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Asus T2-AH1 2.7.1Expansion slots, PCI slots, PCI Express™ x16 slot, 2.7Installing an expansion card

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2.7Installing an expansion card

In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard has one PCI and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.

Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage the motherboard.

2.7.1Expansion slots

PCI slots

The PCI slots support PCI cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. The following figure shows a LAN card installed on a PCI slot.

PCI Express™ x16 slot

This motherboard supports PCI Express™ x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI Express™ specifications. The figure shows a graphics card installed on the PCI Express™ x16 slot.

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

Contents

Terminator E2065 First Edition August Chapter 1: System Introduction Chapter 2: Basic Installation Chapter 3: Starting up Chapter 4: Motherboard Info Chapter 5: BIOS Information Appendix Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT Audience How this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information System package contents System introduction 1.1Welcome 1.2Front panel (external) 1 . Floppy drive door 2 . Optical drive door 3 . Eject button 4 . Second optical drive door 5 . Power button 14 . STOP button . PREVIOUS button . NEXT button . Volume down button Ð . Volume up button 1.3Front panel (internal) 19 . Floppy disk drive 20 . Optical drive 21 . CompactFlash® /Microdrive™ card slot . This slot is for a 22 . Memory Stick® /Memory Stick Pro™ card slot. This slot is for Page 1.4Rear panel DVI-out port 2 . Optical S/PDIF Out port 3 . Serial port Audio ports function variation 1.5Internal components Audio DJ mode Basic installation Basic components to install Tool 2.3Removing the cover 2.4Removing the power supply 2.5.1CPU installation Page 2.5.2Installing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly 2.5.3Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly 2.6.1Memory configurations Recommended memory configurations DDR (400 MHz) Qualified Vendors List Page Page 2.6.2DIMM installation 2.7.1Expansion slots PCI slots PCI Express™ x16 slot 2.7.2Expansion card installation Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.8Installing an optical drive Page Page 2.9Installing a floppy disk drive 2.10Installing a hard disk drive (HDD) Page Page 2.11Reinstalling the power supply unit Voltage selector 2.12Replacing the cover Starting up 3.1Installing an operating system 3.2Powering up 3.3Support CD information 3.3.1Running the support CD 3.3.2Drivers menu ASUS InstAll Installation Wizard for Drivers AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver ATI Radeon Xpress 200 Chipset Driver 3.3.3Utilities menu ASUS InstAll Installation Wizard for Utilities Marvell Yukon VCT Application ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update ASUS Screensaver AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility ASUS Radio Player Utility 3.3.4Make Disk menu Make ULi 32/64bit SATA Driver Disk 3.3.5ASUS contact information 3.3.6Other information 3.4.1ASUS Radio Player Launching the ASUS Radio Player Storing a radio station Editing a stored radio 3.4.2ASUS Instant Music To enable ASUS Instant Music: Esc Space Bar 3.4.3Audio DJ Playing an audio CD/DVD Tuning into an FM radio station Presetting a station Adjusting the volume 3.4.4Marvell® Yukon Virtual Cable Tester Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ 3.4.5Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology Enabling Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ Technology Windows® 2000/XP Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!™ software 3.4.6ASUS PC Probe Installing PC Probe Launching PC Probe Using PC Probe Preferences Hardware monitor panels WMI browser DMI browser PCI browser Usage Configuring PC Probe 3.4.7AC`97 audio feature Installing the drivers and application Using the AVRack® Media Player Page Page infoMotherboard 4.1Introduction 4.2Motherboard layout 4.3Jumper Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 4.4Connectors 1 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 2 . Digital audio connector (8-2pin SPDIF) 3 . TV-outconnector (10-1-pinTV_OUT) 4 . CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN) 5 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 6 . Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 7 . IDE connector (40-1pin IDE) 8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX, CD) Page 10 . System panel connector (34-1pin PANEL) •IEEE 1394 connectors (5-pin1394, 6-pinIEEE1394) •USB 2.0 connectors (6-pinUSB4_5, 7-pinUSB6_7) •System power LED (1-pin PLED-) •Hard disk drive activity (1-pinHDLED) Page BIOS setup 5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 5.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility 5.1.3AFUDOS utility Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file 5.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 5.1.5ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 5.2BIOS setup program 5.2.1BIOS menu screen 5.2.2Menu bar 5.2.3Navigation keys 5.2.4Menu items 5.2.5Sub-menuitems 5.2.6Configuration fields 5.2.7Pop-upwindow 5.2.8Scroll bar 5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 5.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 5.3.4IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 5.3.5System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 5.4.1Instant Music Configuration Instant Music [Disabled] Instant Music CD-ROMdrive [IDE Secondary Master] Radio Region [Europe] 5.4.2JumperFree Configuration AI Overclocking [Auto] CPU Frequency [XXX] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] PCIE Frequency [100] Spread Spectrum [Disabled] DDR Voltage [2.60V] Memory Timing Configuration 5.4.3LAN Cable Status POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] 5.4.4USB Configuration USB Controller [USB1.1+2.0] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB Wake Up from S5 [Disabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] 5.4.5CPU Configuration GART Error Reporting [Disabled] MTRR Mapping [Continuous] Cool ‘n’ Quiet [Enabled] HT Link Speed [Auto] 5.4.6Chipset Onboard VGA [Enabled] Onboard VGA Share Memory [64 MB] GFX Clock Mode [Sync] Primary Display [Auto] Video Display Devices [VGA/DVI/TV] TV Standard [NTSC] Expansion Mode [Disabled] Multifunction [Disabled] 5.4.7Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] AC’97 Audio [Enabled] Serial ATA Controller [Enabled] 5.4.8PCI Express Configuration PCIE GFX Core Payload [64 bytes] NB-SBLink ASPM [Disabled] PCIE Wake Pin for S5 [Disabled] 5.4.9PCI PnP Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] 5.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 5.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 5.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 5.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 5.5.5APM Configuration Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] 5.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM], [N/A], or [Ignored] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM], [N/A], or [Ignored] 5.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] 5.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] PS/2 Mouse Support [Auto] 5.6.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level (Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Appendix Input characteristics Output characteristics Over-VoltageProtection (OVP)