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A7V266-C
JumperFree™ DDR DRAM
266MHz FSB AGP 4X
Socket A Motherboard
USER’S MANUAL
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CONTENTS
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 7
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized ................................................... 7
1.2 Item Checklist .............................................................................. 7
2. FEATURES ........................................................................................ 8
2.1 ASUS A7V266-C Motherboard ................................................... 8
2.1.1 Specifications ..................................................................... 8
2.1.2 Connections ........................................................................ 9
2.1.3 Performance...................................................................... 10
2.1.4 Intelligence ....................................................................... 11
2.2 Motherboard Components.......................................................... 12
2.2.1 Component Locations....................................................... 13
3. HARDWARE SETUP ...................................................................... 14
3.1 Motherboard Layout .................................................................. 14
3.2 Layout Contents ......................................................................... 15
3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure......................................................... 17
3.4 Motherboard Settings ................................................................. 17
3.5 System Memory ......................................................................... 23
3.5.1 DDR DIMM Support........................................................ 23
3.5.2 Memory Installation ......................................................... 24
3.5.3 General DIMM Memo...................................................... 24
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................. 25
3.7 Expansion Cards ........................................................................ 26
3.7.1 Installing an Expansion Card ........................................... 26
3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .............................. 27
3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4x Slot........................ 28
3.8 Connectors ................................................................................ 29
3.8.1 External Connectors ......................................................... 29
4. BIOS SETUP..................................................................................... 41
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS .......................................... 41
4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System.......................... 41
4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures .............................................. 43
4.2 BIOS Setup Program.................................................................. 45
4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar ................................................................ 46
4.2.2 Legend Bar ....................................................................... 46
4.3 Main Menu ................................................................................. 48
4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ................................. 49
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4.3.2 Keyboard Features............................................................ 52
4.4 Advanced Menu ......................................................................... 54
4.4.1 Chip Configuration ........................................................... 58
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration ................................................. 61
4.4.3 PCI Configuration ............................................................ 63
4.5 Power Menu ............................................................................... 65
4.5.1 Power Up Control............................................................. 67
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor ............................................................ 69
4.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................. 70
4.7 Exit Menu................................................................................... 72
5. SOFTWARE SETUP ....................................................................... 75
5.1 Install Operating System ............................................................ 75
5.2 Start Windows ............................................................................ 75
5.3 A7V266-C Motherboard Support CD ........................................ 76
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ........................................................... 79
6.1 ASUS PC Probe ......................................................................... 79
6.2 Multi-Channel Audio Feature Setup........................................... 84
6.3 ASUS Live Update..................................................................... 86
6.4 3Deep Color Tuner..................................................................... 87
6.5 CyberLink PowerPlayer SE ....................................................... 89
6.6 CyberLink VideoLive Mail ........................................................ 90
GLOSSARY .......................................................................................... 93
INDEX ................................................................................................... 97
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE
Federal Communications Commission Statement
This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions:
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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 been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B
digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to
provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy
and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer's instructions, may
cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does
cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined
by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the
interference by one or more of the following measures:
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Re-orient or relocate the receiving antenna.
Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver.
Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which
the receiver is connected.
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Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.
WARNING!Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly approved
by the manufacturer could void any assurances of safety or performance and
could result in violation of Part 15 of the FCC Rules.
Reprinted from the Code of Federal Regulations #47, part 15.193, 1993. Washington DC: Office of the
Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration, U.S. Government Printing Office.
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class B limits for radio noise emissions
from digital apparatus set out in the 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.
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1. INTRODUCTION
1.1 How This Manual Is Organized
This manual is divided into the following sections:
1. INTRODUCTION
2. FEATURES
3. HARDWARE SETUP
4. BIOS SETUP
Manual information and checklist
Production information and specifications
Instructions on setting up the motherboard.
Instructions on setting up the BIOS
5. SOFTWARE SETUP
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE
7. APPENDIX
Instructions on setting up the included software
Reference material for the included software
Optional items and general reference
1.2 Item Checklist
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,
contact your retailer.
Package Contents
Optional Items
ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared
module
(1) ASUS Motherboard
(1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon
cable for internal
UltraDMA100/66 IDE drives
(1) Ribbon cable for two 3.5”
floppy disk drives
(1) ASUS Support CD with drivers
and utilities
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps
(1) ASUS 2-port USB Connector
Set
(1) User’s Manual
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2. FEATURES
2.1 ASUS A7V266-C Motherboard
The ASUS A7V266-C motherboard is the perfect answer for home PCs.
