Asus Pentium TX97-X manual

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Buen manual de instrucciones

Las leyes obligan al vendedor a entregarle al comprador, junto con el producto, el manual de instrucciones Asus Pentium TX97-X. La falta del manual o facilitar información incorrecta al consumidor constituyen una base de reclamación por no estar de acuerdo el producto con el contrato. Según la ley, está permitido adjuntar un manual de otra forma que no sea en papel, lo cual últimamente es bastante común y los fabricantes nos facilitan un manual gráfico, su versión electrónica Asus Pentium TX97-X o vídeos de instrucciones para usuarios. La condición es que tenga una forma legible y entendible.

¿Qué es un manual de instrucciones?

El nombre proviene de la palabra latina “instructio”, es decir, ordenar. Por lo tanto, en un manual Asus Pentium TX97-X se puede encontrar la descripción de las etapas de actuación. El propósito de un manual es enseñar, facilitar el encendido o el uso de un dispositivo o la realización de acciones concretas. Un manual de instrucciones también es una fuente de información acerca de un objeto o un servicio, es una pista.

Desafortunadamente pocos usuarios destinan su tiempo a leer manuales Asus Pentium TX97-X, sin embargo, un buen manual nos permite, no solo conocer una cantidad de funcionalidades adicionales del dispositivo comprado, sino también evitar la mayoría de fallos.

Entonces, ¿qué debe contener el manual de instrucciones perfecto?

Sobre todo, un manual de instrucciones Asus Pentium TX97-X debe contener:
- información acerca de las especificaciones técnicas del dispositivo Asus Pentium TX97-X
- nombre de fabricante y año de fabricación del dispositivo Asus Pentium TX97-X
- condiciones de uso, configuración y mantenimiento del dispositivo Asus Pentium TX97-X
- marcas de seguridad y certificados que confirmen su concordancia con determinadas normativas

¿Por qué no leemos los manuales de instrucciones?

Normalmente es por la falta de tiempo y seguridad acerca de las funcionalidades determinadas de los dispositivos comprados. Desafortunadamente la conexión y el encendido de Asus Pentium TX97-X no es suficiente. El manual de instrucciones siempre contiene una serie de indicaciones acerca de determinadas funcionalidades, normas de seguridad, consejos de mantenimiento (incluso qué productos usar), fallos eventuales de Asus Pentium TX97-X y maneras de solucionar los problemas que puedan ocurrir durante su uso. Al final, en un manual se pueden encontrar los detalles de servicio técnico Asus en caso de que las soluciones propuestas no hayan funcionado. Actualmente gozan de éxito manuales de instrucciones en forma de animaciones interesantes o vídeo manuales que llegan al usuario mucho mejor que en forma de un folleto. Este tipo de manual ayuda a que el usuario vea el vídeo entero sin saltarse las especificaciones y las descripciones técnicas complicadas de Asus Pentium TX97-X, como se suele hacer teniendo una versión en papel.

¿Por qué vale la pena leer los manuales de instrucciones?

Sobre todo es en ellos donde encontraremos las respuestas acerca de la construcción, las posibilidades del dispositivo Asus Pentium TX97-X, el uso de determinados accesorios y una serie de informaciones que permiten aprovechar completamente sus funciones y comodidades.

Tras una compra exitosa de un equipo o un dispositivo, vale la pena dedicar un momento para familiarizarse con cada parte del manual Asus Pentium TX97-X. Actualmente se preparan y traducen con dedicación, para que no solo sean comprensibles para los usuarios, sino que también cumplan su función básica de información y ayuda.

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    R TX97-X Pentium ® A TX Motherboard USER’S MANUAL[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 2 USER’S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS TX97-X Manual Revision: 3.00 Release Date: August 1997 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 docum[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12, ROC T elephone: +886-2-894-3447 Fax: +886-2-894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support Fax: +886-2-895-9254 BBS: +886-2-896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW : www .asus.com.tw Gopher: goph[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 4 CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................ 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEA TURES ............[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS PNP and PCI Setup .................................................................. 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................ 50 Load BIOS Defaults ................................................................. 52 Load Setup Defaults ....................................[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 6 FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause u[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 7 How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Introduction Manual information and checklist II. Featur es Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard. IV . BIOS Softwar e Instructions on setting up the BIOS so[...]

