Asus A7N8X-VM Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info, Chapter 2 - BIOS Information, 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS, 1.9.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments

Contents

Contents .........................................................................................	iii
Notices ............................................................................................	v
Federal Communications Commission Statement .................	v
Canadian Department of Communications Statement ...........	v
Safety information ..........................................................................	vi
About this guide .............................................................................	vii
Conventions used in this guide ............................................	vii
Where to find more information ............................................	vii
ASUS contact information .............................................................	vii
Specifications summary .................................................................	ix

Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info ...........................................		1-1
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	Before you proceed ......................................................	1-8
1.7	Central Processing Unit (CPU).....................................	1-8
1.8	System memory ...........................................................	1-9
1.9	Expansion Slots............................................................	1-9
	1.9.1 Configuring an expansion card ...........................	1-9
	1.9.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments .......................	1-10
	1.9.3 AGP Slot ...........................................................	1-10
	1.9.4 CNR Slot ............................................................	1-11
	1.9.5 PCI Slot .............................................................	1-11
1.10 Jumpers....................................................................		1-12
1.11 Connectors ...............................................................		1-14

Chapter 2 - BIOS Information ...........................................	2-1
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..............................	2-2
2.1.1 Using AFUDOS utility to update the BIOS ..........	2-2

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