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Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Chapter 3: Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
M2A-MVPspecifications summary
CPU
Chipset
System bus
Memory
Back panel I/O ports
BIOS features
Manageability
Support CD
Form factor
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Product1 introduction
1.3.1Product highlights
Latest processor technology
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology
Dual-CoreCPU
Dual Channel DDR2
PCI Express™ Architecture
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology
6-channelHigh Definition Audio
IEEE 1394a support
S/PDIF digital sound ready
USB 2.0 technology
Green ASUS
1.3.2ASUS features
ASUS CrashFree BIOS
ASUS EZ Flash
ASUS O.C. Profile
ASUS Q-Fan2
Onboard LED
1.5.1Placement direction
1.5.2Screw holes
1.5.3Motherboard layout
1.6.1Installing the CPU
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1.6.2Installing the heatsink and fan
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M2A-MVPCPU fan connector
1.7.1Overview
1.7.2Memory configurations
Recommended memory configurations
M2A-MVPMotherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-800MHzcapability
M2A-MVPMotherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-667MHzcapability
M2A-MVPMotherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-553MHz capability
1.7.3Installing a DIMM
1.7.4Removing a DIMM
1.8.1Installing an expansion card
1.8.2Configuring an expansion card
1.8.3Interrupt assignments
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.8.4Two PCI slots
1.8.5Two PCI Express x1 slot
1.8.6Two PCI Express x16 slot
PCI Express x16 slot configurations
1.9Jumper
1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
M2A-MVPClear RTC RAM
2.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
M2A-MVPKeyboard power setting
3.USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPW1-4, USBPW5-8,USBPW910)
1.10.1Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, or 6-channelconfiguration
1.10.2Internal connectors
Mode of
device(s)
3.Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA1[red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black]
2.3.5 Storage Configuration
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
5.CPU, chassis, and power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1)
M2A-MVPFan connectors
6.Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
M2A-MVPCOM port connector
M2A-MVPUSB 2.0 connectors
M2A-MVPIEEE 1394 connector
9.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
M2A-MVPAnalog front panel connector
10.Optical drive audio in connector (4-pinCD [black])
M2A-MVPInternal audio connector
11.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
M2A-MVPATX power connectors
12.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL)
M2A-MVPSystem panel connector
•System power LED (2-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED)
•System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER)
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2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.2ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
2.1.3AFUDOS utility
Copying the current BIOS
Updating the BIOS file
2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk
2.1.5ASUS Update utility
Installing ASUS Update
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
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 IDE Master/Slave; SATA1-4
Type [Auto]
LBA/Large Mode [Auto]
Block (Multi-SectorTransfer) M [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
2.3.5Storage Configuration
Onchip SATA Channel [Enabled]
Onchip SATA Type [Native IDE]
2.3.6System Information
AMI BIOS
Processor
System Memory
2.4.1Jumperfree Configuration
AI Overclocking [Auto]
CPU Spread Spectrum [Enabled]
PCIe Spread Spectrum [Enabled]
2.4.2CPU Configuration
Cool ‘n’ Quiet [Disabled]
AMD Live! [Disabled]
Memory Configuraiton
ECC Configuraiton
Power Down Control [Auto]
Alternate VID [Auto]
2.4.3Chipset
VGA Priority [1st PCIE->2nd PCIE->PCI]
Hyper Transport Configuration
PCI Express Configuration
2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration
HD Audio Azalia Device [Enabled]
Onboard LAN [Enabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378]
2.4.5PCI PnP
Plug and Play O/S [No]
PCI Latency Timer [64]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palette Snooping [Disabled]
2.4.6USB Configuration
USB Controller [USB 1.1 and 2.0]
Legacy USB Support [Auto]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off[Enabled]
2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]
2.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
2.5.3ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
2.5.4ACPI APIC support [Enabled]
2.5.5APM Configuration
Restore on AC Power Loss [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Power On By External Modems [Disabled]
2.5.6Hardware Monitor
CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]
MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A]
Chasis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A]
Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A]
VCORE Voltage; 3.3V Voltage; 5V Voltage; 12V Voltage
Smart Q-FANFunction [Disabled]
CPU Fan type [DC]
Smart Fan Mode [Optimal]
2.6.1Boot Device Priority
1st ~ xxth Boot Device [xxx Drive]
2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
Quick Boot [Enabled]
Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
2.6.3Security
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level [Full Access]
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
2.7.1ASUS EZ Flash
2.7.2ASUS O.C. Profile
Save to Profile 1/2
Load from Profile 1/2
Start O.C. Profile
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
2.9RAID configurations
RAID
RAID 0+1
JBOD
2.9.1Installing hard disks
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
2.9.2ULI® RAID configurations
Entering the ULI® RAID BIOS Setup Utility
Delete RAID Settings & Partition
Rebuild RAID array
Create RAID 5 for Reliability
SPACE :
Enter
Creating a RAID 0 configuration
Creating a RAID 1 configuration
Creating a RAID 0+1 configuration
Creating a JBOD configuration
Setting the Stripe Size
Deleting a RAID configuration
Deleting All RAID configurations
Rebuilding a RAID array
Creating a RAID 5 configuration
2.10Creating a RAID driver disk
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Software3 support
3.2.1Running the support CD
3.2.2Drivers menu
ASUS InstAll-DriversInstallation Wizard
ATI Chipset Driver
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver
Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver
3.2.3Utilities menu
ASUS InstAll-InstallationWizard for Utilities
ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility
ASUS PC Probe
ASUS Update
3.2.4Make Disk menu
Make ATI RAID Driver
3.2.5Manuals menu
3.2.6ASUS Contact information
3.2.7Other information
Motherboard Info
Browse this CD
Technical support form
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