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1. ASUS K7V User s Manual 105 106 k 10 7 APPENDIX 7 2 4 Software Setup in Windows 98 The Modem Riser supports the Plug and Play feature It allows your computer to automatically set the optimal configurations for the MR and communication soft ware Follow the procedure below to install the modem driver Power ON the computer after the hard ware installation is completed Windows 98 will automatically detect the modem and display a PCI Card mes sage under Add New Hardware Found Select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive Enter the path E Modem Win98 assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive E for the MR driver After the driver is located click Next and then click Finish Restart your computer Double click the modem icon at the bottom right corner of the window Fess sae an Click the Settings tab Select your coun try and language Click OK Click Start point to Settings click Control Panel double click Modems click the General tab and click Motorala SM56 AC L Modem Click Diagnostic and then click the designated COM port as shown Click More Info If the computer sys tem successfully communicates with the modem responses will be displayed as shown alee ches lir ang th bee Bae hm ae Aieri n eee hki a ee ae Ha ii Chri Kach Banie ko m
2. 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 Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM on the motherboard This file works only in DOS mode To determine the BIOS version of your mother board check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger numbers represent a newer BIOS file 1 Type FORMAT A S at the DOS prompt to create a bootable system floppy disk DO NOT copy AUTOEXEC BAT amp CONFIG SYS to the disk 2 Type COPY D AFLASH AFLASH EXE A assuming D is your CD ROM drive to copy AFLASH EXE to the just created boot disk NOTE AFLASH works only in DOS mode It will not work with DOS prompt in Windows and will not work with certain memory drivers that may be loaded when you boot from your hard drive It is recommended that you reboot using a floppy 3 Reboot your computer from the floppy disk NOTE BIOS setup must specify Floppy as the first item in the boot sequence 4 In DOS mode type A AFLASH lt Enter gt to run AFLASH KK EEP BINS Revinios 1c IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Memory the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there fore cannot b
3. 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 changes After selecting this op tion all selections are saved and a confirmation is requested Select Yes to save any changes to the non volatile RAM ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 Operating Systems You should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy You may use any version of Windows 98 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 1 1 Windows 98 First Time Installation When you start Windows for the first time after the installation of your motherboard Windows 98 will detect the onboard audio and video chips and may attempt to in stall a driver from its system registry When prompted to restart select No and then follow the normal setup procedures later in this section NOTE The screen displays in this and the following section may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 84 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 2 K7V 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 sh
4. 1 This Motherboard User s Manual ASUS 3 port USB Connector Set ASUS IrDA compliant infrared module optional ASUS PCI L101 Wake On LAN 10 100 Fast Ethernet Card optional IMPORTANT It is strongly recommended that at least a 200 watt 235W for full configuration ATX power supply be used for this motherboard Make sure that your ATX power supply can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 1OmA 750mA recommended on the 5 volt standby lead 5 VSB see 19 ATX Power Suppy Connector in 3 8 External Connectors Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experience difficulty in powering up if your power supply is inadequate ASUS K7V User s Manual 7 2 FEATURES 2 1 The ASUS K7V Motherboard The ASUS K7V motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants high performance features in a small package 2 1 1 Specifications AMD Athlon Processor Support Supports AMD Athlon processors including 1GHz designed for the AMD Athlon Processor Module 242 pin Slot A North Bridge System Chipset VIA VT8371 system controller supports a 200MHz Front Side Bus FSB supports up to 1 5GB of PC133 PC100 SDRAM Virtual Channel Memory VCM SDRAM complies with AGP 2 0 specifica tions for 4X 2X and 1X AGP modes and PCI 2 2 bus interface with support for 5 PCI masters It is optimized to deliver enhanced AMD Athlon processor system performance South Bridge System Chips
5. 1f no modem audio device is de tected the onboard modem audio controller will be disabled If you have conflicts with the onboard modem audio controller you may set the appro priate field to Disabled Configuration options Disabled Auto ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP For motherboards without onboard PCI audio chipset Game Port Function Enable 200h 2 Enab ledi Sound Blaster Emulation Enabled Sound Blaster IZ0 Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ LROQS Sound Blaster DHA DMA 1 MPU 461 Enabled MPU 461 1 0 Base Address 336h 333h FH Enable 388h 38Bh Enabled Game Port Function Disabled Enable this field to use the game port Configuration options Disabled Enable 200h 207h Onboard Legacy Audio Support Disabled The onboard chipset 1s integrated with a SoundBlaster Pro controller To use it you must enable this field Leave on the default setting Disabled if you want to use an add on audio device NOTE To display the rest of the setup items this field must be enabled as shown above Sound Blaster Emulation Disabled Select Enabled for this field if you want to use the Sound Blaster emu lation feature sound Blaster I O Base Address 220h 22Fh Sound Blaster IRQ IRQ5 Sound Blaster DMA DMA 1 These fields set the I O address IRQ and DMA channel for the Sound Blaster feature MPU 401 Enabled Enable this field if you want to use the MIDI device onboa
6. 256MB double sided come in 32 64 128 256 512MB ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 2 DIMM Memory Installation 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 DIMM mod ules are longer and have different pin contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides K7V 168 Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3 3V Unbuffered for this motherboard To determine the DIMM type check the notches on the DIMMs see figure below 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V a ee DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position L Unbuffered The notches on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type from being inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must ask your retailer the correct DIMM type before pur chasing This motherboard supports four clock signals ASUS K7V User s Manual 23 3 HARDWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 24 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 Central Processing Unit CPU NOTE The following pictures are provided for reference purposes only The ap pearance of your retention mechanism and fan may be different from the following examples Your K7 Series motherboard provides a Slot A connector for an AMD Athlon pro
7. COM port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI maximizes system performance with simultaneous CPU PCI and ISA bus activities It includes multi transaction timing enhanced write performance a passive release mechanism and support for PCI 2 1 compliant delayed transac tions Concurrent PCI provides increased bandwidth reduced system latencies 1m proves video and audio performance and improves processing of host based appli cations CPU Central Processing Unit The CPU sometimes called Processor actually functions as the brain of the computer It interprets and executes program commands and processes data stored in memory Currently there are socket 370 for Pentium II FC PGA and Celeron PPGA socket 7 for Pentium AMD Cyrix IBM slot 1 for Pentium II and III slot 2 for Xeon and slot A for AMD processors Device Driver A device driver is a special set of instructions that allows the computer s operating system to communicate with devices such as VGA audio printer or modem DOS Disk Operating System DOS is the foundation on which all other programs and software applications oper ate including Windows DOS is responsible for allocating system resources such as memory CPU time disk space and access to peripheral devices For this reason DOS constitutes the basic interface between you and your computer DRAM Dynamic Random Access Memory The
8. Configuration options Disabled 1 Min 2 Min 3 Min 15 Min Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled Suspend to RAM STR is an energy saving feature In Suspend to RAM state all devices on the computer are turned off except for the system RAM Thus the PC consumes less than 5 Watts of power Auto allows the BIOS to provide STR support but to make the STR feature function your operating system device drivers and power supply all have to support this feature Please make sure your power supply can supply at least 720mA on the 5 VSB lead If your OS power supply and the expansion cards you use on the motherboard do not support the STR function you may leave this field on the default setting Disabled Configuration options Auto Disabled Suspend Mode Disabled Sets the time period before the system goes into suspend mode Configu ration options Disabled 30 Sec 1 Min 40 Min PWR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system Configuration options Soft off Suspend ASUS K7V User s Manual 75 76 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 1 Power Up Control Power Up Control Item Sp
9. No ICU Yes ASUS K7V User s Manual 71 i i S 72 4 BIOS SETUP PCI PNP DMA Resource Exclusion PCIYPRP DHA Resource Exclusion 3 Reserved for Legacy Device Nos IC DMA 2 Reserved for Legacy Device No TO DMA x Used for Legacy Device No ICU Item Specific Help Select Yas if this DAA channel is required by a legacy add on card you are not using ICU otherwise select Mov TCU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel Con figuration options No ICU Yes PCI PNP UMB Resource Exclusion Vorrce PCISPAP UME Resource Exclusion Bio ICUN ASUS K7V User s Manual Item Specific Help This is for some Legacy add on cards whose UME can t be auto detected 4 BIOS SETUP Reserved MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of an onboard legacy ISA device that uses any memory segment within the C800 and DFFF address range If you have such a device and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available op tions the Reserved MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA device onboard that
10. Smathrangenent ck AEA E a Gao Level Meter Display E AG Effect Control E Voice Select i Channel Solo ee ees eee Cina Daad Kas eyed Gii Goia beii Channel Mute e a a a ee Pan Knob x NS ND a SP SGD ND DD ADD ND ch ic cl L f 8 i 8 1 1 1 1 1 1 d AjA 1 1_41cCag8e Channel Volume E Master Slider A i EE Volume I i En ed Sl ae Slider a ee ee e cont EP te ff 6 3 4 YAMAHA XGplayer Minimize Panel To open the Minimize Panel click theMinimize icon jj on the Main Panel Return to Original State Open Mixer Master Volume Slider Version Information Time Display Stop Pause Playback Select Next Song Select Previous Song Power Song Name Display ASUS K7V User s Manual 101 102 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 3 5 Troubleshooting Cannot install Do you have the required hardware such as hard disk and memory Do you have the required software such as MS DOS and Windows Installation may not be possible if you have insufficient space on your hard disk Delete unneeded files to increase the free space on your disk Does not start Do you have the required hardware such as hard disk and memory Do you have the required software such as MS DOS and Windows e Were you able to install using the specified procedure No sound e Is the MIDI driver correctly installed e Is the tone generator set correctly e Is volume set to zero in the XGstudio Player or X
11. j C U K7V Jumper Mode Setting 2 PCI 3Volt Setting 3VSBSLT This jumper allows you to select the voltage supplied to PCI devices If you have PCI devices that require auxiliary power set this jumper to 3 VSB Setting 3VSBSLT 3 Volt 1 2 3 VSB 2 3 default 3VSBSLT 1 2 2 3 DEF Add 3 Volt Add 3 VSB Default K7V PCI 3Volt Selection 18 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 4 3 HARDWARE SETUP Onboard Audio Setting available on audio model only The onboard audio CODEC may be enabled or disabled using all of these jump ers Disable the onboard audio CODEC if you are using an PCI audio card on any of the expansion slots or a primary AMR on the AMR slot see AMR Slot later in this section If using an PCI audio expansion card Onboard AC 97 Audio Con troller in 4 4 5 Peripheral Setup must also be disabled Setting AUDIO CODEC Enable 1 2 1 2 1 2 1 2 default Disable 2 3 2 3 2 3 2 3 Enable Disable Onboard Onboard Audio Codec Audio Codec Default aye i Na 5 o o EEE N E D B E ow g a a SPK ADN AUD_EN2 AUD_EN1 K7V Audio Codec Setting I O Voltage Setting VIO VIO allows you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM chipset AGP PCI and the CPU s I O buffer The default voltage 3 3 V should be used unless processor overclocking requires a higher voltage VIO 1 2 2 3 3 4 3 30 Volt 3 40 Volt 3 56 Volt K7V VIO Setting WARNIN
12. s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP External Frequency Table CPU PCI Frequency Selection Switches MHz MHz 1 2 3 4 100 00 33 33 ON ON OFF OFF 103 00 34 33 ON ON ON ON 105 00 35 OFF OFF OFF OFF 110 00 36 67 OFF OFF OFF ON NOTE For updated processor settings visit the ASUS web site see ASUS CON TACT INFORMATION WARNING Premature wearing of the processor may result when overclocking Be sure that the DIMM you use can handle the specified SDRAM MHz or else bootup will not be possible 6 Voltage Regulator Output Setting VID1 VID2 VID3 This jumpers allow you to manually adjust the CPU core voltage It 1s recom mended to use CPU Default as the CPU core voltage CPU Default means the Vcore is generated according to the CPU VID configuration For each jumper setting there are two voltage options depending on the CPU used 1234 oe Ba B D 2 2 05Volts 1 9 1 95Volts 1 8 1 85Volts 1234 of a 2 of 1 7 1 75Volts 1 6 1 65Volts 1 5 1 55Volts 1234 1234 1234 VID3 16 ees D Ba VID1 E ri K7V CPU Core Voltage 1 4 1 45Volts 1 3 1 35olts e e Selection Default ASUS K7V User s Manual 21 22 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 5 System Memory DIMM NOTE No hardware or BIOS setup is required after adding or removing memory This motherboard uses only Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMMs Sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level unbuffered Synchronous Dynamic Rand
13. 5 6 PC cillin 98 Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen Lee ee r a insbalbotion a i a Pap agraj PE oa i San E wom Thi papan Pi nia Teed Poli N on cer T m im E a T E a E E bayr arrg Fn bhp a Diak Carel it h Some eed Fars Sven Papen HA Paes nereg ki Fad is eerie as fp he ers SADE ML ee pen pte r pi e Re ep oy pe tors seed rag el aT Caters all riail Tepr Piir G ir hop Heller tkches Ves era bi Fmi baia ic ea Te Aiki ats ie Ba bhia oki eae acl HE hH kaia M iaiia y kapelami POLL THE amp D WTH THE AGATHE HT 1HE SOF TREE IVES UUA AELEPTARCE OF WESE TERMES WOU GO NDT MOREE iD TIAE TERMS DF 1 ALPEEME HT BCCUAN THE 20r TARE dat TE i TTEA baked al r t TO THE LOCA TIO WERE YOU ITANE THEM TOR FULL Toa Pe rd bead rera ales Sd ep bag 5 a Carel ip act are 4 Setup will proceed with the installation if no viruses are found Click here to start installation 3 Click here only after you have read the License anr aisia Taraia aAa i E a x m ibe i come Saami He ba Be Fii byte beter ee r oe d ond ira ihe tag 7 Geo cu ment bo ede ia decddop ihe and ka nba actress chancel Ci Jt 6 amp 7 Select the preferred features by clicking the appropriate buttons Y pm ee ee eee CE cee laii a y Haka pce e
