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Chapter 1: Product introduction

3. Keyboard power (3-pin KBPWR)

This jumper allows you to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up

feature. Set this jumper to pins 2-3 (+5VSB) to wake up the computer

when you press a key on the keyboard (the default is the Space Bar).

This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least

500 mA on the +5VSB lead, and a corresponding setting in the BIOS.

K8N-VM Keyboard Power Setting

(Default)

+5V

+5VSB

KBPWR

2 3

1 2

K8N-VM

Summary of Contents for K8N-VM

Page 1: ...Motherboard K8N VM ...

Page 2: ...ICULAR PURPOSE IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS ITS DIRECTORS OFFICERS EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT SPECIAL INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS LOSS OF BUSINESS LOSS OF USE OR DATA INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT SPECIFICATI...

Page 3: ...2 Placement direction 1 7 1 5 3 Screw holes 1 7 1 5 4 Layout contents 1 8 1 6 Central Processing Unit CPU 1 9 1 7 System memory 1 11 1 7 1 Overview 1 11 1 7 2 Memory conﬁgurations 1 11 1 7 3 Installing a DIMM 1 14 1 7 4 Removing a DIMM 1 14 1 8 Expansion slots 1 15 1 8 1 Installing an expansion card 1 15 1 8 2 Conﬁguring an expansion card 1 15 1 8 3 PCI slots 1 17 1 8 4 PCI Express x1 slot 1 17 1 ...

Page 4: ... menu items 2 13 2 2 6 Conﬁguration ﬁelds 2 13 2 2 7 Pop up window 2 13 2 2 8 Scroll bar 2 13 2 2 9 General help 2 13 2 3 Main menu 2 14 2 3 1 System Time 2 14 2 3 2 System Date 2 14 2 3 3 Legacy Diskette A 2 14 2 3 4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master Slave First and Second SATA 2 15 2 3 5 IDE Conﬁguration 2 16 2 3 6 System Information 2 17 2 4 Advanced menu 2 18 2 4 1 AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Conﬁgurati...

Page 5: ... 32 2 6 Boot menu 2 34 2 6 1 Boot Device Priority 2 34 2 6 2 Boot Settings Conﬁguration 2 35 2 6 3 Security 2 36 2 7 Exit menu 2 38 Chapter 3 Software support 3 1 Installing an operating system 3 2 3 2 Support CD information 3 2 3 2 1 Running the support CD 3 2 3 2 2 Drivers menu 3 3 3 2 3 Utilities menu 3 4 3 2 4 Manual menu 3 5 3 2 5 ASUS Contact information 3 6 ...

Page 6: ...ause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the...

Page 7: ...cal power company If the power supply is broken do not try to fix it by yourself Contact a qualified service technician or your retailer Operation safety Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it carefully read all the manuals that came with the package Before using the product make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables are not damaged If you detect any dama...

Page 8: ...raphic card 1 x PCI Express x1 slot 2 x PCI slots Integrated in the NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Graphics Processing Unit GPU NVIDIA nForce 410 Media and Communications Processor MCP supports 2 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 33 interfaces for four hard disk drives 2 x Serial ATA II hard disk drives with RAID 0 and RAID 1 conﬁguration Supports NVIDIA MediaShield storage management technology ADI AD1986A 5 1 channel...

Page 9: ...onnector 1 x S PDIF Out connector 2 x USB 2 0 connectors for four additional USB 2 0 ports 24 pin EATX power connector 4 pin ATX 12V power connector ATX power supply with 24 pin and 4 pin 12 V plugs ATX 12 V 2 0 compliant Micro ATX 9 6 in x 7 6 in 24 5cm x 19 3cm WfM2 0 DMI 2 0 WOL by PME WOR by PME Device drivers ASUS PC Probe II AMD Cool ʻnʼQuiet utility ASUS Live Update utility Anti virus softw...

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Page 11: ...1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports ...

Page 12: ...ATA power cable 1 x Ultra DMA 133 100 66 cable 1 x Floppy disk drive cable Accessories I O shield Application CD ASUS motherboard support CD Documentation User guide 1 3 Special features 1 3 1 Product highlights Latest processor technology The motherboard supports AMD Athlon 64 and AMD Sempron desktop processors The AMD Athlon 64 is based on AMDʼs 64 bit architecture which represents the landmark ...

