Asus A8V-E SE manual

A8V-E SE

Motherboard

Contents

Page E2027 First Edition July Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 3: Software support 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-ESE specifications summary Page Page Page 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ A8V-ESE motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard Cables 1.3.1Product highlights Serial ATA technology PCI Expressª interface AI Audio technology S/PDIF digital sound ready USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features 1.4Before you proceed Onboard LEDs 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.6.1Overview 1.6.2Installling the CPU Page 1.6.3Installing the heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory Configurations Table 1 Recommended memory configurations DDR400 Qualified Vendors List Page 1.7.3Installing a DIMM 1.7.4Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.3Interrupt assignments 1.8.4PCI slots 1.8.5PCI Express x16 slot 1.8.6PCI Express x1 slot 1.9 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 1.10.2 Internal connectors 2 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) 4 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinPWR_FAN) 6 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 8 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 12 . 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 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2Updating the BIOS File Name to Program 2.1.3Saving the current BIOS file 2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk 2.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.6ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.2BIOS setup program 2.2.1BIOS menu screen 2.2.2Menu bar 2.2.3Legend bar 2.2.4Menu items 2.2.5Sub-menuitems 2.2.6Configuration fields 2.2.7Pop-upwindow 2.2.8General help 2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 2.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave 2.3.5HDD SMART Monitoring 2.3.6Installed Memory 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration PCIEx clock Sync. to CPU PCI clock Sync. to CPU CPU Multiplier [Auto] 2.4.2LAN Cable Status 2.4.3PEG Link Mode 2.4.4CPU Configuration 2.4.5Chipset DRAM Configuration Upstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit] Downstream LDT Bus Width [16 bit] LDT Bus Frequency [Auto] VLink Mode Selection [By Auto] 2.4.6PCI PnP IRQ Resources Resources Controlled By Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] Maximum Payload Size [4096] 2.4.7Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.8USB Configuration 2.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3] 2.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.3APM Configuration Date (of Month) [0] Alarm Time (hh:mm:ss) 0 : 0 : Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off] 2.5.4Hardware Monitor CPU Target Temperature [xxx¼C/xxx¼F] Temperature Tolerance [3¼C] Minimum FAN Duty Cycle [11/16] FAN Step Time [0.1 sec] 2.6Boot menu 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 2.6.2Removable Drives 2.6.3Hard Disk Drives 2.6.4CDROM Drives 2.6.5Boot 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] 2.6.6Security Password Check 2.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Ye s Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit & Save Changes Discard Changes Page Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu 3.2.3Utilities menu 3.2.4ASUS Contact information