Asus A7N266-VM User Manual

®

A7N266-VM

Motherboard

A7N266-VM

1.00 T1014 2002 4

AMD Athlon Duron AMD nVidia nForce NVIDIA Windows MS-DOS Adobe Acrobat Adobe System Trend ChipAwayVirus

BIOS

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BIOS

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Jumper Mode

[1-2]

1.

2.

12

Jumper Mode

JumperFree

23

Jumper Fre

(Default)

™

Mode

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1.2

1.3

1.4

1.4.1

2.1 A7N266-VM

2.1.1

2.1.2

2.2

2.3

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2.6

2.7

2.8

3.1

2.4.1

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2.5.1

2.5.2

2.5.3

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2.6.1

2.6.2

2.6.3 PCI

2.6.4 AGP

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BIOS

4.1 BIOS

4.1.1

4.1.2 BIOS

4.2 BIOS

4.2.1 BIOS

4.2.2

4.3

4.3.1 Primary&Secondary Master/Slave

4.3.2

4.4

4.4.1

4.4.2

4.4.3 PCI

4.5

4.5.1

4.5.2

Main Menu

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Advanced Menu

/ I/O Device Configuration

PCI Configuration

Power Menu

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Keyboard Features

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Chip Configuration

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Power Up Control Hardware Monitor

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4.6

4.7

5.1

5.2

5.3

5.4

5.5

5.6 3Deep Color Tuner

5.7 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE

5.8 CyberLink VideoLive Mail

6.1

BIOS Exit Menu

A7N266-VM

Boot Menu

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A7N266-VM

1.1

A7N266-VM AMD® Athlon

1GB DDR

AGP 4X

UltraDMA 100

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM MicroATX 9.6 x 9.6

TM

XP AthlonTM DuronTM

USB/

40 IDE

3.5 COM2 I/O LAN

A7N266-VM

1

1.2

•

MX

A7N266-VM

®

AMD

Athlon™/ Athlon™ XP

Duron™ Socket A (462)

nVidia

®

220D GeForce

GPU 64bit DDR 1GB

266/200MHz DDR SDRAM 64bit 2.1GB

•

nVidia® nForce

MCP-D Media and Communications Processor

800MB/sec PCI USB

APU Audio Processing Unit AC 97 UltraDMA 100/ 66/33

100 MB/sec IDE

IDE USB PCI 2.2

PCI

• PC2100/PC1600 DDR Date Rate

DIMM SDRAM

DDR Double

1GB DDR SDRAM

DDR SDRAM

•

UltraDMA/100 IDE IDE

IDE PIO

Mode 3

4 UltraDMA100/66/33 IDE

DVD-ROM CD-ROM CD-R/RW LS-120

TM

•

/

UART EPP ECP

UART2 COM2

PS/2 PS/2

•

AGP 4X USB PCI

SPDIF

•

PS/2 PS/2 2 USB

/ ATX

2

1.3

CPU ASIC

CPU

ACPI

Interface

PCI

PCI PCI PCI

ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power

OSPM OS Direct Power Management

BIOS

A7N266-VM

3

1.4 A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM

5

Socket A AMD Athlon™ XP/ Athlon

Duron

Realtek 8201L PHY 2Mbit

2 DDR DIMM 1GB 3 PCI

1

I/O 2 IDE

1 1 USB 1 1 1 1 1 USB

™

- /

AGP 4X

UltraDMA100/66

COM2 PS/2 PS/2

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nVidia® nForce™220D ..........

nVidia® nForce™MCP-D

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EEPROM

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Panel

Ports 2/3,4/5

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COM1

Ports 0,1

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1

2 11 17

12 14

3 15

19

6

7

8 10 13

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ASIC

LED

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1 1 1 1 ATX

Micro-ATX

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18 17

16

11

81013 12 91415

31 30

29 28 252627

A7N266-VM

5

6

2.1 A7N266-VM

VM

A7N266-VM MicroATX 24.5 9.6

x 24.5 9.6

2.1.1

PS/2 PS/2 COM1

2.1.2

A7N266-

A7N266-VM

7

24.5cm (9.64in)

2.2 A7N266-VM

PS/2

( )

)

(

USB1

RJ-45

USB2

COM1

VGA

GAME_AUDIO

CD_IN1

USBPWR01 KBPWR1

BSEL0 BSEL1

AUDIO_COM1

Socket 462

AGP

nVidia

220D

CPU_FAN

A7N266-VM

DDR

184

0 1

2 3

PLED

ATX

CR2032

CMOS 3

CLRTC

IDE

Primary IDE

30.5cm (12.0in)

