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Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Page 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 Page Page Page 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 Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory configurations Recommended memory configurations DDR400 Qualified Vendors List Page Page 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 Page 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) Page Page 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 Page Page Page 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