Contents

Contents .........................................................................................

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

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

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

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A7N8X-VM 400 specifications summary ........................................

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Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info ...........................................

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1.1

Welcome! ...........................................................................

1-2

1.2

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

1-2

1.3

Special features ..................................................................

1-2

1.4

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

1-3

1.5

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

1-6

1.6

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

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1.7

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

1-7

1.8

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

1-8

 

Installing a DIMM ................................................................

1-8

1.9

Expansion slots ..................................................................

1-8

 

1.9.1 Configuring an expansion card ..............................

1-8

 

1.9.2

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

1-9

 

1.9.3

AGP slot ...............................................................

1-10

 

1.9.4

PCI slots ..............................................................

1-10

1.10

Jumpers .............................................................................

1-11

1.11

Connectors .......................................................................

1-13

Chapter 2 - BIOS Information ...........................................

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2.1

Managing and Updating your BIOS....................................

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

2-2

2.2

BIOS Setup program ..........................................................

2-3

 

2.2.1

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

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2.2.2

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

2-4

2.3

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

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

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2.3.2

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

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