Asus K8V-MX Chapter 3: Software Support

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Chapter 3: Software Support

3.1	Installing an operating system .............................................		3-2
3.2	Support CD information .......................................................		3-2
	3.2.1 Running the support CD..........................................		3-2
	3.2.2	Drivers menu...........................................................	3-3
	3.2.3	Utilities menu...........................................................	3-3
	3.2.4	Contacts menu ........................................................	3-4

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Page First Edition July Chapter 1: Product Introduction Chapter 2: BIOS Information Chapter 3: Software Support This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operational safety Conventions used in this guide WARNING: CAUTION: IMPORTANT: NOTE: CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots BIOS features Industry standard ASUS Special features Manageability Support CD Page 1.3.1 Product highlights AMD Athlon™ 64 processor support Serial ATA RAID VIA K8M800 and VT8237R chipset DDR400 support Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN 6 Channel Audio & SoundMAX Digital Audio System AGP 8X support 1.3.2 ASUS unique features EZ Flash BIOS Q-FanTechnology CrashFree BIOS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Onboard LED 1.5.1 Motherboard layout 1.5.2 Placement direction 1.5.3 Screw holes 1.6.1 Overview 1.6.2 Installing the CPU Gold triangle 1.7.1 Overview 1.7.2 Memory conﬁgurations Qualiﬁed DDR400 DIMMs DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendors List 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card 1.8.2 Conﬁguring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.3 PCI slots 1.8.4 AGP slot 1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) K8V-MXClear RTC RAM 2.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) K8V-MXKeyboard power setting 3.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12, USBPWR34, USBPWR56, USBPWR78) K8V-MXUSB device wake-up 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors USB 2.0 ports 3 and USB 2.0 ports 1 and Video Graphics Adapter port Serial port PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1.10.2 Internal connectors 3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) K8V-MXIDE connectors 4.Digital audio connector (3- pin SPDIF) K8V-MXDigital audio connector 5.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) K8V-MXFan connectors 6.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) K8V-MXATX power connectors 7.Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) 8.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 9.USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 1394 cable 10.System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL) •System power LED •System warning speaker •Reset button (2-pinRESET) •ATX power button/soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRBTN) Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk 2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS 2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS afudos /i[ﬁlename.rom] 2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash: Page 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 2.2.2 Menu bar 2.2.3 Navigation keys 2.2.4 Menu items 2.2.5 Sub-menuitems 2.2.6 Conﬁguration ﬁelds 2.2.7 Pop-upwindow 2.2.8 Scroll bar 2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4 Diskette Write [Disabled] 2.3.5 Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-SectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 2.3.6 System Information AMI BIOS System Memory 2.4.1 CPU Conﬁguration HyperTransport (HT) Conﬁguration HT Frequency [800MHz] HT DATA Width (Upstream) [16BIT] HT DATA Width (Downstream) [16BIT] Memory Conﬁguration 2.4.2 Chipset AGP Bridge Conﬁguration Page Southbridge Conﬁguration USB Conﬁguration Page 2.4.3 Onboard Devices Conﬁguration Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled] OnBoard ACʼ97 Audio [Enabled] OnChip SATA [Enabled] OnChip SATA BOOTROM [Enabled] OnBoard SATA-IDE[RAID] OnBoard LAN [Enabled] 2.4.4 PCI PnP Plug And Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] 2.4.5 System Frequency/Voltage Conﬁguration AI Overclocking [Auto] Cool NʼQuiet [Enabled] 2.5.1 Suspend Mode [S1 (POS) & S3 (STR) Auto] 2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 2.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [Yes] 2.5.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] APM Conﬁguration Power Management/APM [Enabled] Power Button Mode [On/Off] Suspend Power Saving Type [C3] Restore on AC Power Loss [Last State] Resume On Ring [Disabled] Power On Lan [Disabled] Power On PME [Disabled] Power On PS/2 KeyBoard [Disabled] Power On PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F] MB Temperature [xxx°C/xxx°F] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage Page 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] 2.6.2 Boot Settings Conﬁguration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 2.6.3 Security Change Supervisor Password Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu VIA 4 in 1 drivers AD1888 SoundMAX Audio Driver V39FVIA LAN Driver USB 2.0 Driver 3.2.4Contacts menu