Asus A8V-VM Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide
Asus A8V-VM - SE Motherboard - Micro ATX Manual
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12 Jumper Mode 23 Jumper Free (Default) viii A8V-VM-TAYZ 6 10839 11036 0 11XX11XX11 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 9
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A8V-VM R A8V-VM Onboard LED SB_PWR ON Standby Power OFF Powered Off 1-5 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 16
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DDR DIMM_A2(64 bit,184-pin module) SOCKET 939 PARALLEL PORT PRI_IDE VGA F_USB12 CHA_FAN USBPW12 USBPW34 Bottom: USB3 USB4 Top: RJ-45 Top:Line In Center:Line Out Below:Mic In Realtek SUPER I/O AAFP VIA K8M890 PCIEX1_1 A8V -VM PCIEX16 R PCI1 Audio PCI2 CD SPDIF_OUT FLOPPY CR2032 3V - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 18
® ® ® A8V-VM R A8V-VM CPU Socket 939 Gold Arrow 1-8 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 19
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1 3 4 2 5 GND +12V Rotation CPU_FAN A8V-VM R A8V-VM CPU Fan Connector 1-11 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 22
DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 A8V-VM R A8V-VM 184-pin DDR DIMM Sockets 1-12 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 23
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ABCD E F GH 1-17 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 28
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A8V-VM R A8V-VM Clear RTC RAM • • CLRTC 12 23 Normal (Default) Clear CMOS 1-19 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 30
A8V-VM R A8V-VM USB Device Wake Up USBPW12 USBPW34 12 23 +5V (Default) +5VSB USBPW78 USBPW56 12 23 +5V (Default) +5VSB 1-20 A8V-VM R KBPWR 12 23 +5V (Default) +5VSB A8V-VM Keyboard Power Setting - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 31
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A8V-VM R FLOPPY PIN 1 A8V-VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector 1-22 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 33
• • PRI_IDE SEC_IDE PIN 1 A8V-VM R A8V-VM IDE Connectors PIN 1 1-23 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 34
1-24 A8V-VM R A8V-VM CPU SATA Connectors SATA3 SATA4 GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA2 SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 35
GND +12V Rotation GND +12V Rotation A8V-VM R A8V-VM Fan Connectors CPU_FAN CHA_FAN 1-25 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 36
1-26 A8V-VM R A8V-VM USB 2.0 Connectors USB56 1 USB+5V USB_5USB_5+ GND USB+5V USB_6USB_6+ GND NC USB78 1 USB+5V USB_7USB_7+ GND USB+5V USB_8USB_8+ GND NC - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 37
EATXPWR A8V-VM R ATX12V +12V DC GND +12V DC GND A8V-VM ATX Power Connectors +3 Volts +12 Volts +12 Volts +5V Standby Power OK Ground +5 Volts Ground +5 Volts Ground +3 Volts +3 Volts Ground +5 Volts +5 Volts +5 Volts -5 Volts Ground - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 38
Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel CD (black) A8V-VM R A8V-VM Internal Audio Connector +5V SPDIFOUT GND A8V-VM R SPDIF_OUT A8V-VM Digital Audio Connector 1-28 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 39
1-29 A8V-VM Chassis Intrusion Connector (Default) CHASSIS A8V -VM R +5VSB_MB Chassis Signal GND A8V-VM Analog Front Panel Connector • • "77. R AAFP PORT1 L PORT1 R PORT2 R SENSE_SEND PORT2 L GND PRESENCE# SENSE1_RETUR SENSE2_RETUR AGND +5VA Line out_R NC Line out_L AGND +5VA Back line - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 40
PLED SPEAKER PLED+ PLED+5V Ground Ground Speaker PANEL IDE_LED+ IDE_LED- PWR Ground Reset Ground A8V-VM R IDE_LED RESET PWRSW * Requires an ATX power supply. A8V-VM System Panel Connector • 1-30 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 41
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EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy... EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for floppy... Floppy found! Reading file "A8VVM.ROM". Completed. Flashed successfully. Rebooting. • • 2-3 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 44
• • A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading flash ..... done A:\> 2-4 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 45
, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading file ..... done Erasing flash .... done Writing flash .... 0x0008CC00 (9%) A:\>afudos /iA8VVM.ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility - Version 1.10 Copyright (C) 2002 American Megatrends, Inc. All rights reserved. Reading file ..... done Erasing flash .... done Writing - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 46
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... Floppy found! Reading file "A8VVM.ROM". Completed. Please turn off your system and turn on again to get system back. 2-6 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 47
Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... Bad BIOS checksum. Starting BIOS recovery... Checking for floppy... Floppy not found! Checking for CD-ROM... CD-ROM found. Reading file "A8VVM.ROM". Completed. Please turn off your system and turn on again to get system back. 2-7 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 48
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Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit System Time System Date IDE Master Fourth IDE Slave System Information [10:55:25] [Thu 07/21/2005] [1.44M, 3.5 in] [ST320410A] [ASUS CD-S520/A] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Use [ENTER - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 53
