Asus K7V T User Manual

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K7V-T  
Slot A Motherboard  
USER’S MANUAL  
ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION  
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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 The ASUS K7V-T Motherboard ................................................. 8  
2.1.1 Specifications ..................................................................... 8  
2.1.1.1 Optional Components .................................................. 9  
2.1.2 Performance ..................................................................... 10  
2.1.3 Intelligence (only with optional hardware monitor) ........ 11  
2.2 K7V-T Motherboard Components ............................................ 12  
3. HARDWARE SETUP ..................................................................... 14  
3.1 K7V-T Motherboard Layout ..................................................... 14  
3.2 Layout Contents ........................................................................ 15  
3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure ....................................................... 17  
3.4 Motherboard Settings ................................................................ 17  
3.5 System Memory (DIMM) ......................................................... 22  
3.5.1 General DIMM Notes ...................................................... 22  
3.5.2 DIMM Memory Installation ............................................ 23  
3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................. 25  
3.6.1 Quick CPU Installation Procedure................................... 25  
3.6.2 Attaching the Heatsink..................................................... 26  
3.6.3 Installing the Universal Retention Mechanism................ 26  
3.6.4 Installing the Processor .................................................... 26  
3.6.5 Removing the Processor .................................................. 28  
3.6.6 Smart Thermal Solutions ................................................. 29  
3.6.7 Recommended Heatsinks for Slot A Processors .............. 30  
3.7 Expansion Cards ....................................................................... 31  
3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure............................ 31  
3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .............................. 31  
3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port Pro (AGP Pro)....................... 33  
3.7.4 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot .................................... 33  
3.8 External Connectors .................................................................. 35  
3.9 Starting Up the First Time ........................................................ 47  
4. BIOS SETUP..................................................................................... 49  
4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS ......................................... 49  
4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System ......................... 49  
4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures.............................................. 50  
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4.2 BIOS Setup Program ................................................................ 53  
4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar ............................................................... 54  
4.2.2 Legend Bar....................................................................... 54  
4.3 Main Menu................................................................................ 56  
4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave ................................ 57  
4.3.2 Keyboard Features ........................................................... 60  
4.4 Advanced Menu ........................................................................ 62  
4.4.1 Chip Configuration .......................................................... 65  
4.4.2 I/O Device Configuration ................................................ 67  
4.4.3 PCI Configuration ............................................................ 70  
4.4.4 Shadow Configuration ..................................................... 73  
4.5 Power Menu .............................................................................. 74  
4.5.1 Power Up Control ............................................................ 76  
4.5.2 Hardware Monitor............................................................ 78  
4.6 Boot Menu ................................................................................ 79  
4.7 Exit Menu ................................................................................. 81  
5. SOFTWARE SETUP ....................................................................... 83  
5.1 Operating Systems .................................................................... 83  
5.1.1 Windows 98 First Time Installation................................. 83  
5.2 K7V-T Series Motherboard Support CD .................................. 84  
5.3 Registry patch for VIA Chipset................................................. 85  
5.4 VIA PCI IRQ Routing Miniport Driver .................................... 86  
5.5 AUDIO Driver (only with onboard audio option) ...................... 87  
5.6 PC-cillin 98 ............................................................................... 88  
5.7 Acrobat Reader Vx.x ................................................................ 89  
5.8 IDE Driver ................................................................................ 90  
5.9 AGP Miniport Driver ................................................................ 91  
5.10 ASUS PC Probe x ..................................................................... 92  
5.11 YAMAHA XGStudio (only with onboard audio option) .......... 93  
5.12 Uninstalling Programs .............................................................. 94  
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE ........................................................... 95  
6.1 ASUS PC Probe ........................................................................ 95  
6.2 YAMAHA XGStudio .............................................................. 100  
7. APPENDIX...................................................................................... 103  
7.1 PCI-L101 Fast Ethernet Card ................................................. 103  
7.2 Modem Riser........................................................................... 105  
7.3 Glossary .................................................................................. 107  
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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:  
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 installa-  
tion. 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 interfer-  
ence by one or more of the following measures:  
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.  
Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.  
WARNING! Any changes or modifications to this product not expressly ap-  
proved 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  
Product information and specifications  
Instructions on setting up the motherboard  
Instructions on setting up the BIOS software  
Instructions on setting up the included software  
5. SOFTWARE SETUP  
6. SOFTWARE REFERENCE Reference material for the included software  
7. APPENDIX  
Optional items and general reference  
1.2 Item Checklist  
Check that your package is complete. If you discover damaged or missing items,  
please contact your retailer.  
1.2.1 Motherboard  
(1) ASUS Motherboard  
(1) Universal Retention Mechanism  
(1) ASUS 2-port USB Connector Set  
(1) 40-pin 80-conductor ribbon cable for internal UltraDMA/66  
or UltraDMA/33 IDE drives  
(1) Ribbon cable for master and slave IDE drives  
(1) Ribbon cable for (1) 3.5floppy disk drive  
(1) Bag of spare jumper caps  
(1) Support CD with drivers and utilities  
(1) This Motherboard Users Manual  
ASUS 3-port USB Connector Set  
ASUS IrDA-compliant infrared module (optional)  
ASUS PCI-L101 Wake-On-LAN 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card (optional)  
IMPORTANT: It is strongly recommended that at least a 200-watt (235W for full  
configuration) ATX power supply be used for this motherboard. Make sure that  
your ATX power supply can supply at least 20 amperes on the +5-volt lead and at  
least 10mA (750mA recommended) on the +5-volt standby lead (+5VSB) (see 19)  
ATX Power Suppy Connector in 3.8 External Connectors). Your system may  
become unstable/unreliable and may experience difficulty in powering up if your  
power supply is inadequate.  
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2. FEATURES  
2.1 The ASUS K7V-T Motherboard  
The ASUS K7V-T motherboard is carefully designed for the demanding PC user  
who wants high-performance features in a small package.  
2.1.1 Specifications  
AMD AthlonProcessor Support: Supports the K7, K75, and Thunderbird  
cores of the AMD Athlonprocessorsincluding 1GHzdesigned for the  
AMD AthlonProcessor Module (242-pin Slot A). The K7 and K75 core pro-  
cessors come with 512KB L2 cache, while the Thunderbird core processors come  
with 256KB on-chip L2 cache.  
North Bridge System Chipset: VIA VT8371system controller supports a  
200MHz Front Side Bus (FSB), supports up to 1.5GB of PC133/PC100 SDRAM/  
Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) SDRAM, complies with AGP 2.0 specifica-  
tions for 4X, 2X, and 1XAGP modes and PCI 2.2. bus interface with support for  
5 PCI masters. It is optimized to deliver enhanced AMD Athlonprocessor  
system performance.  
South Bridge System Chipset: VIA VT82C686A PCIset with PCI Super I/O  
integrated peripheral controller supports UltraDMA/66, which allows burst mode  
data transfer rates of up to 66.6MB/sec.  
EnhancedACPI &Anti-BootVirus BIOS: Programmable BIOS (Flash EEPROM),  
offering enhancedACPI for Windows 98 compatibility, built-in firmware-based vi-  
rus protection, and autodetection of most devices for virtually automatic setup.  
PC133/PC100 Memory Support: Equipped with three DIMM sockets to sup-  
port PC133/PC100-compliant SDRAMs or VCM SDRAMs (16, 32, 64, 128,  
256, 512MB) up to 1.5GB.  
JumperFreeMode: Allows processor settings and easy overclocking of fre-  
quency and Vcore voltage all through BIOS setup when JumperFreemode is  
enabled. Easy-to-use DIP switches instead of jumpers are included to allow  
manual adjustment of the processors external frequency.  
Thermal Sensor Connector with Optional Sensor:Accurately detects the CPU  
temperature with the ASUS Smart Fan when connected to an ASUS P2T-Cable.  
Super Multi-I/O: Provides two high-speed UART compatible serial ports and  
one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities.  
Expansion Slots: Provides five 32-bit PCI 2.2, one AGP, and one AMR expan-  
sion slots. PCI supports up to 133MB/sec maximum throughput. Each PCI slot can  
support a Bus Master PCI card, such as a SCSI card.  
Desktop Management Interface (DMI): Supports DMI through BIOS, which  
allows hardware to communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher  
level of compatibility. (Requires DMI-enabled components.)  
Wake-Up Support: Supports Wake-On-LAN and Wake-On-Ring.  
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AMR Slot: Audio Modem Riser (AMR) slot supports a very affordable audio  
and/or modem riser card.  
AGP Pro Slot: Supports an Accelerated Graphics Port/AGP Pro card for high  
performance component level interconnect targeted at 3D graphical display ap-  
plications using 4X, 2X or 1X mode bus.  
USB: Supports up to 4 USB ports, two on the back panel and two midboard, for  
more peripheral connectivity options.  
UltraDMA/66 & UltraDMA/33: Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE  
controller with two connectors that support four IDE devices on two channels.  
Supports UltraDMA/66, UltraDMA/33, PIO Modes 3 & 4 and Bus Master IDE  
DMA Mode 2, and Enhanced IDE devices, such as DVD-ROM, CD-ROM, CD-  
R/RW, LS-120, and Tape Backup drives.  
Smart BIOS: 2Mb firmware gives a new easy-to-use interface that provides  
more control and protection over the motherboard. Provides CPU/SDRAM fre-  
quency adjustments, and HD/SCSI/ZIP/CD/Floppy/Network boot selection.  
Color-coded Connectors: To enhance user accessibility to system components and  
to meet PC 99 compliancy, major connectors in this motherboard are color-coded.  
2.1.1.1 Optional Components  
The following onboard components are optional at the time of purchase.  
OnboardAudio: HardwareAC97 V2.1 CODEC compliant, 3D sound circuitry,  
sample rate conversion from 7kHz to 48kHz.  
Infrared Interface: Integrated Serial Infrared interface supports an optional  
remote control package for wireless interfacing with external peripherals, per-  
sonal gadgets, or an optional remote controller.  
PC Health Monitoring: Provides an easy way to examine and manage system  
status information, such as CPU and system voltages, temperatures, and fan  
status through the onboard hardware ASIC and the bundled ASUS PC Probe.  
Additional USB Ports: For more peripheral connectivity, two additional USB  
ports are supported midboard.  
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2. FEATURES  
2.1.2 Performance  
200/133MHz or 200/100MHz Synchronous Host/DRAM Clock Support:  
CPU frequency can operate at 200MHz while system memory operates at  
133MHz or 100MHz.  
High-Speed Data Transfer Interface: This motherboard with its chipset and  
support for UltraDMA/66 doubles the UltraDMA/33 burst transfer rate to  
66.6MB/s. UltraDMA/66 is backward compatible with both DMA/33 and DMA  
and with existing DMA devices and systems so there is no need to upgrade  
current EIDE/IDE drives and host systems. (UltraDMA/66 requires a 40-pin  
80-conductor cable to be enabled and/or for UltraDMA Mode 4.)  
Concurrent PCI: Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI mas-  
ter buses to memory to CPU.  
VCM/SDRAM Optimized Performance: This motherboard supports a new gen-  
eration memory, NECs 64Mb Virtual Channel Memory (VCM) Synchronous  
Dynamic RandomAccess Memory (SDRAM), which is compatible to the indus-  
try standard SDRAM. The VCMs core design provides up to 50% higher  
SDRAM speed at reduced power consumption of about 30%. This motherboard  
also supports standard SDRAM, which increases the data transfer rate (1.064GB/s  
max using PC133-compliant SDRAMs and 800MB/s max using PC100-compli-  
ant SDRAMs).  
