Software Support | Asus A7N8X-XE guide

This chapter describes the contents	3
This chapter describes the contents
of the support CD that comes with the
motherboard package.
Software Support

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Asus A7N8X-XE manual Software Support

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 Serial ATA technology Integrated 10/100 LAN controllerCoaxial S/PDIF out 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 System panel connector 20-pin Panel System power LED 3-1 pin PledReset button 2-pin Reset 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 Bios menu bar Navigation keysTab F10 Saving changes and exiting the Setup program General helpScroll bar Sub-menu Legacy Diskette B Disabled Main menuSystem Time hhmmss System Date day, mm dd yyyy LBA/Large Mode Auto Type AutoBlock Multi-sector Transfer M Auto Type Auto System Information Bios Setup Utility JumperFree ConﬁgurationAI Overclock Tuner Auto JumperFree Conﬁguration USB Controller Enabled USB 2.0 Support EnabledUSB Conﬁguration Legacy USB Support Auto CPU Internal Cache Disabled CPU ConﬁgurationChipset NorthBridge Conﬁguration MDA Access Control PCI TV Mode Support DefaultC1 Discounnect Auto Mode NorthBridge Chipset Conﬁguration System Performance Settings Memory Clock AutoDram Timing Auto Tras Onboard LAN Enabled MAC Bridge Mode AutoOnBoard Sata Controller Enabled Sata Operation Mode non-RAID Onboard Devices Conﬁguration PCIPnP Power menu Suspend Mode AutoAcpi Apic Support Enabled Repost Video on S3 Resume No APM Conﬁguration PME Resume Disabled Ring-In Power On 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 menu Boot Device Priority1st ~ xxth Boot Device Removable CDROMSM-ASUS DVD Boot Settings Conﬁguration Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error Enabled Hit ʻDELʼ Message Display EnabledChange Supervisor Password Change Supervisor Password Change User Password Load Setup Defaults Exit menuExit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Software Support Support CD information Installing an operating systemRunning the support CD Drivers menu Utilities menu Asus Update Contacts menuAsus Screen Saver Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c