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ASUS TX97-XE pentium ATX motherboard user manual

1. The auto detection feature can only detect one set of parameters for a particular IDE hard drive Some IDE drives can use more than one set This is not a problem 1f the drive is new and empty ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE IMPORTANT If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system incorrect parameters may be detected You will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low level format if you do not need the data stored on the hard disk If the parameters listed differ from the ones used when the disk was formatted the disk will not be readable If the auto detected parameters do not match the ones that should be used for your disk do not accept them Press SN to reject the presented settings and enter the correct ones manually from the Standard CMOS Setup screen oave amp Exit Setup Select this option to save into the CMOS memory all modifications you specified during the current session To save the configuration changes highlight the Save amp Exit Setup option on the main screen type Y and then press lt Enter gt uu BMUMNFITUMN IDCME VES CHE a METER TTT TAT Sb A oe e LON Ra Ee kid ia z a I 1 11 j PATIHES SETUP Ps SEH TIMES SETI E HO HIU TIETEUT LUN irm aininrrurH v1 i i J tc i IIHHILE HEHT Se Tt on amp EXTT SETI d J BST L 1 PCI SETUP SAW LAE SINE tg LA al EK THIT Y Salact tas Manga Golat Exit Without Saving
2. Select this option to exit the Setup utility without saving the modifications you specify during the current session To exit without saving highlight the Exit Without Sav ing option on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 55 e Save amp Exit V SUPPORT SOFTWARE ASUS TX97 Motherboard Series Support CD Run INSTALL EXE in the root directory of this CD for the following options LDCM Local Setup Installs software to monitor the local system The LANDesk Client Manager must be installed in order to use the hardware manager features LDCM Administrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the net work within the same bridge address with the Local software installed The administrator should install both Local and Administrator Software Adobe Acrobat Reader Installs the Adobe Acrobat Reader software necessary to view the LDCM manual LDCM 30 PDF in the LDCM directory DMI Configuration Runs requires Real Mode DOS Box the DMI Configuration utility as described at the end of section V PFLASH Runs requires Real Mode DOS Box the Flash Memory Writer utility as described at the beginning of section IV BusMaster Installs Intel BusMaster IDE drivers Browse this CD Allows you to see the contents of the ASUS support CD Technical Support Form View the Technical Support Form with Notepad Read Me View additional notes with Notepad Exit Exit the installatio
3. lt y 9 38 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load Defaults The Load BIOS Defaults option loads the minimum settings for troubleshooting Load Setup Defaults on the other hand is for loading optimized defaults for regu lar use Choosing defaults at this level will modify all applicable settings A section at the bottom of the preceding screen displays the control keys for this screen Take note of these keys and their respective uses otandard CMOS Setup Standard CMOS Setup allows you to record some basic system hardware configu ration and set the system clock and error handling If the motherboard is already installed in a working system you will not need to select this option anymore How ever if the configuration stored in the CMOS memory on the board gets lost or damaged or if you change your system hardware configuration you will need to respecify the configuration values The configuration values usually get lost or corrupted when the power of the onboard CMOS battery weakens HOM POLES BIOS ROTH STANDARD CHOS SETUP RID SOFTWARE IMC TLS HEAD FPREFRUIUHP LHH SECTIHT WHH TI il 1 ii TIT mir supmr t rai n rH i us v i1al FTT TII Li PULP OS The preceding screen provides you with a list of options At the bottom of this screen are the control keys Take note of these keys and their respective uses User configurable fields appear in a different color If you need information on the selected field p
4. cycles When this feature is enabled the TXC will be possible to re arbitrate PCI bus and allow the CPU to access PCI even when the PCEB has been granted the bus Delayed Transaction Disabled If Enabled this frees the PCI Bus during CPU accessing of 8 bit ISA cards which normally consume about 50 60 PCI Clocks without PCI delayed transaction If PCI Bus Masters cannot use the PCT Bus leave this on the default setting of Disabled for some ISA cards that are not PCI 2 1 compliant 16 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 16 bit ISA cards ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 8 bit I O Recovery Time 1 BUSCLK Timing for 8 bit ISA cards Video BIOS Cacheable Enabled Allows the Video BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance otherwise Disabled Memory Hole at Address None This features reserves either 4MB 16MB or 15MB 16MB memory address space to ISA expansion cards that specifically require this setting Memory from 14MB and up or 15MB and up will be unavailable to the system because expansion cards can only access memory up to 16MB Onboard FDC Controller Enabled When enabled this field allows you to connect your floppy disk drives to the on board floppy drive connector instead of a separate controller card If you want to use a different controller card to connect the floppy drives set this field to Disabled Onboard FDC Swap A amp B No
5. it is necessary for these to be independent PIO and DMA timings can be independently set The default setting of Auto will allow autodetection to ensure optimal performance ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Power Management Setup This Power Management Setup option allows you to reduce power consumption This feature turns off the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity HUM FEI Bite MT KRE PER MEE MENT si Pags SOF Tdi Tc TEET Hanaueanni laor hel ire Fan Manilnr isp the 5 Fen Speed Enn 7 I iden OFF Op RE m en dL Lh 1 I J eo GF Hetho FAS Ut LEFU T Spend i mi jii e PE enai Mord Lm LES f FU Tap MP ME coreg atur ma 1 as Vi ipm Monito e Ma Laie IN Vol lane ZEE JI mul a out j 215 Fol tage E un in Wade T Em billes Lew Al tapi Jg E Hes tart hi sent LJ fol tage caer lip i ATTE Ha lin rP IE VENIS Shift M2 a Res m au nek NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Power Management Setup Power Management User Define This field acts as the master control for the power management modes User Define allows you to set power saving options according to your preference Disable dis ables the power saving features Min Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 40 min of system inactivity Max Saving puts the system into power saving mode after 30 sec of system inactivity IMPORTANT Advan
6. there are three MIDI file formats available in the market General MIDI Extended MIDI and Basic MIDI You can type SET at the DOS prompt and see the following line for the setting of the BLASTER environment variable MIDI SYNTH lt 1 2 gt MAP lt G E B gt Where SYNTH 1 Specifies internal synthesizer default 2 Specifies audio hardware MIDI port MAP G Specifies General MIDI file format E Specifies Extended MIDI file format default Em O S zx CD ax D SE s AX 3 O 7 i B Specifies Basic MIDI file format Maximum Recording Rates for the Audio Hardware The sampling rate used for recording 1s largely influenced by your computer s main processor To obtain 16 bit digital audio using Windows the following maximum recording rates are suggested SYSTEM RECORDING RATE 386 and above Stereo 44KHz Mono 44KHz 386 SX and below Stereo 22KHz Mono 44KHz To obtain optimal performance try configuring the audio hardware to use a high DMA Direct Memory Access channel under Windows Refer to your audio hard ware Getting Started Manual for more information on setting up the sound card to use a high DMA channel 76 ASUS Audio User s Manual This page was intentionally left blank ASUS Audio User s Manual 71 76 This page was intentionally left blank ASUS Audio User s Manual This page was intentionally left blank ASUS Audio User s Manual 79 80 This page w
7. 9 seueg 6X L 10 Il FEATURES Voltage Monitoring and Alert System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components Voltage specifications are more critical for future processors so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and management System Resources Alert Today s operating systems such as Windows 95 Win dows NT and OS 2 require much more memory and hard drive space to present enormous user interfaces and run large applications The system resource moni tor will warn the user before the system resources are used up to prevent pos sible application crashes Suggestions will give the user information on manag ing their limited resources more efficiently Virus Write Protection Normally viruses can destroy data on storage media such as hard drivers floppy diskettes and MO Some new generation viruses will not only destroy data on storage media but also clear BIOS data which is usually unprotected ASUS TX97 series of motherboards were designed to co operate with BIOS chipset and flash EPROM to disable write permission when the system s initialization stage 1s completed upon boot up CPU Slow Down When CPU fans or system fans are malfunctioning the system will deactivate the CPU Clock line to decrease CPU utilization to the speed upon detection of system overheat This will prevent CPU damage from system overheat The CPU utilization will re
8. Audio User s Manual Win3 x Audio Drivers Environment Variables There are three environment variables used to signify information of our audio hard ware SOUND BLASTER and MIDI These variables will be setup by SETPNP EXE added in the AUTOEXEC BAT during your audio software installa tion SOUND Environment variable The SOUND environment variable specifies the directory location of audio drivers and software You can type SET at the DOS prompt and see the following line for the setting of the SOUND environment variable SOUND lt path gt BLASTER Environment Variable The BLASTER environment variable specifies the base I O address interrupt num ber and DMA channel hardware configuration of the audio hardware You can type SET at the DOS prompt and see the following line for the setting of the BLASTER environment variable BLASTER A220 I5 Dl H5 P330 T6 Where A Specifies the audio hardware base I O port I Specifies the interrupt request line D Specifies the Low DMA channel H Specifies the High DMA channel P Specifies the MPU 401 base I O port T Specifies the card type ASUS Audio User s Manual dp Q C gt c je gt emm Lu a OQ 2 x 2 S Win3 x Audio Drivers MIDI Environment Variable The MIDI environment variable specifies the MIDI file format used and where the MIDI data is sent to The MIDI data can be sent to FM chips or audio hardware MIDI port Generally
9. C SMINDOUSSSTSTEMNCTL3D D T a 9 F x 2 S The following files will then be saved with a B K extension in case you need to reference your original system file settings C CONFIG SYS C AUTOEXEC BAT C WINDOWS WIN INI C WINDOWS SYSTEM INI C NNINDOWSNCONTROL INI ASUS Audio User s Manual 73 D gt Z e gt WwW E D c5 c s 9A 3 O 7 i 74 Win3 x Audio Drivers You must reboot in order for the newly edited CONFIG SYS to be initiated You may exit to DOS by pressing ENTER and edit your CONFIG SYS file and then reboot on your own Otherwise press lt F10 gt to automatically reboot your system Software installation completed The following files were modified and its original saved with B K extension C NCONFIG SVS C NRUTOEREC BRT C WINDOWS WIN INI Rehoot for the modifications to take effect To exit to DOS press ENTER After your system is rebooted enter Windows to see that the Audio Software is correctly installed You should here a musical chime as you enter Windows 3 1x and see the following on your screen B B as 7 cd h Mizer Control How to uze Wave OLE How to use Miser control Wave OLE QuickPlayer Information qo B How to uze HuickCD How to use Wave ditor QuickCD After this message above your installation for Windows 3 1x is complete From here on you may refer to Section II or Section III for Audio Software usage ASUS
10. CACONFIG SYS files The typical PC will have these settings added to the system files CAAUTOEXEC BAT SET BLASTER A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET SOUND C VIBRA16 SET MIDI SYNTH 1 MAP E C VIBRA16 DIAGNOSE S W C WINDOWS C VIBRA16 MIXERSET P Q C CONFIG SYS FILES 40 If less than 40 or does not exist If you wish to use the Play and Record utility located in VIBRA16 directory in DOS mode you must also add the following two lines through Custom Installation DEVICE C VIBRA16 DRV VIBRA16 SYS UNIT 0 BLASTER A 220 I 5 D 1 H 5 DEVICE C VIBRA16 DRV CTMMSYS SYS The following lines will be added to your syst C SAUTOEXEC BAT file SET BLASTER A220 15 Di H5 P338 T E CONFIG BS file k DEUICE C NUIBRA16NDRUNUTBR ASUS Audio User s Manual Win3 x Audio Drivers Certain older audio files may already exist in your Windows directory If so simply press lt ENTER gt to Backup the original files as shown here Backup Replace file C WINDOWS SYSTEMSMIDIMAP CFG n 34522 31 DEC 93 H3 11 H With file C SUIBREHGNUINDRUSMIDIMAP CFG 42258 19 J8N 93 H1 BH H Note If Backup is selected the backup file will be C NUINDOUSSSYSTEMSMIDIMAP C G Backup Replace file G WINDOWSSSYSTEMNCTLID DLL 14288 19 N0U 93 HB 0B B With file C UTBRAL6 WINDRUNCTLID DLL 21088 16 NOU 93 HH HB H e amp ns 9 o E 2 O E Note If Backup is selected the backup file will he
11. CPU Identification 18 2 System Memory SIMM amp DIMM eene 18 SIMM Memory Installation mee 20 DIMM Memory Installation Procedures 21 3 Central Processing Unit CPU ee 22 4 Expansi n Cards La a an a aaa naaa ya 23 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 23 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 23 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards 24 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor 24 5 External Connectors c cccccccecescecececcececceccccccccscecesescecesueces 25 Power Connection Procedures eee 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE ee eee eee ee eee ee eee o ee eee e eee eere eee eoe sasa 34 DUO POM SOT WAS studet etm E ON ITEM M TN MEME ISUIEE NINE 34 Flash Memory Writer Utility cce 34 Main Menu cccccecececceccccccececcscececcecececeececeseseececseececs 35 Advanced Features Menu eene nne 35 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS 36 DIS S ODD HET 37 Load Defaults eeeceeeeee nennen 38 Standard MOS Sep A a 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup emas 38 BIOS FP WD e UD A EA 41 Details of BIOS Features Setup reen aaa 41 Chipset Features SOUP sea 44 Details of Chipse
12. Defaults on the main screen and then press lt Enter gt The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then Enter to confirm Press lt N gt and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen Load Setup Defaults This Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the sys tem configuration fields These default values are the optimized configuration set tings for the system To load these default values highlight Load Setup Defaults on the main screen and then press Enter The system displays a confirmation message on the screen Press lt Y gt and then Enter to confirm Press lt N gt and then Enter to abort This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen MIRES SETI zx MIS 2 SE Til HOO ann HEIELI LUN HAHAECHEHT SETU SE amp CHIT SETIH P NU PCI SEIL Le i T i i 1 D aih TER KE SEIF TEH TS u p ITE 7 elect ET a La a i 1 E rig eun 8 LH yi Cut Loi E ans Lhange Lalai ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Supervisor Password and User Password These two options set the system passwords Supervisor Password sets a pass word that will be used to protect the system and the Setup utility User Password sets a password that will be used exclusively on the system By default the system comes without any passwords To specify a
13. Female Sockets Two USB ports are available for connecting USB devices Univeral Serial Bus USB 2 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 27 Ill INSTALLATION 9 Primary Secondary IDE connectors Two 40 1pin IDE These connectors support the provided IDE hard disk ribbon cable After connecting the single end to the board connect the two plugs at the other end to your hard disk s If you install two hard disks you must configure the second drive to Slave mode by setting its jumper accordingly Please refer to the documentation of your hard disk for the jumper settings BIOS now supports SCSI device or IDE CD ROM bootup see HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First amp Boot Sequence in the BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE Pin 20 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orientation when using ribbon cables with pin 20 plugged TIP You may configure two hard disks to be both Masters using one ribbon cable on the primary IDE connector and another ribbon cable on the secondary IDE connector You may install one operating system on an IDE drive and another on a SCSI drive and select the boot disk through BIOS Features Setup KSJ e R VIV 010 NOLLVTIVLSNI Ill Primary IDE Connector IDE Connectors 10 IDE activity LED 2 pin IDE_LED This connector supplies power to the cabinet s IDE activity LED Read and write activity by devices connected to the Primary or Secondary IDE connectors will
14. Large for drives over 528MB that do not support LBA Large type of drive can only be used with MS DOS and is very uncommon Most IDE drives over 528MB support the LBA mode ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 39 A 2 C D c amp amp o QD St o o zi i lt EE lt p 9 40 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Auto detection of hard disks on bootup For each field Primary Master Primary Slave Secondary Master and Secondary Slave you can select Auto under the TYPE and MODE fields This will enable auto detection of your IDE hard disk during bootup This will allow you to change your hard disks with the power off and then power on without having to reconfigure your hard disk type If you use older hard disks that do not support this feature then you must configure the hard disk in the standard method as described earlier by the User option NOTE After the IDE hard disk drive information has been entered into BIOS new IDE hard disk drives must be partitioned such as with FDISK and then formatted before data can be read from and write on Primary IDE hard disk drives must have Its partition set to active also possible with FDISK NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Drive A Drive B None These fields record the types of floppy disk drives installed in your system The available options for drives A and B are 360KB 5 25 in 1 2MB 5 25 in 720KB 3 5
15. Parallel Port Mode Select either DMA Channel 3 or Disabled ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 45 dp ab Same uu CU ab LL ab o E diem O O 2 D Pp CD F TI D Co F Cc mJ D 2 lt p 9 46 IV BIOS SOFTWARE UART2 Use Infrared Disabled When enabled this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UART to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard If your system already has a second serial port connected to the onboard COM2 connector it will no longer work if you enable the infrared feature By default this field 1s set to Disabled which leaves the second serial port UART to support the COM2 serial port connector Onboard PCI IDE Enable Both You can select to enable the Primary IDE channel Secondary IDE channel Both or Disable both channels for systems with only SCSI drives IDE Ultra DMA Mode Auto This sets the IDE UltraDMA to be active when using UltraDMA capable IDE de vices The BIOS will automatically adjust or disable this setting for slower IDE devices so that Auto or high settings will not cause problems for older IDE devices Choose Disable 1f you do not want this feature for all devices IDE 0 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode IDE 1 Master Slave PIO DMA Mode Auto Each channel 0 and 1 has both a master and a slave making four IDE devices possible Because each IDE device may have a different Mode timing 0 1 2 5 4
16. Swap This field allows you to reverse the hardware drive letter assignments of your floppy disk drives Two options are available Swap AB and No Swap default If you want to switch drive letter assignments set this field to Swap AB and the swap will be controlled by the onboard chipset Onboard Serial Port 1 3F8H IRQ4 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQIO and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Serial Port 2 2F8H IRQ3 Settings are JFSH IRO4 2FSH IRQ3 3ESH IRQ4 2ESH IRQIO and Disabled for the onboard serial connector Onboard Parallel Port 378H IRQ7 This field sets the address of the onboard parallel port connector You can select either 3BCH IRQ 7 37SH IRQ 7 278H IRQ 5 or Disabled If you install an I O card with a parallel port ensure that there 1s no conflict in the address assignments The PC can support up to three parallel ports as long as there are no conflicts for each port Parallel Port Mode ECP EPP This field allows you to set the operation mode of the parallel port The setting Normal allows normal speed operation but in one direction only EPP allows bidi rectional parallel port operation at maximum speed ECP allows the parallel port to operate 1n bidirectional mode and at a speed faster than the maximum data transfer rate ECP EPP allows normal speed operation in a two way mode ECP DMA Select 3 This selection is available only if you select ECP or ECP EPP in the
17. Workstation Summary or Drives Icon when a floppy drive 1s not installed For a faster response insert a floppy dis kette before choosing this function 2 The LDCM only displays half the actual fan RPM Multiply the displayed fan RPM by 2 for the actual fan RPM 3 Chassis Fan and CPU A Fan RPM must be at least 2 640 RPM to be monitored by the LDCM 4 CPU B Fan must be at least 2 660 RPM to be monitored by the LDCM 5 Fanlabels are not consistent use this table for reference PC Health LDCM Notification Config BIOS Motherboard Chassis CPU Chassis CPUA Chassis CPU CPU B Extra Power 6 LDCM currently can only detect ATI video cards choose Non ATI in Local Setup otherwise a one time message will show Error 1 retrieving Mach64 attributes You may ignore this message by clicking the OK button The administrator LDCM cannot cross a network bridge to other workgroups AMD and Cyrix CPUs cannot be detected by the LDCM The COM port that is in use will not show up in Input Output Ports 0 LDCM Administrator installation requires a network card or else the admin istrator features will run very slowly 11 Mouse Pointer information does not show when there is mouse activity after Workstation Summary 1s selected in Windows NT P LE ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 57 ww om nd ie on i n 58 V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Desktop Management Interface DMI Introducing
18. as shown Because the number of pins are different on either side of the breaks the module will only fit in the orientation as shown DRAM SIMM modules have the same pin contact on both sides SDRAM DIMM modules have different pint contact on each side and therefore have a higher pin density i 88 Pins 60 Pins 20 Pins 168 Pin DIMM Memory Sockets The Dual Inline Memory Module DIMM memory modules must be 3 3 Volt Un buffered Synchronous DRAM SDRAM or Extended Data Output EDO You can identify the type of DIMM module by the illustration below System Memory 168 Pin DIMM Notch Key Definitions 3 3V OALJE DRAM Key Position Voltage Key Position O Ti TL RFU Unbuffered 5 0V L Reserved Buffered 3 3V The notch on the DIMM module will shift between left center or right to identify the type and also to prevent the wrong type to be inserted into the DIMM slot on the motherboard You must ask your retailer for the specifications before purchasing Four clock signals are supported on this motherboard ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 21 Ill INSTALLATION 3 Central Processing Unit CPU The motherboard provides a 321 pin ZIF Socket 7 that 1s backwards compatible with ZIF Socket 5 processors The CPU that came with the motherboard should have a fan attached to it to prevent overheating If this 1s not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system Apply thermal jelly to the CPU top and the
19. audio onboard and audio driver CD with online help optional ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Say DP i OQ ab a O T C D Lam Il FEATURES Features of the ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard The ASUS TX97 XE is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package This motherboard e Intel Chipset Features Intel s 430TX PCIset with I O subsystems e Versatile Processor Support Intel Pentium 75 233MHz P55C MMX P54C P54CS IBM Cyrix 6x86 PR166 Rev 2 7 or later IBM Cyrix 6x386MX PR166 amp faster AMD K5 PR75 PR133 AMD K6 PR166 amp faster e Versatile Memory Support Is equipped with two DIMM sockets to support 8 128MB 168 pin 3 3Volt SDRAM EDO memory modules up to 256MB Is also equipped with four SIMM sockets to support 4 64MB 72 pin Fast Page Mode FPM or Extended Data Out EDO memory modules up to 256MB SIMMs and DIMMs cannot be used at the same time e Easy Installation Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detection of hard drives PS 2 mouse and Plug and Play devices to make setup of hard drives expansion cards and other devices virtually automatic e ISA amp PCI Expansion Provides four 16 bit ISA and four 32 bit PCI slots e Super Multi I O Provides two high speed UART compatible serial ports and one parallel port with EPP and ECP capabilities Desktop Management Interface DMI Supports DMI through BIOS which allows hardware to
20. chassis open alarm feature to work you must have the LM78 hardware monitor op tional onboard and connect a sensor or switch to the connector The 45V power comes from the power supply when the A C 1s connected Power supply standby 5V Ground Chassis Signal Chassis Open Alarm Lead ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 29 Ill INSTALLATION 13 IrDA Fast IR Compliant infrared module connector 5 pin IR This connector supports the optional wireless transmitting and receiving infra red module This module mounts to a small opening on system cases that sup port this feature You must also configure the setting through UART2 Use Infrared in Chipset Features Setup to select whether UART2 is directed for use with COM2 or IrDA Use the five pins as shown on the Back View and connect a ribbon cable from the module to the motherboard according to the pin definitions Front View Back View GND IRRX For the infrared feature to be available Infrared Module Connector you must connect an optional Infrared IrDA module to the motherboard C2 O CD P t eO D 14 ATX Power Supply Connector 20 pin ATXPWR This connector connects to a ATX power supply The plug from the power supply will only insert in one orientation because of the different hole sizes Find the proper orientation and push down firmly making sure that the pins are aligned IMPORTANT Be sure that the ATX power supply can take at lea
21. password highlight the type you want and then press lt Enter gt A password prompt appears on the screen Taking note that the password 1s case sensitive and can be up to 8 alphanumeric characters long type in your password and then press lt Enter gt The system confirms your password by asking you to type it again After setting a password the screen automatically re verts to the main screen TIME i x mmi SETI un HE DE TEL TOT 2 i LE LE LE L i LI Yu HAHAGCHEMT SETI Se FRIT SETI Select au i Linge Lalai To implement password protection specify in the Security Option field of the BIOS Features Setup screen when the system will prompt for the password If you want to disable either password press lt Enter gt instead of entering a new password when the Enter Password prompt appears A message confirms the password has been disabled NOTE If you forget the password see CMOS RAM in section III for procedures on clearing the CMOS ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 53 e Passwords L c5 o o A O CD F D I Z 54 IV BIOS SOFTWARE IDE HDD Auto Detection This IDE HDD Auto Detection option detects the parameters of an IDE hard disk drive and automatically enters them into the Standard CMOS Setup screen PERDA DAKI SERI WHH aeluct Frimu y Beste dofion H7hkipl H PIHS 51 EAD PREQOM LAW SECTION HINH i i i W LHH i i a s l i HEHBIIJ Up t
22. ratio between the Internal frequency of the CPU and the External frequency called the BUS Clock within the CPU These must be set together with the above jumpers CPU External BUS Frequency Selection EE zs EE cs3 C mI zg S2 ENSE zs EE 1 53 E Joss O N gt Bes O O x N D 5 D e O Q AN UJ C oo C ON c D 2 Q lt UJ TI NO 3 0x 3 1 3 0x 3 1 Complete Names Intel Pentium P54C P54C K5 gt 1 5x 3 Pentium P55C MMX P55C K6 MX gt 3 5x 7 AMD K5 K6 IBM Cyrix 6x86 gt 3 0x 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86 L M1 IBM Cyrix 6x86L 3 0x 3 IBM Cyrix 6x86MX M2 AMD K6 25u m m 4 0x 4 1 4 5x 9 2 CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 16 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel AMD IBM or Cyrix CPU as follows F BUS Freq Freq Ratio CPU Model Freq Ratio BUS Freq FS2 FSI FSO BF1 BEO Intel Pentium 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 Intel Pentium 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 Intel Pentium 133MHz 20x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 120MHz 2 0x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 2 3 Intel Pentium 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 Intel Penti
