Asus A7N8X-X manuale d’uso

Motherboard A7N8X-X User Guide[...]

ii Checklist Copyright © 2003 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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[...]

iii Features Contents Notices ............................................................................................ v Safety information .......................................................................... vi ASUS contact information ............................................................ viii A7N8X-X specifications summary ......[...]

iv Safeguards Contents 2.4.3 Integrated Peripherals ......................................... 2-18 2.4.4 Power Management Setup .................................. 2-20 2.4.5 PnP / PCI Configurations ..................................... 2-22 2.5 Security Menu .................................................................. 2-23 2.6 Hardware Monit[...]

v Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. 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 undesired operation. This equipment has be[...]

vi Safety information Electrical safety • T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected. If possible, disconnect all[...]

vii Conventions used in this guide T o make sure that you perform certain tasks properly , take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. Where to find more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. ASUS W ebsites The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated inform[...]

viii ASUS contact infor mation ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 General T el: +886-2-2894-3447 General Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Web Site: www .asus.com.tw T echnical Support MB/Others (T el): +886-2-2890-7121 (English) Notebook (T el): +886-2-2890-7122 (English) Desktop/Server (T el): +886-2[...]

ix A7N8X -X specif ications summar y CPU Chipset Front Side Bus (FSB) Memory Expansion slots IDE Audio LAN Special Features Back Panel I/O Ports Internal I/O Connectors (continued on the next page) Socket A for AMD Duron™/Athlon™/Athlon™ XP 3200+ or higher 400/333 MHz FSB Support Northbridge: NVIDIA ® nForce2 400 Southbridge: NVIDIA ® nForc[...]

x A7N8X -X specifications summar y BIOS features Industry standard Manageability Support CD contents Accessories Form Factor * Specifications are subject to change without notice. 2Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, TCA V , PnP , DMI2.0, DMI, Green PCI 2.2, USB 1.1/2.0. DMI 2.0, WOL, WOR, Chassis Intrusion, SM Bus Device drivers ASUS PC Probe T rend Micro t[...]

1-1 ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard This chapter gives information about the ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard that came with the system.This chapter includes the motherboard layout, jumper settings, and connector locations. Motherboard Info Chapter 1[...]

1-2 1 . 1 W elcome! Thank you for buying the ASUS ® A7N8X-X motherboard! The ASUS A7N8X-X motherboard is loaded with the most advanced technologies to deliver the maximum performance for socket A processors. This motherboard is loaded with value-added features for guaranteed consumer satisfaction. Unique ASUS features such as ASUS C.O.P ., ASUS Q-[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-3 1 .3 Motherboard components 235 1 14 4 9 7 6 8 12 18 13 16 17 1 0 1 1 15 19 20 28 26 22 23 24 27 25 21[...]

1-4 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 12 CPU Sockets. Socket 462 (Socket A) Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for the AMD Duron™/Athlon™/Athlon XP™ 3000+ processors. NorthBridge Controller . The NVIDIA ® nForce2™ 400 North Bridge controller chipset. The controller supports a 64-bit DDR memory controller and up to 3 GB of 400/333/266/200MH[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-5 Onboard LED. This onboard LED lights up if there is a standby power on the motherboard. This LED acts as a reminder to turn off the system power before plugging or unplugging devices. PCI slots. These 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum output. S/PDIF c[...]

1-6 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1 .4 Motherboard layout 24.5cm (9.64in) 30.5cm (12.0in) PRI_IDE1 FLOPPY1 A7N8X-X nForce2 MCP Chipset ASUS ASIC with Hardware Monitor Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) nVidia nForce2 400 Chipset CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Power PWR_LED1 DDR DIMM1 (64/72 bit, 184-pin module) 0 1 DDR DIMM2 (64/72 bit, 184-pin modu[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-7 1 .5 Before you proceed T ake note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components or change any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching any component. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or to a metal object, such as the powe[...]

1-8 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1 .8 Expansion slots The A7N8X-X motherboard has six (6) expansion slots. The following sub-sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support. 1.8.1 Configuring an expansion card 1 .7 System memor y The motherboard has three Double Data Rate (DDR) DIMM sockets that supports up to 3GB non-EC[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-9 1.8.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Standard Function 0 System T imer 1 Keyboard Controller 2 Programmable Interrupt Controller 3* USB Universal Host Controller 4* Communications Port (COM1) 5* Onboard Audio 6 Standard Floppy Disk Controller 7* Printer Port (LPT1) 8 System CMOS/Real T ime Clock 9* Onboard LAN 10* U[...]

1-10 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1 .9 Jumper s This section describes and illustrates the jumpers on the motherboard. 1. USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPWR_12,USBPWR_34,USBPWR_56) Set these jumpers to +5V to wake up the computer from S1 sleep mode (CPU stopped, DRAM refreshed, system running in low power mode) using the connected USB devices. [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-11 3. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) (optional) This jumper clears the Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM of date, time and system setup parameters in CMOS. The RAM data in CMOS is powered by the onboard button cell battery . T o erase the RTC RAM: 1. T urn OFF the computer and unplug the power cord. 2. Remove the battery . 3. Move the j[...]

1-12 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 10 Connectors This section describes and illustrates the connectors on the motherboard. 1. IDE connectors (40-1 pin PRI_IDE1, SEC_IDE1) This connector supports the provided UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable’s blue connector to the primary (recommended) or secondary IDE con[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-13 3. A TX power connectors (20-pin A TXPWR1) These connectors connect to a n A TX 12V power supply . The plugs from the power supply are designed to fit these connectors in only one orientation. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly until the connectors completely fit. If you will need to replace the power sup[...]

1-14 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 4. USB header (10-1 pin USB56) (optional) If the USB 2.0 port connectors on the back panel are inadequate, one USB header is available for four additional USB port connectors. Connect a 2-port USB connector set to a USB header and mount the USB bracket to an open slot in the chassis. 5. GAME/MIDI connector (1[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-15 Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Lack of suf ficient air flow within the system may damage the motherboard components. These are not jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors! 6. CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pin CPU_F AN1, CHA_F AN1) The fan connectors support cooling fa[...]

1-16 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 9. Hard disk connector (2-pin IDELED1) This 2-pin connector connects to the front panel HD LED and lights up on every read/write activity of any of the disc drives connected to the primary or secondary IDE slots. 8. Front panel audio connectors (10-1 pin FP_AUDIO1) This is an interface for the Intel front pan[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-17 1 1. Internal audio connectors (4-pin CD1, AUX1, MODEM1) These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner , MPEG card or modem. A7N8X-X ® A7N8X-X Internal Audio Connectors MODEM1 AUX1 (White ) CD1 (Black) Modem-In Ground Modem-Out Ground Right Audio Channel Left Au[...]

1-18 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 15. Infrared Module connector (10-1 or 10-2 pin IR_CON1) (optional) These connectors support an optional wireless transmitting and receiving infrared module. The module mounts to a small opening on the system chassis that support this feature. Y ou must also configure the UART2 Use As parameter in BIOS to set[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 1-19 16. System panel connector (20-pin P ANEL1) This connector accommodates several system front panel functions. • 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 . • Keyboard Lock Lead (2-1 pin KEYLOCK) This 2-1 pin conn[...]

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ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-1 This chapter gives information about the ASUS A7N8X-X Basic Input/Output System (BIOS).This chapter includes updating the BIOS using the ASUS AFLASH BIOS that is bundled with the support CD. BIOS Information Chapter 2[...]

2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS 2.1.1 Using the computer system for the first time It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS along with a Flash Memory Writer utility (A WDFLASH.EXE) to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to reinstall the BIOS later . A WDFLASH.EXE is a Flash Memory Wr[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-3 2.1.2 Updating BIOS procedures Updating BIOS via Built-in AwardBIOS Flash Utility The Binary 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 (A WDFLASH.EXE). The following sub-sections explain the ste[...]

2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 8. T ype <Y> and Press <Enter> to flash the new Bios file. NOTE: Do not shut off system power or unplug the supply during the flash process. 6. The program asks to save the previous BIOS to a separate file. T ype a file name for the old bios and then press <Y>. The AWDFLASH program backs- up the file. 7. [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-5 9. The BIOS flashes and displays the results. Press <F1> to restart. 1. Boot from the floppy disk. 2. At the “A:” prompt, type “C:” and then press <Enter>. 3. At the “C:” prompt, type “A WDFLASH /e BIOSFILE” and then <Enter>. For example: “A WDFLASH /e aw0702.bin” The A WDFLASH s[...]

2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.2 BIOS Setup progr am This motherboard supports a programmable FLASH ROM that you can update using the provided utility described in section “2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.” Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This section [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-7 2.2.1 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, including BIOS, Chipset, Peripheral, Power and PnP/ PCI configurations. SECURITY Use t[...]

2-8 Chapter 2: 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 and their corresponding functions. Saving [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-9 System Date [mm/dd/yy] Sets the system to the date that you specify (usually the current date). The format is month, day , year . V alid values for month, day , and year are Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Y ear: (up to 2084). Use the <T ab> or <Shift> + <T ab> keys to move between the month, day , a[...]

2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.3.1 Primary Master/Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] Press enter to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive, if the hard drive is not already detected. In cases of undetected HDDs, pressing enter will detect the HDD and then open access to both the IDE Primary Master and Access Mode fields. IDE Primary Mast[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-11 After making your selections on this sub-menu, press the <Esc> key to return to the Main menu. When the Main menu appears, the hard disk drive field displays the size for the hard disk drive that you configured. [Manual] & [CHS] Settings Manually enter the number of cylinders, heads and sectors per track for [...]

