Asus M3N78-CM manual

M3N78-CM

Motherboard

Contents

Page Page Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS information Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information Typography CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Back panel I/O ports Accessories Form Factor Support DVD 1.3.1Product highlights AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Technology Dual channel DDR2 1066 support Gigabit LAN solution Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology High Definition Audio 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features Green ASUS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Express Gate Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.5.4Layout contents 1.6.1Installing the CPU Page 1.6.2Installing the heatsink and fan 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory configurations DDR2-667MHz capability DDR2-800MHz capability DDR2-1066MHz capability 1.7.3Installing a DIMM 1.7.4Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.4PCI slots 1.8.5PCI Express x1 slots 1.8.6PCI Express x16 slot 1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) <Del M3N78-CMClear RTC RAM 1.10.1Rear panel connectors 1.10.2Internal connectors 2.LPT connector (26-1pinLPT) 3.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) M3N78-CMDigital Audio Connector 4.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE) M3N78-CMIDE Connector 5.Optical drive audio in connector (4-pinCD) M3N78-CMInternal Audio Connector Serial ATA connectors 7.USB connectors (10-1pin USB78, USB 910, USB1112) 8.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) M3N78-CMAzalia Analog Front Panel Connector 9.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) CPU, Chassis and Power Fan connectors M3N78-CMFan Connectors 11.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL) M3N78-CMSystem Panel Connector •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin+IDE_LED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) 1.11.1Installing an operating system 1.11.2Support DVD information 2.1.1ASUS Update utility 2.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 2.1.4AFUDOS utility 2.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD Recovering the BIOS from a USB flash disk <Ctrl <Alt 2.2.1BIOS menu screen 2.2.2Menu bar 2.2.3Navigation keys 2.2.4Menu items 2.2.5Sub-menuitems 2.2.6Configuration fields 2.2.7General 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 IDE Master/Slave, SATA1~4 2.3.5Storage Configuration 2.3.6System Information 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration GPU OverClocking [Auto] PCIE Overclocking [Auto] CPU Ratio and Voltage: Processor Frequency Multiplier [Auto] Processor Voltage [Auto] Memory Timing and Voltage: Memory Clock Mode [Auto] DRAM Timing Mode [Auto] 2.4.2CPU Configuration 2.4.3Chipset ECC Configuration 2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.5PCI PnP 2.4.6USB Configuration 2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 2.5.2ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] 2.5.3ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.4APM Configuration 2.5.5Hardware Monitor 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.3Security 2.7.1ASUS EZ Flash 2.7.2Express Gate [Enabled] 2.7.3AI NET Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults