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E1711
First Edition
August
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Appendix: Block Diagram
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
NCLV-D(A) specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® NCLV-D(A) motherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
Cables
1.3.1Product highlights
Gigabit LAN solution
Built-inSATA RAID solution
Zero-ChannelRAID (ZCR) solution (on SATA models only)
USB 2.0 technology
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
1.3.2Innovative ASUS features
Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Support plates for motherboard
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2.2.4Motherboard layout
2.2.5Layout contents
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2.3.1Installling 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
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 Express x8 slot
2.5.5PCI/PCI-Xslots
2.6 Jumpers
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 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN1)
6 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN2)
7 . SATA controller setting (3-pinSATA_EN1) (Optional)
8 . 8130 LED setting (3-pin8130LED1) (Optional)
9 . VGA Graphics controller setting (3-pinVGA_EN1)
10 . BIOS Recovery (3-pinRECOVERY1)
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2.7.1Rear panel connectors
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2)
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
5 . Hard disk activity LED connector (2-pinHDLED1)
6 . CPU and system fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1/2, REAR_FAN1/2, FRNT_FAN1/2)
7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
8 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2)
9 . SSI power connectors
(24-pinEATXPWR1, 8-pinSSI+12V_1 )
10 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1)
11 . Power Supply SMBus connector (6-1pin PSUSMB1)
12 . Parallel port connector (26-1pin LPT1)
13 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1)
14 . System panel auxiliary connector (20-pinAUX_PANEL1)
•Chassis Intrusion connector (3-pinCASEOPEN)
•LAN1 link activity LED (2-pinLAN1_LINKACTLED)
•LAN2 link activity LED (2-pinLAN2_LINKACTLED)
•Locator LED 1 (2-pinLOCATORLED1)
15 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
ATX power
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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
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ASUS NCLV-D(A)
4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
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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
4.3.5IDE Configuration
4.3.6System Information
4.4.1USB Configuration
4.4.2MPS Configuration
4.4.3Remote Access Configuration
Flow Control [None]
Redirection After BIOS POST [Always]
Terminal Type [ANSI]
VT-UTF8Combo Key Support [Disabled]
4.4.4CPU Configuration
4.4.5Chipset
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
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Power On Ring [Disabled]
Power On By PME# [Disabled]
4.5.3Hardware Monitor
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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
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Yes
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
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Appendix summary
A.1 NCLV-D(A) block diagram