23. sector per transfer Most IDE drives except older versions can utilize this feature Selections are HDD MAX Disabled 2 4 8 16 and 32 Security Option System This field determines when the system prompts for the password The default set ting 1s System where the system prompts for the User Password every time you boot up The other option is Setup where the system always boots up and prompts for the Supervisor Password only when the Setup utility 1s called up You can specify a password by using the Supervisor Password or User Password option from the main screen as explained later in this section PS 2 Mouse Function Control Auto The default of Auto allows the system to detect a PS 2 mouse on bootup If detected IRQI2 will be used for the PS 2 mouse IRQ12 will be reserved for expansion cards if a PS 2 mouse 1s not detected Enabled will reserve IRQ12 for the PS 2 mouse and thus other devices will not be able to use IRQ12 PCI VGA Palette Snoop Disabled Some display cards that are nonstandard VGA such as graphics accelerators or MPEG Video Cards may not show colors properly The setting Enabled should correct this problem Otherwise leave this on the setup default setting of Disabled OS 2 Onboard Memory gt 64M Disabled When using OS 2 operating systems with installed DRAM of greater than 64MB you need to Enable this option otherwise leave this on the setup default of Disabled ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS
24. to 528MB s max using SDRAM Double the IDE Transfer Speed ASUS TX97 series of motherboards with Intel 430TX PCIset improves IDE transfer rate using Bus Master UltraDMA 33 IDE which can handle data transfer up to 33MB s The best of all is that this new technology is compatible with existing ATA 2 IDE specs so there is no need to upgrade current hard drives or cables i TX97 Series e Concurrent PCI Concurrent PCI allows multiple PCI transfers from PCI master busses to memory to CPU e ACPI Ready ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface is also implemented on all ASUS 430TX series of motherboards ACPI provide more Energy Saving Features for the 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 everyday yet satisfy all the energy saving standards To fully utilize the benefits of ACPI an ACPI supported OS such as in the next release of Windows 95 must be used e PC 97 Compliant Both the BIOS and hardware levels of ASUS TX97 series of motherboards meet PC 97 compliancy The new PC 97 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 pro cedures for both Windows 95 and Windows NT ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual
25. 5 FLOPPY p 26 Floppy Drive Connector 34 pin Block 2 gt 6 AUDIO optional p 27 Audio Port Line Out Line In Mic Three 1 8 Female 7 GAME optional p 27 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female 8 USB p 27 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin Female 9 Primary Second IDE p 28 Primary Secondary IDE Connector 40 pin Blocks 10 IDELED p 28 IDELED Activity Light 11 FANPWRI 2 3 p 29 1 Chassis 2 CPU 3 Power Supply Fan Power Lead 3 pin Block 12 CHASSIS p 29 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 1pin Block 13 IR p 30 Infrared Port Module Connector 14 ATXPWR p 30 ATX Motherboard Power Connector 20 pin Block 15 VOLCTL optional p 31 Digital Volume Level Control 5 pin Block 16 WOL p 31 Wake on LAN 3 pins 17 MSG LED PANEL p 32 System Message LED 2 pins 18 SMI PANEL p 32 SMI Switch Lead 2 pins 19 PWR SW PANEL p 32 ATX Power amp Soft Off Switch Lead 2 pins 20 RESET PANEL p 32 ResetSwitch Lead 2 pins 21 PWRLED PANEL p 32 System Power LED Lead 3 pins 22 KEYLOCK PANEL p 32 Keyboard Lock Switch Lead 2 pins 23 SPEAKER PANEL p 32 Speaker Output Connector 4 pins The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 13 Cc em 3 Ke 5 FA CoD 14 Ill INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer you must complete the followi
26. Jt X9 XE Pentium ATX Motherboard USER S MANUAL USER S NOTICE No part of this manual including the products and softwares described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup pur poses without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe ntel LANDesk and Pentium are registered trademarks of Intel Corporation BM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines e Symbios is a register
27. Manager CTCM If you try installing the audio drivers first the audio install program will not be able to find the PLUGPLAY DRIVERS DOS ESCD RE database file and give you the following message Configuration Manager not found Please install the Configu ration Manager before installing your Audio Software Press a key to continue Pressing a key will send you back to the DOS prompt Run the Configuration Manager install under DOS prompt by running INSTALL from the AUDIO CTCM directory The first screen shows The following path will be used for installing Configuration Manager programs Proceed using the settings shown Configuration Manager Path C CTCM Microsoft Windows 3 1 Path C WINDOWS System Bootup Drive A Press lt CENTER gt to continue lt F1 gt for help or lt F3 gt to exit If you need to change the paths shown you may push the down arrow key and press ENTER when highlighted If your Windows directory is not detected you need to change the path shown to your Windows directory If you wish to change the Windows path some other time you will have to run INSTALL from your Configu ration Manager installation CD again ASUS Audio User s Manual 69 b C qu C CO D Dr C C a O E x 2 S Win3 x Audio Drivers You will get the following message after you press lt CENTER gt Welcome to the Configuration Manager installation program This program installs Co
28. OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trade marks or copyrights of their respective companies and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners benefit without intent to infringe e Sound Blaster SB AWE32 and SB 16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation BM and OS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines The product name and revision number are both printed on the board itself Manual revisions are released for each board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit in the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBLITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright O 1994 Creative Technology Ltd All Rights Reserved Copyright O 1997 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rig
29. OTE A binary BIOS file is no longer included with the support software Save the motherboard s BIOS file to a floppy disk as soon as your system is operational See Flash Memory Writer Utility in this section to Save Current BIOS to File Flash Memory Writer Utility The flash memory writer utility must be run while the system is in real mode In particular the Update BIOS Main Block From File and Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD options require real mode To run this utility boot from a system floppy disk without the AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files ASUSTeK PNP BIOS FLASH MEMORY WRITER V1 5 Copyright C 1995 ASUSTeK COMPUTER Inc Flash Type SST 29EE010 Current BIOS Revision 401A0 xxxx Choose one of the following 1 Save Current BIOS To File 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File 3 Advanced Features Enter Choice 1 RE jab OD mn lt D 3 eO lt D Press ESC To Exit xxxx denotes the current BIOS version stored in the Flash EPROM IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Type the memory chip is not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility 34 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Main Menu 1 Save Current BIOS To File This option allows you to copy the contents of the flash memory onto a floppy disk This gives you a backup copy of the original motherboard BIO
30. S in case you need to reinstall it Create a bootable DOS diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG S YS and save both PFLASH EXE and the BIOS file s to it Note BIOS FEATURES SETUP Boot Sequence needs to be set to A first in order to boot from your disk drive A 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File This option updates the BIOS from a file on the disk The file can be either a new file or a backup file created by the Save Current BIOS To File option If the boot block in the file 1s different from the current boot block this option will not update the main block Instead it will display the following messages Boot Block of New BIOS is different from old one Please Use Advanced Features to flash whole BIOS 3 Advanced Features This option displays the Advanced Features screen for clearing the PnP configura tion record and updating the motherboard BIOS Advanced Features Menu Current BIOS Revision 401A0 xxxx Choose one of the following 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block Flash Memory Writer 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD Enter Choice 2 Press ESC To Exit xxxx denotes the current BIOS version stored in the Flash EPROM 1 Clear PNP ESCD Parameter Block This option erases the Plug and Play PnP configuration record 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block the baseboard BIOS and the PnP extended sys tem configuration data ESCD parameter bloc
31. SA expansion card design now referred to as Legacy ISA cards requires that you configure the card s jumpers manually and then install it in any available slot on the ISA bus You may use Microsoft s Diagnostic MSD EXE utility included in the Windows directory to see a map of your used and free IRQs For Windows 95 users the Control Panel icon in My Computer contains a System icon which gives you a Device Manager tab Double clicking on a specific device gives you the Resources tab which shows the Interrupt number and address Make sure that no two devices use the same IRQs or your computer will experience problems when those two devices are in use at the same time ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 23 Expansion Cards uU gt lt Ee Co Cos O m O Co e ake 24 Ill INSTALLATION To simplify this process this motherboard has complied with the Plug and Play PNP specification which was developed to allow automatic system configuration when ever a PNP compliant card 1s added to the system For PNP cards IRQs are as signed automatically from those available If the system has both Legacy and PNP ISA cards installed IRQs are assigned to PNP cards from those not used by Legacy cards The PCI and PNP configuration of the BIOS setup utility can be used to indicate which IRQs are being used by Legacy cards For older Legacy cards that does not work with the BIOS you can contact your vendo
32. SOFTWARE Video ROM BIOS Shadow Enabled This field allows you to change the video BIOS location from ROM to RAM Relocat ing to RAM enhances system performance as information access 1s faster than the ROM C8000 CBFFF Shadow to DC000 DFFFF Shadow Disabled These fields are used for shadowing other expansion card ROMS If you install other expansion cards with 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 640KB and 1024K B by the amount used for this purpose Boot Up NumLock Status On This field enables users to activate the Number Lock function upon system boot Typematic Rate Setting Disabled When enabled you can set the two typematic controls listed next Setup default setting is Disabled Typematic Rate Chars Sec 6 This field controls the speed at which the system registers repeated keystrokes Op tions range from 6 to 30 characters per second Setup default setting 1s 6 other settings are 8 10 12 15 20 24 and 30 Typematic Delay Msec 250 This field sets the time interval for displaying the first and second characters Four delay rate options are available 250 500 750 and 1000 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 43 dp ab Sa CU ab LL ep O zB pem eO o D F TI CD jab t mj CD dp dd IV BIOS SOFTWARE Chipset Features Setup This Chipset Feat
33. TC RAM RTCLR Operation 1 2 Default Clear Data 2 3 momentarily Jumpers RTCLR RTCLR Battery Test Operation Default Clear Data RTC RAM Operation Clear Data 2 Onboard Audio Selection AUDIO with optional onboard Audio This jumper allows you to Disable the onboard audio chipset inorder to use your own audio card Otherwise leave on default of Enabled Onboard Audio AUDIO Enabled 2 3 Default Disabled 1 2 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable Default Onboard Audio Disable Enable ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 15 Ill INSTALLATION 3 Onboard Multi I O Selection M IO You can selectively disable each onboard Multi I O item floppy serial paral lel and IrDA through Chipset Features Setup of BIOS SOFTWARE or dis able all Multi I O items at once with the following jumper in order to use your own Multi I O card Multi I O M IO Enable 1 2 Default Disable 2 3 M IO M IO 1 1 2 2 3 3 Enable Default Disabled Multi I O Setting Enable Disable Cc 3 Ke 5 PR CoD 4 CPU External BUS Frequency Selection FS0 FS1 FS2 These jumpers tell the clock generator what frequency to send to the CPU These allow the selection of the CPU s External frequency or BUS Clock The BUS Clock times the BUS Ratio equals the CPU s Internal frequency the advertised CPU speed 5 CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio BF0 BF1 BF2 These jumpers set the frequency
34. a non PnP OS is installed or to prevent reassign ing of interrupt settings select the default setting of No Slot 1 RIGHT IRQ to Slot 4 LEFT IRQ Auto These fields set how IRQ use 1s determined for each PCI slot The default setting for each field is Auto which uses auto routing to determine IRQ use The other options are manual settings of NA 5 7 9 IO 11 12 14 or 15 for each slot PCI Latency Timer 32 PCI Clock The default setting of 32 PCI Clock enables maximum PCI performance for this motherboard IRQ xx Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed IRQ for each field is being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Two options are available No ICU and Yes The first option the default value indicates either that the displayed IRQ is not used or an ISA Configuration Utility ICU 1s being used to determine if an ISA card is using that IRQ If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique IRQ and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that IRQ to Yes For example If you install a legacy ISA card that requires IRQ 10 then set IRQ10 Used By ISA to Yes 50 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE DMA x Used By ISA No ICU These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field 1s being used by a legacy non PnP ISA card Available options include No ICU and Yes The first option the default setting indicates either that the displayed DMA