ACPI Ready: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) provides  
more Energy Saving Features for future operating systems (OS) supporting OS  
Direct Power Management (OSPM) functionality. With these features imple-  
mented in the OS, PCs can be ready around the clock, yet satisfy all the energy  
saving standards. To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI, an ACPI-supported OS,  
such as Windows 98, must be used.  
New Compliancy: Both the BIOS and hardware levels of the motherboard meets  
PC 99 compliancy. The new PC 99 requirements for systems and components are  
based on the following high-level goals: Support for Plug and Play compatibility  
and power management for configuring and managing all system components,  
and 32-bit device drivers and installation procedures for Windows 95/98/NT.  
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2.1.3 Intelligence (only with optional hardware monitor)  
Fan Status Monitoring and Alarm: To prevent system overheat and system  
damage, the CPU, power supply, and system fans can be monitored for RPM  
and failure. All the fans are set for its normal RPM range and alarm thresholds.  
Voltage Monitoring and Alert: Processor and system voltage levels are moni-  
tored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components. Voltage speci-  
fications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to  
ensure proper system configuration and management.  
Auto Fan Off: The system fans will power off automatically even in sleep  
mode. This function reduces both energy consumption and system noise, and is  
an important feature to implement silent PC systems.  
Remote Ring On (requires modem): This allows a computer with this  
motherboard to be turned on remotely through an internal or external modem.  
With this feature, users can access their computer from anywhere in the world!  
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2. FEATURES  
2.2 K7V-T Motherboard Components  
See opposite page for locations.  
Location  
Processor Support Slot A for AMD AthlonProcessors ...................................... 1  
Frequency Selection DIP Switches .......................................... 5  
Chipsets/Chips North Bridge: VIA VT8371™  
(System Controller) .................................................................. 2  
South Bridge/Super I/O: VIA VT82C686A™  
(PCI-to-ISA Bridge) ............................................................... 12  
2Mb Programmable Flash EEPROM ....................................... 9  
Main Memory Maximum 1.5GB support  
3 DIMM Sockets ...................................................................... 3  
PC133 SDRAM / VC133 VCM support  
Expansion Slots 5 PCI Slots .............................................................................. 18  
1 AGP Pro Slot ....................................................................... 20  
1 Audio Modem Riser (AMR) Slot ........................................ 16  
System I/O 2 IDE Connectors (UltraDMA33/66 Support) ......................... 6  
1 Floppy Disk Driver Connector .............................................. 7  
1 Serial COM1 Connector ...................................... (Bottom) 24  
1 Serial COM2 Connector ...................................... (Bottom) 22  
1 Parallel Port Connector ............................................. (Top) 23  
USB Connectors (Port 0 & Port 1) ......................................... 25  
USB Connectors (Ports 23; Ports 46 optional) ................... 10  
1 PS/2 Mouse Connector .............................................. (Top) 26  
1 PS/2 Keyboard Connector ................................... (Bottom) 26  
Audio AC97 V2.1 Audio Codec (optional)...................................... 17  
Aureal PCI Audio Controller (optional) ................................. 14  
Digital Audio Interface Header (optional).............................. 15  
1 Joystick/MIDI Connector (on audio model only) .... (Top ) 21  
1 Line Out Connector (on audio model only) ........ (Bottom) 21  
1 Line In Connector (on audio model only) ........... (Bottom) 21  
1 Microphone Connector (on audio model only) ... (Bottom) 21  
Network Features Wake-On-LAN Connector........................................................ 8  
Wake-On-Ring Connector ...................................................... 13  
Hardware Monitoring Hardware Monitor Chip ......................................................... 11  
3 Fan Power and Speed Monitoring Connectors  
Power ATX Power Supply Connector ................................................. 4  
Special Feature Onboard LED (Standby Power Warning)............................... 19  
Form Factor ATX, 305mm x 244mm (12x 9.6)  
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