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® A7N266-C USER'S MANUAL

1. DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module O O gt lt LL lt O JEN ps oF HEEN Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro WARNING PCI 3 PCI 4 ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor PCI 5 USBPWR45 fafafa USBPWR23 EEFI IDELED o0 USB45 USB23 HE GEEEL Grayed components are optional at the time of purchase ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual Hen Secondary IDE Primary IDE ATX Power Connector CR2032 3V Lithium Cell oo00 EEIJTPWR vips kkk VID4 EEEE BUZZER IR SMB ELEFE ELET CHASSIS PANEL lals s s sisale 30 5cm 12 0in 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1 LED p 18 Onboard System Indicators Green power Red AGP warning 2 JEN p 18 Jumperfree Setting Enable Disable 3 BSELO BSEL1 p 19 CPU DRAM Frequency Setting 100 100 100 133 133 100 133 133 4 VID1 2 3 4 p 20 Voltage Regulator Output Volt Setting 1 675 V 1 85 V 5 VDDR p 20 DDR Voltage Setting 2 7V 2 6V 2 5V 6 USBO1 USB23 USB45PWR p 21 USB Device Wake up 5V 5VSB 7 CLR_RTC p 22 Clear RTC RAM 3 pin jumper Expansion Slots Sockets 1 DIMM 1 2 3 p 23 System Memory Support 2 Socket 462 p 26 CPU Support 3 PCI 1 2 3 4 5 p 27 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 4 AGP Pro p 30 Accelerated Graphics Port Slot 5 ACR p 31 Advanced Communication Riser slot ACR A6CH Connectors 1 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Mouse Port 6 pin female
2. Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum LBA capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered Multi Sector Transfers Maximum This option automatically sets the number of sectors per block to the highest number that the drive supports Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive You may also manually configure this field Refer to the documentation that came with the hard drive to determine the optimum value and set it manually NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD Configuration options Disabled 2 Sectors 4 Sectors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors
3. appears after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility ASUS A7N266 C 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 Save Current BIOS To File Flash Memory Winbond W29C020 or SST 29EE0OZO or Intel 82802AB Current BIOS Version ASUS XXX XX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X BIOS Model gt KXX XX BIOS Built Date 09725798 Please Enter File Name to Save KXxX kK XKX BIOS Saved Successfully Press ESC To Continue 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX X XX and then press lt Enter gt 48 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures WARNING Update the BIOS only if you have problems with the motherboard and you know that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems Careless 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 boot floppy disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the floppy disk 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the
4. digital encoding The controller supports standard UltraDMA 100 66 33 for burst mode data transfer rates of up to OOMB sec Separate data paths for each IDE channel are built in to support up to four IDE devices The controller supports six USB ports and 5 PCI slots and is PCI rev 2 2 compliant The MCP supplies an LPC 1 0 interface along with AT legacy functions a clock synthesizer and meets ACPI 1 0 and PCI Power Management 1 1 specifications PC2100 PC1600 DDR Support Equipped with three Double Data Rate Dual Inline Memory Module DDR DIMM sockets to support up to 1 5GB of DDR SDRAM DDR SDRAM supplies the highest bandwidth 64 128 bit and offers the lowest latency currently available improving the memory system s ability to service multimedia requirements Easy Frequency Changes Now easily overclock all important frequency settings simply and quickly with the onboard BIOS firmware Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware enables Vcore core voltage and CPU DDR SDRAM frequency adjustments boot block write protection enhanced ACPI DMI Green and PnP Features Plus ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 1 2 Connections CPU socket Socket A 462 for Athlon XP Athlon Duron processors PCI Expansion Slots Provides five 32 bit PCI slots PCI 2 2 compliant with no ISA All PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards such as SCSI or LAN cards PCI supports up to 133MB s maximum throughput The MB supports Concurrent P
5. 6 Change the necessary BIOS settings if any see section 4 4 3 PCI Configuration to change the settings 7 Install the necessary software drivers for the expansion card ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 27 a i j 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively 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 motherboard 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 support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 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 0 l System Timer i 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt oie 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 jG 13 Sound Card sometimes LPT2 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller qe 15 Printer Port LPT1 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock 9 4 ACPI Mode when used 10 5 IRQ Holder fo
6. 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 2 The e mail configuration screen appears You will need to enter your name and the e mail address Click Next to continue 3 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 if you are not sure Click Next to continue 4 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 5 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 6 Setup Wizard then tests the audio volume during playing and recording Click Next when ready 7 Configuration done Click Finish to complete the environmental setting proce dure 6 5 2 CyberLink VideoLive Mail User Interface ra Exit Minimize D Help Video Mail Wizard i gt Start P layback m Stop Recording P laypack Start Recording Save Video File S
7. g 8 CAUTION Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 55 5 1 56 4 BIOS SETUP User Type HDD E Hain E Primary Master User Type HDD Ty trans slation Method oer Head Secto os CHS Capacity ee Maximum LBA Capacity EE Mult ti Sect tor Tre ansfers SHAR T Monit toring PIO Hode ULTI RA ai iA Hode F1 Tl F5 ESC Enter F10 Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for the drive Refer to the drive documentation or on the drive label 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 LBA is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive disregarding cylinders heads or sectors Note that LBA Mode is necessary for drives with more than 504MB storage capacity Configuration options LBA LARGE Normal Match Partition Table Manual Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to the drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field to Manual
8. i SA RE f h T NVIDIA nForce Drivers NVIDIA Display Driver Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC Driv E Color 3Deep Show MotherBoard Information Browse Support CD ASUS PC Probe V2 15 01 Install ASUS Update 3 28 06E Microsoft DirectX 8 0a Driver PC CILLIN 2000 V7 61 ReadMe Exit ADOBE Acrobat Reader V5 0 Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications ASUS Screen Saver e NVIDIA nForce Drivers Installs video drivers along with the nVidia Codec interface and the nForce MCP Audio Processing unit necessary for driving the ACR A6CH Audio card NOTE The Windows ME OS must be used with these drivers The nVidia drivers do not support Windows NT OS Remember to uninstall all other INF drivers before installing nVidia drivers on a previously used system If using Win98 it is necessary to install three system drivers and the audio driver manually see page 78 and 79 e NVIDIA Display Driver Installs the drivers for nVidia s integrated VGA displays Turn off all anti virus software before installation The nVidia driv ers do not support Windows NT OS Remember to uninstall all other INF driv ers before installing nVidia drivers on a previously used system e Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC Driver Installs a fast ethernet driver for the onboard Realtek NIC e ASUS PC Probe Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer s fan tem perature and voltages e Install ASUS Update Insta
9. slot and motherboard Remove the label and tab ONLY if you are using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip such as a pen tip to dislodge the white tab Removing the tab A S A 3 An early 3 3V AGP card A new 1 5 3 3V AGP card Do not use OKAY to use IMPORTANT Only 1 5V AGP cards are supported ASUS AGP 4X cards are rated for both 1 5 and 3 3 Volts Early AGP cards only operate at 3 3 volts and will not fit properly into the new AGP 4X slots See examples of both types above If the wrong type of AGP card is installed such as an 1S305 or any other 3 3V AGP card the onboard RED warning LED lights up immediately So long as the LED is illuminated and the wrong card remains installed the system power will not turn on an automatic safety precaution to prevent damage to the motherboard 30 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 4 Advanced Communications Riser Slot This motherboard supplies an Advanced Communication Riser ACR slot for communications and audio systems The A7N266 C motherboard is bundled with an innovative digital audio resource the ACR A6CH card This super connector card includes two AC 97 audio CODEC chips that supply 6 channel audio output The ACR A6CH produces an S PDIF_OUT digital audio signal with help from the nVidia MCP D south bridge The ACR 6CH offers standard output formats for modem and audio ACR A6CH Layout ACR A6CH card Internal Conne
10. the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 ot PIN 1 A7N266 C Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 37 3 HARDWARE SETUP 10 Primary Blue Secondary IDE Connectors 40 1 pin IDE1 IDE2 These connectors support the UltraDMA 100 66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable supplied with the motherboard Connect the cable s blue connector to the primary recommended or secondary IDE connector then connect the gray connector to the UltraDMA 100 66 slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to the UltraDMA 100 66 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 100 66 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS supports specific device bootup see 4 6 Boot Menu If you have more than two UltraDMA 100 66 devices purchase another UltraDMA 100 66 cable NOTES 1 Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cable connector This prevents incorrect orientation when you connect the cables 2 The hole near the blue connector on the UltraDMA 100 66 cable is intentional 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 IMPORTANT For UltraDMA 100 66 IDE devices use a 40 pin 80 conduct
11. ASUS 2 port USB Connector Set 1 ACR A6CH Audio Card 1 Quick Set up Guide and Reference Card Retail Box only 1 I O Shield 1 User s Manual NWN ANN WN AN K NW ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 7 2 FEATURES 2 1 ASUS A7N266 C Motherboard The ASUS A7N266 C motherboard is a high performance motherboard powered by AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron processors It sports the new nVidia nForce 415 D chipset The board offers users advanced features to provide superlative performance The A7N266 C meets today s demand for a superior quality fully integrated system 2 1 1 Core Specifications AMD Athlon XP Athlon Duron Processor support Features the latest AMDs 500MHz to 1 6 GHz and higher North Bridge System Chipset Features the brand new nVidia nForce 415 D integrated GPU North Bridge controller chipset The controller supports a 64 128bit DDR memory controller and up to 1 5 GB of 266 200MHz DDR SDRAM memory The 128bit memory controller provides a phenomenal 4 2 GB second system memory bandwidth South Bridge System Chipset Features the brand new nVidia nForce MCP D integrated peripheral South Bridge controller operates at 8300MB sec to communicate with the North Bridge for maximum bandwith required for PCI USB and support for Fast Ethernet devices The chipset has an integrated APU Audio Processing Unit that provides 6 Channel AC 97 compliant 3D positional audio and Dolby
12. Department of Communications Statement This digital apparatus 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized 6 y This manual is divided into the following sections 5 y 1 INTRODUCTION Manual information and checklist z J 2 FEATURES Production information and specifications g 3 HARDWARE SETUP Instructions on setting up the motherboard Eg 4 BIOS SETUP Instructions on setting up the BIOS m 5 SOFTWARE SETUP Instructions 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 ASUS IrDA compliant infrared W 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon module cable for internal C ASUS AGP DVI TV Card UltraDMA100 66 33 IDE drives 1 extra 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable 1 Ribbon cable for two 3 5 floppy disk drives 1 ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1
