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1. PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared PCI slot 4 shared PCI slot 5 shared AGP Pro slot shared shared Onboard USB controller shared Onboard audio AMR shared 30 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro This motherboard provides an Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro slot to sup port AGP AGP Pro graphics cards such as an ASUS AGP V6800DDR 64M CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP AGP Pro graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot TOP VIEW 20 pin bay 28 pin bay Rib inside slot Rib A7PRO Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a safety tab on the 20 pin bay for use with AGP cards without a retention notch DO NOT remove this tab if you will be using such cards removing may cause these cards to shift which may cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove ONLY when you will be using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip oe such as a pen tip to dislodge and remove the tab from the bay ss Removing the tab ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 31 f U 6 a l i A A 32 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot This connector supports a specially designed audio and or modem card called an AMR Main processing is done throu
2. A7PRO Infrared Module Connector ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 37 3 HARDWARE SETUP 12 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output such as the ASUS PCI L101 Ethernet card see 7 Appendix The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On LAN features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power 5 Volt Standby PME WOL_CON Ground Cd A7PRO Wake On LAN Connector 13 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal 1s received through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On Ring features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power WOR Ring Ground E A7PRO Wake On Ring Connector 38 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 14 Power Supply CPU Chassis Fan Connectors 3 pin PWR_FAN CHA_FAN F_FAN CPU_FAN These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less Orie
3. PCI Configuration 69 4 BIOS SETUP USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows ou to select which of the cards will act as your primary graphics card AGP Card uses the AGP card as your primary card The default PCI Card allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI Card AGP Card Onboard ATA device First Yes When set to Yes this field allows the devices on the ATA 100 channel to be bootable Configuration options No Yes PCI PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion PCI PHP IRQ Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help l Select Yes aif this IRQ for Legacy Device No TCH is required by a legacy for Legacy Device No T add on card and you are for Legacy Device o I not using IGU 1 for Legacy Device NoT otherwise select for Legacy Device lof TO Mov ICU for Legacy Device No I red for Legacy Device for Legacy Device For Legacy Device i S IRQ XX Reserved for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility ICU is being
4. C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBDATA SMBCLK 5V Ground A7PRO SMBus Connector ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 41 3 HARDWARE SETUP 20 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 1OmA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB You may experience difficulty in power ing ON your system if your power supply cannot support the load For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5 VSB A7PRO ATX Power Connector 12 0Volts 5 0 Volts 5V Standby 5 0 Volts Power Good 5 0 Volts Ground Ground 5 0 Volts Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts Power Supply On Ground Ground 3 3 Volts 12 0Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3Volts ATX 21 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin block JTPWR If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connector JTPWR l J A7PRO Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 42 ASUS A7PRO User
5. s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 22 IDE Activity LED 2 pin IDELED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary Secondary IDE and Primary Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED a A7PRO IDE Activity LED NOTE The LED will not light up during read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors of motherboards with PCB versions earlier than Rev 1 01 P for example Rev 1 01 To check your PCB version see the area between PCI4 and PCI5 and look for the marking that starts with REV P Reset __ Ground round Speaker G Reset SW Message LED N Requires an ATX power supply A7PRO System Panel Connectors ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 43 dd 3 HARDWARE SETUP 23 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Two sources LINE OUT and SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps and warn ings Only SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been properly initialized 24 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PWRLED This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode 25 System M
6. Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Properties dialog box ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Configuration options Always On Suspend gt Off Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The DPMS Display Power Manage ment System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to provide STR support but
7. Then the Video Configuration screen shows up You may have to specify the video driver for VLM 3 if there are several video input devices installed Then configure the number of video frames to be captured per second Note that the more frames you choose the bigger the file size will be Click Next to continue Then the Setup Wizard will then search for the GSM CODECS module for au dio compression and prompt you with the result Click Next to continue Setup Wizard then tests the audio volume during playing and recording Click Next when ready Configuration done Click Finish to complete the environmental setting proce dure 6 4 2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface Video Mail Wizard j y Exit aifi Minimize a Help Start Playback Save Video File Snapshotto File Stop Recording P layback J i zi Send Mail Video Configuration Start Recording I Wg Load Video File Pause a Send Mail i Increase MIC volume Decrease MIC volume Increase speaker volume Decrease speaker volume ASUS A7PRO User s Manual Wife e EV SIM a l 95 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE This page was intentionally left blank 96 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 1 PCI L101 Fast Ethernet Card i s ey eae i Sy Tex a oot ea nt i L A m 2 SSE ee ee ra a rll m pe E E T i q Ce lal FA ho a NTH IEX Ta zq Y EEEFUEEJ FAI YF f I n cheb yik LAN Activity
8. bar Ctrl Esc or Power keys see 4 5 1 Power Up Control Message LED requires ACPI OS support Turbo LEDs now act as informa tion providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can de termine if there are messages waiting in the mailbox A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this benefit on hand users can access vital information from their computers from anywhere in the world e System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 98 NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enor mous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource monitor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent possible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on managing their limited resources more efficiently e Temperature Monitoring and Alert CPU temperature is monitored by the ASUS ASIC to prevent system overheat and system damage Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring 1s necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management e Chassis Intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring throug
9. eft Audio Channel Ground sF Right Audio Channel Modem In to Modem or is Modem Out from Modem MODEM A7PRO Internal Audio Connectors 16 Internal Microphone Header 3 pin MIC2 This connector allows you to connect a chasssis mounted microphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external microphone onto the ATX connectors MIC Power MIC Input GND F MIC2 A7PRO Microphone Header 17 Headphone True Level Out Header 3 pin HPHONE This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the mother board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto the ATX connectors HP OUT LT GND HP OUT RT fonu HPHONE A7PRO True Level Line Out Header 40 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 18 USB Headers 10 1 pin USBPORT If the USB port connectors on the back panel are inadequate two USB headers are available for two additional USB port connectors Connect the USB headers to an optional 2 port USB connector set and mount the bracket to an open slot on your chassis ee i a ae Bundled 2 port r USB Connector Set A7PRO USB Ports Recommended Setup Use USBPORT with the bundled 2 port connector set 19 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I
10. floppy disk drives W 1 ASUS 2 port USB Connector Set M 1 ASUS P2T Thermal Sensor Cable NOTE Not included on motherboards with PCB Rev 1 02 and later sensor is already built in To check the PCB version refer to 22 IDE Activity LED in 3 HARD WARE SETUP Wv 1 Bag of spare jumper caps M 1 ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities MV 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 x i 2 FEATURES 2 1 The ASUS A7PRO The ASUS A7PRO motherboard is carefully designed for the value conscious PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors 2 1 1 Specifications e AMD Athlon Duron Processor Support Supports Socket A based AMD Athlon Duron processors e North Bridge System Chipset Features the VIA VT8363 VIA Apollo KT133 system controller with support for a 200MHz Front Side Bus FSB up to 1 5GB of PC133 PC100 SDRAM VC 133 Virtual Channel Memory VCM SDRAM complies with AGP 2 0 specifications for 4X 2X and 1X AGP modes and PCI 2 2 bus interface with support for 5 PCI masters It 1s optimized to deliver en hanced AMD Athlon Duron processor system performance e Super South South Bridge System PCIset VIA VT82C686A PCIset with PCI Super I O Integrated Peripheral Controller PSIPC with support for UltraDMA 66 which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 66 6MB sec AC97 audio USB controller with root hub and four fu
11. simply move the highlight to the field and press lt En ter gt The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within aha Pas asub menu just as you would within a menu Use the lt Esc gt Key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with each of the legend keys and their corresponding functions Practice navigating through the various menus and sub menus If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields use the set default hot key lt F5 gt While moving around through the Setup program note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field NOTE The item heading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 53 54 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 Main Menu When the Setup program is accessed the following screen appears 40 Item Specific Help system Date 08 82 2000 Legacy Diskette A ae Dane 3 5 in lt Enter gt to select field Legacy Diskette B 3 to change value Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled t Primary Haster Auto t Primary Slave e Secondary Master e Secondary Slave t Keyboard Features Language Supervisor Password User Password Halt On Installed Henory System Time XX XX XX Sets your system to the time that you specify
12. unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM of 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 1 5GB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard This motherboard also supports NEC s Virtual Channel VC SDRAMs Memory speed setup is recommended through SDRAM Configuration under Chipset Features Setup IMPORTANT see General DIMM Notes below for more SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current Intel PC133 SDRAM specification DO NOT attempt to mix PC133 SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Install memory in any combination as follows DIMM Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory Socket 1 Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB_ x1 Socket 2 Rows 2 amp 3 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB_ xl Socket 3 Rows 4 amp 5 SDRAM 8 16 32 64 128 256 512MB_ xl Total System Memory Max 1536MB 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard For the system CPU bus to operate at 100MHz 133MHz use only PC100 PC133 compliant DIMMs e ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Extended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128 256MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256 512M
