Array (4): Rebuild Array (5): Ctrl-F Controller Configuration (6): 5.5.1 Win9x-MEPromise® FastTrak376™ Driver 5.5.2 Win2000 / XP Promise® FastTrak376™ Driver 5.5.3 Win NT Promise® FastTrak376™ Driver Installing the Promise