35. alay Hzer FB muri T Usir Whiri Kan A section at the lower right of the screen displays the control keys you can use Take note of these keys and their respective uses If you need information on a particular entry highlight it and then press lt F1 gt A pop up help menu will appear to provide you with the information you need lt F5 gt loads the last set values lt F6 gt and lt F7 gt loads the BIOS default values and Setup default values respectively NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of BIOS Features Setup Virus Warning Disabled This field protects the boot sector and partition table of your hard disk against accidental modifications Any attempt to write to them will cause the system to halt and display a warning message If this occurs you can either allow the operation to continue or use a bootable virus free floppy disk to reboot and investigate your system This setting is rec ommended because of conflicts with new operating systems or some programs Installa tion of these programs requires that you disable Virus Warning to prevent write errors CPU Internal Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s built in level 1 cache External Cache Enabled Choose Disable to turn off the CPU s external level 2 cache Pentium Pro is built in Quick Power On Self Test Enabled This field speeds up the Power On Self Test POST routine by skipping retes
36. 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 1s 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 1s encouraged to try to correct the inter ference by one or more of the following measures e Re orient or relocate the receiving antenna e Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for help WARNING The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the graphics card is required to assure compliance with FCC regulations Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user s authority to operate this equi
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38. at error messages will not be given Thermal Monitor xxxC xxxF The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB motherboard tem peratures These values refresh upon key entries Set to enore only if necessary Voltage Monitor xx xV The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators These values refresh upon key entries Set to gnore only 1f necessary NOTE If any of the monitored items are out of range you will be prompted by this message Hardware Monitor found an error enter POWER MANAGEMENT SETUP for details The bottom of the screen will instruct you to Press F1 to continue DEL to enter SETUP ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 49 a D D OD oO p D Oo S IV BIOS SOFTWARE PNP and PCI Setup This PNP and PCI Setup option configures the PCI bus slots All PCI bus slots on the system use INTA thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value HOH FELIS BIS T NT PCI SETUP HEHH Sieh J l 28 ETT H i SVMBIUS SESI DIN Ha lin j rd ili Valuas 15h det ic BITS le Lond Be tin Huti l NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of PNP and PCI Setup PNP OS Installed No This field allows you to use a Plug and Play PnP operating system to configure the PCI bus slots instead of using the BIOS Thus interrupts may be reassigned by the OS when Yes is selected When
39. cause the LED to light up TIP If the case mounted LED does not light try reversing the 2 pin plug IDE_LED IDE Activity LED 28 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 11 Chassis CPU amp Power Supply Fan Connectors 3 pin FANPWR These connectors support cooling fans of 500mAMP 6WATT or less Orien tate the fans so that the heat sink fins allow airflow to go across the onboard heat sink s instead of the expansion slots Depending on the fan manufacturer the wiring and plug may be different The red wire should be positive while the black should be ground Connect the fan s plug to the board taking into consid eration the polarity of the this connector NOTE The Rotation signal is to be used only by a specially designed fan with rotation signal WARNING The CPU and or motherboard will overheat if there is no airflow across the CPU and onboard heatsinks Damage may occur to the motherboard and or the CPU fan if these pins are incorrectly used These are not jumpers do not place jumper caps over these pins CPU Fan Power Power Supply Fan AcLt C Z O Connectors Orientate the fins so that air flow runs across motherboard s regulators 12Volt Cooling Fan Power 12 Chassis Open Alarm Lead 4 1pin CHASSIS This lead is for an open chassis monitor A high level signal to the chassis signal lead will indicate to the system that the chassis has been opened For the
40. ced Power Management APM should be installed to keep the system time updated when the computer enters suspend mode acti vated by the BIOS Power Management For DOS environments you need to add DEVICE C DOS POWER EXE in you CONFIG SYS For Windows 3 x and Windows 95 you need to install Windows with the APM feature A battery and power cord icon labeled Power will appear in the Control Panel Choose Advanced in the Power Management Field Video Off Option Susp Stby gt Off This field determines when to activate the video off feature for monitor power management The settings are Susp Stby gt Off default All Modes gt Off Always On and Suspend gt Off ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual sary ab ab qu qv X ab O a U O z D Sex Q co Ko CD 48 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Video Off Method DPMS OFF This field defines the video off features These options are available DPMS OFF DPMS Reduce ON Blank Screen V H SYNC Blank DPMS Standby and DPMS Sus pend The DPMS Display Power Management System features allow the BIOS to control the video display card if it supports the DPMS feature Blank Screen only blanks the screen or monitors without power management or green features If set up in your system your screen saver will not display with Blank Screen selected V H SYNC Blank blanks the screen and turns off vertical and horizonta
41. channel is not used or an ICU is being used to determine if an ISA card is using that channel If you install a legacy ISA card that requires a unique DMA channel and you are not using an ICU you must set the field for that channel to Yes ISA MEM Block BASE No ICU This field allows you to set the base address and block size of a legacy ISA card that uses any memory segment within the C800H and DFFFH address range If you have such a card and you are not using an ICU to specify its address range select a base address from the six available options the ISA MEM Block SIZE field will then appear for selecting the block size If you have more than one legacy ISA card in your system that requires to use this address range you can increase the block size to either 8K 16K 36K or 64K If you are using an ICU to accomplish this task leave ISA MEM Block BASE to its default setting of No ICU SYMBIOS SCSI BIOS Auto The default uses Auto settings for the onboard SCSI BIOS If you do not want to use the onboard SCSI BIOS choose Disabled ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 51 eO co e ju CD hH co Su sold Al 52 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Load BIOS Defaults This Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM These default settings are non opti mal and disable all high performance features To load these default settings high light Load BIOS
42. communicate within a standard protocol creating a higher level of compatibility Requires DMI enabled components See section V e PCI Bus Master IDE Controller Comes with an onboard PCI Bus Master IDE controller with two connectors that supports four IDE devices in two chan nels supports PIO Modes 3 and 4 and Bus Master IDE DMA Mode 2 and supports Enhanced IDE devices such as Tape Backup and CD ROM drives Supports two drives of either 5 25 1nch 360K B or 1 2MB or 3 5 inch 720K B 1 44MB or 2 88MB disk drives Supports Japanese Floppy 3 mode 3 5 inch disk drive 1 2MB and LS 120 floppy disk drives 3 5 inch disk drive 120 MB 1 44MB 720K BIOS supports IDE CD ROM or SCSI device boot up e Level 2 Cache 512KB Pipelined Burst SRAM onboard e Optional IrDA Supports and optional IrDA receiver transmitter device e Symbios SCSI BIOS Has onboard firmware to support optional ASUS SCSI controller cards Seinjee Optional Audio Has optional onboard Creative Labs Audio with 3D sound e Optional IrDA Connector Supports an optional infrared port module for wire less interface 8 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill FEATURES Introduction to ASUS TX97 Series of Motherboards Performance SDRAM Optimized Performance ASUS TX97 series of motherboards sup port the new generation memory Synchronous Dynamic Random Access Memory SDRAM which increases the data transfer rate from 264MB s max using EDO memory
43. e used for pointing devices or other serial devices See Onboard Serial Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE C2 eO CD P a O lt lt COM 1 COM 2 Serial Ports 9 pin Male 5 Floppy Disk Drive Connector 34 1pin FLOPPY This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable After connect ing the single end to the board connect the two plugs on the other end to the floppy drives Pin 5 is removed to prevent inserting in the wrong orienta tion when using ribbon cables with pin 5 plugged NOTE Orient the red stripe to Pin 1 Floppy Drive Connector maa pee sd s e e s SHAA HAHAHAHA BERBAHASA Floppy Disk Drive Connector 26 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 6 Audio Port Connectors Three 1 8 Female with optional onboard Audio Line Out can be connected to headphones or preferably powered speakers Line In allows tape players or other audio sources to be recorded by your com puter or played through the Line Out Mic allows microphones to be connected for inputing voice Line Out Linie In Mic 1 8 Stereo Audio Connectors 7 Joystick Midi Connector 15 pin Female with optional onboard Audio You may connect game joysticks or game pads to this connector for playing games Connect Midi devices for playing or editing audio Joystick Midi 15 pin Female qoe Connectors 8 Universal Serial BUS Ports 1 amp 2 Two 4 pin
44. ed trademark of Symbios Logic Corporation e Windows and MS DOS are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation e Sound Blaster AWE32 and SB16 are trademarks of Creative Technology Ltd Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated The product name and revision number are both printed on the board itself Manual revisions are released for each board design represented by the digit before and after the period of the manual revision number Manual updates are represented by the third digit 1n the manual revision number For previous or updated manuals BIOS drivers or product release information contact ASUS at http www asus com tw or through any of the means indicated on the following page SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FUR NISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COM MITMENT BY ASUS ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBLITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL INCLUD ING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARES DESCRIBED IN IT Copyright O 1997 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC All Rights Reserved Product Name ASUS TX97 XE Manual Revision 3 02 Release Date August 1997 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC Marketing Info Address 150 Li Te Road Peitou Taipei Taiwan 112 ROC Telephone 886 2 894 3447 Fax 886 2 894 3449 Emai
45. g within 30 seconds from the time you turn on the power the system may have failed a power on test Recheck your jumper set tings and connections or call your retailer for assistance Ill INSTALLATION o S 2 e ab O p ab O a 7 During power on hold down lt Delete gt to enter BIOS setup Follow the instruc tions in the next section BIOS SOFTWARE Powering Off your computer You must first exit or shut down your operating system before switching off the power switch For ATX power supplies you can press the ATX power switch after exiting or shutting down your operating system If you use Windows 95 click the Start button click Shut Down and then click Shut down the computer The system will give three quick beeps after about 30 seconds and then power 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 TX97 XE User s Manual 33 IV BIOS SOFTWARE oupport Software FILELIST TXT View this file to see the files included in the support software PFLASH EXE This is the Flash Memory Writer utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother board To determine the BIOS version check the last four numbers of the code displayed on the upper left hand corner of your screen during bootup Larger num bers represent a newer BIOS file N
46. hts Reserved Part of this manual are reprinted in Taipei Taiwan by ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC under license from Creative Technology Ltd Product Name ASUS 16 bit Audio Manual Revision 1 20 Release Date March 1997 ASUS Audio User s Manual Audio Drivers Installation ASUS Installation CD This CD contains a collection of audio drivers and audio software applications for products with the Creative Labs VIBRA 16C Series Audio Chipset NOTES e Some of the drivers were originally created for floppy diskettes Please substi tute your CD ROM drive letter such as D and the corresponding directory names in place of any references to A or B floppy drives e Before installing the audio drivers for Windows 3 x you must install Creative Technology s Configuration Manager CTCM e You must close all applications before installating the audio drivers e Oo O fore i a The following is a list of the main directories used in this audio section ASUS Audio Driver CD Contents AUDIO CTCM Creative PnP Configuration Manager for DOS Win3 x Run INSTALL EXE from DOS before Win3 x AUDIO DISKS Individual installation disks for above drivers Copy to 1 44MB 3 5 floppy disks if necessary AUDIO NT40 Audio Drivers amp Applications for WinNT Double click the SETUP icon from WinNT AUDIO OS2 Audio Drivers amp Applications for OS2 Run INSTALL EXE from DOS Prompt AUDIO WIN3 1 Audio Driver
