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A7N8X-XE

User Guide

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Contents

Motherboard E2126 First Edition July Contents Chapter Bios Setup Canadian Department of Communications Statement Federal Communications Commission Statement Operation safety Electrical safety How this guide is organized Where to ﬁnd more informationConventions used in this guide A7N8X-XE Speciﬁcations Summary Support CD Page Introduction Special features Package contentsWelcome Integrated 10/100 LAN controller Serial ATA technologyCoaxial S/PDIF out USB 2.0 technology Innovative Asus features Before you proceed Motherboard layout Motherboard overview Screw holes Placement direction Central Processing Unit CPU Installing the CPUOverview Memory conﬁgurations System memoryRecommended memory conﬁgurations SS/DS DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendors List Removing a Dimm Installing a Dimm Expansion slots Installing an expansion card2 Conﬁguring an expansion card IRQ assignments for this motherboard Standard interrupt assignments PCI slots AGP slot Clear RTC RAM Clrtc Jumpers A7N8X-XE PS2/USB Device Wake-up PS2/USB Device Wake-up 3-pin PS2USBPW Rear panel connectors ConnectorsAudio 2, 4, or 6-channel conﬁguration Floppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin Floppy Internal connectorsIDE connectors 40-1 pin PRIIDE, Secide CPU and chassis fan connectors 3-pin CPUFAN, Chafan Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2 Internal audio connectors 4-pin CD, AUX USB connectors 10-1 pin USB56, USB78 ATX power connector 20-pin Atxpwr Front panel audio connectors 10-1 pin Fpaudio System power LED 3-1 pin Pled System panel connector 20-pin PanelReset button 2-pin Reset ATX power button/soft-off button 2-pin Pwrbtn Bios Setup Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk Managing and updating your Bios Using Afudos to update the Bios Using Afudos to copy the current BiosAfudos /oﬁlename Afudos /i ﬁlename.rom Asus CrashFree Bios utility To update the Bios using Asus EZ Flash Using Asus EZ Flash to update the Bios Installing Asus Update Asus Update utilityUpdating the Bios through the Internet Updating the Bios through a Bios ﬁle Flash ROM Bios setup program Navigation keys Bios menu barTab F10 General help Saving changes and exiting the Setup programScroll bar Sub-menu Main menu Legacy Diskette B DisabledSystem Time hhmmss System Date day, mm dd yyyy Type Auto LBA/Large Mode AutoBlock Multi-sector Transfer M Auto Type Auto System Information JumperFree Conﬁguration Bios Setup UtilityAI Overclock Tuner Auto JumperFree Conﬁguration USB 2.0 Support Enabled USB Controller EnabledUSB Conﬁguration Legacy USB Support Auto CPU Conﬁguration CPU Internal Cache DisabledChipset NorthBridge Conﬁguration TV Mode Support Default MDA Access Control PCIC1 Discounnect Auto Mode NorthBridge Chipset Conﬁguration Memory Clock Auto System Performance SettingsDram Timing Auto Tras MAC Bridge Mode Auto Onboard LAN EnabledOnBoard Sata Controller Enabled Sata Operation Mode non-RAID Onboard Devices Conﬁguration PCIPnP Suspend Mode Auto Power menuAcpi Apic Support Enabled Repost Video on S3 Resume No APM Conﬁguration Ring-In Power On Disabled PME Resume DisabledRTC Resume Disabled Resume On PS/2 Keyboard Enabled Hardware Monitor MB Temperature xxxC/xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC/xxxFVcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage Boot Device Priority Boot menu1st ~ xxth Boot Device Removable CDROMSM-ASUS DVD Boot Settings Conﬁguration Hit ʻDELʼ Message Display Enabled Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error EnabledChange Supervisor Password Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Exit menu Load Setup DefaultsExit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Software Support Support CD information Installing an operating systemRunning the support CD Utilities menu Drivers menu Contacts menu Asus UpdateAsus Screen Saver Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c