13. usually the current time The format is hour minute second Valid values for hour minute and sec ond are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the hour minute and second fields System Date XX XX XXXX Sets your system to the date that you specify usually the current date The format is month day year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1 2MB as opposed to 1 44MB on a 3 5 inch diskette Configuration options Disabled Drive A Drive B Both ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the drive Incorrect settings may cause your system to not recognize the in stalled hard disk To allow the BIOS to detect the drive type aut
14. 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON J ON OFF ON OFF ON Athlon 750MHz 7 5x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF Athlon 700MHz 7 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON J ON OFF ON ON ON Athlon 650MHz 65x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF Athlon 600MHz 6 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON J ON ON OFF OFF ON Duron TOOMHz 8 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF ON Duron 650MHz 7 5x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON ON OFF Duron 600MHz 7 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ONJ ON OFF ON J ON ON For updated processor settings visit the ASUS web site see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 23 3 HARDWARE SETUP 7 Voltage Regulator Output Setting VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 This jumpers allow you to manually adjust the CPU core voltage It 1s recom mended to use CPU Default as the CPU core voltage CPU Default means the Vcore is generated according to the CPU VID configuration For each jumper setting there are two voltage options depending on the CPU used 123 4 1 775 1 80Volts 123 4 1 575 1 60Volts 123 4 A7PRO CPU Core Voltage Selection 1 175 1 20Volts 1 125 1 15Volts 1 075 1 10Volts CPU Default JumperFree Default 24 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 System Memory DIMM This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Three sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level
15. ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS A7PRO Manual Revision 1 02 E596 Release Date August 2000 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Asia Pacific Marketing Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 Telephone 886 2 2894 3447 Fax 886 2 2894 3449 Email info asus com tw Technical Support MB Others Tel 886 2 2890 7121 English Notebook Tel 886 2 2890 7122 English Desktop Server Tel 886 2 2890 7123 English Fax 886 2 2895 9254 Email tsd asus com tw WWW www asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub A SUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL America Marketing Address 6737 Mowry Avenue Mowry Business Center Building 2 Newark CA 94560 USA Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email tmd1 asus com Technical Support Fax 1 510 608 4555 Email tsd asus com WWW www asus com FTP ftp asus com Pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Europe Marketing Address Harkortstr 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Fax 49 2102 442066 Email sales asuscom de for marketing requests only Technical Support Hotline MB Others 49 2102 9599 0 Notebook 49 2102 9599 10 Fax 49 2102 9599 11 Support Email www asuscom de de support for online support WWW www asuscom de FTP ftp asuscom de pub ASUSCOM ASUS A7PRO User s Manual CONTENTS 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized 1 2 Item Checklist 2 FEATURES 2 1 The ASUS
16. EK AX ELFI BINS Revinion TEC 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures WARNING Only update your BIOS if you have problems with your mother board and you know that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt NOTE To cancel this operation press lt Enter gt Update BIOS Ire lodiey Boot Bleck ard ESL 48 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update piak FIL Dag limi img Gent Blac ami ESL 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming 1s finished Flashed Successfully will be display
17. No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configu ration options Z3F8H IRQ4 2F8H TRQ3 ZE8H TRQ4 2E8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec tor it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature See Standard and Con sumer Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 External Connectors Configuration op tions Disabled Enabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configurations will not be avail able Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of t
18. Plus Ver 3 0 a k a VLM 3 is a convenient and excel lent way to create professional quality video mails from PC video audio input de vices and to send the mails to any recipients via VLM 3 s built in e mail system through the Internet VLM 3 s mails comprise video sound or snapshot informa tion and thus may convey the most profound information to target audiences It is very convenient for mail recipients who do not need to install additional software component in order to view VLM 3 mails VLM 3 works as a very applicant sales tool It efficiently delivers profound and live product information to your target customers without costing a fortune VLM 3 also helps corporate managers easily give vivid speeches and broadcast through corpo rate E mail system For personal or home users VLM 3 easily records live video clips allowing users to send them to friends or family members across the Internet VLM 3 loads video messages from PC cameras digital camcorders analog camcorder via video capture cards or from an existing AVI video clips and captures audio messages from PC microphones Video and audio messages are encoded at a very high compressed rate in a real time mode From data input data conversion to sending video mails via Internet or saving data to disks the whole procedure is done in an easy and continuous process VLM 3 s video clip compression rate is up to 1 900 and its playback rate is up to 30 frame per second VLM 3
19. RAM STR provides maximum power savings as an alternative to leaving the computer ON and QuickStart so that you do not have to wait for a long time for system bootup New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of this motherboard meet the stringent requirements for PC 99 certification The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Sup port for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows95 98 NT Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 Symbios SCSI BIOS Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware 2 1 3 Performance Features Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor High Speed Data Transfer Interface IDE transfers using UltraDMA 33 Bus Master IDE can handle rates up to 33MB s This motherboard with its chipset and support for UltraDMA 66 doubles the data transfer rate to 66 6MB s UltraDMA 66 is backward compatible with DMA 33 and DMA and with exist ing DMA devices and systems so there 1s no need to upgrade current EIDE IDE drives and host systems UltraDMA 66 requires a 40 pin 80 conductor cable to be enabled VCM SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports a new gen eration memory
20. are saved to the CMOS RAM The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is turned off Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing lt Enter gt will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used 1f you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 81 82 4 BIOS SETUP Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus When this option is selected or if lt F5 gt is pressed a confirmation is requested Select Yes to load default values You can now select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exi
21. checks system memory the mother board circuitry the display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices PS 2 Port PS 2 ports are based on IBM Micro Channel Architecture This type of architecture transfers data through a 16 bit or 32 bit bus A PS 2 mouse and or keyboard may be used on ATX motherboards RDRAM Rambus DRAM Developed by Rambus Inc this type of memory can deliver up to 1 6GB of data per second RDRAM 1s the first interface standard that can be directly implemented on high performance VLSI components such as CMOS DRAMs memory control lers and graphics video ICs ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 103 N gt I Z s x 104 7 APPENDIX ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called firmware used in certain computer components Flash ROM or EEPROM can be repro grammed with new programs or BIOS SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed multi threaded I O interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral de vices The standard started from 10MBytes sec to 160MBytes sec y Penbe today SDRAM Synchronous DRAM The SDRAM features a fully synchronous operation referenced to a positive edge clock whereby all operations are synchronized at a clock input which enables the coexistence of high performance and a simple user interface SDRAM takes memory access away fro
22. drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged FLOPPY NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 A7PRO Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 35 3 HARDWARE SETUP 9 Primary Blue Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided UltraDMA 66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable Connect the cable s blue connector to the motherboard s primary recommended or secondary IDE connector and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA 66 slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to your UltraDMA 66 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 66 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accord ingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Set
23. e Exit Exits the CD installation menu TO RETURN TO THE MAIN MENU CLICK LEFT ARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE SECONDARY MENU Additonal CD Content Flash BIOS writer in the AFLASH folder ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 4 Uninstalling Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program Ev Control Panel File Edit View Go Favorites Help r e gt uX Hack Eomvand Cut 3 32bit ODBC Accessibility Options Add New Hardware Add Remove Programs Properties Ei E4 1 Double click here to open Instal Uninstall windows Setup Startup Disk the Add Remove Programs eB To install a new program from a floppy disk or CD ROM drive click Install Properties dialog box Find Fast Fonts Ga 26 obees OO The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove Adobe Acrobat 4 0 ASUS Probe 2 10 ASUS Y34000 3800 Display Driver 2 Select the program to remove and click here Pemra ogra Pim Ten ope Ago heenove Leria oinka Siia 3 Click here rere ea ed ara eee berra reler ri He peor ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 85 5 SOFTWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 6 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 SOFTWA
24. not forget to set the correct Bus Frequency and Multiple frequency multiple setting is available only on unlocked processors for your processor or else boot up may not be possible Socket A processors require a socket mounted thermal resistor This motherboard comes bundled with an ASUS P2T thermal sensor cable see next page for installation procedures CAUTION Be careful not to scrape the motherboard when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur to the motherboard A7PRO Socket 462 Socket A lt NOTCH ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 27 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 1 ASUS P2T Cable The ASUS P2T Cable must be used to allow thermal monitoring of the proces sor only for motherboards with PCB Sensor Rev 1 01 P and earlier NOTE The ASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector such as this motherboard the cable is not included on motherboards with PCB Rev 1 02 and later because the sensor is already built in To check the PCB version refer to 22 IDE Activity LED in 3 HARDWARE SETUP To Use the ASUS P2T Cable Sensor Connector Plug NOTE The following procedures assume that you have properly attached a heatsink onto your processor 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor on the proces sor heatsink nearest the processor _ Tab Sensor WARNING Do not insert the sensor between the processor and heatsink