Page 13: ...ve Command Queueing NCQ and Power Management PM Implementation Algorithm Serial ATA allows for thinner more ﬂexible cables with lower pin count reduced voltage requirement See page 1 24 for details The Hot Swap function is supported only in RAID mode S PDIF digital sound ready The motherboard supports the S PDIF Out function through the S PDIF interfaces on the rear panel and at midboard The S PDI...

Page 14: ... protection eliminates the need to buy a replacement ROM chip See page 2 6 for details ASUS MyLogo2 This feature allows you to personalize and add style to your system with customizable boot logos See page 2 35 for details C P R CPU Parameter Recall The C P R feature of the motherboard BIOS allows automatic re setting to the BIOS default settings in case the system hangs due to overclocking When t...

Page 15: ...d from the wall socket before touching any component Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or a metal object such as the power supply case before handling components to avoid damaging them due to static electricity Hold components by the edges to avoid touching the ICs on them Whenever you uninstall any component place it on a grounded antistatic pad or in the bag that came ...

Page 16: ...ash ROM PCIEX1_1 PCIEX16 PCI1 PCI2 Realtek Audio CR2032 3V Lithium Cell CMOS Powe Super I O EATXPWR nVidia nForce 410 SEC_IDE SATA1 SATA2 FLOPPY CPU_FAN KBPWR PS 2 T Mouse B Keyboard COM1 PARALLEL PORT VGA Below Mic In Center Line Out Top Line In RJ 45 Top USB3 USB4 Bottom USB1 USB2 SPDIF_OUT CD AAFP USB56 USB78 PANEL CLRTC USBPW5678 SB_PWR USBPW1234 PRI_IDE 19 3cm 7 6in 24 5cm 9 6in R K8N VM ...

Page 17: ...therboard make sure that you place it into the chassis in the correct orientation The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the chassis as indicated in the image below Place this side towards the rear of the chassis 1 5 3 Screw holes Place six 6 screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the motherboard to the chassis ...

Page 18: ... PCI slots 1 17 2 PCI Express x 1 slot 1 17 3 PCI Express x 16 slot 1 17 Internal connectors Page 1 Floppy disk drive connector 34 1 pin FLOPPY 1 22 2 IDE connectors 40 1 pin PRI_IDE SEC_IDE 1 23 3 Serial ATA connectors 7 pin SATA1 SATA2 1 24 4 Digital audio connector 4 1 pin SPDIF_OUT 1 25 5 USB connectors 10 1 pin USB56 USB78 1 25 6 Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin AAFP 1 26 7 Internal audio...

Page 19: ...data paths Take note of the marked corner with gold triangle on the CPU This mark should match a speciﬁc corner on the socket to ensure correct installation Installing the CPU Follow these steps to install a CPU 1 Locate the 754 pin ZIF socket on the motherboard Gold triangle 2 Unlock the socket by pressing the lever sideways then lift it up to a 90 100 angle Make sure that the socket lever is lif...

Page 20: ...e pins and damaging the CPU 5 When the CPU is in place push down the socket lever to secure the CPU The lever clicks on the side tab to indicate that it is locked 6 Install a CPU heatsink and fan following the instructions that came with the heatsink package Gold triangle Small triangle 7 Connect the CPU fan cable to the CPU_FAN connector on the motherboard Do not forget to connect the CPU fan con...

Page 21: ... this section Installing DDR DIMMs other than the recommended conﬁgurations may cause memory sizing error or system boot failure Use any of the recommended conﬁgurations on the next page Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency For optimum compatibility it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor Refer to the DDR400 Qualiﬁed Vendors List on the next page for details...

Page 22: ...x DS HY5DU56822BT J V V 256MB Corsair VS256MB400 Value select SS VS32M8 5 2B0409 V V 256MB Corsair XMS3202v3 1 Inﬁneon SS HYB25D256807BT 5B V V 5126MB Corsair XMS3205v1 2 Winbond DS W942508CH 5 V V 5126MB Corsair VS512MB400 Value select DS VS32M8 5 2B0402 V V 256MB Corsair XMS2700v1 1 Winbond SS W942508BH 6 V V 256MB Corsair VS256MB333 Samsung SS K4H5608380 TCB3 V V 5126MB Corsair XMS2702v3 1 Mose...

