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Asus A7V266 Bedienungsanleitung

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    ® A7V266 JumperFree ™ DDR DRAM 266MHz FSB AGP Pro/4X Socket A Motherboard USER ’ S MANUAL[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS A7V266 Manual Revision: 1.05 E766 Release Date: JUNE 2001 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 do[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Marketing Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support MB/Others (T el): +886-2-2890-7121 (English) Notebook (T el): +886-2-2890-7122 (English) Desk[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized ................................................... 7 1.2 Item Checklist .............................................................................. 7 2. FEA TURES .............[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS 4.3 Main Menu ................................................................................. 52 4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ................................. 53 4.3.2 Keyboard Features ............................................................ 56 4.4 Advanced Menu ........................[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause u[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: 1. INTRODUCTION Manual information and checklist 2. FEA TURES Production information and specifications 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Instructions on setting up the motherboard. 4. BIOS SETUP Instructions on setting up the BIOS 5. SOFTW ARE SET[...]

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    8 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 2.1 ASUS A7V266 Motherboard The ASUS A7V266 motherboard is targeted diversely for home PCs, workstations and servers. Powered by AMD ® Athlon ™ /Duron ™ processor and bundled with advanced features to provide superlative performance, the A7V266 efficiently complies with today ’ s demand for a flexible high-int[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 9 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES Specifications • PCI Expansion Slots: Five 32-bit PCI (Rev . 2.2) expansion slots that support Bus Master PCI cards, like SCSI or LAN cards, with 133MB/s maximum throughput. • Advanced Communication Riser (ACR): Features an ACR slot for the Advanced Communication Riser card. The ACR spec[...]

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    10 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 2. FEA TURES Performance 2. FEA TURES 2.1.2 Performance • DDR D RAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports a new generation memory , Double Data Rate (DDR) Dynamic Random Access Memory (DDR DRAM). This new memory technology increases performance by executing two actions per clock cycle, resulting in data[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 11 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES Intelligence 2.1.3 Intelligence • Auto Fan Off: The system fans powers of f automatically even in sleep mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and is an important feature in implementing silent PC systems. • Dual Function Power Button: Pushing the power bu[...]

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    12 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES M/B Components Location Processor Support Socket A for AMD ® Athlon ™ and Duron ™ Processors .............. 2 Feature Setting DIP Switches ................................................... 3 Chipsets VIA ® VT8366 North Bridge ..................................................... 1 V[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 13 2. FEA TURES 2. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 2.2.1 Component Locations 4 24 21 25 23 19 9 15 17 20 22 26 2 7 12 10 11 6 13 18 15 3 8 16 14[...]

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    14 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.1 Motherboard Layout Motherboard Layout 3. H/W SETUP 24.5cm (9.64in) 30.5cm (12.0in) Primary IDE Secondary IDE P ANEL FLOPPY A7V266 VIA VT8233 Chipset ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor PCI 1 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP Pro) VIA VT8366 Chipset CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power GAME_AUDIO Mic In [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 15 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.2 Layout Contents Motherboard Settings 1) JEN p . 18 JumperFree Mode Setting (Disable / Enable) 2) DIP_SW p. 19 CPU External Frequency Selection (Switches 1 – 4) 3) DSW p. 20 Manual CPU Ratio Settings (Switches 1-5) 4) P ALO_FREQ p. 20 FID setting (FID0-3) 5) JP1, JP2 p. 20 [...]

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    16 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Layout Contents 3. H/W SETUP 10) P RIMAR Y I D E p. 37 IDE C onnectors (T wo 40- 1 pin) SECONDAR Y IDE 1 1) C P U /PWR/ CHA_F AN p . 3 8 CPU, Power , and Chassis Fan Connectors (Three 3 pin) 12) USB2_3 / USB4_5 p. 38 USB Headers (10-1 pin) 13) IR_CON p. 39 Standard Infrared Module Connector (10-1 [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 17 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure Complete the following steps before using your computer: 1. Check motherboard settings 2. Install memory modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect ribbon cables, panel wires, and power supply cables 6. Configure the BIOS[...]

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    18 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings Motherboard Fr equency Settings (DIP Switches) The motherboard frequency is adjusted through the DIP switches. The white block represents the switch ’ s position. The illustration below shows all the switches in the OFF position. 1) JumperFree ™ Mode (JEN) Thi[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 19 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 2) CPU External Frequency Selection (DIP_SW Switches 1 – 4) This option tells the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU, DRAM, and the PCI bus. This allows the selection of the CPU ’ s External frequency (or BUS Clock ). The BUS Clock multiplied by[...]

