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  • Page 1

    ® CUV4X-CME PC133 AGP-4X Motherboard USER ’ S MANUAL E760 Product Name: ASUS CUV4X-CME Manual Revision: 1.02 E760 Release Date: April 2001[...]

  • Page 2

    2 CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual FEA TURES Location Processor Support Socket 370 for Pentium III/Celeron Processors ....................... 2 Chipsets VI A VT 82C694X North Bridge ............................................... 1 VIA VT82C686B South Bridge ................................................ 9 2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM .............[...]

  • Page 3

    CUV4X-CME User’ s Manual 3 FEA TURES FEA TURES Motherboard Parts 4 16 15 12 17 23 9 1 13 5 8 11 6 14 7 10 Component Locations[...]

  • Page 4

    4 CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual FEA TURES Motehrboard Layout FEA TURES Motherboard Layout 19.2cm (7.56in) 24.4cm (9.6in) Primary IDE Secondary IDE A TX Power Connector PCI 2 AUX MODEM FLOPPY CUV4X-CME Audio Codec COM1 P ARALLEL PORT VGA PS/2 T : Mouse B: Keyboard Bottom: USB1 USB2 Socket 370 USBPORT VIA VT82C694X Chipset VIA VT82C686B Chipset PCI 1 D[...]

  • Page 5

    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 5 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP Connectors External Connectors 1) PS/2 Mouse Connector (Green 6-pin PS2KBMS) This connector is for a standard PS/2 mouse. PS/2 Mouse (6-pin Female) PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) 3) Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 & 2 (Black two 4-pin USB) T wo USB ports are available for connec[...]

  • Page 6

    6 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 4) Serial Port Connectors (T eal/T urquoise 9-pin COM1 / 9-pin COM2) T wo serial ports are available for pointing devices or other serial devices. COM2 COM1 Serial Ports (9-pin Male) 5) Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pin PRINTER) A parallel port is available for a paralle[...]

  • Page 7

    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 7 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP Internal Connectors 1) Primary (Blue) / Secondary IDE Connectors (40-1 pin IDE1/IDE2) These connectors support the provided UltraDMA/66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable ’ s blue connector to the primary (recommended) or secondary IDE connector , then connect the [...]

  • Page 8

    8 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 3) A TX Power Supply Connector (20-pin block A TXPWR) This connector connects to an A TX power supply . The plug from the power supply fits in only one orientation because of the different hole sizes. Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins ar[...]

  • Page 9

    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 9 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 4) CPU Fan Connector (3-pin CPU_F AN) The CPU fan connector supports cooling fans of 350mA (4.2 W atts) or less. The fan wiring and plug may vary depending on the fan manufacturer . The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground. Connect the fan plug to the bo[...]

  • Page 10

    10 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 7) Internal Audio Connectors (4-pin CD_IN, AUX, VIDEO, MODEM) 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 similar conn[...]

  • Page 11

    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 11 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 8) System Power LED Connector(2-pin PWRLED) 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-of f mode. 9) Hard Disk LED Connector (2-pin HDLED) This 2-pin connector is[...]

  • Page 12

    12 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 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 power cord to the power connector at the back of the system chassis. 4. Connect the power cord[...]

  • Page 13

    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 13 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP Managing and Updating Y our BIOS 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[...]

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    14 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 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>. Updating BIOS BIOS SETUP[...]

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    ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual 15 HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 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 a[...]

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    16 ASUS CUV4X-CME User ’ s Manual HARDW ARE SETUP Connectors H/W SETUP 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 appears.[...]