Asus K8N-E manual

K8N-E

User Guide

Motherboard

Contents

Page Page 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS Information Chapter 3: Software support Where to find more information Electrical safety Operation safety Conventions used in this guide Typography Page Page Page Page 1.3.1 Product Highlights 1.3.2 Unique ASUS features Onboard LED 1.5.1 Motherboard layout 1.5.2 Placement direction 1.5.3 Screw holes 1.6.1 Overview 1.6.2 Installing the CPU 1.7.1 DIMM sockets location 1.7.2 Memory configurations DDR Qualified Vendors List 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM Standard interrupt assignments 1.8.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.3 PCI slots 1.8.4 AGP slot Page Page 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 1.10.2 Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS 2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to copy BIOS from PC 2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS 2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk Page 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 2.2.2 Menu bar 2.2.3 Navigation keys 2.2.4 Menu items 2.2.5 Sub-menuitems 2.2.6 Configuration fields 2.2.7 Pop-upwindow 2.2.8 Scroll bar 2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave 2.3.5 System Information 2.4.1 JumperFree Configuration CPU FSB Frequency [xxx] AGP Overclock in MHz [ 66] FID/VID Change [Auto] Processor Frequency Multiplier [xxxxMhz] CPU Voltage [x.xxxx V] 2.4.3 CPU Configuration 2.4.4 Chipset DRAM ACTIVE TIME [Auto] 1T/2T Timing [Auto] Master ECC Enable [Disabled] Audio CODEC Interface [Auto] Primary Video [PCI] Onboard Device MAC Interface [Enabled] OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Internal SATA IDE Interface [Enabled] RAID Option ROM [Disabled] Secondary Slave as RAID [Disabled] Third Master as RAID [Disabled] Fourth Master as RAID [Disabled] USB Configuration USB Controller Support [USB 1.1+USB 2.0] 2.4.5 Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.6 PCI PnP PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] 2.5.1 ACPI Suspend Mode [S3 only] 2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 2.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 2.5.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.5 APM Configuration 2.5.6 Hardware Monitor 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 2.6.2 Hard Disk Drives 2.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.4 Security User Access Level (Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3.2.4 Manual menu 3.2.5ASUS Contact Information 3.3.1 Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology 3.3.2 Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software