Asus A8V-E 56

Chapter summary

3.1	Starting up for the first time................................................	3-1
3.2	Powering off the computer ..................................................	3-2
3.3	ASUS POST Reporter™ ..........................................................	3-3

ASUS A8V-E Deluxe

Contents

Page 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 Page 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 Page Page Page Page 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 Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.2.4Layout Contents Page 2.3.1Overview 2.3.2Installling the CPU Page 2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory Configurations Page 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) Page Page 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 Page 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 Page Page 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 Page Software5 support Page 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