IDE

Audio

Codec

AAPANEL1

Super

I/O

COM2

PCI

SPDIF1

2Mb

BIOS

nVidia

MCP-D

USB45

USBPWR23 USBPWR45

BUZZER

USB23

ASIC

SMB

IDELED

Secondary IDE

FLOPPY

IR

PANEL

8

2.2.1

1) Socket 462 p.12 AMD

2) DIMM 1/2 p.14

3) PCI 1/2/3 p.18 32 PCI

4) AGP 4X p.18 AGP

1) BSEL0,BSEL1 p.19 CPU/DRAM

2) KBPWR p.20 +5V / +5VSB

4) USBPWR_01,_23,_45_ p.21 USB /

5) CLRTC p.22 CMOS

\ \

1) PS2KBMS p.23 PS/2 6 pin

2) PS2KBMS p.23 PS/2 6 pin

3) USB p.24 0,1 4-pin

4) COM1/COM2 p.24 9-pin/10-1 pin

5) VGA p.25 15-pin

6) PRINTER p.25 25-pin

7) GAME/AUDIO p.25 GAME/MIDI 15-pin

8) AUDIO p.26 1/8

9) IDELED p.26 IDE 2 pin

10) FLOPPY p.27 34-1 pin

11) PRIMARY IDE p.27 IDE 40-1 pin SECONDARY IDE

12) CPU_FAN p.28 CPU

13) AAPANEL p.28

14) ATXPWR p.29 ATX

15) SMB p.29 SMBus 6-1 pin

16) CD_IN1,AUX p.30 4 pin

( 3 pin)

(10-1 pin)

20 pin

17) SPDIF1 p.30 (4-1 pin )

18) USB_23,_45 p.31 USB

19) IR p.31

20) PWR_LED (PANEL) p.32

21) KEYLOCK (PANEL) p.32

22) SPEAKER (PANEL) p.32

23) LED (PANEL) p.32

24) SMI (PANEL) p.32 SMI

25) PWR (PANEL) p.32 ATX

26) RESET (PANEL) p.32

( 10-1 pin)

( 5-1 pin)

(3-1 pin) (2 pin)

(4 pin)

(2 pin)

/ (2 pin)

(2 pin)

A7N266-VM

9

2.3

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d

1.

2.

3.

4.

5. ATX OFF

/

(LED) (1)

(2) (3)

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM Onboard LED

ON

Standby

Power

PLED

OFF

Powere

Off

10

2.4 CPU

®

2.4.1

A7N266-VM AMD

Athlon

TM

XP/Athlon

Socket 462 Socket A A7N266-VM AMD

Athlon

384KB AMD 3DNow!TM Professional

TM

XP QuantiSpeed

DuronTM

266MHz

A7N266-VM

CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER

LOCK

LEVER

A7N266-VM Socket 462

AMD™ CPU

CPU NOTCH

A7N266-VM

11

2.4.2

1. Socket A 90

2. Socket A

Socket 462

3. Socket A

Socket A

4.

5.

Socket A

CPU_FAN1

Hardware monitoring errors

12

2.5

®

s

2.5.1

A7N266-VM 184 DDR DIMM Double Data Rate

unbuffered non-ECC 200/266 MHz

DDR DIMM 1 GB

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets

104 Pin

80 Pins

DDR DIMM

PC-66 PC-100 PC-

133

SDR SDRAM

DDR SDRAM

CPU DDR SDRAM Double Data Rate SDRAM (SDR, Single Data Rate)

SDRAM

DDR SDRAM

100MHz 133MHz 166MHz

200MHz 266MHz 333MHz 100MHz DDR SDRAM GB/

166MHz DDR SDRAM 2.7 GB/

1.6 GB/ 133MHz DDR SDRAM 2.1

SDRAM

DDR

184 DDR DIMM 164 SDR DIMM

DDR DIMM SDR DIMM

A7N266-VM

13

2.5.2

64, 128, 256, 512MB DDR DIMM

DIMM 184-pin DDR Socket 1 (Rows 0&1) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB x1 Socket 2 (Rows 2&3) 64MB, 128MB, 256MB, 512MB x1

( 1 GB) =

2.5.3

1.

2.

3.

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2.6

2.6.1

1.

2.

PCI

AGP Accelerated Graphics Port

/

3.

4.

5.

6.

A7N266-VM

15

2.6.2

1. BIOS BIOS

2. IRQ

3.

