3.3ASUS POST Reporter™

This motherboard includes the Winbond speech controller to support a special feature called the ASUS POST Reporter™. This feature gives you vocal POST messages and alerts to inform you of system events and boot status. In case of a boot failure, you will hear the specific cause of the problem.

These POST messages are customizable using the Winbond Voice Editor software that came with your package. You can record your own messages to replace the default messages.

3.3.1 Vocal POST messages

Following is a list of the default POST messages and their corresponding actions:

POST Message

 

Action

No CPU installed

•

Install a supported processor into

 

 

the CPU socket. See section “2.3

 

 

Central Processing Unit (CPU)” for

 

 

supported processors.

 

 

 

System failed CPU test

•

Check the CPU if properly installed.

 

• Call ASUS technical support for

 

 

assistance. See the “ASUS contact

 

 

information” on the inside front

 

 

cover of this manual.

 

 

 

System failed memory test

•

Install supported DDR DIMMs into

 

 

the sockets.

 

•

Check if the DIMMs on the DIMM

 

 

sockets are properly installed.

 

•

Make sure that your DIMMs are

 

 

not defective.

 

•

Refer to section “2.4 System

 

 

memory” for instruction on installing

 

 

a DIMM.

 

 

 

System failed VGA test

•

Install a PCI VGA card into one of

 

 

the PCI slots, or a 1.5V AGP card

 

 

into the AGP slot.

 

•

Make sure that your VGA/AGP card

 

 

is not defective.

 

 

 

System failed due to CPU

•

Check your CPU settings in BIOS

over-clocking

 

and make sure you only set to the

 

 

recommended settings. See section

 

 

“4.4 Advanced menu.”

 

 

 

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