I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... | 1 |
How this manual is organized .......................................................... | 1 |
Item Checklist .................................................................................. | 1 |
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... | 2 |
Features of This Motherboard .......................................................... | 2 |
Parts of the Motherboard ............................................................ | 3 |
III. INSTALLATION .......................................................................... | 4 |
Map of the Motherboard .................................................................. | 4 |
Installation Steps .............................................................................. | 6 |
1. Jumpers ........................................................................................ | 6 |
Jumper Settings .................................................................... | 7 |
Cyrix CPU Identification (for compatible Cyrix CPU's) ..... | 9 |
2. System Memory (DRAM/SDRAM & SRAM) ........................ | 11 |
DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: .......................... | 12 |
SDRAM Memory Installation Procedures: ........................ | 13 |
Static RAM (SRAM) for Level 2 (External) Cache ................. | 14 |
Compatible Cache Modules for this Motherboard ............. | 14 |
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. | 15 |
4. Expansion Cards ....................................................................... | 16 |
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ............................. | 16 |
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ................................. | 16 |
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ........................... | 17 |
5. External Connectors .................................................................. | 19 |
Power Connection Procedures ................................................. | 25 |
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ..................................................................... | 26 |
Support Software ........................................................................... | 26 |
Flash Memory Writer Utility ......................................................... | 26 |
Main Menu ......................................................................... | 26 |
Advanced Features Menu ................................................... | 27 |
Updating your Motherboard's BIOS ........................................ | 28 |
6. BIOS Setup ............................................................................... | 29 |
Load Defaults ..................................................................... | 30 |
Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................. | 30 |
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ...................................... | 31 |
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................ | 34 |
Details of BIOS Features Setup .......................................... | 34 |
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................. | 37 |
IV | ASUS |