25. peripherals will also be able to activate the PC For example inserting a tape into a VCR can turn on the PC which could then activate a large screen TV and high fidelity sound system AGP Accelerated Graphics Port An interface specification that enables high performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs AGP was designed to offer the necessary bandwidth and latency to perform texture mapping directly from system memory Bus Bus Frequency Bandwidth Data Transfer Rate PCI 33MHz 33MHz 133MByte sec AGP 1X 66MHz 66MHz 206MByte sec AGP 2X 66MHz 133MHz 512MByte sec AGP 4X 66MHz 266MHz 1024MByte sec BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of routines that affect how the computer transfers data between com puter components such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer A bit can have one of two values O or 1 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 101 N gt I Z s x 102 7 APPENDIX Boot Boot means to start the computer operating system by loading it into system memory When the manual instructs you to boot your system or computer 1t means to turn ON your computer Reboot means to restart y
26. run D ASSETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D 5 3 1 Installation Menu a i a ae Do Re N a A Ll pos i ee PO es eee m r brogleallcaticort braglealicaticor e VIA 4in 1 drivers Installs Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP VxD Driver VIA Chipset Functions Registry and IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e Audio Driver Installs the necessary audio drivers for the onboard audio CODEC Install ASUS PC Probe Vx xx Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer s fan temperature and voltages e ASUS Update Vx xx Currently not available for this motherboard e PC Cillin 98 Vx xx Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information ADOBE Acrobat Reader Vx xx Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view user s manuals saved in PDE format Updated or other lan guage versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites e Install Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE PowerDVD Trial and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU TO SEE THE FOLLOWING ITEMS CLICK RIGHT ARROW ON THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER OF THE MAIN MENU Browse Support CD Allows you to view the contents of the CD e ReadMe Allows you to view the support CD file list and contact information
27. ssseseeseeseeessssresssssressserreesss Top 25 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector ccecceeseeteeseeees Bottom 25 Audio AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional wo ccccccccecescssesseescseeseees 17 1 Game MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 20 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 20 1 Line In Connector on audio model only Bottom 20 1 Microphone Connector on audio model only Bottom 20 Network Features Wake On LAN Connector wc ccccesccssecsecssccsseesessseesees 14 Wake On Rino CONECO sire N tinneanis 10 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring integrated in ASUS ASIC 12 3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors Power ATX Power Supply Connector cccccccccsceesscseeseseeseeseeeees 5 Special Feature Onboard LED o cccccccscscsenscscseescsessescseecscseeecseseeees 18 ARRIVE TV O CUS asnasan dc huaan seen aaa sialhomc enacts ues 1 Form Factor ATX 12 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 2 1 Component Locations nmi P pr p e Ami im ai rye p E Lo j q a aoe my ee F 15 14 13 121110 9 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 13 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 Motherboard Layout 24 5cm 9 64in mE PWR_FAN PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard USB T PortO B Port1 Lithium Cell CMOS Power ATX Power Connector SK7VRM Socket 462 CHA_FAN DIP Switches DSFID 30 6cm 12in Controller SECON
28. to make the STR feature function your operating system device drivers and power supply all have to support this feature Please make sure your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5 VSB lead If your OS power supply and the expansion cards you use on the motherboard do not support the STR function you may leave this field on the default setting Disabled Configuration options Auto Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode Configu ration options Disabled 30 Sec 1 Min 40 Min PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Configuration options Soft off Suspend ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 75 76 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 1 Power Up Control Power Up Control Item Specific Help HL Loss Uist edi Restart the system or PHR Up On External Hodem Act Enabled not after AC power loss Hake On LAN or PCI Hoden Disabled Automatic Power Up Disabled AC PWR Loss Res
29. up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 1 After all connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on te
30. used to determine if an ISA device is using that IRQ Configuration options No ICU Yes 70 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion DHA 1 Reserved for Legacy Device DMA x Reserved for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 71 4 BIOS SETUP e 0 D 5 O 4 A 3 g al 12 4 BIOS SETUP PCI PNP UMB Resource Exclusion Reserved MEH Block BASE Reserved MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of an onboard legacy ISA device that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a device and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available op tions the Reserved MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA device onboard that requires the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave Reserved MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Configu ration
31. A7PRO 2 1 1 Specifications 2 1 2 Special Features 2 1 3 Performance Features 2 1 4 Intelligence 2 1 3 Intelligence 2 2 Motherboard Components 2 2 1 Component Locations 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 Motherboard Layout 32 3 3 3 4 3 5 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings System Memory DIMM 3 5 1 General DIMM Notes 3 5 2 Memory Installation 3 6 3 6 1 ASUS P27T Cable 3 7 Expansion Cards 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot 3 8 External Connectors 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures Hardware Setup Procedure Central Processing Unit CPU ASUS A7PRO User s Manual CONTENTS A D BIOS Sep PRO CTA ure ensued dos ateeinmaenpemasixinneseenies 51 Fk BIOS MEME B di eer err eae etre 32 A a Lerend Bi sop OO 52 SM Me N ar sd vied hee EE E E E N S 54 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave ccccccccccssseeeeeeeees 55 A Oe Keyooard Features cancos nan E 58 AAs Ady anced Me Maanen a E EE 60 A AN Cup Connie Ura OM wisseis ts arta hicei eaten aa a 63 4 4 2 VO Device Configuration ccccceeessccccceceeeessseeeeeeeeaaes 66 AAD PCT C Oni Or all OM wassssissetncondasaondesaictaieisiees wdeadeceseeatsanestastenss 69 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration c
32. B WARNING Be sure that the DIMM you use can handle the specified SDRAM MHz or else bootup will not be possible ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 26 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 2 Memory Installation WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing memory modules or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards see 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure for more information Insert the module s as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contacts on both sides SDRAM DIMMs have different pin contacts on each side and therefore have a higher pin density A7PRO 168 Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3 Volt unbuffered SDRAMs To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V OALJE DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position L Unbuffered 3 3V The notches on the DIMM will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must tell your retailer the correct DIMM type before purchasing This motherboard supports four clock signals per DIMM ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a S
33. DARY IDE i SO z O AUX Accelerated Graphic Port AGP PRO To SMe PLED i MIC2 S SMB gE m PCI Slot 1 amp Audio 2 Codec VIA aia VT82C686A ooo cia PCI Slot 3 a EWR PCI Slot 4 fs _ CHASSIS IR A7VPRO WOLCONE asggi27 JEN e PCI Slot 5 IDELED m USBPORT PANEL HAHAM HASHABHAHE Grayed components are optional at the time of purchase JTCPU is no longer neces sary on motherboards with PCB versions 1 02 and later 14 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1 JEN p 18 JumperFree Mode JumperFree Jumper Mode 2 AUDIOCODEC p 19 Onboard Audio Setting Enable Enable 3 3VSBSLT p 20 PCI 3Volt Setting 3 Volt 3 VSB 4 VIO p 21 I O Voltage Setting 3 35 Volt 3 56 Volt 3 69 Volt 5 DSW 1 4 p 22 CPU External Frequency Setting 6 DSFID 14 p 23 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple 7 VIDI VID2 VID3 VID4 p 24 Voltage Regulator Output Setting Expansion Slots Sockets 1 System Memory p 24 System Memory Support 2 DIMM1 2 3 p 25 DIMM Memory Module Support 3 Socket 462 Socket A p 27 CPU Support 4 PCI1 2 3 4 5 p 29 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 5 AGP PRO p 31 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro 6 AMR p 32 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Mouse Port Connector 6 pin female 2 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Keyboard Port Connector 6 pin female 3 USB p 34 Universal Serial Bus Connectors 0 amp 1 Two 4 pin fe
34. I O Device Configu ration for settings COM1 COM2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Port 25 pin Female 34 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 Game MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Game MIDI 15 pin Female Wer SOOOOOOO o o ooo0oo0oo alot OLenenere OO00O O O0O00 7 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice COT OOO NSS OOo G Line Out Lineln Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors in a int S Rin 2 8 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy
35. J t g ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 2 FEATURES Wake On Ring Connector Supports Wake On Ring activity through a PCI modem card that supports a WOR connector USB Supports up to 4 USB ports two on the back panel and two midboard for more peripheral connectivity options PC Health Monitoring Provides an easy way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and systerm voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface which is used to physi cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices PCI AMR Expansion Slots Provides five 32 bit PCI Rev 2 2 expansion slots which can support Bus Master PCI cards such as SCSI or LAN cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput and one Audio Modem Riser AMR slot shared which supports a very affordable audio and or modem riser card Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Enhanced ACPI amp Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firm ware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually au tomatic setup Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter busses to the memory and processor Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware provide
36. M A DUD A7PRO JumperFree PC133 VC133 200MHz FSB AGP Pro 4X Socket A Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and software described in it may be reproduced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EI THER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WAR RANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUEN TIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Product warranty or service will not be extended if 1 the product is repaired modified or al tered unless such repair modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS or 2 the serial number of the product is defaced or missing Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their resp
37. NEC s 64Mb Virtual Channel Memory VCM Synchronous Dy namic Random Access Memory SDRAM which is compatible to the industry standard SDRAM The VCM s core design provides up to 50 higher SDRAM speed at reduced power consumption of about 30 This motherboard also supports standard SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate 1 064GB s max using PC133 compliant SDRAMs and 800MB s max using PC100 compliant SDRAMs ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 2 FEATURES a 4 Intelligence Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button Pushing the power button for less than 4 sec onds when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two states sleep mode or soft off mode depending on the BIOS or OS setting see PWR Button lt 4 Secs in 4 5 Power Menu When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds the system enters the soft off mode regardless of the BIOS setting e Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU power supply and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds PS 2 Keyboard Mouse Power Up Keyboard Mouse Power Up can be enabled or disabled to allow the computer to be powered on by either pressing the space
38. NG Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or re moving system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to your motherboard peripherals and or components The onboard LED when lit acts as a reminder that the system is in suspend or soft off mode and not powered OFF ON OFF Standby Powered Power Off A7PRO Onboard LED ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 17 3 HARDWARE SETUP Motherboard Features Settings DIP Switches DSW The motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position DSW lt OFF lt ON 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection A7PRO DIP Switches 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu Setting JEN JumperFree 2 3 default Jumper Mode 1 2 Jumper Jumper Free A7PRO Jumper Mode Setting Mode Default NOTE In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW must be set to OFF 18 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 2 Onboard Audio Setting AUDIOCODEC The onboard audio CODEC may be enabled or disabled using all of these jump ers Disable the onboard audio CODEC if you are using a PCI audio card on an
39. Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal i i i Motherboard type er If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_ CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 97 i U lt 98 7 APPENDIX 7 1 1 Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote Control Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3u 1OOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations through a single RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 1OMbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play 7 1 2 Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell N
40. RE REFERENCE 6 1 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your com puter system s vital components such as fan rotations voltages and tem peratures It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer such as hard disk space memory usage and CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box ASUS PC Probe i F f C1998 ASUSTeK Computer Inc a iets rev ered The ASUS Logo is trademark of A5USTek Computer Inc To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe Vx xx The PC Probe icon ER will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon will allow you to see the status of your PC A aS 3 08 PM ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 7 A i 5 88 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature for supported processors only Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the th
41. Spread Spectrum Control Enabled Leave on default setting Spread spectrum typically reduces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 10dB AGP 4X Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl C When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to Manual Configuration options 0 1 2 F AGP Fast Write Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 63 64 4 BIOS SETUP SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings for SDRAM related fields depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures the subsequent 3 items by reading the contents in the SPD Se rial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Configuration options User Define 7ns 143MH2 8ns 125MHz By SPD SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be ad justable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be ad
42. VGA Palette Snoop ie PCI Latency Timer USE Function Primary VGA BIOS PCI Card Onboard ATA device First Yes t PEIZPNP IRO Resource Exclusion t PCIZPNP DHA Resource Exclusion t PCI PAP UME Resource Exclusion Enter Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 5 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which utilizes auto routing to determine IRQ use Configuration options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some nonstandard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the motherboard s Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add on Symbios SCSI card can be used If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function Con figuration options Auto Disabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual
43. XE is a Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard This file works only in DOS mode To determine the BIOS version of your mother board check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT amp CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard drive It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy 3 Reboot your computer from the floppy disk NOTE BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH lt Enter gt to run AFLASH IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there fore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 47 4 BIOS SETUP 5 Select 1 Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press lt Enter gt The Save Current BIOS To File screen appears
44. al device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver 1s connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations 47 part 15 193 1993 Washington DC Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration U S Government Printing Office Canadian Department of Communications Statement This digital a
45. capability for external devices including disk drives printers and hand held peripherals such as scanners and cam eras This is anew standard to complement the slower USB interface and to compete with the more expensive SCSI interface AC97 Audio Codec 97 AC 97 is the next step in enabling PCs with audio quality comparable to consumer electronics devices The specification defines new cost effective options to help in tegrate the components necessary to support next generation auto intensive PC ap plications such as DVD 3 D multiplayer gaming and interactive music The speci fication also defines new extensions supporting modem and docking to help both desktop and mobile manufacturers adopt these new technologies more quickly and cost effectively This specification uses software emulation to compete with the PCI SoundBlaster specification ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology
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47. ch Lead 2 pins 28 RESET PANEL p 44 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 16 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer you must complete the following steps 1 Check Motherboard Settings Install Memory Modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply 6 Setup the BIOS Software 3 4 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard s function settings through the use of switches and or jumpers a Te WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electric ity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Usea grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply 1s switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard WARNI
48. cursor to the first field lt End gt or lt PgDn gt Moves the cursor to the last field lt F5 gt Resets the current screen to its Setup Defaults lt F10 gt Saves changes and exits Setup ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window the BIOS setup program also pro vides a General Help screen This screen can be called up from any menu by sim ply pressing lt F1 gt or the lt Alt gt lt H gt combination The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding alternates and functions Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program See 4 7 Exit Menu for detailed information on saving changes and exiting the setup program Scroll Bar When a scroll bar appears to the right of a help window it indicates that there is more information to be displayed that will not fit in the window Use lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the entire help docu ment Press lt Home gt to display the first page press lt End gt to go to the last page To exit the help window press lt Enter gt or lt Esc gt Sub Menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view System Date Lesacy Disketit appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that Legacy Diskett Floppy d Hade a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu
49. d ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 59 60 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 Advanced Menu Item Specific Help CPU Frequency _ l DRAH Frequency l a MHz This item provide the ystem Performance Setting Opti user options to set the CPU Veore Set ting Auto a Frequency of CPU Level 1 Cache S CPU Level 2 Cache Enab le CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disable HOTE The options show BIOS Update Enabled up depending on the PS House Function Control ital Jumperfree jumper USE Legacy Support futo setting 057 2 Onboard Hemory gt 644 CHIP Configuration O Device Configuration os Configuration onfiguration Operating Frequency Setting User Define When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to configure the external frequency of your CPU Select User Define if you want to make changes to the CPU Frequency field When Standard is selected CPU external Frequency will be fixed at 1OOMHz Configu ration options Standard User Define CPU Frequency when Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to 1H WH the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external fre quency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the 1 CPU s internal frequency Note that selecting a frequency higher than what the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the sys tem to hang or crash See System Hangup later in this section DRAM Fre
50. e following selections MAIN Use this menu to make changes to the basic system configuration ADVANCED Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced features POWER Use this menu to configure and enable Power Management features BOOT Use this menu to configure the default system device used to lo cate and load the Operating System EXIT Use this menu to exit the current menu or specify how to exit the Setup program To access the menu bar items press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 2 Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup screen you will notice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu lt or keypad arrow Selects the menu item to the left or right T or J keypad arrow Moves the highlight up or down between fields minus key Scrolls backward through the values for the highlighted field plus key or spacebar Scrolls forward through the values for the highlighted field lt Enter gt Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field lt Home gt or lt PgUp gt Moves the
51. ective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e VIA and KT133 are trademarks of VIA Technologies Inc e AMD Athlon are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated Trend and ChipAwayVirus are trademarks of Trend Micro Inc Other company and product names may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revisions are released for each product design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITH OUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURA CIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFT WARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2000
52. ed 8 Follow the onscreen instructions to continue I Rou PFlaghed the ERPOOR 14 jiz rreg ried khak use bere of T mler SETUP ard LIA Se iup kerf y lisa la Baw M awil ihr pamer egdebed wilh oew FIL oben WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and 1f the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 49 4 BIOS SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 50 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that can be updated using the provided utility as described in 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS The utility is used 1f you are installing a motherboard reconfiguring your system or prompted to Run Setup This section describes how to configure your system using this utility Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program at some time in the future you may want to change the configuration of your computer For example you may want to enable the Security Password Feature or make changes to the power management settings It will then be necessary to reconf
53. ed in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium II FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD processors Device Driver A device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer s operating system to communicate with devices such as VGA audio printer or modem DOS Disk Operating System DOS is the foundation on which all other programs and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory There are several different types of DRAM such as EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM and RDRAM Rambus DRAM Flash ROM The flash ROM is designed to be a resident program and can be updated by a spe cific programming method Normally the flash ROM is used for system BIOS which initiates hardware devices and sets up necessary parameters for the OS Since the of flash ROM can be modified users are able to update the BIOS by them selves IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices ca
54. eripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus PCI bus is a specification that defines a 32 bit data bus interface PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers PCI Bus Master The PCI Bus Master can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA cards is typically done with jumpers that change the decode maps for memory and I O space and steer the DMA and interrupt signals to different pins on the bus Further system configuration files may need to be updated to reflect these changes Users typically resolve sharing conflicts by referring to documentation provided by each manufacturer For the average user this configuration process can be unreli able and frustrating Plug and play PnP BIOS eliminates the ISA add on card hard ware conflict problem The PnP BIOS uses a memory block to define and remember each card s configuration which allows the user to change the card s IRQs and DMA in BIOS either automatically or manually POST Power On Self Test When you turn ON the computer it will first run through the POST a series of software controlled diagnostic tests The POST
55. essage LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there 1s data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 26 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This 1s a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 27 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 28 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity 1s decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system 1s not in use This 2 pin connector con nects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any prob lems This may require one or two presses depending on the position of the switch Wake
56. essing Enter will show the product IDs of all connected IDE hard disk drives ATAPI CD ROM This field allows you to select which ATAPI CD ROM drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing Enter will show the product IDs of all your con nected ATAPI CD ROM drives IMPORTANT Make sure the ATAPI CD ROM drive that you want to use in the boot sequence is connected to either the PRIMARY or SECONDARY IDE con nectors not to the ATA100 connectors Currently the Promise Ultra DMA 100 chip does not support this feature ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 79 80 4 BIOS SETUP Other Boot Device Select INT18 Device Network Configuration options Disabled SCSI Onboard ATA Boot Device INT18 Device Network LANDesk R Service Agent Plug amp Play O S No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to con figure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS When Yes is selected interrupts may be reassigned by the OS When a non PnP OS 1s installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Reset Configuration Data No The Extended System Configuration Data ESCD contain information about non PnP devices It can also hold the complete record of how the system was configured the last time it was booted Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration op tion
57. etware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system admuinistrator s job and then of course save you time consuming efforts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wake up frame ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 2 Modem Riser 7 2 1 56K Software Modem The Modem Riser MR is a high speed PC communication peripheral which works with AMC 97 MC 97 compliant codecs With this software modem you can connect your com puter to a remote location receiving data at up to 56 Kbps in V 90 or K56flex modes 7 2 2 Primary Seconday MR There are two types of m
58. f any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 6 Boot Menu Itea Specific Help IDE Hard Drive io ATAPI CO ROK 0A Boot Sequence amp Other Boot Device Enter to select the Plug amp Play 075 ol device Reset Configuration Data Ho Boot Virus Detection Enab To select the boot Quick Foner on Self Test gt sequence use the up or t Up Floppy Seek hisab down arrow Press gt to move the device up the list or gt to move it down the list tnter Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select among the four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys By using the lt gt or lt Space gt key you can promote devices and by using the lt gt key you can demote devices Promotion or demotion of devices alters the priority which the sys tem uses to search for a boot device on system power up Configuration fields include Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO USB FDD USB ZIP IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pr
59. gh software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another de fined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR can coexist without the need to disable the onboard CODEC The motherboard s onboard CODEC must be disabled when using a primary AMR IMPORTANT The AMR slot of this motherboard shares the same expansion slot as PCI Slot 5 Because of this and its location the slot can only accept a specially designed AMR card optional The components of a standard AMR card and its bracket face toward the edge of the motherboard while those of the specially designed card face the expansion slots For availability see your vendor or dealer Unlike that of standard cards the component side of the specially designed AMR card faces the motherboard s expansion slots when the card is installed A7PRO Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 8 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly distinguished from jumpers in the Motherboard Layout Placing jumper caps over these connector pins will cause damage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe to Pin 1 on the connectors Pin 1 is usually on the side closest to
60. h the ASUS ASIC A chassis intrusion event is kept in memory on battery power for more protection ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 11 2 FEATURES 2 2 Motherboard Components See opposite page for locations Location Processor Support Socket A for Socket A AMD Athlon Duron Processors 3 NOTE Starting with PCB Rev 1 02 the CPU thermal sensor is integrated on the motherboard located near the center of the CPU heat source just below the CPU socket Feattire setting DIP Switches ciisscssccssotanrs tc neaneeoa ance sioedds 6 Chipsets VIA VT8363 VIA Apollo KT133 system controller 2 VIA VTS2 C6304 POI rnn hanes 16 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM ossos 9 Main Memory Maximum 1 5GB support SO IVINS OG seston e aastesstaceneaesutnia longa ane 4 VC133 PC133 memory support Expansion Slots POU Slots cases on eich ecards ete cdo 16 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot ccc 19 1 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot wo Shared 15 System I O 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector cccccceeseseseescsetseseseseeeees 8 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 66 Support eeeeeeeeeeees 7 Parallel Port Connector wo cccesssceccesssseceseesees Top 22 1 Serial COMI Port Connector w ee eee eeeeeeees Bottom 23 1 Serial COM2 Port Connector ec cece eeeeeeeeee Bottom 21 USB Connectors Port 0 amp Port 1 seess 24 USB Connectors Port 2 amp Port 3 wei cccceesscseesssseeeeens 11 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector
61. he parallel port Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidirectional parallel port operation ECP allows the parallel port to operate in bidirectional DMA mode ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode Configuration op tions Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only 1f you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Womeced Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Item Specific Help Onboard ACS Audio Controller unr a Gane Port Function Enable 200h 2 OnBoard Legacy Audio Support Disabled Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Audio Controller Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you are using any modem audio device If a modem audio device is detected the onboard modem audio controller will be enabled 1f no modem audio device is de tected the onboard modem audio controller will be disabled If you have conflicts with the onboard modem audio controller you may set the appro priate field to Disabled Configuration options Disabled Auto ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 67 4 BIOS SETUP fo Q 4 BIOS SETUP Game Port Function Disabled Enable this field to use the game port Conf
62. iguration options Disabled Enable 200h 207h Onboard Legacy Audio Support Disabled The onboard chipset is integrated with a SoundBlaster Pro controller To use it you must enable this field Leave on the default setting Disabled if you want to use an add on audio device NOTE To display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown below Game Port Function Enable 200h 2 Enabled Sound Blaster Emulation Enabled Sound Blaster I 0 Base Address 220h 22Fh sound Blaster IRQ IRQS Sound Blaster DHA DMA 1 MPU 461 Enabled MPU 401 I 0 Base Address 336h 333h FH Enable 388h 38Bh Enabled Sound Blaster Emulation Disabled Select Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emu lation feature Sound Blaster I O Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ IRQ5 Sound Blaster DMA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this field if you want to use the MIDI device onboard MPU 401 I O Base Address 300h 303h This sets the I O address for the onboard MIDI device FM Enable 388h 38Bh Disabled This field enables or disables the FM modulation feature 7 A E 68 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 3 PCI Configuration PCI Configuration Item Specific Help Flu tof Enter to select an te 2 IRQ Auto IRQ lot 3 IRQ Auta Slot i o TRO futo PCI
63. igure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility When you start up the computer the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This appears during the Power On Self Test POST Press lt Delete gt to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late in pressing the mentioned key POST will continue with its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup restart the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by press ing the Reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only 1f the first two methods fail The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible It is a menu driven program which means you can scroll through the various sub menus and make your selections among the predetermined choices To access the BIOS Setup program press the lt Delete gt key after the computer has run through its POST NOTE Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re flect your BIOS screens exactly ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 51 52 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with th
64. justable when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be adjustable when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define PCI Master Read Caching Default Enabled for Athlon Processors Disabled for Duron Processors Leave on default setting Configuration options Disabled Enabled Delayed Transaction Default Enabled for Athlon Processors Disabled for Duron Processors Leave on default setting Enabled this frees the PCI Bus when the CPU is accessing 8 bit ISA devices that normally consume about 50 60 PCI Clocks without PCI delayed transaction Select Disabled for ISA devices that are not PCI 2 1 compliant Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI to DRAM Prefetch Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Byte Merge Enabled To optimize the data transfer on PCI this merges a sequence of individual memory writes bytes or words into a single 32 bit block of data However byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range Configuration options Disabled Enabled DRAM Read Latch Delay Auto Configuration options 0 01 ns 0 75 ns Auto ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Memory Early Delay Write Auto Configuration options 0 0 ns 0 5 ns Auto Memory Data Drive Auto Configura
65. m the CPU s control internal registers in the chips accept the re uest and let the CPU do something else while the data requested 1s assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory As they work on their own clock cycle the rest of the system can be clocked faster There is a version optimized for video cards and main memory for motherboards SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD 1s most like an ID detect for SDRAM module it using a EEPROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration infor mation inside The Serial Presence Detect function is implemented using a 2048 bit EEPROM component This nonvolatile storage device contains data programmed by the DIMM manufacturer that identifies the module type and various SDRAM organization and timing parameters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the Operating system UltraDMA Ultra DMA 33 is a synchronous DMA protocol designed by Intel This function is included into Intel s PIIX4 chipset The traditional IDE transfer only uses one edge of the data stroke as the data transfer Ultra DMA 33 uses both edges of data strobe when the data is tran
66. male 4 COMI1 COM2 p 34 Serial Port Connector 9 pin male 5 PRINTER p 34 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 6 GAME AUDIO p 35 Game MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 35 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 FLOPPY p 35 Floppy Disk Drive Port Connector 34 pins 9 PRIMARY IDE p 36 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins SECONDARY IDE 10 CHASSIS p 37 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pins 11 IR p 37 Infrared Module Connector 5 pins 12 WOL_CON p 38 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 13 WOR p 38 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 14 PWR_ CPU_ CHA_FAN p 39 Chassis Power Supply CPU F_ Fan Connectors 3 pins F_FAN 15 CD_IN AUX VIDEO p 40 Internal Audio Connectors 4 4 pin MODEM 16 MIC2 p 40 Internal Microphone Header 3 pins 17 HPHONE p 40 Headphone True Level Out Header 3 pins 18 USB3A USB3 p 41 USB Headers 5 1 pins 10 1 pins continued ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 15 3 HARDWARE SETUP 19 SMB p 41 SMBus Connector 5 1 pins 20 ATXPWR p 42 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 21 JTPWR p 42 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pins 22 IDELED p 43 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 23 PWR LED PANEL p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 24 SPEAKER PANEL p 44 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 25 MSG LED PANEL p 44 System Message LED 2 pins 26 SMI PANEL p 44 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pins 27 PWR SW PANEL p 44 ATX Soft Off Swit
67. may help when overclocking but may re sult in the shortening of your computer component s life It 1s strongly recom mended that you leave this setting on its default ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 21 3 HARDWARE SETUP 5 CPU External Frequency Setting DSW Switches 1 4 This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU SDRAM and the chipset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency The CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed IMPORTANT 1 To use this feature JEN see 1 JumperFree Mode JEN in 3 HARD WARE SETUP must be set to Jumper mode or 1 2 2 In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW 1 DSW 4 must be set to OFF 3 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4 Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup so you can set the CPU Frequency CPU 90 00 MHz 95 00 MHz 101 00 MHz 102 00 MHz PCI 30 00 MHz 31 67 MHz 33 67 MHz 34 00 MHz CPU 100 00 MHz 103 00 MHz 105 00 MHz PCI 33 57 MHz 34 33 MHz 35 00 MHz CPU 107 00 MHz 109 00 MHz 110 00 MHz 111 00 MHz PCI 35 67 MHz 36 33 MHz 36 67 MHz 37 00 MHz A7PRO CPU External Frequency Selection CPU 113 00 MHz 115 00 MHz 117 00 MHz 133 30 MHz PCI 37 67 MHz 39 33 MHz 39 00 MHz 33 33 MHz NOTE The motherboard supports PC100 PC133 DIMMs or VC SDRAMs for system memory Regi
68. memory load memory usage and paging file usage Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory SIZe Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is dis played Popup Asus Probe ASUS PC Probe Pause All Monitoring PRES eal te cata boon tata Exit Asus Probe 10 35 PM ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 91 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE CyberLink PowerPlayer SE is an intelligent software player that can automatically detect and playback all kinds of video audio files CD and MP3 files as well This is the only software you need for all types of video and audio files No need to waste time identifying your file types 6 2 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and
69. n achieve up to 33MB Sec transfer ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 7 APPENDIX LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports Each LPT port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMD which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP MT P55C and Pentium II Klamath CPU as well as other x86 compatible microprocessors The MMX in structions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications such as 3D video 3D sound video conference OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for PC that is always ON but appears OFF and responds immediately to user or other requests The OnNow design initia tive involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system device drivers hardware and applications and also relies on the changes defined in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification PC100 SDRAM is Intel s goal is to ensure that memory subsystems continue to support evolving platform requirements and to assure that memory does not become a bottle neck to system performance It is especially important to ensure that the PC memory roadmap evolves together with the performance roadmaps for the processors I O and graphics PCI Bus P
70. n98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window EF TET Click the Settings tab Select your coun try and language Click OK Click Start point to Settings click Control Panel double click Modems click the General tab and click Motorala SM56 AC L Modem Click Diagnostic and then click the designated COM port as shown Click More Info If the computer sys tem successfully communicates with the modem responses will be displayed as shown alee ches lir ang th bee Bae hm ae Aieri n eee hki a ee ae Ha ii Chri Kach Banie ko malac a claar shra or cih Hil Ha Fiykm engl glen ieda E Hadma HEAL Pida Tatik Haimi a hli RHE ai F i iDEN iaai aie ie lem AIE Hga HPE EL Ta cc z iit ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 3 Glossary 1394 1394 is the IEEE designation for the high performance serial bus at 12 5 25 or SOMBytes sec speeds This serial bus defines both a back plane physical layer and a point to point cable connected virtual bus The primary application of the cable ver sion 1s the integration of I O connectivity at the back panel of personal computers using a low cost scalable high speed serial interface The 1394 standard also pro vides new services such as live connect disconnect
71. nabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 61 62 4 BIOS SETUP Notes for JumperFree Mode System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running ata DRAM to CPU frequency ratio of 3 3 and a bus speed of 1OOMHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations Operating Frequency Setting ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 1 Chip Configuration CHIP Configuration Item Specific Help Both B Enter to Enable or Spread Sprectrum Control Enabled Disable each IDE AGP 4K Drive Strength Auta channel AGP Fast Write Disabled SORAM Configuration ie SPO SORAM CHS Latency J SDRAM RAS Precharge Time 3T SORAM RAS to CAS Delay 3T PCI Master Read Caching Disabled Delayed Transaction Disabled PCI to DRAH Prefatch Enabled yte Herge Enabled DRAH Read Latch Delay Auto mory Early Delay Write futo Mien Drive Auta CASH Ruto DIMM Thier lenia Setting Auto Graphics Aperture rise AHE ideo Hemory Cache Ho UC Scroll down to see more items as shown Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled
72. nagement User Define This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features If this menu item is set to Disabled power management features will not function regardless of other field settings on this menu The User Define option allows you to make your own selections in the Power menu When set to Max Saving system power will be conserved to its greatest amount The Suspend Mode field will then be set to predefined value that ensures maximum power savings This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE to your CONFIG SYS file For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature For Windows 98 and later APM is automatically installed A battery and power cord icon labeled Power Management will appear in the Control
73. nction ports e PC133 SDRAM VC133 VCM Support Equipped with three Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM sockets to support Intel PC133 PC100 compliant 8 16 32 64 128 256 or 512MB or NEC s VC133 compliant Virtual Channel VC SDRAM up to 1 5GB VC SDRAM is a new DRAM core architecture that dramatically improves the memory system s ability to service among others high multimedia requirements Stepless Frequency Selection Allows CPU external FSB frequency settings to be set in 1MHz increments or reduction e JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor s external frequency e AGP Pro Slot Supports AGP AGP Pro cards for high performance component level interconnection targeted at 3D graphical applications supporting 133MHz 4X mode e UltraDMA 66 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE control ler with two connectors that support four ATA66 33 devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and Tape Backup drives e Wake On LAN Connector Supports Wake On LAN activity through an op tional ASUS PCI L101 10 100 Fast Ethernet PCI card see 7 Appendix 0 0 a l a gt e s J
74. nd the Translation Method field must be set to Manual Sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum LBA capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Multi Sector Transfers Maximum This option automatically sets the number of sectors per block to the high est number supported by the drive This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sec tors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technol
75. ntate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe see 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE The Rotation signal is not supported by F FAN WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins PWR_FAN E CHA_FAN GND Eav Rotation GND 12V Rotation F_FAN CPU_FAN c gt Q Oa NZ i eye O o A7PRO 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 39 3 HARDWARE SETUP 15 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin CD_IN AUX VIDEO MODEM These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector AUX White Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel CD Black VIDEO Green Lab
76. ocket 462 or Socket A for CPU installation The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan and heatsink attached to it to prevent overheating If this is not the case then purchase and install a set before you turn on your system WARNING Make sure that the heatsink is mounted tightly against the processor Make sure also that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heat sink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient cir culation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary fan if necessary A thermal sensor cable is bundled with this motherboard to help in monitoring the CPU temperature To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the Socket 462 and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then up wards to a 90 degree angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown The notched corner should be orientated toward the blank space on the socket near est the lever Because the CPU has a corner pin for two of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan and heatsink that covers the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink no force is required to insert the CPU Once com pletely inserted close the socket s lever while holding down the CPU NOTE Do
77. odem risers primary MR and secondary MR In appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR Layout of Primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure Power OFF your computer Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on the AMR ex pansion slot Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firmly Secure the MR card onto the chassis with the screw removed in step 2 Connect the MR card s LINE connec tor to a telephone wall jack Connect the PHONE connector to a telephone optional Replace the computer chassis ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 99 100 l 10 7 APPENDIX 7 2 4 Software Setup in Windows 98 The Modem Riser supports the Plug and Play feature It allows your computer to automatically set the optimal configurations for the MR and communication soft ware Follow the procedure below to install the modem driver Power ON the computer after the hard ware installation is completed Windows 98 will automatically detect the modem and display a PCI Card mes sage under Add New Hardware Found Select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive Enter the path E Modem Wi
