Asus A7VT400 Basic installation

Chapter 2

This chapter gives step-by-step instructions on how to install components into the barebone system.

Basic installation

ASUS Terminator 1 A7VT400

Contents

Terminator E1894 First Edition February Table of contents Chapter 1: System introduction Chapter 2: Basic installation Chapter 3: Starting up Chapter 4: Motherboard info Chapter 5: BIOS information Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Audience How this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information System package contents System introduction 1.1Welcome 1.2Front panel 1 . Optical drive 2 . Empty 5.25-inch 4 . Power button 5 . Power LED 6 . HDD LED 7 . Front panel I/O door 8 . USB 2.0 ports 1.3Rear panel 1 . GAME/MIDI port 2 . Serial port 3 . PS/2 mouse port 4 . PS/2 keyboard port 8 . Microphone port Audio ports function variation 9 . LAN (RJ-45) port 1.4Internal components Basic installation 2.1Preparation Basic components to install Tool 2.2Before you proceed 2.3Removing the cover 2.4Detaching the drive frame Page CPU installation Page 2.6Installing the fan and heatsink assembly Page 2.7.1Memory configurations 2.7.2DIMM installation 2.8.1Expansion slots 2.8.2Expansion card installation 2.8.3Configuring an expansion card 2.8.4Standard interrupt assignments 2.8.5IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.9Installing a CD-ROMdrive Page 2.10Installing a hard disk drive Page 2.11.1 LED cables 2.11.2 UAEX module 2.12Replacing the cover Page 2.13Connecting external devices 2.14.1 Input characteristics 2.14.2 Output characteristics 2.14.3 Over-VoltageProtection (OVP) Starting up 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Utilities menu 3.2.3ASUS Contact information 3.2.4Other information Browse this CD Technical support form Filelist 3.3.1ASUS PC Probe Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Temperature Monitor Fan Monitor Voltage Monitor Settings History Fan Control Hard Drives Memory Device Summary DMI Explorer Utility Execute Program 3.3.2ASUS Update Page infoMotherboard 4.1Introduction 4.2Motherboard layout 4.3Jumpers 1 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12, USBPWR34, USBPWR56) 2 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 3 . External frequency selection (FSB) 4.4Connectors 1 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 2 . Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 3 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX, CD) 4 . ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX +12V) 5 . Front panel audio connector (5-1pin MIC_LOUT) 6 . CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) 7.IO extension module connector (22-pinIOC_MB) 8 . USB 2.0 connectors (10-1pin USB34, USB56) 9 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) Page Page BIOS information 5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 5.1.2Updating the BIOS using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility A: awdflash File Name to Program Page 5.1.3Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 5.1.4ASUS Update 5.2BIOS Setup program 5.2.1BIOS menu bar 5.2.2Legend bar General help Scroll bar Sub-menu 5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.2System Date [xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 5.3.4Installed Memory [xxx MB] 5.3.5Primary and Secondary Master/Slave UDMA Mode [Auto] 5.4Advanced Menu 5.4.1CPU configuration 5.4.2Memory configuration 5.4.3Chipset configuration Page 5.4.4PCIPnP 5.4.5Onboard device configuration Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] Parallel Port Mode ECP Mode Use DMA [3] Game Port Address [201] 5.4.6USB configuration 5.5Power Menu ACPI Suspend Type [S1 & S3] ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 5.5.1APM configuration Modem Ring Resume [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Date (of Month) [0] Resume time (hh:mm:ss) [0 : 0 : 0] Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off] PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off] less more Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] 5.5.2Hardware monitor VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage 5.6.1Boot device priority 5.6.2Removable drives 5.6.3Hard disk drives 5.6.4CD-ROMdrives 5.6.5Boot settings configuration Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Boot Up Num-LockStatus [On] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6] Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] 5.6.6Security Forgot the password Password Check [Setup] 5.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes