User manual ASUS A7V8X-MX

[. . . ] A7V8X-MX User Manual Motherboard E1397 Checklist Revised Edition V3 August 2003 Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] (Pin 5 is removed to prevent incorrect insertion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plug. ) FLOPPY NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. ® A7V8X-MX PIN 1 A7V8X-MX Floppy Disk Drive Connector 8. Front panel audio connectors (10-1 pin FPAUDIO) This is an interface for front panel audio cable that allows convenient connection and control of audio devices. ® FP_AUDIO BLINE_OUT_R +5VA AGND BLINE_OUT_L A7V8X-MX A7V8X-MX Front Panel Audio Connector 9. Internal audio connectors (4 pin CD1, AUX1) These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, MPEG card or modem. AUX(White) Ground Line out_L NC Line out_R MICPWR MIC2 CD(Black) Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel ® A7V8X-MX A7V8X-MX Internal Audio Connectors ASUS A7V8X-MX motherboard user manual Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel 1-21 10. System panel connector (20-pin PANEL1) This connector accommodates several system front panel functions. Speaker Connector +5V Ground Ground Speaker ExtSMI# Ground PWRBIN Ground Power LED PLED +5 V HD_LED+ HD_LED- ® A7V8X-MX Reset SW ATX Power Switch* IDELED SMI Lead A7V8X-MX System Panel Connectors * Requires an ATX power supply. · System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PLED) This 3-1 pin connector connects to the system power LED. The LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. · System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker and allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. · System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pin SMI) This 2-pin connector allows you to manually place the system into a suspend mode, or "green" mode, where system activity is instantly decreased to save power and to expand the life of certain system components. Attach the case-mounted suspend switch to this 2-pin connector. · Reset Switch (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without turning off the power switch. · ATX Power Switch/Soft-Off Switch Lead (2-pin PWR) This connector connects a switch that controls the system power. Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP, or ON and SOFT OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF. · Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pin IDE LED) This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector cause this LED to light up. 1-22 Chapter 1: Product Information Reset Ground Chapter 2 This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup Menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS information 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS · · The original BIOS file for this motherboard is in the support CD. Copy the original BIOS to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. 2. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type: format a: /s , then press the <Enter> key Windows® 98SE environment a. From your Windows desktop, click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. Follow the suceeding screen instructions to complete the process. Windows® XP environment a. Select "Create an MS-DOS Startup Disk" in the Format Options field, then click Start. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2. 1. 2 Updating BIOS using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the built-in Flash Memory Writer utility or using a bootable floppy disk with the executable Flash Memory Writer Utility (AWDFLASH. EXE). Download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (see ASUS contact info on page vi). Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading a wrong BIOS file. Insert the disk that contains the new BIOS file into the floppy drive. Press <Alt> + <F2> during POST to display the following screen. 5. After the new BIOS file is copied, the computer returns to POST. ASUS A7V8X-MX motherboard user manual 2-3 2. 1. 2. 1 Updating BIOS via Bootable Floppy Disk 1. [. . . ] Configuration options include [Floppy] [LS120] [HDD-0] [SCSI] [CDROM] [HDD-1] [HDD-2] [HDD-3] [ZIP100] [USB-FDD] [USB-ZIP] [USB-CDROM] [USB-HDD] [LAN] [Disabled] PNP OS Installed [Yes] This field allows you to use a Plug and Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. If you installed a non-PnP OS or if you want to prevent reassigning of interrupt settings, keep the default setting [No]. Configuration options: [No] [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Select [Enabled], if you want to clear the Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD). Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Quick Power-On-Self-Test [Disabled] This field speeds up the Power-On-Self Test (POST) routine by skipping retesting several times. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 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. [. . . ]