Asus A7V8X-MX SE Troubleshooting Manual
Motherboard ® A7V8X-MX SE
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1-7 24.5cm (9.6in) P ANEL A7V8X-MX SE CD1 AUX1 CPU_FAN FP_AUDIO GAME CLRTC CHASSIS CHA_FAN1 USB56 SB_PWR 24.5cm (9.6in) USBPWR12 USBPWR34 USBPWR56 COM1 VGA1 Socket 462 DSW SPDIF
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1-9 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Onboard LED SB_PWR ON Standby Power OFF Powere d Off
1-10 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Socket 462 AMD⢠CPU CPU NOTCH LOCK CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER LEVER
1-11 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 80 Pins 104 Pins DIMM1 DIMM2
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1-13 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Keyed for 1.5v
1-14 A7V8X-MX SE ® ON 12345 A7V8X-MX SE DIP Switches DSW ON OFF 1.Frequency Selectio n 2.Frequency Selectio n 3.Frequency Selectio n 4.Frequency Selectio n 5.Frequency Selectio n A7V8X-MX SE ® ON 12345 ON 12345 ON 12345 A7V8X-MX SE CPU External Frequency Selection DSW CPU AGP PCI 166.67MHz 66.67MHz 33.33MHz 133.33MH z 66.67MH z 33.33MH z 100MHz 66.67MHz 33.33MHz
1-15 A7V8X-MX SE ® 5V (Default) 5VSB 2 1 3 2 A7V8X-MX SE USB Device W ake Up USBPWR12 USBPWR34 23 2 1 5V (Default) 5VSB USBPWR56
1-16 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Clear RTC RAM CLRTC Norma l Clear CMOS (Defaul t) 12 23
1-17 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE IDE Connectors SEC_IDE PRI_IDE PIN 1 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Front Panel Audio Connector FP_AUDIO BLINE_OUT_L MIC2 Line out_R Line out_L BLINE_OUT_R NC MICPWR 5V A AGND
1-18 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE A TX Power Connector A TXPWR 3.3VDC -12.0VDC COM PS_ON# COM COM COM -5.0VDC 5.0VDC 5.0VDC PWR_OK 12.0VDC 3.3VDC 3.3VDC COM 5.0VDC COM 5.0VDC COM 5VSB A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Digital Audio Connector 5V SPDIFOUT GND SPDIF
1-19 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE USB 2.0 Header USB56 USB 5V USB_P6- USB_P6 GND NC USB 5V USB_P5- USB_P5 GND 1 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Game Connector GAME 5V 5V J2B1 J2CX MIDI_OUT J2CY J2B2 MIDI_IN J1B1 J1CX GND GND J1CY J1B2 5V
1-20 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Chassis Alarm Lead CHASSIS 5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND (Defaul t) A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE 12-V olt Fan Connectors CPU_F A N CHA_F A N GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V
1-21 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPP Y A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Internal Audio Connectors CD(Black ) AUX(White) Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground
1-22 ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE System Panel Connectors * Requires an A TX power supply . PLED Ground PWRBIN 5 V 5V Speaker Speaker Connector Power LED Ground Reset SW SMI Lead ExtSMI# Ground Reset Ground Ground A TX Power Switch* HD_LED- HD_LED IDELED
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2-6 <F1> <Esc> â or â (keypad arrow) â or â (keypad arrows) <PgDn> or - (minus key) <PgUp> or (plus key) <Enter> <F10>
2-7 Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Drive A Drive B IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave
2-8 Change the day, month, year and century. Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, May 28 2003 Time (hh:mm:ss) 15 : 30 : 30 Drive A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None] IDE Primary Master [ST321122A] IDE Primary Slave [ASUS CDS520/] IDE Secondary Master [None] IDE Secondary Slave [None] Case open Warning [Enabled] Set Supervisor Password Clear Set User Password Clear Security Option [Setup] Installed Memory [256MB] Halt On [All Errors]
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2-10 To auto-detect the HDDâs size, head...on this channel. IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Primary Master [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] Capacity 40020 MB Cylinder 19158 Head 16 Sector 255 Transfer Mode UDMA 2
2-11 To auto-detect the HDDâs size, head...on this channel. IDE Secondary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Primary Master [Manual] Access Mode [CHS] Capacity 40020 MB Cylinder [ 19158 ] Head [ 16 ] Sector [ 255 ] Transfer Mode UDMA 2
2-12 CPU Type AMD Athlon(tm) CPU Speed 1050MHz/280MHz CPU Cache RAM 256K Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Current DRAM Frequency 166MHz DRAM Clock [ By SPD ] External Cache [Enabled] PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Enabled] USB Legacy Mode Support [Auto] Chip Configuration I/O Device Configuration PCI ConfigurationFrequency Voltage Control
2-13 AGP & P2P Bridge Control DRAM Clock/Drive Control CPU & PCI Bus Control VIA OnChip IDE Device VGA Share Memory Size [32MB] tWTR [2T] Chip Configuration
2-14 AGP Aperture Size [128MB] AGP Mode [4X] AGP Driving Control [Auto] AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write [Disabled] AGP Master 1 WS Write [Disabled] AGP Master 1 WS Read [Disabled] AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle [Enabled] AGP & P2P Bridge Control x x
2-15 DRAM Timing [Auto by SPD] DRAM CAS Latency [2.5] Bank Interleave [Disabled] Pre-charge to Active (Trp) [5T] Active to Precharge (Tras) [7T] Active to CMD (Trcd) [5T] DRAM Burst Lenght [4] DRAM Command Rate [2T Command] Write Recovery Time [3T] DRAM Clock/Drive Control
2-16 PCI1 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI2 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI1 Post Write [Enabled] PCI2 Post Write [Enabled] Vlink 8X Support [Enabled] PCI Delay Transaction [Enabled] CPU & PCI Bus Control
2-17 IDE DMA Transfer Access [Enabled] OnChip Pri IDE Controller [Enabled] OnChip Sec IDE Controller [Enabled] Primary Master PIO [Auto] Primary Slave PIO [Auto] Secondary Master PIO [Auto] Secondary Slave PIO [Auto] Primary Master [Auto] Primary Slave [Auto] Secondary Master [Auto] Secondary Slave [Auto] VIA OnChip IDE Devices
2-18 Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP] ECP Mode USE DMA [3] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] VIA-3058 AC97 Audio [Auto] Onboard LAN [Auto] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Game Port Address [201] MIDI Port Address [330] MIDI Port IRQ [10] I/O Device Configuration
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2-20 Resources controlled by [Auto (ESCD)] IRQ Resources PCI/CGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] Assign IRQ for USB [Enabled] PCI Configuration
2-21 IRQ 3 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 4 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 5 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 7 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 9 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 10 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 11 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 12 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 14 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 15 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ Resources Select [PCI Device] to assign the IRQ to a PCI/PnP device. Select [Reserved] to allocate the IRQ to a legacy ISA device.
2-22 ACPI Suspend Type [S1 & S3] Power Management Option [User Define] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Video-off Option [Suspend -> Off] AC Loss Auto Restart [Previous State] Video Off Method [V/H Sync Blank] C.O.P. Control [85 degree] PWR Button < 4 Sec [Instant-off] Power Up Control Hardware Monitor
2-23 Power Up On PCI Devices [Disabled] PS2KB Wakeup Select [Hot Key] PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] USB Resume from S3 [Disabled] Modem Ring Resume [Disabled] RTC Alarm Resume [Disabled] Date (of Month) 0 Resume Time 0 : 0 : 0 IRQ/Event Activity Detect
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2-25 Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] System Temperature 34 ° C/ 93 ° F CPU Temperature 47 ° C/116 ° F Chassis Fan 0RPM CPU Fan 5443RPM Vcore 1.79V 3.3V 3.37V 5V 4.94V 12V 11.36V Hardware Monitor
2-26 First Boot Device [ HDD-0] Second Boot Device [CDROM] Third Boot Device [Floppy] Fourth Boot Device [Disabled] Plug and Play OS [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Disabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Boot Up NumLock Status [On] APIC Mode [Enabled] Select your boot device priority.
2-27 Save & Exit Setup Exit Without Saving Load Optimized Defaults Discard Changes Save Changes Save data to CMOS.
