Contents
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E2166
First Edition
August
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 3: Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Safety information
Electrical safety
Operation safety
A8V-MXspecifications summary
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1.3.1Product highlights
Dual-channelDDR memory support
PCI Express™ interface
AGP 8X support
Serial ATA technology
S/PDIF digital sound ready
1.3.2Innovative ASUS features
1.4Before you proceed
Onboard LED
1.5.1Motherboard layout
1.5.2Placement direction
1.5.3Screw holes
1.6Central Processing Unit (CPU)
Installing the CPU
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1.7.1Overview
1.7.2Memory configurations
Recommended memory configurations
DDR400 Qualified Vendors List
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1.7.3Installing a DIMM
1.7.4Removing a DIMM
1.8.1Installing an expansion card
1.8.2Configuring an expansion card
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.8.3PCI slots
1.8.4PCI Express x1 slot
1.8.5AGP 8X slot
1.9 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
1.10.1 Rear panel connectors
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1.10.2 Internal connectors
3 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, 40-1pin SECI_IDE)
4 . Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
5 . CPU and Chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN)
6 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD [black], 4-pinAUX [white])
9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
10 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)
11 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW)
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2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility
2.1.3AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
2.1.5ASUS Update utility
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open
Save
2.2BIOS setup program
2.2.1BIOS menu screen
2.2.2Menu bar
2.2.3Navigation keys
2.2.4Menu items
2.2.5Sub-menuitems
2.2.6Configuration fields
2.2.7Pop-upwindow
2.2.8Scroll bar
2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
2.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
2.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
2.3.4Primary, Secondary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
2.3.5System Information
2.4.1JumperFree Configuration
2.4.2USB Configuration
Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off[Enabled]
2.4.3CPU Configuration
2.4.4Chipset
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AGP Bridge VIA K8M800 Configuration
SouthBridge VIA VT8251 Configuration
HyperTransport Configuration
2.4.5Onboard Devices Configuration
2.4.6PCI PnP
2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]
2.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
2.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
2.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
2.5.5APM Configuration
Resume On KBC [Disabled]
Wake-UpKey [Any Key]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Resume On RTC Alarm [Disabled]
2.5.6Hardware Monitor
CPU Target Temperature [XXXºC]
Chassis Fan Speed [N/A] or [Ignored]
VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage
Chassis Intrude [Disabled]
2.6.1Boot Device Priority
2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
2.6.3Security
User Access Level (Full Access]
No Access
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Password Check [Setup]
2.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
[Ok]
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
Software3 support
3.2.1Running the support CD
3.2.2Drivers menu
3.2.3Utilities menu
3.2.4Make Disk menu
3.2.5ASUS Contact information
3.2.6Other information
Browse this CD
Technical support Form
Filelist