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    20 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 5) I/O V oltage Settings (JP1, JP2) Th ese jumpers allow you to select the voltage supplied to the DRAM, chipset, AGP , and PCI. The default setting for the jumpers is: JP1 [2-3] and JP2 [1-2], 2.65 volts. Use the default setting for better system reliability . A7[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 21 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V266 CPU Core V oltage Selection 3 2 1 1.85/1.825V olts VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 VID2 VID3 VID1 VID4 3 2 1 1.75/1.725V olts 1.7/1.675V olts 1.8/1.775V olts 3 2 1 3 2 1 6) V oltage Regulator Output Setting (VID1, VID2, VID3, VID4) This jumpers allow[...]

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    22 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V266 Keyboard W ake Up Enable (Default) KBWK Disable 23 1 2 A7V266 USB/ACR Selection ACRUSB USB to Conn. 12 USB on ACR 23 A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 9) ACR/USB Selection (ACRUSB1, ACRUSB2) (audio models only) When set to pins 1-2, these jumpers allow [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 23 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V266 USB Device W ake Up USB45_PWR USB23_PWR USB01_PWR +5V +5VSB +5V 1 2 +5VSB 2 3 12 23 10) USB Device W ake-up (USB01_PWR/USB23_PWR/USB45_PWR) Set these jumpers to +5V to allow wake up from the S1 sleep state (CPU stopped; RAM refreshed; sys[...]

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    24 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP 3. H/W SETUP Motherboard Settings 1 1) Clear R TC RAM (2-pin CLR_R TC) Th is jumper allows you to clear the Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM in CMOS. Y ou can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS R TC RAM data. The RAM data in CMOS, that include system se[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 25 3. HARDW ARE SETUP System Memory 3. H/W SETUP 3.5 System Memory This motherboard features three Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual Inline Memory Module sockets. 3.5.1 DDR DIMM Support The two DDR DIMM sockets support 2. 5V olt (power level) unbuf fered/registered Double Data Rate Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory (D[...]

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    26 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP System Memory 3. H/W SETUP A7V266 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 80 Pins 104 Pins A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 3.5.1 General DIMM Notes • DIMMs that have mor e than 18 chips are not supported on this motherboard. • ASUS motherboards support SPD (Serial Presence Detect) DIMMs. This is the memory of choice for [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 27 3. HARDW ARE SETUP System Memory 3. H/W SETUP 1. Locate the Socket 462 and open it by pulling the lever gently sideways away from the socket. Then lift the lever upwards. The socket lever must be fully opened (90 to 100 degrees). 2. Insert the CPU with the correct orientation. The notched corner of the CPU must be o[...]

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    28 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP CPU Installation 3. H/W SETUP 3.7 Expansion Cards In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard has five PCI expansion slots to support these cards. Follow the steps in the next section when installing expansion cards. W ARNING! Unplug the system power cord when adding or[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 29 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Expansion Cards 3. H/W SETUP 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need an IRQ to operate. Generally , an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use. In a standard design, there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use, leaving 6 IRQs free for expansion ca[...]

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    30 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Expansion Cards 3. H/W SETUP 3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro Slot This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Pro slot to support the new generation graphics cards with ultra-high memory bandwidth. CAUTION! The AGP Pro slot is shipped with a warning label over the 20-pin bay [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 31 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 3.8 Connectors 3.8.1 External Connectors W ARNING! 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. IMPORT ANT : R[...]

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    32 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 3) Universal Serial Bus Ports 1 & 2 (Black two 4-pin USB) T wo USB ports are available for connecting USB devices. 5) Serial Ports (T eal/T urquoise 9-pin COM1 / 9-pin COM2) T wo serial ports can be used for pointing devices or other serial devices. T o enable these por[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 33 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 6) Game/MIDI Ports (Gold 15-pin GAME_AUDIO) (optional) This connector supports a joystick or a game pad for playing games, and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio files. 7) Audio Connectors (Three 1/8 ” AUDIO) (optional) The Line Out (lime) connects a headphone or s[...]

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    34 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 8) IDE Activity LED (2-pin IDELED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’ s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors cause the IDE LED to light up. 9) Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) Thi[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 35 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP IMPORT ANT : For UltraDMA/ 100/66 IDE devices, use a 40-pin 80-conductor IDE cable. The UltraDMA/66 cable included in the motherboard package also supports UltraDMA/100. 10) Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (40-1 pin IDE1/IDE2) These connectors support the UltraDMA[...]

