Asus K8V-XE manual

K8V-XE

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page E2436 First Edition February Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved Chapter 1:Product introduction Chapter 2:BIOS setup Chapter 3: Software support Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement •This device may not cause harmful interference, and •Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna •Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Safety information Electrical safety Operation safety •Place the product on a stable surface About this guide How this guide is organized This manual contains the following parts: •Chapter 1:Product introduction •Chapter 2:BIOS setup Typography Command K8V-XEspeciﬁcations summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Overclocking features Specialfeatures Manageability Internal connectors Page Page 1.1Welcome 1.2Package contents 1.3Special features 1.3.1 Product Highlights 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1.4Before you proceed 1.5Motherboard overview 1.5.1 Motherboard layout 1.5.2 Placement direction 1.5.3 Screw holes 1.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1.6.1 Overview 1.6.2 Installing the CPU 1.7System memory 1.7.1 DIMM sockets location 1.7.2 Memory conﬁgurations Memory Frequency DDR Qualiﬁed Vendor List DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendor List (QVL) (Continued on the next page) Legend: Side(s): SS - Single Sided Side(s): DS - Double Sided Obtain DDR DIMMs only from ASUS qualiﬁed vendors for better system performance 1.8Expansion slots Standard interrupt assignments 1.8.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.3 PCI slots 1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot 1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot 1.9Jumpers 2.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) KBPWR K8V-XEKeyboard Power Setting 3.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12) USBPW1 1.10 Connectors 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors Audio 2, 4 or 6-channelconﬁguration Headphone 4-Speaker 6-Speaker 2-Speaker 1.10.2 Internal connectors 3.ATX power connectors (24-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) K8V-XEATX Power Connectors 4.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) K8V-XEInternal Audio Connectors 5.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) CPU_FAN CHA_FAN K8V-XEFan Connectors 6.USB header (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) 5.Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) K8V-XEDigital Audio Connector 6.GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) GAME K8V-XEGame Connector The Game/MIDI port is purchased separately 7.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 8.System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL) This connector accommodates several system front panel functions K8V-XESystem Panel Connector •System Power LED Lead (Green 3-pinPLED) •System Warning Speaker Lead (Orange 4-pinSPEAKER) Page 2.1Managing and updating your BIOS 2.1.1 Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk 2.1.2 Updating the BIOS 6. Type the BIOS ﬁle name in the FileName to Program ﬁeld, then press <Enter Press <N> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS ﬁle. The following screen appears The utility veriﬁes the BIOS ﬁle in the ﬂoppy disk and 2.1.3 Saving the current BIOS ﬁle 2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk 2.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.6 ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.2BIOS Setup program BIOS menu screen Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: For changing the basic system conﬁguration Advanced 2.2.3 Legend bar 2.2.4 Menu items 2.2.5 Sub-menuitems 2.2.6 Conﬁguration ﬁelds 2.2.7 Pop-upwindow 2.2.8 General help 2.3Main menu 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 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave 2.3.5 HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled] 2.4Advanced menu Spread Spectrum [Auto] PCIEx clock Sync. to CPU [Enable] x PLL2 Clock [XXX] (value is auto-detected) PCI clock Sync. to CPU [Enable] PCI Clock [XXX] (value is auto-detected) Chipset DRAM Configuration Current DRAM Frequency Timing Mode [Auto] Memclock index value (Mhz) CAS# latency (Tcl) Min RAS# active time (Tras) PCIPnP IRQ-xxassigned to 2.4.5 Onboard Devices Conﬁguration 2.4.6 USB Conﬁguration 2.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3] 2.5.2 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] APM Conﬁguration 2.5.4 Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature M/B Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed 2.6Boot menu 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 2.6.2 Removable Drives 2.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 2.6.4 Boot Settings Conﬁguration OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 2.6.5 Security Supervisor Password To clear the password: A note about passwords Forgot your password Password Check 2.7Exit menu Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Page 3.1Install an operating system 3.2Support CD information 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3.2.4 Manual menu 3.2.5 ASUS Contact Information 3.3RAID conﬁgurations 3.3.1 Installing hard disks 3.3.2 VIA RAID conﬁgurations To enter the VIA RAID BIOS utility: 3.3.3 JMicron RAID conﬁgurations To enter the JMicron RAID BIOS utility: 3.4Creating a RAID driver disk 3.5Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology 3.5.1 Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology Windows® 98SE/ME: button dialog box, select the tab Performance 3.5.2 Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software