The A7V266-C is powered by the AMD® Athlon™ XP, Athlon™/Duron™ processor
and is bundled with advanced features to provide superlative performance.
2.1.1 Specifications
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AMD® Athlon™/ Athlon XP™ and Duron™ Processor Support
North Bridge System Chipset: Features the VIA® KT266A North Bridge that
supports AGP 4X/2X mode, 266/200MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), and
266/200MHz memory bus.
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South Bridge System Chipset: VIA® VT8233A integrated peripheral controller
supports UltraDMA133/100/66/33 for burst mode data transfer rates of up to
133MB/sec, and USB controller with two root hubs for four USB ports.
PC2100 / PC1600 DDR Support: Equipped with three Double Data Rate Dual
Inline Memory Module (DDR DIMM) sockets to support up to 3GB of DDR
DRAM. DDR DRAM is the newest memory standard with the highest bandwidth
and lowest latency currently available. DDR dramatically improves the memory
system’s ability to service, among others, high multimedia requirements. (Caution:
Do not attempt to use SDRAM modules.)
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JumperFree™ Mode: Make processor settings to overclock frequency and
Vcore voltage through BIOS. Easy-to-use DIP switches come with the
motherboard board for manual adjustment of processor frequencies.
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UltraDMA/133 Support: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller
with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels. Supports
UltraDMA133/100/66/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4, Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2,
and Enhanced IDE devices:DVDs, CD-R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.
Super Multi-I/O: The multi-I/O chipset offers complete support for a variety of
I/O functions. Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and one
parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities. UART2 can also be directed from
COM2 to the Infrared Module for wireless connections. The Super I/O controller
also supports a floppy disk drive, PS/2 keyboard, and PS/2 mouse.
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C.O.P. Thermal Protection: WithAMD® Athlon XP™ installed, the motherboard
offers users ASUS C.O.P. automatic CPU Overheating Protection to prolong the
life of the entire system. If the CPU temperature becomes excessive, the PC
shuts down automatically.
Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware enables Vcore and CPU/DDR SDRAM frequency
adjustments, boot block write protection, and HD/SCSI/MO/ZIP/CD/Floppy boot
selection.
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2. FEATURES
2.1.2 Connections
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CPU socket: Socket A (462) for AMD® processors.
PCI Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit Legacy Free PCI slots, (PCI 2.2
compliant) eliminating bottlenecks and system memory management issues.All
PCI slots can support Bus Master PCI cards, such as SCSI or LAN cards. (PCI
supports up to 133MB/s maximum throughput.) The MB supports Concurrent
PCI, which allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master bus to the memory
and processor.
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IDE connectors: Dual-channel bus master IDE connectors support up to four
Ultra DMA133/100/66, PIO Modes 3 & 4 IDE devices like two HDDs, one
DVD and an R/W CD.
AGP 4X Slot: Comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port 4X slot that
supports AGP cards for high performance, component level interconnect
targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode bus.
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Floppy disk connector: Supports the floppy disk drive.
USB ports: Two Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting
USB devices such as a mouse and PDA.
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Serial ports: Four 9-pin COM1/COM2 ports are for all serial devices.
IrDA: Supports an optional infrared port module for a wireless interface.
Microphone: (Optional) Pink jack connects a microphone (or 6 channel speaker).
Line In: (Optional) Light blue jack connects a tape player (or 6 channel speaker).
Line Out: (Optional) Lime jack connects a headphone, a speaker (or 6 channel
speaker).
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Game/MIDI connector. (Optional) This connector supports a joystick or a
game pad for playing games, and MIDI devices for playing or editing audio
files.
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Parallel port: 25-pin port connects a parallel printer or other devices.
PS/2 mouse port: Green 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 mouse.
PS/2 keyboard port: Purple 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 keyboard.
Onboard LED: Signals AC power is okay.
ATX power connector. Supplies the MB with ATX 12V power. The power
supply must have at least 1A on the +5V standby lead (+5VSB).
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2. FEATURES
2.1.3 Performance
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DDR DRAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports a new
generation memory, Double Data Rate (DDR) Dynamic Random Access Memory
(DDR DRAM). This new memory technology increases performance by
executing two actions per clock cycle, resulting in data transfer rates of up to 2.1
GB/s for 133MHz DDR SDRAM and 1.6GB/s for 100MHz DDR SDRAM.
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OnboardAudio: (Optional)Audio models come with the six-channel C-Media
CMI8738 PCI audio controller that supplies HRTF 3D positional audio functions.
The chip supports software access to PC DVD 5.1/6.1 andAC-3/DTS via SPDIF.
Other integrative featues include: full DVD playback, PCtel 56K modem, and
even Karaoke echo effects. The chip offers 24-bit SPDIF digital recording and
playback with additional support for legacy audio SBPRO™ and FM emulator/
DLS wavetable music synthesis. A software package helps setup the multi-
channel PC sound system.
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ACPI Ready: Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) provides more
Energy Saving Features for operating systems that support OS Direct Power
Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features employed in the OS,
PCs can be ready around the clock but comply with energy saving standards. To
fully utilize the ACPI benefits, use an ACPI-supported OS such as Windows 98.
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PC’99 Compliant: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS smart series
motherboards are PC’99 compliant. The new PC’99 requirements for systems
and components are based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug-
n-Play compatibility and power management for configuring and managing all
system components, and 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.
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High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: Support for UltraDMA/133 through the
onboard IDE bus master controller quadruples the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer
rate. UltraDMA/133 is backward compatible with DMA100/66/33, and other
existing DMA devices to save the need to upgrade current EIDE/IDE drives.
(UltraDMA133/100/66 requires a 40-pin 80-conductor cable).
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Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master
busses to the memory and processor.
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2. FEATURES
2.1.4 Intelligence
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Auto Fan Off: The system fans powers off automatically even in sleep mode.
This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and is an
important feature in implementing silent PC systems.
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Dual Function Power Button: Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds
when the system is in the working state places the system into one of two states:
sleep mode or soft-off mode, depending on the BIOS or OS setting (See PWR
Button < 4 Secs in 4.5 Power Menu). When the power button is pressed for
more than 4 seconds, the system enters the soft-off mode regardless of the BIOS
setting.
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Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm: To prevent system overheat and system
damage, the CPU and system fans can be monitored for RPM and failure. All
fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.
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Power LED (requiresACPI OS support): The power LED indicates the system
status.
Remote Ring-On (requires modem): This allows a computer to be turned on
remotely through an internal or external modem. With this benefit on-hand, users
can access vital information from their computers anywhere.
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Temperature Monitoring and Alert: CPU temperature is monitored by the
ASUS ASIC through the CPU’s internal thermal diode (on Pentium III and
Celeron) to prevent system overheat and system damage.
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.
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Chassis Intrusion Detection: Supports chassis-intrusion monitoring through
the ASUS ASIC. A chassis intrusion event is kept in memory on battery power
for more protection.
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2. FEATURES
2.2 Motherboard Components
Location
See opposite page for locations.
Processor Support Socket A for AMD® Athlon™ XP, AThlon™/Duron™ Processors 2
Feature Setting DIP Switches ................................................... 6
Chipsets VIA® KT266A North Bridge .................................................... 1
VIA® VT8233A South Bridge .................................................. 7
Multi-I/O controller ................................................................ 18
2Mbit Programmable Flash EEPROM ................................... 17
Main Memory 3 DDR DIMM Sockets (Max. 3GB) ........................................ 3
Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots .............................................................................. 16
1 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) 4X Slot .......................... 20
System I/O 1 Floppy Disk Drive Connector ............................................. 11
2 IDE Connectors (ATA-133 Support) ..................................... 5
1 Panel Connector .................................................................... 9
1 Infrared Connector .............................................................. 10
USB Headers (Ports 2/3) ........................................................ 12
1 Parallel Port ......................................................................... 22
2 Serial Ports (COM1/COM2) .............................................. 27
USB Connectors (Port 0 & Port 1) ....................................... 28
1 PS/2 Mouse Connector (Green) ......................................... 21
1 PS/2 Keyboard Connector (Purple) .................................... 29
Hardware Monitoring System Voltage Monitoring (integrated in ASUS ASIC) ......... 8
Special Feature Onboard LED ......................................................................... 19
Audio Features (on Audio models only)
1 S/PDIF Connector ............................................................... 13
CMI8738 6-Channel Audio Controller................................... 14
1 ASUS iPanel Audio Connector............................................ 15
1 Game/MIDI Port................................................................. 23
1 Line Out Connector (Lime) ................................................. 26
1 Line In Connector (Light blue) .......................................... 25
1 Microphone Connector (Pink) ............................................ 24
Power ATX Power Supply Connector ................................................. 4
Form Factor ATX
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