2-12 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.3.2 Secondary Master/Slave IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] Press enter to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive, if the hard drive is not already detected. In cases of undetected HDDs, pressing enter will detect the HDD and then open access to both the IDE Primary Master and Access Mode fields. IDE Secondary [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-13 2.4 Advanced Menu Advanced menu items The Advanced menu accesses five important sub-menus: Advanced BIOS Features These fields set the functional properties of CPU caches, as well as boot devices, security and operational modes. Advanced Chipset Features These fields set chipset and CPU functions, including system and [...]

2-14 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.4.1 Advanced BIOS Features Boot Virus Detection [Disabled] This field disables boot virus protection by default. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU Level 1, Level 2 Cache [Enabled] These fields enables the CPU levels 1 and 2 cache by default. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Quick Power On Self T[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-15 Boot-up NumLock Status [On] This field sets the capability of the NumLock light/key to display/activate the system. Configuration options: [On] [Off] Gate A20 Option [Fast] This field sets the gate A20 rate. The default is [Fast]. Configuration options: [Normal] [Fast] T ypematic Rate Setting [Disabled] This field enab[...]

2-16 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup CPU Frequency Multiple Setting [Auto] This field sets the frequency multiple between the CPU’s internal frequency (CPU speed) and external frequency . Set this field in conjunction with CPU Frequency (MHz) to match the speed of the CPU. CPU Frequency Multiple [5.0x] This field is available to unlocked processors only . [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-17 SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay [1] Row-precharge delay . SDRAM CAS Latency [2.5T] This field sets the override clock cycle for the latency time between the SDRAM read command and the moment that the data actually becomes available. Normally , the system determines the rate automatically by default. FSB Spread Spectrum [Disa[...]

2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.4.3 Integrated Peripherals (Scroll down to view all items on the menu.) Video RAM Cacheable [Disabled] This field establishes whether or not the video RAM is cacheable. Disabled by default. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] DDR Reference V oltage [ 2.6V] This field sets the voltage limits for the voltage suppl[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-19 USB Controllers [V1.1+V2.0] This field sets the protocols for OnChip processing of USB outputs. The default accomodates USB protocols 1.0 and 2.0. Configuration options: [Disabled] [V1.1 +V2.0] [V1.1] USB Legacy Keyboard Support [Disabled] This field sets support for USB keyboards. The USB keyboard is disabled by defau[...]

2-20 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.4.4 Power Management Setup Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector to 378/IRQ7 by default. Disabling the port makes the parallel port unavailable. Configuration options: [Disabled] [378/IRQ7] [278/IRQ5] [3BC/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP] This field sets the op[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-21 V ideo Off Method [DPMS Support] This field defines “video off” features. The DPMS support option (Display Power Management System) permits the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature. Blank Screen option blanks the screen; use blank screen for monitors without power management or “[...]

2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup Resources Controlled By [Auto(ESCD)] This field sets control over the IRQ resources by the automatic (ESCD) system or manual assignment of IRQ channels. The default enables automatic (ESCD) control. Configuration options: [Auto(ESCD)] [Manual]. PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] This field enables the PCI/VGA palette snoop.[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-23 2.5 Security Menu The BIOS Setup program permits two dif ferent passwords to control access to the BIOS during system startup: a Supervisor password and a User password. Passwords are not case sensitive, meaning, passwords can be typed in either uppercase or lowercase letters. The table below describes the authority le[...]

2-24 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.6 Hardware Monitor Menu The Harware Monitor menu displays all vital system statistics. Set Supervisor Password / Set User Password T o set a password, highlight the appropriate field and press <Enter>. T ype in a password then press <Enter>. Y ou can type up to eight alphanumeric characters; symbols and othe[...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 2-25 MB, CPU T emperature [xx C / xx F] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the MB (motherboard) and CPU temperatures. VCORE V oltage, +3.3V V oltage, +5V V oltage, +12V V oltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the voltage regulators. CPU Fan Speed xxxx RPM or 0 R[...]

2-26 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2.7 Exit Menu Exit & Save Changes Choose this option from the Exit menu to ensure the selected values are saved to the CMOS RAM. When selecting this option, a confirmation window appears. Select [Y es] to save changes and exit. The CMOS RAM is sustained by an onboard backup battery and stays on even when the PC is tur[...]

3-1 ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard This chapter helps you power up your system and install drivers and utilities that came with the support CD. Starting Up Chapter 3[...]

3-2 Chapter 3: Starting-Up The contents of the support CD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website for updates. Because motherboard settings and hardware options vary , use the setup procedures presented in this chapter for general reference only . Refer to your OS documentation for more information. 3. 1 Install an [...]

ASUS A7N8X-X Motherboard 3-3 3.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. NVIDIA nForce Driver This item installs the NVIDIA nForce set of drivers. QFE Drivers Click this item to load the installation wizard and install the Win9[...]

3-4 Chapter 3: Starting-Up PC-CILLIN 2002 This item installs the PC-cillin 2002 anti-virus software. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V5.0 This installs software for viewing files in Portable Document Format (PDF). ASUS Screen Saver This item installs the ASUS screen saver . E-Color 3Deep This item installs application to optimize 3D graphics output. 3.2.4 ASU[...]