13. Drive Connector 37 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 99 INDEX G Voltage Regulator 20 Glossary 95 K H Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 58 Hard Disk Drives HDDs Connector 33 CHS Capacity 57 Features 58 Cylinders 56 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 44 Heads 57 LBA Capacity 57 L Primary Secondary Master 55 Primary Secondary Slave 55 LED indicators 18 Sectors 56 Legacy Diskette 54 Translation Method 56 M Types 55 Hardware Monitor 72 Memory Installation 24 Hardware Setup Modem Riser 93 CPU Installation 26 Motherboard Memory Installation 24 Components 12 13 Procedure 17 IRQ Table 29 Headers Layout 14 USB 42 Settings 17 I Specifications 8 9 Mouse IDE Activity LED 37 Connector 33 IDE Connectors 38 Multi Sector Transfers 57 IDE Hard Disks See Hard Disk Drives O HDDs Installation Onboard LED Indicators 18 CPU 26 Memory 24 P Eo Re IRQ 28 Parallel Port 65 Standar Ssignments Modes 66 J Parallel Port Connector 34 Password Jumperless Setting 18 If You Forget 59 Jumpers Notes 59 Clear RTC RAM 22 Supervisor 59 CPU Dram Frequency 19 User 59 DDR Voltage 20 PC Probe 83 JEN Jumpertfree 18 PCI Configuration 67 USB Device Wake up 21 100 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual INDEX PCI Latency Timer 67 PCI VGA Palette Snoop 67 PIO Mode 57 Ports See Connectors Power On Self Test 74 PowerPlayer SE Using 90 Procedure ACR A6CH Installation 32 CPU Installation 26 Hardware Setup 17 Procedures Modem Riser Installation 93 PS 2 Keyboa
14. HCP DOLBY DIGITAL Controller Auto PCL 2 1 Support Enabled F1 Tl F5 ESC Enter F10 SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timing The default setting is By SPD which automatically configures the timing by reading the contents in the SPD Serial 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 Defined By SPD NOTE The subfield below only be used 1f the SDRAM Configuration can be changed to User Defined SDRAM CAS Delay Auto Normal Sets the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command Configuration options Auto Normal 2 0T Normal 2 5T Normal Auto TURBO 2 0T TURBO 2 5T TURBO Clock Spread Spectrum Mode Center Spread Not available in this model Configuration options Center Spread Spread Down Disabled Graphics Aperture Size 64MB This feature sets the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB 512MB 4 BIOS SETUP 0 3 b U ia U ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 63 9 i 4 dnlas SO 7 64 4 BIOS SETUP Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncaheable speculative write combining is a new cach technology for the processor s video memory It can greatly improve the display speed by caching the disp
15. Not Supported ab System Configuration pet sae H BIOS Language BIOS is Upgradeable Supported f BIOS Shadowing Supported YLWESA Not Supported Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program Eneche Pioaan Here is a shell to execute programs outside of Asus Probe modules To execute a program just press down the Execute Program button above dem a Location 6 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 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 system monitoring Popup Asus Probe Pause All Monitoring PSOne eal Montonng E sit Asus Probe 10 35 PM When the ASUS PC Probe senses af pte a problem with your PC portions Ach ikl 10 20 PM of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is displayed ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 7 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 3 3Deep Color Tuner The 3 Deep color tuner is designed to match your CRT or LCD color monitor to maximize the color quality of all graphical applications Users may also tune their internet applications to match true internet source colors with the color displayed on the monitor Simply run the setup program from the start menu and follow the instruc tions on the various setup test screens 6 3 1 3D
16. Oor I ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 95 N i 9 Z s x 96 7 APPENDIX 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 it means to turn ON your computer Reboot means to restart your computer When using Windows 95 or later select ing 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 interrupt ing 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 Cache Memory A type of RAM that allows a faster from the CPU than a regular RAM The cache memory eliminates the CPU wait state When the CPU reads data from the main memory a copy of this data is stored in the cache memory The next time the same address the data is transferred from the cache memory instead of from the main memory CODEC Compressor Decompressor A software component that translates video or au dio between its uncompressed form and the compressed form in which it is stored COM Port COM is a logical device name used by t
17. and promotes inter operable low cost infrared data interconnection standards that support a walk up point to point model The IrDA proto col is designed to support transmission of data between two devices over short range point to point infrared at speeds between 9 6Kbps and 4Mbps ISP Internet Service Provider A company that provides customer access to the Internet and the World Wide Web for a fee The ISP also provides Internet utilities and services like e mail newsgroup weather reports and a host of others The user can connect to the ISP using a modem installed in the computer and connected to a phone line 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 designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applica tions such as 3D video 3D sound video conference Modem A device that allows a computer to talk to another computer through the phone system Network An interconnected computer system linked by telephone wires or other means OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and de vice 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 initiative involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system device d
18. at least 2A on the 5 VSB lead when these jumpers are set to 5 VSB Otherwise the system does not power up The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5 VSB for normal working conditions or in sleep mode USBPWRO1 12 2 3 E CE 5V 5VSB Default USBPWR45 USBPWR23 1 2 A 2 3 5V 5VSB Default ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 21 3 HARDWARE SETUP 7 Clear RTC RAM 2 pin CLR_RTC This jumper allows you to reset the Real Time Clock RTC RAM in CMOS The RAM data in CMOS that include system setup information such as system passwords 1s powered by the onboard button cell battery Erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the battery 3 Change the jumper from normal to clear CMOS for a few seconds then replace the jumper cap to the normal position 4 Re install the battery Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the lt Del gt key during boot up to enter BIOS setup A CLRTC 12 23 Normal Clear CMOS Default A7N266 C Clear RTC RAM 22 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 System Memory 3 5 1 DDR DIMM Support The three DDR DIMM sockets support 2 5Volt power level Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR SDRAM of 64MB 128MB 256MB and 512MB to form a memory size between 64MB to 1 5GB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the mo
19. filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX then press lt Enter gt NOTE To cancel this operation press lt Enter gt Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Flash Memory Winbond W29C020 or SST 2Z9EEOZO or Intel 82802AB Current BIOS Version ASUS XXX XX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X BIOS Model gt XXX XX BIOS Built Date 09725798 Please Enter File Name for NEW BIOS A NXXX XX XXxX 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Flash Memory Winbond W29C020 or SST 2Z9EE0ZO0 or Intel 82802AB BIOS Version CCURRENT 1 ASUS XXX XX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X Ctest awd ASUS XXX XX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X BIOS Model CCURRENT XXX XX Ctest awd XXX XX Date of BIOS Built CCURRENT J 09725799 XXXX XXX 05 29 00 Check sum of 19881 8189 is F266 Are you sure Y N Y Press ESC To Return to Main Menu ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 49 3 4 BIOS SETUP 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the Flash ROM The boot block is updated automatically only when necessary This minimizes the possibilities of boot problems in case of update failures When the programming is done Flashed Successfully appears Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Flash Memory Winbond W29C020 or SST Z9EE020 or Intel 82802AB BIOS Version CCURRENT 1 ASUS XXX XX ACPI BIOS Revision 100 Ctest awd ASUS XXX XX A
20. 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 setup screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not exactly match what you see on your screen ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 51 52 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 1 BIOS Menu Bar The top of the screen has a menu bar with the 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 locate 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 is 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 functions Navigation Key s Function Description lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt Disp
21. jumper settings and connections 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 is working System running at a lower frequency ASUS A7N266 C 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 A7N266 C 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 EXE is a
22. keys to scroll through the entire help document 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 PS mel Note that a right pointer symbol as shown in the lett view legacy Diskett appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that ee Disketit you can display a sub menu from this field A sub menu EE EE A contains additional options for a field parameter To display a Pripary Slave sub menu move the highlight to the field and press lt Enter gt Segondary Slay The sub menu appears Use the legend keys to enter values seyboard Featu nd move from field to field within a sub menu as you would Language within a menu Use the lt Esc gt key to return to the main menu supervisor Pas Take some time to familiarize yourself with 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 to load the Setup default values 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 53
23. options No ICU C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 68 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration Shadow Configuration Item Specific Help IFnabledi Select Enabled to move C3000 CBEFFF Shadow Disabled video BIOS from ROM to CCQH6 CFFFF Shadow Disabled RAH DAGHGB DSFFF Shadow Disabled D4606 D FFF Shadow Disabled D8000 DBFFF Shadow Disabled DCQBU DFFFF Shadow Disabled F1 Tl F5 ESC 7 Enter F10 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 69 3 70 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 ISuspend gt OFFI DPHS OFF Video Off Hethod HDD Power Down Disabled lt Enter gt to select t
24. this field to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave this field on the default setting 32 for best performance and stability ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 67 4 BIOS SETUP PCI DMA Resource Exclusion PCI DMA Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help WNo LCUP Select Yes if this DMA DHA 3 Reserved I No ICUI channel 1s required by a DHA S Reserved I No ICU legacy ISA card and you are not using ICU otherwise select No ICUI DMA x Reserved for Legacy Drive No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the DMA channel displayed for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card The default setting indicates either that the DMA channel displayed is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using the channel instead Configuration options No ICU Yes PCI UMB Resource Exclusion PCI UHE Resource Exclusion Item Specific Help No ICUP This 1s for some ISA add on cards whose UMB can t be auto detected Coll acl Vopr 07s gt F1 F5 ESC Enter F10 TSM MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows yout 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 With such a device select a base address from the options If an ICU is already in use then leave the TSM MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Configuration
25. 1 bank a single load module 2B 2 bank a dual load module ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 23 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 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 A 184 pin DDR SDRAM DIMM has a single notch slightly to the right of center 104 Pins 80 Pins A7N266 C 184 Pin DDR DIMM Sockets Installing a DIMM 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notches on the DIMM exactly match the notches in the socket 3 Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place r at Os gt ee thee yr 0 Ps it IJ n S LJ gt as Locked Retaining Clip 24 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Removing a DIMM 1 Simultaneously press the retaining clips outward to unlock the DIMM 2 Carefully remove the DIMM from the socket 4 5 4 General DIMM Memo See the Configuration Rules on page 21 for essential installation parameters DIMMs that have more than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboar
26. 2 PS2KBMS p 33 PS 2 Keyboard Port 6 pin female 3 USB p 34 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 34 Parallel Port 25 pin female 5 RJ 45 p 34 Fast Ethernet Port Connector 9 pin male 6 COM 1 2 p 35 Serial Port Header 9 pin male 10 1 pin male 7 GAME p 36 Game MIDI Port 15 pin female optional 8 IDELED p 37 IDE Activity LED 2 pin 9 FLOPPY p 37 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 pin 10 PRIMARY SEC IDE p 38 IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pin 11 CPU NB CHALFAN p 39 CPU NB and Chassis Fan Connectors Three 3 pin 12 IrDA p 40 Infrared Connector 10 1 pin 13 ATXPWR p 41 Power Supply Connectors 20 pin block 14 CHASSIS p 42 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 pin 15 USB_23 USB 45 p 42 USB Headers 10 1 pin 16 JTPWR p 43 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin 17 SMB p 43 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 15 3 HARDWARE SETUP 18 PWR LED p 44 System Power LED Lead 3 pin 19 KEYLOCK p 44 System Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin 20 SPEAKER p 44 System Warning Speaker Lead 4 pin 21 LED p 44 System Message LED Lead 2 pin 22 SMI p 44 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin 23 PWR p 44 ATX Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin 24 RESET p 44 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin 16 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure Complete these procedures before powering up the computer Check motherbo
