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E1781
First Edition
December
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: Software support
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
A8V-EDeluxe specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® A8V-EDeluxe motherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
I/O modules
1.3.1Product highlights
PCI Express™ interface
AI Audio technology
S/PDIF digital sound ready
IEEE 1394a support
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2ASUS Proactive features
1.3.3Innovative ASUS features
ASUS MyLogo2™
ASUS Instant Music
Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Motherboard layout
2.2.4Layout Contents
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2.3.1Overview
2.3.2Installling the CPU
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2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory Configurations
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2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
2.5.4PCI slots
2.5.5PCI Express x16 slot
2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
Wireless LAN LED indications
10 . Microphone port (pink)
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
12 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and
13 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
2.7.2 Internal connectors
3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2)
4 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHIP_FAN, CHA_FAN2)
5 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
7 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX)
9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)
10 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
11 . IEEE 1394 connector (10-1pin IE1394_2)
12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)
13 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF)
14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWR)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch
3.3.1Vocal POST messages
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3.3.2Winbond Voice Editor
Changing the default language
Load
Write
Yes
Customizing your POST messages
Add
Add Wave File
Edit
Event Sound Editor
Save
.flh
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4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2Updating the BIOS
File Name to Program
4.1.3Saving the current BIOS file
4.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
4.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility
4.1.6ASUS Update utility
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
4.2BIOS setup program
4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar
4.2.3Legend bar
4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow
4.2.8General help
4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
4.3.3Language [English]
4.3.4Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
4.3.5Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave
4.3.6HDD SMART Monitoring
4.3.7Installed Memory
4.4.1CPU Configuration
4.4.2Chipset
Upstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit]
Downstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit]
LDT Bus Frequency [Auto]
VLink Mode Selection [By Auto]
PEG Data Scrambling [Auto]
4.4.3PCI PnP
IRQ Resources
Resources Controlled By
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled]
Maximum Payload Size [4096]
4.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration
Onboard AC97 Audio [Auto]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]
EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7]
4.4.5USB Configuration
4.4.6JumperFree Configuration
Frequency Configuration
PCIEx clock Sync. to CPU
PCI clock Sync. to CPU
CPU Multiplier [Auto]
Hammer Vid control [Startup]
Memory Voltage Adjustment [2.75 V]
CPU VCore Offset [+100 mv]
Overclock Options [Overclock 3%]
N.O.S. Option [Disable]
4.4.7LAN Cable Status
4.4.8PEG Link Mode
4.4.9Speech Configuration
4.4.10 Instant Music
4.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]
4.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.3APM Configuration
Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled]
Date (of Month) [0]
Resume Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 : 0 :
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off]
4.5.4Hardware Monitor
CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]
Temperature Tolerance [3ºC]
Minimum FAN Duty Cycle [11/16]
FAN Step Time [0.1 sec]
4.6Boot menu
4.6.1Boot Device Priority
4.6.2Removable Drives
4.6.3Hard Disk Drives
4.6.4CDROM Drives
4.6.5Boot Settings Configuration
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6]
Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2]
Full Screen LOGO [Enabled]
Halt On [All, But Keyboard]
4.6.6Security
A note about passwords
Forgot your password
Password Check
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
Discard Changes
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Software5 support
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5.2.1Running the support CD
5.2.2Drivers menu
ASUS Wireless LAN adapter Drivers and Utility
USB 2.0 Driver
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver
5.2.3Utilities menu
Microsoft DirectX
Winbond Voice Editor
Anti-virusUtility
ADOBE Acrobat Reader
ASUS Screen Saver
5.2.4ASUS Contact information
5.2.5Other information
Browse this CD
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™
Ratio
5.3.2AI NET
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™
5.3.3Audio configurations
Sound Effect
S/PDIF option
SPDIF
Speaker Configuration
Speaker Configuration
Auto Test
UAJ Automatic
AI Audio feature
Connector Sensing
Bracket
Option
HRTF Demo
HRTF Demo
Play
Stop
General settings
General
Language
Rear panel audio ports function variation
5.4.1Installing hard disks
5.4.2VIA RAID configurations
Create Array
Create Array
RAID 0 for performance
Array Mode
RAID 0 for performance
Auto Setup for Performance
Select Disk Drives
Block Size
Start Create Process
RAID 1 for data protection
RAID 1 for data protection
Auto Setup for Data Security
RAID Span for capacity
RAID SPAN for capacity
Auto Setup for Capacity
Delete Array
Delete Array
Select Boot Array
Select Boot Array
Status
Serial Number View
Serial Number View
5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
Make VIA 6420 RAID Driver Disk
\Drivers\VIARAID\6420RAID
5.6.1Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
5.6.2Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software
WL_LED
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