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    36 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 1 1) CPU Fan, Power Fan, and Chassis Fan Connectors (CPU_F AN, PWR_F AN, CHA_F AN) The three fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 W atts) or less. Orient the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sinks instead of the expans[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 37 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 13) Infrared Module Connector (10-1 pin IR_CON) 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 ou must also configure the setting through UAR T2 Use [...]

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    38 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 15) Power Supply Connectors (20-pin block A TXPWR) This connector connects to an A TX 12 V power supply . The plug from the power supply fits in only one orientation because of the dif ferent hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 39 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 17) Internal Audio Connectors (4-1 pin CD, AUX, MODEM) (optional) These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from 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 simil[...]

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    40 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 19) Headphone T rue-level Line Out Header (3-pin HPHONE) (optional) This connector allows you to connect chassis-mounted headphone to the motherboard instead of connecting an external headphone to the A TX connector . NOTE: The internal microphone does not work if there is [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 41 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 A7V266 Digital Audio Interface SPDIFIN SPDIFOUT GND GND 21) Digital Audio Interfaces (2-pin SPDIFOUT/CDSPDIFIN) (optional) These connectors connect SPDIF audio cable that allows digital instead of analog sound output from CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, CD-R W , and adv[...]

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    42 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 23) ASUS iPanel Audio Connector ( 10- 1 p i n AAP ANEL) Connect the audio cable from the optional ASUS iPanel to this for front panel audio control. A7V266 Audio Panel Connectors A7V266 0 1 0 1 0 1 MICPWR Line in_R Line in_L MIC2 Line out_L AGND AGND2 AGND3 Line out_R AAP A[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 43 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 25) System Power LED Lead (3-1 pin PWR.LED) 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 or soft-off mode. 26) Keyboard Lock Switch Lead (2-pin KEYLOCK) This 2-pin conne[...]

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    44 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 3. HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors 3. H/W SETUP 3.9 Starting Up the First T ime 1. After making all the connections, replace the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are of f (in some systems, marked with ). 3. Connect the AC cord to the power connector on the system chassis. 4. Connect the AC cord to an outl[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 45 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP 4.1 Managing and Updating Y our BIOS 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory W riter utility (AFLASH.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later . AFLASH.E[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 46 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 5. Select 1. Save Current BIOS to File from the Main menu and press <Enter>. The Save Curr ent BIOS T o File screen appears. 6. T ype a filename and the path, for example, A:XXX-XX.XXX and then press <Enter>.[...]

  • Seite 47

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 47 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) (see ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION on page 3 for details) and save to the boot floppy disk you created earlier . 2. Boot from the floppy disk. 3. At the “ A: ” prompt, type AFLASH and the[...]

  • Seite 48

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 48 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Updating BIOS 7. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the Flash ROM. The boot block is updated automatically only when necessary . This minimizes the possibilities of boot problems in case of update failures. When the programming is done, Flashed Successfully appear[...]

  • Seite 49

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 49 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP 4.2 BIOS Setup Program This motherboard supports a programmable EEPROM that you can update using the provided utility described in 4.1 Managing and Updating Y our BIOS . The utility is used if you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “ Run Setup ” . [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 50 4. BIOS SETUP 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. ADV ANCED Use this menu to enable and make changes to the advanced features. POWER Use this menu to configure and enable Power Mana[...]

  • Seite 51

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 51 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP General Help In addition to the Item Specific Help window , the BIOS setup program also provides a General Help screen. Y ou may launch this screen from any menu by simply pressing <F1> or the <Alt> + <H> combination. The General Help screen lists the legend keys with th[...]

  • Seite 52

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 52 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP System Time [XX:XX:XX] Sets the system to the time that you specify (usually the current time). The format is hour , minute, second. V alid values for hour , minute and second are Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to 59) . Use the <T ab> or <Shift> + <T ab&g[...]