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1-7 24.5cm (9.6in) P ANEL A7V8X-MX SE CD1 AUX1 CPU_FAN FP_AUDIO GAME CLRTC CHASSIS CHA_FAN1 USB56 SB_PWR 24.5cm (9.6in) USBPWR12 USBPWR34 USBPWR56 COM1 VGA1 Socket 462 DSW SPDIF
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1-9 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Onboard LED SB_PWR ON Standby Power OFF Powere d Off
1-10 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Socket 462 AMD⢠CPU CPU NOTCH LOCK CPU NOTCH TO INNER CORNER LEVER
1-11 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets 80 Pins 104 Pins DIMM1 DIMM2
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1-13 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) Keyed for 1.5v
1-14 A7V8X-MX SE ® ON 12345 A7V8X-MX SE DIP Switches DSW ON OFF 1.Frequency Selectio n 2.Frequency Selectio n 3.Frequency Selectio n 4.Frequency Selectio n 5.Frequency Selectio n A7V8X-MX SE ® ON 12345 ON 12345 ON 12345 A7V8X-MX SE CPU External Frequency Selection DSW CPU AGP PCI 166.67MHz 66.67MHz 33.33MHz 133.33MH z 66.67MH z 33.33MH z 100MHz 66.67MHz 33.33MHz
1-15 A7V8X-MX SE ® 5V (Default) 5VSB 2 1 3 2 A7V8X-MX SE USB Device W ake Up USBPWR12 USBPWR34 23 2 1 5V (Default) 5VSB USBPWR56
1-16 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Clear RTC RAM CLRTC Norma l Clear CMOS (Defaul t) 12 23
1-17 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE IDE Connectors SEC_IDE PRI_IDE PIN 1 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Front Panel Audio Connector FP_AUDIO BLINE_OUT_L MIC2 Line out_R Line out_L BLINE_OUT_R NC MICPWR 5V A AGND
1-18 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE A TX Power Connector A TXPWR 3.3VDC -12.0VDC COM PS_ON# COM COM COM -5.0VDC 5.0VDC 5.0VDC PWR_OK 12.0VDC 3.3VDC 3.3VDC COM 5.0VDC COM 5.0VDC COM 5VSB A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Digital Audio Connector 5V SPDIFOUT GND SPDIF
1-19 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE USB 2.0 Header USB56 USB 5V USB_P6- USB_P6 GND NC USB 5V USB_P5- USB_P5 GND 1 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Game Connector GAME 5V 5V J2B1 J2CX MIDI_OUT J2CY J2B2 MIDI_IN J1B1 J1CX GND GND J1CY J1B2 5V
1-20 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Chassis Alarm Lead CHASSIS 5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND (Defaul t) A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE 12-V olt Fan Connectors CPU_F A N CHA_F A N GND Rotation 12V GND Rotation 12V
1-21 A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Floppy Disk Drive Connector PIN 1 FLOPP Y A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE Internal Audio Connectors CD(Black ) AUX(White) Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground
1-22 ⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠⢠A7V8X-MX SE ® A7V8X-MX SE System Panel Connectors * Requires an A TX power supply . PLED Ground PWRBIN 5 V 5V Speaker Speaker Connector Power LED Ground Reset SW SMI Lead ExtSMI# Ground Reset Ground Ground A TX Power Switch* HD_LED- HD_LED IDELED
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2-6 <F1> <Esc> â or â (keypad arrow) â or â (keypad arrows) <PgDn> or - (minus key) <PgUp> or (plus key) <Enter> <F10>
2-7 Date (mm:dd:yy) Time (hh:mm:ss) Drive A Drive B IDE Primary Master IDE Primary Slave IDE Secondary Master IDE Secondary Slave
2-8 Change the day, month, year and century. Date (mm:dd:yy) Wed, May 28 2003 Time (hh:mm:ss) 15 : 30 : 30 Drive A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] Drive B [None] IDE Primary Master [ST321122A] IDE Primary Slave [ASUS CDS520/] IDE Secondary Master [None] IDE Secondary Slave [None] Case open Warning [Enabled] Set Supervisor Password Clear Set User Password Clear Security Option [Setup] Installed Memory [256MB] Halt On [All Errors]
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2-10 To auto-detect the HDDâs size, head...on this channel. IDE Primary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Primary Master [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] Capacity 40020 MB Cylinder 19158 Head 16 Sector 255 Transfer Mode UDMA 2
2-11 To auto-detect the HDDâs size, head...on this channel. IDE Secondary Master IDE HDD Auto-Detection [Press Enter] IDE Primary Master [Manual] Access Mode [CHS] Capacity 40020 MB Cylinder [ 19158 ] Head [ 16 ] Sector [ 255 ] Transfer Mode UDMA 2
