Asus A7VL-VM manual

A7VL-VM

JumperFree™ PC133/VC133

200 MHz FSB

Socket A Motherboard

USER’S MANUAL

Contents

JumperFree™ PC133/VC133 200 MHz FSB ASUS A7VL-VM 1.04 E726 March ASUS A7VL-VMUser’s Manual ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Europe) Page Page Page 1.1How This Manual Is Organized 1.2 Item Checklist 2.1The ASUS A7VL-VM 2.1.1 Specifications PC Health Monitoring: PCI Expansion Slots: Super Multi-I/O: Enhanced ACPI & 2.1.2Special Features 2.1.3 Optional Components 2.1.4 Performance Features 2.1.5 Intelligence 2.2Motherboard Components 2.2.1Component Locations 3.1Motherboard Layout 3.2Layout Contents 3.3Hardware Setup Procedure 3.4Motherboard Settings Motherboard Features Settings (DIP Switches - SW1) 1) Jumper Setting (JEN) 4.4 Advanced Menu Jumper Setting JEN 2)CPU External Frequency Setting (SW1 Switches 1–4) IMPORTANT: Jumper Mode Operating Frequency Setting CPU Frequency 3.5System Memory (DIMM) 3.5.1 General DIMM Notes 3.5.2Memory Installation 3.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 3.7Expansion Cards 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3.7.2Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Page 3.8External Connectors 3)Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 & 1 (Black two 4-pinUSB) USB Headers 4)Serial Port Connectors (Teal/Turquoise 9-pinCOM1) Onboard Serial Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configu- ration 6)Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pinPRINTER) Onboard Parallel Port 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) NOTE 7)Game/MIDI Connector (Gold 15-pinGAME_AUDIO) (optional) 9)Fast-EthernetPort Connector (RJ45) (optional) 10)Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (40-1pin IDE1/IDE2) 11)Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 12)Chassis Intrusion Lead (4-1pin CHASS) 13)Standard Infrared Module Connector (5-pinIR) UART2 Use Infrared 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration) 14)Wake-On-LANConnector (3-pinWOL_CON) 4.4.3 Power Management 15)Wake-On-RingConnector (2-pinWOR) 16)CPU, Power Supply, Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, PS_FAN, CHASS_FAN) do not place jumper caps over these pins 17)Internal Audio Connectors (4-pinCD_IN, AUX, VIDEO, MODEM) 18)Headphone True-LevelOut Header (3-pinHPHONE) 19)USB Header (10-1pin USB2) 20)SMBus Connector (5-1pin SMB) 21)ATX Power Supply Connector (20-pinblock ATXPWR) 22)IDE Activity LED (2-pinIDELED) 23)System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pinSPEAKER) 24)System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PWRLED) 25)Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) 26)ATX Power Switch Lead (2-pinPWRSW) 27)System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) Page 3.9Starting Up the First Time Award BIOS Beep Codes 4. BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer: Start Shut Down Shut down the computer 4.1Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures Page 4.2BIOS Setup Program 4.2.1BIOS Menu Bar 4.2.2 Legend Bar General Help Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program Scroll Bar Sub-Menu 4.3Main Menu 4.3.1Primary & Secondary Master/Slave [User Type HDD] Translation Method [LBA] Cylinders Translation Method Head Sector CHS Capacity Maximum LBA Capacity Multi-SectorTransfers [Maximum] 4.3.2 Keyboard Features Language [English] A Note about Passwords Forgot the Password Halt On [All Errors] Installed Memory [XXX MB] 4.4Advanced Menu DRAM Frequency System Performance [Normal] CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Disabled] BIOS Update [Enabled] Additional Notes for JumperFree Mode 4.4.1Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] SDRAM CAS Latency SDRAM Configuration SDRAM RAS Precharge Time SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay Memory Early/Delay Write [Auto] DIMM Interleave Setting [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] VGA Shared Memory Size [16MB] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] 4.4.2I/O Device Configuration Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard Legacy Audio Support [Disabled] Sound Blaster Emulation [Disabled] Sound Blaster I/O Base Address [220h-22Fh] Sound Blaster IRQ [IRQ5] Sound Blaster DMA [DMA 1] 4.4.3PCI Configuration PCI/PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion PCI/PNP DMA Resource Exclusion PCI/PNP UMB Resource Exclusion 4.4.4Shadow Configuration 4.5Power Menu Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ] Video Off Method [DPMS OFF] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Suspend Mode [Disabled] PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off] 4.5.1Power Up Control Automatic Power Up [Disabled] 4.5.2Hardware Monitor 4.6Boot Menu Boot Sequence 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] 4.7Exit Menu Exit Saving Changes Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Page 5.1Install Operating System 5.2 Start Windows 5.3A7VL-VMSeries Support CD 5.3.1 Installation Menu 6.1ASUS PC Probe 6.1.1 Starting ASUS PC Probe 6.1.2Using ASUS PC Probe Settings History Fan Control Information Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Utility 6.1.3ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon 6.2CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.2.1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 6.2.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel 6.3CyberLink PowerDVD 6.3.1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD 6.3.2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface 6.4CyberLink VideoLive Mail 6.4.1Starting VideoLive Mail 6.4.2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface Page 7.1PCI-L101Fast Ethernet Card 7.1.1 Features 7.1.2 Software Driver Support 7.1.3 Question and Answer 7.3 Glossary Boot Bus Master IDE Byte (Binary Term) COM Port Concurrent PCI LPT Port (Line Printer Port) MMX OnNow PC100 PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) ROM (Read Only Memory) SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) SPD for SDRAM module SSE (Streaming SIMD Extensions)