Introduction | Asus A7N8X-XE instruction

This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports.

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Asus A7N8X-XE manual Introduction

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Motherboard E2126 First Edition July Contents Chapter Bios Setup Canadian Department of Communications Statement Federal Communications Commission Statement Operation safety Electrical safety Conventions used in this guide Where to ﬁnd more informationHow this guide is organized A7N8X-XE Speciﬁcations Summary Support CD Page Introduction Welcome Package contentsSpecial features USB 2.0 technology Serial ATA technologyIntegrated 10/100 LAN controller Coaxial S/PDIF out Innovative Asus features Before you proceed Motherboard layout Motherboard overview Screw holes Placement direction Overview Installing the CPUCentral Processing Unit CPU Recommended memory conﬁgurations System memoryMemory conﬁgurations SS/DS DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendors List Removing a Dimm Installing a Dimm 2 Conﬁguring an expansion card Installing an expansion cardExpansion slots 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 Audio 2, 4, or 6-channel conﬁguration ConnectorsRear panel connectors IDE connectors 40-1 pin PRIIDE, Secide Internal connectorsFloppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin Floppy 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 ATX power button/soft-off button 2-pin Pwrbtn System panel connector 20-pin PanelSystem power LED 3-1 pin Pled Reset button 2-pin Reset Bios Setup Creating a bootable ﬂoppy disk Managing and updating your Bios Afudos /oﬁlename Using Afudos to copy the current BiosUsing Afudos to update the Bios Afudos /i ﬁlename.rom Asus CrashFree Bios utility To update the Bios using Asus EZ Flash Using Asus EZ Flash to update the Bios Updating the Bios through the Internet Asus Update utilityInstalling Asus Update Updating the Bios through a Bios ﬁle Flash ROM Bios setup program F10 Bios menu barNavigation keys Tab Sub-menu Saving changes and exiting the Setup programGeneral help Scroll bar System Date day, mm dd yyyy Legacy Diskette B DisabledMain menu System Time hhmmss Type Auto LBA/Large Mode AutoType Auto Block Multi-sector Transfer M Auto System Information JumperFree Conﬁguration Bios Setup UtilityJumperFree Conﬁguration AI Overclock Tuner Auto Legacy USB Support Auto USB Controller EnabledUSB 2.0 Support Enabled USB Conﬁguration NorthBridge Conﬁguration CPU Internal Cache DisabledCPU Conﬁguration Chipset NorthBridge Chipset Conﬁguration MDA Access Control PCITV Mode Support Default C1 Discounnect Auto Mode Tras System Performance SettingsMemory Clock Auto Dram Timing Auto Sata Operation Mode non-RAID Onboard LAN EnabledMAC Bridge Mode Auto OnBoard Sata Controller Enabled Onboard Devices Conﬁguration PCIPnP Repost Video on S3 Resume No Power menuSuspend Mode Auto Acpi Apic Support Enabled APM Conﬁguration Resume On PS/2 Keyboard Enabled PME Resume DisabledRing-In Power On Disabled RTC Resume Disabled Vcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage MB Temperature xxxC/xxxF CPU Temperature xxxC/xxxFHardware Monitor CDROMSM-ASUS DVD Boot menuBoot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device Removable Boot Settings Conﬁguration Change Supervisor Password Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error EnabledHit ʻDELʼ Message Display Enabled Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup DefaultsExit menu Exit & Save Changes Software Support Running the support CD Installing an operating systemSupport CD information Utilities menu Drivers menu Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Asus UpdateContacts menu Asus Screen Saver