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    8 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual Features of the ASUS TX97-X Motherboard The ASUS TX97-X is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel’ s 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems. • V ersatile Processor Support: Intel Pentium ® 75-233MHz (P55C-MMX ™ , P54[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 9 II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (TX97 Series) 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 [...]

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    10 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual II. FEA TURES (TX97 Series) II. FEA TURES • V oltage Monitoring and Alert - System voltage levels are monitored to ensure stable current to critical motherboard components. V oltage specifications are more critical for future processors, so monitoring is necessary to ensure proper system configuration and managemen[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 11 Parts of the ASUS TX97-X Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES (Motherboard Parts) Intel’s 430TX PCIset 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 3 PCI Slots 3 ISA Slots 2 DIMM Sockets T : USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 Programmable Flash ROM T : PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T : Parallel Conn. B: Serial Conn. (Opt[...]

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    12 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION ASUS TX97-X Motherboard Layout FS0 FS1 FS2 BUS FREQ NOTE: The items in outline are optional and may not be present. BF0 BF1 BF2 BUS Freq. Game/Midi Port Mic In Line In Line Out Parallel Port COM 2 COM 1 Panel Connections Board Power Input for A TX Power Supply Floppy Drives ISA Slot 3 ISA Slot 2 I[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 13 III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1) R TCLR p . 15 Real T ime Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 2) AUDIO (optional) p. 15 Onboard Audio (Disable/Enable) 3) M/IO p. 16 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 4) FS0, FS1, FS2 p . 1 6 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 5) BF0, BF1, BF2 p . 1 6 CPU:BUS Frequency Ratio 6)[...]

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    14 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Installation Steps Before using your computer , you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install System Memory 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet W ires, and Powe[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) 1. Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (R TCLR) The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery . T o clear the R TC data: (1) T urn of f your computer and remove the AC power , (2) Move this jumper to “Clear Data,” (3) Move the jumper back to “Operation,” [...]

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    16 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION 3. Onboard Multi-I/O Selection (M/IO) Y ou can selectively disable each onboard Multi-I/O item (floppy , serial, paral- lel, and IrDA) through Chipset Featur es Setup of BIOS SOFTW ARE or dis- able all Multi-I/O items at once with the following jumper in order to use [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 17 III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Set the jumpers by the Internal speed of the Intel, AMD, IBM, or Cyrix CPU as follows: (BUS Freq.) (Freq. Ratio) CPU Model Fr eq. Ratio BUS Freq. FS2 FS1 FS0 BF2 BF1 BF0 Intel Pentium 233MHz 3.5x 66MHz [2-3] [2-3] [1-2] [----] [1-2] [1-2] Intel Pentium 200MHz 3.0x 66M[...]

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    18 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Jumpers) III. INST ALLA TION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 PR166+ 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 . 5. V olta[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (DIMM) Only Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM’ s) can be used with this motherboard. T wo sockets are available for 3.3V olt (power level) Unbuffered Synchronous DRAMs (SDRAM) or EDO DRAM of either 8, 16, 32, 64, or 128MB to form a memory size [...]

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    20 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) III. INST ALLA TION DIMM Memory Installation Procedures: Insert the module(s) 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[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION (System Memory) (This page was intentionally left blank)[...]

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    22 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard provides a 321-pin ZIF Socket 7 that is 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 is not the case then purchase a fan before you turn on your system. Apply [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 23 III. INST ALLA TION (Expansion Cards) III. INST ALLA TION 4. 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. Set any necessary jumpers on your expansion card. 3. Remove your co[...]

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    24 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION T o 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 is added to the system. For PNP cards, IRQs are as- signed automatically from those available. If the syste[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 25 III. INST ALLA TION (DMA Channels) III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 5. External Connectors IMPOR T ANT : Ribbon cables should always be connected with the r ed 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 t[...]

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    26 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION 3. Parallel Printer Connector (25-pin Female) Y ou can enable the parallel port and choose the IRQ through “Onboard Parallel Port” in Chipset Features Setup of the BIOS SOFTW ARE. NOTE : Serial printers must be connected to the serial port. Parallel (Printer) P[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 27 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 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 [...]

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    28 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 9. Primary / Secondary IDE connectors (T wo 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 [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 29 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 1 1. Chassis , CPU , & Power Supply Fan Connectors (3-pin F ANPWR) These connectors support cooling fans of 500mAMP (6W A TT) 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 s[...]

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    30 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 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. Y ou must also configure[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 15. Onboard Digital Audio Contr ol (V OLCTL) (with optional onboard Audio) This jumper allows you to adjust the audio volume digitally using case mounted momentary buttons. Audio Control VOLCTL V olume Up [1-2] (momentary) V olume Down [4-5] (momentary) Onboard Dig[...]

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    32 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION (Connectors) III. INST ALLA TION 17. 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). 18. SMI Suspend Switch Lead (SMI) This allows the use[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION (Power Connections) III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all jumpers and connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are of f (in some systems, marked with ). 3. Connect the power supply cord into the power supply located on the back of you[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Support Software FILELIST .TXT - V iew this file to see the files included in the support software. PFLASH.EXE - This is the Flash Memory W riter utility that updates the BIOS by uploading a new BIOS file to the programmable flash ROM chip on the mother - board. T o determine the BIOS version, che[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory Writer) Main Menu 1. Save Curr ent BIOS T o 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 BIOS in case you need to reinstall it. Create a bootable DOS diskette without AUTOE[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Flash Memory W riter) Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy diskette by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUT OEXEC.BA T” and “CONFIG.SYS” files. 2. Copy PFLASH.EXE to y[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE 6. BIOS Setup IV . BIOS (BIOS Setup) The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt. Either of these memory chips can be updated when BIOS upgrades are re- leased. Use the Flash Memory W riter utility to download the new BIOS file into the ROM chip as described in[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 38 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) 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 [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 39 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) T ime T o set the time, highlight the “T ime” field and then press either <Page Up>/<Page Down> or <+>/<–> to set the current time. Follow the hour , minute and second format. V alid values for hour , minute and second are: (Hour: (00 to 23)[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 40 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Standard CMOS) 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 c[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) BIOS Features Setup BIOS Featur es 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 [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 42 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) HDD Sequence SCSI/IDE First (IDE) When using both SCSI and IDE hard disk drives, IDE is 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 SCSI . This allows multiple operatin[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 43 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (BIOS Features) V ideo 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 is faster than the ROM. C8000 - CBFFF Shadow to DC000 - DFFFF Shadow (Disabled) These fields a[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) Chipset Features Setup This “Chipset Features 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. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function hea[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 45 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (BIOS Features) IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) 8-bit I/O Recovery Time (1 BUSCLK) T iming for 8-bit ISA cards. V ideo BIOS Cacheable (Enabled) Allows the V ideo BIOS to be cached to allow faster execution. Leave on default setting of Enabled for better performance, otherwise Disabled . Memory Hole [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 46 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) UAR T2 Use Infrared (Disabled) When enabled, this field activates the onboard infrared feature and sets the second serial UAR T to support the infrared module connector on the motherboard. If your system already has a second serial port connected to [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS (Power Management) Power Management Setup This “Power Management Setup” option allows you to reduce power consumption. This feature turns of f the video display and shuts down the hard disk after a period of inactivity . NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 48 (Chipset Features) IV . BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) V ideo Off Method (DPMS OFF) This field defines the video off features. These options are available: DPMS OFF , DPMS Reduce ON , Blank Scr een , V/H SYNC+Blank , DPMS Standby , and DPMS Sus- pend . The DPMS (Display Power Management System)[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 49 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Power Management) PWR Up On Modem Act (Enabled) This field allows either settings of Enabled (default) or Disabled for powering up the computer (turns the A TX power supply on) when the modem begins receiving or transmitting data while the computer is of f. AC PWR Loss Restart (Disable[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (PnP / PCI) PNP and PCI Setup This “PNP and PCI Setup” option configures the PCI bus slots. All PCI bus slots on the system use INT A#, thus all installed PCI cards must be set to this value. NOTE: SETUP Defaults are noted in parenthesis next to each function heading. Details of PNP [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 51 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE (Power Management) (PnP / PCI) IV . BIOS DMA x Used By ISA (No/ICU) These fields indicate whether or not the displayed DMA channel for each field is being used by a legacy (non-PnP) ISA card. A vailable options include: No/ICU and Ye s . The first option, the default setting, indicates either tha[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Load Defaults) 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. T o load these default settings, high- lig[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 53 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Passwords) 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 de[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Hard Disk Detect) 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. Up to four IDE drives can be detected, with parameters for each listed inside the box. T[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 55 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS (Load Setup Defaults) IV . BIOS (Save & Exit) IMPOR T ANT : If your hard disk was already formatted on an older previous system, incorrect parameters may be detected. Y ou will need to enter the correct parameters manually or use low-level format if you do not need the data stored o[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 56 (CD / LDCM) V . SOFTW ARE ASUS TX97 Motherboard Series Support CD Run INST ALL.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[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 57 (LDCM) V . SOFTW ARE • Custom Setup: (For Experienced Users) 1. Choose File | New from the pull-down menu of the “Untitled” screen. T ype in a system name. 2. Make the appropriate settings on the right-hand side. Note following: - I2C and Network should not be modified - Currently only A TI V ideo cards can be[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 58 Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Introducing 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 ’ [...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User ’ s Manual 59 Using the ASUS DMI Configuration Utility Edit DMI (or delete) Use the ←→ (left-right) cursors to move the top menu items and the ↑↓ (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[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 60 Save MIFD Y ou 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 Y ou can load the disk file to memory by entering a drive and path and fil[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 61 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 pr[...]

