Asus M2NPV-VM 45

This chapter tells how to change

the system settings through the BIOS

Setup menus. Detailed descriptions2 of the BIOS parameters are also

provided.

BIOS setup

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