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Chapter 1: System introduction

Contents

Terminator E2151 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 1.3Front panel (internal) 1.4Rear panel 1 . Optical S/PDIF port 2 . Serial port 3 . PS/2 mouse port 4 . PS/2 keyboard port Audio ports function variation 1.5Internal components Page Basic installation Basic components to install Tool 2.3Removing the cover 2.4Removing the power supply unit 2.5.1Removing the CPU fan and heatsink assembly 2.5.2CPU installation Installing the CPU Page Page 2.5.3Reinstalling the CPU fan and heatsink assembly 2.6.1Memory configurations Recommended memory configurations 2.6.2DIMM installation 2.7.1Expansion slots PCI slot PCI Express™ x16 slot 2.7.2Expansion card installation 2.7.3Configuring an expansion card 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 Page Starting up 3.1Installing an operating system 3.2Powering up 3.3Support CD information 3.3.1Running the support CD 3.3.2Drivers menu ATI Chipset Driver Realtek ALC655 Audio Driver Agere Gigabit Ethernet Driver 3.3.3Utilities menu Agere Gigabit Ethernet Utility ASUS Ai Booster ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update 3.3.4ASUS contact information 3.3.5Other information 3.4.1ASUS Instant Music To enable ASUS Instant Music: Esc Space Bar 3.4.2ASUS Update Page 3.4.3ASUS 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 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 (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 3 . I/O extension module (22-pinIOC_MB) 4 . CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN) 5 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR 4-pinATX12V1, 4-pinATX12V2) 6 . IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 8 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinAUX, CD) 9 . Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) 12 . System panel connector (8-1pin PANEL) •IEEE 1394 connectors (5-pin1394, 6-pinIEEE1394) •USB 2.0 connectors (6-pinUSB4_5, 7-pinUSB6_7) •System power LED (2-pinPLED+, 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.] 5.3.4Primary IDE Master/Slave, Serial ATA Ports 1 Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Disabled] 5.3.5System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 5.4.1CPU Configuration Ratio CMOS Setting [ 8] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled] Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch [Enabled] 5.4.2Chipset Configuration Northbridge Configuration Southbridge Configuration 5.4.3Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] Onboard Firewire Device [Enabled] 5.4.4PCI PnP Configuration Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] 5.4.5Jumperfree Configuration AI Overclocking [Standard] 5.4.6Instant Music Configuration Instant Music [Disabled] Instant Music CD-ROMdrive [IDE Primary Slave] 5.4.7USB Configuration Legacy USB Support [Enabled] USB 1.1 OHCI Controllers [Enabled] 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] 5.5.5Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] CPU Q-FanControl [Enabled] 5.5.6APM Configuration Suspend Time Out [Disabled] Power Button Mode [On/Off] Video Power Down Mode [Suspend] Hard Disk Power Down Mode [Suspend] RTC Resume [Disabled] Power up system by mouse [Disabled] Power up system by keyboard [Disabled] Wake on Ring [Disabled] 5.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] 5.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 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 Page Appendix Input characteristics Output characteristics Over-VoltageProtection (OVP)