Asus M2NPV-VM manual

M2NPV-VM

Motherboard

Contents

Page E2527 First Edition May 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 M2NPV-VMspecifications summary Page Page Page 1.3.1Product highlights Latest processor technology AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology NVIDIA® GeForce™ 6150 GPU and NVIDIA® nForce™ 430 MCP chipsets DDR2 memory support PCI Express™ interface Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology IEEE 1394a support HDTV output Gigabit LAN solution USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS EZ Flash ASUS O.C. Profile ASUS Q-Fan2 technology C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) ASUS MyLogo™ Onboard LED 1.5.1Motherboard layout 1.5.2Placement direction 1.5.3Screw holes 1.6.1 Installing the CPU Page 1.6.2Installing the heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory configurations Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) 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 1.8.5PCI Express x16 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 LAN port LED indications Audio 2, 4, or 6-channelconfiguration 1.10.2 Internal connectors 3 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE; 40-1pin SEC_IDE) 4 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) 5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power Fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN2) 6 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 8 . Optical drive audio in connector (4-pinCD) 9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 10 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pinIE1394_1 [red]) 11 . Serial port connectors (10-1pin COM1; 10-1pin COM2) 12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 13 . TV-outconnector (8-1pin TV_OUT) 14 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 15 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL) •System power LED •Hard disk drive activity LED •System warning speaker •Power/Soft-offbutton Page 2.1.1ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 2.1.4Updating the BIOS Page 2.1.5Saving the current BIOS file 2.1.6ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 2.2BIOS setup program 2.2.1BIOS menu screen 2.2.2Menu bar 2.2.3Legend bar 2.2.4Menu items 2.2.5Sub-menuitems 2.2.6Configuration fields 2.2.7Pop-upwindow 2.2.8General help 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 and Secondary IDE Master/Slave Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto] Secondary IDE Master/Slave [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] UDMA Mode [Auto] Transfer Mode 2.3.5First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master Extended Drive [Auto] Landing Zone 2.3.6HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled] 2.3.7Installed Memory [xxx MB] 2.3.8Usable Memory [XXX MB] 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration AI Tuning [Auto] Overclock Options [Disabled] CPU Frequency [XXX] (value is auto-detected) DDR2 Voltage Control [Auto] CPU Multiplier [Auto] 2.4.2AI Net2 POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] 2.4.3CPU Configuration DRAM Configuration AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Function [Disabled] 2.4.4Chipset Frame Buffer Size [32M] ECC [Auto] Spread Spectrum [Down] PCIE Spread Spectrum [Enabled] 2.4.5PCIPnP Plug & Play O/S [No] Primary Display Adapter [PCI-E] Resources Controlled By [Auto] IRQ Resources 2.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration IDE Function Setup NVRAID Configuration USB Configuration Onboard NV LAN [Enabled] OnBoard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard IEEE 1394 [Enabled] HD Audio [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3] Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7] Parallel Port Mode [EPP] Game Port Address [201] 2.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3] 2.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.3APM Configuration Restore on AC Power Loss [Disabled] HDD Down In Suspend [Disabled] PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off] Power Up On By PCI/PCIE Devices [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] 2.5.4Hardware Monitor Q-FanController [Disabled] Vcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage CPU Temperature, M/B Temperature CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ 4th Boot Device [Removable] 2.6.2Removable Drives 1. Floppy Disks 2.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 1. Bootable Add-inCards 2.6.4CDROM Drives 1. 2nd Slave: 2.6.5Boot Settings Configuration Case Open Warning [Enabled] Quick Boot [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Bootup Num-Lock[On] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 2.6.6Security Supervisor Password User Password Password Check 2.7.1ASUS O.C. Profile Load BIOS Profile Load from Profile 1/2 Load from File Save BIOS Profile Save to Profile 1/2 Save to File 2.7.2ASUS EZ Flash Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Discard Changes Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver NVIDIA GeForce 6150 GPU Driver SoundMAX® ADI1986A Audio Driver 3.2.3Utilities menu ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update ASUS Screen Saver 3.2.4Make Disk menu NVIDIA® 32bit Win2K SATA RAID Driver NVIDIA® 32bit WinXP SATA RAID Driver NVIDIA® 64bit SATA RAID Driver 3.2.5Manual menu NVIDIA® RAID User’s Manual 3.2.6ASUS Contact information 3.2.7Other information Motherboard Info Browse this CD Technical support Form Filelist