47. ien Se E r pe i z al _ i a M ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 61 SCSI BIOS 62 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 There are two jumper settings you may need to make on the ASUS PCI SC200 to set it up One setting assigns the PCI INT interrupt the other sets the card s termination The ASUS PCI SC860 has no jumper settings but you should read the Terminator Requirements Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 You must use PCI INT A setting in order to properly assign the ASUS PCI SC200 s interrupt On the ASUS PCI SC200 you assign the INT by setting jumper JP1 or JP2 The default setting for the card already 1s INT A so you do not need to change the setting to use the ASUS PCI SC200 with this motherboard 1 2 1 2 Eu GBH Ga DE 93 2 GCE Eb 233 Bes 0 5 GCB INTA Def INTB INT C INT D Interrupt Settings A B C or D Terminator Requirements for SCSI Devices SCSI devices are connected together in a chain by cables Internal devices con nect to the ASUS PCI SC200 or ASUS PCI SC860 with a fifty pin flat ribbon cable External devices connect to the external port with a SCSI 2 cable If there are more than one internal or external devices additional devices are connected with cables to form a daisy chain Terminating the devices on the ends of the SCSI Bus chain is necessary for SCSI devices to work properly Termination of
48. in 1 44MB 3 5 in 2 88MB 3 5 in None To enter the configuration value for a particular drive highlight its corresponding field and then select the drive type using the left or right arrow keys Floppy 3 Mode Support Disabled This is the Japanese standard floppy drive The standard stores 1 2MB in a 3 5inch diskette This 1s normally disabled but you may choose from either Drive A Drive B Both and Disabled Video EGA VGA Set this field to the type of video display card installed in your system The options are EGA VGA CGA 49 CGA 80 and Mono for Hercules or MDA If you are using a VGA or any higher resolution card choose EGA VGA Halt On All Errors This field determines which types of errors will cause the system to halt Choose from All Errors No Errors All But Keyboard All But Diskette and All But Disk Key ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE BIOS Features Setup BIOS Features Setup consists of configuration entries that allow you to improve your system performance or let you set up some system features according to your preference Some entries are required by the motherboard s design to remain in their default settings rud a amp FEHIFURES L N AMAD SOFRE IMC n au ES ais na SEN LF IIE Firat li file ber lors IH x Ban Up Hil ick Statis radv piini San bag lena Reale Setting rae i ii Lon ontrol HE i HE lah p ite if h r zx aoc Li FEto rPaleiia Anang TR mwenatic D
49. ion Cards WARNING Make sure that you unplug your power supply when adding or removing expansion cards or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both your motherboard and expansion cards Expansion Card Installation Procedure 1 Read your expansion card documentation on any hardware and software set tings that may be required to setup your specific card 2 Setany necessary jumpers on your expansion card Remove your computer system s cover A oU Remove the bracket on the slot you intend to use Keep the bracket for possible future use Carefully align the card s connectors and press firmly Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed in step 4 Replace the computer system s cover Edit the BIOS settings 1f necessary such as IRQ xx Used By ISA Yes in PNP AND PCI SETUP 9 Install the necessary software drivers for your expansion card A eS Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards Some expansion cards need to use an IRQ to operate Generally an IRQ must be exclusively assigned to one use In an standard design there are 16 IRQs available but most of them are already in use by parts of the system which leaves 6 free for expansion cards Both ISA and PCI expansion cards may need to use IRQs System IRQs are avail able to cards installed in the ISA expansion bus first and any remaining IRQs are then used by PCI cards Currently there are two types of ISA cards The original I
50. k from a new BIOS file ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 35 IV BIOS SOFTWARE Managing and Updating Your Motherboard s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1 Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing FORMAT A S from the DOS prompt without creating AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files 2 Copy PFLASH EXE to your new diskette 3 Run PFLASH EXE from your new diskette and select option 1 Save Current BIOS to File Enter the Current BIOS Revision for the file name Updating BIOS Procedures only when necessary IMPORTANT If unknown is displayed after Flash Type the memory chip is not programmable or is not supported with the PnP BIOS and therefore cannot be programmed by the Flash Memory Writer utility 1 Download an updated ASUS BIOS file from the Internet WWW or FTP or a BBS Bulletin Board Service see ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION on page 3 for details and save to the disk you created earlier Turn off your computer Boot from the disk you created earlier At the A prompt type PFLASH and then press lt Enter gt Enter 2 Update BIOS Main Block From File from the Main Menu or option 2 Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD from the Advanced Features Menu if prompted by option 2 of the Main Menu 6 The program displays a second screen prompting you for the name of the BIOS file Type in the complete file name and extension of the new BIOS and then press lt Enter gt The uti
51. l info asus com tw Technical Support Fax 886 2 895 9254 BBS 886 2 896 4667 Email tsd 9 asus com tw WWW www asus com tw Gopher gopher asus com tw FTP ftp asus com tw pub ASUS ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL Marketing Info Address 721 Charcot Avenue San Jose CA 95131 USA Telephone 41 408 474 0567 Fax 1 408 474 0568 Email info usa asus com tw Technical Support BBS 1 408 474 0569 Email tsd usa Q asus com tw WWW www asus com ASUS COMPUTER GmbH Marketing Info Address Harkort Str 25 40880 Ratingen BRD Germany Telephone 49 2102 445011 Fax 49 2102 442066 Email info ger 9 asus com tw Technical Support BBS 40 2102 448690 Email tsd ger 2 asus com tw Hotline 49 2102 499712 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual CONTENTS L INTRODUCTION pena a 7 How this Manual 1s Organized near aa sasa 7 Item Checklist eeeeceseeeeeeter rmm nnmis 7 IL EEA ERS ccccsaccacecenccscccectscecscccccacessatecucssencessassecesexesecesesessnceeseceses 8 Features of the ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard 8 Introduction to ASUS TX97 Series of Motherboards 9 Parts of the ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard 11 MLINSTALLATION penanaman Ee 12 ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard Layout aaa 12 Iristalfatton SIEDS ee rrene tnin ra ENER En AAA EER EEEE 14 LIDE NT UU E E 14 Tonpa S CUT eee a E E E E A E 15 Compatible Cyrix
52. l scanning PM Timers This section controls the time out settings for the Power Management scheme The fields included in this section are HDD Power Down which places the hard disk into its lowest power consumption mode and the Doze Standby and Suspend sys tem inactivation modes The system automatically wakes up from any power saving mode when there 1s system activity such as when a key 1s pressed from the keyboard or when there is activity detected from the enabled IRQ channels HDD Power Down Disable This field shuts down any IDE hard disk drives in the system after a period of inac tivity This time period is user configurable to 7 15 Mins or Disable This feature does not affect SCSI hard disks Doze Mode Standby Mode Suspend Mode Disable These fields set the period of time after which each of these modes activate 30 Sec 1 Min 2 Min 4 Min 8 Min 20 Min 30 Min 40 Min 1 Hour and Disable Power Up Control This section determines the ways the system can be controlled when it is started or restarted when modem activity is detected or when power to the computer is inter rupted and reapplied The Soft Off mode refers to powering off the system through a momentary button switch ATX switch or through the software as opposed to disconnecting the AC power by way of a rocker switch or other means PWR Button 4 Secs Soft Off When set to Soft Off the ATX switch can be used as a normal system power off button
53. lection VIDO 1 2 3 These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU VIDI for 3 4V STD is ignored therefore the jumper setting for 2 8V Dual may work for both 3 4V STD and 2 8V Dual Pentium MMX P55C Intel Pentium P54C AMD K6 AMD K5 IBM Cyrix 6x86 MX IBM Cyrix 6x86 M1 150MHz 233MHz 75MHz 200MHz PR166 and faster PR75 PR133 PR166 and faster PR166 and faster WARNING Because CPU designs change rapidly the following chart 1s only intended as a simple quideline and is not intended to be true for your CPU Look for the CPU voltage included with your CPU and follow the Voltage setting diagramed below the chart Manufacturer CPU Type Single Plane Dual Plane VID3 VID2 VIDI VIDO Inte AMD IBM Cynx P54C CS K5 M1 3 5V VRE AMD IBM Cyrix K6 166 200 MX 2 9V Dual Intel AMD P54C CS K5 3 4V STD Intel P55C 2 8 V Dual AMD K6 PR233 3 2V Dual AMD 25micron K6 233 266 300 2 1V Dual 3 2 Volts K Setting these two jumpers VIDI to 2 3 or remove will result in the same voltages respectively ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 2 System Memory SIMM amp DIMM This motherboard supports four 72 pin 32 bit SIMMs Single Inline Memory Mod ules of 4 8 16 32 or 64MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB The SIMMs can be either 60ns or 70ns Fast Page Mode FPM Asymmetric or Sym metric or Enhanced Data Out EDO BEDO amp Parity are not
54. lity as described later and take note of the configuration settings for future refer ence in particular the hard disk specifications If you are installing the motherboard reconfiguring your system or you receive a Run Setup message you will need to enter new setup information This section describes how to configure your system using this utility The BIOS ROM of the system stores the Setup utility When you turn on the com puter the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program This ap pears during the Power On Self Test POST Press Delete to call up the Setup utility If you are a little bit late pressing the mentioned key s POST will continue With its test routines thus preventing you from calling up Setup If you still need to call Setup reset the system by pressing lt Ctrl gt lt Alt gt lt Delete gt or by pressing the Reset button on the system case You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on again But do so only if the first two methods fail When you invoke Setup the CMOS SETUP UTILITY main program screen will appear with the following options PAN cane Sen e TAOS SETIIP E LI F TUNES R ELE SETAN he HEH I HETECTIDI PAET PETES SENI HOO HT PETER TON 4 2 Lr P s ET 1 PII MHMHBEHEHT SETIN E amp CRIT SETIN Select en T i Lande Lalai ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 37 IV BIOS ab op Qn O ES QD Q gt o o O O Le
55. lity then updates the BIOS file from disk pu o 9 WARNING If you encounter problems while updating the new BIOS DO NOT turn off your system since this might prevent your system from booting up Just repeat the process and if the problem still persists update the original BIOS file EL jab o E y Z lt CD 3j O a lt e CD you saved to disk above If the Flash Memory Wiriter 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 service 7 After successfully updating the new BIOS file exit the Flash Memory Writer utility and then turn off your system 8 Turn on your computer and press Delete to enter BIOS setup You must select Setup Default to effect the new BIOS after which you may set the other items from the Main Menu 36 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE 6 BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips 5 Volt and 12 Volt Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re leased Use the Flash Memory Writer utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in detail in this section All computer motherboards provide a Setup utility program for specifying the sys tem configuration and settings If your motherboard came in a computer system the proper configuration entries may have already been made If so invoke the Setup uti
56. lset Optional T Joystick Midi B Out In Mic 4 PCI Slots Creative Labs Audio optional a ome i INELIJETI Tt tia 1 Baami Padan JA RJ Pedih Lm 4 SA Slots H n RI LM78 Hardware Programmable Monitor optional Flash ROM ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 11 Ill INSTALLATION ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard Layout dS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard Board Power Input CPU Voltage for ATX Power Supply zs femal VID1 VID2 lt lt lt lt n a a VID3 sp JE USB 1 SISI siisiloio B USB 2 Di DI NN O O O O Q 9 Q Q Z Z CPU Fan 9 Ele ollo a gt I eliS elg E Li SIRI RIIS e E FANPWR3 N c c c ET phi m BUS Freq PR frye be a qp o CPU TR is m a BFO pes N N N N B B Hardware Monitor LEE zd e mmis E e lI Hm 22 O FT S5535 1515 lla m L O O x lt 3 3113113113 lol o iM ollella lle IHS ils Lo Cj ojlojiolio 9 9 E CL c CC IIS ISS x o o lo 9li3ll3 to ie de Mrd A OO alo clc OVO lt a i CPU ZIF Socket 7 O e z CD Row 3 2 3 2 Intel Q Sony CD audio in E 2233 430TX G PClset T EBBER An 2g Sere S eal Esju lt p I C O Q Q aez c aal O ES E BUS denn OQ S C FEE S i E Sma Reet cate re aie NUI ENIM ER jam al FS2 LL 02 A m m m m m VOLCTL Intel PIIXA Volume Control aS PClset PCI Slot 3 pP mm m m mm m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m m
57. ltra Fast SCSI 2 interface when using Ultra Fast SCSI 2 devices All SCSI devices you install on your system require driver software to function The Symbios SCSI BIOS directly supports SCSI hard disks under the DOS Win dows and OS 2 environments It also uses device drivers from the DOS floppy disk included in the ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 controller card packages to support hard disks and other SCSI devices working under DOS Microsoft Win dows Microsoft Windows NT Novell NetWare and IBM OS 2 These drivers pro vide higher performance than the direct BIOS support To use these drivers you must install them into your system and add them to your system configuration files Driver support for SCSI devices used with SCO UNIX 1s also provided These drivers are included in the second SCO UNIX floppy disk Windows 95 support is also available using the device drivers included within the Windows software The ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 are Plug and Play adapters that are auto detected by BIOS and current operating systems that support Plug and Play features For information about these drivers and their usage view the Readme files included in the driver packages ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 SCSI Cards The ASUS PCI SC200 or the ASUS PCI SC860 may be bundled with your mother board or purchased separately Both cards provide the option of connecting internal or external SCSI devices for a total of 7 devices on each SCSI card M
