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Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or al- tered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing.
CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION How This Manual Is Organized ..........7 Item Checklist ................7 2. FEATURES The ASUS A7V-E ..............8 2.1.1 Specifications ..............8 2.1.2 Special Features ............10 2.1.3 Optional Components ........... 10 2.1.4 Performance Features ............ 10 2.1.5 Intelligence ..............
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Exit Menu ................73 5. SOFTWARE SETUP Install Operating System ............75 Start Windows ................75 A7V-E Series Motherboard Support CD ......... 76 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ASUS PC Probe ............... 79 CyberLink PowerDVD ............84 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE ............. 85 CyberLink VideoLive Mail ............
Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications. This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
(1) ATA/33 IDE ribbon cable 100 Ethernet Card (1) Ribbon cable for one 5.25” and two 3.5” floppy disk drives (1) ASUS 2-port USB Connector Set (1) Bag of spare jumper caps (1) ASUS Support CD with drivers and utilities (1) This Motherboard User’s...
2. FEATURES 2.1 The ASUS A7V-E The ASUS A7V-E motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants advanced features processed by the fastest processors. 2.1.1 Specifications • AMD Athlon™/Duron™ Processor Support: Supports Socket A-based AMD Athlon™/Duron™ processors.
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PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system status information, such as CPU and systerm voltages, temperatures, and fan status through the onboard hardware monitoring and the bundled ASUS PC Probe. • SMBus: Features the System Management Bus interface, which is used to physi- cally transport commands and information between SMBus devices.
32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows95/98/NT . Color-coded connectors and descriptive icons make identification easy as required by PC 99. • Symbios SCSI BIOS: Supports optional ASUS SCSI controller cards through the onboard SYMBIOS firmware. 2.1.3 Optional Components •...
Voltage Monitoring and Alert: System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable voltage to critical motherboard components. Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Network Features 1 LAN (RJ45) Connector (optional) ........ (Top) Wake-On-LAN Connector ............15 Wake-On-Ring Connector ............13 Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring (integrated in ASUS ASIC) ..12 3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors Power ATX Power Supply Connector ..........1 Others Onboard LED ................
System Power LED Lead (3 pins) 24) RESET (PANEL) p.37 Reset Switch Lead (2 pins) 25) PWR.SW (PANEL) p.37 ATX / Soft-Off Switch Lead (2 pins) 26) SMI (PANEL) p.37 System Management Interrupt Lead (2 pins) ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Failure to do so may cause severe damage to your motherboard, peripherals, and/or components. The onboard LED when lit acts as a reminder that the system is in suspend or soft-off mode and not powered OFF. ® Standby Powered A7V-E Power A7V-E Onboard LED ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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[ O N ] [OFF] [ O N ] [OFF] NOTE: For updated processor settings, visit the ASUS web site (see ASUS CON- TACT INFORMATION). WARNING! Frequencies other than the recommended CPU bus frequencies are not guaranteed to be stable. Overclocking your processor is not recommended. It may result in a slower speed and premature wearing of the processor.
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2. To use this feature, JEN must be set to Jumper Mode: [1-2]; [See section 1]. 3. CPU External Frequencies may also be adjusted in JumperFree Mode using BIOS software. For more up to date processor settings, visit the ASUS web site: www.asus.com. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
For the system CPU bus to operate at MHz/133MHz, use only PC100-/PC133- compliant DIMMs. • ASUS motherboards support SPD (Serial Presence Detect) DIMMs. This is the memory of choice for best performance vs. stability. • BIOS shows SDRAM memory on bootup screen.
60 Pins 88 Pins ® A7V-E A7V-E 168-Pin DIMM Sockets The DIMMs must be 3.3Volt unbuffered SDRAMs. To determine the DIMM type, check the notches on the DIMMs (see figure below). 168-Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions (3.3V) Voltage Key Position...
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CPU, make sure that the CPU capacitors do not touch the heatsink; otherwise, your CPU will be damaged! See your heatsink/CPU documentation for details. BLANK LEVER LOCK AMD™ Athlon ® A7V-E A7V-E Socket A NOTCH ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
5. Replace the computer system’s cover. 6. Set up the BIOS if necessary (such as IRQ XX Reserved for Legacy Device: Yes in 4.4.3 PCI Configuration) 7. Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
IMPORTANT: If using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support “Share IRQ” or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Conflicts may arise between the two PCI groups that will make the system unstable or cards inoperable. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
3. HARDWARE SETUP 3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) This motherboard provides an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot to support AGP graphics cards, such as an ASUS AGP-V7700 GeForce2 GTS graphics card. CAUTION! To avoid damaging your AGP graphics card, your computer’s power supply should be unplugged before inserting your graphics card into the slot.
This connection is for a standard keyboard using an PS/2 plug (mini DIN). This connector will not allow standard AT size (large DIN) keyboard plugs. You may use a DIN to mini DIN adapter on standard AT keyboards. PS/2 Keyboard (6-pin Female) ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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5) Parallel Port Connector (Burgundy 25-pin PRINTER) You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port (see 4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration). NOTE: Serial printers must be connected to the serial port. Parallel Port (25-pin Female) ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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8) Fast-Ethernet Port Connector (RJ45) (optional) The RJ45 connector is located on top of the USB Ports 0 & 1. The connector allows the motherboard to conect to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. RJ-45 ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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(Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta- tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged). FLOPPY NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. PIN 1 ® A7V-E A7V-E Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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Chassis Signal lead, which occurs when a panel switch or light detec- tor is triggered. This function requires the optional ASUS CIDB chassis intru- sion module to be installed (see 7. APPENDIX). If the chassis intrusion lead is not used, a jumper cap must be placed over the pins to close the circuit.
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13) Wake-On-LAN Connector (3-pin WOL_CON) This connector connects to a LAN card with a Wake-On-LAN output, such as the ASUS PCI-L101 Ethernet card (see 7. Appendix). The connector powers up the system when a wakeup packet or signal is received through the LAN card.
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NOTE: The “Rotation” signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal. The Rotations per Minute (RPM) can be monitored using ASUS PC Probe (see 6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE). WARNING! The CPU and/or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks.
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17) Headphone True-Level Out Header (3-pin HPHONE) This connector allows you to connect a chassis mounted headphone to the mother- board instead of having to attach an external headphone onto the ATX connectors. HPHONE ® A7V-E A7V-E True-Level Line Out Header ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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SMBus devices. SMBus is a specific implementation of an I bus, which is a multi-device bus; that is, multiple chips can be connected to the same bus and each one can act as a master by initiating data transfer. ® A7V-E A7V-E SMBus Connector ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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+5.0 Volts +5.0 Volts +12.0Volts A7V-E A7V-E ATX Power Connector 21) IDE Activity LED (2-pin IDELED) This connector supplies power to the cabinet’s IDE activity LED. Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary/Secondary IDE and Primary/ Secondary ATA100 connectors will cause the LED to light up.
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Switch* A7V-E Requires an ATX power supply. A7V-E System Panel Connectors 22) System Warning Speaker Connector (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector connects to the case-mounted speaker. Two sources (LINE_OUT and SPEAKER) will allow you to hear system beeps and warn- ings.
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No DRAM installed or detected One long beep followed by Video card not found or video card three short beeps memory bad High frequency beeps when CPU overheated system is working System running at a lower frequency ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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Shut Down, and then click Shut down the computer? The power supply should turn off after Windows shuts down. NOTE: The message “You can now safely turn off your computer” will not appear when shutting down with ATX power supplies. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
4. In DOS mode, type A:\AFLASH <Enter> to run AFLASH. IMPORTANT! If “unknown” is displayed after Flash Memory:, the memory chip is either not programmable or is not supported by the ACPI BIOS and there- fore, cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
BIOS revision will solve your problems. Care- less updating can result in your motherboard having more problems! 1. Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet (WWW or FTP) (see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details) and save to the disk you created earlier.
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If the Flash Memory Writer utility was not able to successfully update a complete BIOS file, your system may not be able to boot up. If this happens, your system will need servicing. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
POST. NOTE: Because the BIOS software is constantly being updated, the following BIOS screens and descriptions are for reference purposes only and may not re- flect your BIOS screens exactly. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Brings up a selection menu for the highlighted field <Home> or <PgUp> Moves the cursor to the first field <End> or <PgDn> Moves the cursor to the last field <F5> Resets the current screen to its Setup Defaults <F10> Saves changes and exits Setup ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Item Specific Help window located to the right of each menu. This window displays the help text for the currently highlighted field. NOTE: The item heading in square brackets represents the default setting for that field. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
This is required to support older Japanese floppy drives. Floppy 3 Mode support will allow reading and writing of 1.2MB (as opposed to 1.44MB) on a 3.5-inch diskette. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Drive A] [Drive B] [Both] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Primary IDE hard disk drives must have its partition set to active (also possible with FDISK). Other options for the Type field are: [None] - to disable IDE devices ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to [User Type HDD] and the Translation Method field must be set to [Manual]. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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IDE devices. Set to [Disabled] to suppress Ultra DMA capa- bility. NOTE: To make changes to this field, the Type field must be set to [User Type HDD]. Configuration options: [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] [Disabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
[6/Sec] [8/Sec] [10/Sec] [12/Sec] [15/Sec] [20/Sec] [24/Sec] [30/Sec] Keyboard Auto-Repeat Delay [1/4 Sec] This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second charac- ters. Configuration options: [1/4 Sec] [1/2 Sec] [3/4 Sec] [1 Sec] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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Short solder points ® to Clear CMOS A7V-E A7V-E Clear RTC RAM Halt On [All Errors] This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt. Configuration options: [All Errors] [No Error] [All but Keyboard] [All but...
CPU Frequency multiplied by 4/3. To maintain and ensure system stability, DRAM Fre- quency is set to [100 MHz] when the BIOS setup default settings are loaded/ selected. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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[Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] OS/2 Onboard Memory > 64M [Disabled] When using OS/2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB, you need to set this option to [Enabled]; otherwise, leave this on [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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OFF your system and restart. The system will start up in safe mode running at a DRAM-to-CPU frequency ratio of 3:3 and a bus speed of 100MHz. You will then be led to BIOS setup to adjust the configurations. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
(When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to [Manual]) Configuration options: [0] [1] [2]...[F] AGP Drive Strenght N Ctrl [E] (When AGP 4X Drive Strength set to [Manual]) Configuration options: [0] [1] [2]...[F] AGP Fast Write [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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(bytes or words) into a single 32-bit block of data. However, byte merging may only be done when the bytes within a data phase are in a prefetchable address range. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DRAM Read Latch Delay [Auto] Configuration options: [-0.01 ns] [0.75 ns]...[Auto] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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It can greatly improve the dis- play speed by caching the display data. You must set this to UC (uncacheable) if your display card cannot support this feature; otherwise your system may not boot. Configuration options: [UC] [USWC] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
COM2 connec- tor, it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature. See Standard and Con- sumer Infrared Module Connector in 3.8 External Connectors. Configuration op- tions: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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If you have conflicts with the onboard network/audio controller, you may set the appro- priate field to [Disabled]. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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This sets the I/O address for the onboard MIDI device. FM Enable (388h-38Bh) [Disabled] This field enables or disables the FM modulation feature. Game Port Function [Disabled] Enable this field to use the game port. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enable (200h-207h)] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
[Disabled] will disable the motherboard’s Symbios SCSI BIOS so that the BIOS on an add-on Symbios SCSI card can be used. If your Symbios SCSI card does not have a BIOS, the Symbios SCSI card will not function. Con- figuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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(non-PnP) device. The default value indi- cates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or that ISA Configuration Utility (ICU) is being used to determine if a legacy device is using that IRQ. Configuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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(non-PnP) device. The default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA device is using that channel. Con- figuration options: [No/ICU] [Yes] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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8K, 16K, 32K, or 64K. If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task, leave Reserved MEM Block BASE to its default setting of [No/ICU]. Configu- ration options: [No/ICU] [C800] [CC00] [D000] [D400] [D800] [DC00] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
ROMs on them, you will need to know which addresses the ROMs use to shadow them specifically. Shadowing a ROM reduces the memory available between 640K and 1024K by the amount used for this purpose. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Windows 3.x and Windows 95, you need to install Windows with the APM feature. For Windows 98 and later, APM is automatically installed. A battery and power cord icon labeled “Power Management” will appear in the “Control Panel.” Choose “Advanced” in the Power Management Properties dialog box. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode. Regardless of the setting, holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system. Configuration options: [Soft off] [Suspend] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Con- figuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] IMPORTANT: This feature requires an optional network interface card with Wake- On-LAN and an ATX power supply with at least 720mA +5V standby power. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
NOTE: If any of the monitored items is out of range, an error message will appear: “Hardware Monitor found an error. Enter Power setup menu for details”. You will then be prompted to “Press F1 to continue, DEL to enter SETUP”. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
Make sure the ATAPI CD-ROM drive that you want to use in the boot sequence is connected to either the PRIMARY or SECONDARY IDE con- nectors, not to the ATA100 connectors. Currently, the Promise® Ultra DMA/100 chip does not support this feature. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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[AGP Card] uses the AGP card as your primary card. The default, [PCI Card], allows your PCI graphics card to take precedence when detected. Configuration options: [PCI Card] [AGP Card] ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
This option should only be used if you do not want to save the changes you have made to the Setup program. If you have made changes to fields other than system date, system time, and password, the system will ask for con- firmation before exiting. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
This option saves your selections without exiting the Setup program. You can then return to other menus and make changes. After selecting this op- tion, all selections are saved and a confirmation is requested. Select [Yes] to save any changes to the non-volatile RAM. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
NOTE: Because there are various motherboard settings, options, and expansion cards, the following can only be used as a general reference and may not reflect exactly the screen contents displayed on your screen. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
• USB Patch File for AMD K7: Installs a USB update for AMD K7 CPUs. • ASUS PC Probe Vx.xx: Installs a smart utility to monitor your computer’s fan, temperature, and voltages. • ASUS Update Vx.xx: Installs ASUS\Update to help you update your BIOS or download BIOS image file from the Internet.
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Intel LDCM 6.1 Client Setup: (optional) LANDesk Client Manager software monitors the Client system and operates hardware management features. • ASUS BIOS Flash Utility for LDCM 6.1: (optional) Installs a utility that re- motely flashes to a client PC’s BIOS software when used in conjunction with Intel LDCM Administrator.
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Motherboard type Other If you are using the ASUS PCI-L101 on an ASUS motherboard, leave the jumper on its defaut setting of “ASUS.” If you are using another brand of motherboard, set the jumper to “Other.” Connect the Wake on LAN (WOL) output signal to the motherboard’s WOL_CON in order to utilize the wake on LAN feature of the moth-...
A: To enable Wake-On-LAN function, your system requires Ethernet LAN adapter card that can activate Wake-On-LAN function, a client with Wake-On-LAN capa- bility, and software such as LDCM Rev. 3.10 or up that can trigger wake-up frame. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
BIOS file into the EEPROM. Bit (Binary Digit) Represents the smallest unit of data used by the computer. A bit can have one of two values: 0 or 1. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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IDE devices integrate the drive control circuitry directly on the drive itself, elimi- nating the need for a separate adapter card (in the case for SCSI devices). UltraDMA/ 33 IDE devices can achieve up to 33MB/Sec transfer. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
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Developed by Rambus, Inc., this type of memory can deliver up to 1.6GB of data per second. RDRAM is the first interface standard that can be directly implemented on high performance VLSI components such as, CMOS DRAMs, memory control- lers, and graphics/video ICs. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...
USB 2.0 provides twice the transfer rate compared to USB 1.0 and competes with the 1394 standard. Wake-On-LAN Computer will automatically wake-up upon receiving a wake-up packet through a Network interface when it is under power soft-off, suspend or sleep mode. ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual...