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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
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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
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1.6.2Installing the heatsink and fan
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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
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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
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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
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Technical support Form
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