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TX97-X
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Pentium ATX Motherboard
USER'S MANUAL
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USER'S NOTICE No part of this product, including the product and software may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any lan- guage in any form by any means without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (hereinafter referred to as ASUS) except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes. Specifications are subject to change without notice. ASUS provides this manual "as is" without warranty of any kind, either expre
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ASUS CONTACT INFORMATION ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Info: Address: 150 Li-Te Road, Peitou, Taipei, Taiwan, ROC Telephone: 886-2-894-3447 Fax: 886-2-894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw Technical Support: Fax: 886-2-895-9254 BBS: 886-2-896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.com.tw WWW: http://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: 1-408-474-0567 Fax: 1-408-474-0568 Ema
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CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION........................................................................... 7 How this manual is organized .......................................................... 7 Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7 II. FEATURES .................................................................................... 8 Features of the ASUS TX97-X Motherboard .................................. 8 Introduction to ASUS TX97 Ser
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CONTENTS Load Setup Defaults ................................................................. 52 Supervisor Password and User Password ................................ 53 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................54 Save and Exit Setup ................................................................. 55 Exit Without Saving ................................................................. 55 V. SUPPORT SOFTWARE ...............................................
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FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provid
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I. INTRODUCTION How this manual is organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Introduction: Manual information and checklist II. Features: Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation: Instructions on setting up the motherboard. IV. BIOS Setup: BIOS software setup information. V. DMI Utility: BIOS supported Desktop Management Interface VI. ASUS PCI-SC200: Installation of an optional Fast-SCSI card. VII. Windows 95: Audio Software Section (option
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II. FEATURES (Features) II. FEATURES Features of the ASUS TX97-X Motherboard The ASUS TX97-X is carefully designed for the demanding PC user who wants many many features in a small package. This motherboard: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel's 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems. ® ™ • Multi-Processor/Multi-Speed Support: Intel Pentium 75-200MHz (P55C-MMX , ® ™ P54C/P54CS), Cyrix P166+ (Rev 2.7 & later), AMD-K5 (PR75-133MHz). • Easy Installation: Is equipped with BIOS that supports auto detecti
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II. 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 to 528MB/s max. • 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 u
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II. FEATURES (TX97 Series) II. 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
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II. FEATURES Parts of the ASUS TX97-X Motherboard CPU Thermal 512KB Pipelined CPU ZIF Burst L2 Cache 3 DIMM Sockets Sensor Socket 7 T: PS/2 Mouse B: PS/2 Keyboard T: USB Port 1 B: USB Port 2 COM 1 T: Parallel Conn. B: Serial Conn. COM 2 Intel's 430TX PCIset (Optional) T:Joystick/Midi B:1/8” Output/ Input/Mic 4 PCI Slots 4 ISA Slots Hardware Programmable Flash ROM Monitor ASUS TX97-X User’s Manual 11 Floppy Drive Connector IDE 2 Connector IDE 1 Connector II. FEATURES (Parts of Board)
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III. INSTALLATION (Map of Board) III. INSTALLATION Map of the ASUS Motherboard CPU Voltage Board Power Input Top: Mouse VID0 for ATX Power Supply PS/2 Bottom: Keyboard VID1 VID2 Top: USB 1 USB Bottom: USB 2 Multi-I/O (En/Dis) SIO BUS FREQ. BF0 BF1 BF2 CPU ZIF Socket 7 Sony CD In Mitsumi CD In Intel 430TX Panasonic PCIset CD In ® Creative Modem Connector PCI Slot 1 BUS FREQ FS0 FS1 FS2 PCI Slot 2 Intel PIIX4 R VOLCTL PCIset Volume Control PCI Slot 3 AUDIO (Dis/En) PCI Slot 4 CR2032 3 Volt Lithiu
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III. INSTALLATION Jumpers 1) SIO p. 15 Multi-I/O Selection (Enable/Disable) 2) BBLKW p. 15 Flash ROM Boot Block Program (Disable/Enable) 3) AUDIO p. 16 Onboard Audio (Disable/Enable) 4) VOLCTL p. 16 Digital Volume Level Control (Up/Down) 5) RTCLR p. 17 Real Time Clock RAM (Operation/Clear Data) 6) FS0, FS1, FS2 p. 18 CPU External Clock (BUS) Frequency Selection 7) BF0, BF1 p. 18 CPU:BUS Frequency Ratio 8) VID0, VID1, VID2 p. 19 CPU Voltage Regulator Output Selection Expansion Slots 1) DIMM Socke
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III. INSTALLATION (Jumpers) III. INSTALLATION Installation Steps Before using your computer, you must complete the following steps: 1. Set Jumpers on the Motherboard 2. Install DRAM Modules 3. Install the Central Processing Unit (CPU) 4. Install Expansion Cards 5. Connect Ribbon Cables, Cabinet Wires, and Power Supply 6. Setup the BIOS Software 1. Jumpers Several hardware settings are made through the use of jumper caps to connect jumper pins (JP) on the motherboard. See "Map of the Motherboar
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R R III. INSTALLATION Jumper Settings 1. Onboard Multi-I/O Selection (SIO) 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 SIO Enable [1-2] (Default) Disable [2-3] SIO SIO 1 1 2 2 3 3 Enable (Default) Disabled Multi I/O Setting (Enable / Disable) 2. Flash ROM Boot Block Programming (BBL
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R R III. INSTALLATION (Jumpers) III. INSTALLATION 3. 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] AUDIO AUDIO 1 1 2 2 3 3 Disable Enable (Default) Onboard Audio (Disable / Enable) 4. Onboard Digital Audio Control (VOLCTL) (with optional onboard Audio) This jumper allows you to adjust
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R III. INSTALLATION 5. 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, (2) Move this jumper to “Clear Data,” (3) Move the jumper back to “Operation,” (4) Turn on your computer, (5) Hold down 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&2. WARN
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R III. INSTALLATION (Jumpers) FS0 BF0 FS1 BF1 FS2 BF0 FS0 BF1 FS1 FS2 BF0 BF1 FS0 FS1 FS2 BF0 BF1 FS0 FS1 FS2 III. INSTALLATION 6. 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). 7. CPU to BUS Frequency Ratio (BF0, BF1) These jumpers set the
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R VID0 VID0 VID1 VID1 VID2 VID2 VID0 VID0 VID1 VID1 VID2 VID2 VID0 VID0 VID1 VID1 VID2 VID2 VID0 VID1 VID2 III. INSTALLATION Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification The only Cyrix CPU that is supported on this motherboard is labeled Cyrix 6x86 P166+ but must be Revision 2.7 and later. Look on the underside of the CPU for the serial number. The number should read G8DC6620A or larger. 8. Voltage Regulator Output Selection (VID0, 1, 2) These jumpers set the voltage supplied to the CPU. Current Intel
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