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Asus A7N8X-XE manual

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Contents

Motherboard E2126 First Edition July Contents Chapter Bios Setup Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation 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 Coaxial S/PDIF out Serial ATA technologyIntegrated 10/100 LAN controller USB 2.0 technology Innovative Asus features Before you proceed Motherboard overview Motherboard layout Placement direction Screw holes Central Processing Unit CPU Installing the CPUOverview Memory conﬁgurations System memoryRecommended memory conﬁgurations DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendors List SS/DS Installing a Dimm Removing a Dimm Expansion slots Installing an expansion card2 Conﬁguring an expansion card Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard AGP slot PCI slots Jumpers Clear RTC RAM Clrtc PS2/USB Device Wake-up 3-pin PS2USBPW A7N8X-XE PS2/USB Device Wake-up 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 Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2 CPU and chassis fan connectors 3-pin CPUFAN, Chafan USB connectors 10-1 pin USB56, USB78 Internal audio connectors 4-pin CD, AUX Front panel audio connectors 10-1 pin Fpaudio ATX power connector 20-pin Atxpwr Reset button 2-pin Reset System panel connector 20-pin PanelSystem power LED 3-1 pin Pled ATX power button/soft-off button 2-pin Pwrbtn Bios Setup Managing and updating your Bios Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk Using Afudos to update the Bios Using Afudos to copy the current BiosAfudos /oﬁlename Afudos /i ﬁlename.rom Asus CrashFree Bios utility Using Asus EZ Flash to update the Bios To update the Bios using Asus EZ Flash Installing Asus Update Asus Update utilityUpdating the Bios through the Internet Updating the Bios through a Bios ﬁle Bios setup program Flash ROM Tab Bios menu barNavigation keys F10 Scroll bar Saving changes and exiting the Setup programGeneral help Sub-menu System Time hhmmss Legacy Diskette B DisabledMain menu System Date day, mm dd yyyy Block Multi-sector Transfer M Auto LBA/Large Mode AutoType Auto Type Auto System Information AI Overclock Tuner Auto Bios Setup UtilityJumperFree Conﬁguration JumperFree Conﬁguration USB Conﬁguration USB Controller EnabledUSB 2.0 Support Enabled Legacy USB Support Auto Chipset CPU Internal Cache DisabledCPU Conﬁguration NorthBridge Conﬁguration C1 Discounnect Auto Mode MDA Access Control PCITV Mode Support Default NorthBridge Chipset Conﬁguration Dram Timing Auto System Performance SettingsMemory Clock Auto Tras OnBoard Sata Controller Enabled Onboard LAN EnabledMAC Bridge Mode Auto Sata Operation Mode non-RAID Onboard Devices Conﬁguration PCIPnP Acpi Apic Support Enabled Power menuSuspend Mode Auto Repost Video on S3 Resume No APM Conﬁguration RTC Resume Disabled PME Resume DisabledRing-In Power On 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 1st ~ xxth Boot Device Removable Boot menuBoot Device Priority CDROMSM-ASUS DVD Boot Settings Conﬁguration Change Supervisor Password Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error EnabledHit ʻDELʼ Message Display Enabled Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Exit & Save Changes Load Setup DefaultsExit menu Exit & Discard Changes Software Support Support CD information Installing an operating systemRunning the support CD Drivers menu Utilities menu Asus Screen Saver Asus UpdateContacts menu Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c