14. K7V User s Manual 67 7 VO D v e 18eo p i0 7 A E 68 4 BIOS SETUP Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector If you disable this feature Parallel Port Mode and ECP DMA Select configurations will not be avail able Configuration options Disabled 378H IRQ7 278H IRQ5 Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of 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 Configuration op tions Normal ECP EPP ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in Parallel Port Mode above Configuration options 1 3 Disabled Onboard Peripheral Resource Control MANTE Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Item Specific Help 1 Modem I 1 ihu tof Enter to select Onboard ACS Rudio Controller lAuto l Onboard AC97 Modem Controller Auto Onboard AC97 Audio Controller Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you are using any modem audio device If a modem audio device is detected the onboard modem audio controller will be enabled
15. Serial Port 2 en WART Use Infrared Disabled Onboard Parallel Port 378H TROT Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP ECP DMA Select 3 e Onboard Peripheral Resource Control Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Configuration options No Swap Swap AB Floppy Disk Access Control R W When set to Read Only this field protects files from being copied to floppy disks by allowing reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes Configuration options R W Read Only Onboard Serial Port 1 SF8H IRQ4 Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 These fields allow you to set the addresses for the onboard serial connec tors Serial Port 1 and Serial Port 2 must have different addresses Configu ration options Z3F8H IRQ4 2F8H IRQ3 ZE8H TIRQ4 2ZE8H IRQ10 Disabled UART2 Use Standard Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard standard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connec tor 1t will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature See IrDA Compliant Infrared Module Connector in 3 8 External Connectors Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS
16. Slave NOTE Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive make sure you have the configuration information supplied by the manufacturer of the drive Incorrect settings may cause your system to not recognize the in stalled hard disk To allow the BIOS to detect the drive type automati cally select Auto Type Auto Select Auto to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive If automatic detection is successful the correct values will be filled in for the remaining fields on this sub menu If automatic detection fails your hard disk drive may be too old or too new You can try updating your BIOS or enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters manually NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active also possible with FDISK Other options for the Type field are None to disable IDE devices ASUS K7V User s Manual 57 4 BIOS SETUP g a 8 58 4 BIOS SETUP IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted th
17. Symbios SCSI card is detected the motherboard s Symbios BIOS will be enabled if no Symbios SCSI card is detected the onboard Symbios SCSI BIOS will be disabled Disabled will disable the motherboard s Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add on Symbios SCSI card can be used If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS the Symbios SCSI card will not function Con figuration options Auto Disabled ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP USB Function Enabled This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices Set to En abled if you want to use USB devices Configuration options Disabled Enabled VGA BIOS Sequence PCI AGP If your computer has both PCI and AGP VGA cards this field allows ou to select which of the cards will act as your primary graphics card AGP PCI uses the AGP card as your primary card The default PCI AGP allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected Configuration options PCI AGP AGP PCI PCI PNP IRQ Resource Exclusion IR 3 Reserved for Legacy Device 4 BIOS SETUP e 0 D O IRQ XX Used for Legacy Device No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by an onboard legacy non PnP ISA device The default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ 1s not used or that ISA Configuration Utility CU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that IRQ Configuration options
18. 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 installa tion This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer s instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interfer ence by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver 1s connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap proved by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations 47 part 15 193 1993 Washington DC Office of the Federal Register National Archives and Records Administration U S Government Printing Office Canadian Department
19. do not place jumper caps over these pins F_FAN CHA _FAN GND 12V Rotation K7V 12 Volt Cooling Fan Power 40 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 14 Internal Audio Connectors 4 pin CD AUX VIDEO MODEM These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from such sound sources as a CD ROM TV tuner or MPEG card The MODEM connector allows the onboard audio to interface with a voice modem card with a similar connector It also allows the sharing of mono_in such as a phone and mono_out such as a speaker between the onboard audio and a voice modem card AUX White VIDEO Green Left Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Et F Ground Right Audio Channel Right Audio Channel CD Black MODEM to Modem Left Audio Channel Modem In r Ter I t Right Audio Channel Modem Out from Modem K7V Internal Audio Connectors 15 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pin HPHONE optional This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the motherboard instead of having to attach an external headphone onto the ATX connectors HP OUT LT GND HP OUT RT 1 F HPHONE K7V True Level Line Out Header ASUS K7V User s Manual 41 3 HARDWARE SETUP 16 Serial Infrared Module Connector 5 pin IR This connector supports an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that support this feature Y
20. effectively This specification uses software emulation to compete with the PCI SoundBlaster specification ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface The ACPI specification defines a cross platform interface designed to support many operating systems ACPI defines a flexible and abstract hardware interface that pro vides a standard way to integrate power management features throughout a PC sys tem including hardware operating system and application software This enables the system to automatically turn ON and OFF peripherals such as CD ROMs net work cards hard disk drives and printers as well as consumer devices connected to the PC such as VCRs TVs phones and stereos With this technology peripherals will also be able to activate the PC For example inserting a tape into a VCR can turn on the PC which could then activate a large screen TV and high fidelity sound system AGP Accelerated Graphics Port An interface specification that enables high performance 3D graphics on mainstream PCs AGP was designed to offer the necessary bandwidth and latency to perform texture mapping directly from system memory Bus Bus Frequency Bandwidth Data Transfer Rate PCI 33MHz 33MHz 133MByte sec AGP 1X 66MHz 66MHz 206MByte sec AGP 2X 66MHz 133MHz 512MByte sec AGP 4X 66MHz 266MHz 1024MByte sec BIOS Basic Input Output System BIOS is a set of routines that affect how the computer transfers data between com puter components such as m
21. g d La ed T TH HEFE Mirek Pha 2 Click here Fameen eee rt rete ie J tons SLE PG Birgoel tira Se NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option is of fered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 5 AUDIO Driver only with onboard audio option Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen Li ro go od ee installation E a i ee ee ee i l Ta TE cee i roid oe PI Conde Coreen Geb Piia es i yds ee doe ee ee bee ee beer arrg hy Sort Cee emp gw gel hd ey pepo pe me by Corie eas by lata ee eas P id a i ba pa Laai ee ee k p A E L A r iiet n cn c faa NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option 1s of fered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts ASUS K7V User s Manual 87 88 5 SOFTWARE SETUP
22. icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen i Cle ied eee ie m r Instollbotion items A Bees Ml shirmi 7 eee ahh hee 0 PC PI Faig inip n 1 Click here Membr Prades il g Ene Hr e rar chad ma ai a ei pn Hejka mara ihia BAAR meeeg ep te Sanwercgren Pee er Te T hup we eal Bl Hae PEDE Dires r Fa Pinang kije Sarsia ie ey bce chk heri Fa irakar amat belles ciak ferar well iet ran TE can chee cd a rail Di hia P E Da be riri mg Lye h Se l ll Sa 3 Click here and then click Eat Next ia co e z T hrig oe beie ng lie boy erp Tebe pu imer be pee prd ope A mhean ie JFIF php ail ed peg co oe Foaki krip ep Ti i pE G a iiH aE T aai bika iih aahi Pekdmg bt Lih Lei barina an Twan ionia my oopan rae AS aaae oy air ia 6 Click here and then click Finish to restart 90 ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 9 AGP Miniport Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen SLE ah Pe ms toalhation a a koma ba LA Wels Teip E i B paps m i aa prp seg fey ge peeing ay Tik Cack ce pt een id Pe ie ule ro ey ere Fimi by pim wah ba Soke irai erate HE Tephi cpe aing bh val obi Fhad ASUS K7V User s Manual 91 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 10 ASUS PC Probe x Insert the Support CD that came with your
23. motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE ASUS PC Probe will not run if another hardware monitoring utility is in stalled To uninstall es program see 5 12 Uninstalling Programs A Ce ee ied ce CO ie Inmstoalloaton items Aleem be ep SS Pe SA T aa pee i Tk pp A r Pee rT A T Ti eA E thet ie al ee g tee arj ag pe pe ee F ight fe eg lek Ghee arn as ty mes Benner AET eed AL ls 1 Click here Ss s aoe tee Davee EIR PT Peia F Lae SP h w be FL Derg i el Seed B the CPL Pap CPL y ip sprali mi poa prar LE E Dpr by kha CPL aha Aap rali reidi Frije rabia e Falmar deika Taraki a h y i Ha H CET GILE ira an Peed et eee TE Clete Ohta Pee ell Pog bk La ic at i rba HOTE Cik he cle at n eah y ee ra ap 3 Click here Theyr ee rre e srir ba Fay PF gn bering Lea CPU Fai Pding lie io od Fae ia rcs ee cd er Van T ima iip Pee De ae ap aed he ere ah Rew J bee eed EEN Re Bh pelea ghj ipara hry Eg bakia o Eha prs Fenty ee ae ie oF abe ere Pere the Coes Pigh F bce nr 8 Click Next when the Setup Complete box appears click Finish to complete setup 92 ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 1 1 YAMAHA XGStud IO only with onboard audio option Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM driv
24. music easily 6 3 1 Using YAMAHA XGplayer To set up the S YXG50 SoftSynthesizer to match your system s performance for example playback sound quality priority CPU load reduction priority click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S Y XG50 and then click S YXG50 Setup You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon 4 on the taskbar and then click SoftSynthesizer Setup To get help on the SoftSynthesizer settings click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S Y XGS50 and then click S YXG50 Help To start the YAMAHA XGplayer click Start point to Programs point to YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer S YXG50 and then click XGplayer You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon on the taskbar and then click XGplayer For details on the YAMAHA XGplayer click the Help icon 2 on the Main Panel You may also right click the YAMAHA SXG Driver icon on the taskbar and then click SoftSynthesizer Help 6 3 2 YAMAHA XGplayer Main Panel Select Next Song Select Previous Song Rewind Fast Forward Pause Playback Select Final Song Select Top Song Version Information Song Number Display Master Volume Control Power Setup Key Control Tempo Control 100 ASUS K7V User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 3 3 YAMAHA XGplayer Mixer Panel To open the Mixer Panel click the Open Mixer icon ay on the Main Panel Polyphony CPU Usage Rate F T Effects Block
25. 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 K7V User s Manual 1 1 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections 1 INTRODUCTION y b T 1 INTRODUCTION Manual information and checklist 2 FEATURES Product information and specifications 3 HARDWARE SETUP Instructions on setting up the motherboard 4 BIOS SETUP Instructions on setting up the BIOS software 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 please contact your retailer 1 2 1 Motherboard NW UUU NNNAN AAW 1 ASUS Motherboard 1 Universal Retention Mechanism 1 ASUS 2 port USB Connector Set 1 40 pin 80 conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA 66 or UltraDMA 33 IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives 1 Ribbon cable for 1 3 5 floppy disk drive 1 Bag of spare jumper caps 1 Support CD with drivers and utilities
26. or down to decrease the threshold level Fan Monitor Shows the PC s fan rotation Fan Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to decrease the threshold level Voltage Monitor Shows the PC s voltages ASUS K7V User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE Settings Lets you set threshold levels and poll ing intervals or refresh times of the PC s temperature fan rotation and voltages ASUS PC Probe CPU Cooling System Setup Lets you select when to enable software CPU cooling When When CPU Overheated is selected the CPU cooling system is enabled whenever the CPU temperature reaches the threshold value History Lets you record the monitoring activ ity of a certain component of your PC for future reference Fan Control Lets you enable disable Smart Fan Con trol Smart Fan Control adjusts the fan speed automatically based on the current CPU temperature and predefined thresh Pox Soe Se Dorisa braia n ie mal rede rdl aia i e eel T hike Fi bie Pere FE agai We Meh vot the Be Le Ln WER GRIESE Information Hard Drives Shows the used and free space of the PC s hard disk drives and the file allo cation table or file system used ASUS K7V User s Manual 97 4 i 5 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 98 Memory Shows the PC s memory load memory usage and pagi
27. requires the use of this address range you can increase the block size to 8K 16K 32K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave Reserved MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU Configu ration options No ICU C800 CC00 D000 D400 D800 DC00 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration Shadow Configuration Item Specific Help i Select Enabled to move CEDOH CBFFF Shadow 15 video BIOS from ROK to CCBO8 CFF is RAM M008 D7FFF Shadow D amp 000 DBEEF Shadow DCOO DEEEF Shadow 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 K7V User s Manual 73 7 PCI Configuration 74 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 Power Menu The Power menu allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity Item Specific Help Video OFF Option S
28. shared as shown by the following table INT A INT B INT C INT D PCI slot 1 shared PCI slot 2 not shared PCI slot 3 shared PCI slot 4 shared PCI slot 5 shared AQP slot shared Onboard USB controller shared Onboard AC 97 MC 97 codec AMR shared IMPORTANT If using PCI cards on shared slots make sure that the drivers sup port Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments Conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable 32 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro This motherboard provides an Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro slot to sup port AGP AGP Pro graphics cards such as an ASUS AGP V6800DDR 64M CAUTION To avoid damaging your AGP AGP Pro graphics card your computer s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot AGP Card without Retention Notch saree TOP VIEW 20 pin bay 28 pin bay Rib inside slot Rib K7V Accelerated Graphics Port AGP PRO p CAUTION The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a safety tab on the 20 pin bay for 8 use with AGP cards without a retention notch DO NOT remove this tab if you S will be using such cards removing may cause these cards to shift which may n cause damage to your card slot and motherboard Remove 9 ONLY
29. the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add the statement DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE to your CONFIG SYS file For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature For Windows 98 and later APM is automatically installed A battery and power cord icon labeled Power Management will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Properties dialog box ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Video Off Option Suspend gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management Configuration options Always On Suspend gt Off Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features The DPMS Display Power Manage ment System feature allows the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen use this for monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scan ning Configuration options Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby DPMS Suspend DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON HDD Power Down Disabled Shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity as set in this user configurable field This feature does not affect SCSI hard drives
30. when you will be using an AGP Pro card Use a rigid tip CE ain such as a pen tip to dislodge and remove the tab from the bay ce Removing the tab 3 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot This connector supports a specially designed audio and or modem card called an AMR Main processing 1s done through software and controlled by the motherboard s sys tem chipset This provides an upgradeable audio and or modem solution at an incred ibly low cost There are two types of AMR one defined as primary and another de fined as secondary This motherboard uses the primary channel so that a secondary AMR can coexist without the need to disable the onboard CODEC The motherboard s onboard CODEC optional must be disabled when using a primary AMR NOTE An AMR 1s not included with this motherboard K7V Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot ASUS K7V User s Manual 33 3 HARDWARE SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 34 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 8 External Connectors 1 2 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 connec tor on hard drives and CD ROM drives but may be on th
31. 4 USB Connector Set 10 1 pins 21 SPDIFOUT p 44 Digital Audio Interface Connector 3 pins ASUS K7V User s Manual 15 3 HARDWARE SETUP 22 SPEAKER PANEL p 46 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pins 23 PWRLED PANEL p 46 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pins 24 MSGLED PANEL p 46 System MessageLED Lead 2 pins 25 RESET PANEL p 46 Reset Switch Lead 2 pins 26 PWRSW PANEL p 46 ATX Power Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 27 SMI PANEL p 46 System Management Interrupt Switch Lead 2 pins w oo SI 2 O dp z m Ce nw U 16 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 3 Hardware Setup Procedure Before using your computer you must complete the following steps e Check Motherboard Settings Install Memory Modules e Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Panel Wires and Power Supply 3 4 Motherboard Settings This section explains in detail how to change your motherboard s function settings through the use of switches and or jumpers WARNING Computer motherboards and expansion cards contain very delicate Inte grated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you should follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer 1 Unplug your computer when working on the inside 2 Use a grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a
32. DAG PPI lO renn a 20 1 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot essees 16 2 IDE Connectors UltraDMA33 66 Support cece 6 1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector ou ccc cecceseeseeseeseeeseeeseeees 7 Serial COMI Connector wei ec cceesecceeeseeeeee Bottom 24 Serial COM2 Connector wei eee ecceesssceeeesseeees Bottom 22 Parallel Port Connector wo cee cccesssscesceesssesceeeens Top 23 USB Connectors Port 0 amp Port 1 eseese 25 USB Connectors Ports 2 3 Ports 4 6 optional 00 10 1 PS 2 Mouse Connector cc cc eeeeccccssssccsessssseeseeseees Top 26 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector ccecceeseeseeeeeees Bottom 26 AC 97 V2 1 Audio Codec optional ccceceesceteetseeteeeses 17 Aureal PCI Audio Controller optional cece eeeeeseeneeeees 14 Digital Audio Interface Header optional ceceeseeseeees 15 1 Joystick MIDI Connector on audio model only Top 21 1 Line Out Connector on audio model only Bottom 21 1 Line In Connector on audio model only Bottom 21 1 Microphone Connector on audio model only Bottom 21 Wake On LAN Connector cccccccccccsscccesssssccssssssssessesssssesens 8 Wake On Ring Connector ccccececsscesseesscesseeseceteeeseeeeeeses 13 Hardware MOnIitOr CIID assciteen nad incer aba cele sn Mauch tiande 11 3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors ATX Power Supply Connector ccceccecseesseesesssessseseeseneees 4 Onboard LED
33. ERENCE 6 1 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your com puter system s vital components such as fan rotations voltages and tem peratures It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer such as hard disk space memory usage and CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies through the DMI Explorer 6 1 1 Starting ASUS PC Probe When ASUS PC Probe starts a splash screen appears allowing you to select whether to show the screen again when you open PC Probe or not To by pass this startup screen clear the Show up in next execution check box ASUS PC Probe i F f C1998 ASUSTeK Computer Inc a iets rev ered The ASUS Logo is trademark of A5USTek Computer Inc To open ASUS PC Probe click the Windows Start button point to Pro grams and then ASUS Utility and then click Probe Vx xx The PC Probe icon ER will appear on the taskbar s system tray indicating that ASUS PC Probe is running Clicking the icon will allow you to see the status of your PC A aS 3 08 PM ASUS K7V User s Manual 95 4 i 5 96 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored Temperature Monitor Shows the PC s temperature for supported processors only Temperature Warning threshold adjustment Move the slider up to increase the threshold level
34. G Using a higher voltage may help when overclocking but may re sult in the shortening of your computer component s life It is strongly recom mended that you leave this setting on its default ASUS K7V User s Manual 19 3 HARDWARE SETUP 5 CPU External Frequency Setting DSW This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU SDRAM and the chipset This allows the selection of the CPU s External frequency The CPU External Frequency multiplied by the Frequency Multiple equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed IMPORTANT 1 To use this feature JEN see 1 JumperFree Mode JEN in 3 HARD WARE SETUP must be set to Jumper mode or Disable 1 2 2 In JumperFree mode all dip switches DSW 1 DSW 4 must be set to OFF 3 When JumperFree mode is enabled use BIOS setup in place of these switches set Operating Frequency Setting to User Define under 4 4 Advanced Menu in BIOS Setup so you can set the CPU Frequency B n n L CPU 100 00MHz 103 00MHz de PCI 33 33MHz 34 33MHz m j Cc U CPU 105MHz 110 00MHz PCI 35MHz 36 67MHz K7V CPU External Frequency Selection NOTE Frequency Multiple settings are not available here because AMD Athlon processors have locked Frequency Multiples NOTE The motherboard supports PC 100 PC133 DIMMs or VC SDRAMsfor system memory Registered DIMMs are not supported see 3 5 System Memory DIMM 20 ASUS K7V User
35. Gstudio Mixer panels e If you are using an external tone generator is the serial or MIDI cable and the audio cables connected correctly e Are the volumes of your tone generator audio playback system and application raised e If you have connected an external tone generator via a serial cable is the rear panel select switch set correctly For the name of the select switch refer to the owner s manual for your external tone generator e If you are using a Soft Synthesizer is it set so that the computer sound output is heard correctly ASUS K7V User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 1 PCl L101 Fast Ethernet Card I a ia THs pits E ril R se EE PEI LIBy PEU HB e E R U lt x lt N LAN Activity Output Signal Intel Chipset ASUS Wake on LAN Output Signal Motherboard type If you are using the ASUS PCI L101 on an ASUS motherboard leave the jumper on its defaut setting of ASUS If you are using another brand of motherboard set the jumper to Other Connect the Wake on LAN WOL output signal to the motherboard s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth erboard Connect the LAN activity output signal LAN_LED to the system cabinet s front panel LAN_LED in order to display the LAN data activity ASUS K7V User s Manual 103 104 7 APPENDIX 7 1 1 Features Intel 82558 Ethernet LAN Controller Fully integrated 1OBASE T 100BASE TX Wake On LAN Remote C
36. JTCPU Thermal Sensor for CPU JTCPU LJ JJTPWR Thermal Sensor for Power Supply K7V Thermal Sensor Connectors NOTE If you have a power supply with thermal monitoring connect its ther mal sensor cable to JTPWR 3 6 7 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot A Processors The recommended heatsinks for the Slot A processors are those with three pin fans such as the ASUS Smart Fan that can be connected to the motherboard s CPU fan connector These heatsinks dissipate heat more efficiently and with an optional hard ware monitor they can monitor the fan s RPM and use the alert function with the Intel LANDesk Client Manager LDCM or the ASUS PC Probe software 30 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Expansion Cards WARNING Unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards 3 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessary hard ware or software settings for your expansion card such as jumpers 2 Remove your computer system s cover and the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above Replace the computer system s cover SS at a P Set up the BI
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38. OS if necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP O k a F 7 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclu sively assigned to one use In a standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion cards If your motherboard has PCI audio onboard an additional IRQ will be used If your moth erboard also has MIDI enabled another IRQ will be used leaving 4 IRQs free ASUS K7V User s Manual 31 3 HARDWARE SETUP 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 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N A Programmable Interrupt 3 11 Communications Port COM2 4 12 Communications Port COM1 5 13 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller ve 15 Printer Port LPT 1 n 8 3 System CMOS Real Time Clock ge 4 ACPI Mode when enabled n 10 5 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering S 11 6 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering s 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices Interrupt Request Table for this Motherboard Interrupt requests are
39. Primary Slave Auto Secondary Haster lAutol Secondary Slave Auto Keyboard Features Language English Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled Halt n All Errors L23H Installed Hemory System Time XX XX XX Sets your system to the time that you specify usually the current time The format is hour minute second Valid values for hour minute and sec ond are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the hour minute and second fields System Date XX XX XXXX Sets your system to the date that you specify usually the current date The format is month day year Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year 100 year range Use the lt Tab gt or lt Shift gt lt Tab gt keys to move between the month day and year fields Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Legacy Diskette B None Sets the type of floppy drives installed Configuration options None 360K 5 25 in 1 2M 5 25 in 720K 3 5 in 1 44M 3 5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1 2MB as opposed to 1 44MB on a 3 5 inch diskette Configuration options Disabled Drive A Drive B Both ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master
40. 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 Once this option is selected a confirmation is asked Select Yes to save changes and exit NOTE If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program will prompt you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Pressing lt Enter gt will then save changes while exiting Exit Discarding Changes This option should only be used 1f you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program If you have made changes to fields other than system date system time and password the system will ask for con firmation before exiting ASUS K7V User s Manual 81 82 4 BIOS SETUP Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus When this option is selected or if lt F5 gt is pressed a confirmation is requested Select Yes to load default values You can now select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the val ues to the non volatile RAM Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the values you previously saved After selecting this option a confirmation is requested Select
41. Standby Power Warning cc ceseeteeees 19 ATX 305mm x 244mm 12 x 9 6 ASUS K7V User s Manual 2 FEATURES K7V Motherboard Component Locations 16 15 14 131211 10 9 8 ASUS K7V User s Manual 13 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 1 K7V Motherboard Layout 24 5cm 9 64in PS F_FAN rs PWR_FAN T Mouse B Keyboard EH O USB T Porto B Porti ATX Power Connector lt H VIA VT8371 PC133 Memory Controller CPU S2K SLOT A DIP Switches DIMM2 64 72 bit 168 pin module JTCPUFBEETPWR Row a ne Ac CPU Core Voltage Setting VID Accelerated Graphic Port AGP PRO VE OPED PCI Slot 1 2Mbit Flash EEPROM Programmable BIOS PCI Slot 2 K7V PClset PCI Slot 3 ASIC SEIN AAA with Hardware DUD EE Monitor CHASSIS Audio Codec 4 Setting SPK ADN AUD_EN2 AUD_EN1 PCI Slot 4 USBPORT AHHAk PCI Slot 5 Audio Modem Riser Aureal _ IDELED Audio i USB3 PANEL AUDICENems Ea OM ae wor E GREREREGEE Grayed items are optional at the time of purchase 14 ASUS K7V User s Manual 30 6cm 12in 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1 JEN p 18 JumperFree Mode JEN 2 3VSBSLT p 18 Vaux Setting 3V 3VSB 3 AUDIO_CODEC p 19 Onboard Audio Setting Enable Disable 4 VIO p 19 I O Voltage Setting VIO 5 DSW p 20 CPU External Frequency Setting 6 VID1 VID2 VID3 p 21 Voltage Regulator Output Setting Exp
42. T i et my san ors we Eh aoa Se Urmi Debug h bhed e a eed Cpa Bebe A cer a he ed ee pi ke caaate a tati fay BS Taa Erei Char Doth Pissis peepee ieee IT HD dibes eai ter ek li agh Larn ile Pe aay fl ig 8 Insert a floppy disk and then click here Once the Emergency Clean disk mome e ooe om ome ome oe e e e e o o is created click OK Irm ire x er 10r ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 Acrobat Reader Vx x Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen EC eee eid ee CD ie r Insboalboation Ta SE niplis bh te tat Fete 0 Stet rma A _ oe Items ee iaa ae cee Chek Cancel ta oat Gai and fan chisa ang m Warm Cih Hind ba yardm a wah ty Gomes BEMA iin ch bee A Chee 1 Click here meron ay eae CN AC pln WAR Tha 4 roel lees rd hon ecg ar pected by oom z 2 Click here aiui Sct all raia daris Feie a ors Bae Patera bribe Vis va bs ee baia ok kiia Te ell Bets aha bhia ce le cd ees ee bake Toa Pe deel de A akol E eg bok ray f Carol bo ant Sate Sag te ba miad apy H isp afc Da Sa pe ae ki ee A ee he ASUS K7V User s Manual 9 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 8 IDE Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive
43. V standby power WOR Ring Ground E K7V Wake On Ring Connector ASUS K7V User s Manual 39 3 HARDWARE SETUP 12 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 will cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDELED K7V IDE Activity LED 13 Power Supply PWR_FAN CPU CPU_FAN Chassis CHA_FAN F_FAN Fan Connectors 3 pins These connectors support cooling fans of 350mA 4 2 Watts or less Orientate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal The Rotations per Minute RPM can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe or Intel LDCM Utility The Rotation signal is not supported by F_FAN WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers
44. XIT Exits the CD installation menu Additonal CD Content Flash BIOS writer in the FLASH folder ASUS K7V User s Manual 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 3 Registry patch for VIA Chipset Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen E LE m eee ee i Fr mstolhothon e E eermenincete Bd iip a a h i ea a al a irai i hial Dibi Cmm bi a ara eed er hee my pea pia Papen rreg Clo Flere be rira ak y A er 4 Click here and then click Finish to restart your computer NOTE You may choose to restart your computer later when this option 1s of fered especially if you still want to install other drivers and or software You may not however be able to use immediately the devices associated with the drivers or software because these drivers need to be enabled These drivers are enabled when Windows starts restarts ASUS K7V User s Manual 85 86 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 4 VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport Driver Insert the Support CD that came with your motherboard into your CD ROM drive or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen E Li m eee oe l a l r Imstolloton items Hn regis epoca chad ee el ieee pee Biia bh bee A H epre ree ely R TE TFE Pipi by pim a h a r ama irim Ripia H 1 Click here s ARSH he papan jie es age
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46. abled 2 Sectors 4 Sec tors 8 Sectors 16 Sectors 32 Sectors Maximum SMART Monitoring Disabled This allows the enabling or disabling of the S M A R T Self Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology system which utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology This feature 1s normally disabled because system resources used in this feature may decrease system performance Configuration options Disabled Enabled PIO Mode 4 This option lets you set a PIO Programmed Input Output mode for the IDE device Modes 0 through 4 provide successively increased performance Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Ultra DMA Mode Disabled Ultra DMA capability allows improved transfer speeds and data integrity for compatible IDE devices Set to Disabled to suppress Ultra DMA capa bility NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options 0 1 2 3 4 Disabled ASUS K7V User s Manual 59 4 BIOS SETUP k 4 BIOS SETUP Other options for Type are CD ROM for IDE CD ROM drives LS 120 for LS 120 compatible floppy disk drives ZIP 100 for ZIP 100 compatible disk drives MO for IDE magneto optical disk drives Other ATAPI Device for IDE devices not listed here After using the legend keys to make your selections on this sub menu press the lt Esc gt key to exit back to the Main menu When the Main menu
47. al printers must be connected to the serial port Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female Coy OG 0000 5 Serial Port Connectors Teal Turquoise 9 pin COM1 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 in 4 2 2 I O Device Con figuration for settings COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 36 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 6 Joystick MIDI Connector Gold 15 pin GAME_AUDIO optional You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect MIDI devices for playing or editing professional audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female Wer O00 axerer mji OO0O0CO i OOOCO a LA gt g 7 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 GAME_AUDIO optional Line Out lime can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speak ers Line In light blue allows tape players or other audio sources to be re corded by your computer or played through the Line Out lime Mic pink allows microphones to be connected for inputting voice Line Out LinelIn Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors ASUS K7V User s Manual 37 3 HARDWARE SETUP 8 Primary Blue Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support t
48. alac a claar shra or cih Hil Ha Fiykm engl glen ieda E Hadma HEAL Pida Tatik Haimi a hli RHE ai F i iDEN iaai aie ie lem AIE Hga HPE EL Ta cc z iit ASUS K7V User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 3 Glossary 1394 1394 is the IEEE designation for the high performance serial bus at 12 5 25 or SOMBytes sec speeds This serial bus defines both a back plane physical layer and a point to point cable connected virtual bus The primary application of the cable ver sion 1s the integration of I O connectivity at the back panel of personal computers using a low cost scalable high speed serial interface The 1394 standard also pro vides new services such as live connect disconnect capability for external devices including disk drives printers and hand held peripherals such as scanners and cam eras This is anew standard to complement the slower USB interface and to compete with the more expensive SCSI interface AC97 Audio Codec 97 AC 97 is the next step in enabling PCs with audio quality comparable to consumer electronics devices The specification defines new cost effective options to help in tegrate the components necessary to support next generation auto intensive PC ap plications such as DVD 3 D multiplayer gaming and interactive music The speci fication also defines new extensions supporting modem and docking to help both desktop and mobile manufacturers adopt these new technologies more quickly and cost
49. and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e AMD Athlon K7 and or combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices Inc e VIA is a trademark of VIA Technologies 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 The product name and revision number are both printed on the product itself Manual revi sions 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 FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright 2000 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name K7V Manual Revision 1 01 E533 Release Date April 2000 ASUS K7V User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK CO
50. ansion Slots 1 DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 p 23 168 Pin DIMM Memory Support 2 Slot A p 25 Central Processing Unit CPU 3 PCH PCI2 PCI3 PCI4 PCIS p 31 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots 4 AGP p 33 Accelerated Graphics Port 5 AMR p 33 Audio Modem Riser Slot a gL mTR Connectors TES 1 PS2KBMS p 35 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin female E 2 PS2KBMS p 35 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin female 69 3 USB p 36 Universal Serial Bus Ports 0 amp 1 Two 4 pin female 4 PRINTER p 36 Parallel Port Connector 25 pin female 5 COM1 COM2 p 36 Serial Port Connectors Two 9 pin male 6 GAME_AUDIO p 37 Joystick MIDI Connector 15 pin female optional 7 GAME_AUDIO p 37 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 female optional 8 PRIMARY SECONDARY IDE p 38 Primary Secondary IDE Connectors Two 40 1 pins 9 FLOPPY p 38 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1 pins 10 WOL_CON p 39 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pins 11 WOR p 39 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pins 12 IDELED p 40 IDE Activity LED 2 pins 13 PWR_ CPU_ CHA_ F_FAN p 40 Power Supply CPU Chassis Fan Connectors Three 3 pin 14 CD AUX VIDEO MODEM p 41 Internal Audio Connectors Four 4 pins optional 15 HPHONE p 41 Headphone True Level Line Out Header 3 pins optional 16 IR p 42 Serial Infrared Module Connector 5 1 pins 17 SMB p 42 SMBus Connector 5 1 pins 18 CHASSIS p 43 Chassis Intrusion Alarm Lead 4 1 pins 19 ATXPWR p 43 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pins 20 USBPORT p 4
51. ap pears you will notice that the drive size appear in the field for the hard disk drive that you just configured 4 3 2 Keyboard Features olin Keyboard Features Item Specific Help ng Select Power on state Keyboard Huto Repeat Rate 12 Sec for Aum ack Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay i Sec i Fiter Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Configuration options Off On Keyboard Auto Repeat Rate 12 Sec This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Options range from 6 to 30 characters per second Configuration options 6 Sec 8 Sec 10 Sec 12 Sec 15 Sec 20 Sec 24 Sec 30 Sec Keyboard Auto Repeat Delay 1 4 Sec This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second charac ters Configuration options 1 4 Sec 1 2 Sec 3 4 Sec 1 Sec 60 ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Language English This allows selection of the BIOS displayed language Currently only English is available Supervisor Password Disabled User Password Disabled These fields allow you to set the passwords To set the password highlight the appro priate field and press lt Enter gt Type in a password and press lt Enter gt You can type up to eight alphanumeric characters Symbols and other keys are ignored To confirm the password type the password again and press the lt Enter gt The passwo
52. are running the BIOS will alarm beeps or additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see any thing within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper settings and con nections or call your retailer for assistance Award BIOS Beep Codes Beep Meaning One short beep when No error during POST displaying logo Long beeps in an endless loop No DRAM installed or detected One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card three short beeps memory bad High frequency beeps when CPU overheated system 1s working System running at a lower frequency ASUS K7V User s Manual 47 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 48 ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System
53. 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 K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window the BIOS setup program also pro vides a General Help screen This screen can be called up from any menu by sim ply pressing lt F1 gt or the lt Alt gt lt H gt combination The General Help screen lists the legend keys with their corresponding alternates and functions Saving Changes and Exiting the Setup Program See 4 7 Exit Menu for detailed information on saving changes and exiting the setup program Scroll Bar When a scroll bar appears to the right of a help window it indicates that there is more information to be displayed that will not fit in the window Use lt PgUp gt and lt PgDn gt or the up and down arrow keys to scroll through the entire help docu ment Press lt Home gt to display the first page press lt End gt to go to the last page To exit the help window press lt Enter gt or lt Esc gt Sub Menu Note that a right pointer symbol as shown in the left view system Date Le
54. bo Switch SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any prob lems This may require one or two presses depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 9 Starting Up the First Time 1 After all connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch is pressed The LED on the monitor may light up or switch be tween orange and green after the system s if it complies with green standards or if it has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests
55. cessor I all a a a tee t i p i F AMD Athlon processor with heatsink and fan top view 3 6 1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure 1 Attach the heatsink to the processor with thermal grease and retention clip The recommended heatsinks see section on recommended heatsinks for your processor are those with three pin fans that can be connected to the fan connec tors on the motherboard WARNING Be sure that there is sufficient air circulation across the processor s heatsink by regularly checking that your CPU fan is working Without sufficient circulation the processor could overheat and damage both the processor and the motherboard You may install an auxiliary chassis fan if necessary 2 Install the Universal Retention Mechanism onto the motherboard 3 Insert the processor ASUS K7V User s Manual 25 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 2 Attaching the Heatsink NOTE If provided you should follow the heatsink attachment instructions that came with your heatsink or processor The following steps are provided only as a general guide and may not reflect those for your heatsink 1 Attach the heatsink to the processor core with a good quality thermal interface material 2 Mount the heatsink to the processor package Push the two lock arms one direction to clamp the heatsink onto the processor and the other direction to release Lock Arm Lock Arm 222668 99 4 gt WARNING Make sure the heat
56. e disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk you should enter the correct ones manually by setting User Type HDD User Type HDD Primary Hester User Type HOD Item Specific Help l fise Enter to select the Translation Hethod type of the IDE drive l User Type HDD allows Cylinders 1826 you to set each entry on toh ji bii H BAPE el pg ren Capacity eu BR Multi Sector Transfers Maximum SHART bade Disabled PIO Mo Lil ULTRA DHA Hoche Manually enter the number of cylinders heads and sectors per track for your drive Refer to your drive documentation or look on the drive for this information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it select None Translation Method LBA Select the hard disk drive type in this field When Logical Block Addressing is enabled 28 bit addressing of the hard drive is used without regard for cylinders heads or sectors Note that LBA Mode 1s necessary for drives with greater than SO4MB in storage capacity Configuration options LBA LARGE Normal Match Partition Table Manual Cylinders This field configures the number of cylinders Refer to your drive docu mentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manua
57. e or double click the CD drive icon in My Computer to bring up the setup screen NOTE Make sure that you have uninstalled any old version of the YAMAHA SoftSynthesizer XGplayer before installing this version If you can t uninstall your old version using the procedures in 5 12 Uninstalling Programs see the README TXT files under the Yamaha folder of your support CD for uninstallation information BAL Cl ure mr e lina talkati r Biia bi hee Se Geek ea Ti meee m mia re oe eee fi a oom rete oe et tre ld ag ja aaa Sek Cancale ut Satan an clas ay soi Se new Chk Hit jardan ae mik ih Saata tomes A Thi h m rd i Fgm P HE by oe Tariki ee h H hinge flared bodes ih Deere ard pec ce SS ee ee ee 3 Fill in the necessary information in the space provided When all the information are filled and the serial number is validated click Next oeho salle pom pan eee be ee Pe gee Soles kerl ede Ppr Liha emacs Fikia me PG Tsh Lep hi eb TITER PEF de Eie na o i a hr ha irg Ham eppi acl Far g Faki Chi hi aaa TAS HPI HEE TH r L E eee HT wil i Ve epee ipere aR EH EuT T aa Ledeen ine imi ra brali ee ay bapen el TP a ag ao ered above sh wor aera marred a cece a 5 Click here Setup then begins copying the necessary files after which a series of 6 Click Yes to signify your acceptance questions will be asked regarding your of the conditions of use or l
58. e opposite side on floppy disk drives Check the connectors before installation because there may be exceptions IDE ribbon cable must be less than 46 cm 18 in with the sec ond drive connector no more than 15 cm 6 in from the first connector PS 2 Mouse Connector Green 6 pin PS2KBMS The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one is detected If one is not detected expansion cards can use IRQ12 See PS 2 Mouse Function Control in 4 4 Advanced Menu PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female WO OO OOOO OOCOOCOO I OOODOOOOO OOOO fn O a O00000 IZ a OO000 OOOO OO000 WZ A W J J PS 2 Keyboard Connector Purple 6 pin PS2KBMS This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS 2 plug mini DIN This connector will not allow standard AT size large DIN keyboard plugs You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards N OO OOO I7 ig OO000 IG asss 7 p N A i h PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female ASUS K7V User s Manual 35 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 Universal Serial BUS Ports 0 amp 1 Black two 4 pin USB Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices cy cy Universal Serial Bus USB 1 4 Parallel Port Connector Burgundy 25 pin PRINTER You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port see 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration NOTE Seri
59. e programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility ASUS K7V User s Manual 49 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 YEK AX ELFI BINS Revinion TEC 6 Type a filename and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures WARNING Only update your BIOS if you have problems with your mother board and you know that the new BIOS revision will solve your problems Care less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier 2 Boot from the disk you created earlier 3 At the A prompt type AFLASH and then press lt Enter gt 4 At the Main Menu type 2 and then press lt Enter gt The Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD screen appears 5 Type the filename of your new BIOS and the path for example A XXX XX XXX and then press lt Enter gt NOTE To cancel this operation press lt Enter gt Update BIOS Ire lodiey Boot Bleck ard ESL 50 ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 6 When prompted to confirm the BIOS update press Y to start the update piak FIL Dag limi img Gent Blac ami ESL F r ff ma ja H ii 7 The utility starts to program the new BIOS information
60. ecific Help HL Loss Uist edi Restart the system or PHR Up On External Hodem Act Enabled not after AC power loss Hake On LAN or PCI Hoden Disabled Automatic Power Up Disabled AC PWR Loss 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 En abled reboots your system Previous State sets your system back to the state it is before the power interruption Configuration options Disabled Enabled Previous State PWR Up On External Modem Act Enabled This allows either settings of Enabled or Disabled for powering up the computer when the modem receives a call while the computer is in Soft off mode NOTE The computer cannot receive or transmit data until the com puter and applications are fully running Thus connection cannot be made on the first try Turning an external modem off and then back on while the computer is off causes an initialization string that will also cause the system to power on Configuration options Disabled Enabled Wake On LAN or PCI Modem Disabled Wake On LAN PCI Modem allows your computer to be booted from an other computer via a network by sending a wake up frame or signal Con figuration options Disabled Enabled IMPORTANT This
61. ed CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled This function controls the ECC capability in the CPU level 2 cache Con figuration options Disabled Enabled BIOS Update Enabled This functions as an update loader integrated into the BIOS to supply the processor with the required data In the default position of Enabled the BIOS will load the update on all processors during system bootup Configu ration options Disabled Enabled PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on startup If detected IRQ12 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards only if a PS 2 mouse is not detected Enabled will always reserve IRQ12 whether on startup a PS 2 mouse 1s detected or not Configuration options Enabled Auto USB Legacy Support Auto This motherboard supports Universal Serial Bus USB devices The de fault of Auto allows the system to detect a USB device on startup If de tected the USB controller will be enabled If not detected the USB control ler will be disabled When this field is set to Disabled the USB controller is disabled no matter whether you are using a USB device or not Configu ration options Disabled Enabled Auto OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to set this option to Enabled otherwise leave this on Disabled Configu
62. emory disks and the display adapter The BIOS in structions are built into the computer s read only memory BIOS parameters can be configured by the user through the BIOS Setup program The BIOS can be updated using the provided utility to copy a new BIOS file into the EEPROM Bit Binary Digit Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer A bit can have one of two values O or 1 ASUS CUV4X M User s Manual 107 108 7 APPENDIX Boot Boot means to start the computer operating system by loading it into system memory When the manual instructs you to boot your system or computer 1t means to turn ON your computer Reboot means to restart your computer When using Win dows 95 or later selecting Restart from Start Shut Down will reboot your computer Bus Master IDE PIO Programmable I O IDE requires that the CPU be involved in IDE access and waiting for mechanical events Bus master IDE transfers data to from the memory without interrupting the CPU Bus master IDE driver and bus master IDE hard disk drives are required to support bus master IDE mode Byte Binary Term One byte is a group of eight contiguous bits A byte is used to represent a single alphanumeric character punctuation mark or other symbol COM Port COM 1s a logical device name used by to designate the computer serial ports Point ing devices modems and infrared modules can be connected to COM ports Each
63. erboard onorarii n a t R 2A Speci CANONS asrni na ES 8 ZA hel Optional COMPONEN S acesse 9 2A Pe OU id Ce sen e E EE A 10 2 1 3 Intelligence only with optional hardware monitor 11 2 2 K7V Motherboard Components ccccccssseeccceceeeeeceeeeeeeeees 12 3 HARDWARE SETUP cccesiscscssvaccctececsccsccscececeteecsstecsececacesdaasiaessescdses 14 IE RIV Mother pO ard Layouten 14 Pa WAY OUI C One automata ate tac uncoiaan onclotaaweapnate tueteanecnteu nine 15 3 Hardware Setup Procedure mopoon a R EA 17 3A Motherboard Setini Sereia T taatavorneiauah 17 3 5 System Memory DIMM ossssnnennnnsssssennsssssseeeessssssserrressssssee 22 5 50 General DIMM NOUS irna raa i 22 3 5 2 DIMM Memory Installation ec eeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeees 29 30 ContralProcessine Unit CPU cannae 25 3 6 1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure ce eecceeeeeees 25 3 6 2 Attaching the Heatsink cc ne EE i 26 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism 26 3 6 4 Installing the Processor cccccsssseeeeeccceeeeesseeeceeeeeaees 26 3 6 5 Removing the Processor ccccccccsssseeceeeeeeseeeceeeeaeneeeees 28 3 6 6 Smart Thermal Solutions 2 0 0 0 eccccceeeccceseseeeeeceeeees 29 3 6 7 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot A Processors 30 3T TEXAN STON IC AUS a6 apoio piss as T 31 3 7 1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure ccceccccee 31 3 7 2 Assigning IRQs for E
64. et VIA VT82C686A PCIset with PCI Super I O integrated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA 66 which allows burst mode data transfer rates of up to 66 6MB sec Enhanced ACPI amp Anti Boot Virus BIOS Programmable BIOS Flash EEPROM offering enhanced ACPI for Windows 98 compatibility built in firmware based vi rus protection and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup PC133 PC100 Memory Support Equipped with three DIMM sockets to sup port PC133 PC100 compliant SDRAMs or VCM SDRAMs 16 32 64 128 256 512MB up to 1 5GB JumperFree Mode Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFree mode is enabled Easy to use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow manual adjustment of the processor s external frequency Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor Accurately detects the CPU temperature with the ASUS Smart Fan when connected to an ASUS P2T Cable Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Expansion Slots Provides five 32 bit PCI 2 2 one AGP and one AMR expan sion slots PCI supports up to 133 MB sec maximum throughput Each PCI slot can support a Bus Master PCI card such as a SCSI card Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a highe
65. feature requires an optional network interface card with Wake On LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Automatic Power Up Disabled This allows an unattended or automatic system power up You may config ure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Every day or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date NOTE Automatic Power Up will not work if the system is powered down by operating sys tems such as Windows 98 that have ACPI support enabled Configuration options Disabled Everyday By Date ASUS K7V User s Manual 77 78 4 BIOS SETUP 4 5 2 Hardware Monitor HardWare Honi tor Item Specific Help Enter gt to switch CPU Tenperature C 141 F between Honitoring or JTPHR Temperature N A Tgrore CPU Fan Speed FOWGRPH Power Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed VCORE Voltage 2 9V Voltage 50 Vol tage 12 Voltage 17 Voltage Ignore 0Y Voltage qo ea MB Temperature xxxC xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC xxxF JTPWR Temperature xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the MB motherboard CPU and power supply temperatures Set to Ignore only if necessary CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM Power Fan Speed xxxxRPM Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU fan speed power supply fan speed and the chassis fan speed in rotations per
66. he bus Further system configuration files may need to be updated to reflect these changes Users typically resolve sharing conflicts by referring to documentation provided by each manufacturer For the average user this configuration process can be unreli able and frustrating Plug and play PnP BIOS eliminates the ISA add on card hard ware conflict problem The PnP BIOS uses a memory block to define and remember each card s configuration which allows the user to change the card s IRQs and DMA in BIOS either automatically or manually POST Power On Self Test When you turn ON the computer it will first run through the POST a series of software controlled diagnostic tests The POST checks system memory the mother board circuitry the display the keyboard the diskette drive and other I O devices PS 2 Port PS 2 ports are based on IBM Micro Channel Architecture This type of architecture transfers data through a 16 bit or 32 bit bus A PS 2 mouse and or keyboard may be used on ATX motherboards RDRAM Rambus DRAM Developed by Rambus Inc this type of memory can deliver up to 1 6GB of data per second RDRAM 1s the first interface standard that can be directly implemented on high performance VLSI components such as CMOS DRAMs memory control lers and graphics video ICs ASUS CUV4X M User s Manual 109 110 7 APPENDIX ROM Read Only Memory ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs called fi
67. he provided UltraDMA 66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable Connect the cable s blue connector to the motherboard s primary recommended or secondary IDE connector and then connect the gray connector to your UltraDMA 66 slave device hard disk drive and the black connector to your UltraDMA 66 master device It is recommended that non UltraDMA 66 devices be connected to the secondary IDE connector If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accord ingly Please refer to your hard disk documentation for the jumper settings BIOS now supports specific device bootup see 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters with two ribbon cables one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through 4 4 1 Advanced CMOS Setup IMPORTANT UltraDMA 66 IDE devices must use a 40 pin 80 conductor IDE cable for 66MBytes s transfer rates NOTE Orient the red markings usually zigzag on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1 Primary IDE Connector Secondary IDE Connector K7V IDE Connectors 9 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After con
68. icense preferences Answer accordingly agreement zj m N 5 miep Dareia rA ee eet see the E O m fj _ The product serial number can be found on this software s license agreement card 7 Click here and then OK to restart your computer fren T aari io serdar mye compater rare Td ASUS K7V User s Manual 93 5 SOFTWARE SETUP 5 12 Uninstalling Programs Add Remove Programs is a basic component within Windows You may use this function if a program does not provide its own uninstallation program El Control Panel File Edit View Go Favorites Help gt tg Hack Porte Up Address Control Panel 32bit ODBC Accessibility Options Add New Hardware Add Remove Programs Properties Ei Ed Ta Double click here to open the Add Remove Programs ene dialog box Install Uninstall windows Setup Startup Disk To install a new program from a floppy disk or CO AOM drive click Install Find Fast Fonts la 26 objectfs The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program or to modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove ASUS 3400 3800 Display Driver 2 Select the program to Femna opani Prom Tau Compas remove and click here z Add heenove SERRE ERE eee ey 3 Click here Bae pea 94 ASUS K7V User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REF
69. ignal Ground CHASSIS K7V Chassis Open Alarm Lead 19 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin block ATXPWR This connector connects to an ATX power supply The plug from the power sup ply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Make sure that your ATX power supply minimum recommended wattage 200 watts 235W for a fully configured system can supply at least 20 amperes on the 5 volt lead and at least 10mA 750mA recommended on the 5 volt standby lead 5 VSB Your system may become unstable unreliable and may experience difficulty in powering up if your power supply is inadequate For Wake On LAN support your ATX power supply must supply at least 750mA 5 VSB 12 0Volts 5 0 Volts 5V Standby E 5 0 Volts Power Good 5 0 Volts Ground Ground 5 0 Volts Ground Ground Ground 5 0 Volts Power Supply On Ground Ground 3 3 Volts 12 0Volts 3 3 Volts 3 3Volts ATX K7V ATX Power Connector ASUS K7V User s Manual 43 3 HARDWARE SETUP 20 USB Connector Set 10 1 pin USBPORT If the USB Ports on the back panels are inadequate a USB connector set 1s available midboard If you want to use this connector you need to use the bundled external connector set The external connector set connects to the 10 1 pin bloc
70. into the flash ROM The boot block will be updated automatically only when neces sary This will minimize the chance that a failed update will prevent your system from booting up When the programming 1s finished Flashed Successfully will be displayed Lipdebe FIL par limi img f nk Binge ami Pala i fae PF lageerd kee FROEOR 14 amm rrd kReyk 1u kere of f iv orre mler SETUP ard LUD Sr4up krf g lisa ia fap M awil ihr power epgdebed wilh oew FIL oben WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and 1f the problem still persists update the original BIOS file you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file your system may not be able to boot up If this happens your system will need servicing ASUS K7V User s Manual 51 4 BIOS SETUP This page was intentionally left blank 52 ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that can be updated using the provided utility as described in 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS The utility is used 1f you are installing a motherboard reconfiguring your system or prompted to Run Setup This section describes how to configure your system using this utility Even if you are not prompted to use the Setu
71. is always ON but appears OFF and responds immediately to user or other requests The OnNow design initia tive involves changes that will occur in the Microsoft Windows operating system device drivers hardware and applications and also relies on the changes defined in the Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPI specification PC100 SDRAM is Intel s goal is to ensure that memory subsystems continue to support evolving platform requirements and to assure that memory does not become a bottle neck to system performance It is especially important to ensure that the PC memory roadmap evolves together with the performance roadmaps for the processors I O and graphics PCI Bus Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus PCI bus is a specification that defines a 32 bit data bus interface PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers PCI Bus Master The PCI Bus Master can perform data transfer without local CPU help and further more the CPU can be treated as one of the Bus Masters PCI 2 1 supports concur rent PCI operation to allow the local CPU and bus master to work simultaneously Plug and Play BIOS The ISA bus architecture requires the allocation of memory and I O address DMA channels and interrupt levels among multiple ISA cards However configuration of ISA cards is typically done with jumpers that change the decode maps for memory and I O space and steer the DMA and interrupt signals to different pins on t
72. ite Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled SDRAM Configuration By SPD This sets the optimal timings for SDRAM related fields depending on the memory modules that you are using Default setting is By SPD which configures the subsequent 3 items by reading the contents in the SPD Se rial Presence Detect device The EEPROM on the memory module stores critical parameter information about the module such as memory type size speed voltage interface and module banks Configuration options User Define By SPD ASUS K7V User s Manual 65 66 4 BIOS SETUP SDRAM CAS Latency This controls the latency between the SDRAM read command and the time that the data actually becomes available NOTE This field will only be dis played when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS Precharge Time This controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to the SDRAM NOTE This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Con figuration is set to User Define SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read write command NOTE This field will only be displayed when SDRAM Configuration is set to User Define Delayed Transaction Enabled Enabled this frees the PCI Bus when the CPU is accessing 8 bit ISA cards that normally consume about 50 60 PCI Clocks without PCI delayed trans action Select Disabled for ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 c
73. k and mounts to an open slot on your computer s chassis For more peripheral connectivity two additional USB ports are supported midboard USB3 A USB some t tL USBP Optional USBP Optional USB USB Power USBP2 USBP2 GND NC USBPORT Q e l o VI GND USBP3 USBP3 USB3 Optional USB Power K7V USB Ports 21 Digital Audio Interface Connector 3 pin SPDIFOUT optional This optional connector is the digital link between the motherboard and your devices such as CD player sampler or DAT recorder It allows the digital trans mission of audio data in SPDIF Sony Philips Digital Interface format SPDIFOUT A Ground SPDIFOUT 5V K7V Audio Digital Interface Connector 44 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP The following is for items 22 27 next page a gt LO gt LO PL fa oetGroun round t _ Speake Cc O O S op ges e LU Reset SW Message LED ATX Power SMI Lead Switch Requires an ATX power supply G K7V System Panel Connectors ASUS K7V User s Manual 45 46 3 HARDWARE SETUP 22 System Warning Speaker Connector 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker Two sources LINE OUT and SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps and warn ings Only SPEAKER will allow you to hear system beeps before the integrated audio has been p
74. l ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP Head This field configures the number of read write heads Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual Sector This field configures the number of sectors per track Refer to your drive documentation to determine the correct value to enter into this field NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD and the Translation Method field must be set to Manual CHS Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum CHS capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive s maximum LBA capacity calculated automati cally by the BIOS from the drive information you entered Multi Sector Transfers Maximum This option automatically sets the number of sectors per block to the high est number supported by the drive This field can also be configured manu ally Note that when this field is automatically configured the set value may not always be the fastest value for the drive Refer to the documentation that came with your hard drive to determine the optimal value and set it manu ally NOTE To make changes to this field the Type field must be set to User Type HDD Configuration options Dis
75. last time it was booted Select Yes only if you want to clear these data during the Power On Self Test POST Configuration op tions No Yes Boot Virus Detection Enabled This field allows you to set boot virus detection ensuring a virus free boot sector The system halts and displays a warning message when it detects a virus If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a virus free bootable floppy disk to restart and investigate your system Con figuration options Disabled Enabled Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retesting a second third and fourth time Configuration options Disabled Enabled Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek the floppy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks Configuration options Disabled Enabled ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 7 Exit Menu Once you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup pro gram you should save your changes and exit Setup Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu Itea Specific Help Exit Discarding Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit setup utility and Discard Changes Ties your changes to e Changes NOTE Pressing lt Esc gt does not exit this menu You must select one of the options from this menu or lt F10 gt from the legend bar to exit this menu Exit
76. me set of wires up to 12Mbit sec USB 2 0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to USB 1 0 and competes with the 1394 standard Wake On LAN Computer will automatically wake up upon receiving a wake up packet through a Network interface when it 1s under power soft off suspend or sleep mode ASUS CUV4X M User s Manual
77. meters SSE Streaming SIMD Extensions A set of new instructions added to existing architectures that enables a better visual experience with an accelerated 3D geometry pipeline and support for new applica tions such as real time video encoding and speech recognition System Disk A system disk contains the core file of an operating system and is used to boot up the Operating system UltraDMA Ultra DMA 33 is a synchronous DMA protocol designed by Intel This function is included into Intel s PIIX4 chipset The traditional IDE transfer only uses one edge of the data stroke as the data transfer Ultra DMA 33 uses both edges of data strobe when the data is transferred Hence the data transfer rate is double of the PIO mode 4 or DMA mode 2 16 6MB s x2 33MB s on ATA 2 devices Ultra ATA 66 also known as Ultra DMA 66 is an extension of current Ultra ATA 33 interface This new high speed interface has doubled the Ultra ATA 33 burst data transfer rate to 66 6 Mbytes sec and maximized disk performance under current PCI local bus environment USB Universal Serial Bus A 4 pin serial cable bus that allows up to 127 plug and play computer peripherals such as keyboard mouse joystick scanner printer modem and monitor to share a bandwidth through a host scheduled token based protocol This allows attaching or detaching while the host and other peripherals are in operation Supports synchro nous and asynchronous transfer types over the sa
78. minute RPM The presence of the fans is automatically detected Set to Ignore only if necessary VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage xx xV 12V Voltage 5V Voltage Ignore The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltage output by the onboard voltage regulators Set to Ignore only 1f necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items is out of range an error message will appear Hardware Monitor found an error Enter Power setup menu for details You will then be prompted to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 6 Boot Menu Itea Specific Help 2 IDE Ward Drive H a ATAPI CO ROK US 3208 0 Boot Sequence amp Other Boot Device lt Enter to select the Plug amp Play O S Ho device Reset Configuration Data oot Virus Detection To select the boot ebs dirk On Self Test I sequence use the up or Boot Up Floppy Seek led down arrow Press gt to mowe the device up the list or gt to move it down the list tnter Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select among the four possible types of boot devices listed using the up and down arrow keys By using the lt gt or lt Space gt key you can promote devices and by using the lt gt key you can demote devices Promotion or demotion of devices alters the
79. nect ing 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 orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged FLOPPY NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 PIN 1 K7V Floppy Disk Drive Connector 38 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 10 Wake On LAN Connector 3 pin WOL_CON This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake On LAN output such as the ASUS PCI L101 Ethernet card see 7 Appendix The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On Lan features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5V standby power IMPORTANT Requires an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5 volt standby power WOL_CON 5 Volt Standby Ground PME K7V Wake On LAN Connector 11 Wake On Ring Connector 2 pin WOR This connector connects to internal modem cards with a Wake On Ring output The connector powers up the system when a ringup packet or signal 1s received through the internal modem card NOTE For external modems Wake On Ring is detected through the COM port IMPORTANT This feature requires that Wake On Ring features are enabled see 4 4 3 Power Management and that your system has an ATX power supply with at least 720mA 5
80. ng file usage Device Summary Shows a summary of devices in your PC DMI Explorer Shows information pertinent to the PC such as CPU type CPU speed and in ternal external frequencies and memory SIZe Utility Lets you run programs outside of the ASUS Probe modules To run a program click Execute Program NOTE This feature is currently unavailable ASUS K7V User s Manual 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 1 3 ASUS PC Probe Task Bar Icon Right clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit ASUS PC Probe and pause or resume all sys tem monitoring When the ASUS PC Probe senses a problem with your PC portions of the ASUS PC Probe icon changes to red the PC speaker beeps and the ASUS PC Probe monitor is dis played Popup Asus Probe ASUS PC Probe Pause All Monitoring PRES eal te cata boon tata Exit Asus Probe 10 35 PM ASUS K7V User s Manual 99 6 SOFTWARE REFERENCE 6 2 YAMAHA XGStudio The XGplayer that is installed when you choose this option is an application that is used to playback multimedia files The XGplayer allows playback of MIDI files mid rmi audio files wav mp3 movie files avi mpg and audio CDs all from a single application With MIDI files you can mix arrange change voices effects and attach MIDI files to e mails Also its links to various Internet services allows you to listen to music on web sites or purchase
81. njunction with CPU external Frequency to match the speed of your SDRAM Configuration options 3 3 4 3 CPU Frequency when Operating Frequency Setting is set to User Define This feature tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the system bus and PCI bus The bus frequency external frequency multiplied by the bus multiple equals the CPU speed the CPU s internal frequency Note that selecting a frequency higher than what the CPU manufacturer recom mends may cause the system to hang or crash See System Hangup later in this section 62 ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP CPU Vcore Setting Auto CPU Vcore In JumperFree mode this feature allows you select the core voltage supplied to the CPU Leave on Auto to use the CPU ce n E i Fit default setting If you want to set it manually select User U Define go to the subsequent CPU Vcore field and refer to yt your CPU documentation to complete the configuration CPU Vcore W 16 In JumperFree mode when CPU Vcore Setting is setto User mI maT Define this field allows you to manually select the core voltage supplied to the CPU The picture shown here pro vides only examples of possible Vcore ranges CPU Level 1 Cache CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled These fields allow you to choose from the default of Enabled or choose Disabled to turn on or off the CPU s Level 1 and Level 2 built in cache Configuration options Disabled Enabl
82. om Ac cess Memory SDRAM of 16 32 64 128MB 256 or 512MB to form a memory size between 16MB and 1 5GB One side with memory chips of the DIMM takes up one row on the motherboard This motherboard also supports NEC s Virtual Channel VC SDRAMs To use the chipset s Error Checking and Correction ECC feature you must use a DIMM with 9 chips per side standard 8 chips side 1 ECC chip Memory speed setup is recommended through Configure SDRAM Timing by SPD see 4 4 2 Advanced Chipset Setup Install memory in any combination as follows IMPORTANT For optimum signal integrity inserting the DIMMs in the following order is recommended DIMM1 DIMM2 DIMM3 SDRAMs used must be compatible with the current PC133 PC100 SDRAM specification DO NOT attempt to mix SDRAMs with VCM SDRAMs Location 168 pin DIMM Total Memory DIMM Rows 0 amp 1 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x DIMM Rows 2 amp 3 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB x DIMM3 Rows 4 amp 5 SDRAM 16 32 64 128 256 512MB xi Total System Memory Max 768B a 5 1 General DIMM Notes This motherboard supports SPD Serial Presence Detect DIMMs This is the memory of choice for best performance vs stability This motherboard does NOT support registered memory e SDRAM chips are generally thinner with higher pin density than EDO Ex tended Data Output chips BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen e Single sided DIMMs come in 16 32 64 128
83. ompliant Con figuration options Enabled Disabled PCI to DRAM Prefetch Enabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled Byte Merge Disabled To optimize the data transfer on PCI this merges a sequence of individual memory writes bytes or words into a single 32 bit block of data However byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range Configuration options Disabled Enabled DRAM Read Latch Delay 0 5 ns Configuration options 0 0 ns 0 5 ns 1 0 ns 2 0 ns DRAM Interleave Setting Auto Configuration options Auto Disabled Graphics Aperture Size 64MB This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data Configuration options 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB 256MB Video Memory Cache Mode UC USWC uncacheable speculative write combining 1s a new cache technol ogy for the video memory of the processor It can greatly improve the dis play speed by caching the display data You must set this to UC uncacheable if your display card cannot support this feature otherwise your system may not boot Configuration options UC USWC ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 2 VO Device Configuration I O Device Configuration Item Specific Help DE 5 l iho Swap lt Enter gt to select if Floppy Disk Access Control LRH switch drive letter l T assignments or mol Onboard Serial Port 1 SFRHS TADS Onboard
84. onfiguration options All Errors No Error All but Keyboard AI but Disk AI but Disk Keyboard Installed Memory XXX MB This display only field displays the amount of conventional memory detected by the system during bootup You do not need to make changes to this field ASUS K7V User s Manual 61 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 Advanced Menu Ttem Specific Help DRAW te CPU Frequency Ratio aT E CPU Frequency ait HHz This item provide the CPU Vcore Setting futo l user options to set the CPU Level 1 Cache Enabled a frequency of CPU Level 2 Cache Enabled CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check Disabled BIOS Update Enabled MOTE The options show PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auta up depending on the USE Legacy Suppor t Auto Jumperfree jumper 05 2 Onboard Memory gt 644 Disabled setting CHIP Configuration ice Configuration PCI Configuration Shadow Configuration Operating Frequency Setting Standard When the motherboard is set to JumperFree mode this field allows you to configure the external frequency of your CPU Select User Define if you want to make changes to the CPU Frequency field When Standard is selected CPU external Frequency will be fixed at 1OOMHz Configu ration options Standard User Define DRAM to CPU Frequency Ratio This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the CPU Frequency This must be set in co
85. ontrol Function Supported PCI Bus Master Complies to PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 specifications Consists of MAC amp PHY 10 100Mbps interfaces Complies to IEEE 802 3 LOBASE T and IEEE 802 3u 1OOBASE TX interfaces Fully supports IOBASE T amp 1OOBASE TX operations through a single RJ45 port Supports 32 bit Bus Master Technology PCI Rev 2 1 Enhancements on ACPI amp APM Adheres to PCI Bus Power Management Interface Rev 1 0 ACPI Rev 1 0 and Device Class Power Management Rev 1 0 IEEE 802 3u auto negotiation for 1OMbps 100Mbps Network Data Transfer Rates Provides LED indicators for monitoring network conditions Plug and Play 7 1 2 Software Driver Support NetWare ODI Drivers Novell Netware 3 x 4 x DOS OS 2 Client NDIS 2 01 Drivers Microsoft LAN Manager Microsoft Windows 3 11 IBM LAN Server NDIS 3 0 Drivers Microsoft Windows NT Microsoft Windows 95 Microsoft Windows 3 11 7 1 3 Question and Answer Q A What is Wake On LAN The Wake On LAN feature provides the capability to remotely power on sys tems supporting Wake On LAN by simply sending a wake up frame With this feature remotely uploading downloading data to from systems during off peak hours will be feasible What can Wake On LAN do for you Wake On LAN is a remote management tool with advantages that can reduce system management workload provide flexibility to the system admuinistrator s job and then of course save you time consuming effor
86. ou must also configure the setting through 4 4 5 Peripheral Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown in Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard s IR connector according to the pin definitions Back View K7V Infrared Module Connector 17 SMBus Connector 5 1 pin SMB This connector allows you to connect SMBus System Management Bus de vices SMBus devices communicate by means of the SMBus with an SMBus host and or other SMBus devices SMBus is a specific implementation of an I C bus which is a multi device bus that is multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer SMBDATA SMBCLK 5V Ground K7V SMBus Connector 42 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 18 Chassis Intrusion Lead 2 pin CHASSIS This lead 1s for a chassis designed for chassis intrusion detection After market toggle switches may also be installed to the chassis panel or on any removable components Two wires should be available from the chassis to connect to this lead When any chassis component is removed the contact should open and the motherboard will record a chassis intrusion event The event can then be pro cessed by software such as LDCM IMPORTANT If the chassis intrusion lead is not used a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to prevent unnecessary power loss ce Chassis S
87. ould appear If the menu does not appear double click or run D ASSETUP EXE assuming that your CD ROM drive is drive D 5 2 1 Installation Menu po i mI LENN EEE l LERE Li eee OT BERN lL Lin eee Ima tholoathon ms ho other Items Show MB Information Allows you to view information about your motherboard such as product name BIOS version and CPU Browse CD Content Allows you to view the contents of the CD Registry patch for VIA Chipset Installs VIA Chipset Functions Registry patch VIA PCTIRQ Routing Miniport Driver Installs VIA IRQ Routing Miniport Driver e AUDIO Driver Optional Installs the necessary audio drivers for the onboard audio CODEC e PC Cillin 98 Installs the PC cillin virus protection software View the online help for more information Acrobat Reader Vx x Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary 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 IDE Driver Installs VIA Bus Master PCI IDE Driver AGP Miniport Driver Installs the necessary AGP miniport driver under Windows 9x e ASUS PC Probe x Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer s fan tem perature and voltages YAMAHA XGStudio Optional Installs the Yamaha XGplayer for playing MIDI files audio files movie files and audio CDs See online help for more informa tion E
88. p 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 press ing the Reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only 1f the first two methods fail The Setup program has been designed to make it as easy to use as possible It is a menu driven program which means you can scroll through the various sub menus and make your selections among the predetermined choices To access the BIOS Setup program press the lt Delete gt key after the computer has run through its POST NOTE Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated the follo
89. priority which the sys tem uses to search for a boot device on system power up Configuration fields include Removable Devices IDE Hard Drive ATAPI CD ROM and Other Boot Device Removable Device Legacy Floppy Configuration options Disabled Legacy Floppy LS120 ZIP 100 ATAPI MO 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 con nected ATAPI CD ROM drives Other Boot Device Select INT18 Device Network Configuration options Disabled SCSI Boot Device INT18 Device Net work LANDesk R Service Agent ASUS K7V User s Manual 79 80 4 BIOS SETUP Plug amp Play O S No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to con figure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS When Yes is selected interrupts may be reassigned by the OS When a non PnP OS is installed or you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings select the default set ting of No Configuration options No Yes Reset Configuration Data No The Extended System Configuration Data ESCD contain information about non PnP devices It can also hold the complete record of how the system was configured the
90. r level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components Wake Up Support Supports Wake On LAN and Wake On Ring AMR Slot Audio Modem Riser AMR slot supports a very affordable audio and or modem riser card ASUS K7V User s Manual 2 FEATURES AGP Pro Slot Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port AGP Pro card for high performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display ap plications using 4X 2X or 1X mode bus USB Supports up to 4 USB ports two on the back panel and two midboard for more peripheral connectivity options UltraDMA 66 amp UltraDMA 33 Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels Supports UltraDMA 66 UltraDMA 33 PIO Modes 3 amp 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and Enhanced IDE devices such as DVD ROM CD ROM CD R RW LS 120 and Tape Backup drives Smart BIOS 2Mb firmware gives a new easy to use interface that provides more control and protection over the motherboard Provides CPU SDRAM fre quency adjustments and HD SCSI ZIP CD Floppy Network boot selection Color coded Connectors To enhance user accessibility to system components and to meet PC 99 compliancy major connectors in this motherboard are color coded 2 1 1 1 Optional Components The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase Onboard Audio Hardware AC 97 V2 1 CODEC compliant 3D sound circuitry sample rate con
91. ration options Disabled Enabled ASUS K7V User s Manual 63 64 4 BIOS SETUP Notes for JumperFree Mode System Hangup If your system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings power OFF your system and restart The system will start up in safe mode running ata DRAM to CPU frequency ratio of 3 3 and a bus speed of 1OOMHz You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations Operating Frequency Setting ASUS K7V User s Manual 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 1 Chip Configuration JAmCE CHIP Configuration Ttem Specific Help Enter to Enable or Spread Sprectrum Control led Disable each IDE AGP 4K Drive Strength Auto channel AGP Fast Write Dis SDRAM Configuration SORAM CAS La PCI to DRAM Prefetch AeA ie Read Latch Delay DIAH Interleave Setting aphics Aperture Size Video Hemory Cache Hode Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the primary IDE channel secondary IDE channel both or disable both channels Configuration options Both Primary Sec ondary Disabled Spread Spectrum Control Enabled Leave on default setting Spread spectrum typically reduces system electro magnetic interference EMI by 8dB to 1OdB AGP 4X Drive Strength Auto Configuration options Auto Manual AGP Drive Strength P Ctrl C Configuration options 0 1 2 LF AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl E Configuration options 0 1 2 LF AGP Fast Wr
92. rd MPU 401 I O Base Address 300h 303h This sets the I O address for the onboard MIDI device FM Enable 388h 38Bh Disabled This field enables or disables the FM modulation feature ASUS K7V User s Manual 2 4 Q i i S 70 4 BIOS SETUP 4 4 3 PCI Configuration OOO PCI Configuration Item Specific Help ME lt Enter to select an Slot 2 IRQ futo IRQ Slot 3 IRQ Auto Slot 4 5 TRC Auto PCI VGA Palette Snoop M PCI Latency Timer SYHBTOS SCSI BIOS Auto USE Function Enabled VGA BIOS Sequence PCL AGP PCISPRP IRQ Resource Exclusion t PCT PAP OMA Resource Exclusion t PCI PRP UHB Resource Exclusion Enter Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 5 IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use is determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which utilizes auto routing to determine IRQ use Configuration options Auto NA 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 12 14 15 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some nonstandard VGA cards such as graphics accelerators or MPEG video cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the default setting of Disabled Configuration options Disabled Enabled PCI Latency Timer 32 Leave on default setting for best performance vs stability SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto Auto allows the motherboard s BIOS to detect whether you have a Symbios SCSI card If the
93. rd is now set to Enabled This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus To clear the password highlight this field and press lt Enter gt The same dialog box as above will appear Press lt Enter gt and the password will be set to Disabled A Note about Passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Main menu The pass words control access to the BIOS during system startup The passwords are not case sen sitive In other words it makes no difference whether you enter a password using upper or lowercase letters The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify two separate passwords a Supervisor password and a User password When disabled anyone may access all BIOS Setup program functions When enabled the Supervisor password is required for entering the BIOS Setup program and having full access to all configuration fields Forgot the Password If you forgot the password you can clear the password by erasing the CMOS Real Time Clock RTC RAM The RAM data containing the password information 1s powered by the onboard button cell battery To erase the RTC RAM 1 Unplug your computer 2 Short the solder points 3 Turn ON your computer 4 Hold down lt Delete gt during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences cLatc Short solder points to Clear CMOS K7V Clear RTC RAM Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt C
94. re are several different types of DRAM such as EDO DRAM Extended Data Output DRAM SDRAM Synchronous DRAM and RDRAM Rambus DRAM Flash ROM The flash ROM is designed to be a resident program and can be updated by a spe cific programming method Normally the flash ROM is used for system BIOS which initiates hardware devices and sets up necessary parameters for the OS Since the of flash ROM can be modified users are able to update the BIOS by them selves IDE Integrated Drive Electronics IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself elimi nating the need for a adapter card in the case for SCSI devices UltraDMA 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB Sec transfer ASUS CUV4X M User s Manual 7 APPENDIX LPT Port Line Printer Port Logical device name reserved by DOS for the computer parallel ports Each LPT port is configured to use a different IRQ and address assignment MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction Multiple Data SIMD which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP MT P55C and Pentium II Klamath CPU as well as other x86 compatible microprocessors The MMX in structions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications such as 3D video 3D sound video conference OnNow The OnNow design initiative is a comprehensive system wide approach to system and device power control OnNow is a term for PC that
95. rmware used in certain computer components Flash ROM or EEPROM can be repro grammed with new programs or BIOS SCSI Small Computer System Interface High speed multi threaded I O interface defined by the X3T9 2 committee of the American National Standards Institute ANSI for connecting many peripheral de vices The standard started from 10MBytes sec to 160MBytes sec y Penbe today SDRAM Synchronous DRAM The SDRAM features a fully synchronous operation referenced to a positive edge clock whereby all operations are synchronized at a clock input which enables the coexistence of high performance and a simple user interface SDRAM takes memory access away from the CPU s control internal registers in the chips accept the re uest and let the CPU do something else while the data requested 1s assembled for the next time the CPU talks to the memory As they work on their own clock cycle the rest of the system can be clocked faster There is a version optimized for video cards and main memory for motherboards SPD for SDRAM module Serial Presence Detect SPD 1s most like an ID detect for SDRAM module it using a EEPROM component on DIMM module for storing module configuration infor mation inside The Serial Presence Detect function is implemented using a 2048 bit EEPROM component This nonvolatile storage device contains data programmed by the DIMM manufacturer that identifies the module type and various SDRAM organization and timing para
96. roperly initialized 23 System Power LED Lead 3 1 pin PWRLED This 3 1 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it is in sleep mode 24 System Message LED Lead 2 pin MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there 1s data re ceived This function requires an ACPI OS and driver support 25 Reset Switch Lead 2 pin RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This is a preferred method of rebooting to prolong the life of the system s power supply 26 ATX Power Switch Lead 2 pin PWRSW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pressing the button once will switch the system between ON and SOFT OFF Pushing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power 27 System Management Interrupt Lead 2 pin SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity 1s decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system 1s not in use This 2 pin connector con nects to the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Tur
97. s Voltage Monitoring and Alert Processor and system voltage levels are moni tored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components Voltage speci fications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management Auto Fan Off The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep mode This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise and is an important feature to implement silent PC systems Remote Ring On requires modem This allows a computer with this motherboard to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem With this feature users can access their computer from anywhere in the world ASUS K7V User s Manual 11 12 2 FEATURES 2 2 K7V Motherboard Components See opposite page for locations Processor Support Chipsets Chips Main Memory Expansion Slots System I O Audio Network Features Hardware Monitoring Power Special Feature Form Factor Location Slot A for AMD Athlon Processors sesser 1 Frequency Selection DIP Switches ccc cececesessecsteeeeeeeeeees 5 North Bridge VIA VT8371 System Controller Jizera n 2 South Bridge Super I O VIA VT82C686A PCE to ISA Bide stascsnncaintoctaticcacnancematvastaenuncdae 12 2Mb Programmable Flash EEPROM onson 9 Maximum 1 5GB support YDIMM SOCKS ennan a a 3 PC133 SDRAM VC133 VCM support SP CESO eana T E E E 18
98. sacy Piskett appears to the left of certain fields This pointer indicates that Legacy Diskett Floppy 3 Mode a sub menu can be launched from this field A sub menu con tains additional options for a field parameter To call up a sub menu simply move the highlight to the field and press lt En ter gt The sub menu will then immediately appear Use the legend keys to enter values and move from field to field within sea Pas a sub menu just as you would within a menu Use the lt Esc gt Key to return to the main menu Take some time to familiarize yourself with each of the legend keys and their corresponding functions Practice navigating through the various menus and sub menus If you accidentally make unwanted changes to any of the fields use the set default hot key lt F5 gt While moving around through the Setup program note that explanations appear in the Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field NOTE The item heading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field ASUS K7V User s Manual 55 56 4 BIOS SETUP 4 3 Main Menu When the Setup program is accessed the following screen appears Item Specific Help ovetem Date BAG Legacy Diskette A 1 444 3 5 Enter to select field Legacy Diskette Hone gt to change value Floppy J Mode Support Disabled e Primary Master Auto
99. safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case 3 Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components 4 Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the compo nent whenever the components are separated from the system 5 Ensure that the ATX power supply is switched off before you plug in or remove the ATX power connector on the motherboard Motherboard Feature Settings DSW Besides jumper settings some of the motherboard s onboard functions are adjusted through the DIP switches The white block represents the switch s position The example below shows all the switches in the OFF position DSW ON OFF 1 Frequency Selection 2 Frequency Selection 3 Frequency Selection 4 Frequency Selection K7V DIP Switches ASUS K7V User s Manual 17 3 HARDWARE SETUP 1 JumperFree Mode JEN This jumper allows you to enable or disable the JumperFree mode The JumperFree mode allows processor settings to be made through the BIOS setup see 4 4 Advanced Menu IMPORTANT In JumperFree mode all DIP switches DSW must be set to OFF and VID1 VID2 and VID3 see 6 Voltage Regulator Output Setting must be set to 3 4 Setting JEN Enable JumperFree 2 3 default Disable Jumper 1 2 DSW OFF 34 VID3 ae VID2 o foe vID1 Jumper Free Default a C ON m
100. sink is mounted tightly against the SECC oth erwise the CPU will overheat You may install an auxiliary fan to provide ad equate circulation across the processor s passive heatsink 3 6 3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism Your motherboard comes with a set of Universal Retention Mechanism URM which supports Athlon processors There are two types of URMs A With Inte grated Retainer Pins and B With Separate Retainer Pins URM A URM B Integrated Retainer Pins Separate Retainer Pins 26 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 1 Place the motherboard on the anti static foam that was shipped with the mother board Do not place the motherboard on a hard surface while installing the URM as the black fastener sleeves must protrude through the bottom of the mother board 2 Locate the Slot A connector on the motherboard Position the retention mechanism on either side of the Slot A connector 4 Making sure that the top retainer pins are not pushed in press down on the retention brackets until the black fastener sleeves fit snugly against the board Oo WARNING Installing the URM while the retainer pins are pushed in will not only cause the URM to be installed improperly but will also damage the URM 5 Push the four retainer pins completely down into the black fastener sleeves until the head of each pin is securely seated 3 6 4 Installing the Processor NOTE The following steps assume that yo
101. ss Memory SDRAM which is compatible to the indus try standard SDRAM The VCM s core design provides up to 50 higher SDRAM speed at reduced power consumption of about 30 This motherboard also supports standard SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate 1 064GB s max using PC133 compliant SDRAMs and 800MB s max using PC100 compli ant SDRAMs ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface provides more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems OS supporting OS Direct Power Management OSPM functionality With these features imple mented in the OS PCs can be ready around the clock yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as Windows 98 must be used New Compliancy Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meets PC 99 compliancy The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are based on the following high level goals Support for Plug and Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all system components and 32 bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95 98 NT ASUS K7V User s Manual 2 FEATURES 2 1 3 Intelligence only with optional hardware monitor Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm To prevent system overheat and system damage the CPU power supply and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure All the fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm threshold
102. t Time Installation 0 cece 83 5 2 K7V Series Motherboard Support CD 1 00 0 eccccccceeeeeneeeeees 84 5 3 Registry patch for VIA Chipset ceeccccccccccssssseeececeeeeeaeeeees 85 5 4 VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport Driver 0 0 0 0 c cee eeeeeeeee 86 5 5 AUDIO Driver only with onboard audio option eee 87 IE POCEO a iste nem MrT Merete ween rer ee rrr acre 88 a ACODA Reader VOX oen A E 89 ro IDE DONO rere e TE AEE EENEN OORE 90 59 AGP MINOC DIVE oireeni TREES 91 SAO ASUS PO ProD X vrresai nin r E O T tinea 92 5 11 YAMAHA XGStudio only with onboard audio option 93 SP Umpane Pros fins siescesiciarscatiaseaeiavetsaussieaeteansdiyeaownnteercansaa 94 6 SOP PWAREAREF ERENCE sie ctescsssensetvegasesvarsieacedecennaenesieesivesasess 95 CE ASUSE OM cave el enei E Tr ere a 95 62 YAMAHA XGSUUG1O 952 foes dasenwretiani de e ansniederentent 100 TAPPENDIN rori EE a 103 Tol PCFLIOL Fast Ethernet Card ssricsuescassmnicendniiuuia 103 t2 Mode R S ue seaaccaee aise 105 deo OS SAN a E E E E E 107 ASUS K7V 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 tested and found to
103. tional ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S K7FAN is a CPU fan for a processor packaged in a Single Edge Con tact Cartridge SECC Unlike other CPU thermal solu tions the ASUS S K7FAN has an integrated thermal sen sor located near the center of the CPU heat source The sensor is optimized to give the most accurate reading of the CPU temperature thus provides the best protection to your computer system To Use the ASUS S K7FAN See 2 Attach the Heatsink on the preceding page for the relevant procedures Note that the S K7FAN comes with a rock arm design for easy FAN CPU installation ASUS P2T Cable The optional ASUS P2T Cable can be used for a processor packaged in an SECC2 SECC SEPP NOTE The ASUS P2T Cable can only be used in a Slot A motherboard with a 2 pin thermal sensor connector To Use the ASUS P2T Cable Sensor Sensor Connector Plug NOTE The following procedures assume that you have properly attached a heatsink onto an SECC2 SECC SEPP 1 Simply peel off the tab from the sensor and then stick the sensor near the middle edge of the boxed processor heatsink with fan as indicated Tab Sensor ASUS K7V User s Manual 29 3 HARDWARE SETUP WARNING Do not insert the sensor between the processor and heatsink other wise it will cause damage to the P2T Cable IMPORTANT Accurate readings are guaranteed only for the ASUS Smart Fan 2 Connect the P2T Cable to the CPU thermal sensor connector
104. ts and costs What components does Wake On LAN require to be enable To enable Wake On LAN function your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake On LAN function a client with Wake On LAN capa bility and software such as LDCM Rev 3 10 or up that can trigger wake up frame ASUS K7V User s Manual 7 APPENDIX 7 2 Modem Riser 7 2 1 56K Software Modem The Modem Riser MR is a high speed PC communication peripheral which works with AMC 97 MC 97 compliant codecs With this software modem you can connect your com puter to a remote location receiving data at up to 56 Kbps in V 90 or K56flex modes 7 2 2 Primary Seconday MR There are two types of modem risers primary MR and secondary MR In appearance the primary MR has a crystal onboard but the sec ondary does not If your motherboard has an audio codec and no PCI audio chipset on board you may use the secondary MR oth erwise you should use the primary MR Layout of Primary MR 7 2 3 Hardware Installation Procedure Power OFF your computer Open the computer chassis and re move the metal plate on the AMR ex pansion slot Carefully align the MR card s connec tor to the AMR slot and press firmly Secure the MR card onto the chassis with the screw removed in step 2 Connect the MR card s LINE connec tor to a telephone wall jack Connect the PHONE connector to a telephone optional Replace the computer chassis
105. u have already attached the heatsink and installed the URM into your motherboard 1 Make sure that the processor substrate key 1s aligned with the Slot A connector key Connector Key E i La t 8 i iom oll Iisi ii i i a i a a did fio a l a pE iii baishi isi bi ksiid ki bilasla bibi ele dii siedmi laiaks mi ii bal noms a Substrate Key ASUS K7V User s Manual 27 3 HARDWARE SETUP 2 Push down firmly but gently the processor into the URM until it snaps into place NOTE The processor edge fingers must be kept parallel to the connector or else misalignment will occur Secure the assembly in place by pushing the two locks outward so that the locks show through the retention mechanism s lock holes Locked Position push upward Lock hole CPU fan cable to 4 fan connector 3 6 5 Removing the Processor Push the two locks inward to disengage the latch feature and firmly lift the assembly out of the URM Push lock inward CPU fan cable to fan connector CAUTION You may wear gloves to protect your hands from the sharp edges when removing processors 28 ASUS K7V User s Manual 3 HARDWARE SETUP 3 6 6 Smart Thermal Solutions Two smart solutions to Slot A CPU thermal problems are available from ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC the ASUS Smart Fan or ASUS S K7FAN and the ASUS P2T Cable ASUS S K7FAN Thermal Cable CPU Fan Cable 2 black wires 3 colored wires The op
106. uspend Video OFF Method DPMS OFF lt Enter gt to select the HOO Power Down Disabled Power Saving Hode You Suspend to RAM Capability Disabled can select User Define to go to the Suspend Suspend Mode Disabled Hode entry below PHR Button lt 4 Secs Soft Off e Power Up Control e HordWare Monitor f 4 nter Power Management User Define This option must be enabled to use any of the automatic power saving features If this menu item is set to Disabled power management features will not function regardless of other field settings on this menu The User Define option allows you to make your own selections in the Power menu When set to Max Saving system power will be conserved to its greatest amount The Suspend Mode field will then be set to predefined value that ensures maximum power savings This field acts as the master control for the power management modes Max Sav ing puts the system into power saving mode after a brief period of system inactiv ity Min Saving is almost the same as Max Saving except that the system inactiv ity period is longer Disabled disables the power saving features User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Configuration options User Define Disabled Min Saving Max Saving IMPORTANT Advanced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode activated by
107. version from 7kHz to 48kHz Infrared Interface Integrated Serial Infrared interface supports an optional remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals per sonal gadgets or an optional remote controller PC Health Monitoring Provides an easy way to examine and manage system status information such as CPU and system voltages temperatures and fan status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe Additional USB Ports For more peripheral connectivity two additional USB ports are supported midboard ASUS K7V User s Manual 10 2 FEATURES 2 1 2 Performance 200 133MHz or 200 100MHz Synchronous Host DRAM Clock Support CPU frequency can operate at 200MHz while system memory operates at 133MHz or 1OOMHz High Speed Data Transfer Interface This motherboard with its chipset and support for UltraDMA 66 doubles the UltraDMA 33 burst transfer rate to 66 6MB s UltraDMA 66 is backward compatible with both DMA 33 and DMA and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade current EIDE IDE drives and host systems UltraDMA 66 requires a 40 pin 80 conductor cable to be enabled and or for UltraDMA Mode 4 Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas ter buses to memory to CPU VCM SDRAM Optimized Performance This motherboard supports a new gen eration memory NEC s 64Mb Virtual Channel Memory VCM Synchronous Dynamic Random Acce
108. wing BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re flect your BIOS screens exactly ASUS K7V User s Manual 53 54 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 lo cate and load the Operating System EXIT Use this menu to exit the current menu or specify how to exit the Setup program To access the menu bar items press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 4 2 2 Legend Bar At the bottom of the Setup screen you will notice a legend bar The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding alternates and functions Navigation Key s Function Description lt F1 gt or lt Alt H gt Displays the General Help screen from anywhere in the BIOS Setup lt Esc gt Jumps to the Exit menu or returns to the main menu from a sub menu lt or keypad arrow Selects the menu item to the left or right T or J keypad arrow Moves the highlight up or down between fields minus key Scrolls
109. xpansion Cards cccccccceeeeeeeees 3 3 7 3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro AGP Pro 00 33 3 7 4 Audio Modem Riser AMR Slot oaeee 33 3 0 Externa COMMC ClOLS arnesa A 35 529 Startins Up the First TAM 6c isan seievnie deca pedacissievsivsinddanssecaaccidadandedss 47 ED Si MA P ea T 49 4 1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 0 0 ee ecccccceseeseeeeeeeeees 49 4 1 1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 0 49 4 1 2 Updating BIOS Procedures cacenni iii e 50 ASUS K7V User s Manual CONTENTS Ad BIOS Setup Prooran siisii erien a EES 53 EP WoO SV ISU AT oeeo EE alee 54 BD 2 NC OCI ID AL E E O EE 54 dS Mam FC UU aur e E E 56 4 3 1 Primary amp Secondary Master Slave cccccccceeeeeeeeeeees 57 Ao s2 INCY DO ALC MEALUICS nea A E 60 qd Advanced Me nMissrirossria e a e E 62 AAA Chip COMM SULatl O esain a 65 4 4 2 I O Device Configuration ccccecccccccsessseceeeeeeeeeseeeeees 67 AAD PC TC Onli SUr raO soen E ean 70 4 4 4 Shadow Configuration ccccccccssssscccceeeseeeceeeeeeseeeceeeaes 73 A POWEr MONU sonoridat E E 14 AE OWE UP CONTO leaiii E EE 76 4 32 Hardware MONOC morener ini E A A React 78 BO TSO Ol VAC Meserie E NA 79 Be EEMU octet ced cuastiattemiaasameaneniadenatesatashe ack aaauasmonsattaanonenaaats 81 5 DOPED WARE SETUP orenat coast cduncatervesencutustcdeessenciocetesunsevestieee 83 IA OPE raS VSEE a eC en ee 83 5 1 1 Windows 98 Firs

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