Asus M3N-HD Requirements, 9. ATX power connectors

6.1Overview

The motherboard supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ (Scalable Link Interface)‑Intel® Edition technology that allows you to install two identical PCI Express™ x16 graphics cards. Follow the installation procedures in this section.

Requirements

•You should have two identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA® certified.

•Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia. com).

•Make sure that your power supply unit (PSU) can provide at least the minimum power required by your system. See 9. ATX power connectors on page 2-31 for details.

•The NVIDIA® SLI™ technology supports Windows® XP™ 32-bit/64bit

operating system. Visit the NVIDIA website (www.nvidia.com) for the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology under Windows® Vista™

•Visit the NVIDIA zone website (http://www.nzone.com) for the latest certified graphics card and supported 3D application list.

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Contents

Page Page Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ technology support Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized •Chapter 1: Product introduction •Chapter 2: Hardware information •Chapter 3: Powering up •Chapter 4: BIOS setup Conventions used in this guide DANGER/WARNING: CAUTION: IMPORTANT NOTE CPU Chipset System bus Memory VGA ASUS AI Lifestyle ASUS Express Gate Lite: unique features ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution: ASUS Crystal Sound Rear panel I/O ports BIOS features Form factor Page Chapter 1: Product Page Serial ATA power cable for 4 devices 1 x ASUS�� Q��-Shield Green ASUS AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom Athlon™ / Sempron™ CPU support HyperTransport™ 3.0 support AMD® Socket AM2 Athlon™ Series / Sempron™ CPU support NVIDIA® Hybrid SLI Technology HDMI / DVI / D-SubInterface PCIe 2.0 support Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology IEEE 1394a support S/PDIF digital sound ready High Definition Audio ASUS Express Gate Lite ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution ASUS Crystal Sound ASUS EZ DIY ASUS MyLogo 2™ Precision Tweaker AI Booster C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Page Chapter 2: Hardware Page Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.7 Connectors 2.2.4Layout contents Slots Page Jumper Rear panel connectors Internal connectors 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page 2.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan Page Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations Recommended Memory Configurations Important notice on installing Windows® XP 32-bitversion Search 4GB memory installed but less memory size detected 64-bit Page Side(s): SS - Single-sidedDS - Double-sided DIMM support: A*: 2.4.3Installing a DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.5.4PCI slots 2.5.5PCI Express x1 slots 2.5.6PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue) 2.5.7Universal PCI Express x16 slot (black) VGA configuration PCI Express operating mode PCIex16_1 PCIex16_2 Single VGA/PCIe card Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC) LAN port LED indications Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration Troubleshooting on HDTV overscaling or underscaling: 2.7.2Internal connectors 1.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 2.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE) Mode of device(s) 3.NVIDIA® nForce 750a SLI Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) 4.USB connectors (10-1pin USB 78, USB910, USB1112) 5.IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2) 6.CPU, chassis, and power fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN; 3-pinCHA_FAN1; 3-pinPWR_FAN) 7.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 8.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR; 4-pinATX12V) 9.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio]; [AC97] [HD Audio] 10.Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 11.Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 12.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 13.Video Graphics Adapter (VGA) connector (16-pinVGA) 14.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL) •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) •ATX power button/soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRSR) 15.ASUS Q-Connector(system panel) Chapter 3: Page Page 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function Start Turn Off Computer Turn Off ShutDown BIOS setup Page Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk My Computer Format Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk Computer 4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility EZ Flash 4.1.4Updating the BIOS Page 4.1.5Saving the current BIOS file 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS Boot Exit 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Legend bar 4.2.4Menu items Main 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8General help 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] PIO Mode [Auto] UDMA Mode [Auto] Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto] Access Mode [Auto] Transfer Mode Extended IDE Drive [Auto] Landing Zone AI Tuning [Auto] Overclock Options [Disabled] CPU VTT Voltage [AUTO] Memory Voltage [Auto] 1.2V HT Voltage [Auto] NB CHIP Voltage [Auto] POST Check LAN cable [Disabled] DRAM Configuration AMD Virtualization [Enabled] AMD Live! [Disabled] AMD Cool’n’Quiet Function [Disabled] iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] Frame Buffer Size [128M] Onboard GPU [Auto] K8<->NBHT Speed [Auto] K8<->NBHT Width [Auto] SATA Spread Spectrum [Disabled] Primary Display Adapter [PCI-E] Plug & Play O/S [No] Resources Controlled By [Auto] IRQ Resources Maximum Payload Size [4096] IDE Function Setup MCP Storage Config Onboard 1394 [Enabled] HD Audio [Auto] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] HDMI Audio [Auto] Onboard LAN Device [Enabled] Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] USB Controller [Enabled] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power-Off] PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off] Power Up On PCI/PCIE Devices [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Date (of Month) Alarm [XX] Power Up By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] CPU Fan Type [DC] CPU Q-FanControl [Disabled] CPU Q-FanProfile [Performance] Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled] Chassis Q-FanProfile [Auto] Vcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] 1st ~ 4th Boot Device [Removable] 1. Floppy Disks Case Open Warning [Enabled] Quick Boot [Enabled] Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled] Bootup Num-Lock[On] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2] Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] Halt On [All, But Keyboard] Supervisor Password User Password Password Check Load BIOS Profile Load from Profile 1/2 Load from File Save BIOS Profile Save to Profle 1/2 Save to File 4.7.2ASUS EZ Flash Express Gate Lite [Enabled] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Default Discard Changes Page Chapter 5: Software support Page 5.2.1Running the support DVD ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Realtek Audio Driver AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver USB 2.0 Driver ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities ASUS PC Probe ASUS AI Suite ASUS Update ASUS Cool‘n’Quiet Utility ASUS Express Gate Lite Installer Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c NVIDIA 32/64bit XP SATA RAID Driver (Disk 1/2) NVIDIA 32/64bit XP AHCI Driver (Disk 1/2) 5.2.5Manual menu 5.2.6ASUS Contact information Motherboard Info Browse this DVD Technical support Form File list 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™ 5.2.3 Utilities menu 4.1.4 AFUDOS utility Configuration 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility Page Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology Control Panel Personalization Change power settings Power saver Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software Realtek HD Audio Manager Information Minimize Exit Configuration options Page Acoustic Echo Cancellation Installing PC Probe Launching PC Probe Using PC Probe Preference Hardware monitor panels WMI browser DMI browser PCI browser Usage Configuring PC Probe Installing AI Suite Launching AI Suite Using AI Suite Page 5.3.6ASUS AI Gear 5.3.7ASUS AI Nap Yes 5.3.8ASUS Q-Fan2 CHASSIS Enable Profile Enable 5.3.9ASUS AI Booster Installing ASUS Express Gate Lite The First Screen The Express Gate Lite Environment Using the Configuration Panel Using the LaunchBar How Do I Get on to the Internet 3.Make the proper network configurations Setup Configuring Express Gate Lite in BIOS Setup Updating Express Gate Lite Repairing Express Gate Lite 5.4.1RAID definitions RAID (Data striping) RAID (Data mirroring) Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks Setting the BIOS RAID items Entering the NVIDIA® RAID utility Creating a RAID Volume Rebuilding a RAID array Page Deleting a RAID array Clearing a disk data 5.5.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5.5.2Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows® Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI™ support Page Requirements 9. ATX power connectors 6.2.1Installing SLI-readygraphics cards Page Page 6.2.2Installing the device drivers 6.2.3Enabling the multi-GPUfeature in Windows®