27. 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 Main Menu When you enter the Setup program the following screen appears Hain Advanced Power Boot Exit Item Specific Help LE 34 34 System Date 0171272000 Legacy Diskette fA 1 44H 3 5 in lt Enter gt to select field Legacy Diskette B None lt gt lt gt to change value Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled Primary Master Auto Primary Slave Auto Secondary Master Auto Secondary Slave Auto Keyboard Features Language English Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled Halt On All Errors Installed Memory 32 MB f Enter System Time XX XX XX Sets the system to the time that you specify usually the current time The format is hour minute second Valid values for hour minute and second 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 the 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
28. 6GB s for 1OOMHz DDR DRAM New nVidia TwinBank technology harnesses the DDR and doubles the Double Data Rate the chipset further multiplies the bandwith by 2 to offer a fabulously broad 4 2 GBs of memory bandwidth At least two of three DDR DIMM modules must be installed to activate this feature Onboard Audio Bundled with the ASUS ACR A6CH card for superlative audio support complete with two AC 97 CODEC chips Multiple audio outputs are available including S PDIF_OUT digital audio plus connectors for 6 Channel speaker systems APU The chipset has an integrated APU Audio Processing Unit that provides 6 Channel AC 97 compliant 3D positional audio and Dolby digital encoding C O P Thermal Protection With AMD Athlon XP installed the motherboard offers users ASUS C O P automatic CPU Overheating Protection to prolong the life of the entire system If the CPU temperature becomes excessive the PC shuts down automatically 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 employed in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock but comply with energy saving standards To fully utilize the ACPI benefits use an ACPI supported OS such as Windows XP PC 99 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series motherboards are PC 99 compliant The new PC 99 requiremen
29. 77 51 JTnstallOperatine Sy Stemi enie e E E ee Ge eaeaes 71 T2 D WAON S enpara ir TE 71 5 3 A7N266 C Series Motherboard Support CD eee 78 55 2 TnStallation Procegure souran e S 79 5 3 3 Manual Installation of Drivers for Windows 98 80 SOFTWARE REFERENCE ccccccccssscsctevesasscastensstccsasessesseevesstsesteesses 82 Os ASUS Live U Od Ate rere 82 6p ASUS PO cg 0 0 eer renee ne rR Cen ErY Sree ee ere eee eee 83 63 I DeeP GOO TUNE Picris araar 88 6 4 Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE wssscicsccantacasasteansacteentaeietieseativetviedsss 90 6 5 CyberLink VideoLive Mall 000 eccccccccccecsssssseeecceeeeeeeaeeeeeees 91 APPENDIX sousi ea 93 T INNO CIN RG oe E E T 93 7 2 1 56K Software Modem sssssirsernissurnierisiscernireeiniisi 93 dai Primar y seconda y NUR iuoiebsecluutestal iy sesh tal seein Steel latent 93 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure cccccccceesseeeeeeeeeees 93 7 2 4 Software Setup in Windows 98 ccccccccessssseeeeeeeeeeeeees 94 HD MNOS Sy acct cece E r teagan accede 95 ODEN oei E EE 99 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual FCC amp DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15 Operation is subject to the following two conditions e This device may not cause harmful interference and e This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation This equipment has been t
30. ADUS A N266 C JumperFree DDR DRAM 266MHz FSB NVIDIA nForce 415 D Chipset 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 EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES 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 CONSEQUENTIAL 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 1s repaired modified or altered 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 r
31. CH Audio Communications Riser card does it all Specially designed as a super connector the ACR includes two onboard AC 97 audio CODEC chips together the chips supply phenomenal fidelity including the new S PDIF digital audio format The ACR A6CH supports a modem connection and three connectors can supply three sets of speakers for full 6 channel sound See page 29 and 30 for layout and installation ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual Specificatons 10 2 FEATURES 2 1 4 Performance and Intelligence UltraDMA 100 Support Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 100 UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 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 Super Multi I O The multi I O chipset offers complete support for a variety of I O functions Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities UART2 can also be directed from COM to the Infrared Module for wireless connections The Super I O controller also supports a floppy disk drive PS 2 keyboard and PS 2 mouse DDR SDRAM Optimized Performance Normal Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory DDR SDRAM executes two actions per clock cycle and sets a new standard data transfer of up to 2 1 GB s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM and 1
32. CI which allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master bus to the memory and processor IDE connectors Dual channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four Ultra DMA 100 66 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 IDE devices like two HDDs one DVD and an R W CD AGP Pro Slot Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port Pro slot that supports AGP cards for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode bus The slot is keyed to support only the latest 1 5 volt AGP cards Floppy disk connector Supports the floppy disk drive USB ports Six Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB devices such as a mouse and PDA Serial ports One 9 pin COM1 port and one COM2 header support all serial devices IrDA Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface Game MIDI connector This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games Parallel port 25 pin port connects a parallel printer or other devices PS 2 mouse port Green 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 mouse PS 2 keyboard port Purple 6 pin connector is for a PS 2 keyboard Onboard Power LED Signals AC power is okay Onboard AGP Warning LED Signals AGP configuration problems ATX power connector Supplies the MB with ATX power The power supply must have at least 1A on the 5V standby lead 5VSB 2 1 3 Special Features ACR A6CH Audio Card 6 Channel audio along with modem connectivity The ACR A6
33. CPI BIOS Revision 100 BIOS Model CCURRENT KXX XX Ctest awd XXX XX Date of BIOS Built CCURRENT 1 09725799 CXRXXX XXX 05 29 700 Check sum of 1081 818 is F266 Are you sure Y N Y Block Erasing Done Programming 3FFFF Flashed Successfully Press ESC To Continue Follow the onscreen instructions to continue ASUS ACPI BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1 29 Copyright C 1994 99 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Flash Memory Winbond W29C020 or SST Z9EE020 or Intel 82882AB Current BIOS Version ASUS XXX xXX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X BIOS Model XXX XX BIOS Built Date 05729799 Choose one of the followings 1 Save Current BIOS To File 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Enter choice 1 You have flashed the EPROM It is recommended that you turn off the power enter SETUP and LOAD Setup Defaults to have CMOS updated with new BIOS when exits Press ESC To Exit WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off the system because this may cause boot problems Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists load the original BIOS file you saved to the boot disk If the Flash Memory Writer utility is not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file the system may not boot If this happens call the ASUS service center for support 50 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that yo
34. Configuration options Normal EPP ECP 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 if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Disabled Onboard Game Port 200H 207H This field sets the I O address to the game port Configuration options 200H 207H 208H 20FH Disabled Onboard MIDI Disabled This field sets the I O address for MIDI Configuration options 330H 331H 300H 301H Disabled ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 3 PCI Configuration Advanced PCI Configuration Item Specific Help HAutol lt Enter gt to select an Slot 2 IRQ Auto IRQ Slot 3 IRQ Auto Slot 4 IRQ Auto PCL YGA Palette Snoop ie PCL Latency Timer PCI DMA Resource Exclusion PCI UHE Resource Exclusion F1 Tl sii F5 ESC Enter F10 Slot 1 5 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 IRQ Auto These fields automatically assign the IRQ for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which utilizes auto routing to determine IRQ assignments Configuration options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some non standard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly Setting this field to Enabled corrects this problem If you are using standard VGA cards leave
35. ED lights up when you turn on the system power and blinks when the system is in sleep or soft off mode 19 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pin KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted key switch to allow keyboard locking 20 System Warning Speaker Lead 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings 21 System Message LED Lead 2 pin LED This 2 pin connector is for the system message LED that indicates receipt of messages from a fax modem The normal status for this LED is ON when there is no incoming data signal The LED blinks when data is received The system message LED feature requires an ACPI OS and driver support 22 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This 2 pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components Attach the case mounted suspend switch this 2 pin connector 23 ATX Power Switch Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pin PWR The system power is controlled by a momentary switch attached to this connector Pressing the button switches the system between ON and SLEEP or ON and SOFT OFF depending on the BIOS or OS settings Pressing the button while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system off 24 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the c
36. ENDIX 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 software 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 Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive 1s 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 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 Update Device Driver Wizard Windows will search for updated drivers in its driver database on your hard drive and in any of the following selected locations Click Next to start t
37. ES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2002 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS A7N266 C Manual Revision 1 00 E941 Release Date January 2002 ASUS A7N266 C 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 2890 7698 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 A7N266 C User s Manu
38. FTWARE REFERENCE Memory e Shows the PC s memory load memory es iy e usage and paging file usage Hard Drives Memory Device DMI Explorer Summary Memory Load 100 BAERABA DE B Physical Memory Usage 97 HA PTT TT LLL Total 31248 K Virtual Memory Usage 2 Total 2044 MB Free 1986 MB Paging File Usage 14 Total 260 MB Free 222 MB Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC Computer 5i sd Infrared devices i Infrared Communication Device gt lt Infrared Communication Device Infrared Communication Device i Bi Ports COM amp LPT 3 ECP Printer Port LPT1 5 Ai Communications Port COM1 eo Communications Port COM2 S Infrared Serial COM Port Ly Infrared Printing LPT Port 3 4 Sound video and game controllers Gameport Joystick Crystal SoundFusionftm PCI Audio Accelerator Cristal SanmdFiisinnftrl Rame Nevire z DMI Explorer ee Shows information pertinent to the PC fac such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory SIZe Hard Drives Memory Blas pee A System JE Motherboard Chassis Processor lt j Memory Controller lt a Cache Port Connector a Software Inc Version ASUS P3w ACPI BIOS Re 000 07 12 1999 512K Not Supported MCA Not Supported EISA Not Supported fg System Slots PCI Supported ab OEM Information PCMCIA
39. 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 motherboard 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 disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT and 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 boot disk you created NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It does not work in the DOS prompt within Windows and does not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from the hard drive It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy disk 3 Reboot the 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 ASUS ACPI BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1 29 Copyright C 1994 99 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Flash Memory Winbond W29C026 or SST 29EE0Z0 or Intel 82802AB Current BIOS Version ASUS XXX XxX ACPI BIOS Revision 100X BIOS Model XXX XX BIOS Built Date 09725798 Choose one of the followings i C t BIOS To Fil ile Boot Block and ESCD ave Curren 2 Update BIOS Including IMPORTANT If the word unknown
40. Floppy Disk Access Control R W Set this field to read and write the floppy disk R W Change to Read Only for reading disks Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connectors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configuration options 3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 3E8H IRQ4 2E8SH IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Standard Infrared Disabled This field can activate the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard See IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 Connectors Configuration options Disabled Enabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this field the Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configurations are not available Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 i g I O Configuration ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 65 7 0 N E dNLAS SOI t 66 4 BIOS SETUP Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the 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
41. Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled This filed allows you to enable or disable the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system that utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This parameter is normally disabled because the resources used in the SMART monitoring 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 capability 4 BIOS SETUP g 8 NOTE To make changes to this field set the Type field to User Type HDD Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 5 Disabled Other options for the Type field are CD ROM for IDE CD ROM drives LS 120 for LS 120 compatible floppy disk drives ZIP for ZIP compatible disk drives MO for IDE magneto optical disk drives Other ATAPI Device for IDE devices not listed here After making your selections on this sub menu press the lt Esc gt key to return to the Main menu When the Main menu appears the hard disk drive filed displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 57 4 BIO
42. NNNZOoO NNNZO DDDOZ DDDOZ O o_o o VI O o_o o VJ USBP5 USBP5 GND USBP3 USBP3 GND USB Power USB Power wy A7N266 C Front Panel USB Headers 42 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 16 Power Supply Thermal Sensor Connector 2 pin JTPWR If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its thermal sensor cable to this connector JTPWR JTPWR f Ground A7N266 C Power Supply Thermal Connector 17 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus devices 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 C bus a multi device bus that allows multiple chips to connect to the same bus and enabling each one to act as a master by initiating data transfer SMB f SMBCLK Ground SMBDATA 5V A7N266 C SMBus Connector ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 43 44 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following 20 pin PANEL illustration is for items 18 24 Keyboard Lock Speaker Power LED Connector TTD Cc e i ck T gt l a round Speake Reset Groun G Reset SW Message LED ATX Power SMI Lead Switch w 2 A7N266 C System Panel Connectors Requires an ATX power supply 18 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PWR LED This 3 1 pin connector connects to the system power LED The L
43. R connectors for both wireless transmitting and remote control functions through an external infrared module 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 SIR connector according to the pin definitions NOTE The SIR module does not come with the motherboard package IRTX SIR CIR Standard Infrared SIR Front View Back View NC mi NC f IRRX CIRRX t GND a J GND 5VSB Q O Z A7N266 C Infrared Connector 40 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 13 Power Supply Connectors 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector supplies to an ATX 12V power supply The plug from the power supply fits in only 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 the ATX 12V power supply minimum recommended wattage 230W can supply at least 1OmA on the 5 volt standby lead 5VSB The system may become unstable and may experience difficulty powering up if the power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support the A
44. RDWARE SETUP 6 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 10 1 pin COM2 One serial port is ready for a mouse or other serial devices A second serial port is available using a serial port bracket connected from the motherboard to an expansion slot opening See Onboard Serial Port 1 2 in 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration for settings COM 1 A7N266 C Serial COM2 Bracket ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 35 3 HARDWARE SETUP 7 Game MIDI Ports Gold 15 pin GAME Optional This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files Joystick MIDI 15 pin female X oss Jo 36 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 8 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 or Secondary IDE connectors cause the IDE LED to light up IDELED TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug 9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red markings on
45. S A7N266 C User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your computer system s vital components such as fan rotations Voltages and temperatures 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 2 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether or not to show the screen the next time you open PC Probe To bypass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box a Y Show up in next execution T1998 ASUSTeK Computer Ine rights re ered e ASUS Logo is trademark ae Tek Computer Ine To start 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 ADe 3 08 PM ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 83 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary 1x TEE 2 C ERRESIRE E Se er rr ery l Information Utility NA Bi oi ol f l Shows a summary of the items being T ue Temperature Fan Monitor Voltage Setting
46. S SETUP 4 3 2 Keyboard Features Keyboard Features Item Specific Help One Select Power on state Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 6 Sec for Numlock Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec Fl Tl je Fal ESC Enter F10 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 6 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 characters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 3 58 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Language English This field displays the BIOS language version Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled These fields allow you to set passwords To set a password highlight the appropriate field and press lt Enter gt Type in a password then press lt Enter gt You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters Symbols and other characters are ignored To confirm the password type the password again and press lt Enter gt The password is now set to Enabled This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and pr
47. T driver Go to the Device Manager Select PCI standard Host CPU Bridge in System Devices Click on Properties Click on Driver Select Update Driver Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now option Click on Specify the location and then type or browse for the path on the CD ROM Drive Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x Gart This installs the driver 8 Click Next 9 You should see that the AGP Host to the PCI Bridge 1s detected 10 There is no need to restart if you need to install more drivers 11 Continue to install the next driver StS ie ee eS ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP ITEM 3 PCI Standard Ram Controller Go to the Device Manager Select PCI standard RAM Controller in System Devices Click on Properties Click on Driver Select update driver Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now option Click on Specify the location and then type or browse for the path on the CD ROM Drive Drivers Chipset N vidia win9x MemoryController This installs the driver Click Next 9 You should see two NVIDIA nForce 220 420 Memory Controller and one NVIDIA nForce 420 Memory Controller DDR detected 10 There is no need to restart if you need to install more drivers ON Sa aS QO ITEM 4 ACR A6CH Audio Card drivers nVidia Codec In
48. TX power supply must supply at least 720mA 5VSB ATXPWR 3 3VDC 3 3VDC 12 0VDC lt 3 3VDC COM lt COM PS ON lt lt 5 0VDC COM lt COM COM lt 5 0VDC COM lt COM 5 0VDC PWR_OK 5 0VDC z lt 5VSB 5 0VDC 12 0VDC A7N266 C ATX Power Connector ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 41 3 HARDWARE SETUP 14 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 pin CHASSIS This lead is designed for chassis intrusion detection It requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion monitor sensor or microswitch Opening the chassis triggers the sensor and a high level signal is sent to this lead to record the chassis intrusion event When not using the chassis intrusion lead place a jumper cap over the pins to close the circuit NOTE Removing the chassis intrusion jumper without attaching any detectors prevents boot up of the PC CHASSIS Power Supply Stand By gnal 45Volt Chassis Si Ground A7N266 C Chassis Open Alarm Lead 15 USB Headers 10 1 pin USB2_3 USB4_5 If the USB port connectors on the back panel are inadequate two USB headers are available for four additional USB port connectors Connect a 2 port USB connector set to a USB header and mount the USB bracket to an open slot in the chassis The USB connector set 1s optional and does not come with the motherboard package USB45 USB23 anti cae mma mma
49. Update ASUS LiveUpdate is a utility that allows you to update your motherboard s BIOS and drivers The use of this utility requires that you are properly con nected to the Internet through an Internet Service Provider ISP 1 Start ASUS Update Launch the utility from your Windows Start menu Programs AsusUpdate 1 ne ate BIOS from a file Update system BIOS using a specified BIOS image file 2 Select an update method a miha Update a ee oe ecified BIOS image file on S Web Si 3 Download BIOS from the Internet eon a specified BIOS image file via Intemet for 4 Check BIOS Information ie Update BIOS from the Intemet x 3 If you selected updating downloading from the Internet you will need to select an Internet site Choose the site that is closest to you or click Auto Select Petore Conn psa uo temet ou can then choose a web site by yourself Ee psu oir She gn ASUS Tpi ate will choos re essa ork Fee u Auto Select ftp asus com tw b cancel N 2 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the instructions on the succeed ing screens to complete the update process If you selected the option to update the BIOS from a file a window pops up prompting you to locate the file Select the file click Save then follow the screen instructions to complete the update OOO N process Files of type BIOS Images awd H Cancel 82 ASU
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51. anges to the next two fields Note that selecting a frequency higher than the CPU manufacturer recommends may cause the system to hang or crash Configuration options Manual Various frequencies CPU Frequency Multiple 9 5x This field is for unlocked processors only and will not be available to standard AMD processors For unlocked processors this field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU s internal frequency CPU speed and the external frequency Set this field in conjunction with the CPU PCI Frequency MHz to match the speed of the CPU Configuration options 5x 5 5x 6 0x 12 0x 12 5x CPU PCI Frequency MHz 100 33 This feature tells the clock generator which frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed Increasing the ratio will increase the CPU Speed the user must reboot the computer after making adjustments to this field Configuration options 103 33 172 33 3 60 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP CPU Memory Frequency Ratio Auto This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the memory frequency The options that appear in the popup menu vary according to the status of the CPU PCI Frequency MHz field Configuration options 1 1 3 4 CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow y
52. ard settings Install memory modules Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect ribbon cables panel wires and power supply cables 6 Configure the BIOS parameter settings ee All pertinent information to configure settigns and power up the computer for the first time appears in the following pages 3 4 Motherboard Settings This section tells you how to change motherboard function settings through the switches and or jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To avoid damaging them due to static electricity follow these precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug the computer when working on the internal components 2 Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case before handling computer components 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips on them 4 Whenever you uninstall any component place the components on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came with the components 5 Before you install or remove any component ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off or the power cord is detached from the power supply Failure to do so may cause severe damage to the motherboard peripherals and or components ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 17 3 HARDWARE SETUP 1 Onboard System Indicators LED Light Em
