Asus P4S8X-X manual

P4S8X-X

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page E1207 First Edition January 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) Page Page Page Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4S8X-Xmotherboard Chapter 1: Product introduction ASUS P4S8X-Xmotherboard user guide ATX 12V connector North bridge controller ATX power connector DDR DIMM sockets IDE connectors PS/2 mouse port Parallel port RJ-45 port Line In jack 1.4.1 Product highlights Latest processor technology (page 1-10) ASUS EZ Flash C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) CrashFree BIOS 2 (page 2-7) Page Page 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 Page DDR333 DIMM Qualified Vendor List 1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments 1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPWR12, USBPWR34, USBPWR56) 2.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR) 3.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 1.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 2.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 3.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 4. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 5.CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN) 6.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1) 7.USB header (10-1pin USB56) 8.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 9.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 10.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) •ATX Power Switch / Soft-OffSwitch Lead (2-pinPWRBTN) •Reset Switch Lead (2-pinRESET) •Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pinIDELED) Page 2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS Page 2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS Creating a bootable disk Updating the BIOS Page 2.1.3CrashFree BIOS 2 (BIOS Auto-recoveryProcedure) CrashFree BIOS 2 Using the support CD Using the created bootable floppy disk 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 [6/Sec] Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec] CPU Speed [Manual] CPU Frequency Multiple CPU External Frequency (MHz) Memory Frequency [Auto] CPU VCore Set [Auto] CPU VCore [1.750V] , [1.xxxV] 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 Time SDRAM Command Lead-offTime [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] AGP Capability [4X Mode] AGP Fast Write Capability [Enabled] Video Memory Cache Mode [UC] 2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] 2.4.3 PCI Configuration Slot 1/4, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 5 IRQ [Auto] PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] PCI Latency Timer [32] Primary VGA BIOS [PCI VGA Card] Onboard LAN [Enabled] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Auto] 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 [Disabled] 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 [Disabled] 2.5.2 Hardware Monitor MB, CPU Temperature CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage Boot Sequence Removable Device [Legacy Floppy] ATAPI CD-ROM Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)] Plug & Play O/S [No] Boot Virus Detection [Enabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Page 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu SiS AGP Driver SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application SiS PCI LAN Driver 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information