5.3.4ASUS Music Alarm

This motherboard is equipped with an audio alarm clock called ASUS Music Alarm. The ASUS Music Alarm gives you a personal wake-up called with your favorite CD music when the system is off. The onboard audio CODEC supports this feature, which requires an optical drive (CD-ROM, CD-RW, or DVD-ROM).

• Make sure that the power cord is plugged to a grounded power source so that the system has standby power.

•ASUS Music Alarm only supports audio CDs.

•ASUS Music Alarm will not work if you installed and enabled an add-on sound card.

•Only IDE ATAPI devices from the Southbridge support this feature.

Hardware setup

To set up the hardware:

1.Connect the analog audio cable from the optical drive to the 4-pin CD-In connector on the audio module.

2.Connect speakers or a headphone to the Line-Out (lime-colored) port on the front or rear panel for audio output. You may also connect speakers or a headphone to the output jack on the optical drive.

3.Refer to the succeeding sections to make the appropriate settings in the BIOS or in Windows®.

BIOS configuration

To enable ASUS Music Alarm in the BIOS:

1.Turn on the system.

2.During POST, press <Del> to enter BIOS setup.

3.Go to the Tools menu, then select ASUS Music Alarm.

4.Set the ASUS Music Alarm item to [Enabled]. See section “4.8.1 ASUS Music Alarm” for details.

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