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This chapter tells how to change

the system settings through the BIOS

Setup menus. Detailed descriptions2 of the BIOS parameters are also

provided.

BIOS setup

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Contents

Page 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 Page Page Onboard LEDs 1.2.1Placement direction 1.2.2Screw holes 1.2.3Motherboard layout 1.2.4Layout contents Page 1.3.1Installing the CPU Page 1.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan Page Page 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 Page 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) Page Important notes 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2AwardBIOS Flash Utility Updating the BIOS file A: awdflash File Name to Program Page 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 Page 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