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ASUS VX97 User's Manual 2 USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS VX97 Manual Revision: 1.02 Release Date: May 1997 No part of this manual, including the products and softwares described in it, may be repro- duced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except document[...]

ASUS VX97 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: goph[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this manual is or ganized .......................................................... 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEA TURES ...........[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 5 CONTENTS Load Setup Defaults ................................................................... 46 Supervisor Password and User Password .................................. 47 IDE HDD Auto Detection .......................................................... 48 Save and Exit Setup ......................................[...]

ASUS VX97 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 un[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 7 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 . BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information. V . So[...]

8 ASUS VX97 User's Manual II. FEA TURES (Features) II. FEA TURES Features of the VX97 Motherboard The ASUS VX97 is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants a great many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430VX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • V ersatile Processor Support: Intel [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 9 II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (Parts of Board) Parts of the VX97 Motherboard Intel's 430VX PCIset 256KB / 512KB L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 (4) 72-pin SIMM Sockets 3 ISA Slots 3 PCI Slots 1 PCI/ISA Share Slot Programmable Flash ROM Super Multi-I/O Serial/Parallel Ports IDE/Floppy[...]

10 ASUS VX97 User's Manual (Map of Board) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Map of the VX97 Motherboard ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 ISA Slot 1 PCI Slot 4 PCI Slot 3 PCI Slot 2 PCI Slot 1 FS0 FS1 FS2 BUS FREQ Board Power Input P8 P9 Primary IDE Secondary IDE Universal Serial Bus (Reserved) PS/2 Mouse Floppy Drives Keyboard SIMM Socket 1 (Bank 0[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 11 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) BBLKW p . 13 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 2) R TCLR / JP1 p . 13 Real T ime Clock RAM / Battery T est Lead 3) VID0, 1, 2 p . 14 CPU V oltage Selection 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 15 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 5) BF0, BF1 p. 15 CPU:BUS Frequency Ratio Expansion[...]

12 ASUS VX97 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 Memory Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Pow[...]

ASUS VX97 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 W riter Utility as shown in BIOS SOFTW ARE. Programming [...]

14 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86-PR166+ but must be Revision 2.7 or later . Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number . The number should read G8DC6620A or later . 3. V oltag[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) 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 In[...]

16 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory This motherboard supports four 72-pin SIMMs (Single Inline Memory Modules) of 4MB, 8MB, 16MB, or 32MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 128MB. The DRAM can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode (FPM) (Asymmetric or Symmet- ric) or Enhanced Dat[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION DRAM Memory Installation Procedures: 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 slots which requires the "Notched End" of the SIMM memory modules. 72 Pin SIMM [...]

18 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 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 [...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 19 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. NOTE: PCI Slot 4 has a MediaBus extension 2.0 which allows the installation of a PCI card or a MediaBus card (optional multifunctional card) but no[...]

20 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 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[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the r ed stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector . The four corners of the connectors ar e labeled on the motherboard. Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives. IDE ribbon c[...]

22 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 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 cable. Y ou can enable the paral[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION 5. Floppy drive connector (34-pin block ) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. After connect- ing the single end to the board, connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives. (Pin 5 is removed to pr event inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon[...]

24 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 7. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 40-pin Block) These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable. After connecting 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, you must configure the second drive t[...]

ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION 9. T urbo LED Lead (P ANEL) The motherboard's turbo function is always on. The turbo LED connection is labeled here but the LED will remain constantly lit while the system power is on. Y ou may wish to connect the Power LED from the system case to this lead. See the figure below . 10. SMI Susp[...]

26 ASUS VX97 User ’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION 14. IrDA-compliant infrared module connector (IR) This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra- red module. This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup- port this feature. Y ou must also configure the setting through "UAR T2 Use Infrared&quo[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 27 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 system case as instructed by your system user's manual[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 28 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 E[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 29 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 feat[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 30 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) Updating your Motherboard's BIOS 1. Download an updated BIOS file from Bulletin Board Services (BBS) or the internet (WWW) and save to the diskette you created in step 1 of the Main Menu. See ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION on page II. 2. T urn off your computer an[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 31 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 [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 32 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Load Defaults The LOAD BIOS DEF AUL TS option loads the minimized settings for troubleshoot- ing. Choose LOAD SETUP DEF AUL TS in order to load optimized defaults for regular use, then continue with other custom settings that you would like. Choose SA VE & EXIT SETUP [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 33 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 31 Y [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 34 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) For IDE hard disk drive setup, you can: • Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup. • Use the IDE HDD AUT O DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications. • Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the “User” optio[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) Drive A / Drive B (None) These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system. The available options for drives A and B are: 360KB, 5.25 in.; 1.2MB, 5.25 in.; 720KB, 3.5 in.; 1.44MB, 3.5 in.; 2.88MB, 3.5 in.; None T o enter the configuration value [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) 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 des[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) External Cache (Enabled) These fields allow you to Enable or Disable the CPU’ s “Level 2” secondary cache. Caching allows better performance. Quick Power On Self T est (Enabled) This field speeds up the Power -On Self T est (POST) routine by skipping retesting a sec[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) T ypematic Rate Setting (Disabled) When enabled, you can set the two typematic controls listed next. Setup default setting is Disabled . T ypematic Rate (Chars/Sec) This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes. Options range from 6 to 30[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (BIOS Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) 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 functi[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 40 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Memory Hole at Addr ess (None) This features reserves either 14MB-16MB or 15MB-16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting. Memory from 14MB and up or 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system because e[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) ECP DMA Select (3) This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP+EPP in the Parallel Port Mode . Select either DMA Channel 1, 3 , or Disable . UAR T2 Use Infrared (Disabled) When enabled, this field activates the onboard infrare[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 42 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) 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 [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 43 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; DPM[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Plug & Play / PCI) IV . BIOS 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. Det[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) IV . BIOS (Plug & Play / PCI) DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU) These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a Legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default setting, indicates[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 46 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 VX97 User's Manual 47 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 def[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 48 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 VX97 User's Manual 49 IMPOR T ANT : If your hard drive was already 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 the parameters listed dif fer from the ones used when [...]

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ASUS VX97 User's Manual 51 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 system such as the CPU type, CPU [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 52 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 [...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 53 V . DESKT OP MANAGEMENT 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 [...]

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ASUS VX97 User's Manual 55 VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI BIOS) Aside from the system BIOS, the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con- tains the Symbios SCSI BIOS. This Symbios SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI-SC200 controller card to provide Fast SCSI-2 interfac[...]

56 ASUS VX97 User's Manual VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (Setup) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Setting Up the ASUS PCI-SC200 & PCI-SC860 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the ASUS PCI-SC200 to set it up. One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt, the other sets the card’ s termination. The ASUS PCI-SC860 has no jumper settings but yo[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 57 VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (Jumpers) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards T erminator Settings for the ASUS PCI-SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI-SC860 use a set of onboard terminat- ing resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically . Automatic termina- tion requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a st[...]

58 ASUS VX97 User's Manual VI. ASUS SCSI Cards (SCSI ID Numbers) VI. ASUS PCI SCSI Cards SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 T ermination Required (End Device) T ermination Required (JP5 Open) T ermination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 T ermination Required (End Device) No T ermination Required (JP5 Shor[...]

ASUS VX97 User's Manual 59 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 ind[...]

60 ASUS VX97 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 (e.g[...]