Asus NCL-DS, NCL-D, NCL-DR1 Appendix summary


Appendix summary	A
Appendix summary

A.1	NCL-DS block diagram ..........................................................	A-1
A.2	NCL-D block diagram ............................................................	A-2
A.3	NCL-DR1 block diagram ........................................................	A-3

ASUS NCL-DS Series

Contents

Page E1848 First Edition December Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Appendix: Block diagrams 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 NCL-DSSeries specifications summary Page Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® NCL-DSSeries motherboard NCL-DS NCL-D NCL-DR1 1.3.1Product highlights Gigabit LAN solution Serial ATA technology Built-inSATA RAID solution USB 2.0 technology Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features Hardware2 information Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3CEK spring support for motherboard Page Page 2.2.4Motherboard layouts NCL-Dmodel NCL-DR1model 2.2.5Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installling the CPU Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations Single rank population Single and dual rank mixing Dual rank population 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/PCI-Xslots 2.5.5PCI Express x8 slot 2.5.6ZCR socket 2.6Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 2 . CPU fan pin selection (3-pinFM_CPU1, FM_CPU2) 3 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34) 4 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) 5 . VGA controller setting (3-pinVGA_EN1) 6 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN1_EN1) 7 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN2_EN1) 8 . SCSI controller setting (3-pinSCSI_EN1) (works in NCL-DSmodel only) 9 . Force BIOS recovery setting (3-pinRECOVERY1) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Page 5 . Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pinHDLED1) 6 . USB connector (10-1pin USB34) 7 . CPU and system fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1/2, REAR_FAN1/2, FRNT_FAN1/2) 8 . Power supply SMBus connector (5-pinPSUSMB1) 9 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1) 10 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2) 11 . ATX power connectors (24-pinATXPWR1, 8-pinATX12V1) 12 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1) Page 14 . Auxiliary panel connector (20-pinAUX_PANEL1) •Front panel SMB (6-1pin FPSMB) •LAN activity LED (2-pin547_LED, 541_LED) •Chassis intrusion (4-1pin CHASSIS) •Locator LED (6-pinLOCATOR) Page Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] /pbnc Page 4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 4.1.4ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Save 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:xxxx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.4Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave PIO Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] 4.3.5IDE Configuration 4.3.6System Information 4.4.1USB Configuration USB Function [4 USB Ports] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 4.4.2MPS Configuration 4.4.3Remote Access Configuration 4.4.4CPU Configuration 4.4.5Chipset NorthBridge Configuration DIMM Speed Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Memory Mirroring/Sparing [Disabled] 4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration 4.4.7PCI PnP PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] Offboard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] DMA Channel X assigned to [PCI Device] Reserved Memory Size [Disabled] 4.5.1ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 4.5.2APM Configuration Power Management [Enabled] Video Power Down Mode [Suspend] Hard Disk Power Down Mode [Suspend] Suspend Time Out [Disabled] Throttle Slow Clock Ratio [50%] Power On Ring [Disabled] Power On LAN [Disabled] Power On By PME# [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] 4.5.3Hardware Monitor Smart Fan Control [Disabled] CPU1/CPU2 Temperature [XXX] Front1 Temperature [XXX] 4.6.1Boot Device Priority 4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Wait for ‘F1’ If Error [Enabled] Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] 4.6.3Security User Access Level [Full Access] No Access View Only Limited Full Access Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] 4.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page Appendix summary A.1 NCL-DSblock diagram A.2 NCL-Dblock diagram A.3 NCL-DR1block diagram