58. m m m m m i AUDIO Dis En mm w Wake on LAN Reserved PCI Slot 4 CR2032 Sr oj 3 Volt Se Lithium Cell E oc ISA Slot 1 aH BIOS Power I 1 LM78 cm m m s m m m m L BBLKW alarm lead Block Program Flash ROM Keyboard BIOS 97 gt ie 2 NO for BIOS Infrared Con IrDA summm 2n OSE EERIE NOTE The items in outline are optional and may not be present 12 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION umpers 1 RICLR p 15 Real Time Clock RAM Operation Clear Data 2 AUDIO optional p 15 Onboard Audio Disable Enable 3 M IO p 16 Mult I O Selection Enable Disable 4 FSO FSI FS2 p 16 CPU External Clock BUS Frequency Selection 5 BFO BF1 BF2 p 16 CPU BUS Frequency Ratio 6 VIDO 1 2 3 p 18 CPU Voltage Regulator Output Selection Expansion Slots 1 System Memory p 19 System Memory Upgrade 2 SIMM Sockets p 20 72 Pin SIMM Memory Expansion Sockets 3 DIMM Sockets p 21 168 Pin DIMM Memory Expansion Sockets 4 CPU ZIF Socket 7 p 22 Central Processing Unit CPU Socket 5 SLOT 1 2 3 p 23 16 bit ISA Bus Expansion Slots 6 PCI 2 3 4 5 p 23 32 bit PCI Bus Expansion Slots Connectors 1 PS2KEYBOARD p 25 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female FP 2 PS2MOUSE p 25 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female E E 3 PRINTER p 26 Parallel Printer Port Connector 25 pin Female lt 4 COMI COM2 p 26 Serial Port COMI amp COM2 Two 9 pin Female En
59. mage to your motherboard IMPORTANT Ribbon cables should always be connected with the red stripe on the Pin 1 side of the connector The four corners of the connectors are labeled on the motherboard Pin 1 is the side closest to the power connector on hard drives and floppy drives IDE ribbon cable must be less than 18in 46cm with the second drive connector no more than 6in 15cm from the first connector 1 PS 2 Keyboard Connector 6 pin Female 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 Connectors PS 2 Keyboard 6 pin Female 2 PS 2 Mouse Connector 6 pin Female The system will direct IRQ12 to the PS 2 mouse if one 1s detected If not de tected expansion cards can use IRQI2 See PS 2 Mouse Control in BIOS Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE PS 2 Mouse 6 pin Female az ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 25 Ill INSTALLATION 3 Parallel Printer Connector 25 pin Female You can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through Onboard Parallel Port in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE NOTE Serial printers must be connected to the serial port i m P Parallel Printer Port 25 pin Female zm UBND UON Tu 1 a 4 Serial Port COMI and COM2 Connectors Two 9 pin Male The two serial ports can b
60. memory chips which are currently unavailable Memory Socket DIMM Memory Module B Total Memory DIMM Socket 1 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB x1 Rows 0 amp 1 168 pin SDRAM or EDO DIMM SIMM Sockets must be empty DIMM Socket 2 SMB 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB x1 Rows 2 amp 3 168 pin SDRAM or EDO DIMM SIMM Sockets must be empty Total System Memory Max 256MB Il ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 19 System Memory P lt D D 3 Z D o 2 20 Ill INSTALLATION SIMM Memory Installation l The SIMM memory modules will only fit in one orientation as shown because of a safety tab on one end of the SIMM sockets which requires the notched end of the SIMM memory modules 72 Pin SIMM Sockets Press the memory module firmly into place starting from a 45 degree angle making sure that all the contacts are aligned with the socket With your finger tips rock the memory module into a vertical position so that it clicks into place Support Clip 72 Pin DRAM in SIMM Socket E me Sp E RN Safety Tab This Side Only Mounting Hole The plastic guides should go through the two mounting holes on the sides and the support clips should snap on the other side To release the memory module push both support clips outward and rock the module out of the support clips ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module s
61. n install the fan onto the CPU WARNING Without a fan circulating air on the CPU and heat sinks the CPU and or heat sinks can overheat and cause damage to both the CPU and the moth erboard See CPU Cooling Fan Connector at the end of this section To install a CPU first turn off your system and remove its cover Locate the ZIF socket and open it by first pulling the lever sideways away from the socket then upwards to a 90 degree right angle Insert the CPU with the correct orientation as shown Use the notched corner of the CPU as your guide The white dot should point towards the end the of the lever Notice that there 1s a blank area where one hole is missing from that corner of the square array of pin holes and a 1 printed on the motherboard next to that corner Because the CPU has a corner pin for three of the four corners the CPU will only fit in the one orientation as shown The picture is for reference only you should have a CPU fan that will cover the face of the CPU With the added weight of the CPU fan no force 1s required to insert the CPU Once completely inserted hold down on the fan and close the socket s lever IMPORTANT You must set jumpers for CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio and jumpers for BUS Frequency Selection depending on the CPU that you install JOSS89014 Uleis S Lever Lock Blank ZIF Socket 7 with Pentium MMX Processor 22 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 4 Expans
62. n need to be terminated If you have only internal or only external devices connected to the ASUS PCI SC200 then you must terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 If you have both internal and external devices connected you must not terminate the card See the following example which illustrates this concept ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 63 O O o C C D C i 64 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 1 Termination Required JP5 Open SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 Termination Required No Termination Required End Device JP5 Short Termination Required End Device SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 interface card must have a SCSI identification number that is not in use by any other SCSI device There are eight possible ID numbers 0 through 7 The ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 cards have fixed SCSI IDs of 7 The SCSI ID serves two purposes e It uniquely defines each SCSI device on the bus e It determines which device controls the bus when two or more devices try to use it at the same time SCSI IDs on one channel do not interfere with the IDs on another channel This ap plies to two SCSI host adapters that implement different buses as well as dual channels on a single host adapter You can connect up to seven SCSI devices to the interface card Y
63. n screen LANDesk Client Manager LDCM Use Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the LDCM manual on the ASUS support CD LDCM Administrator Setup Installs software to monitor PC systems on the net work within the same bridge address with Local software installed The admin istrator should install both Local and Administrator Software O ers E E VE e SN LDCM Local Setup Installs software to monitor the local system Express Setup Recommended Settings can be autodetected or changed 56 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual V SUPPORT SOFTWARE e Custom Setup For Experienced Users 1 Choose File New from the pull down menu of the Untitled screen Type in a system name 2 Make the appropriate settings on the right hand side Note following 2C and Network should not be modified Currently only ATI Video cards can be monitored by LDCM do not select Video ATI if you are using other video cards 3 Choose LM78 from the pull down menu Note the following The fans are auto detected do not make any selections for Chassis Fan CPU A Fan CPU B Fan Change the Threshold RPM to 1 500 RPM Change the Threshold RPM Min to 1 320 RPM 4 Click Save button to save settings and exit 5 Choose File Save from pull down menu enter a file name click Save 6 Exitthe program screen 7 Run SETUP EXE and choose the your system configuration file that you have just created NOTES 1 System will hang if you click the
64. nfiguration Manager files onto your computer s hard disk Before installing please read the README file for the latest information If you need more informa tion before deciding on a certain option you can always get help by pressing F1 Press lt CENTER gt to continue lt F1 gt for help F2 for README or lt F3 gt to exit The following lines will be added to your system files C AUTOEXEC BAT file SET CTCM C CTCM C CTCM CTCU S WZCAWINDOWS C CONFIG SYS file DEVICE C CTCM CTCM EXE Press lt CENTER gt to continue lt F1 gt for help or lt F3 gt to exit e lt eo QD D s AX 3 O 7 i A message will appear on the next screen Software installation completed The following files were modified and its original saved with B K extension C CONFIG SYS C AUTOEXEC BAT You must reboot in order for the newly edited CONFIG SYS to be initiated You may choose to exit to DOS by pressing lt ENTER gt but be sure to reboot on your own A message Please remember to REBOOT your system will appear when exiting Otherwise press lt F10 gt to automatically reboot your system 70 ASUS Audio User s Manual Win3 x Audio Drivers Audio Software Run INSTALL from the AUDIO WIN31 directory for the following installation screens Welcome to the Audio Software installation progranm This program installs Audio Software Files onto your computer s hard disk Bef
65. ng steps Set Jumpers on the Motherboard Install System Memory Install the Central Processing Unit CPU Install Expansion Cards Connect Ribbon Cables Cabinet Wires and Power Supply Setup the BIOS Software Doc 1 Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins JP on the motherboard See Motherboard Layout for locations of jumpers The jumper settings will be described numerically such as 1 2 2 3 for no connection connect pins 1 amp 2 and connect pins 2 amp 3 respectively Pin 1 for our moth erboards is always on top oron the left when holding the motherboard with the keyboard connector away from yourself A 1 is written besides pin 1 on jumpers with three pins The jumpers will also be shown graphically such as to connect pins 1 amp 2 and E to connect pins 2 amp 3 Jumpers with two pins will be shown as EN for Short On and for Open Off For manufacturing simplicity the jump ers may be sharing pins from other groups Use the diagrams in this manual instead of following the pin layout on the board Settings with two jumper numbers require that both jumpers be moved together To connect the pins simply place a plastic jumper cap over the two pins as diagramed WARNING Computer motherboards baseboards and components such as SCSI cards contain very delicate Integrated Circuit IC chips To protect them against damage from static electricity you sho
66. o four IDE drives can be detected with parameters for each listed inside the box To accept the optimal entries press lt Y gt or else select from the numbers dis played under the OPTIONS field 2 1 3 in this case to skip to the next drive press lt N gt If you accept the values the parameters will appear listed beside the drive letter on the screen The process then proceeds to the next drive letter Pressing lt N gt to skip rather than to accept a set of parameters causes the program to enter zeros after that drive letter Remember that if you are using another IDE controller that does not feature En hanced IDE support for four devices you can only install two IDE hard disk drives Your IDE controller must support the Enhanced IDE features in order to use Drive E and Drive F The onboard PCI IDE controller supports Enhanced IDE with two connectors for connecting up to four IDE devices If you want to use another con troller that supports four drives you must disable the onboard IDE controller in the Chipset Features Setup screen When auto detection is completed the program automatically enters all entries you accepted on the field for that drive in the Standard CMOS Setup screen Skipped entries are ignored and are not entered in the screen If you are auto detecting a hard disk that supports the LBA mode three lines will appear in the parameter box Choose the line that lists LBA for an LBA drive Do not select Large or Normal
67. ond is the slave Specifications for SCSI hard disks need not to be entered here since they operate using device drivers and are not supported by any the BIOS If you install either the optional PCI SC200 or PCI SC860 SCSI controller card into the motherboard see section VI for instructions If you install other vendor s SCSI controller card refer to their respective documentations on how to install the required SCSI drivers For IDE hard disk drive setup vou can e Use the Auto setting for detection during bootup Use the IDE HDD AUTO DETECTION in the main menu to automatically enter the drive specifications e Enter the specifications yourself manually by using the User option The entries for specifying the hard disk type include CYLS number of cylinders HEAD number of read write heads PRECOMP write precompensation LANDZ landing zone SECTOR number of sectors and MODE The SIZE field auto matically adjusts according to the configuration you specify The documentation that comes with your hard disk should provide you with the information regarding the drive specifications The MODE entry is for IDE hard disks only and can be ignored for MFM and ESDI drives This entry provides three options Normal Large LBA or Auto see below Set MODE to the Normal for IDE hard disk drives smaller than 528MB set it to LBA for drives over 528MB that support Logical Block Addressing LBA to allow larger IDE hard disks set it to
