Asus M2A690G installation manual

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1.Two empty 5.25-inch bays. These bays are for IDE optical drives.

2.3.5-inch drive bays. These slots are for 3.5-inch floppy or hard disk drives.

3.Power button. Press this button to turn the system on.

4.Reset button. Press this button to reboot the system without turning off the power.

5.HDD LED. This LED lights up when data is read from or written to the hard disk drive.

6.USB 2.0 ports. These Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices such as a mouse, printer, scanner, camera, PDA, and others.

7.Headphone port. This Line In (green) port connects a headphone with a stereo mini-plug.

8.Microphone port. This Mic (pink) port connects a microphone.

9.IEEE1394 port.

This V-series provide V2/V3 two types of front panel for users to choose, please refer to your product package for the front panel type you purchased.

PCI Express Graphics Slot supports most of the ATi® and NVDIA® graphics cards, except some ATi® graphics cards of old version, such as ATi® X300, X550, X700, and X800 series.

An optional Card Reader (see the figure bellow) available. It is to be installed in the 3.5-inch drive bay, and connected to the motherboard through a USB cable.

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Contents Series M2A690G E3061 First Edition February Table of contents Chapter Starting up Chapter Bios InformationMotherboard Info Onboard Device Configuration Canadian Department of Communications Statement Federal Communications Commission StatementElectrical safety Safety informationOperation safety Audience About this guideHow this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more informationSystem package contents System introduction Front panel WelcomePage Rear panel Audio 2, 4, or 6-channel configuration Voltage selector Hdmi card portsInternal components System introduction Basic installation Preparation Basic components to installBefore you proceed ToolRemoving the side cover and front panel assembly Central Processing Unit CPU Installing the CPUGold triangle Small triangle Installing the heatsink and fan Page Memory configurations Installing a DimmDDR2-667 Qualified Vendors Lists QVL DDR2-533KHX6400D2LLK2/1GN DDR2-800Removing a DDR2 Dimm Installing a DDR2 DimmConfiguring an expansion card Installing an expansion cardExpansion slots IRQ assignments for this motherboard Standard interrupt assignmentsPCI slots PCI Express x1 slotPCI Express x16 slot Installing an optical drive Installing a hard disk drive Serial ATA power Serial ATA cable Cable Installing the card reader Asus V-Series M2A690G Installing a floppy disk drive LED cables Re-connecting cablesReinstalling the cover Asus V -Series M2A690G Starting up Powering up Installing an operating systemSupport CD information Running the support CD Drivers menu Utilities menu Manual menu Make Disk menuMake ATI RAID/AHCI Driver Make ATI RAID/AHCI Vista DriverAsus Contact information Using PC Probe Installing PC ProbeSoftware information Asus PC ProbeSensor alert PreferencesChanging the monitor panels position Hardware monitor panelsDMI browser WMI browserUsage PCI browserMemory usage Configuring PC ProbeStarting up Motherboard introduction Motherboard layout IntroductionClear RTC RAM Clrtc JumpersUSB Device Wake Up Connectors PRI IDE COM Port Connector Ieee 1394a Connector ATX Power Connector Internal Audio Connector Azalia Analog Front Panel Connector Power/Soft-off button 2-pin Pwrsw C d Playback of HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs Dual display tableBios setup Creating a bootable floppy disk Managing and updating your BiosPath A\ Asus EZ Flash 2 utilityEnter. The Award Bios Flash Utility screen appears Award Bios Flash UtilityNo Update Write Fail Recovering the Bios from the support CD Asus CrashFree Bios 3 utilityRecovering the Bios from a floppy/USB flash disk Page Installing Asus Update Asus Update utilityUpdating the Bios through the Internet Updating the Bios through a Bios file Bios menu screen Bios setup programMenu bar Menu items Configuration fieldsSub-menu items General help Pop-up windowSystem Time Main menuSystem Date Day xx/xx/xxxx Legacy Diskette a 1 .44M, 3.5Primary IDE Master/Slave Access Mode AutoPrimary IDE Master/Slave Auto Udma Mode Auto PIO Mode AutoTransfer Mode CapacityExtended Drive Auto SataInstalled Memory xxx MB HDD Smart Monitoring DisabledUsable Memory XXX MB Landing ZoneAdvanced menu JumperFree Configuration+1.2VNBSB Auto DDR2 Voltage Control AutoCPU Configuration Chipset Dram ConfigurationLDT & PCI Bus Control UMA Frame Buffer Size 64MB Surroundview DisabledSpread Spectrum Auto Plug & Play O/S NoIRQ Resources PCI Latenct Timer CLKMaximum Payload Size South OnChip IDE Device Onboard LAN EnabledSouth OnChip PCI Device Front Panel Type HD AudioUSB Configuration Acpi Apic Support Enabled Power menuAPM Configuration Acpi Suspend Type S1&S3Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off Power On By External Modem DisabledPower Up On PCI/PCIE Devices Disabled Hpet Support EnabledHardware Monitor Fan Controller DisabledCPU Fan Type DC CPU Temperature, MB TemperatureVcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage CPU Fan Speed warning 800 RPM1st ~ 4th Boot Device Removable Boot menuRemovable Drives Floppy DisksQuick Boot Enabled Case Open Warning EnabledBoot Up Floppy Seek Disabled Hard Disk DrivesTypematic Rate Setting Disabled Bootup Num-Lock OnFull Screen Logo Enabled OS Select for Dram 64MB Non -OS2Password Check Supervisor Password User PasswordTools menu Asus Music AlarmRepeat Track Disabled Alarm Time hhmm 0Volume Audio CD Drive Primary IDE MasterLoad from Profile 1/2 Load Bios ProfileLoad from File Save to Profile 1/2 Save Bios ProfileSave to File Asus EZ Flash Exit menuExit & Save Changes Load Setup DefaultsExit & Discard Changes Discard Changes