Asus A8V-VM- User Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 2 – i i
• Page 3 – i i i; Table of contents; A8V-VM specifications summary; C h a p t e r 1 : P r o d u c t i n t r o d u c t i o n
• Page 4 – i v; C h a p t e r 2 : B I O S s e t u p
• Page 5 – C h a p t e r 3 : S o f t w a r e s u p p o r t
• Page 6 – v i; Notices; F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t; interference that may cause undesired operation.; C a n a d i a n D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n s S t a t e m e n t; or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party
• Page 7 – v i i; Safety information; E l e c t r i c a l s a f e t y
• Page 8 – v i i i; About this guide; configuring the motherboard.; H o w t h i s g u i d e i s o r g a n i z e d; warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These
• Page 9 – i x; C o n v e n t i o n s u s e d i n t h i s g u i d e; Typography; Used to emphasize a word or a phrase; Command
• Page 10 – Supports AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM Technology
• Page 11 – I n t e r n a l I / O
• Page 13 – This chapter describes the motherboard
• Page 14 – Package contents
• Page 15 – A S U S A 8 V - V M; Special features; . 3 . 1 P r o d u c t h i g h l i g h t s; A M D D u a l - C o r e A r c h i t e c t u r e
• Page 16 – S e r i a l A T A 3 G b / s t e c h n o l o g y; The motherboard supports the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology through; A M D C o o l ‘ n ’ Q u i e t ! TM T e c h n o l o g y; The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM Technology that; . 3 . I n n o v a t i v e A S U S f e a t u r e s; C r a s h F r e e B I O S; With the ASUS EZ Flash, you can easily update the system BIOS even
• Page 17 – O n b o a r d L E D; The motherboard comes with a green standby power LED. This LED; Before you proceed
• Page 18 – Motherboard overview; to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.; motherboard components.; . 5 . 1 P l a c e m e n t d i r e c t i o n; rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below.; Do not overtighten the screws! Doing so can damage the motherboard.
• Page 19 – . 5 . 3 M o t h e r b o a r d l a y o u t
• Page 20 – . 6 . I n s t a l l i n g t h e C P U; Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.; Before installing the CPU, make sure that the socket box is facing; faster than processors with only 3-bit or 64-bit wide data paths.; Gold triangle
• Page 22 – . 6 . 3 I n s t a l l i n g t h e h e a t s i n k a n d f a n; The AMD AthlonTM 64FX, AthlonTM 64X, AMD Athlon 64TM or AMD; • You do not have to remove the retention module base when
• Page 23 – A8V-VM CPU Fan Connector; Align the other end of the retention bracket (near the retention
• Page 24 – System memory; The motherboard comes with four 184-pin Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual; . . M e m o r y c o n f i g u r a t i o n s; You may install 18 MB, 56 MB, 51 MB, and 1 GB unbuffered ECC or
• Page 25 – T a b l e 1; D D R 4 0 0 Q u a l i f i e d V e n d o r s L i s t
• Page 26 – - supports one module as a single-channel memory configuration.
• Page 27 – . . 3 I n s t a l l i n g a D I M M; to both the motherboard and the components.
• Page 28 – Expansion slots; . 8 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d; Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing; . 8 . C o n f i g u r i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d
• Page 29 – S t a n d a r d i n t e r r u p t a s s i g n m e n t s; I R Q a s s i g n m e n t s f o r t h i s m o t h e r b o a r d; “Share IRQ” or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments otherwise,
• Page 30 – . 8 . 3 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 s l o t
• Page 31 – Jumpers
• Page 32 – A8V-VM Keyboard Power Setting; KBPWR
• Page 33 – . 1 0 . 1 R e a r p a n e l c o n n e c t o r s; of 100 Mbps to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub.; LAN port LED indications
• Page 34 – . 1 0 . I n t e r n a l c o n n e c t o r s; . F l o p p y d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t o r ( 3 4 - 1 p i n F L O P P Y ); when using a FDD cable with a covered Pin 5.; ports are available for connecting USB .0 devices.
• Page 35 – A8V-VM IDE Connectors; These connectors are for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cables.
• Page 36 – A8V-VM CPU SATA Connectors
• Page 37 – the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, making; Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors.
• Page 38 – These connectors are for USB .0 ports. Connect the USB module; The USB.0 module is purchased separately .
• Page 39 – A8V-VM ATX Power Connectors
• Page 40 – connector at the back of the optical drive.; A8V-VM Internal Audio Connector; CD; then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system; The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.; A8V-VM Digital Audio Connector
• Page 41 – A8V-VM Analog Front Panel Connector; AAFP; A8V-VM Chassis Intrusion Connector; CHASSIS
• Page 42 – A8V-VM System Panel Connector; PANEL
• Page 43 – BIOS setup; This chapter tells how to change
• Page 44 – Managing and updating your BIOS; . 1 . 1 C r e a t i n g a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k; format; motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
• Page 45 – assuming that D: is your optical drive.; . 1 . 2 A S U S E Z F l a s h u t i l i t y; To update the BIOS using EZ Flash:; update process and automatically reboots the system when done.; • Do not shutdown or reset the system while updating the BIOS to
• Page 46 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:; C o p y i n g t h e c u r r e n t B I O S; To copy the current BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:; CD to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier.; • Make sure that the floppy disk is not write-protected and has at
• Page 47 – completed. Reboot the system from the hard disk drive.; BIOS filename at the DOS prompt.
• Page 48 – . 1 . 4 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 u t i l i t y; support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m a f l o p p y d i s k; To recover the BIOS from a floppy disk:; DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! Doing
• Page 49 – R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m t h e s u p p o r t C D; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:; When no floppy disk is found, the utility automatically checks the
• Page 50 – I n s t a l l i n g A S U S U p d a t e; Place the support CD in the optical drive. The; . 1 . A S U S U p d a t e u t i l i t y; Quit all Windows
• Page 51 – Select the ASUS FTP site; U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h t h e I n t e r n e t; To update the BIOS through the Internet:
• Page 52 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h a B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:; The ASUS Update utility is; Locate the BIOS file from the
• Page 53 – BIOS setup program; reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This section; file for this motherboard and .
• Page 54 – . 2 . 1 B I O S m e n u s c r e e n; Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.; . 2 . 3 N a v i g a t i o n k e y s
• Page 55 – displays the specific items for that menu.; . 2 . C o n f i g u r a t i o n f i e l d s; These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is user-
• Page 56 – Main menu; When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,; Refer to section “2.2.1 BIOS menu screen” for information on the menu
• Page 57 – P r i m a r y , S e c o n d a r y , T h i r d a n d F o u r t h; item then press to display the IDE device information.
• Page 58 – . 3 . S y s t e m I n f o r m a t i o n; A M I B I O S; Displays the auto-detected CPU specification; S y s t e m M e m o r y; Selects the PIO mode.; S M A R T M o n i t o r i n g [ A u t o ]
• Page 59 – Advanced menu; the configuration options.; Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction.; . 4 . 1 J u m p e r F r e e C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to select the AGP/PCI frequency.
• Page 60 – . 4 . 2 C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n; automatically detects.; G A R T E r r o r R e p o r t i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to select PCIE frequency mode.; D D R R e f e r e n c e V o l t a g e [ A u t o ]; Allows you to select DDR reference voltage.
• Page 61 – The items in this menu show the chipset-related information.; N o r t h B r i d g e C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to set the memory clock mode.; M C T T i m i n g M o d e [ A u t o ]; Allows you to set the MCT timing mode.; The following items appear only when the MCT Timing Mode is set to
• Page 62 – E C C C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you to enable or disable the DRAM ECC.; The following items appear only when the DRAM ECC Enable is set to; Enables or disables the MCA DRAM ECC logging.
• Page 63 – Disables or sets the DRAM BG SCRUB.; L 2 C a c h e B G S c r u b [ D i s a b l e d ]; Disables or sets the L2 Cache BG Scrub.; A G P B r i d g e K 8 M 8 9 0 A G P / P C I E X P R E S S C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Disables or sets the Data Cache BG Scrub.; O n C h i p V G A F r a m e B u f f e r S i z e [ D i s a b l e d ]; Selects OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size.; P r i m a r y G r a p h i c s A d a p t e r [ P C I E V G A ]; Sets the primary graphics adapter.
• Page 64 – S o u t h B r i d g e V I A V T 8 2 1 C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Enables or disables the RAID/AHCI BIOS execute feature. This item; L A N C o n t r o l l e r [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 65 – A M D C o o l ’ N Q u i e t C o n f i g u r a t i o n; . 4 . 4 O n b o a r d D e v i c e s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; P a r a l l e l P o r t A d d r e s s [ 3 7 8 ]; P C I D e l a y T r a n s a c t i o n [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 66 – for legacy ISA devices.; Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items.; system configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.; P C I L a t e n c y T i m e r [ 6 4 ]; latency timer register.
• Page 67 – A l l o c a t e I R Q t o P C I V G A [ Y e s ]; When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card; P a l e t t e S n o o p i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], the pallete snooping feature informs the PCI
• Page 68 – Power menu
• Page 69 – . 5 . 5 A P M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Enables or disables the Advanced Power Management feature.; R e s t o r e O n A C P o w e r L o s s [ P o w e r O f f ]; loss. When set to Power On, the system goes on after an AC power loss.; The following items appear only when the Power Management/APM; P o w e r O n B y R i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], this parameter allows you to turn on the system
• Page 70 – Allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN to generate PME in; P o w e r O n B y K B C [ E n a b l e d ]; Alarm Minute, and RTC Alarm Second appear with set values.
• Page 71 – . 5 . 6 H a r d w a r e M o n i t o r; display the detected temperatures.; V C O R E V o l t a g e , 3 . 3 V V o l t a g e , V V o l t a g e , 1 2 V V o l t a g e; through the onboard voltage regulators.
• Page 72 – Boot menu; . 6 . 1 B o o t D e v i c e P r i o r i t y; s t ~ x x t h B o o t D e v i c e [ 1 s t F l o p p y D r i v e ]; on the number of devices installed in the system.; The following item appears when there are two or more than two hard-; H A R D - D I S K D r i v e s; drive’s type, the drive’s name and so on.
• Page 73 – . . 2 B o o t S e t t i n g s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; F u l l S c r e e n L o g o [ E n a b l e d ]; Sets the display mode for option ROM.; W a i t f o r ‘ F 1 ’ I f E r r o r [ E n a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed; H i t ‘ D E L ’ M e s s a g e D i s p l a y [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 74 – I n t e r r u p t 1 9 C a p t u r e [ D i s a b l e d ]; When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap; C h a n g e S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d; you set a password, this item shows Installed.
• Page 75 – U s e r A c c e s s L e v e l [ F u l l A c c e s s ]; allows access but does not allow change to any field.; C h a n g e U s e r P a s s w o r d; To set a User Password:; C l e a r U s e r P a s s w o r d; Select this item to clear the user password.; P a s s w o r d C h e c k [ S e t u p ]; When set to [Setup], BIOS checks for user password when accessing the
• Page 76 – E x i t & D i s c a r d C h a n g e s; made to the Setup program. If you made changes to fields other than; D i s c a r d C h a n g e s; Ok; L o a d S e t u p D e f a u l t s; or make other changes before saving; E x i t & S a v e C h a n g e s; An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even; Exit menu; Pressing does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the; the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save
• Page 77 – This chapter describes the contents
• Page 78 – Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support CD information; motherboard features.; . . 1 R u n n i n g t h e s u p p o r t C D; Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.; • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Use the setup
• Page 79 – A M D C o o l ’ n ’ Q u i e t D r i v e r s; Installs AMD Cool’n’Quiet Drivers.; V I A C h i p S e t H y p e r i o n P r o D r i v e r; Installs VIA ChipSet HyperionPro Driver.; M a k e V I A R A I D D r i v e r D i s k; Allows you to create a VIA RAID driver disk.; V I A O n b o a r d V G A D r i v e r; Installs VIA Onboard VGA Driver.; A D I A u d i o D r i v e r; Installs ADI Audio Driver.; V I A E t h e r n e t D r i v e r; Installs VIA Ethernet Driver.; U S B 2 . 0 D r i v e r
• Page 80 – Chapter 3: Software support; The Utilities; A S U S C o o l ’ n ’ Q u i e t U t i l i t y; keep your computer in healthy operating condition.; A S U S U p d a t e; Allows you to download the latest version of the BIOS from the ASUS; Before using the ASUS Update, make sure that you have an Internet; A S U S S c r e e n S a v e r; Installs the Adobe
• Page 81 – M i c r o s o f t D i r e c t X; Installs the Microsoft; A n t i - v i r u s U t i l i t y; View the online help for detailed information.
• Page 82 – . 2 . 5 A S U S C o n t a c t i n f o r m a t i o n; find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.