Contents

Notices ........................................................................................................

v

Safety information ......................................................................................

vi

About this manual ......................................................................................

vii

ASUS contact information .........................................................................

viii

A7N8X-VM specifications summary ..........................................................

ix

Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info

1.1

Welcome ........................................................................................

1-2

1.2

Package contents ..........................................................................

1-2

1.3

Special Features ............................................................................

1-3

1.4

Motherboard components ..............................................................

1-4

1.5

Motherboard layout ........................................................................

1-7

1.6

Motherboard installtion ..................................................................

1-8

1.7

Before you proceed .......................................................................

1-9

1.8

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ....................................................

1-10

1.9

System memory ...........................................................................

1-11

1.10

Expansion Slots ...........................................................................

1-12

 

1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card ......................................

1-12

 

1.10.2

Standard Interrupt Assignments ....................................

1-12

 

1.10.3

AGP Slot ........................................................................

1-13

 

1.10.4

PCI Slot ..........................................................................

1-13

1.11 Jumpers

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1-14

1.12 Connectors ....................................................................................

1-16

Chapter 2 - BIOS Information

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS ...............................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk .......................................

2-2

 

2.1.1 Using AFUDOS utility to update the BIOS .......................

2-3

 

2.1.2 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ......................

2-4

2.2

BIOS Setup Program .....................................................................

2-5

 

2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ................................................................

2-5

 

2.2.2

Legend bar .......................................................................

2-6

2.3

Main Menu .....................................................................................

2-7

 

2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave .............................

2-8

 

2.3.2

System Information ..........................................................

2-9

2.4

Advanced Menu ...........................................................................

2-10

 

2.4.1

Chipset ...........................................................................

2-10

 

2.4.2

Onboard Devices Configuration .....................................

2-11

 

2.4.3

PCI PnP .........................................................................

2-13

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