Page 23: ...A01 04A4 Pmi DS PM4D328S50403DU V V 256MB Mosel V826632K24SATG D3 Mosel SS V58C2256804SAT5 V V 5126MB Mosel V826664K24SATG D3 Mosel DS V58C2256804SAT5 V V 256MB Nanya NT256D64S88B1G 5T Nanya SS NT5DS32M8BT 5T V V 5126MB Nanya NT512D64S8HB1G 5T Nanya DS NT5DS32M8BT 5T V V 5126MB Nanya NT512D64S88C0GY 5T Nanya SS NT5DS64M8CS 5T V V 1GB Nanya NT1GD64S8HC0GY 5T Nanya DS NT5DS64M8CS 5T V V 256MB Smart ...

Page 24: ...taining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated 1 Unlock a DIMM socket by pressing the retaining clips outward 2 Align a DIMM on the socket such that the notch on the DIMM matches the break on the socket Locked Retaining Clip Make sure to unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both the motherbo...

Page 25: ...the screw for later use 4 Align the card connector with the slot and press ﬁrmly until the card is completely seated on the slot 5 Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you removed earlier 6 Replace the system cover 1 8 2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card conﬁgure it by adjusting the software settings 1 Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settin...

Page 26: ... PCI steering 10 5 IRQ holder for PCI steering 11 6 IRQ holder for PCI steering 12 7 PS 2 Compatible Mouse Port 13 8 Numeric Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices When using PCI cards on shared slots ensure that the drivers support Share IRQ or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments otherwise conﬂicts will ar...

Page 27: ...ss x1 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards SCSI cards and other cards that comply with the PCI Express speciﬁcations The following ﬁgure shows a network card installed on the PCI Express x1 slot 1 8 5 PCI Express x16 slot This motherboard has supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI Express speciﬁcations The ﬁgure shows a graphics card installed on the PCI...

Page 28: ...pins 2 3 Keep the cap on pins 2 3 for about 5 10 seconds then move the cap back to pins 1 2 4 Reinstall the battery 5 Plug the power cord and turn ON the computer 6 Hold down the Del key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re enter data Except when clearing the RTC RAM never remove the cap on CLRTC jumper default position Removing the cap will cause system boot failure You do not need ...

Page 29: ...the rear USB ports The USBPW5678 jumper is for the internal USB connectors that you can connect to additional USB ports The USB device wake up feature requires a power supply that can provide 500mA on the 5VSB lead for each USB port otherwise the system will not power up The total current consumed must NOT exceed the power supply capability 5VSB whether under normal condition or in sleep mode K8N ...

Page 30: ... feature Set this jumper to pins 2 3 5VSB to wake up the computer when you press a key on the keyboard the default is the Space Bar This feature requires an ATX power supply that can supply at least 500 mA on the 5VSB lead and a corresponding setting in the BIOS K8N VM Keyboard Power Setting Default 5V 5VSB KBPWR 2 3 1 2 R K8N VM ...

Page 31: ... port becomes Surround Rear Speaker Out 5 Line Out port lime This port connects a headphone or a speaker In 4 6 channel conﬁguration the function of this port becomes Front Speaker Out 6 Microphone port pink This port connects a microphone In 6 channel mode the function of this port becomes Bass Center 1 2 11 10 7 4 5 6 3 9 8 Audio 2 4 or 6 channel configuration Refer to the audio conﬁguration tab...

Page 32: ...n 5 K8N VM Floppy Disk Drive Connector NOTE Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1 FLOPPY PIN1 R K8N VM 7 USB 2 0 ports 3 and 4 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices 8 USB 2 0 ports 1 and 2 These two 4 pin Universal Serial Bus USB ports are available for connecting USB 2 0 devices 9 Video Graphics Adapter VGA port This 15 p...

Page 33: ...dʼs IDE connector then select one of the following modes to conﬁgure your devices Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the Ultra DMA cable connector This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable Use the 80 conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA 133 100 66 IDE devices Black or gray Drive jumper Mode Cable setting of device s connector Single device Cable...

