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2 E1952First Edition March 3 ContentsChapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information 4 Chapter 3: Powering upChapter 4: BIOS setup 5 Chapter 5: Software support6 Chapter 6: SLI™ technology support7 Appendix8 Federal Communications Commission StatementCanadian Department of Communications Statement 9 Electrical safetyOperation safety 10 How this guide is organized11 Where to find more informationConventions used in this guide 12 A8N-SLIPremium specifications summary16 Chapter summary17 1.1WelcomeThank you for buying an ASUS® A8N-SLIPremium motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard I/O modules Cables Accessories Application CDs Documentation 18 1.3.1Product highlights19 HyperTransport™ TechnologyDual Channel DDR memory support Serial ATA II technology Dual RAID solution PCI Express™ interface 20 S/PDIF digital sound readyIEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring 21 1.3.2ASUS Proactive features22 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features23 ASUS Multi-languageBIOSASUS MyLogo2™ ASUS Instant Music 25 Hardware2 information27 2.1Before you proceedOnboard LEDs 28 2.2.1Placement direction2.2.2Screw holes 29 2.2.3Motherboard layout30 2.2.4Layout Contents32 2.3.1Overview2.3.2Installling the CPU 34 2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan37 2.4.1Overview2.4.2Memory Configurations 38 TableDDR400 Qualified Vendors List 40 2.4.3Installing a DIMM2.4.4Removing a DIMM 41 2.5.1Installing an expansion card2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 42 2.5.3Interrupt assignments2.5.4PCI slots 43 2.5.5Two PCI Express x16 slots2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot 2.5.7PCI Express x4 slot 44 2.6 Jumpers1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 45 2.7.1Rear panel connectors46 9 . Microphone port (pink)Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 11 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and 12 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and 13 . IEEE 1394a port 14 . Optical S/PDIF Out port 15 . Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 16 . PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard 47 2.7.2 Internal connectors48 3 . Serial ATA connectors(7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) 51 6 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78, USB910) 52 8 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1, 4-pinEZ_PLUG)Power supply requirements 53 9 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX)10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 54 11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)12 . IEEE 1394 connector (10-1pin IE1394_2) 55 13 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) 59 3.1Starting up for the first time60 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 61 3.3.1Vocal POST messages63 3.3.2Winbond Voice Editor64 Changing the default languageLoad Write Yes 65 Customizing your POST messagesAdd Add Wave File 66 EditEvent Sound Editor Save .flh 69 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk70 4.1.2Updating the BIOS71 File Name to Program72 4.1.3Saving the current BIOS file73 4.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility74 Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk75 4.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility76 4.1.6ASUS Update utility77 Updating the BIOS through the Internet78 Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file79 4.2BIOS setup program80 4.2.1BIOS menu screen4.2.2Menu bar 81 4.2.3Legend bar4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 82 4.2.7Pop-upwindow4.2.8General help 83 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Language [English] 4.3.4Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 84 4.3.5Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave85 Access Mode [Auto]Transfer Mode 86 4.3.5First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master87 4.3.7HDD SMART Monitoring4.3.8Installed Memory 88 4.4.1CPU Configuration89 DRAM Configuration90 Hyper Transport Frequency [Auto]AMD K8 Cool’n’Quiet control [Disabled] 91 4.4.2PCIPnP92 4.4.3Onboard Devices Configuration93 IDE Function SetupOnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled] OnChip IDE Channel1 [Enabled] IDE DMA transfer access [Enabled] Serial Port 1, 2 [Enabled] SATA DMA transfer [Enabled] Serial Port 3, 4 [Enabled] 94 SATA2 DMA transfer [Enabled]IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled] NVRAID Configuration RAID Enabled [Disabled] IDE Primary, Secondary Master/Slave RAID [Disabled] First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master RAID [Disabled] 95 USB ConfigurationUSB Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB Legacy Support [Enabled] Onboard NV LAN [Enabled] OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard Marvell LAN [Disabled] 96 OnBoard LAN2 Boot ROM [Disabled]AC97 Audio [Enabled] PCI IEEE 1394a [Enabled] Silicon SATA Controller [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP] ECP Mode Use DMA [3] Game Port Address [201] Midi Port Address [Disabled] Midi Port IRQ [10] 97 4.4.4SLI Configuration98 4.4.5JumperFree Configuration99 PCI Express Clock [100MHz]DDR Voltage [Auto] Chipset Voltage [+1.5V] HT Voltage [+1.2V] CPU Multiplier [Auto] CPU Voltage [Auto] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto] 100 4.4.6LAN Cable Status101 4.4.7PEG Link Mode102 4.4.8Speech Configuration4.4.9Instant Music 103 4.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]4.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 104 4.5.3APM Configuration105 Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled]Day of Month Alarm [Disabled] Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm [Disabled] Power Up By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] 106 4.5.4Hardware Monitor107 CPU Target TemperatureCPU Fan Speed warning [1200 RPM] CHA1 Fan Speed warning [Disabled] CHIP Fan Speed warning [Enabled] 108 4.6.1Boot Device Priority109 4.6.2Removable Drives4.6.3Hard Disk Drives 110 4.6.4CDROM Drives4.6.5Boot Settings Configuration 111 Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]Bootup Num-Lock[On] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) Typematic Delay (Msec) Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6] Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] Halt On [All Errors] 112 4.6.6Security113 A note about passwordsForgot your password Password Check 114 4.7Exit menuExit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes 115 Load Setup DefaultsExit & Save Changes Discard Changes 117 Software5 support119 5.2.1Running the support CD120 5.2.2Drivers menu121 5.2.3Utilities menu122 ASUS AI BoosterMicrosoft DirectX Anti-virusUtility ADOBE Acrobat Reader Winbond Voice Editor ASUS Screen Saver ASUS AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Software 123 5.2.4Manuals menu124 5.2.5ASUS Contact information5.2.6Other information 125 Browse this CDTechnical support Form 126 Filelist127 5.4.1ASUS MyLogo2™128 Ratio129 5.4.2AI NETUsing the Virtual Cable Tester™ 130 5.4.3Audio configurations131 Sound EffectS/PDIF option SPDIF 132 Speaker ConfigurationSpeaker Configuration Auto Test UAJ Automatic 133 AI Audio featureConnector Sensing Bracket Option 134 HRTF DemoHRTF Demo Play Stop 135 General settingsGeneral Language Rear panel audio ports function variation 136 5.4.4Using the NVIDIA® Firewall™137 Setting security profilesLow High Lockdown Anti-hacking only Custom 1, 2 Off Current Firewall Profile Change Profile Don’t Change P r o f i l e 138 Turning the NVFirewall™ offCurrent Firewall Profile combo list box then select Off 2.Click Turn Firewall OFF 139 5.5RAID configurationsRAID RAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 140 5.5.1Installing hard disks141 5.5.2NVIDIA® RAID configurations142 Entering the NVIDIA® RAID utilityCreating a RAID Volume RAID Mode 144 Rebuilding a RAID array146 Deleting a RAID array147 Clearing a disk data148 5.5.3Silicon Image RAID configurations149 Entering the Silicon Image BIOS RAID Configuration UtilityCreate RAID set Delete RAID set Rebuild RAID1 set Resolve Conflicts Low Level Format Logical Drive Info ESC Enter Ctrl-E :Exit 150 Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped)Create RAID set then press <Enter> to display an option menu 151 Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored)Create RAID set then press <Enter>. The following sub-menuappears 152 configuration and press153 Create with data copy, the following pop-upmenu appearsCreating a RAID 5 set (Parity) 154 Manual configuration a. Select Manualconfiguration and 155 Creating a RAID 10 set (Mirrored+Striped)157 Creating a JBOD set (Spanning)158 5.6Creating a RAID driver diskMake NVIDIA RAID Driver \Drivers\Sil3114 159 5.7.1Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology160 5.7.2Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software161 5.8.1Managing your nForce™ system162 5.8.2Clock control5.8.3Voltage/Fan control 163 5.8.4Information5.8.5Other options 164 5.9.1Launching the ASUS AI Selector165 5.9.2Using the SLI mode169 6.1.1Requirements6.1.2ASUS Certified SLI Graphics cards 170 GeForce 6800 GT modelsGeForce 6600 GT models 171 6.2.1Installing SLI-readygraphics cards172 PCIEX16_1PCIEX16_2 173 EZ_PLUG174 6.2.2Installing the device drivers6.2.3Installing the ASUS AI Selector utility 175 6.2.4Enabling the multi-GPUfeature in Windows176 6.Select the NVIDIA GeForce tabmulti-GPU item 177 6.2.5Setting the ASUS AI Selector utility181 A.1.1 Installing the 2-portSATA extension module182 A.1.2 Installing SATA hard drives
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