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    62 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual Setting Up the ASUS PCI-SC200 & 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 “T erminator Requirements.” Se[...]

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    ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual 63 T erminator 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 t[...]

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    64 ASUS TX97-X User’ s Manual SCSI Device 1 SCSI Device 2 T ermination Required (End Device) T ermination Required (JP5 Open) T ermination Required (End Device) SCSI Device 3 SCSI Device 4 SCSI Device 2 SCSI Device 1 T ermination Required (End Device) No T ermination Required (JP5 Short) SCSI ID Numbers for SCSI Devices All SCSI devices, includin[...]

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    R 16-bit Audio USER’S MANUAL Drivers Installation[...]

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    66 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual User ’ s Notice Product Name: ASUS 16-bit Audio Manual Revision: 1.20 Release Date: March 1997 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, excep[...]

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    ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual 67 Audio Drivers Installation (Manual & CD Info) Audio Drivers ASUS Installation CD This CD contains a collection of audio drivers and audio software applications for products with the Creative Labs V iBRA 16C Series Audio Chipset. NOTES: • Some of the drivers were originally created for floppy diskettes. Please s[...]

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    68 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual Audio Drivers Installation Procedur es: 1. Insert the installation CD into the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double click on “My Computer” icon. 3. Double click on your CD-ROM drive. 4. Double click on the “Audio” folder . 5. Double click on the “W in95” folder . 6. Double click on the “Setup.exe” icon. 7. Careful[...]

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    ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual 69 Win3.x Audio Drivers Configuration Manager In DOS and W indows 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 P[...]

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    70 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual Win3.x Audio Drivers Win3.x Audio Drivers (Config. Manager) Y ou will get the following message after you pr ess <ENTER>: W elcome to the Configuration Manager installation program. This program installs Configuration Manager files onto your computer ’ s hard disk. Before installing, please read the README fi[...]

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    ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual 71 Win3.x Audio Drivers Win3.x Audio Drivers (Audio Installation) Audio Software Run INST ALL from the AUDIOWIN31 directory for the following installation screens: Follow the instructions and make your choice to learn more about INST ALL <F1>, view the README <F2>, quit <F3>, or install Configuratio[...]

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    72 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual Win3.x Audio Drivers (Audio Installation) Win3.x Audio Drivers Y ou will be prompted that an addition will be made in your C:AUT OEXEC.BA T and C:CONFIG.SYS files. The typical PC will have these settings added to the system files: C:AUTOEXEC.BA T SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1 H5 P330 T6 SET SOUND=C:VIBRA16 SET MIDI=SYNT[...]

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    ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual 73 Win3.x Audio Drivers Win3.x Audio Drivers (Audio Installation) Certain older audio files may already exist in your W indows directory . If so, simply press <ENTER> to “Backup the original files” as shown here: The following files will then be saved with a .B~K extension in case you need to reference your or[...]

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    74 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual Y ou must reboot in order for the newly edited CONFIG.SYS to be initiated. Y ou may exit to DOS by pressing <ENTER> and edit your CONFIG.SYS file and then reboot on your own. Otherwise, press <F10> to automatically reboot your system. After your system is rebooted, enter W indows to see that the Audio Sof[...]

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    ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual 75 Win3.x Audio Drivers Environment V ariables 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 AUT OEXEC.BA T during your audio software installa- tion. SOUND Environment variable The SOUND envi[...]

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    76 ASUS Audio User ’ s Manual MIDI Environment V ariable 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 , there are three MIDI file formats available in the market, General MIDI, Extended MIDI and Basic MIDI. Y ou ca[...]

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