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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
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
M3N-HTDeluxe Series specifications summary
CPU
Chipset
System bus
Memory
LAN
IEEE
High Definition audio
ASUS Express Gate:
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
Other features
Rear panel I/O ports
Internal I/O connectors
Intelligent overclocking tools:
Precision Tweaker 2:
BIOS features
Manageability
Support CD contents
Form factor
Product1 introduction
Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
1.2Package contents
1 x Serial ATA power cable for 2 devices
1.3.1Product highlights
Green ASUS
AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom
Athlon™ / Sempron™ CPU support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
Native DDR2 1066 support
PCIe 2.0 support
Hybrid SLI™
Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
HDMI Interface
IEEE 1394a support
S/PDIF digital sound ready
High Definition Audio
1.3.2ASUS AI Lifestyle unique features
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution
ASUS Crystal Sound
ASUS EZ DIY
ASUS MyLogo 2™
ASUS Multi-languageBIOS
1.3.3ASUS intelligent performance and overclocking features
HDMI/DVI/RGB support
Precision Tweaker
AI Booster
C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)
Hardware2 information
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Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Motherboard layout
2.2.4Layout contents
Internal connectors
2.3.1Installing the CPU
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2.3.2Installing the heatsink and fan
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2.3.3Installing the optional fans
2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory configurations
2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
M3N-HTDeluxe Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-800MHzcapability
M3N-HTDeluxe Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-667MHzcapability
M3N-HTDeluxe Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-533MHzcapability
2.4.5Installing ASUS Cool Mempipe (Mempipe Edition only)
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2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
2.5.4PCI slots
2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot
2.5.6Three PCI Express x16 slots
Primary PCI Express x16 slot
Universal PCI Express slot (max. x8 mode)
2.6Jumper
Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
Playback of HD DVD and Blu-RayDiscs
CPU: AMD Athlon 4400+
DIMM: DDR2-800512MB
Playback software: PowerDVD Ultra
Optical S/PDIF Out port
2.7.2Internal connectors
2.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE)
Mode of
device(s)
(7-pin SATA1–4[red]; 7-pin SATA5–6[black])
Onchip SATA Type
4.USB connectors (10-1pin USB34; 10-1pin USB78; 10-1pin USB910)
5.IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_1; 10-1pin IE1394_2)
6.CPU, chassis, and power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN; 3-pinCHA_FAN1; 3-pinCHA_FAN2; 3-pinPWR_FAN)
7.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
8.Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
9.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR; 8-pinATX12V)
PSU suggested list
Power supply requirements
10.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
Front Panel Support Type
[HD Audio];
[AC97]
[HD Audio]
11.Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
12.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
13.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-pinPWRSW)
ASUS Q-Connector(system panel)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
BIOS beep codes
BIOS Beep
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch
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4.1.1ASUS Update utility
Installing ASUS Update
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
4.1.4Updating the BIOS
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4.1.5Saving the current BIOS file
4.2BIOS setup program
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar
4.2.3Legend bar
4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow
4.2.8General help
4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
4.3.3Language [English]
4.3.4Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
4.3.5Primary IDE Master/Slave
PIO Mode [Auto]
UDMA Mode [Auto]
Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto]
Transfer Mode
4.3.6SATA1/2/3/4
Extended IDE Drive [Auto]
Landing Zone
4.3.7HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled]
4.3.8Installed Memory [xxx MB]
4.3.9Usable Memory [XXX MB]
4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
AI Tuning [Auto]
Overclock Options [Disabled]
CPU Voltage [AUTO]
VDDA Voltage [AUTO]
Memory Voltage [Auto]
NB BR04 CHIP Voltage [Auto]
4.4.2AI NET2
POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled]
4.4.3CPU Configuration
DRAM Configuration
AI Clock Skew
