Asus M2N-MX SE 10

Contents

Page Page 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 M2N-MXSE specifications summary Page Page Page 1.3.1 Product highlights AMD Cool‘n’ Quiet Technology NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6100 GPU and NVIDIA® nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets DDR2 memory support PCIExpress™ interface SerialATA 3Gb/s technology USB 2.0 technology High Definition Audio 1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features 1.4Before you proceed Onboard LED 1.5.1 Motherboard layout 1.5.2 Placement direction 1.5.3 Screw holes 1.6Central Processing Unit (CPU) 1.6.1 Installing the CPU Page 1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1 Overview 1.7.2 Memory configurations Recommended Memory Configurations Qualified Vendors List DDR2-800 DDR2-667 DDR2-533 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card 1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card Standardinterrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.3 PCIslots 1.8.4 PCIExpress x16 slot 1.9Jumpers Page 1.10.1 Rear panelconnectors 1.10.2Internalconnectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.3 AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file 2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.2BIOS setup program 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-menu items 2.2.6 Configuration fields 2.2.7 Pop-upwindow 2.2.8 Scrollbar 2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx] 2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4 IDEConfiguration 2.3.5 Primary IDEMaster/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi -sector Transfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] 2.3.6 SATA1 and SATA2 2.3.7 System Information 2.4.1 CPU Configuration Microcode Updation [Enabled] Secure VirtualMachine [Enabled] Cool‘n’Quiet [Enabled] AMD Overclocking Configuration 2.4.2 Chipset Page ECC Configuration Power Down Control [Auto] SouthBridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter [ PCIE->PCI -> IGP] OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size [128M] AZALIA AUDIO [Auto] 2.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.4 PCIPnP 2.4.5 USB Configuration USB Mass Storage Device Configuration USB Mass Storage Reset Delay [20 Sec] Emulation Type [Auto] 2.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto] 2.5.2 ACPIVersion Features [Disabled] 2.5.3 ACPIAPIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.4 APM Configuration 2.5.5 Hardware Monitor 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority 2.6.2 Removable Drives 2.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.4 Security User Access Level[FullAccess] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 2.8Exit menu 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 Make Disk menu 3.2.5 Manualmenu 3.2.6 ASUS Contact information 3.2.7 Other information Browse this CD Technicalsupport Form Filelist 3.3Creating a RAID driver disk