78. ogy This feature 1s normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to suppress Ultra DMA capa bility NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Disabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 57 4 BIOS SETUP 4 BIOS SETUP Other options for Type are CD ROM for IDE CD ROM drives LS 120 for LS 120 compatible floppy disk drives ZIP 100 for ZIP 100 compatible disk drives MO for IDE magneto optical disk drives Other ATAPI Device for IDE devices not listed here After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub menu press the lt Esc gt key to exit back to the Main menu When the Main menu ap pears you will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured 4 3 2 Keyboard Features olin Keyboard Features Item Specific Help ng Select Power on state Keyboard Huto Repeat Rate 12 Sec for Aum ack Keyboard Auto Re
79. omati cally select Auto Type Auto Select Auto to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive If automatic detection is successful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK Other options for the Type field are None to disable IDE devices ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 55 4 BIOS SETUP g a 8 56 4 BIOS SETUP IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk you should enter the correct ones manually by setting User Type HDD User Type HDD Primary Hester User Type HOD Item Specific Help l fise Enter to select
80. options No ICU C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DCOO0 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration Video ROM BIOS Shadow F 1 fs ESC r Enter Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocating to RAM enhances system performance as information access 1s faster than the ROM Configuration options Disabled Enabled C8000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMs If you install other expansion cards with ROMs on them you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 73 Shadow Configuration 74 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Item Specific Help Video OFF Option Suspend Video OFF Method DPMS OFF lt Enter gt to select the HOO Power Down Disabled Power Saving Hode You Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled can select User Define to go to the Suspend Suspend Mode Disabled Hode entry below PHR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off e Power Up Control e HordWare Monitor f 4 nter Power Ma
81. other wise it will cause damage to the P2T Cable 2 Connect the P2T Cable to the CPU thermal sensor connector JTCPU JTCPU I NOTE JTCPU is no longer necessary not included on motherboards with PCB versions 1 02 and later A7PRO CPU Thermal Sensor Connector NOTE If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its ther mal sensor cable to JTPWR 28 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 3 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover Set up the BIOS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in 4 4 3 PCI Configuration 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card oa a f U 6 a l ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 29 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Gene
82. our computer When using Win dows 95 or later selecting Restart from Start Shut Down will reboot your computer Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol COM Port COM 1s a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports Point ing devices modems and infrared modules can be connected to COM ports Each COM port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI maximizes system performance with simultaneous CPU PCI and ISA bus activities It includes multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transac tions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies 1m proves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stor
83. peat Delay i Sec i Fiter Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second charac ters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 58 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Language English This allows selection of the BIOS displayed language Currently only English is available Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled These fields allow you to set the passwords To set the password highlight the appro priate field and press lt Enter gt Type in a password and press lt Enter gt You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the password again and press the lt Enter gt The password 1s now set to Enabled This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press lt Enter gt The same dialog box as above will appear Press lt Enter gt and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Password
84. pparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions from digital apparatus set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil num rique de la classe B est conforme a la norme NMB 003 du Canada ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections 1 INTRODUCTION Manual information and checklist 2 FEATURES Production information and specifications 3 HARDWARE SETUP Intructions on setting up the motherboard 4 BIOS SETUP Intructions on setting up the BIOS 5 SOFTWARE SETUP Intructions on setting up the included software 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Reference material for the included software 7 APPENDIX Optional items and general reference 1 2 Item Checklist Check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items contact your retailer Package Contents Optional Items M 1 ASUS Motherboard J ASUS CIDB chassis intrusion detec W 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon tion module a cable for internal UltraDMA ASUS IrDA compliant infrared 100 UltraDMA 66 also module compatible with UltraDMA 33 1 ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 IDE drives devices 100 Ethernet Card M 1 Ribbon cable for internal Ll ASUS MR I Modem Riser Card UltraDMA 33 IDE drives M 1 Ribbon cable for one 5 25 and two 3 5
85. provides CIF 352 x 288 pixel display resolution and support true color configuration A one minute video mail with QCIF 176 x 144 resolution takes up less than 500KB of memory making it easy to transmit and save mail Users may always adjust resolution and recording parameters for different purpose VLM 3 supports all the hardware devices that are compliant with Video for Win dows standard Video for Windows is a well accepted and well tested standard Thus users do not have to worry about compatibility issues ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 4 1 Starting VideoLive Mail To start VideoLive Mail click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink VideoLive Mail and then click VideoLive Mail x x VLM 3 s Setup Wizard will start and guide you through configuring the video and audio input peripherals and to setup the e mail environment l Setup Wizard first will prompt a dialog to confirm that you want to configure the hardware and E mail setting Click Yes to continue the system parameter configuration The e mail configuration screen appears You will need to enter your name and the e mail address Click Next to continue The Internet e mail configuration screen appears You may choose to use the VLM 3 built in E mail functionality SMTP mail or use MAPI compliant e mail system Consult your ISP or MIS staff for the E mail server IP address 1f you are not sure Click Next to continue
86. quency This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency This must be set in conjunction with CPU external Frequency to match the speed of your SDRAM When you press lt Enter gt on this field the first available option in the pop up menu equals the CPU Frequency you select for the previous field and the second available option is the CPU Frequency multiplied by 4 3 To maintain and ensure system stability DRAM Fre quency is set to 100 MHz when the BIOS setup default settings are loaded selected ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP System Performance Setting Optimal This function controls settings related to system memory performance When Optimal is selected DRAM bank interleave 4k page and burst refresh will be enabled to boost system performance For more system stability select Normal Configuration options Optimal Normal CPU Vcore Setting Auto In JumperFree mode this field allows you to select the core voltage supplied to the CPU Leave on Auto to use the CPU default setting If you want to set it manually select User Define go to the subsequent CPU Vcore field and refer to your CPU documentation to make the configuration CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 buil
87. rally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an additional IRQ will be used If your moth erboard also has MIDI enabled another IRQ will be used leaving 4 IRQs free IMPORTANT If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers sup port Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inop erable The following table lists the default IRQ assignments for standard PC devices Use this table when configuring your system and for resolving IRQ conflicts Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function ug 0 l System Timer l 2 Keyboard Controller ni 2 N A Programmable Interrupt S ea 11 Communications Port COM2 0 4 12 Communications Port COM1 al 5 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller ey 15 Printer Port LPT 1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock gr 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel De 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for PCI devices Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 shared
88. reshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and poll ing intervals or refresh times of the PC s temperature fan rotation and voltages ASUS PC Probe CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value History Lets you record the monitoring activ ity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh old Pox Soe Se Dorisa braia n ie mal rede rdl aia i e eel T hike Fi bie ZJ Ira cena agai We peel oT vot the Be Le Ln WER GRIESE Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 9 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE A i 5 90 Memory Shows the PC s
89. s No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 7 Exit Menu Once you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup pro gram you should save your changes and exit Setup Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu Itea Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit setup utility and Discard Changes Ties your changes to e Changes NOTE Pressing lt Esc gt does not exit this menu You must select one of the options from this menu or lt F10 gt from the legend bar to exit this menu Exit Saving Changes Once you are finished making your selections choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the values you selected
90. s The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The pass words control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sen sitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all configuration fields Forgot the Password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information 1s powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short the solder points 3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences el CLRTC Short solder points to Clear CMOS A7PRO Clear RTC RAM Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard AI but Disk AI but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This display only field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during bootup You do not need to make changes to this fiel
91. s Vcore and CPU SDRAM frequency ad justments boot block write protection and HD SCSI MO ZIP CD Floppy boot selection Power supply is autodetected to enable disable suspend to RAM Integrated Infrared IrDA Support Integrated IR supports an optional re mote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals per sonal gadgets or an optional remote controller Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Color coded Connectors To enhance user accessibility to system components and to meet PC 99 compliancy major connectors in this motherboard are color coded ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 10 2 FEATURES 2 1 2 Special Features ACPI Ready Advanced Configuration Power Interface ACPI provides more Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features implemented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 must be used Easy Installation Incorporates BIOS that supports autodetection of hard disk drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make the setup of hard disk drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic Suspend and Go Suspend to