IRQ

01 12 2 N/A 3* 11 COM 2 4* 12 COM 1 5* 13 LPT 2 614 7* 15 LPT 1 83 CMOS/ 9* 4 ACPI 10* 5 PCI 11* 6 PCI 12* 7 PS/2 13 8 14* 9 IDE 15* 10 IDE

16

INT-A INT-B INT-C INT-DINT-E INT-F INT-G INT-H INT-I

PCI used --- --- --- --- --- --- --- -- PCI --- --- --- used --- --- --- --- ---

PCI --- --- used --- --- --- --- --- -- USB0 --- --- --- --- --- shared --- --- -- USB1 --- --- --- --- --- shared --- --- used

--- --- --- --- used --- --- --- ---

--- --- --- --- --- --- --- used ---

PCI

IRQ IRQ

IRQ

2.6.3 PCI

A7N266-VM 3 32 PCI

SCSI USB PCI PCI

PCI PCI

A7N266-VM

17

2.6.4 AGP

®

A7N266-VM AGP Accelerated Graphics Port

AGP AGP 4X AGP

A7N266-VM Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)

A7N266-VM

Keyed for 1.5v

18

2.7

®

t)

Switch Jumper

1) CPU:DRAM (BSEL0, BSEL1)

CPU DRAM 133:

133 Mhz

CPU DRAM BSEL0 BSEL1

133 133 [1-2] (Default) [1-2] (Default) 100 100 [1-2] [2-3] 133 100 [2-3] [1-2] 100 133 [2-3] [2-3]

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM CPU External Frequency Selection

BSEL0 BSEL1

DRAM

CPU

BSEL0 BSEL1

DRAM

CPU

12

3

133MHz 100MHz

123123

100MHz 100MHz

BSEL0 BSEL1

DRAM

CPU

BSEL0 BSEL1

DRAM

CPU

123

100MHz 133MHz

133MHz 133MHz

(Defaul

A7N266-VM

19

2) 3-pin KBPWR1

®

B

<Space Bar> KBPWR

[1-2] +5V [1-2] +5V

BIOS 4.5.1

720mA/+5VSB

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM Keyboard Power Setting

2

1

+5V

(Default)

KBPWR1

2

+5VS

3

20

3) USB 2x3 pin USBPWR01,23,45

®

+5V USB S1 CPU

RAM

+5VSB USB S3

CPU RAM

+5VSB 2A/+5VSB

+5VSB +5V

+5VSB +5VSB

USBPWR01 USB USBPWR23

USB

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM USB Device Wake Up

1. +5VSB Enabled

2.

+5VSB

2

1

+5V

(Default)

12

+5V

(Default)

USBPWR01

USBPWR45 USBPWR23

2

+5VSB

23

+5VSB

3

A7N266-VM

21

4) CMOS CLRCMOS1

®

s

CMOS

1 2 3 4 5 6 <Del> BIOS

BIOS

A7N266-VM

CMOS

A7N266-VM Clear RTC RAM

CLR_CMOS

Short solder point to Clear CMOS

22

2.8

1 PS/2 6-pin PS2KBMS

PS/2 IRQ12 PS/2

PS/2 BIOS

1

46

15

PS/2 Mouse (6-pin female)

2 PS/2 6-pin PS2KBMS

PS/2 mini DIN AT

large DIN PS/2

AT

PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin female)

A7N266-VM

23

3 USB0,1,2&3 4-pin USB

®

USB USB

Universal Serial Bus (USB)

4 9-pin COM1 / COM2

COM1 COM2

BIOS 4.4.2 /

USB

24

COM 1

Serial Port (9-pin male)

A7N266-VM

COM2

PIN 1

A7N266-VM Serial COM2 Bracket

5) ( 15-pin VGA)

VGA

VGA Monitor (15-pin female)

6 25-pin PRINTER

BIOS 4.4.2

Parallel (Printer) Port (25-pin female)

7) /MIDI 15-pin GAME_AUDIO

MIDI

Joystick/MIDI (15-pin female)

A7N266-VM

25

8 1/8

®

t

Line Out

Line In

Line Out Mic

Line Out Line In Mic

MicLine InLine Out

1/8" Stereo Audio Connectors

9 IDE 2 pin IDELED

IDE IDE

A7N266-VM

TIP: If the case-mounted LED does no

light, try reversing the 2-pin plug.

