3: Motherboard Configuration

Reconfiguring the Motherboard

You can change the default configuration (as shipped) of this motherboard as needed. However, since this motherboard has only a few hard configuration options and the CMOS Setup Utility is configuration is mostly either required, recommended or automatic, there will probably be little reason to do so.

Hardware Reconfiguration

We recommend leaving the jumper settings at the default settings unless you need to perform the Clear CMOS pro- cedure. It is much more convenient to control the BIOS Flash Protection feature using the CMOS Setup Utility.

If you want to use a sound card instead of the onboard audio, you should Disable the onboard audio.

You can also Disable the onboard LAN on the P4D-N if the need arises, though you don’t need to do this to add another LAN card to the system.

Firmware Reconfiguration

You can initially specify or customize the CMOS Setup Utility settings when you first configure the system (as covered in Chapter 5) to meet your requirements. Other than doing this, there should be no need to reconfigure the CMOS Setup Utility unless the system configuration changes or the configuration record stored in CMOS memory becomes corrupted and unusable, which is not common. If you need to completely recreate the system configuration record, follow the Clear CMOS procedure described in this chapter.

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