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E1474
Revised Edition V2a
November
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: BIOS information
Chapter 3: Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Conventions used in this guide
Where to find more information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
ASUSTeK COMPUTER (Middle East and North Africa)
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Latest processor technology
DDR memory support
Onboard LAN solution
USB 2.0 technology
6-channeldigital audio
Extreme Overclocking
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ATX 12V connector
DDR DIMM sockets
ATX power connector
IDE connectors
Flash ROM
Audio CODEC
LAN controller
AGP slot
PS/2 mouse port
Parallel port
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1.7.1 Placement direction
1.7.2 Screw holes
1.8.1 Overview
Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
1.8.2 Installing the CPU
1.9.1 Memory configurations
PC3200 Qualified Vendor List (QVL)
1.9.2 Installing a DIMM
1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments
1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
2.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
3.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56)
1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED1)
2. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1)
3.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1)
4.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
5.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF1)
6.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1)
7.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX1)
8.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, CHA_FAN1)
9.USB header (10-1pin USB_56)
10.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO1)
11.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1)
12.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
•Keyboard Lock Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK)
•System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR)
•System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)
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2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
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2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk
Updating the BIOS
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2.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:
To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
2.1.4 BIOS beep codes
Award BIOS Beep Codes
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar
2.2.2 Legend bar
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program
Scroll bar
Sub-menu
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]
[User Type HDD]
Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders
Head
Sector
CHS Capacity
2.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]
CPU Speed [Manual]
CPU Frequency Multiple
CPU External Frequency (MHz)
AGP/PCI Frequency Setting [Auto]
AGP/PCI Frequency (MHz) [66.66/33.33]
CPU VCore Setting [Auto]
CPU VCore [1.500V]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]
OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled]
2.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay
System Performance Mode [Auto]
SDRAM Idle Timer [Auto]
SDRAM Burst Length [Auto]
Memory Turbo Mode [Disabled]
DRAM Refresh Rate [By SPD]
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]
2.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1/5, Slot 2, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB 1.1 Controllers [3 Controllers]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card]
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Enabled]
2.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Space Bar]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Automatic Power Up [Disabled]
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]
Reset Configuration Data [No]
Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Interrupt Mode [APIC]
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
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3.2.1 Running the support CD
3.2.2 Drivers menu
Intel Chipset Inf Update program
Intel Application Accelerator Driver
SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application
USB 2.0 Driver
3.2.3 Utilities menu
ASUS PC Probe
Install ASUS Update
PC-CILLIN2002
Adobe Acrobat Reader
3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information
