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2 E2420Revised Edition January 3 Chapter 1:Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information 4 Chapter 3: Powering upChapter 4: BIOS setup 5 Chapter 5:Software support 6 Chapter 6: ATI CrossFire™ technology7 Federal Communications Commission StatementCanadian Department of Communications Statement 8 Electrical safetyOperation safety 9 How this guide is organizedWhere to find more information 10 Conventions used in this guideTypography 11 A8R32-MVPDeluxe specifications summary15 Product1 information16 Chapter summary17 1.1WelcomeThank you for buying an ASUS® A8R32-MVPDeluxe motherboard 1.2Package contentsMotherboard Cables Accessories Application CDs Documentation 18 1.3.1Product highlightsLatest processor technology 21 1.3.2Innovative ASUS featuresFanless Design Stack Cool SATA-On-the-Go AI NET2 Precision Tweaker AI NOS™ (Non-DelayOverclocking System) 22 PEG Link Mode for two graphics cardsASUS Q-Fan2 technology ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS Multi-languageBIOS ASUS MyLogo2™ C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) ASUS EZ Flash BIOS 23 Hardware2 information25 Onboard LED26 2.2.1Placement direction2.2.2Screw holes 27 2.2.3Motherboard layout28 2.2.4Layout Contents30 2.3.1Installing the CPU32 2.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan35 2.4.1Overview36 2.4.2Memory Configurations38 2.4.3Installing a DDR DIMM2.4.4Removing a DDR DIMM 39 2.5.1Installing an expansion card2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 40 2.5.3Interrupt assignmentsStandard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 41 2.5.4PCI slots2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot 2.5.6Two PCI Express x16 slots 43 2.6Jumper44 2.7.1Rear panel connectorsAudio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 45 7 . LAN(RJ-45) port 8 . LAN 32-bitOS LAN port LED indications 9 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and 10 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and 11 . Microphone port (pink) 12 . Rear Speaker Out port (gray) 13 . External SATA 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 46 2.7.2Internal connectors47 3 . Serial ATA connectors(7-pinSATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black]) 48 Serial ATA hard disk drive connection49 4 . Silicon Image Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pinSATA_RAID2)50 5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors(3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN2, 3-pinPWR_FAN) 51 6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78_WFG)7 . Power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 52 8 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)53 9 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)10 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pin IE1394_1; 10-1pin IE1394_2) 54 11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)55 12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)13 . Audio connector (4-pinCD [black]) 56 14 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL)•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) System warning speaker (Orange •Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW) •Reset button (Blue 2-pinRESET) 59 AMI BIOS beep codes60 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 63 4.1.1ASUS Update utility66 4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk67 4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility68 4.1.4AFUDOS utility71 4.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility73 4.2BIOS setup program74 4.2.1BIOS menu screen4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Navigation keys 75 4.2.4Menu items4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8Scroll bar 4.2.9General help 76 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.4Language [English] 77 4.3.5Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/SlaveType [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] 78 4.3.6Storage ConfigurationSerial ATA Controller [Enabled] 79 4.3.7System InformationAMI BIOS Processor System Memory 80 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration84 4.4.2CPU Configuration89 4.4.3Chipset Configuration92 4.4.4Onboard Devices ConfigurationHD Audio [Enabled] Onboard LAN [Enabled] Onboard LAN2 [Enabled] Onboard IEEE1394 [Enabled] 93 Silicon Image Mode [SATA mode]Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [EPP+ECP] Onboard Game Port [Enabled] Onboard MIDI Port [330] 94 4.4.5PCI PnPPlug And Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] 95 4.4.6LAN Cable StatusPOST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] 4.4.7USB Configuration 97 4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 98 4.5.5APM ConfigurationPower Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] 99 RTC Alarm Date (Days) [Every Day]RTC Alarm Hour (Hours) [0] RTC Alarm Minute (Minutes) [0] RTC Alarm Second (Seconds) [0] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI/PCI-ExDevices [Disabled] 100 4.5.6Hardware MonitorCPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] Chassis Fan Speed N/A] or [Ignored] Power Fan Speed [N/A] or [Ignored] VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage 101 CPU QFan Control [Disabled]CPUFan Start Temperature [5] CPUFan Full-speedTemperature5 [45] CPUFan Start PWM [55] Chassis QFan Control [Disabled] ChassisFan Off Temperature [0] ChassisFan Start Temperature [25] 102 ChassisFan Full-speedTemperature[45]ChassisFan Start PWM [40] 103 4.6.1Boot Device Priority1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] Hard Disk [XXX Drive] 104 4.6.2Boot Settings ConfigurationQuick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] PS/2 Mouse Support [Auto] Wait For ‘F1’ If Error [Enabled] Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] 105 4.6.3Security108 Exit & Save ChangesExit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults 109 Software5 support111 5.2.1Running the support CD112 5.2.2Drivers menuASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Silicon Image SATA Driver USB 2.0 Driver 114 5.2.3Utilities menuASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities Marvell Yukon VCT Application ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update 115 ASUS Screen SaverAdobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility Anti-virusutility 116 5.2.4Make Disk menuMake ULi 32/64 bit SATA Driver Disk Make Silicon Image 32 bit RAID Driver Make Silicon Image 32 bit SATA Driver Make Silicon Image 64 bit RAID Driver Make Silicon Image 64 bit SATA Driver 117 5.2.5Manuals menuSil 3132 User Guide ULi SATA/RAID User’s Manual RTL8187 Wireless LAN User’s Manual 118 5.2.6ASUS Contact information5.2.7Other information 120 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™122 5.3.2AI NetUsing the Virtual Cable Tester™ 123 5.3.3ASUS PC Probe129 5.3.4Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology131 5.3.5Audio configurations136 5.4RAID configurationsRAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 137 5.4.1Installing hard disksInstalling Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks 5.4.2ULI® RAID configurations 145 5.4.3Silicon Image® RAID configurations152 5.5Creating a RAID driver disk155 RequirementsBefore you beginUninstall other graphics card drivers in your system 156 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards159 6.3.1Installing the device drivers161 6.3.2Using the Catalyst™ Control Center
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