53. ase mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without turning off the power switch This is a preferred method ASUS A7N266 C 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 between orange and green after the system s 1f 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 anything within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your
54. assis fan and chassis fan measured in rotations per minute RPM VCORE1 VCORE2 Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators 5 t NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range the following error message appears Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue or DEL to enter SETUP 72 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 6 Boot Menu Item Specific Help il egacy Floppyll 2 IDE Hard Drive None 3 ATAPI CD ROM None Boot Sequence 4 Other Boot Device INT18 Device Networ lt Enter gt to select the Boot Yirus Detection Enabled device Quick Power On Self Test Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Enabled To select the boot Full Screen Logo Enabled sequence use the up or Interrupt Hode APIC down arrow Press lt gt to move the device up the list or lt gt to move it down the list F1 tl f F5 ESC Enter F10 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 system uses to search for a boot device on system power up Config
55. c clips on the socket base With the added weight of the CPU fan and heatsink locking brace no extra force 1s required to keep the CPU in place CAUTION Take care not to scrape the motherboard surface when mounting a clamp style processor fan or else damage may occur When mounting a heatsink onto your CPU make sure that exposed CPU capacitors do not touch the heatsink or damage may occur NOTE Do not neglect to set the correct Bus Frequency and leave the CPU Multiple setting at default to avoid start up problems ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Expansion Cards In the future you may need to install expansion cards The motherboard has five PCI expansion slots to support these cards Follow the steps in the next section when installing expansion cards WARNING Unplug the system power cord when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherboard and expansion cards 3 7 1 Installing an Expansion Card 1 Read the documentation that comes with the expansion card and make any necessary hardware settings for the card before installing it 2 Remove the system unit cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the screw for later use 3 Align the card connectors with the slot and press firmly until the card fits in place 4 Secure the card to the slot with the screw you removed earlier 5 Replace the system cover
56. connection to a new system Configuration options Disabled Primary Secondary 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 Enabled Otherwise leave to the default setting Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 61 f 62 4 BIOS SETUP Summary of Warning Messages The system may crash or hang up due to conflicts between settings and CPU compatibility checksum errors improper frequency settings change of CPU and improper CPU speed settings The system starts up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 100MHz and enters the BIOS Setup Each time a system hangup occurs BIOS interrupts the bootup process with a specific warning message These messages always appear on the right side of the BIOS screen in red print 1 Cause for Hangup Checksum Error Warning The CMOS checksum is incorrect Please reload the cmos default value To solve this problem clear the CMOS RTC memory see pages 20 and 57 and then reenter the default values in the Exit menu and restart the system 2 Cause for Hangup Improper System Frequency Last time you failed to change the frequency of the system It may place the system into an unstable state Now the system is in safe mode at the slowest CPU speed Please set the system frequency again To solve this problem a slower frequency i
57. ctors Telephone answering device TAD 4 pin male cccecccccccesceesseesseeeseeeseeestseeseeens 1 CD audio in CD_IN 4 pin male ecceeccccccccccssceessccesseceeeceesceeseeeeseeeesseeeeseeeeseens 2 Auxillary line in AUX_IN 4 pin male ccccccccccccccccesceseseeesseesseeeseeessceeseeeeseesnees 3 External Connectors Digital audio output S PDIF_OUT RCA Jack ccccceccecccscccseeeteeseeeseceseeseeeseeeseens 4 Microphone input MIC_IN Pink JOCK ccccccccccscsscesscesseesseessessessseesssesesseeseeesees 5 Audio input LINE_IN Light blue jack ccccccccccccccccessecscseesseessceseeesseeeseseeseeeeees 6 Front channel audio output FRONT_SPK Lime jack w ccccccccccccccceteeetseeteeenees 7 Rear channel audio output REAR_SPK Purple Jack cccccccccccccscccesccesteeetseetseees 8 Center Low Frequency Effect audio output CNTR LFE Orange jack 9 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 31 3 HARDWARE SETUP ACR A6CH Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Carefully align the ACR A6CH card s connector to the ACR slot PCI 6 and press firmly so that the slot receives all the teeth evenly along the entire length of the card 3 Secure the ACR card onto the PC chassis with a chassis screw 4 Connect the three black internal connectors TAD CD_IN AUX_IN with the appropriate leads as required Connect the external connectors to audio output and recording devices as required NOTE The card below is picture
58. d e ASUS motherboards support SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability BIOS shows DDR RAM memory on bootup screen e This motherboard supports three pairs of differential clock signals per DIMM e Single load DDR DIMMs are available in 64 128 and 256MB dual load modules are available in 128 256 and 512MB ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 25 26 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a Socket 462 or Socket A for CPU installation A fan and heatsink should be attached to the CPU to prevent overheating CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER A7N266 C Socket 462 p lt Locate the Socket 462 and open it by pulling the lever gently sideways away from the socket Then lift the lever upwards The socket lever must be fully opened 90 to 100 degrees 2 Insert the CPU with the correct orientation The notched corner of the CPU must be oriented toward the inner corner of the socket base nearest to the lever hinge CAUTION The CPU should drop easily into place Do not force the CPU into the socket to avoid bending the pins If the CPU does not fit check its alignment and look for bent pins 3 Once completely inserted press the CPU firmly and close the socket lever until it snaps shut 4 Place the CPU fan and heatsink on the CPU The heatsink should entirely cover the CPU Carefully attach the heatsink locking brace to the plasti
59. d front side up ensure that the colored connectors are positioned to face the outside edge of the motherboard a e I p al A7N266 C Advanced Communication Riser ACR IMPORTANT Only the ASUS ACR A6CH Audio Communications Riser card is recommended for use with this motherboard in the ACR slot It is impossible to install another card in the adjacent PCI slot since they are using the same space NOTE In order to take advantage of this motherboard s Dolby Digital 5 1 features proper DVD software and games must be used Examples include PowerDVD 3 0 and WinDVD 3 1 Multi channel audio software 32 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 8 Connectors 3 8 1 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 the power connector 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 second drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector 1 PS 2 Mouse Port Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system automatically di
60. e Lets you set threshold levels and polling ao u E intervals or refresh times of the PC s tem perature fan rotation and voltages Rites Cee A N e CPU Temperature Polling Interval sec 12 Threshold fo a 4 gt 4 gt MB Temperature Threshold 60 j c 42 Threshold 110 MB Temperature Polling Interval E 2 sec 5 Threshold 11 Fan Polling Interval J5 sec 5 Threshold 1 CPU Fan Threshold 2200 3 RPM 43 3V Threshold 4 gt 0 az 4 D 4 gt o 45 Power Fan Threshold 2200 2 RPM VCore Threshold 10 Chassis Fan Threshold 2200 RPM CPU Cooling Setup M Auto execute Asus Probe in each boot up session zs Default A Apply 4b CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Over heated is selected the CPU cooling sys tem is enabled whenever the CPU tem perature reaches the threshold value History Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Ut Te oe erature Fan Monitor Vo ew Wee Summary nitor Select a Date 8 724 99 z Information Hard Drives Loa Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allocation 2 ee table or file system used i F W Used Space 300 670 976 Bytes I Free Space 231 628 300 Bytes Capacity 532 299 776 Bytes C VICTOR 1 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 5 6 SO
61. e ASUS ASIC A chassis intrusion event is kept in memory on battery power for more protection PC Health Monitoring Provides an easy way to test and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASUS ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe Dual Function Power Button Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds 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 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 11 2 FEATURES 2 2 Motherboard Components See opposite page for locations Processor Support Socket A for AMD Athlon XP Athlon and Duron CPUs 1 Location Chipsets nVidia nForce IGP 128 North Bridge ccccsecseeeeeee 2 nVidia nForce MCP D South Bridge cccceseeeneeees 12 Mali VOcontol e tics hate cach i 9 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM sses 8 Main Memory Maximum 1 5GB support LDPR DIMM SOCK Ennn a a ces 3 Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots scicicsscscssissstsisicacscccpansaen Gianna aod a 17 1 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro 4X Slot ee 19 1 Advanced Communication Riser ACR Slot wo 15 System I O 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector cccccececsesesesee
62. e changes before exiting Pressing lt Enter gt saves the changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes to the Setup program If you made changes to fields other than system date system time and password BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 75 E 76 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 you select this option or if you press lt F5 gt a confirmation window appears Select Yes to load default values Select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the values to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values After selecting this option a confirmation appears Select Yes to discard any changes and load the previously saved values Save Changes This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program You can then return to other menus and make further changes After you select this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save any changes to the non volatile RAM ASUS A7N266 C 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 Windo
63. eep Color Tuning 1 Select the type of monitor connected sages to the computer either CRT or Welcome to your dsp LCD I w p p g CRT FLAT PANEL Brought to you by E Color Inc Ei 3Deep Color Wizard 2 Follow the instructions to manually adjust the brightness level of the monitor 3 Select the faintest of the three gausssus colors blue red and green 88 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 4 Select the color squares which most Eam closely blend and match with the background 5 The next step repeats Saimin the color matching process to achieve full color quality a 8 8s SA O 5 Shadows Ei 3Deep Color Wizard x You re done True Internet Color Setup Congratulations o_o Highlights You are now ready to set up True Internet Color To view Web sites in True Internet Color you will be connected to the Internet Click on Setup Now and Experience the Web in accurate vivid colors Shop with confidence what you see is what you get You can also register your E Color products online and receive early notification of product updates discounts on upgrades and free technical support Tetneteotor aii septa 6 The tuning process is complete Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the instructions 6 3 2 The 3De
64. ency Selection ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 19 3 HARDWARE SETUP 4 Voltage Regulator Output Setting VID1 VID2 VID3 VID4 This jumpers allow you to manually adjust the CPU core voltage It is recommended 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 VID1 2 2 VID1 VID2 JOR VID2 oat VID3 2 Jae VID3 ae viD4 DE VID4 RD CPU Default 1 85 1 825Volts 1 80 1 775Volts 1234 1234 VID1 E ts VID2 gt D VID3 a VID4 A 1 75 1 725Volts 1 70 1 675Volts A7N266 C CPU Core Voltage Selection 5 DDR Voltage Setting VDDR This jumper controls the voltage output to the DDR memory DRAMS Less strain is placed on components at lower voltage settings Setting VDDR 2 7V 1 2 2 6V 2 3 default 2 5V 3 4 VDDR if 6 o of 2E a o 3E 38 a Lo 4 k 2 7V 2 6V 2 5V Default A7N266 C VDDR Setting 20 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 USB Device Wake up USB0IPWR USB23PWR USB4SPWR Set these jumpers to 5V to allow wake up from the S1 sleep state CPU stopped RAM refreshed system running in low power mode The default setting for the three jumpers is 1 2 to select 5V since not all computers have the appropriate power supply NOTE This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply
65. end Mail Load Video File Send Mail Increase MIC volume Decrease MIC volume Increase speaker volume Decrease speaker volume Snapshot to File Video Configuration ViDEOLIVE MAIL tii sie 00000 we 4 92 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 1 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 Layout of Primary 7 2 2 Primary Seconday MR There are two types of modem risers primary MR and secondary MR In appearance the pri mary MR has a crystal onboard but the second ary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset onboard you may use the secondary MR otherwise you should use the primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure 1 Power OFF your computer 2 Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on the AMR ex pansion slot 3 Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firmly 4 Secure the MR card onto the chassis with the screw removed in step 2 5 Connect the MR card s LINE connec tor to a telephone wall jack Connect the PHONE connector to a telephone optional 6 Replace the computer chassis ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 93 94 l 10 7 APP
66. ep Control Panel Using the Windows Start button activate the 3Deep Control Panel program from the 3Deep Applications group on the Main Program menu The control panel offers access to the Color Wizard tuning program a one py Appearance _ Game Gamma setting and a Tweak Sr slider for brightness adjustment on i R Accessories gt Fn Online Services gt Favorites gt 53 StartUp gt 5 B WinZip Documents e E Internet Explorer ER Settings gt HB MS DOS Prompt Ea Outlook Express QJ Eind 3 Windows Explorer 2 Help QQ Windows Explorer 2 fe PCI Audio Applications gt Run 5 Creative 3 ES 3Deep d 3Deep Control Panel Log Off David Antoniuk 53 True Internet Color gt Deep Readme 4 Deep Wizard E a al aa ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 89 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 4 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 4 1 Starting CyberLink PowerPlayer SE To start CyberLink Power Player click the Windows Start button point to Programs and then CyberLink PowerPlayer SE and then click PowerPlayer 6 4 2 CyberLink PowerPlayer Control Panel Minimize Eject Zoom Help Abou
67. espective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e Intel and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation e VIA is a registered trademark of VIA Technologies Inc e 3Com is a registered trademark of 3Com Corporation e C Media is a registered trademark of C Media Electronics 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 e Symbios is a registered trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e nVidia is a registered trademark of NVIDIA Corporation 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 WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACI
68. ess lt Enter gt The same dialog box as above appears Press lt Enter gt The password is set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The passwords control access to the BIOS during system startup Passwords are not case sensitive meaning it makes no difference whether you the password using uppercase or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two different passwords a Supervisor password and a User password If you did not set a Supervisor password anyone can access the BIOS Setup program If you did the Supervisor password is required to enter the BIOS Setup program and to gain full access to the configuration fields Forgot the Password If you forget your password you can clear it by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information is powered by the onboard button cell battery See Motherboard Settings for a diagram of the jumper location To erase the RTC RAM 1 Turn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord Remove the battery Short the jumper Re install the battery Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer Hold down the lt Del gt key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data Halt On All Errors This field specifies the types of errors that will cause the system to halt Configuration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard All but Disk All b
69. ested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation 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 interference by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e 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 approved 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
70. he power saving mode You PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off can select User Defined to go to the Power Up Control suspend mode entry Hardware Monitor below F1 Tl sii F5 ESC Enter F10 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 Management 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 scanning 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 inactivity 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 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 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 S
71. he search l Floppy disk drives CD ROM drive P Microsoft Windows Update M Specify a location E Modem Wwings Browse lt Back Cancel Windows driver file search for the device Motorola SM56 AC L Modem Windows is now ready to install the best driver for this device Click Back to select a different driver or click Next to continue Location of driver gt A A lo E MODEM WINS8 SMS564CL INF Modems Properties General Diagnostics Windows detected the following ports and has already installed the following devices No Modem Installed No Modem Installed Motorola SM56 AC L Modem Driver More Info Help Cancel Port Information Pott COM4 Interrupt 10 Address E200 UART INS 8250 Highest Speed 115K Baud gt Motorola SM56 AC L Modem Identifier No hardware ID for this modem ATI 000 ATI2 OK ATI3 SM56 AC L Rel 4 101534 Build 802 ATI4 ATIS LAST DISCONNECT NONE ATIG ATI Motorola SM56 AC L Fax Modem AT FCLA 01 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 2 Glossary 1394 1394 is the IEEE designation for a high performance serial bus tht offers data transfers at 100 200 400 Mbps 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 version is the integration of I O connectivity at the back panel of personal computers using a lo
72. her the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Configuration options Disabled Enabled Full Screen Logo Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Interrupt Mode APIC Configuration options APIC PIC ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 7 Exit Menu When you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup program save your changes and exit Setup Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu Item Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit setup utility and Discard Changes save your changes to Save Changes CHOS F1 tl i Fb ESC Enter F10 NOTE Pressing lt Esc gt does not immediately exit this menu 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 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 When selecting this option a confirmation window appears Select Yes to save changes and exit Normally as the system exits a single beep confirms that the changes were saved If three beeps sound consecutively the system will restart with a pertinent warning message NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts with a message asking to sav
73. 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 The Floppy 3 Mode feature allows reading and writing of 1 2MB as opposed to 1 44MB on a 3 5 inch diskette Configuration options Disabled Enabled 54 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave Main Primary Master Auto Type Cylinders Read ad secto CHS Capacity B422HB ax aximum LBA Capacity 25590MB Mul ti Sec tor Transfers gt ART Monit Taping PIO Hode ULTRA DMA Hode F1 Tl ESC Type Auto Select Auto to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive If automatic detection is successful Setup automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails this may be because the hard disk drive is too old or too new If the hard disk was already formatted on an older system Setup may detect incorrect parameters In these cases select User Type HDD to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters Refer to the next section for details NOTE After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS use a disk utility such as FDISK to partition and format new IDE hard disk drives This is necessary so that you can write or read data from the hard disk Make sure to set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active 4 BIOS SETUP
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75. itting Diodes The GREEN onboard LED indicates that the system power is okay This light also lights when the PC is in suspend or soft off mode The RED onboard warning LED lights up only if the wrong type of AGP card is connected to the board See AGP Pro p 28 Standby Powered Power Off WARNING ON OFF l C A7N266 C Onboard LED AGP Cad AOP Card 2 ww Jumperfree Setting JEN Normally all changes to frequency settings can be made through BIOS immediately upon starting up the computer Therefore the default setting for this jumper 2 3 enables easy BIOS adjustments If the BSEL jumpers are used it 1s necessary to set this JEN jumper to 1 2 JEN 1 2 23 Disable Enable Default A7N266 C Jumper Mode Setting 18 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 CPU DRAM Frequency Setting BSELO BSEL1 This jumper sets the external CPU DRAM frequency ratio for normal operation The default operates at 100 100 Mhz Note To make any changes to jumper speed settings the JEN jumper must be set to 1 2 CPU DRAM BSELO BSEL1 JEN 133 133 1 2 1 2 1 2 133 100 2 3 1 2 1 2 100 133 2 3 2 3 1 2 100 100 1 2 Default 2 3 Default 1 2 12 3 sei BSELO BSEL1 gy o BSEL1 CPU 133MHz CPU 133MHz DRAM 133MHz DRAM 100MHz 1 2 3 1 2 3 BSELO Jone BSELO e BSEL1 2 DE BSEL1 MP CPU 100MHz CPU 100MHz DRAM 133MHz DRAM 100MHz A7N266 C CPU Default External Frequ
76. lay data Set this to UC uncacheable if the display card cannot support this feature otherwise the system may not boot up Configuration options UC USWC MCP IDE Controller Both Configuration options Both Primary Secondary Disabled MCP USB Controller Disabled Both USB controllers are disabled by default Refer to USB Legacy Keyboard support for specifying which ports are used to enable USB keyboard support Configuration options Enabled Disabled MCP Audio Controller Auto Configuration options Disabled Auto MCP DOLBY DIGITAL Controller Auto Only available on the A7N266 C Configuration options Disabled Auto PCI 2 1 Support Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 2 VO Device Configuration Advanced 1 0 Device Configuration Item Specific Help TE lt Enter gt to select Floppy Disk Access Control R W whether or not to switch drive letter Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8H IRO4 assignments Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQS UART Use Standard Infrared Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 3 8H TRO Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP ECP DHA Select 3 Onboard Game Port 200H 20 7H Onboard MIDI 1 0 Disabled F1 Tl F5 ESC Enter F10 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 No Swap Swap AB
77. lays 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 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window the BIOS setup program also provides a General Help screen You may launch this screen from any menu by simply pressing lt F1 gt or the lt Alt gt lt H gt combination The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding 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
78. ls a program that can help you update BIOS or down load a BIOS image file e Microsoft DirectX Driver Installs basic drivers to enable compatibility with audio and other special functions ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP e PC CILLIN 2000 Installs the latest anti virus protection application e ADOBE Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software neces sary to view user s manuals saved in PDF format Updated or other language versions of this motherboard s manual is available in PDF format at any of our web sites e Cyberlink Video and Audio Applications Installs Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE and Cyberlink VideoLive Mail e ASUS Screen Saver Installs a nifty ASUS screen saver CLICK RIGHT ARROW TO ACCESS NEXT PAGE E Color 3Deep Installs graphical driver and an application for tuning the quality of color output from CRT and LCD monitors Show Motherboard Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU 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 e Exit Exits the CD installation menu CLICK LEFT ARROW TO RETURN 5 3 2 Installation Procedure On the Installation Items Menu click on the name of the driver or program group to begin installation Follow the instructions that appear on the setup screens All drivers and programs in
79. n DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory A type of RAM that requires refresh cycles to prevent the loss of the data stored in it There are several different types of DRAM such as EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM and RDRAM Rambus DRAM and DDR DRAM Double Data Rate DRAM Flash ROM non volatile memory device that retains its data even when power is removed This device is similar to EPROM but unlike EPROM which can be erased only using an ultra violet light flash ROM can be electrically erased Flash ROM is normally used for system BIOS which initiates hardware devices and sets up necessary parameters for the OS Since the flash ROM contents can be modified users can easily update the BIOS ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 7 APPENDIX IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself eliminating the need for a separate adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB Sec transfer I O Input Output The data transfers from the input devices like a keyboard mouse or scanner to the output devices like a printer or the monitor screen I O Address The specific memory location for a particular device Two devices cannot share the same I O address space IrDA Infrared Data Association An internaltional organization that creates