Slave Third IDE Master Fourth IDE Master IDE Configuration System Information [11:10:19] [Thu 03/27/2003] [1.44M, 3.5 in] [English] :[ST320413A] :[ASUS CD-S340] :[Not Detected] :[Not Detected] :[Not Detected] :[Not Detected] Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 54
Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave IDE Configuration [10:55:25] [Thu 07/21/2005] [1.44M, 3.5 in] [ST320410A] [ASUS CD-S520/A] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 55
Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : ST320410A Size : 20.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16 Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Select the type of device connected to the - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 56
Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY AMIBIOS Version : 0211 Build Date : 09/08/05 Processor Type Speed Count : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor : 2310 MHz : 2 System - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 57
Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Config System Frequency/Voltage AI Overclock Tuner Spread Spectrum [Standard] [+/-1.00%] Adjust CPU FSB frequency. v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 58
Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY CPU Configuration Module Version: 14.04 Physical Count: 1 Logical Count: 2 AMD then actual and setpoint values may differ. Select Screen Select Item Enter Update F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 2-18 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 59
F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Northbridge Chipset Configuration Memory Configuration ECC Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Memory Configuration MEMCLK can be set by the code using AUTO, Memclock Mode - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 60
Advanced ECC Configuration DRAM ECC Enable L2 Cache BG Scrub Data Cache BG Scrub BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically, maintaining system integrity. 2-20 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 61
Advanced VIA K8M800 Chipset Configuration OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size Primary Graphics Adapter [Disabled] [PCIE VGA] VIA AGP K8M890 PCI Express Chipset Configuration None 8MB 16MB 32MB 64MB Options Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 62
Serial ATA IDE Controller RAID/AHCI BOOT Execute LAN Controller LAN BOOTROM Audio Controller USB 1.1 Ports Configuration Legacy USB Support USB2.0 Ports Enabled [RAID] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [USB 8 Ports] [Enabled] [Enabled] Options Disabled SATA RAID AHCI PCI Delay Transaction - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 63
Super IO Chipset Serial Port Address Serial Port Mode Parallel Port Address Parallel Port Mode Parallel Port IRQ [2F8/IRQ3] [Normal] [378] [Normal] [IRQ7] Allows BIOS to select Serial Port1 Base Addresses. v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 2-23 - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 64
-15 assigned to [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] [PCI Device] NO: Lets the BIOS configure all the devices in the system. YES: Lets the operating system configure Plug and Play (PnP) devices not required for boot if your system - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 65
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Main Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [No] [No] [Enabled] APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Select the ACPI state used for System Suspend. Select Screen Select Item +- Change Field F1 General Help - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 67
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Power Management/APM [Enabled] Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Advanced Resume Events Conrols Power On - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 68
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Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature MB Temperature CPU Fan Speed Chassis Fan Speed VCORE Voltage 3.3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power [51ºC/122.5ºF] [41ºC/105.5ºF] [3813 RPM] [N/A] [ 1.320V] [ 3.345V] [ 5.094V] [11.880V] CPU Temperature Select Screen Select Item +- Change - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 70
Main Advanced Boot Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit Boot Device Priority Boot Settings Priority 1st Boot Device 2nd Boot Device 3rd Boot Device BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot [1st FLOPPY DRIVE] [PM-ST320410A] [PS-ASUS CD-S520/A] Specifies the boot sequence from the availabe devices - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 71
Full Screen Logo AddOn ROM Display Mode Bootup Num-Lock PS/2 Mouse Support Wait for 'F1' if Error Hit 'DEL' Message Display Interrupt 19 Capture [Enabled] [Enabled] [Force BIOS] [On] [Auto] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] Allows BIOS to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 72
Security Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password : Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to change password. again to disabled password. - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 73
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password : Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 74
Main Advanced Exit Options BIOS SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Exit Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit system setup after saving the changes. F10 key - Asus A8V-VM | Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 75
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