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Motherboard A7V600-X User Guide.
ii Checklist Copyright © 2005 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, sto.
iii Features Contents Notices ............................................................................................ v Safety information .......................................................................... vi About this guide ............
iv Safeguards Contents 2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS ....................... 2-4 2.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 2-7 2.2 BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-9 2.2.1 BIOS menu bar .
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.
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.
vii 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 information on ASUS hardware and software products. The ASUS websites are listed in the ASUS Contact Information on page viii.
viii ASUS contact infor mation ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific) Address 15 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone +886-2-2894-3447 W eb site www .
ix A7V600-X specifications summar y CPU Chipset Front Side Bus (FSB) Memory Expansion slots Storage Audio LAN Special Features Overclocking Features Back Panel I/O Internal I/O Connectors (continued o.
x A7V600-X specifications summar y BIOS features Industry standard Manageability Form Factor Support CD contents * Specifications are subject to change without notice. 2Mb Flash ROM, ASUS Jumperfree, Award BIOS, PnP , DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS2.3, ASUS EZ Flash, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2, ASUS C.
1-1 ASUS A7V600-X motherboard This chapter gives information about the ASUS A7V600-X motherboard that came with the system.This chapter includes the motherboard layout, jumper settings, and connector locations.
1-2 1. 1W elcome! Thank you for buying the ASUS ® A7V600-X motherboard! The ASUS A7V600-X motherboard is loaded with the most advanced technologies to deliver the maximum performance for socket A processors. Based on the advanced VIA KT600 chipset with FSB 400 and DDR 400 support, the ASUS A7V600-X also features AGP 8X, Serial A T A, USB 2.
1-3 ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 1. 3 Special featur es 1.3.1 Product highlights 400 FSB K7 Platform The ASUS A7V600-X motherboard is loaded with the most advanced technologies to deliver the maximum performance for socket A processors.
1-4 S/PDIF out port on Back I/O The A7V600-X provides convenient connectivity to external home theater audio systems via an S/PDIF out interface. Experience 5.1-channel surround sound and enhanced 3D audio while playing your favorite DVDs or games. C.
1-5 ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 1.3.2 V alue-added solutions Overclocking • adjustable CPU frequency multiple in BIOS using the ASUS JumperFree™ solution • C.
1-6 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 4 Motherboard com ponents Before you install the motherboard, learn about its major components and available features to facilitate the installation and future upgrades. Refer to the succeeding pages for the component descriptions.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-7 1.4.1 Core specifications CPU socket. Socket 462 (Socket A) surface mount, Zero Insertion Force (ZIF) socket for the AMD Athlon XP/Athlon/Duron Processors. (Note: When using CPUs with FSB 100, the maximum DDR data transfer rate allowed is only at 266Mhz.
1-8 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information PCI slots. These six 32-bit PCI 2.2 expansion slots support bus master PCI cards like SCSI or LAN cards with 133MB/s maximum throughput. Audio CODEC . The ADI 1888 is an AC’97 compliant audio CODEC for PC multimedia systems.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-9 1. 5 Motherboar d layout 24.5cm (9.6in) 30.5cm (12.0in) PCI1 P ANEL A7V600-X ® CD AUX Super I/O 4Mbit Low Pin Count PS/2KBMS T: Mouse B: Ke yboard Below:Mic In Center:Line Out T op:Line In Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) CPU_F AN FP_AUDIO AD1980 CODEC USB2.
1-10 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 6 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.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-11 1. 7 Motherboar d inst allation Before you install the motherboard, study the configuration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard fits into it. The motherboard uses the A TX form factor that measures 12 inches x 9.
1-12 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 8 Centr al Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a Socket A (462) for CPU installation. AMD processors offer gigahertz speeds to support all the latest computing platforms and applications. The A7V600-X supports Athlon TM XP , AMD Athlon TM , AMD Barton™ and AMD Duron TM processors.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-13 1. 9S ystem memor y The motherboard has three Double Data Rate (DDR) DIMM sockets that supports up to 3GB unbuffered non-ECC PC3200/2700/2100 DDR DIMMs. A DDR DIMM has the same physical dimensions as an SDR DIMM, but it has a 184-pin footprint compared to the 168-pin of the SDR DIMM.
1-14 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1.10.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System T imer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 N/A Programmable Interrupt 4* 12 Communications.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-15 1.10.3 AGP slot This motherboard has an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot that supports +1.5V AGP cards only . When you buy an AGP card, make sure that you ask for one with +1.5V specification. Note the notches on the card golden fingers to ensure that they fit the AGP slot on your motherboard.