80. nce VLSI components such as CMOS DRAMs memory controllers and graphics video ICs RAM Random Access Memory The computer s primary storage area used to write store and retrieve information and program instructions which are passed to the CPU for process ing The information in RAM can be repeatedly re written with new data Compared to other storage media like magnetic tape floppy disk and hard disk RAM has an extraordinarily fast access rate RAM however is volatile which means that the data stored 1n it are lost when the system power is turned off or 1f power glitches occur See also DRAM and SDRAM 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 reprogrammed 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 devices The standard started from 1OMBytes sec to 160MBytes sec available today SDRAM Synchronous DRAM A type of DRAM with access signals that are synchronized with the CPU clock eliminating the delay associated with data transfers between the CPU and memory SDRAM takes memory access away from the CPU control internal registers in the memory accept the request and lets the CPU do something else while the data requested 1s assembled fo
81. net 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 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 SOOKB 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 91 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 5 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 1
82. o designate the computer serial ports Pointing de vices 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 transactions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies improves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based applications 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 stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium III FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and II 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 operate includ ing Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reaso
83. or IDE cable The UltraDMA 66 cable included in the motherboard package also supports UltraDMA 100 NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Secondary IDE Connector Primary IDE Connector A7N266 C IDE Connectors a 38 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 11 CPU Fan North Bridge Fan and Chassis Fan Connectors CPU NB CHA_FAN The three fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less Orient the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sinks instead of the expansion slots The fan wiring and plug may vary Connect the fan cable to the connector making sure that the black wire matches the ground pin NOTE Use the Rotation signal only with a specially designed fan with a rotation signal Monitor Rotations Per Minute RPM using ASUS PC Probe see section 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE WARNING Make sure to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors Lack of sufficient airflow within the system could cause damage to the motherboard These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these connectors CHA_FAN 2h Rotation CPU_FAN j AR Rotation NB_FAN Ew Rotation A7N266 C 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 39 3 HARDWARE SETUP 12 Infrared Connector 10 1 pin IrDA This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module to the CIR and SI
84. ou to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Enabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Configuration options Disabled Enabled CPU Fast Decode Disabled This function controls the speed of CPU decode processing Configuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This field functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data When set to Enabled the BIOS loads the update on all processors during system bootup Configuration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default setting Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse at startup If a mouse is detected the BIOS assigns IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse Otherwise IRQ12 can be used for expansion cards When you set this field to Enabled BIOS always reserves IRQ12 whether or not a PS 2 mouse is detected at startup Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Keyboard Support Disabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The default of Disabled allows the system to detect a USB device at startup The other two fields Primary and Secondary are used for selecting which of two sets of ports Users should select Disabled or Primary to activate a USB type keyboard
85. r PCI Steering 117 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering 127 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel I5 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices 28 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 shared PCI slot 3 shared PCI slot 4 used PCI slot 5 shared AGP used ACR slot shared LAN controller shared USB controller shared U 6 e fi ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 29 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro Slot This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro slot to support the new generation graphics cards with ultra high memory bandwidth AGP Card without Retention Notch o gt lt lt Sie Dies i o 5 De SS ESS y a eT a ERN iaa EA ia iy Eee ee OU PA bias TIU RRENAK Liiati 1a 20 pin bay 28 pin bay Rib inside slot Rib A7N266 C Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a warning label over the 20 pin bay DO NOT remove this label and the safety tab underneath it if you are using an AGP card without a retention notch Removing may cause the card to shift and may cause damage to the card
86. r the next time the CPU talks to the memory SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD is most like an ID detect for SDRAM module it using a EE PROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration information 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 System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system that boots up the operating system TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol Internet Protocol The communications proto col used by the UNIX system and the Internet TCP checks for lost packets puts the data from multiple packets into the correct order and requests that missing or damaged packets be resent 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 synchronous and asynchronous transfer types over the same set of wires up to 12Mbit sec USB 2 0 provides twice the transfer rate com pared to USB 1 0 and competes with the 1394 standard Wake On LAN Computer will automatically wake up upon recei
87. rd 33 PS 2 Keyboard Port 9 PS 2 Mouse 33 Function Control 61 PS 2 Mouse Port 9 R RTC RAM Clearing 22 S SDRAM Configuration 63 Serial Ports 65 Serial ports 9 SMART Monitoring 57 SMBus Connector 43 Starting Up 45 System Chipset 8 System Date 54 System Time 54 T Thermal Sensor Connector 43 U UART2 65 Ultra DMA Mode 57 Universal Serial Bus USB 34 Headers 42 Ports 34 USB Device Jumper 21 USB Legacy Support 61 USB ports 9 Using 3Deep Color Tuner 88 ASUS Update 82 PC Probe 83 PowerPlayer SE 90 Vv Video ROM BIOS Shadow 69 VideoLive Mail 91 Voltage Regulator Jumper 20 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 101 102 NOTES ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual
88. rects IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If no mouse is detected IRQ12 become available to expansion cards See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin female l Of 28 O 06 0 O EEL OWS O s JO a a HO 00000 z n Ol 2x s 2 PS 2 Keyboard Port Purple 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector does not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin female ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 33 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 amp 2 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Universal Serial Bus USB 4 Parallel Port 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 Printer Port 25 pin female 5 Fast Ethernet Port RJ 45 Optional The RJ 45 connector 1s located on top of the USB connectors The USB connector supplies a direct connection to a local area network LAN and is supported by the onboard LAN controller chipset OOO SSSoo OO 34 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 3 HA
89. rivers hardware and appli cations and also relies on the changes defined in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification PC100 133 This is an industry standard designation for memory capacity as a measure of the speed of the memory bus New platform requirements ensure that memory does not become a bottleneck to system performance PCI Bus Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus PCI bus is a standard specification that defines a 32 bit data bus interface PCI Bus Master The PCI Bus Master can perform data transfer without local CPU help and the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concurrent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously POST Power On Self Test Powering on the computer initiates the POST a series of software controlled diagnostic tests The POST checks system memory the motherboard circuitry the display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 97 N i 9 Z s x 98 7 APPENDIX 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 performa
90. s as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology 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 266MByte sec AGP 2X 66MHz 133MHz 512MByte sec AGP 4X 66MHz 266MHz 1024MByte sec Backup A copy of a file directory or volume on a separate storage device from the original This copy is for the purpose of data retrieval in case the original is accidentally erased dam aged or destroyed BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS 1s a set of routines that affect how the computer transfers data between computer com ponents such as memory disks and the display adapter The BIOS instructions 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
91. s History Monitor Monitor monitored Monitor Summary Monitor Items Value Status CPU Temperature 53 C7127 F OK MB Temperature 38 C7 100 F OK CPU Fan 0 Monitor paused Power Fan 0 Monitor paused l _ Chassis Fan 0 Monitor paused i 12 12 159 OK l 127 11 98 OK 5 5 026 OK 5 5 079 oK 3 37 3 472 OK VCore 2 OK eee eee 9 x Temperature Monitor eg ET Menitering Information Utility i a oe o Shows the PC s temperature Lg Be Z Monitor Temperature Fan Monitor Voltage Settings History Summary Monitor Monitor 100 212 g 80 176 CPUS woe 40 104 Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level 20 o 32 100 212 a 80 176 40 104 20 68 0 32 Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation x Temperature Fan Monitor Monitor Monitor s000 4000 CPU Fan 2000 2 Qs B f Chassis Fan 2000 Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level 6000 4000 o em ea ee te ee ee ee ee ee aM a Voltage Monitor Sas Shows the PC s voltages z I t we 2 Summary Monitor Monitor Vcore 84 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings E L PC Prob
92. s more likely to obtain stable start ups CPU Upgrade Reinstallation To ensure that the system can enter BIOS Setup after replacing the processor the system starts up running at a bus speed of LOOMHz and a fail safe CPU internal frequency Then it automatically enters the Advanced menu with a popup display of all the possible CPU internal frequencies for the particular CPU presently installed 3 Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed 1 During the last bootup your system hung for an improper CPU Speed setting Your system is now working in safe mode To optimize the system performance and stability make sure the CPU speed conforms to the specifications of your CPU 4 Cause for Hangup Improper CPU Speed 2 Since you are using anew CPU or have reinstalled your CPU the system boots up at the slowest CPU bus frequency to make sure the system can enter setup menu Now you can adjust the CPU speed as you wish If the speed is adjusted too high the system may hang Please turn off the system and then restart to set the CPU speed ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 1 Chip Configuration Advanced Chip Configuration Item Specific Help BBy SPDE lt Enter gt to choose Spread SDRAM CAS Latency Auto Normal Spectrum Hode Clock Spread Spectrum Mode Center Spread Graphics Aperture Size 64MB Video Memory Cache Mode LUC MCP IDE Controller Both MCP USB Controller Enabled HCP Audio Controller Auto J
93. sesetseseseeeees 7 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA 100 Support 0 0 eee 6 Teall Ve ie OU iea E A TOET 22 LSenal Pori COM Persensoriineat e E ea 24 tSenal Header COM sunrunner A 10 USB Connectors Port 0 amp Port 1 eessen 25 USB Headers Ports 2 3 4 5 ecnin 13 Front Panel Infrared Header enorct 11 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector cccccecccccsssscssssscsesssseessssseseeees 20 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector seisoessaan 26 Hardware Monitoring ASUS System Voltage Monitor with ASUS ASIC 14 Network Feature Network Models only Realtek LAN Chip controller cacaiccictiideinten teeta deideandeis 16 LAN RJ 45 Connector scisssietesssddetiacstesseaderasctadvsssbeetiadarwnccers 21 Audio Features FOame MIDI POL naiaren a ia 23 ACR A6CH Audio card See p 31 and 32 for more info Power ATX Power Supply Connector s sssesseeseeseesiesiesiesiesresrerresresn 5 Onboard Power LED gcctccinces ds sscattorunesonneaeaemeaiees Green 4 Onboard AGP Warning LED eee eceeteeseeeteeeeees Red 18 Form Factor ATX 12 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 2 1 Component Locations 1 2 3 456 DE WAUE Res Ree oe oa zap HE BDA BE EB ap oa Ba EE ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 13 14 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 Motherboard Layout 24 5cm 9 641n EEE USBPWRO1 rion Socket 462 cpu panl PARALLEL PORT DDR DIMM1 64 72 bit 184 pin module DDR DIMM2 64 72 bit 184 pin module
