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R TX97-XE Pentium ® A TX Motherboard USER'S MANUAL.
2 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual USER'S NOTICE Product Name: ASUS TX97-XE Manual Revision: 3.03 Release Date: July 1998 No part of this manual, including the products and softwares described in it.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 3 ASUS CONT ACT INFORMA TION ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. Marketing Address: 150 Li-T e Road, Peitou, T aipei, T aiwan 1 12 T elephone: +886-2-2894-3447 Fax: +886-2-2894-3449 Email: info@asus.com.tw T echnical Support Fax: +886-2-2895-9254 BBS: +886-2-2896-4667 Email: tsd@asus.
4 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7 How this Manual is Or ganized ........................................................ 7 Item Checklist ............
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 5 CONTENTS PNP and PCI Setup .................................................................... 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup .............................................. 50 Load BIOS Defaults ......................
6 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual FCC & DOC COMPLIANCE Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with FCC Rules Part 15. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: .
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 7 How this Manual is Organized This manual is divided into the following sections: I. Intr oduction Manual information and checklist II. Featur es Information and specifications concerning this product III. Installation Instructions on setting up the motherboard.
8 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 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: • Intel Chipset: Features Intel’ s 430TX PCIset with I/O subsystems.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 9 II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES TX97 Series ASUS TX97 Smart Series Motherboards Performance • SDRAM Optimized Performance - ASUS TX97 smart series motherboards support th.
10 ASUS TX97-XE 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 management.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 11 Parts of the ASUS TX97-XE Motherboard II. FEA TURES II. FEA TURES Motherboard Parts Intel’s 430TX PCIset 512KB Pipelined Burst L2 Cache CPU ZIF Socket 7 4 PCI Slots 4 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.
12 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION ASUS TX97-XE Motherboard Layout Panel Connections Multi-I/O (En/Dis) M/IO FS0 FS1 FS2 BUS FREQ NOTE: The items in outline are optional and may not be present.
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
14 ASUS TX97-XE 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 Modules 3. Install the Central Pr ocessing Unit (CPU) 4.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 15 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION Jumpers 1. Real T ime Clock (R TC) RAM (RTCLR) The CMOS RAM is powered by the onboard button cell battery .
16 ASUS TX97-XE 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-.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.) (Fr eq. Ratio) CPU Model Freq. Ratio BUS Freq. FS2 FS1 FS0 BF1 BF0 Intel Pentium 233MHz 3.
18 ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 19 III. INST ALLA TION System Memory III. INST ALLA TION 2. System Memory (SIMM & 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.
20 ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual III. INST ALLA TION SIMM Memory Installation 1. 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 21 III. INST ALLA TION III. INST ALLA TION System Memory DIMM Memory Installation Procedures Insert the module as shown. Because the number of pins are dif ferent on either side of the breaks, the module will only fit in the orientation as shown.
22 ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
24 ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
26 ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
28 ASUS TX97-XE 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).
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
30 ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 31 III. INST ALLA TION Connectors III. INST ALLA TION 15. Onboard Digital Audio Control (V OLCTL) (with optional onboard Audio) This jumper allows you to adjust the audio volume digitally using case mounted momentary buttons.
32 ASUS TX97-XE 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).
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 33 III. INST ALLA TION Power Connections III. INST ALLA TION Power Connection Procedures 1. After all connections are made, close the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are of f (in some systems, marked with ).
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 34 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Support Software AFLASH.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 motherboard.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 35 IV . BIOS Flash Memory Writer IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE When prompted to confirm the BIOS update, press Y to start the update. 2. Update BIOS Including Boot Block and ESCD This option updates the boot block, the baseboard BIOS, and the ACPI extended system con- figuration data (ESCD) parameter block from a new BIOS file.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 36 IV . BIOS Updating BIOS IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE Managing and Updating Y our Motherboard’ s BIOS Upon First Use of the Computer System 1. Create a bootable system floppy disk by typing [FORMA T A:/S] from the DOS prompt without creating “AUTOEXEC.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 37 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS BIOS Setup 6. BIOS Setup The motherboard supports two programmable Flash ROM chips: 5 V olt and 12 V olt.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 41 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Standard CMOS 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 44 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features Chipset Features Setup The “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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 47 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Chipset Features IV . BIOS Power Management Power Management Setup The “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 .
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 50 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS PnP and PCI PNP and PCI Setup The “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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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 .
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 52 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Load Defaults Load BIOS Defaults The “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.
ASUS TX97-XE 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 54 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Hard Drive 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 55 IV . BIOS SOFTW ARE IV . BIOS Load Setup Defaults 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 on the hard disk.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 56 V . SOFTW ARE DMI Introduction V . SUPPOR T SOFTW ARE 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).
ASUS TX97-XE User’ s Manual 57 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.
ASUS TX97-XE User ’ s Manual 58 V . SOFTW ARE Using DMI Utility V . SUPPOR T SOFTW ARE 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.
R 16-bit Audio USER’S MANUAL Drivers Installation.
60 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.
ASUS Audio User’s Manual 61 Audio Drivers Installation Manual & CD Info Audio Drivers ASUS Audio 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.
62 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 .
ASUS Audio User’s Manual 63 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.
64 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.
ASUS Audio User’s Manual 65 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 .
66 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:AUTOEXEC.BA T and C:CONFIG.SYS files. The typical PC will have these settings added to the system files: C:AUTOEXEC.
ASUS Audio User’s Manual 67 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 .
68 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.
ASUS Audio User’s Manual 69 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 AUTOEXEC.
70 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.
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