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              E1489
Revised Edition                
December
              Chapter 1: System introduction
Chapter 2: Basic installation              
Chapter 3: Starting up
Chapter 4: Motherboard info                
Chapter 5: BIOS setup
              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              
Terminator 2 Deluxe Model – Commercial Edition
              Terminator 2 Deluxe Model – Consumer Edition
              Terminator 2 Basic Model
              System introduction
              Deluxe model
Basic model                
Chapter 1: System introduction
              Floppy drive door
Optical drive door                
Eject button
4.Second optical drive door. This door covers a second optical drive bay                
Power button
              PLAY/PAUSE button
CD mode                
Radio mode
STOP button                
PREVIOUS button
              Deluxe model
Basic model                
Floppy disk drive
Optical drive                
CompactFlash
              Headphone port
Microphone port                
Audio ports function variation
USB 2.0 ports                
4-pin
              GAME/MIDI port
Telephone port                
RJ-11
port                
Serial port
              Parallel port
Line Out port                
Line In port
Ethernet LAN port                
AGP slot cover
              AIR LED
Gigabit LAN port              
Audio DJ mode
Presetting a radio station              
Basic installation
              Basic components to install
Tool              
2.3 Removing the cover
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              2.5.1 Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
              2.5.2 CPU installation
              2.5.3 Re-installingthe CPU fan and heatsink assembly
              2.6.1 Memory configurations
Table 1 Qualified DDR400 vendors list                
Table 2 Memory frequency/CPU FSB synchronization
              2.6.2 DIMM installation
              2.7.1 Expansion slots
PCI slot                
AGP slot
              2.7.2 Expansion card installation
              2.7.3 Configuring an expansion card
Standard interrupt assignments                
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
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              Voltage selector
              2.11 Replacing the cover
              To the front panel
              To the rear panel
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              Starting up
              Chapter 3: Starting up
              3.3.1 Running the support CD
3.3.2 Drivers menu                
Intel Chipset INF Update Program
Intel(R) Extreme Graphics Driver                
AD1888 SoundMAX® Audio Driver
              3.3.3 Utilities menu
LifeView TVR Application                
ASUS Radio Application
ASUS PC Probe                
Install ASUS Update
              3.3.4 ASUS contact information
              3.3.5 Other information
              3.4.1 Multi-channelaudio feature
Setting to multi-channelaudio              
Test
Test Listening Environment window                
Play Test Noise
Close                
10.The MIDI Music Synthesizer tab allows you to select a setting for the MIDI
              Adjusting the volume settings
Adjusting the microphone settings              
3.4.2 ASUS Instant Music
To enable ASUS Instant Music:              
To use ASUS Instant Music:
              3.4.3 ASUS Radio Player
Launching the ASUS Radio Player              
Storing a radio station
Editing a stored radio              
3.4.4 LifeView® TVR Application
Using LifeView® TVR              
Features
              3.5.1 LED indicators
3.5.2 Antenna installation              
3.5.3 Installing the WLAN Card utilities and driver
3.5.4 Other support CD options              
3.5.5 The Control Center utility
Control Center icons                
Control Center right-clickmenu
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              Rescan
Change SSID                
Search and Connect
Connection                
IP Config
              Ping
IP Address                
Stop
Clear                
Basic
              Network Name
Channel                
Data Rate
PS Mode                
Others
              Two ways to assign WEP keys
Manual Assignment                
Automatic Generation
APPLY              
Soft AP
SoftAP/STA Mode                
Enable ICS
Enable Firewall              
Site Survey
BSSID                
SSID
RSSI                
Type
              Apply
Cancel                
Help
Help Menu                
Help
              Control Center left-clickmenu
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              Motherboard Info
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              Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
              1.Front panel USB connector (10-1pin USB56)
2.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, CHA_FAN)              
3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
4.USB connector (10-1pin USB78)              
5.Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA2, SATA1)
Important notes on Serial ATA              
Native
Legacy              
6.Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX1, CD1)
7.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1)              
8.ATX power connectors (20-pinATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
9.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO)              
10.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
11.I/O extension module (22-pinIOC_MB)              
12.Modem connector (10-1pin MDC)
13.System panel connector (8-1pin PANEL)                
•Power LED Lead
•ATX Power Switch              
•IDE LED Lead
              BIOS setup
Important notes              
5.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
              5.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS
              5.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS
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              5.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
              5.1.5 Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS
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              5.1.6 ASUS Update
              Auto Select
Save            
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              5.2.1 BIOS menu screen
5.2.2 Menu bar                
5.2.3 Navigation keys
              5.2.4 Menu items
5.2.5 Sub-menuitems                
5.2.6 Configuration fields
5.2.7 Pop-upwindow                
5.2.8 Scroll bar
              5.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]
5.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]                
5.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
              5.3.4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave; Third and Fourth IDE Master
              5.3.5 IDE Configuration
Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]                
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
              5.3.6 System Information
AMI BIOS                
Processor
System Memory              
5.4.1 CPU Configuration
Ratio CMOS Setting [26]                
L3 Cache [Enabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]                
Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled]
              5.4.2 Chipset
DDR Reference Voltage [Auto]                
DRAM Frequency [Auto]
              Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]
Internal Graphic Acceleration Mode [Auto]                
Graphic Adapter Priority [AGP/PCI]
Onboard Video Memory [Enabled, 8MB]                
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
              Spread Spectrum [Enabled]
Boot Display Device [Auto]                
Flat Panel Display [640x480LVDS]
TV Standard [Auto]                
MPS Revision [1.4]
              5.4.3 Onboard Devices Configuration
OnBoard AC’97 Audio [Auto]                
OnBoard LAN [Enabled]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]                
Parallel Port Address [378]
              Onboard Game Port [Enabled]
Onboard MIDI Port [Disabled]              
5.4.4 PCI PnP
Plug and Play O/S [No]                
PCI Latency Timer [64]
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]                
Palette Snooping [Disabled]
              5.4.5 USB Configuration
USB Function [8 USB Ports]                
Legacy USB Support [Auto]
              USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed]              
5.4.6 Instant Music Configuration
Instant Music [Disabled]                
Instant Music CD-ROMDrive [IDE Secondary Master]
Radio Region [JAPAN]              
5.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto]
5.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]                
5.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
5.5.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]              
5.5.5 APM Configuration
Power Button Mode [On/Off]                
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
Power On By PS/2 Devices [Disabled]                
Power On By External Modems [Disabled]
              5.5.6 Hardware Monitor
CPU Temperature [xxx0C/xxx0F]                
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]                
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
              VCORE Voltage, +3.3V Voltage, +5V Voltage, +12V Voltage
SMART Q-FanFunction [Enabled]                
Fan Auto Mode Start Voltage [5.0V]
Fan Auto Mode Start Temp [300C]                
Fan Auto Mode Full Speed Temp [700C]
              5.6.1 Boot Device Priority
1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive]              
5.6.2 Removable Drives
1st ~ xxth Drive [1st Floppy Drive]                
5.6.3 CDROM Drives
1st ~ xxth Drive [SM-OpticalDrive Name]              
5.6.4 Boot Settings Configuration
Quick Boot [Enabled]                
Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS]                
Bootup Num-Lock[On]
              5.6.5 Security
Change Supervisor Password              
User Access Level (Full Access]
              Change User Password
Clear User Password                
Password Check [Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]              
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes              
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults            
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              Appendix
              Input characteristics
A.1.3 Over-VoltageProtection (OVP)              
channels
A-3              
A-4