1-16 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 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 A7V600-X Motherboard 1-17 3. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) These jumpers allow you to clear the Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. Y ou can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The RAM data in CMOS is powered by the onboard button cell battery .
1-18 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 12 Connector s This section describes and illustrates the connectors on the motherboard. 1. IDE connectors (40-1 pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) This connector supports the provided UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-19 3. Chassis intrusion connector (4-1 pin CHASSIS) This lead is for a chassis designed with intrusion detection feature. This requires an external detection mechanism such as a chassis intrusion sensor or microswitch.
1-20 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 4. CPU and Chassis Fan Connectors (3-pin CPU_F AN, CHA_F AN) The fan connectors support cooling fans of 350mA~740mA (8.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-21 6. USB header (4-1 pin USB56, USB78) If the USB ports on the rear panel are inadequate, a USB header is available for additional USB ports. The USB header complies with USB 2.0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed.
1-22 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 9. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin FP_AUDIO) This is an interface for the Intel front panel audio cable that allow convenient connection and control of audio devices.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 1-23 10. Serial A T A connector (7-pin SA T A1, SA T A2) These connectors accommodate the primary serial A T A (SA T A1) and a secondary serial A T A (SA T A2) cables. Connect the serial A T A cable to this connector then install to a serial A T A ready hard disk.
1-24 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information • Reset Switch Lead (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector connects to the case-mounted reset switch for rebooting the system without turning of f the system power . •A TX Power Switch/Soft-off Switch Lead (2-pin PWR) This connector connects a switch that controls the system power .
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-1 This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to easily update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a diskette and using a DOS-based utility .
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-3 5. At the prompt, “Please Enter File Name for NEW BIOS: _” , type in the BIOS file name that you downloaded from the ASUS website, then press <Enter>. EZ Flash will automatically access drive A to look for the file name that you typed.
2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS Information The BIOS information in the above screen is for reference only . What you see on your screen may not be exactly the same as shown.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-5 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) (see ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION on page x 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 then press <Enter>.
2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 6. When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 7. The utility starts to program the new BIOS information into the Flash ROM. The boot block is updated automatically only when necessary . When the programming is done, the message “Flashed Successfully” appears.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-7 2.1.3 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 The CrashFree BIOS 2 auto recovery tool allows you to restore BIOS from the motherboard support CD, or from a floppy disk that contains the BIOS file, in case the current BIOS on the motherboard fails or gets corrupted.
2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS Information To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. Boot the system. 2. When a corrupted BIOS is detected, the following screen message appears. Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... 3. Place the support CD in the CD-ROM.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-9 2.2 BIOS Setup progr am Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”.
2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2.2.2 Legend bar At the bottom of the Setup screen is a legend bar . The keys in the legend bar allow you to navigate through the various setup menus. The following table lists the keys found in the legend bar with their corresponding functions.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-11 2.3 Main Menu When you enter the Setup program, the following screen appears. Sub-menu Note that a right pointer symbol (as shown on the left) appears to the left of certain fields. This pointer indicates that you can display a sub-menu from this field.
2-12 Chapter 2: BIOS Information Legacy Diskette A, B [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [None] [360K, 5.25 in.] [1.2M , 5.25 in.] [720K , 3.5 in.] [1.44M, 3.5 in.] [2.88M, 3.5 in.] Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled] This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-13 2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave T ype [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.
2-14 Chapter 2: BIOS Information If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it, select [None]. Other options for the T ype field are: [CD-ROM] - for IDE CD-ROM drives [L.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-15 SMART Monitoring [Disabled] This field allows you to enable or disable the S.M.A.R.T . (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting T echnology) system that utilizes internal hard disk drive monitoring technology .
2-16 Chapter 2: BIOS Information Keyboard Auto-Repeat Delay [1/4 Sec] This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters. Configuration options: [1/4 Sec] [1/2 Sec] [3/4 Sec] [1 Sec] 2.4 Advanced Menu CPU Speed This displays the current speed of the CPU installed.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-17 CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled] These fields allow you to choose from the default [Enabled] or choose [Disabled] to turn on or off the CPU Level 1 and Level 2 built-in cache.
2-18 Chapter 2: BIOS Information SDRAM Configuration [By SPD] This parameter allows you to set 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.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-19 SDRAM Bank Interleave Configuration options: [Disabled] [2 Bank] [4 Bank] [Auto] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] This feature allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic data.
2-20 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration Onboard FDC Swap A & B These fields set option to switch drive letter assignments. Configuration Options: [No Swap] [Swap AB] Floppy.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-21 ECP DMA Select [3] This field allows you to configure the parallel port DMA channel for the selected ECP mode. This selection is available only if you select [ECP] or [ECP+EPP] in Parallel Port Mode above.