92. sferred Hence the data transfer rate is double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s on ATA 2 devices Ultra ATA 66 also known as Ultra DMA 66 is an extension of current Ultra ATA 33 interface This new high speed interface has doubled the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec and maximized disk performance under current PCI local bus environment USB Universal Serial Bus A 4 pin serial cable bus that allows up to 127 plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer modem and monitor to share a bandwidth through a host scheduled token based protocol This allows attaching or detaching while the host and other peripherals are in operation Supports synchro nous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires up to 12Mbit sec USB 2 0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to USB 1 0 and competes with the 1394 standard Wake On LAN Computer will automatically wake up upon receiving a wake up packet through a Network interface when it 1s under power soft off suspend or sleep mode ASUS A7PRO User s Manual
93. st Recheck your jumper settings and con nections or call your retailer for assistance Award BIOS Beep Codes Beep Meaning One short beep when No error during POST displaying logo Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM installed or detected One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card three short beeps memory bad High frequency beeps when CPU overheated system 1s working System running at a lower frequency ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 45 3 HARDWARE SETUP 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instructions in 4 BIOS SETUP Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 9X click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down NOTE The message You can now safely turn off your computer will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies 46 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory Writer utility AFLASH EXE to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later AFLASH E
94. stered DIMMs are not supported see 3 5 System Memory DIMM WARNING Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies are not guaranteed to be stable Overclocking your processor is not recommended It may result in a slower speed and premature wearing of the processor 22 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 CPU Core BUS Frequency Multiple DSFID Switches 1 4 This option sets the frequency multiple between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the CPU s External frequency These must be set in conjunction with the CPU Bus Frequency a es r Tibii ON 5 5x 11 2 A7PRO CPU Core Bus Frequency Multiple 11 5x 23 1 12 5x 25X 1 NOTE If your processor does not have a locked Frequency Multiple you must use CPU Core Bus Freq Multiple to set the Frequency Multiple If the Fre quency Multiple of your processor is locked setting the Frequency Multiple will have no effect Manual CPU Settings NOTE JumperFree mode must be disabled Set the DIP switches by the internal speed of your processor as follows m CPU BUS Freq Freq Multiple CPU Freq Mult Bus 4 3 2 1 6 5 4 3 2 1 Athlon 1GHz 10 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF OFF ON Athlon 950MHz 95x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF ON OFF Athlon 900MHz 9 0x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF OFF ON ON Athlon 850MHz 85x 100MHz ON ON ON ON ON ON OFF ON OFF OFF Athlon 800MHz 80x
95. t in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Con figuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse 1s detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected the USB controller will be enabled If not detected the USB control ler will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled the USB controller is disabled no matter whether you are using a USB device or not Configu ration options Disabled Enabled Auto OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to E
96. tart Disabled This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off and En abled reboots your system Previous State sets your system back to the state it is before the power interruption Configuration options Disabled Enabled Previous State PWR Up On External Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer when the external modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the computer and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Disabled Wake On LAN PCI Modem allows your computer to be booted from an other computer via a network by sending a wake up frame or signal Con figuration options Disabled Enabled IMPORTANT This feature requires an optional network interface card with Wake On LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selec
97. the Translation Hethod type of the IDE drive l User Type HDD allows Cylinders 1826 you to set each entry on toh ji bii H BAPE el pg ren Capacity eu BR Multi Sector Transfers Maximum SHART bade Disabled PIO Mo Lil ULTRA DHA Hoche Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that LBA Mode 1s necessary for drives with greater than SO4MB in storage capacity Configuration options LBA LARGE Normal Match Partition Table Manual Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to your drive docu mentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD a
98. the power connec tor on hard drives and CD ROM drives but may be on the opposite side on floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Keyboard Connector Purple 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards EENG a a N Oe oo JO oer Je Seas OOOO S OOOO PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 33 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 amp 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices OODOODODOODOOOOO JY OLLE a loc oe ioe je Universal Serial Bus USB 1 4 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 COM2 Two serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices For setting up these ports see Onboard Serial Port 1 in 4 4 2
99. then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 2 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Eject Help Power Off CHAPTER E TITLE EN Cee Ape Stop ae Backward Scan Forward Scan Backstep Frame Step Frame Previous ray Next Stop Play kad Configuration S Power Increase Volume CD Mode Mute Shuffle Decrease Volume Karaoke Nextangle Nextaudio stream Next subtitle Add bookmark S Capture frame Go Up Repeat Menu Go to bookmark 92 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 3 CyberLink PowerDVD CyberLink PowerDVD is the flagship of CyberLink s complete range of video and audio software products It features unrivaled functions allowing users to view high quality video and media rich DVD contents on the personal computer With the 1 Power Internet Enabling feature PowerDVD opens DVD enthusiasts to on line DVD resources via the PowerDVD Desktop Portal Page 6 3 1 Starting CyberLink PowerDVD To start CyberLink PowerDVD click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerDVD and then click PowerDVD 6 3 2 CyberLink PowerDVD User Interface Minimize Main Display Exit Control FullScreen CD File Control Help Eject Panel Video Window Mode Wheel closed Functions ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 93 HSN SAT OK SIAN 94 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 4 CyberLink VideoLive Mail CyberLink s VideoLive Mail
100. ting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 77 78 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor HardWare Honi tor Item Specific Help Enter to switch CPU Tenperature 51 C 141 F between Honitoring ar JTPHR Temperature H A Lgrore CPU Fan Speed T30GRPH Power Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed VCORE Voltage 2 9V Voltage 50 Vol tage 12 Voltage 17 Voltage Ignore 0Y Voltage grore MB Temperature xxxC xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC xxxF JTPWR Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard CPU and power supply temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM Power Fan Speed xxxxRPM Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xxV 12V Voltage 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only 1f necessary NOTE I
101. ting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and make changes After selecting this op tion all selections are saved and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to save any changes to the non volatile RAM ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 Install Operating System You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy You may use any version of Windows 98 2000 Millenium but for Windows 95 you must use OSR 2 0 or later For Windows NT 4 0 you must use Service Pack 3 0 or later 5 2 Start Windows When you start Windows 98 for the first time after installing your motherboard Windows will detect all plug and play devices Follow the Add New Hardware Wiz ard to install all necessary device drivers When prompted to restart select No and then follow the setup procedures in this section NOTE Because there are various motherboard settings options and expansion cards the following can only be used as a general reference and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 83 84 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 3 A7 Series Motherboard Support CD NOTE The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice To begin using your support CD disc just insert it into your CD ROM drive and the support CD installation menu should appear If the menu does not appear double click or
102. tion options Auto Weak Strong CAS Drive Auto Configuration options Auto Weak Strong DIMM Interleave Setting Auto Configuration options Auto Disabled Graphics Aperture Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining 1s a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 65 i M N E 66 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 2 VO Device Configuration I0 Device Configuration Item Specific Help Or DE ic Sua lt Enter to select if Floppy Disk Access Control R W switch drive letter assignments or nmol Onboard Serial Port 1 OF GH TRS Onboard Serial Port 2 2FEH TRS WART Use Infrared Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IMQ Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP ECP Select a e Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options
103. up IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable for 66MBytes s transfer rates NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector l A7PRO IDE Connectors iik 36 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 10 Chassis Intrusion Lead 4 1 pin CHASSIS This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion moni tor sensor or microswitch The sensor is triggered when a high level signal is sent to the Chassis Signal lead which occurs when a panel switch or light detec tor is triggered This function requires the optional ASUS CIDB chassis intru sion module to be installed see 7 APPENDIX If the chassis intrusion lead is not used a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to close the circuit 1 CHASSIS A7PRO Chassis Open Alarm Lead 11 Standard and Consumer Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s SIR connector according to the pin definitions Back View
104. y of the expansion slots or a primary AMR on the AMR slot If using a PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC 97 Audio Controller in 4 4 2 I O Device Con figuration of the BIOS must also be disabled NOTE This setting is available only on motherboards with the onboard audio option Setting AUDIOCODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Enable Disable Onboard Onboard Audio Codec Audio Codec Default 1 2 23 SPK oe fo J SPK ADN e o o fa S ADN AUD _EN2 L 2 5 fo AUD _EN2 AUD ENIF 9 5 fa AUD ENI A7PRO Audio Codec Setting ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 19 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 PCI 3Volt Setting SVSBSLT This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to PCI devices If you have PCI devices that require auxiliary power set this jumper to 3 VSB Setting 3VSBSLT 3 Volt 1 2 3 VSB 2 3 default SVSBSLT 1 2 2 3 Add 3 Volt Add 3 VSB Default A7PRO PCI 3Volt Selection 20 ASUS A7PRO User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 4 I O Voltage Setting VIO VIO allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP PCI and the CPU s I O buffer The default voltage 3 56V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage Setting VIO 3 35 Volt 1 2 3 56 Volt 2 3 default 3 69 Volt 3 4 VIO 12 25 3 4 3 31 Volt 3 40 Volt 3 56 Volt A7PRO VIO Setting WARNING Using a higher voltage

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