  • Seite 53

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 53 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Type [Auto] Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic detection is successful, Setup automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If automatic detection fails, this may be because the hard disk drive is too old or to[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 54 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Master/Slave Drives [User Type HDD] Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track for the drive. Refer to the drive documentation or on the drive label for this information. If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it, select [ None ][...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 55 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Master/Slave Drives CHS Capacity This field shows the drive ’ s maximum CHS capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information you entered. Maximum LBA Capacity This field shows the drive ’ s maximum LBA capacity as calculated by the BIOS based on the drive information [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 56 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Keyboard Features Boot Up NumLock Status [On] This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot. Configuration options: [Of f] [On] Keyboard Auto-Repeat Rate [12/Sec] This controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. Options range from[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 57 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Main Menu Language [English] This field displays the BIOS language version. Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled] These fields allow you to set passwords. T o set a password, highlight the appropriate field and press <Enter>. T ype in a password then press <En[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 58 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP 4.4 Advanced Menu CPU : System Frequency Multiple, (if CPU Speed set to [Manual]) This field is for unlocked processors only and will not be available to standard AMD processors. If the processor frequency multiple is detected as being locked, you cannot access this field. For unlocked pr[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 59 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Advanced Menu System/SDRAM Frequency Ratio [Auto] This field determines whether the memory clock frequency is set to be in synchronous or asynchronous mode with respect to the system frequency . The options that appear in the popup menu vary according to the System/ PCI Fr equency (MHz) .[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 60 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Notes for JumperFree Mode CPU Upgrade/Reinstallation T o ensure that the system can enter BIOS Setup after changing the processor , the system starts up running at a bus speed of 100MHz and a fail-safe CPU internal frequency . Then it automatically enters the Advanced menu with a popup di[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 61 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP System Hangup If the system crashes or hangs due to improper frequency settings, power OFF the system and restart. The system starts up in safe mode running at a bus speed of 100MHz and enters the BIOS Setup. JumperFree Mode Cause for Hangup: Impr oper CPU Speed Cause for Hangup: Impr ope[...]

  • Seite 62

    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 62 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Chip Configuration SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] This sets the optimal timings for items 2 – 5, depending on the memory modules that you are using. The default setting is [By SPD], which configures items 2 – 5 by reading the contents in the SPD (Serial Presence Detect) device. The EEPR[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 63 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay [3T] This controls the latency between the SDRAM active command and the read/write command. NOTE: This field appears only when you set the SDRAM Configuration to [User Defined]. Configuration options: [3T] [2T] SDRAM Active to Precharge Time [6T] T o make changes to[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 64 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Chip Configuration AGP Fast Write [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] AGP Drive Strength [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] Graphics Aperture Size [32MB] This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data. Configuration options: [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 65 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP I/O Device Config Onboard FDC Swap A & 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] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3] These fields allow you t[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 66 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP I/O Device Config Onboard Peripheral Resource Control 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 p[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 67 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP PCI Configuration Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3, Slot 4/5 IRQ [Auto] These fields automatically assign the IRQ for each PCI slot. The default setting for each field is [Auto], which utilizes auto-routing to determine IRQ assignments. Configuration options: [Auto] [NA] [3] [4] [5] [7] [9] [10] [1[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 68 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP PCI Configuration USB Function [Enabled] Set this field to [Enabled] if you want to use Universal Serial Bus (USB) devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Primary VGA BIOS [PCI Card] This field allows you to select the primary graphics card. Configuration options: [PCI Card] [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 69 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Shadow Configuration 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 . Power Management [User Defined] This field must be enabled to activate the automatic power saving[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 70 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ] This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management. Configuration options: [Always On] [Suspend -> Off] Video Off Method [DPMS OFF] This field defines the video of f features. The DPMS (Display Power Managemen[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 71 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Power Menu AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled] This allows you to set whether you want your system to reboot after the power has been interrupted. [Disabled] leaves your system off and [Enabled] reboots your system. [Previous State] sets your system back to the state it is before the power int[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 72 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Power Up Control Wake Up by USB Device [Disabled] When set to [Enabled], this field allows you to wake up the system by a USB device ac tivity . This feature requires an A TX power supply that can supply at least 1A on the +5VSB lead. The default is [Disabled] because not all computer hav[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 73 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Power Up Control 4.5.2 Hardware Monitor MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU1/CPU2 Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] JTPWR Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the MB (motherboard), CPU, and JTPWR (power supply) temperatures. CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] Power Fan Speed [[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 74 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP 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 <+> or <Space> key , you can promote devices and by using the <-> key , you can demote devices. Promotion or demotion of d[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 75 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Boot Menu Plug & Play O/S [No] This field allows you to use a Plug-and-Play (PnP) operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS. When [Y es] is selected, interrupts may be reassigned by the OS. When a non-PnP OS is installed or you want to prevent reassigni[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 76 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Boot Menu 4.7 Exit Menu When you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup program, save your changes and exit Setup. Select Exit from the menu bar to display the following menu: Exit Saving Changes Once you are finished making your selections, choose this optio[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 77 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Exit Menu Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. When you select this option or if you press <F5>, a confirmation window appears. Select [Y es] to load default values. Select Exit Saving Changes or make ot[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 78 4. BIOS SETUP 4. BIOS SETUP Exit Menu (This page was intentionally left blank.)[...]

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    79 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 5. S/W SETUP 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP 5.1 Install Operating System Y ou should always use the latest operating system and updates when using new hardware to ensure full compliancy . Y ou may use any version of W indows 98/2000/ Millenium, but for W indows 95, you must use OSR 2.0 or later . For W indows NT 4.0, you must u[...]

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    80 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 5. S/W SETUP 5 . 3 A7V266 Series Motherboard Support CD NOTE: The support CD contents are subject to change at any time without notice. T o begin using your support CD disc, just insert it into your CD-ROM drive and the support CD installation menu should appear . If the menu does not appear , dou[...]

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    81 5. SOFTW ARE SETUP ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 5. S/W SETUP • E-Color 3Deep: Installs graphical driver and an application for tuning the quality of color output from CR T and LCD monitors. • Show Motherboard Information: Allows you to view information about your motherboard, such as product name, BIOS version, and CPU. • Browse Support C[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 83 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.1 Winbond Smart Manager The W inbond Smart Manager is a clever utility that helps secure the PC with a Read2-IN-01 Smart Car d Reader ( see page 7 ) and a smart card containing a mini-chip insert, like a GSM cell phone SIM car d . Once a smart card reader is configured, set [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 84 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE The auto-installer implements all of the drivers, base components and displays the W inbond Smart Manager program groups. Restart . W indows should auto-detect the smart car d r eader and install its system drivers. Smart Manager NOTE : Do not install system components or W in[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 85 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.1.2 Starting to Use Smart Manager After installing the software, start W indbond Smart Manager for the first time: select the Pr ograms menu from the Start bar and select the Windbond program group. When you click the program application, an icon is created for the Logon Sma[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 86 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE PC Probe 6.1.3 Smart Manager Modes Return to the W indbond Smart Manager icon on the bottom right hand corner of the W indows screen. Select the Logon Card Check Mode to choose the security mode. Three basic modes are available: 1. Disable Check renders the Smart Manager secur[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 87 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE PC Probe 6.2 ASUS PC Probe ASUS PC Probe is a convenient utility to continuously monitor your computer system ’ s vital components, such as fan rotations, V oltages, and temperatures. It also has a utility that lets you review useful information about your computer , such as[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 88 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE PC Probe PC Probe 6.2.2 Using ASUS PC Probe Monitoring Monitor Summary Shows a summary of the items being monitored. T emperature Monitor Shows the PC ’ s temperature. T emperature Warning threshold adjustment (Move the slider up to increase the threshold level or down to de[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 89 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE PC Probe Information Settings Lets you set threshold levels and polling intervals or refresh times of the PC ’ s tem- perature, fan rotation, and voltages. History Lets you record the current monitoring activity of a certain component of your PC for future reference. Hard Dr[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 90 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 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. T o run a program, clic[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 91 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.2.3 ASUS PC Probe T ask Bar Icon 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 displayed. Right-clicking the PC Probe icon will bring up a menu to open or exit A[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 92 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.3.2 The C-Media Audio Demo Program 1. The Audio Demo program offers an easy way to test and tune your new speaker system. Activate the Multi-Channel Audio Demo program from the PCI Audio Applications group on the Main Program menu using the W indows Start button : LiveUpdate[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 93 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 2. The PCI Multi-Channel Audio Demo has several Demos to help fine tune your PC speaker system. The Help menu features several pages of instructions and hardware diagrams to help configure and test the system. T o activate the Speaker Channel Configuration Menu , point your mo[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 94 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.4 ASUS LiveUpdate ASUS LiveUpdate is a utility that allows you to update your motherboard ’ s BIOS and drivers. The use of this utility requires that you are properly con- nected to the Internet through an I nternet S ervice P rovider (ISP). 1. Start ASUS Update. Launch th[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 95 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 6.5 3Deep Color T uner The 3-Deep color tuner is designed to match your CR T or LCD color monitor to maximize the color quality of all graphical applications. Users may also tune their internet applications to match “ true ” internet source colors with the color displayed [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 96 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE 4. Select the color squares which most closely blend and match with the background. 5. The next step repeats the color matching process to achieve full color quality . 6. The tuning process is complete. Click on the bottom left button to connect to the internet and follow the [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 97 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE Cyberlink 6.6 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE CyberLink PowerPlayer SE is an intelligent software player that can automatically detect and playback all kinds of video/audio files, CD and MP3 files as well. This is the only software you need for all types of video and audio files. No [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 98 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE Cyberlink 6.7 CyberLink PowerDVD CyberLink PowerDVD is the flagship of CyberLink ’ s complete range of video and audio software products. It features unrivaled functions allowing users to view high quality video and media-rich DVD contents on the personal computer . W ith th[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 99 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE Cyberlink 6.8 CyberLink V ideoLive Mail CyberLink ’ s V ideoLive Mail Plus V er 3.0 (a.k.a. VLM 3) is a convenient and excel- lent way to create professional quality video mails from PC video/audio input de- vices and to send the mails to any recipients via VLM 3 ’ s built[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 100 6. SOFTW ARE REFERENCE 6. S/W REFERENCE Cyberlink 6.8.2 CyberLink V ideoLive Mail User Interface 6.8.1 Starting V ideoLive Mail T o start V ideoLive Mail , click the W indows Start button, point to Programs , and then CyberLink VideoLive Mail , and then click V ideoLive Mail x.x . VLM 3 ’ s Setup W izard will sta[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 101 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Modem Riser 7.1 Modem Riser 7.1 .1 56K Software Modem The Modem Riser (MR) is a high-speed PC communication peripheral which works with AMC ’ 97/MC ’ 97 compliant codecs. W ith this software modem, you can connect your com- puter to a remote location, receiving data at up to 56 Kbps in V[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 102 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Modem Riser 7.1.4 Software Setup in Windows 98 The Modem Riser supports the Plug and Play feature. It allows your computer to automatically set the optimal configurations for the MR and communication software. Follow the procedure below to install the modem driver . 1. Power ON the computer [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 103 7. APPENDIX Glossary 7. APPENDIX 7.2 Glossary 1394 1394 is the IEEE designation for the high performance serial bus at 12.5, 25 or 50MBytes/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 is the in[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 104 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary 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), it means to turn ON your computer . “ Reboot ” means to restart your computer . When using W in- dows 95 or later , [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 105 7. APPENDIX Glossary 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 dif ferent IRQ and address assignment. MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD), which [...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 106 7. APPENDIX 7. APPENDIX Glossary ROM (Read Only Memory) ROM is nonvolatile memory used to store permanent programs (called firmware) used in certain computer components. Flash ROM (or EEPROM) can be repro- grammed with new programs (or BIOS). SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) High speed multi-threaded I/O inte[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 107 INDEX Symbols 3Deep Color T uner Using 95 A Accelerated Graphics Port 8 AGP Capability 63 AGP Pro Slot 30 Accessories Modem Riser 101 AGP . See Accelerated Graphics Port ASUS PC Probe Using 87 A T API CD-ROM 74 Automatic Power Up 72 B BIOS Advanced Menu 58 Beep Codes 44 Boot Menu 74 Boot Sequence 74 Exit Menu 76 La[...]

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    108 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual E Expansion Cards Assigning IRQs 29 Installing 28 Expansion Slots 9 F Floppy 3 Mode 52 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 H Hard Disk Drives (HDDs) CHS Capacity 55 Cylinders 54 Heads 55 LBA Capacity 55 Primary/Secondary Master 53 Primary/Secondary Slave 53 Sectors 54 T ranslation Method 54 T ypes 53 Hardware Monitor 73[...]

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    ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual 109 P Parallel Port 65 Modes 66 Parallel Port Connector 32 Password If Y ou For get 57 Notes 57 Supervisor 57 User 57 PC Probe Using 87 PCI Configuration 67 PCI Latency T imer 67 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop 67 PIO Mode 55 Plug & Play O/S 75 Ports. See Connectors Power Management 69 Power On Self T est 75 PowerDVD 98 Usin[...]

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    110 ASUS A7V266 User ’ s Manual INDEX V V ideo Memory 64 V ideoLive Mail 99 Using 99 W W inbond Smart Manager 83 W indbond Smart Manager Modes 86 Using 85[...]