94. stall automatically Refer to 6 Software Reference for Operating instructions ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 79 80 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 3 3 Manual Installation of Drivers for Windows 98 Use the Device Manager to uninstall all previously installed system drivers that may conflict with the installation and operation of the nVidia system drivers Three nVidia drivers need to be installed to operate with the Win98 system The installation procedure is described in items through 3 1 PCI System Management Bus 2 PCI Standard Host CPU Bridge 3 PCI Standard RAM Controller Two nVidia drivers are needed to operate the 6 Channel ACR A6CH audio card the installation procedure is described in item 4 ACR A6CH Audio Card drivers ITEM 1 PCI System Management Bus Go to the Device Manager Select PCI System Management Bus in Other Devices Click on Properties Click on Driver Select Update Driver Select Search for a better driver than the one your device is using now option Click on Specify the location and then type or browse for the path on the CD ROM Drive Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x SMbus This installs the driver 8 Click Next 9 You should see that the PCI System Management is detected 10 You do not need to restart 1f you need to install more drivers 11 Continue to install more drivers SD ea a a ITEM 2 PCI Standard Host CPU Bridge GAR
95. t i oe e Power Off CHAPTER ma ea nine ee ee ee ee Stop Backward Scan Backstep Frame Te Oe IBA Step Frame Previous S l Next Play Stop w B 4 clalelola Configuration GS C 4 Forward Scan l Power Increase Volume CD Mode Mute Shuffle A Decrease Volume Karaoke Nextangle Nextaudio steam Next subtitle Add bookmark Capture frame Go Up Repeat Menu Go to bookmark 90 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 5 CyberLink VideoLive Mail CyberLink s VideoLive Mail 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 Inter
96. terface and nForce MCP D Audio Processing Unit After installing the OS turn off the system and plug in the ACR A6CH Audio card into the ACR slot Power on the system Normally the hardware wizard auto detects new devices and prompts the user to browse for new drivers on the CD ROM look for the audio INFs in these folders Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x installer English If the hardware wizard does not auto detect try clicking on Refresh in the Device Manager If it still does not auto detect use the Add New Hardware Wizard to intall the audio drivers 1 Go to the Add Hardware Wizard and search for devices 2 Select No the device is not in the list 3 Do you want Windows to search for your new hardware Select No I want to select the hardware from a list 4 Select Sound video and game controllers Then select the first generic item in the list like Generic USB device 6 Click Have Disk and browse to the CD ROM drive Drivers Chipset Nvidia win9x installer English 7 The Open box should display 6 INF files Select the NVA Utils inf 8 Click OK and select either the NVIDIA Codec Interface or the nForce MCP D Audio Processing unit Dolby Digital Repeat the process above for the second driver 9 After all drivers are installed restart the PC Nn ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 81 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 ASUS Live
97. therboard TwinBank Technology to function at 128 bit 4 2 GB second Dual channel DDR mode at least 2 or more DIMM modules must be installed with only one DIMM installed the memory functions at only 64 bit normal mode DDR DIMMs on this motherboard support only 184 pin unbuffered non ECC memory DDR DIMMs with CAS Latency of 2 0 PC2100A or 2 5 PC2100B are both supported See the General DIMM memo on page 25 for details Configuration Rules 1 DIMMs must be populated consecutively in order starting with DIMM Socket 1 then 2 and 3 2 The total number of banks must not exceed five 1e two dual load modules and one single load module Note Do not populate DIMM Socket 3 with any dual load modules Memory Population Memory loads must be distributed according to the various possible combinations shown in the following table Capacity DIMM 1 A0 DIMM2 B0 DIMMS B1 128 MB 64MB 1Bor2B 64MB 1Bor2B X 192 MB 128MB 1Bor2B 64MB 1Bor2B X 256 MB 128MB 1Bor2B 128MB 1Bor2B X 128MB 1Bor2B 64MB 1Bor2B 64MB 1B 384 MB 256MB 1Bor2B 128MB I1Bor2B X 128MB 1Bor2B 128MB 1Bor2B 128MB 1B 512 MB 256MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1Bor2B X 256MB 1Bor2B 128MB 1Bor2B 128MB 1B 786 MB 512MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1Bor2B X 256MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1B 1 GB 512MB 1Bor2B 5I12MB 1Bor2B X 512MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1B 1 25 GB 512MB 1Bor2B 512MB 1Bor2B 256MB 1B 1 5 GB 512MB 1Bor2B 512MB 1Bor2B 512MB 1B Table Legend 1B
98. ts for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug n Play compatibility and power management to configure and manage all system components in all major OS systems Color coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99 ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 2 FEATURES Two Onboard LEDs 1 A green LED lights up to indicate that power is available onboard It reminds users that standby power is available The LED also serves as a reminder to disconnect the power supply when making any change to the configuration 2 A red onboard warning LED lights up only if the wrong type of AGP card is connected to the board Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses to the memory and processor SMBus Features the System Management Bus interface used to physically transport commands and information between SMBus devices Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS that allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol and create a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Enhanced ACPI and Anti Boot Virus Protection Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM that offers enhanced ACPI for Windows XP 2000 ME compatibility built in firmware based virus protection and autodetection of most devices for a virtual automatic setup Chassis Intrusion Detection Supports chassis intrusion monitoring through th
99. u can update using the provided utility described in 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS The utility is used if 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 reconfigure 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 pressing 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 if the first two methods fail The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible It
100. uration 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 ATAPI MO IDE Hard Drive This field allows you to select which IDE hard disk drive to use in the boot sequence Pressing 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 connected ATAPI CD ROM drives Other Boot Device Select INT18 Device Network Configuration options Disabled SCSI Boot Device INT18 Device Network ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 73 gt 74 4 BIOS SETUP 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 Configuration 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 Enabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whet
101. uspend 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 4 5 1 Power Up Control Power Up Control Item Specific Help iDisabledi lt Enter gt to select Power Up From PS 2 Keyboard Disabled whether or not to restart the system after AC power loss F1 Tl f F5 ESC Enter F10 AC PWR Loss Restart 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 Enabled reboots your system Previous State sets your system back to the state it is before the power interruption Configuration options Disabled Enabled Previous State Power Up From P S2 Keyboard Disabled Selecting Space bar enables power up from the keyboard space bar Configuration options Space bar Disabled ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 71 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor MB Temperature MB Temperature xxxC xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC xxxF POWER Temperature N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the MB motherboard CPU and JTPWR power supply temperatures CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM CHIP Fan Speed xxxxRPM PWR Fan Speed N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the speeds of the CPU fan ch
102. ut Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This field automatically displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during the boot process oe ie S ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual 59 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 Advanced Menu Main Advanced Power Boot Exit Item Specific Help Current CPU Speed 990 MHz CPU Speed Manual 9 5x1 To make changes to the CPU PCI Frequency HHz 166 33 first 4 fields the CPU Memory Frequency Ratio 1 1 motherboard must be set CPU Level 1 Cache Enabled to jumperfree mode CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled CPU Level Cache ECC Check Enabled To set the following 2 CPU Fast Decode Disabled fields the CPU speed BIOS Update Enabled must be set to Manual PS House Function Control Auto If the frequency USB Legacy Keyboard Support Disabled multiple or bus S 2 Onboard Memory gt 64H Disabled frequency are adjusted Chip Configuration too high the system may T 0 Device Configuration hang Please turn off PCL Configuration the system and then Shadow Configuration restart to set the CPU settings Bil Tl F5 ESC gt Enter F10 Current CPU Speed This field displays the internal frequency of your CPU In JumperFree mode it is possible to change the speed of processors by adjusting the CPU PCI multiple CPU Speed Manual When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field sets the internal frequency of your CPU Select Manual if you want to make ch
103. ving a wake up packet through a Network interface when it is under power soft off suspend or sleep mode ASUS A7N266 C User s Manual INDEX A Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Capability 64 AGP Pro Slot 30 Accessories Modem Riser 93 ACR A6CH Audio Card 31 ASUS PC Probe 83 ASUS Update 82 ATAPI CD ROM 73 B BIOS Advanced Menu 60 Beep Code 45 Boot Menu 73 Boot Sequence 73 Exit Menu 75 Language 59 Legend Bar 52 Main Menu 54 Menu Bar 52 Power Menu 70 Setup Defaults loading 76 Setup Program 51 Smart BIOS 8 Sub menu launching 53 Updating 47 BIOS Beep Codes 45 Boot Device Selection 73 Boot Up NumLock Status 58 Boot Virus Detection 74 C Central Processing Unit 26 Central Processing Unit CPU Level 1 Level 2 Cache 61 Speed 60 Upgrade Reinstallation 62 Chassis Intrusion 42 Chip Configuration 63 Clear RTC RAM Jumper 22 Connectors 43 Chassis Fan 39 CPU Fan 39 External 33 Floppy Disk Drive 37 Game MIDI 36 IDE 38 IDE Activity LED 37 Infrared 40 Panel 44 Parallel Port 34 Power Supply Thermal Sensor 44 PS 2 Keyboard 33 PS 2 Mouse 33 Serial Port 35 SMBus 43 Thermal Sensor 43 USB 34 CPU See Central Processing Unit CPU DRAM Freq Jumper 19 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 90 VideoLive Mail 91 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE 90 CyberLink VideoLive Mail 91 D DDR Voltage Jumper 20 DIMM Memory 23 E Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 28 Installing 27 F Floppy 3 Mode 54 Floppy Disk
104. w cost scalable high eae serial interface The 1394 standard also provides new services such as live connect isconnect capability for external devices including disk drives printers and hand held pe ripherals such as scanners and cameras This is a new 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 electron ics devices The specification defines new cost effective options to help integrate the compo nents necessary to support next generation auto intensive PC applications such as DVD 3 D multiplayer gaming and interactive music The specification also defines new extensions sup porting 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 operat ing systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that provides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC system including hardware Operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs network cards hard disk drives and printer
105. ws 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 for the first time after installing your motherboard Win dows will detect all plug and play devices Follow the Add New Hardware Wizard 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 A7N266 C User s Manual 77 78 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 3 A7N266 C 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 run D ASSETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D NOTE If using the Windows 98 OS the nVidia nForce system drivers and the audio driver for the ACR A6CH audio card must be manually installed see 5 3 3 on page 78 and 79 for more information M 5 3 1 Installation Menu fs ASUS A7N266 motherboard support CD for Windows 98 Of x fsi3 ASUS A7N266 motherboard support CD for Windows 98 ps Takdiellleohitesa v

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