Contents
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E2717
First Edition
July
Chapter 1:
Product introduction
Chapter 2:
Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
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
M2R32-MVPspecifications summary
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Product1 information
Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® M2R32-MVPmotherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
Cables
1.3.1Product highlights
Latest processor technology
ATI CrossFire™ Xpress
PCI Express™ interface
Gigabit LAN solution
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
8-channelhigh definition audio
IEEE 1394a support
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2Innovative ASUS features
ASUS Stack Cool
AI NET2
Precision Tweaker
AI NOS™ (Non-DelayOverclocking System)
PEG Link Mode for two graphics cards
ASUS Q-Fan2 technology
ASUS CrashFree BIOS
ASUS EZ Flash
Q-Connector
ASUS Multi-languageBIOS
ASUS MyLogo2™
C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)
Hardware2 information
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Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
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2.2.4Layout Contents
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2.3.1Installing the CPU
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2.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory configurations
Recommended memory configurations
DDR2 (800 MHz) Qualified Vendors List
2.4.3Installing a DDR2 DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DDR2 DIMM
2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
2.5.4Two PCI slots
2.5.5Two PCI Express x1 slots
2.5.6Two PCI Express x16 slots
PCI Express x16 slot configurations
2.6Jumper
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78, USBPW910)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
4 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN2, 3-pinPWR_FAN)
5 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78, USB910)
6 . Power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
7 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pin IE1394_2)
8 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
9 . Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
10 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
11 . Audio connector (4-pinCD [black])
12 . System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL)
•System power LED
•Hard disk drive activity
•System warning speaker
•Power/Soft-offbutton
13 . Q-Connector(System panel)
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AMI BIOS beep codes
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch
