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2 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS HX97 Manual Revision: 1.01 Release Date: April 1997 No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any lan- guage in any form by any means without the express written permissi[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info: Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan, ROC T elephone: 886-2-894-3447 Fax: 886-2-894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support: Fax: 886-2-895-9254 BBS: 886-2-896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW : http://www .asus.com.tw/ Gopher: gophe[...]

4 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this manual is organized .......................................................... 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEA TURES .............[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS V . SUPPOR T SOFTW ARE ................................................................ 54 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) ............................................ 54 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility ............... 54 System Requirements ...................................................[...]

6 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 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 und[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 7 I. INTRODUCTION I. INTRODUCTION (Sections/Checklist) How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Introduction: Manual information and checklist II. Featur es: Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard. IV [...]

8 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual II. FEA TURES (Specifications) II. FEA TURES Features of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard The ASUS HX97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a simple design with many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430HX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • Multi-Pr oces[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 9 Parts of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (Parts of Board) 256/512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots Super Multi-I/O Programmable Flash ROM 4 ISA Slots Floppy Conn. Serial, Parallel, Floppy Intel’s 430HX PCIset PS/2 Mouse, USB, IrDA Switching V oltage Regulators 4 SIMM Socke[...]

10 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION Map of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard (Map of Board) III. INST ALLA TION Serial Ports R Panel Connectors Infrared RTC Clear Keyboard BIOS COM 2 COM 1 CR2032 3V olts Lithium Cell (BIOS Power) ISA Slot 1 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 4 AT Keyboard Connector Floppy Drives Primary IDE Secondary IDE Intel P[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) BBLKW p. 13 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 2) R TCLR / BA T p. 14 Real T ime Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 3) VID0, VID1, VID2 p. 15 CPU V oltage Selection 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 16 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 5) BF0, BF1 p. 16 CPU:BUS Frequency Ratio Expa[...]

12 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Power[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION Jumper Settings 1. Flash ROM Boot Block Pr ogramming (BBLKW) This sets the operation mode of the boot block area of the Programmable Flash ROM to allow programming in the Enabled position. This is required only if prompted by the Flash Memory Writer Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTW ARE. Programming B[...]

14 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 2. Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery . T o clear the R TC data: (1) T urn of f your computer , (2) Short the two pads (Labeled: SHOR T HERE TO CLEAR CMOS) momentarily with a metallic object ( 3 ) T urn on your computer , (4) Hold down <Delete> during bootup an[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 3. V oltage Regulator Output Selection (VID0, 1, 2) These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU. Current Intel CPU's marked "Pentium" has only a Single Power Plane and uses the standard 3.38 volts (STD) or 3.5 volts (VRE). Currently Intel’ s new [...]

16 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 4. CPU External (BUS) Fr equency Selection (FS0, FS1, FS2) These jumpers tell the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU. These allow the selection of the CPU’ s External frequency (or BUS Clock ). The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU's Internal frequency (the advertis[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (SIMM) This motherboard supports four 72-pin, 32-bit SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Mod- ules) of 4, 8, 16, 32, or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB. The SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (FPM) (Asymmetric or Sym- metric)[...]

18 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION SIMM Memory Installation 1. The SIMM memory modules will only fit in one orientation as shown because of a "Plastic Safety T ab" on one end of the SIMM sockets which requires the "Notched End" of the SIMM memory modules. 72 Pin SIMM Sockets R 1234 Bank 0 Bank 1 Notched End 2. Pr[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a 321-pin ZIF Socket 7 that is backwards compatible with ZIF Socket 5 processors. The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating. If this is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on [...]

20 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Expansion Cards) III. INST ALLA TION 4. Expansion Cards First read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software settings that may be required to setup your specific card. Expansion Card Installation Procedure: 1. Read the documentation for your expansion card. 2. Set any necessar[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs. System IRQs are avail- able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first, and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards. Currently , there are two types of ISA cards. The original ISA expansion card d[...]

