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E2410
First Edition
March
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: Software support
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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
N4L-VMDH specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ N4L-VMDH motherboard
1.2Package contents
1.3.1Product highlights
DDR2 memory support
Dual RAID solution
Gigabit LAN solution
PCI Expressª interface
S/PDIF digital sound ready
8-channelHigh Definition Audio
Theater-levelaudio
(designed for Dolby¨ Master Studio)
IEEE 1394a support
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2ASUS Special features
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Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Motherboard layout
2.2.4Layout contents
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2.3.1Installing the CPU
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2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory configurations
Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL)
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2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
2.5.4PCI slots
2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot
2.5.6PCI Express x16 slot
R-DVI-ADD2/R-DVI-ADD2-Lsupport
The R-DVI-ADD2/R-DVI-ADD2-Lcard supports:
VGA
SXGA
SVGA
Card installation
Enabling DVI display and changing resolutions
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
10 . Side Speaker Out port (gray). This port connects the side
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
11 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and
12 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
13 . Optical S/PDIF Out port
2.7.2Internal connectors
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4 . JMicron Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s RAID connector (7-pinSATA_RAID1 [red])
5 . CD audio in connector (4-pinCD)
6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
7 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
8 . IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2)
9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)
10 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
11 . CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN)
12 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
13 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
Power requirements table
14 . Parallel port connector (26-1pin LPT)
15 . S/PDIF In/Out connector (6-1pin SPDIF)
16 . TV Out connector (6-1pin TV_C)
17 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
¥System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
¥Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
¥ATX power button/soft-offbutton (Light Green 2-pinPWR)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
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
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open
Save
4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility
4.1.4AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
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4.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
4.2BIOS setup program
4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar
4.2.3Navigation keys
4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow
4.2.8Scroll bar
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.]
4.3.4Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave
4.3.5IDE configuration
4.3.6System Information
4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
DDR2 Reference Voltage [Auto]
4.4.2CPU Configuration
4.4.3Chipset
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]
Memory Hole [Disabled]
Boot Graphic Adapter Priority [PEG/PCI]
Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 8MB]
Graphic Memory Type [Auto]
Video Display Devices [Auto]
TV Standard [Video BIOS default]
South Bridge Configuration
Audio Controller [Auto]
PCIE Port 0 [Auto]
4.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration
Parallel Port Mode [ECP]
Onboard Game/MIDI Port [Disabled]
Onboard 1394 Controller [Enabled]
4.4.5PCI PnP
4.4.6USB Configuration
Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]
BIOS EHCI Hand-off[Enabled]
4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]
4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [ACPI v1.0]
4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.5APM Configuration
Power On By External Modems [Disabled]
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PCIE Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
4.5.6Hardware Monitor
4.5.7Energy Lake Feature [Enabled]
4.6.1Boot Device Priority
4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
4.6.3Security
User Access Level (Full Access]
No Access
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Password Check [Setup]
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
[Ok]
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
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Software5 support
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5.2.1Running the support CD
5.2.2Drivers menu
JMicron JMB363 RAID Driver and Utility
Intel Quick Resume Technology Driver
Intel Viiv Software
USB 2.0 Driver
5.2.3Utilities menu
5.2.4Make Disk menu
5.2.5Manuals menu
5.2.6ASUS Contact information
5.2.7Other information
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.3.1ASUS MyLogoª
Ratio
5.3.2Audio configurations
Information
Tools
Dolby¨ feature launch buttons
Minimize
Exit
Sound Effect
Mixer
Bass Management setting
Audio I/O
Microphone
2.Click the Noise Suppression
Acoustic Echo Cancellation
3D Audio Demo
Designed for Dolby¨ Master Studio
Dolby
Headphone:
Pro Logic IIx:
Virtual Speaker:
Using Dolby¨ Digital Liveª
3.Launch the Realtek HD Audio Manager by double clicking the
Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the Windows¨ taskbar
5.3.3ASUS PC Probe
Monitor panels
Preferences
Hardware monitor panels
Enable Monitoring Panel
Scheme
Config
WMI browser
WMI Information
DMI browser
DMI Information
PCI browser
PCI Information
Usage
Usage
Hard Disk
Configuring PC Probe
Sensor/Threshold
5.3.4Intel¨ Viivª
Change
Install
Back
Cancel
Finish
5.4.1Installing hard disks
5.4.2Intel¨ RAID configurations
Intel¨ Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)
1. Create RAID Volume
RAID Level
RAID 0(Stripe)
Capacity
Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored)
RAID 1(Mirror)
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Deleting a RAID set
2. Delete RAID Volume
Resetting disks to Non-RAID
3. Reset Disks to
Non-RAID
Exiting the Intel¨ Matrix Storage Manager utility
4. Exit
5.4.3JMicron¨ RAID Configuration
Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility
Creating a RAID set
Create RAID Disk Drive
Level
Disks
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Delete RAID Disk Drive
Resetting disks to non-RAID
Revert HDD to
non-RAID
Saving the settings and exiting setup
Save & Exit Setup
5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
Make Disk
Intel(R) 82801GHM SATA RAID Controller (Mobile ICH7MR/DH)
JMicron JMB