Page 2 - i i; Checklist; First Edition V1
i i Checklist Copyright © 2003 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may bereproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into anylanguage in any form or by any means, except document...
Page 3 - i i i; Features; Contents; Chapter 1: Product introduction
i i i Features Contents Notices ............................................................................................ v Safety information .......................................................................... vi About this guide ..............................................................
Page 4 - i v; Chapter 2: BIOS information
i v Contents Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 2-22.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................. 2-2 2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS ............. 2-3 2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ..............
Page 6 - v i; Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
v i Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to thefollowing two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause un...
Page 7 - v i i; Safety information; Electrical safety
v i i Safety information Electrical safety • To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signalca...
Page 8 - v i i i; Conventions used in this guide; Optional documentation; Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying; About this guide
v i i i Conventions used in this guide To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of thefollowing symbols used throughout this guide. Where to find more information Refer to the following sources for additional information and for productand software updates. 1. ASUS websites Th...
Page 9 - i x
i x K8V-F specification summary* CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Storage Audio LAN IEEE 1394 Special features Rear panel I/O Internal I/O Socket 754 for AMD Athlon™ 64 processor with built-in 1MB L2 cache or 512 kB L2 cacheAMD64 architecture that supports simultaneous 32-bit and 64-bit...
Page 11 - Chapter 1; Product introduction
Chapter 1 This chapter describes the features of thismotherboard. It includes brief explanations of thespecial attributes of the motherboard and the newtechnology it supports. Product introduction
Page 12 - Thank you for buying the ASUS
1-2 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying the ASUS ® K8V-FSC motherboard! The ASUS K8V-F motherboard delivers a host of new features and latesttechnologies making it another standout in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! 1.2 Special features! 1.2.1 Product highli...
Page 13 - ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide; -channel and digital audio solution
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-3 Integrated 10/100 Mbps LAN Onboard is a Realtek 8201BL/CL LAN PHY that works with the integrated MAC in theVT8237 southbridge to fully support 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX Ethernet networking. See page 1-18 . 6-channel and digital audio solution Providing high-quality, ...
Page 14 - Before you proceed; Onboard LED
1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.3 Before you proceed Take note of the following precautions before you install motherboard components orchange any motherboard settings. 1. Unplug the power cord from the wall socket before touching anycomponent. 2. Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely g...
Page 15 - Motherboard overview
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-5 1.4 Motherboard overview 1.4.1 Motherboard layout PCI1 K8V-F ® CR2032 3VLithium Cell CMOS Power AUX S u p e r I / O 4MbitBIOS Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) FP_AUDIO ALC655 USB2.0 T: USB4 B: USB3 Top: RJ-45 Socket 754 ATX12V IE1394_1 CLRTC PRI_IDE SEC_IDE P ARA...
Page 16 - Placement direction
1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction Do not overtighten the screws! Doing so may damage the motherboard. 1.4.2 Placement direction When installing the motherboard, make sure that you place it into the chassis inthe correct orientation. The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of thechassis ...
Page 17 - Overview; The AMD Athlon; 4 processor has a gold triangle in one corner. This mark indicates; Installing the CPU; Follow these steps to install a CPU.
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-7 1.5 Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1.5.1 Overview The AMD Athlon Tm 64 processor has a gold triangle in one corner. This mark indicates the processor Pin A1 that should match a specific corner of the CPU socket. Incorrect installation of the CPU into the socket m...
Page 19 - System memory
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-9 1.6 System memory 1.6.1 Overview The motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual Inline MemoryModule (DIMM) sockets. These sockets support up to 2GB system memory using 184-pin PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 unbuffered ECC DDR DIMMs and allow up to 3.2 GB/sdata...
Page 21 - Expansion slots; Installing an expansion card; Follow these steps to install an expansion card.; Configuring an expansion card; Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page.
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-11 1.7 Expansion slots In the In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The following sub-sectionsdescribe the motherboard slots and the expansion cards that they support. Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansioncards.Fa...
Page 22 - IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1-12 Chapter 1: Product introduction IRQ assignments for this motherboard INT A INT B INT C INT D INT E PCI slot 1 shared –– –– –– –– PCI slot 2 –– shared –– –– –– PCI slot 3 –– –– shared –– –– PCI slot 4 –– –– –– shared –– PCI slot 5 shared –– –– –– –– Onboard 1394 shared –– –– –– –– Serial ATA –– ...
Page 23 - PCI slots
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-13 1.7.3 PCI slots The PCI slots support LAN, SCSI, USB, andother PCI cards that comply withPCIspecifications. The figure below shows a LANcard installed on a PCI slot. 1.7.4 AGP slot The Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) slot supports AGP 8X (AGP 3.0)specification....
Page 24 - Jumpers; To erase the RTC RAM:
1-14 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.8 Jumpers 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. Youcan clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and system setup parameters byerasing the CMOS RTC RAM data. The RAM data in CMOS, that include systemsetup in...
Page 26 - Connectors; . This 6-pin 1394 port connects provides high speed; Rear panel connectors; BIOS Recovery procedure; Please set on the board the BIOS Recovery jumper BIOS-R to 2-3.
1-16 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.9 Connectors This section describes and illustrates the rear panel and internal connectors onthemotherboard. 1. PS/2 mouse port. This green 6-pin connector is for a PS/2 mouse. 2. IEEE 1394 port . This 6-pin 1394 port connects provides high speed connectivityfo...
Page 27 - Serial port; .2 Internal connectors
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-17 The functions of the Line Out, Line In, and Microphone ports change whenyouselect the 4 or 6-channel audio configuration as shown in the following table. Audio ports function variation 8. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports r...
Page 29 - Important notes on Serial ATA
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 1-19 4. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2) These next generation connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables forprimaryinternal storage devices. The current Serial ATA interface allows up to 150MB/s data transfer rate, faster than the standard parallel ATA...
Page 35 - Chapter 2; BIOS information
Chapter 2 This chapter tells how to change system settingsthrough the BIOS Setup menus. Detaileddescriptions of the BIOS parameters are alsoprovided. BIOS information
Page 36 - Chapter 2: BIOS information; Managing and updating your BIOS; Refer to the corresponding section for each utility.; Important notes
2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk.) 2. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS using a floppy ...
Page 37 - Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS; afudos; Press the; Enter
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-3 2. The utility will copy the current system BIOS by default to the floppy disk. Make sure that the floppy disk is not write-protected and have enough space (at least600KB) to store the file. The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only. What you see ...
Page 38 - The screen displays the status of the update process.
2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS information Write down the BIOS file name to a piece of paper. You need to type the exact BIOS file name at the prompt. 2. Copy the AFUDOS.EXE utility to the bootable floppy disk that contains the BIOS file. 3. Boot the system from the floppy disk. 4. At the DOS prompt, type the ...
Page 39 - Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS; To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash:; latest BIOS file for your motherboard and rename it to
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-5 2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS The ASUS EZ Flash feature allows you to easily update the BIOS withouthaving to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk andusing a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash is built-in the BIOS LPC chip so iti...
Page 40 - BIOS Setup program
2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.2 BIOS Setup program This motherboard supports a programmable Low Pin Count (LPC) chip that youcan update using the provided utility described in section “ 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS.” Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconf...
Page 41 - The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:; Main; For changing the basic system configuration; Advanced; For changing the advanced system settings; Power; For changing the system boot configuration; Exit; For selecting the exit options and loading default settings
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2- 7 Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another. 2.2.2 Menu bar The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Main For changing the basic system configuration Advanced For changing the advanced system settings Power For changing ...
Page 43 - Main menu; This item allows you to set the system time.
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-9 2.3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears givingyou an overview of the basic system information. 2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] This item allows you to set the system time. 2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] This item allo...
Page 45 - AMI BIOS; This item displays the auto-detected BIOS information.; System Memory; This item displays the auto-detected system memory.
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-11 SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology.Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer.Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Acoustic...
Page 46 - Advanced menu
2-12 Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and othersystem devices. Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items.Incorrect field values may cause the system to malfunction. 2.4.1 CPU Configuration The ...
Page 48 - Memory Configuration
2-14 Chapter 2: BIOS information Memory Configuration Memory ConfigurationECC Configuration Memory CLK : 266MHzCAS Latency : 2.5TRCD : 3 CLKTRAS : 6 CLKTRP : 9 CLK Memory Configuration The Memory Configuration menu allows you to change the system memorysettings. The dimmed items (Memory CLK, CAS Lat...
Page 49 - ECC Configuration
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-15 CAS Latency (CL) [Auto] This item sets the CAS Latency. Configuration options: [Auto] [2.0] [3.0] [2.5] TRCD [Auto] This item sets the TRCD. Configuration options: [Auto] [2 CLK] [3 CLK] [4 CLK][5 CLK] [6 CLK] TRAS [Auto] This item sets the TRAS. Configuration ...
Page 51 - AMD Cool & Quiet Configuration
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-17 AMD Cool & Quiet Configuration Cool N’Quiet [Enabled] AMD Cool & Quiet Configuration Enabled/Disabled AMD K8Cool N’Quiet function. Cool N’ Quiet [Enabled] This item allows you to enable or disable the AMD K8 cool and quiet function.Configuration options...
Page 52 - AGP Bridge Configuration
2-18 The [AGP 8X] option appears only when you installed an AGP 8X graphics card. AGP Fast Write [Enabled] This item enables or disables the AGP Fast Write feature.Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Graphics Aperture Size [64MB] Allows you to select the size of mapped memory for AGP graphic...
Page 53 - SouthBridge Configuration
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-19 The Module Version and USB Devices Enabled items show the auto-detectedvalues. If no USB device is detected, the item shows None. Enabled/Disabled AMD k8Cool N’Quiet function. SouthBridge Configuration MPS Revision [1.4] PCI Delay Transaction [Disabled] MPS Rev...
Page 57 - Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items.; Incorrect field values may cause the system to malfunction.
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-23 Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items. 2.4.4 PCIPnP The PCIPnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnPdevices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for eitherPCI/PnP or legacy ISA devices. ...
Page 58 - Power menu
2-24 Enable/Disable ACPIsupport for OperatingSystem. ENABLE: If OS supportsACPI. DISABLE: If OS does notsupport ACPI. Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.5 Power menu The Power menu items allow you to change the power settings. Select an itemthen press Enter to display the configuration options. 2.5.1 ACP...
Page 62 - Boot menu
2-28 Specifies the bootdevice prioritysequence. Chapter 2: BIOS information 2.6 Boot menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Select an itemthen press Enter to display the sub-menu. 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] These items specify ...
Page 64 - Change Supervisor Password; Not Installed
2-30 Chapter 2: BIOS information Change Supervisor Password Select this item to set or change the supervisor password. The SupervisorPassword item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed . After you have set a password, this item shows Installed . To set a Supervisor Password: 1. Select...
Page 65 - Change User Password
ASUS K8V-F motherboard user guide 2-31 Security Settings Supervisor Password Not InstalledUser Password Not Installed Change Supervisor PasswordUser Access Level [Full Access]Change User PasswordClear User PasswordPassword Check [Setup] Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] <Enter> to change...
Page 66 - Exit menu
2-32 Pressing <Esc> does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the optionsfrom this menu or <F10> from the legend bar to exit. If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes, theprogram prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changesbefore...