2-12 CPU Type AMD Athlon(tm) CPU Speed 1050MHz/280MHz CPU Cache RAM 256K Current FSB Frequency 133MHz Current DRAM Frequency 166MHz DRAM Clock [ By SPD ] External Cache [Enabled] PS/2 Mouse Function Control [Enabled] USB Legacy Mode Support [Auto] Chip Configuration I/O Device Configuration PCI ConfigurationFrequency Voltage Control
2-13 AGP & P2P Bridge Control DRAM Clock/Drive Control CPU & PCI Bus Control VIA OnChip IDE Device VGA Share Memory Size [32MB] tWTR [2T] Chip Configuration
2-14 AGP Aperture Size [128MB] AGP Mode [4X] AGP Driving Control [Auto] AGP Driving Value DA AGP Fast Write [Disabled] AGP Master 1 WS Write [Disabled] AGP Master 1 WS Read [Disabled] AGP 3.0 Calibration Cycle [Enabled] AGP & P2P Bridge Control x x
2-15 DRAM Timing [Auto by SPD] DRAM CAS Latency [2.5] Bank Interleave [Disabled] Pre-charge to Active (Trp) [5T] Active to Precharge (Tras) [7T] Active to CMD (Trcd) [5T] DRAM Burst Lenght [4] DRAM Command Rate [2T Command] Write Recovery Time [3T] DRAM Clock/Drive Control
2-16 PCI1 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI2 Master 0 WS Write [Enabled] PCI1 Post Write [Enabled] PCI2 Post Write [Enabled] Vlink 8X Support [Enabled] PCI Delay Transaction [Enabled] CPU & PCI Bus Control
2-17 IDE DMA Transfer Access [Enabled] OnChip Pri IDE Controller [Enabled] OnChip Sec IDE Controller [Enabled] Primary Master PIO [Auto] Primary Slave PIO [Auto] Secondary Master PIO [Auto] Secondary Slave PIO [Auto] Primary Master [Auto] Primary Slave [Auto] Secondary Master [Auto] Secondary Slave [Auto] VIA OnChip IDE Devices
2-18 Onboard FDC Controller [Enabled] Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8/IRQ4] Onboard Parallel Port [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [SPP] ECP Mode USE DMA [3] EPP Mode Select [EPP1.7] VIA-3058 AC97 Audio [Auto] Onboard LAN [Auto] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Game Port Address [201] MIDI Port Address [330] MIDI Port IRQ [10] I/O Device Configuration
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2-20 Resources controlled by [Auto (ESCD)] IRQ Resources PCI/CGA Palette Snoop [Disabled] Assign IRQ for VGA [Enabled] Assign IRQ for USB [Enabled] PCI Configuration
2-21 IRQ 3 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 4 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 5 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 7 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 9 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 10 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 11 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 12 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 14 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ 15 assigned to [PCI Device] IRQ Resources Select [PCI Device] to assign the IRQ to a PCI/PnP device. Select [Reserved] to allocate the IRQ to a legacy ISA device.
2-22 ACPI Suspend Type [S1 & S3] Power Management Option [User Define] HDD Power Down [Disabled] Video-off Option [Suspend -> Off] AC Loss Auto Restart [Previous State] Video Off Method [V/H Sync Blank] C.O.P. Control [85 degree] PWR Button < 4 Sec [Instant-off] Power Up Control Hardware Monitor
2-23 Power Up On PCI Devices [Disabled] PS2KB Wakeup Select [Hot Key] PS2KB Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] PS2MS Wakeup from S3/S4/S5 [Disabled] USB Resume from S3 [Disabled] Modem Ring Resume [Disabled] RTC Alarm Resume [Disabled] Date (of Month) 0 Resume Time 0 : 0 : 0 IRQ/Event Activity Detect
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2-25 Shutdown Temperature [Disabled] System Temperature 34 ° C/ 93 ° F CPU Temperature 47 ° C/116 ° F Chassis Fan 0RPM CPU Fan 5443RPM Vcore 1.79V 3.3V 3.37V 5V 4.94V 12V 11.36V Hardware Monitor
2-26 First Boot Device [ HDD-0] Second Boot Device [CDROM] Third Boot Device [Floppy] Fourth Boot Device [Disabled] Plug and Play OS [Yes] Reset Configuration Data [Disabled] Quick Power On Self Test [Disabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Boot Up NumLock Status [On] APIC Mode [Enabled] Select your boot device priority.
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