A7N266-VM IDE Activity LED

IDE

IDELED

26

®

n

®

s

r

10 34-1 pin FLOPPY

A7N266-VM

A7N266-VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector

11 / IDE (40-1 pin Primary IDE/Secondary IDE)

NOTE: Orient the red markings o

the floppy ribbon cable to

PIN 1

IDE IDE

IDE ( CD-ROM MO )

Primary Secondary

Master UltraDMA/100/66 IDE

Slave UltraDMA/100/66 IDE

Secondary BIOS

4.6

UltraDMA/100 UltraDMA/66 IDE 40- 80-

IDE 100MB/s 66MB/s

A7N266-VM

IDE

NOTE: Orient the red marking

Secondary IDE Connecto

A7N266-VM IDE Connectors

PIN 1

A7N266-VM

(usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1.

Primary IDE Connector

27

12 3 pin CPU_FAN

®

1

350mA 4.2 12

RPM Rotations Per Minute

CPU CPU

A7N266-VM

CPU_FAN

GND +12V

Rotation

A7N266-VM 12-Volt Cooling Fan Power

13) (10-1 pin AAPANEL)

A7N266-VM

MIC

MICPWR

LineOut_FR

NC

LineOut_FL

A7N266-VM Audio Panel Connector

AAPANEL

AGND NC LineOut_RR

LineOut_RL

28

14) (20-pin block ATXPWR)

®

ATX 12V

ATX 12V +5VSB

10

+5VSB 720mA

A7N266-VM

ATXPWR

A7N266-VM ATX Power Connector

15 SMBus 6-1 pin SMB

SMBus System Management Bus

A7N266-VM

+3.3VDC

-12.0VDC COM

PS_ON#

COM COM COM

-5.0VDC +5.0VDC +5.0VDC

+3.3VDC +3.3VDC COM +5.0VDC COM +5.0VDC COM PWR_OK +5VSB +12.0VDC

SMBus

SMB

1

+3V

Ground

A7N266-VM SMBus Connector

A7N266-VM

SMBCLK

FLOATING

SMBDATA

29

16) 4 pin CD_IN1,AUX

®

)

A7N266-VM

MPEG

A7N266-VM Internal Audio Connectors

17) 4-1 pin SPDIF1

S/PDIF /

/ /

A7N266-VM

Right Audio Channel

Ground

Left Audio Channel

CD_IN1

(Black)

AUX

(White

30

A7N266-VM Digital Audio Connector

SPDIF1

SPDIFOUT

+5V

GND

18) USB (10-1 pin USB23, USB45)

®

)

USB USB

USB 2 USB

USB

A7N266-VM

USB Power

USBP4–

USBP4+

GND

15

NC

USB23USB45

USB Power

USBP2–

USBP2+

GND

15

NC

610

USBP5–

USBP5+

USB Power

A7N266-VM Front Panel USB Headers

19 IrDA 5-1 pin IR

IrDA

4.4.2 UART2 IrDA

SIR

CIR

610

GND

USBP3–

USB Power

GND

USBP3+

A7N266-VM

IR

+5V

GND

IRTX

IRRX

1

Front View Back View

IRTX GND

IRRX

+5V (NC

A7N266-VM Infrared Module Connector

A7N266-VM

31

20-pin PANEL)

®

A7N266-VM

Keyboard Lock Power LED

Message LED

SMI Lead

A7N266-VM System Panel Connectors

* Requires an ATX power supply.

20 (3-1 pin PLED)

21 (2-pin KEYLOCK)

22 (4-pin SPEAKER)

PLED+

MLED+

PLED-

Keylock

MLED-

ExtSMI#

Speaker Connector

Ground

+5V

GND

PWR

Ground

Reset SW

ATX Power Switch*

Speaker

Ground

Reset

Ground

23 (2-pin LED)

24 SMI (2-pin SMI)

BIOS 4.5 Power Menu Suspend

Mode

ACPI

25 ATX / (2-pin PWR)

26 (2-pin RESET)

Turbo

Reset

32

3.1

1.

2.

3.

4. /

5. a. b. SCSI ( ) c.

6. ATX

ATX

30

Award BIOS

Award POST

CPU

7. Del BIOS

A7N266-VM

33

3.3

Windows95/98/2000/XP ATX

ATX

34

BIOS

4.1 BIOS

4.1.1

AFLASH.

EXE

1. DOS FORMAT A:/S

2. DOS COPY D:\AFLASH\AFLASH.EXE A:\

BIOS BIOS

BIOS BIOS AFLASH.EXE

BIOS DOS

BIOS

AFLASH DOS Winodws MS-DOS

BIOS

AFLASH

AUTOEXEC.BAT

CONFIG.SYS

D AFLASH.EXE

3.

