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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