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E2024
First Edition
March
Chapter 1:
Hardware information
Chapter 2:
BIOS setup
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
A8N-SLIspecifications summary
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Onboard LEDs
1.2.1Placement direction
1.2.2Screw holes
1.2.3Motherboard layout
1.2.4Layout contents
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1.3.1Installing the CPU
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1.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan
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1.4.1Overview
1.4.2Memory configurations
1.4.3Installing a DIMM
1.4.4Removing a DIMM
1.5.1Installing an expansion card
1.5.2Configuring an expansion card
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.5.3PCI slots
1.5.4PCI Express x16 slot
1.5.5PCI Express x1 slot
1.6Jumper
Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
1.7.1Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
1.7.2Internal connectors
3 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
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6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB78, USB56, USB910)
7 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pin IE_1394_2)
Power supply requirements
9 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX, 4-pinCD)
10 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)
11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
12 . System panel connector (10-1pin F_PANEL)
•System power LED (2-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (2-pinIDE_LED)
•Power/Soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRSW)
•Reset button (2-pinRESET)
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Important notes
2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.2AwardBIOS Flash Utility
Updating the BIOS file
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awdflash
File Name to Program
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Saving the current BIOS file
2.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
2.2BIOS Setup program
2.2.1BIOS menu bar
2.2.2Legend bar
General help
Scroll bar
Sub-menu
2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
2.3.2System Date [xx/xx/xxxx]
2.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
2.3.4Installed Memory [xxxMB]
2.3.5Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave
Auto Acoustic Management [Disabled]
Primary/Secondary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto]
PIO Mode
UDMA Mode
Transfer Mode
2.3.6First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA Master
Extended IDE Drive [Auto]
Precomp
Landing Zone
2.3.7Installed Memory
2.4Advanced Menu
2.4.1CPU configuration
AMD K8 Cool ‘n’ Quiet control [Enabled]
2.4.2Chipset configuration
DRAM Configuration
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Errata 94 Enhanced [Auto]
2.4.3PCIPnP
Plug & Play OS [Yes]
Init Display First [PCIEx]
Resources Controlled By [Auto
IRQ Resources
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
2.4.4Onboard device configuration
IDE Function Setup
NVRAID Configuration
USB configuration
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Legacy Support [Enabled]
Onboard LAN [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
AC97 Audio [Enabled]
PCI IEEE 1394a [Enabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
SLI configuration
EZ-PlugWarning [Enabled]
ACPI Suspend Type [S3(STR)]
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
2.5.1APM configuration
Restore on AC Power Loss [Enabled]
PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off]
WOL (PME#) From Soft-Off[Enabled]
WOR (RI#) From Soft-Off[Enabled]
Power-OnBy Alarm [Disabled]
Day of Month Alarm [0]
Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm [0:0:0]
Power Up By PS2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power Up By PS2 Mouse [Disabled]
2.5.2Hardware monitor
Q-FanController [Enabled]
VCORE Voltage, +12V Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5VCC Voltage
CPU Temperature, M/B Temperature
CPU Fan Speed/CHA1 Fan Speed
CPU Target Temperature [66ºC]
2.6.1Boot Device Priority
1st ~ xth Boot Device
2.6.2Hard Disk Drives
2.6.3Boot settings configuration
Case Open Warning [Enabled]
Quick Boot [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Bootup Num-Lock[On]
Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
Halt On [No Errors]
2.6.4Security
Supervisor Password [Clear]
User Password [Clear]
A note about passwords
Password Check [Setup]
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