BIOS

4. DOS A:\AFLASH Enter AFLASH

Flash Memory unknown

ACPI BIOS

BIOS

A7N266-VM

35

5. 1. Save Current BIOS to File Enter Save Current BIOS To File

6. A:\XXX-XX.

XXX

Enter

36

BIOS

4.1.2 BIOS

BIOS

BIOS BIOS

1. ( FTP BBS) BIOS 10

2.

3. A:\ AFLASH.EXE

4. MAIN MENU 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and

ESCD

5. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD

BIOS A:\XXX-XX.XXX

Enter

6. Y

A7N266-VM

37

7. AFLASH BIOS BIOS Flashed Successfully

8. Esc

38

BIOS

4.2 BIOS

BIOS Basic Input and Output System

BIOS

RUN

SETUP

EEPROM Electrical Erasable Programmable Read-

Only Memory

BIOS BIOS BIOS

RAM

BIOS EEPROM

BIOS

CMOS

BIOS

POST Power-On Self Test

DELETE DELETE

RESET ALT - CTRL - DEL

BIOS

A7N266-VM

39

4.2.1 BIOS

BIOS

MAIN ADVANCED BIOS POWER BOOT EXIT BIOS

4.2.2

BIOS

or → (keypad arrow)

←

or ↓ (keypad arrows)

↑

- (minus key)

+ (plus key) or spacebar <Enter> <Home> or <PgUp> <End> or <PgDn> <F5> <F10>

Exit

BIOS

40

BIOS

F1 Alt + H

BIOS

PgUp PgDn

Home End

Enter Esc

Enter

ESC

BIOS

BIOS F5

Specific Help

BIOS

Item

A7N266-VM

41

4.3 Main Menu

BIOS

System Time [XX:XX:XX]

00 23 00 59 00 59 Tab Tab + Shift

System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]

1

12 1 31 00 99 Tab Tab + Shift

Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]

[None][360K 5.25 in.] [1.

5.25 in.] [720K 3.5 in.] [1.44M 3.5 in,] [2.88M 3.5 in.]

2M

Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]

1.2MB 3.5

[Disabled] [Enabled]

42

BIOS

4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave

Type [Auto]

[Auto] IDE

BIOS

[User Type HDD]

IDE

A7N266-VM

43

[User Type HDD]

Sector

Cylinder Head

Main

BIOS

FDISK

active

[None]

- IDE

- LS-120

- ZIP

- IDE

Esc

44

BIOS

Translation Method [LBA]

IDE LBA Logical

Block Access

[LBA] [LARGE] [Normal] [Match Partition Table] [Manual]

28

Cylinders

Cylinder

[Manual]

Head

/

[Manual]

Sector

[Manual]

504MB LBA

[User Type HDD]

Sector

[User Type HDD]

CHS Capacity

CHS CHS

C X H X S

Maximum LBA Capacity

LBA

528MB BIOS LBA

Multi-Sector Transfers [Maximum]

[User Type HDD] : [Disabled] [2 Sectors] [4 Sectors] [8

Sectors] [16 Sectors] [32 Sectors] [Maximum]

A7N266-VM

45

SMART Monitoring [Disabled]

S.M.A.R.T. Self-

Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology

[Disabled]

[Enabled]

PIO Mode [4]

/ PIO Programmed Input/ Output Mode 4 [0] [1] [2] [3] [4]

IDE Mode 0

Ultra DMA Mode [Disabled]

Ultra DMA IDE [Disabled] Ultra DMA [Type] [User Type HDD]

[0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [Disabled]

46

BIOS

4.3.2 Keyboard Features

Boot Up NumLock Status [On]

[Off] [On]

Keyboard Auto-Repeat Rate [12/Sec]

Sec] [15/Sec] [20/Sec] [24/Sec] [30/Sec]

Keyboard Auto-Repeat Delay [1/4 Sec]

[3/4 Sec] [1 Sec]

Number Lock

[6/Sec] [8/Sec] [10/Sec] [12/

[1/4 Sec] [1/2 Sec]

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Language [English]

BIOS

Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]

Enter

Enter 8

Enter

BIOS

Enter

BIOS BIOS

BIOS Supervisor

password

Supervisor BIOS

User password

BIOS

?