22 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector . The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives. IDE ribbon cable must be less than[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Printer Connector (26 Pin Block) Connection for the included parallel port ribbon cable with mounting bracket. Connect the ribbon cable to this connection and mount the bracket to the case on an open slot. It will then be available for a parallel printer[...]

24 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 5. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 40-pin Block) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After con- necting the single end to the board, connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk(s). If you install two hard disks, yo[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 7. PS/2 Mouse, USB, Infrar ed Connector (18-pin block) If you are using a PS/2 mouse, USB, or Infrared devices, you must purchase an optional external connector set. The external connector set connects to the 18 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer&[...]

26 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 9. Second PS/2 Mouse Connector (6-pin block) If you are using a PS/2 mouse, you may purchase this optional PS/2 mouse set which connects to the 6 pin block and mounts to an open slot on your computer's case. The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS/2 mouse if one[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION 10. Power LED Lead (TB_LED) The system power LED lights when the system's power is on. 1 1. SMI Suspend Switch Lead (SMI) This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or "Green" mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and ex[...]

28 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 15. CPU Cooling Fan Connector (F AN) This connector supports a CPU cooling fan of 500mAMP (6W A TT) or less. Orientate the fan 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 manufac[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 29 16. A T Power Connector (12-pin block) This connector connects to a standard 5 V olt power supply . T o connect the leads from the power supply , ensure first that the power supply is not plugged. Most power supplies provide two plugs (P8 and P9), each containing six wires, two of which are black. Orient the connector[...]

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ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION (Power Connections) III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all jumpers and connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Make sure that all switches are in the of f position as marked by . 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your [...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 32 IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) ASUSTeK PNP BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1.5 Copyright (C) 1995, ASUSTeK COMPUTER Inc. Flash Type -- SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision: #401A0-xxxx Choose one of the following: 1. Save Current BIOS To File 2. Update BIOS Main Block From File 3. Advanced Features Enter Choice: [1] Press ES[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 33 2. Update BIOS Main Block fr om File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk. This can either be a new file or a backup file created by the “Save Current BIOS to File” option. This will not update the Boot Block if the Boot Block is different. Y ou will be prompted with the following if advanced featu[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) Managing & Updating your Motherboard's BIOS Upon first use of the computer system: 1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating "AUT OEXEC.BA T" and "CONFIG.SYS" files. 2. Copy[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS (BIOS Setup) The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re- leased. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in d[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Load Defaults The “Load BIOS Defaults” option loads the minimized settings for troubleshooting. “ Load Setup Defaults ”, on the other hand, is for loading optimized defaults for regular use. Choosing defaults at this level, will modify all applicable settings. A se[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Details of Standard CMOS Setup: Date T o set the date, highlight the “Date” field and then press the page up/page down or +/ - keys to set the current date. Follow the month, day and year format. V alid values for month, day and year are: Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 3[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only , and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives. This entry provides three options: Normal, Lar ge, LBA , or Auto (see be- low). Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB; set it to LBA for drives over 528MB t[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) BIOS Features Setup This “BIOS Features Setup” option consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance, or let you set up some system features accord- ing to your preference. Some entries here are required by the motherboard’ s desi[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) Quick Power On Self T est (Enabled) This field speeds up the Power-On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesting a second, third, and forth time. Setup default setting for this field is Enabled . A complete test of the system is done on each test. HDD Sequence SCSI/ID[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 41 PCI/VGA Palette Snoop (Disabled) Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG V ideo Cards may not show colors properly . The setting Enabled should correct this problem. Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled . OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M (Disabled) When us[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 42 Chipset Features Setup This “Chipset Features Setup” option controls the configuration of the board’ s chipset. Control keys for this screen are the same as for the previous screen. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details of Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration ([...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) V ideo BIOS Cacheable (Enabled) Allows the V ideo BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution. Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance, otherwise Disabled . Memory Hole at 15M - 16M Enabling this features reserves 15MB to 16MB memory address space to [...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 44 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Onboard Serial Port 1 (3F8H/IRQ4) Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4 , 2F8H/IRQ3, 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for the onboard serial connector . Onboard Serial Port 2 (2F8H/IRQ3) Settings are 3F8H/IRQ4, 2F8H/IRQ3 , 3E8H/IRQ4, 2E8H/IRQ10, and Disabled for [...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features)[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 46 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Power Management Setup This “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns of f the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity . NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each funct[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) V ideo Off Method (V/H SYNC + Blank) This field defines the video of f features. Three options are available: V/H SYNC + Blank, DPMS, and Blank Only . The first option, which is the default setting, blanks the screen and turns of f vertical and horizontal scanning; DPMS[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 48 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS In[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) (PnP and PCI) IV . BIOS IRQ xx Used By ISA (No/ICU) These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a Legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. T wo options are available: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default value, indicates either that the dis[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Load BIOS Defaults This “Load BIOS Defaults” option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-opti- mal and disable all high performance features. T o load these default settings, high- light “Load BIOS Defaults”[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Passwords) Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords. “Supervisor Password” sets a pass- word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility; “User Password” sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system. By defa[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This “IDE HDD Auto Detection” option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive, and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen. (This screen could not be run from inside active programs and therefore could not be captured.) Up to four IDE drives [...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 53 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Load Setup Defaults) IMPOR T ANT : If your hard drive was alr eady formatted on an older previous system, incorr ect parameters may be detected. Y ou will need to enter the cor - rect parameters manually or use low-level format if you do not need the data stor ed on the hard drive. If th[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 54 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con- figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database (MIFD). DMI is able to auto-detect and record information pertinent to a computer ’ s[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 55 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (up-down) cursor to move between the left hand menu items. The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen. Press enter at the menu item to enter the right h[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 56 Save MIFD Y ou can save the MIFD (normally only saved to flash ROM) to a file by entering the drive and path here. If you want to cancel save, you may press ESC and a message “Bad File Name” appears here to show it was not saved. Load MIFD Y ou can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 57 Aside from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con- tains the SCSI BIOS. This SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI controller card to provide a complete PCI Fast SCSI-2 interface. All SCSI devices you install to your system require driver software to function.[...]