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AMD Virtualization [Enabled]
AMD Live! [Disabled]
AMD Cool “n” Quiet Function [Disabled]
Cache Mapping Cycle [Auto]
4.4.4Chipset
iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto]
Frame Buffer Size [32M]
Onboard GPU [Auto]
K8<->NBHT Speed [Auto]
K8<->NBHT Width [Auto]
CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled]
4.4.5PCIPnP
Plug & Play O/S [No]
Resources Controlled By [Auto]
IRQ Resources
Maximum Payload Size [4096]
4.4.6Onboard Device Configuration
IDE Function Setup
MCP Storage Config
Onboard 1394 [Enabled]
HD Audio [Enabled]
Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio]
HDMI Audio [Auto]
4.4.7USB Configuration
4.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]
4.5.2APM Configuration
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power-Off]
PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off]
Power On By PCI/PCIE Devices [Disabled]
Power On By External Modem [Disabled]
Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled]
Date (of Month) Alarm [XX]
4.5.3Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan Type [DC]
CPU Q-FanControl [Enabled]
CPU Q-FanProfile [Performance]
Chassis Q-FanControl [Enabled]
Chassis Q-FanProfile [Performance]
Vcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage
CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]
M/B Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF]
4.6.1Boot Device Priority
1st ~ 4th Boot Device [Removable]
4.6.2Removable Drives
1. Floppy Disks
4.6.3Hard Disk Drives
1. SATA X:
4.6.4CDROM Drives
1. 1st Slave:
4.6.5Boot Settings Configuration
Case Open Warning [Enabled]
Quick Boot [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Disabled]
Bootup Num-Lock[On]
Security
Supervisor Password
User Password
Password Check
4.7.1ASUS O.C. Profile
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
4.7.3ASUS Express Gate
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Default
Discard Changes
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5.2.1Running the support DVD
5.2.2Drivers menu
ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers
NVIDIA Chipset Program ������Driver
AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver
USB 2.0 Driver
5.2.3Utilities menu
ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities
ASUS PC Probe
ASUS AI Suite
ASUS Update
ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility
ASUS Express Gate Updater
Adobe Reader
5.2.4Make Disk menu
NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP SATA RAID Driver
NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP AHCI Driver
5.2.5Manual menu
5.2.6ASUS Contact information
5.2.7Other information
Motherboard Info
Browse this DVD
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™
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5.3.2Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology
Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software
5.3.3AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)
A.SoundMAX BlackHawk (AI Audio 2)
Playback
Speakers
SPDIF Interface
Preset settings
Surround settings
Recording
Microphone
Line In
Record testing
ANDREA settings
Speakers
Speaker Trim
Speaker Delay
Bass
Preferences
B.SoundMAX
Test
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Noise Filtering
Directional Array
Speaker Phone
5.3.4ASUS PC Probe
Installing PC Probe
Launching PC Probe
Using PC Probe
Preference
Hardware monitor panels
WMI browser
DMI browser
PCI browser
Usage
Configuring PC Probe
5.3.5ASUS AI Suite
Installing AI Suite
Launching AI Suite
Using AI Suite
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5.3.6ASUS AI Gear
5.3.7ASUS AI Nap
5.3.9ASUS Q-Fan2
5.3.10ASUS AI Booster
5.3.12ASUS Express Gate
The First Screen
The Express Gate Environment
Configuration Panel
Reset Express Gate
Screen Resolution
Volume Control
LaunchBar
How Do I Get on to the Internet
Network
Configuring Express Gate in BIOS Setup
Express Gate Updater
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5.4.1RAID definitions
5.4.2NVIDIA® RAID configurations
Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks
Setting the BIOS RAID items
Entering the NVIDIA® RAID utility
Creating a RAID Volume
Rebuilding a RAID array
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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
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Requirements
6.2.1Installing three SLI-readygraphics cards
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6.2.2Installing two SLI-readygraphics cards
6.2.3Installing the device drivers
6.2.4Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI™ technology in Windows®
Launching the NVIDIA Control Panel
From the Personalization window, select Display Settings
Advanced Settings
Enabling SLI configuration
icon from the SoundMAX® control panel, you can easily configure your audio settings. Simply follow the succeeding screen instructions and begin enjoying High Definition Audio.