CMOS RTC

2.7 RTC

Halt On [All Errors]

[All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but Disk] [All but Disk/Key]

Installed Memory [XXX MB]

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BIOS

4.4 Advanced Menu

CPU Speed [Manual]

JumperFreeTM

[Manual]

CPU/PCI Frequency (MHz)[100/33]

PCI

PCI PCI

CPU Frequency

Multiple

CPU/Memory Frequency Ratio [Auto]

CPU Frequency(MHz [Auto]

[1:1] [3:4][3:5]

CPU

CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]

CPU [Disabled]

[Enabled]

CPU Level 2 Cache ECC Check [Enabled]

[Disabled] [Enabled]

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CPU Fast Decode [Disabled]

CPU

[Enabled] [Disabled]

BIOS Update [Enabled]

BIOS CPU

BIOS CPU [Disabled]

[Enabled]

PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Auto]

[Auto] PS/2

BIOS IRQ 12 PS/2 IRQ 12

[Enabled] PS/2 BIOS

IRQ 12 PS/2 [Enabled] [Auto]

USB Legacy Keyboard Support [Disabled]

USB [Disabled]

USB [Primary] [Secondary] USB01 USB23 USB45 USB [Disabled] [Primary] USB [Disabled] [Primary] [Secondary][USB Floppy Zip]

OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled]

OS/2 64MB

[Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled]

[Enabled]

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BIOS

Jumperless

CPU

CPU CPU

100MHz BIOS

1.

CMOS CMOS

CMOS RTC ( 22 59 )

2.

CPU

CPU Upgrade/Reinstallation

100MHz

BIOS

CPU

3. CPU 1

CPU

4. CPU 2

CPU

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4.4.1 Chip Configuration

SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]

2 5

[By SPD] SPD (Serial Presence Detect) 2 5 EEPROM memory type size speed voltage module

banks

SDRAM Configuration [User Define]

[User Define][7ns(143MHz)][8ns(125MHz)][By SPD]

SDRAM CAS Delay [Auto (Normal)]

SDRAM /

[Auto (Normal)] [2.0T (Normal)] [2.5T (Normal)] [Auto

(TURBO)] [2.0T (TURBO)] [2.5T (TURBO)]

Clock Spread Spectrum Mode [Center Spread]

[Center Spread] [Spread Down] [Disabled]

VGA Shared Memory Size [32MB]

VGA [8MB] [16MB]

[32MB]

Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]

AGP [32MB]

[64MB] [128MB] [256MB] [512MB]

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BIOS

Internal Graphic Over-clocking [Disable]

[Disable] [Enable]

Internal VGA LCD TV Display Type [NTSC-M]

[NTSC-M] [NTSC-J] [PAL-M] [PAL-BDGHI] [PAL-N] [PAL-NC]

Video Memory Cache Mode [UC]

USWC uncacheable, speculative write combining

UC uncacheable [UC] [USWC]

Onboard VGA BIOS Update [Enabled]

[Enabled] [Disabled]

MCP IDE Controller [Both]

[Both] [Primary] [Secondary] [Disabled]

MCP USB Controller [Enabled]

USB USB Legacy

Keyboard support

[Enabled] [Disabled]

MCP Audio Controller [Auto]

[Disabled] [Auto]

MCP MAC Controller [Enabled]

[Disabled] [Enabled]

MCP DOLBY DIGITAL Controller [Auto]

MCP-D [Disabled] [Auto]

PCI 2.1 Support [Enabled]

[Disabled] [Enabled]

USB

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4.4.2 / I/O Device Configuration

Onboard FDC Swap A & B [No Swap]

Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]

[Read Only]

[R/W] /

[R/W] [Read Only]

Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4] Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]

COM 1 COM 2 COM 1 COM 2

[3F8H/IRQ4] [2F8H/IRQ3] [3E8H/IRQ4] [2E8H/IRQ10]

[Disabled]

UART2 Use Standard Infrared [Disabled]

COM 2 COM 2

[Disabled] [Enabled]

Onboard Parallel Port [378H/IRQ7]

[No Swap] [Swap AB]

SIR

Port Mode IRQ7] [278H/IRQ5]

ECP DMA Select [Disabled] [378H/

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Parallel

BIOS

Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]

[Normal] [EPP]

[ECP] [ECP+EPP]

Two-way

ECP ECP DMA

[ECP] [ECP+EPP]

ECP DMA Select [3]

ECP DMA Parallel Port Mode

[ECP] [ECP+EPP] [1] [3]

[Disabled]

Onboard Game Port [200H-207H]

Game Port I/O [200H-207H] [208H-20FH]

