Asus A7N8X-VM/400 manual

A7N8X-VM/400

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page E1480 First Edition December Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS information Chapter 3: Software support Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003 Electrical safety Operation safety Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information Page Page Page Page 400MHz FSB support Dual-channelDDR memory support AGP 8X support Integrated GeForce4 MX GPU ASUS MyLogo2 ASUS C.O.P ASUS EZ Flash Page Onboard LED ATX power connector CPU socket North bridge controller IDE connectors PCI slots PS/2 mouse port Parallel port RJ-45 port Page 1.6.1 Placement direction 1.6.2 Screw holes Page Installing the CPU Installing a DIMM 1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card Standard Interrupt Assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.10.2 AGP slot 1.10.3 PCI slots 1.USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56) 2.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 1.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) 2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1) 3.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR1) 4.USB header (10-1pin USB56) 5.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1) 6.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, CHA_FAN) 7.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1) 8.Front panel audio connectors (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 9.Internal audio connectors (4 pin CD1, AUX1) 10. TV out connector (6-1pin U46) 11. Digital audio connector (6-1pin SPDIF1) 12.Serial connector (10-1pin COM2) 13.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) •System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED) •Keyboard Lock Lead (2-1pin KEYLOCK) •System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPEAKER) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) Page Important notes 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS 2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS 2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash: 2.1.5 ASUS Update Save 2.2.1 BIOS menu bar 2.2.2 Legend bar General help Saving changes and exiting the Setup program Sub-menu System Time [XX:XX:XX] System Date [XX/XX/XXXX] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.1 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-SectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 2.3.2 System Information 2.4.1 Chipset Video Frame Buffer Size [ 32MB] Graphics Aperture Size [ 64MB] MDA Access Control [AGP] Primary Video [PCI] 2.4.2 Onboard Devices Configuration Onboard Floppy Controller [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] ECP Mode DMA Channel [DMA3] Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] Onboard Game Port [Disabled] Onboard MIDI Port [Disabled] 2.4.3 PCIPnP Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] IRQ3, IRQ4, IRQ5, IRQ7, IRQ9, IRQ10, IRQ11, IRQ14, IRQ15 [Available] DMA Channel 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 [Available] Reserved Memory Size [Disabled] 2.5.1 Power Up Control Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Resume on Keyboard [Disabled] Resume on PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] PME Resume [Disabled] Ring In Resume [Disabled] Onboard LAN Resume [Disabled] 2.5.2 Hardware Monitor MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Disabled] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Disabled] 2.6.1 Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] Wait for ‘F1’ If Error [Enabled] Hit ‘Del’ Message Display [Enabled] 2.6.2 Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level (Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu NVIDIA Display Driver NVIDIA nForce Driver USB 2.0 Driver 3.2.3 Utilities ASUS PC Probe Install ASUS Update PC-CILLIN2002 AdobeAcrobat Reader 3.2.4 ASUS contact information