58 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual The ASUS PCI-SC200 SCSI Interface Card Y our motherboard may have come with an optional SCSI (Small Computer System Interface) controller card, the PCI-SC200. The card is also available separately . This card works with the SCSI BIOS on the motherboard. T ogether , they provide a com- plete PCI Fast SCSI-2 interface. [...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 59 Setting the INT Assignment Y ou must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the card's interrupt. On the ASUS PCI-SC200, you assign the INT by setting jumper JP1 or JP2. The default setting for the card already is INT A, so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI-SC200 with this mothe[...]

60 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual Decide whether or not you need to terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200 based on its position in the SCSI chain. Only the devices at each end of the chain need to be terminated. If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI-SC200, then you must terminate the ASUS PCI-SC200. If you have both inter[...]

ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual 61 NOTE: The ASUS I-A16C 16-bit ISA audio card comes with certain mother - board bundles only and is not for sale separately . ASUS I-A16C Audio Features • Creative Labs V iBRA 16C PnP Audio Chip • Full Duplex Supports • 16/8 bit PCM 5KHz to 44.1KHz • W ave T able Upgradeable • Software Includes: DOS and W indo[...]

62 ASUS HX97 User ’ s Manual Layout and Connectors VII. ASUS I-A16C Audio Card Microphone Speaker Out PC Speaker In Sony Audio In W ave T able Upgrade Line Out Line In MIDI/Game Mitsumi Audio In Panasonic Audio In V olume Control PC Speaker Out Connectors The audio input connectors are used when you wish to control software mixer set- tings (bass[...]

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