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I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 7
How this manual is organized .......................................................... 7
Item Checklist .................................................................................. 7
II. FEATURES .................................................................................... 8
Features of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard ...................................... 8
Parts of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard ............................................ 9
III. INSTALLATION .......................................................................... 10
Map of the ASUS HX97 Motherboard ............................................ 10
Installation Steps .............................................................................. 12
1. Jumpers ........................................................................................ 12
Jumper Settings .................................................................... 13
Compatible Cyrix CPU Identification .................................. 15
2. System Memory (SIMM) ............................................................ 17
SIMM Memory Installation .................................................. 18
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) ................................................... 19
4. Expansion Cards ......................................................................... 20
Expansion Card Installation Procedure: ............................... 20
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards ................................... 20
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards ............................. 21
5. External Connectors .................................................................... 22
Power Connection Procedures ................................................... 31
IV. BIOS SOFTWARE ....................................................................... 32
Support Software ............................................................................. 32
Flash Memory Writer Utility ........................................................... 32
Main Menu ........................................................................... 32
Advanced Features Menu ..................................................... 33
Managing & Updating your Motherboard's BIOS ..................... 34
6. BIOS Setup ................................................................................. 35
Load Defaults ....................................................................... 36
Standard CMOS Setup ............................................................... 36
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ........................................ 37
BIOS Features Setup .................................................................. 39
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................ 39
Chipset Features Setup ............................................................... 42
Details of Chipset Features Setup ......................................... 42
Power Management Setup .......................................................... 46
Details of Power Management Setup ................................... 46
PNP and PCI Setup .................................................................... 48
Details of PNP and PCI Setup .............................................. 48
Load BIOS Defaults ................................................................... 50
Load Setup Defaults ................................................................... 50
Supervisor Password and User Password .................................. 51
IDE HDD Auto Detection .......................................................... 52
Save and Exit Setup ................................................................... 53
Exit Without Saving ................................................................... 53
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