2-22 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2.4.3 PCI Configuration Slot 1/5, Slot 2/6, Slot 3, Slot 4 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.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-23 PCI IRQ Resource Exclusion 2.5 Power Menu The Power menu 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 .
2-24 Chapter 2: BIOS Information Even if installed, your screen saver does not display when you select [Blank Screen] for the above field. [V/H SYNC+Blank] blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizontal scanning.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-25 2.5.1 Power Up Control AC Power Loss Restart [Disabled] This allows you to set whether or not to reboot the system after power interruptions. [Disabled] leaves your system of f while [Enabled] reboots the system. [Previous State] sets the system back to the state it was before the power interruption.
2-26 Chapter 2: BIOS Information 2.5.2 Hardware Monitor MB T emperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU T emperature [xxxC/xxxF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the motherboard and CPU temperatures.
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-27 2.6 Boot Menu Boot Sequence The Boot menu allows you to select four types of boot devices 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.
2-28 Chapter 2: BIOS Information Reset Configuration Data [No] The Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) contain information about non- PnP devices. It also holds the complete record of how the system was configured the last time it was booted. Select [Y es] if you want to clear these data during the Power-On-Self-T est (POST).
ASUS A7V600-X motherboard 2-29 2.7 Exit Menu When you have made all of your selections from the various menus in the Setup program, save your changes and exit Setup.
2-30 Chapter 2: BIOS Information Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. After selecting this option, a confirmation appears. Select [Y es] to discard any changes and load the previously saved values.
3-1 ASUS A7V600-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 3. 1 Inst all an operating system The A7V600-X motherboard supports Windows ME/2000/XP operating systems (OS). Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates so you can maximize the features of your hardware.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-3 3.2.2 Drivers menu Some menu items appear only to specific operating system versions. 3.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. ASUS PC Probe Install utility that can monitor Fan, Speed, V oltage, and CPU temperature.
3-4 Chapter 3: Starting-Up ASUS Update Installs utility to download and update motherboard BIOS & drivers. Anti-virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. V iew the online help for detailed information.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-5 3.3 ASUS Inst ant Music Lite The motherboard is equipped with a BIOS-based audio playback feature called Instant Music Lite . This feature is supported by the onboard audio AC’97 CODEC, and requires an optical drive (CD-ROM, DVD-ROM, or CD-R W).
3-6 Chapter 3: Starting-Up To use ASUS Instant Music Lite: 1. Ensure that the power cord is plugged to a grounded power source, so that the system has a standby power . 2. Use either one of the two sets of special function keys on your keyboard to play audio CDs.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-7 3.4 RAID 0 / RAID 1 / JBOD conf igurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in the VIA ® VT8237 southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD with two independent Serial A T A channels.
3-8 Chapter 3: Starting-Up 3.4.1 Install the Serial A T A (SA T A) hard disks The VIA ® VT8237 southbridge chipset supports Serial A T A hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and capacity when creating a RAID set.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-9 3.4.2 Entering VIA ® T ech RAID BIOS Utility 1. Boot-up your computer . 2. During POST , press <T ab> to enter VIA RAID configuration utility . The following menu options will appear . Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode Size(GB) Status Channel0 Master XXXXXXXXXX xxxxx xxx.
3-10 Chapter 3: Starting-Up 3.4.3 Create Array 1. In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Create Array then press the <Enter> key . The main menu items on the upper-left corner of the screen are replaced with create array menu options.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-11 5. Select Start Create Process and press <Enter> to setup hard disk for RAID system. The following confirmation message appears: Use arrow keys to move selection bar on items and press <Enter> to select. Press “Y” to confirm or “N” to return to the configuration options.
3-12 Chapter 3: Starting-Up 4. Select Select Disk Drives , then press <Enter>. Use arrow keys to select disk drive/s, then press <Enter> to mark selected drive. ( An asterisk is placed before a selected drive. ) 5. Select Start Create Process and press <Enter> to setup hard disk for RAID system.
ASUS A7V600-X Motherboard 3-13 3.4.5 Select Boot Array 1. In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Select Boot Array then press the <Enter> key . The focus is directed to the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays. 2. Press the <Enter> key to select a RAID array for boot.
3-14 Chapter 3: Starting-Up 3.4.6 Serial Number V iew 1. In the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select Serial Number View then press the <Enter> key . The focus is directed to the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays. Move the selection bar on each item and the serial number is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
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