68. ore installing please read the README file for the latest information If you need more information before deciding on a certain option you can always get help hy pressing Fi To read the README file press F2 To install Audio Software now press ENTER To learn more about INSTALL press Fi To quit this program vithout installing press F3 Follow the instructions and make your choice to learn more about INSTALL lt F1 gt view the README F2 quit lt F3 gt or install Configuration Manager lt ENTER gt Full Installation Recommended You may choose Full Installation to install all components or Custom Installa tion to toggle DOS 1 Audio Samples 2 Readme and Common Q amp A Files and WINDOWS 1 WaveEditor 2 QuickCD You can select Custom Installation if you are curious about its options and then go back to the previous screen by pressing lt ESC gt Pressing lt ENTER gt at the above screen will show the installation paths You may change the paths or press ENTER again if the paths are correct Press lt ENTER gt to continue so that changes can be made to you system files ASUS Audio User s Manual 71 a 9 F x 2 S e CG 9 o E 2 O E D gt Z O gt WwW E D c5 c s P 9A 3 O i 72 Win3 x Audio Drivers Proceed using the settings shown You will be prompted that an addition will be made in your CAAUTOEXEC BAT and
69. ou must set a SCSI ID number ID 0 to ID 6 for each device SCSI devices vary in how they set the ID number Some use jumpers others have some kind of selector switch Refer to the manual for any device you install for details on how to set its ID number SCSI ID Priority The ASUS PCI SC200 and ASUS PCI SC860 are 8bit single channel SCSI cards SCSI ID 7 has the highest priority and SCSI ID 0 has the lowest priority ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual SER BAIE 16 bit Audio USER S MANUAL Drivers Installation 66 User s Notice No part of this manual including the products and softwares described in it may be repro duced transmitted transcribed stored in a retrieval system or translated into any language in any form or by any means except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUS ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PAR TICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDEN TAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSI NESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT
70. pment 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 Cana dian Department of Communications ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual INTRODUCTION How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections Introduction Manual information and checklist Features Information and specifications concerning this product Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard BIOS Software Instructions on setting up the BIOS software Support Software Information on the included support software ASUS SCSI Cards Installation of ASUS SCSI cards optional Audio Installation Audio driver installation with onboard audio only Item Checklist Please check that your package is complete If you discover damaged or missing items please contact your retailer I MI MI MI O UO RI ASUS TX97 XE motherboard 1 IDE ribbon cable 1 floppy ribbon cable Support Drivers amp Utilities Flash Memory Writer utility to update the FLASH BIOS e Desktop Management Interface DMI utility e LANDesk Client Manager LDCM Software with optional onboard LM78 e Readme files for descriptions and use of the files e Technical Support Form This user s manual Infrared module optional ASUS PCI SC200 Fast SCSI or PCI SC860 Ultra Fast SCSI card optional ASUS
71. quirements for SCSI Devices 62 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 63 Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 63 SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices eene 64 SCOLTEPPEHOERIU coacti rtes Ep Far UR UN SUM ME PUN 64 VII 16 bit Audio Included with optional onboard audio 65 ASUS Installation CD PEE 67 ASUS Audio Driver CD Contents eene 67 Audio Drivers Installation ccccccssscccsssccccsssccsssscccssssccccsscccessscoees 67 Wings AUdIO DIANA 68 Win3 x Audio Drivers seecsssecsccccsececoceccoseccsscosoceccscecoscccsseccsececsseessee 69 Configuration Manager ccccccccccccceceessseeccceecaeeseeeeceeeeeaaes 69 Creative PnP Configuration Manager CTCM 69 Audio Software RN IER TT 71 Environment Variables esee 75 SOUND Environment variable eese 75 BLASTER Environment Variable 75 MIDI Environment Variable eene 76 Maximum Recording Rates for the Audio Hardware 76 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual FCC amp 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 e This device must accept
72. r for an ISA Configuration Utility An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards after those used by Legacy and PNP ISA cards In the PCI bus design the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that has a card in it that requires an IRQ To install a PCI card you need to set something called the INT interrupt assignment Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA be sure that the jumpers on your PCI cards are set to INT A Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards Some ISA cards both legacy and PnP may also need to use a DMA Direct Memory Access channel DMA assignments for this motherboard are handled the same way as the IRQ assignment process described earlier You can select a DMA channel in the PCI and PnP configuration section of the BIOS Setup utility IMPORTANT To avoid conflicts reserve the necessary IRQs and DMAs for legacy ISA cards under PNP AND PCI SETUP of the BIOS SOFTWARE choose Yes in JRO xx Used By ISA and DMA x Used By ISA for those IRQs and DMAs you want to reserve ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor The onboard hardware monitor uses the address 290H 297H so legacy ISA cards must not use this address or else conflicts will occur ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 5 External Connectors WARNING Some pins are used for connectors or power sources These are clearly separated from jumpers in Map of the Motherboard Placing jumper caps over these will cause da
73. ress lt F1 gt The help menu will then appear to provide you with the information you need The memory display at the lower right of the screen 1s read only and automatically adjusts accordingly Details of Standard CMOS Setup Date To set the date highlight the Date field and then press either lt Page Up gt lt Page Down gt or lt gt lt gt to set the current date Follow the month day and year format Valid values for month day and year are Month 1 to 12 Day 1 to 31 Year up to 2079 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE Time To set the time highlight the Time field and then press either Page Up gt lt Page Down or lt gt lt gt to set the current time Follow the hour minute and second format Valid values for hour minute and second are Hour 00 to 23 Minute 00 to 59 Second 00 to 59 If you do not want to modify the current time press Enter three times to go to Hard Disks NOTE You can bypass the date and time prompts by creating an AUTOEXEC BAT file For information on how to create this file refer to the MS DOS manual Hard Disk Drives This field records the specifications for all non SCSI hard disk drives installed in your system The onboard PCI IDE connectors provide Primary and Secondary channels for connecting up to four IDE hard disks or other IDE devices Each chan nel can support up to two hard disks the first of which 1s the master and the sec
74. s amp Applications for DOS amp Win3 x Install CTCM then run INSTALL EXE from DOS AUDIO WIN95 Audio Drivers amp Applications for Win95 Double click the SETUP icon from Win95 ASUS Audio User s Manual 67 O cx lt CD TE o o e D co eO s 8 3 O 9 7 68 Win95 Audio Drivers Audio Drivers Installation Procedures k Insert the installation CD into the CD ROM drive Double click on My Computer icon RA Double click on your CD ROM drive i Double click on the Audio folder Double click on the Win95 folder are TU Esth Double click on the Setup exe icon p 5 gir qn Carefully follow the installation wizard displayed and click the Next buttons to continue through the installation process When installation is completed you can run the audio utilities through the start menu as shown below Accessories E Audio Application d Audio Hack StartUp CD Player MS DOS Prompt m MIDI Player la Windows Explorer Sueno e Readme e User s Guide Ba Wave Player d Wave ditor ASUS Audio User s Manual Win3 x Audio Drivers Configuration Manager In DOS and Windows 3 1x environments a program called the Configuration Man ager must be installed in order for the Configuration Manager to do resource alloca tions for all ISA Plug and Play cards The audio portion of this card uses 16 bit ISA specifications Creative PnP Configuration
75. s not been made ESC will send you back to the left hand menu without any messages Notes A heading BIOS Auto Detect appears on the right for each menu item on the left side that has been auto detected by the system BIOS A heading User Modified will appear on the right for menu items that have been modified by the user ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 59 E 5 C D V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Save MIFD You can save the MIFD normally only saved to flash ROM to a file by entering the drive and path here If you want to cancel save you may press ESC and a message Bad File Name appears here to show it was not saved Load MIFD ae Plane Ian thay d You can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and file name here Load BIOS Defaults fe Q J lt You can load the BIOS defaults from a MIFD file and can clear all user modified and added data You must reboot your computer in order for the defaults to be saved back into the Flash BIOS 60 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards oymbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers Aside from the system BIOS the Flash memory chip on the motherboard also con tains the Symbios SCSI BIOS This Symbios SCSI BIOS works in conjunction with the optional ASUS PCI SC200 controller card to provide Fast SCSI 2 interface when using compatible SCSI devices or the ASUS PCI SC860 SCSI controller cards to provide U
76. st 10mAmp load on the 5volt standby lead SVSB You may experience difficulty in powering on your system without this ATX Power Connector 30 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION 15 Onboard Digital Audio Control VOLCTL with optional onboard Audio This jumper allows you to adjust the audio volume digitally using case mounted momentary buttons Audio Control VOLCTL Volume Up 1 2 momentary Volume Down 4 5 momentary VOLCTL 1 Ground 2 Volume Up 3 Ground 4 Volume Down 5 Ground Onboard Digital Audio Control 16 Wake on LAN 3 pin WOL This connector connects to LAN cards with a Wake On LAN output When the system is in soft off mode LAN activity will power on the system Connectors Wake On LAN Connector ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 31 eO D P t eO Se 2 32 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ill INSTALLATION Message LED Lead MSG LED This indicates whether a message has been received from a fax modem The LED will remain lit when there is no signal and blink when there is data transfer or waiting in the inbox SMI Suspend Switch Lead SMI This allows the user to manually place the system into a suspend mode or Green mode where system activity will be instantly decreased to save electricity and expand the life of certain components when the system is not in use This 2 pin connector see the figure below connects to
77. store normal operations when tem perature falls below a safe level 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 a important feature to implement silent PC systems Dual Function Power Button requires ATX power supply The system can be in one of two states one is Sleep mode and the other is the Soft Off mode Pushing the power button for less than 4 seconds places the system into Sleep mode When the power button is pressed for more than 4 seconds it enters the Soft Off mode Remote Ring On requires ATX power supply This allows a computer to be turned on remotely through a modem With this benefit on hand any user can access vital information from their computer from anywhere in the world Message LED Chassis LEDs now act as information providers Through the way a particular LED illuminates the user can determine the stage the computer is in A simple glimpse provides useful information to the user ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill FEATURES Parts of the ASUS TX97 XE Motherboard 4 SIMM 2 DIMM CPU ZIF CPU Thermal 512KB Pipelined is i Sockets Socket7 Sensor optional Burst L2 Cache l T PS 2 Mouse c aa B PS 2 Keyboard ce TUSBPot Mu M B USB Port 2 ELEME COM 1 T Parallel Conn B Serial Conn 7 Motherboard Parts COM 2 Intel s 430TX PC
78. supported SIMMs must be installed in pairs so that each Row see Map of Motherboard for Row loca tions contains 64 bits of the same size and type of memory chips One side with memory chips of the SIMM module takes up half a Row on the motherboard Dual Inline Memory Modules DIMM s can be used when the SIMM sockets are not used Two sockets are available for 3 3Volt power level Unbuffered Synchro nous DRAMs SDRAM or EDO DRAM of either 8 16 32 64 or 128MB to form a memory size between 8MB to 256MB One side with memory chips of the DIMM module takes up one Row on the motherboard IMPORTANT Memory speed setup is required through Auto Configuration in BIOS Chipset Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE If both 60ns and 70ns memory are used set Auto Configuration to 70ns Do not use memory modules with more than 24 chips per module Modules with more than 24 chips exceed the design specifications of the memory subsystem and will be unstable Memory Socket SIMM Memory Module Total Memory SIMM Sockets 1 amp 2 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 Rows 0 amp 1 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM DIMM Sockets must be empty SIMM Sockets 3 amp 4 4MB 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB x2 Rows 2 amp 3 72 pin FPM or EDO SIMM DIMM Sockets must be empty Total System Memory Max 256MB WARNING Do not install both SIMMs and DIMMs at the same time or else you will burn your memory Mixing SIMMs and DIMMs require 5 0Volt signal level tolerant
79. t Features Setup esa 44 Power Management Setup ee numo e nennen aaa aaaaaan 47 Details of Power Management Setup 47 ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual CONTENTS PNP Gi POES CCD ea 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup nee 50 Load BIOS Defaults sesen nana anna n anna naaa 52 Load sep TIT AS aa ERA A 52 Supervisor Password and User Password 59 IDE HDD Auto Detection ee era rw ER i tiri rade ama sins 54 Dayede P U A dau eM ITE 39 BXICM IUIUS QVIDIE Mn EA ibis seque J V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Era sasa san 56 ASUS TX97 Motherboard Series Support CD 56 LANDesk Client Manager LDCM eeeereeeeeenne 56 Desktop Management Interface DMID 58 Introducing the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 58 System ISCOUTE BIO DES eoe rto r e rm Mies EET um ira AAA 58 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility 59 VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards cccsssscssscsencccessessesstexszcssssesercesseoodenusssnesoese 6l Symbios SCSI BIOS and Drivers e eeeceeeeee eene nonne na 61 ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 SCSI Cards 61 Setting Up the ASUS PCI SC200 amp PCI SC860 62 Setting the INT Assignment for the ASUS PCI SC200 62 Terminator Re
80. t be at least 180K Memory managers like HIMEM SYS required by windows must not be installed You can boot up from a system diskette without AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG SYS files REM HIMEM SYS in the CONFIG S YS or press F5 during bootup to bypass your AUTOEXEC BAT and CONFIG S YS files ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual V SUPPORT SOFTWARE Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI or delete ASL Tc 3e a ond ig ural i om Esli ty rw MI HH T qe HIEI 1 IE es Segeant FOW HA Bui Fal lain ETE 105 Lharacieriziics i an IENTENHT for dete Sire of BIOS MUM DPN Use the amp left right cursors to move the top menu items and the N up down cursor to move between the left hand menu items The bottom of the screen will show the available keys for each screen Press enter at the menu item to enter the right hand screen for editing Edit component appears on top The reversed color field is the current cursor position and the blue text are available for editing The orange text shows auto detected information and are not available for editing The blue text Press ENTER for detail contains a second pop up menu is available use the plus minus keys to change the settings Enter to exit and save ESC to exit and not save If the user has made changes ESC will prompt you to answer Y or N Enter Y to go back to the left hand screen and save enter N to go back to left hand screen and not save If editing ha
81. the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility This motherboard supports DMI within the BIOS level and provides a DMI Con figuration Utility to maintain the Management Information Format Database MIFD DMI is able to auto detect and record information pertinent to a computer s system such as the CPU type CPU speed and internal external frequencies and memory size The onboard BIOS will detect as many system information as possible and store those collected information in a 4KB block in the motherboard s Flash EPROM and allow the DMI to retrieve data from this database Unlike other BIOS software the BIOS on this motherboard uses the same technology implemented for Plug and Play to allow dynamic real time updating of DMI information versus creating a new BIOS image file and requiring the user to update the whole BIOS This DMI Con figuration Utility also allows the system integrator or end user to add additional information into the MIFD such as serial numbers housing configurations and ven dor information Those information not detected by the motherboard BIOS and has to be manually entered through the DMI Configuration Utility and updated into the MIFD This DMI Configuration Utility provides the same reliability as PnP updat ing and will prevent the refreshing failures associated with updating the entire BIOS System Requirements The DMI Configuration Utility DMICFG EXE must be used in real mode in order for the program to run the base memory mus
82. the case mounted suspend switch If you do not have a switch for the connector you may use the Turbo Switch since it does not have a function SMI is activated when it detects a short to open moment and therefore leaving it shorted will not cause any problems May require one or two pushes depending on the position of the switch Wake up can be controlled by settings in the BIOS but the keyboard will always allow wake up the SMI lead cannot wake up the system If you want to use this connector Suspend Switch in the Power Management Setup of the BIOS SOFTWARE section should be on the default setting of Enable ATX Power Switch Soft Power Switch PWR SW The system power is controlled by a momentary switch connected to this lead Pushing the button once will switch the system between ON and SLEEP Push ing the switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds will turn the system off The system power LED shows the status of the system s power Reset Switch Lead RESET This 2 pin connector connects to the case mounted reset switch for rebooting your computer without having to turn off your power switch This 1s a preferred method of rebooting in order to prolong the life of the system s power supply System Power LED PWR LED This 3 pin connector connects the system power LED which lights when the system is powered on and blinks when it 1s in sleep mode Keyboard Lock Switch Lead KEYLOCK This 2 pin connector connects
83. the devices between the ends must be Disabled ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual VI ASUS PCI SCSI Cards Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC860 Many SCSI devices including the ASUS PCI SC860 use a set of onboard active resistors to terminate the devices at the ends automatically Automatic termination requires that the SCSI devices be connected in a straight linear connection or chain Connect SCSI devices to one or two of the SCSI connectors in a linear chain for auto termination of the ASUS PCI SC860 to be effective Other formations will cause your SCSI devices to not mount properly You must use the end of the ribbon cable when using the internal connector s to keep a linear path Additional Note The Symbios Logic SCSI Configuration Utility is a powerful tool If while using it you somehow disable all your controllers or cannot enter the configuration utility pressing Ctrl A after memory count during reboot allows you to recover and reconfigure Terminator Settings for the ASUS PCI SC200 The ASUS PCI SC200 on the other hand has active termination that you must set using jumper JP5 There are two settings terminated and not terminated as shown below JP JP 5 5 Terminated Default Not Terminated Terminator Setting Terminated Not Terminated Decide whether or not you need to terminate the ASUS PCI SC200 based on its position in the SCSI chain Only the devices at each end of the chai
84. ting a second third and forth time Setup default setting for this field is Enabled A com plete test of the system 1s done on each test ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 41 dp D p C D LL o O 25i C OD TI CD Q em cD Sold Al 42 IV BIOS SOFTWARE HDD Sequence SCSI IDE First IDE When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives IDE 1s always the boot disk using drive letter C default setting of IDE This new feature allows a SCSI hard disk drive to be the boot disk when set to SCS This allows multiple operating systems to be used on both IDE and SCSI drives or the primary operating system to boot using a SCSI hard disk drive Boot Sequence C A This field determines where the system looks first for an operating system Options are CA A CDROM C CDROM GA D A E A EA C only LS ZIP C and A C The setup default setting is to check first the hard disk and then the floppy disk drive that 1s C A Boot Up Floppy Seek Disabled When enabled the BIOS will seek drive A one time Floppy Disk Access Control R W This allows protection of files from the computer system to be copied to floppy disk drives by allowing the setting of Read Only to only allow reads from the floppy disk drive but not writes The setup default R W allows both reads and writes IDE HDD Block Mode Sectors HDD MAX This field enhances hard disk performance by making multi sector transfers instead of one
85. to the case mounted key switch to allow key board locking Speaker Connector SPEAKER This 4 pin connector connects to the case mounted speaker ie System pte GND Power LED et ono Keyboard Lock ATX Power Switch DES ue Speaker E s Connector System Panel Connections ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION Power Connection Procedures 1 After all jumpers and connections are made close the system case cover 2 Be sure that all switches are off in some systems marked with O 3 Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of your system case according to your system user s manual 4 Connect the power cord into a power outlet that 1s equipped with a surge protector 5 You may then turn on your devices in the following order a Your monitor b External SCSI devices starting with the last device on the chain c Your system power For ATX power supplies you need to switch on the power supply as well as press the ATX power switch on the front of the case 6 The power LED on the front panel of the system case will light For ATX power supplies the system LED will light when the ATX power switch 1s pressed The monitor LED may light up after the system s if 1t complies with green stan dards or if 1t has a power standby feature The system will then run power on tests While the tests are running additional messages will appear on the screen If you do not see anythin
86. uld follow some precautions whenever you work on your computer Unplug your computer when working on the inside Usea grounded wrist strap before handling computer components If you do not have one touch both of your hands to a safely grounded object or to a metal object such as the power supply case Hold components by the edges and try not to touch the IC chips leads or connectors or other components Place components on a grounded antistatic pad or on the bag that came with the component whenever the components are separated from the system ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual Ill INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1 Real Time Clock RTC RAM RTCLR The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery To clear the RTC data 1 Turn off your computer and remove the AC power 2 Move this jumper to Clear Data 3 Move the jumper back to Operation 4 Turn on your computer 5 Hold down Delete during bootup and enter BIOS setup to re enter user preferences Battery Test Jumper RTCLR You can test the battery s current by removing this jumper and attaching a cur rent meter to pins 1 amp 2 WARNING You must unplug the power cord to your power supply to ensure that there is no power to your motherboard The CMOS RAM containing BIOS setup information may be cleared by this action You should enter BIOS to Load Setup Defaults and re enter any user information after removing and reapplying this jumper R
87. um 90MHz L5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 Intel Pentium 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR233 233MHz 3 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K6 PR200 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 AMD K6 PR166 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 AMD K5 PR133 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR120 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR100 100MHz 1 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR90 90MHz 1 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 1 2 AMD K5 PR75 75MHz 1 5x 50MHz 2 3 2 3 2 3 1 2 1 2 IBM Cyix6x86MX PR233 200MHz 3 0x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 1 2 IBM Cyix6x86MX PROQO 166MHz 2 5x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 3 IBM Cyix6x86MX PRI66 150MHz 2 5x 60MHz 2 3 2 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 BM Cyrix PR166 133MHz 20x 66MHz 2 3 1 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 NOTE Only IBM or Cyrix Rev 2 7 or later is supported on this motherboard see next page Bootup screen will show 6x86 P166 with the Cyrix PR166 installed on this motherboard ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual 17 Cc em J Ke 5 FA CoD 18 Ill INSTALLATION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard 1s labeled Cyrix 6x86 PR 166 but must be Revision 2 7 or later Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number The number should read G8DC6620A or later 6 Voltage Regulator Output Se
88. ures Setup option controls the configuration of the board s chipset Control keys for this screen are the same as in the BIOS Features Setup screen Ju FEI CHIPS SET FER URE FR S0 TFT hile Gon pural iun Pend Furst Timing riis dis dl 1 lieing H es il Mada liming i rac hia ae ETT H der Br allel Puri F at ort Hode alo mu H DF E ul n T Hu ln i hg P LI DH Dni bec i ave PIU Z DHH Hoda Hui are T db HL DE g ter TT Hiili Migh L U Pecavery lime FABLE TEI Slave Lit Woie xu Bu Li Recovery T I NOTE SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading Details of Chipset Features Setup Auto Configuration 60ns DRAM The default setting of 60ns DRAM sets the optimal timings for items 2 through 9 for 60ns DRAM modules If you are using 70ns DRAM modules you must change this item to 70ns DRAM See section III for DRAM installation information SDRAM CAS Latency 3T If you use ASUS SDRAM DIMM modules you can set this to 2T for better perfor mance otherwise leave on default or check with your vendor for DIMM specs SDRAM Speculative Read Disabled If Enabled the CPU will issue predict commands to access the DRAM if a miss occurs the CPU will cancel this command Some operating systems under certain situations have a problem utilizing this feature so it is normally Disabled Passive Release Enabled This is a mechanism that allows concurrency of ISA EISA cycles and CPU to PCI
89. when pressed for less than 4 seconds Suspend allows the button to have a dual function where pressing less than 4 seconds will place the system in sleep mode No Function disables the ATX switch function when the button 1s pressed under 4 seconds Regardless of the setting holding the ATX switch for more than 4 seconds will power off the system ASUS TX97 XE User s Manual IV BIOS SOFTWARE PWR Up On Modem Act Enabled This field allows either settings of Enabled default or Disabled for powering up the computer turns the ATX power supply on when the modem begins receiving or transmitting data while the computer is off AC PWR Loss Restart Disabled This field allows you to set whether you want your system to boot up after the power has been interrupted Disabled leaves your system off after reapplying power and Enabled boots up your system after replying power Automatic Power Up Disabled This field allows you to have an unattended or automatic power up of your system You may configure your system to power up at a certain time of the day by selecting Everyday which will allow you to set the time or at a certain time and day by selecting By Date Fan Monitor xxxxRPM The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the Chassis Fan Speed CPU Fan speed and the Power Supply Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute RPM These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so th

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