[Disabled]

Onboard MIDI [Disabled]

ECP

[Normal] [EPP]

[Disabled]

MIDI I/O [330H-331H] [300H-301H]

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4.4.3 PCI PCI Configuration

Slot 1, Slot 2, Slot 3 [Auto]

PCI IRQ

[Auto] IRQ [Auto] [NA] [3] [4] [5]

[7] [9] [10] [11] [12] [14] [15]

PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]

MPEG

[Enabled]

VGA [Disabled] [Disabled]

[Enabled]

PCI Latency Timer [32]

[32]

Primary VGA BIOS [AGP VGA Card]

PCI AGP

[PCI VGA Card] [AGP VGA Card]

[Onboard VGA]

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BIOS

PCI DMA

DMA x Reserved for Legacy Drive [No/ICU]

DMA PNP ISA [No/ ICU] DMA ICU DMA [Yes] [No/ICU] [Yes]

DMA ICU ISA

PCI UMB

TSM MEM Block BASE [No/ICU]

PnP ISA C800 DFFF ISA ICU

MEM Block Size

ICU TSM MEM Block BASE

[No/ICU] [No/ICU] [C800] [CC00] [D000] [D400] [D800] [DC00]

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4.4.5 Shadow Configuration

Video ROM BIOS Shadow [Enabled]

VIDEO BIOS ROM RAM

[Disabled] [Enabled]

C8000-DFFFF Shadow [Disabled]

ROM RAM

ROM

640K 1024K [Disabled] [Enabled]

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BIOS

4.5 Power Menu

ACPI Suspend To RAM [Disabled]

ACPI Suspend-to-RAM

720mA/ +5VSB [Disabled] [Enabled]

Video Off Option [Suspend -> Off ]

[Always On] [Suspend -> Off]

Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]

DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Suspend

DPMS [Blank Screen]

Blank Screen [Blank Screen] [V/H SYNC+Blank] [DPMS Standby] [DPMS Suspend] [DPMS OFF] [DPMS Reduce ON]

Blank Screen V/H SYNC + Blank DPMS Standby DPMS

DPMS (Display Power Management System) BIOS

[V/H SYNC+Blank]

DPMS BIOS GREEN

HDD Power Down [Disabled]

[Disable] [1 Min] [2 Min] [3 Min]...[15 Min]

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PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft off]

Soft Off ATX ATX

Suspend ATX

ATX

[Soft off] [Suspend]

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BIOS

4.5.1 Power Up Control

AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]

[Previous State]

[Disabled] [Enabled] [Previous State]

Power Up On PCI Card [Disabled]

[Enabled] PCI ATX 1 5VSB Disabled] [Enabled]

Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]

1 5VSB

[Space Bar] [Ctrl-Esc] [Power Key]

Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]

1 5VSB

[Disabled]

ATX

[Disabled]

ATX

[Enabled]

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[Disabled]

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4.5.2 Hardware Monitor

MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]

PWRTMP BIOS 2-32 PWRTMP Power Temperature

[N/A]

CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM]

RPM Rotations Per Minute

VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage

CPU

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error. Enter Power setup menu for details F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP

BIOS

: Hardware Monitor found an

: Press

F1 DEL

4.6 Boot Menu

Space

[Removable Devices] [IDE Hard Drive] [ATAPI CD-

ROM] [Other Boot Device]

Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]

[Disabled] [Legacy

Floppy] [LS-120] [ZIP] [ATAPI MO]

IDE Hard Drive

IDE [Enter]

IDE

ATAPI CD-ROM

ATAPI IDE

[Enter] ATAPI

Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]

[Disabled] [SCSI Boot Device] [INT18 Device(Network)]

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Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]

BIOS

[Disabled] [Enabled]

Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]

POST POST

[Disabled][Enabled]

Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]

BIOS 40

80 [Disabled] [Enabled]

BIOS

Interrupt Mode [APIC]

16 [PIC][APIC]

APIC Advanced Programmed Interrupt Controller

16

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BIOS

4.7 BIOS Exit Menu

Exit BIOS

BIOS

Esc

Exit Saving Changes

BIOS CMOS

Enter Yes

CMOS BIOS No BIOS

BIOS BIOS

Enter

BIOS

Exit Discarding Changes

BIOS

Enter Yes CMOS

BIOS No BIOS

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Load Setup Defaults

F5 Enter

Yes BIOS No

BIOS

Discard Changes

BIOS

Enter Yes

BIOS No BIOS

Save Changes

BIOS

Enter Yes

BIOS No BIOS

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BIOS

5.1

Microsoft Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP IBM OS/2

OS Operating System

5.1.1 Windows 98

Windows

Windows Windows

Windows

5.2

5.2.1

http://www.asus.com.tw

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5.3 A7N266-VM

D

5.3.1 Main menu

D:\ASSETUP.EXE

NVIDIA nForce

•

NVIDIA

•

98

Audio Hotfix

•

Microsoft Direct X

•

BIOS

Microsoft DirectX 8.1

•

PC-cillin 2000

•

ADOBE Acrobat Reader

•

Windows ME

INF )

NVIDIA Windows

ASUS Live Update

Microsoft DirectX 8.0a

PC-cillin

Adobe Acrobat PDF

Windows NT (

Audio Hotfix

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www.asus.com

•

Cyberlink Cyberlink PowerPlayer SE

VideoLive Mail

E-Color 3Deep

CRT

LCD

•

5.3.2

BIOS

CPU

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5.3.3 Windows 98

nVidia

Win98 nVidia

1. PCI System Management Bus

2. PCI Standard Host CPU Bridge

3. PCI Standard RAM Controller

®

PCI System Management Bus

1.

2. PCI System Management Bus

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. D D :\Drivers\Chipset\Nvidia\win9x\SMbus

8.

9. PCI System Management

10.

11.

PCI Standard Host CPU Bridge (GART driver)

1.

2. PCI standard Host CPU Bridge

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. D D :\Drivers\Chipset\Nvidia\win9x\Gart

8.

9. AGP Host to the PCI Bridge

10.

11.

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PCI Standard Ram Controller

1.

2. PCI standard RAM Controller

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. D D :

\Drivers\Chipset\Nvidia\win9x\MemoryController

8.

9. NVIDIA nForce 220D Memory Controller NVIDIA nForce 420

Memory Controller

10.

DDR

5.3.4 Windows 98

Nvidia

1.

2.

3. windows

4.

5. USB

6. CD-ROM

: Drivers Chipset Nvidia 103 win9XME

7.

Processing unit(Dolby Digital)

8.

NVIDIA Codec Interface nForce MCP Audio

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5.3.5 NVIDIA MCP MAC Win98

1.

2. -

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. D D :\Drivers\Chipset\Nvidia\103\win9xme

8.

9. NVIDIA nForce MCP networking Adaptor

10.

11.

5.3.6 NVIDIA GeForce2 GPU Win98

1.

2. Standard PCI Graphics Adapter(VGA)

3.

4.

5.

6.

7. D D :\Drivers\Chipset\Nvidia\103\ win9xme

8.

9. NVIDIA GeForce2 Integrated GPU

10.

11.

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5.4

5.4.1

CPU

ASUS Utility\Probe Vx.xx Vx.xx

Tray

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5.4.2

CPU

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CPU

CPU CPU

CPU

76

FAT

CPU CPU

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5.4.3

CPU !!!

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5.5

1. / / AsusUpdate Vx.xx.xx

ASUSUpdate

Vx.xx.x

2.

ISP

3. /

FTP

Auto

Select

4. BIOS

BIOS

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5.6 3Deep Color Tuner

3Deep color tuner 3D

3Deep color tuner

5.6.1 3Deep

1.

2.

3.

80

4.

5.

6.

True Internet Color

Setup

5.6.2 3Deep

3Deep - -

3Deep - 3Deep Control Panel

3Deep

3Deep gamma Set Game

Gamma

Run Color Wizard ?

3Deep

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5.7 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE

CyberLink PowerPlayer SE

CD MP3

5.7.1 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE

CyberLink PowerPlayer / /CyberLink

PowerPlayer SE

5.7.2 CyberLink PowerPlayer

PowerPlayer

i-Power!

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OK

5.8 CyberLink VideoLive Mail

CyberLink VideoLive Mail Plus 3.0 ( VLM 3)

VLM3 VLM 3

VLM 3

AVI

Internet

VLM 3 1:900 30 VLM 3 CIF

(352 x 288 pixel)

500KB

VLM 3 Video for Windows Video for Windows

QCIF (176 x 144)

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5.8.1 VideoLive Mail

VideoLive Mail CyberLink

VideoLive Mail

1.

2.

3. (1/2)

4. (2/2) MAPI

5.

VideoLive Mail x.x VLM3

MAPI

VideoLive Mail

6. (1/3) GSM CODEC

7. (2/3) (3/3)

8.

5.8.2 VideoLive Mail

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