Page 34: ...00 MB s data transfer rate faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB s Ultra DMA 133 Install the Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows XP Service Pack1 before using Serial ATA K8N VM SATA Connectors SATA1 SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND R K8N VM For detailed instructions on how to conﬁgure RAID 0 and...

Page 35: ...5V SPDIFOUT GND SPDIF_OUT R K8N VM 5 USB connectors 10 1 pin USB56 USB78 These connectors are for USB 2 0 ports Connect the USB module cable to any of these connectors then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis These USB connectors comply with USB 2 0 speciﬁcation that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed The USB 2 0 module is purchased separately K8N VM USB 2 ...

Page 36: ...ndard Connect one end of the front panel audio I O module cable to this connector We recommend that you connect a high deﬁnition front panel audio module to this connector to avail of the motherboard high deﬁnition audio capability If you want to connect a high deﬁnition front panel audio module to this connector make sure that the Onboard AUDIO item in the BIOS is set to Enabled See page 2 27 for...

Page 37: ... A on 12 V and that the PSU has a minimum power rating of 300 W The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate Do not forget to connect the 4 pin ATX 12 V power plug otherwise the system will not boot up We recommend that you use a PSU with higher power output when conﬁguring a system with more power consuming devices The system may become unstable or may not boot up ...

Page 38: ... or ﬂashes when data is read from or written to the HDD System warning speaker Orange 4 pin SPEAKER This 4 pin connector is for the chassis mounted system warning speaker The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings Power Soft off button Yellow 2 pin PWRSW This connector is for the system power button Pressing the power button turns the system ON or puts the system in SLEEP or SOFT OFF...

Page 39: ...2 This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided BIOS setup ...

Page 40: ...ironment a Insert a 1 44MB ﬂoppy disk into the drive b At the DOS prompt type format A S then press Enter Windows XP environment a Insert a 1 44 MB ﬂoppy disk to the ﬂoppy disk drive b Click Start from the Windows desktop then select My Computer c Select the 3 1 2 Floppy Drive icon d Click File from the menu then select Format A Format 3 1 2 Floppy Disk window appears e Select Create an MS DOS sta...

Page 41: ...ard and rename the same to K8NVM ROM 2 Save the BIOS ﬁle to a ﬂoppy disk then restart the system 3 Press Alt F2 during POST to display the following EZFlash starting BIOS update Checking for ﬂoppy 4 Insert the ﬂoppy disk that contains the BIOS ﬁle to the ﬂoppy disk drive When the correct BIOS ﬁle is found EZ Flash performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done EZFl...

Page 42: ...IOS1 ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility Version 1 10 Copyright C 2002 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved Reading ﬂash done A Main filename Extension name 1 Copy the AFUDOS utility afudos exe from the motherboard support CD to the bootable ﬂoppy disk you created earlier 2 Boot the system in DOS mode then at the prompt type afudos o ﬁlename where the ﬁlename is any user assigned ﬁlename not mo...

Page 43: ...ere ﬁlename is the latest or the original BIOS ﬁle on the bootable ﬂoppy disk A afudos iK8NVM ROM AMI Firmware Update Utility Version 1 10 Copyright C 2002 American Megatrends Inc All rights reserved Reading ﬁle done Erasing ﬂash done Writing ﬂash 0x0008CC00 9 Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS ﬁle using the AFUDOS utility 1 Visit the ASUS website www asus com and download the latest BIOS ﬁ...

Page 44: ... the following message and automatically checks the ﬂoppy disk for the original or updated BIOS ﬁle Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy 4 Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy Floppy found Reading ﬁle K8NVM ROM Completed Start ﬂashing When found the utility reads the BIOS ﬁle and start...

Page 45: ...ically checks the ﬂoppy disk for the original or updated BIOS ﬁle 4 Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS Doing so can cause system boot failure Bad BIOS checksum Starting BIOS recovery Checking for ﬂoppy Floppy not found Checking for CD ROM CD ROM found Reading ﬁle K8NVM ROM Completed Start ﬂashing When no ...

Page 46: ...ge save and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows environment The ASUS Update utility allows you to Save the current BIOS file Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file Update the BIOS directly from the Internet and View the BIOS version information This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard package ASUS Update requi...

Page 47: ...Updating the BIOS through the Internet To update the BIOS through the Internet 1 Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows desktop by clicking Start Programs ASUS ASUSUpdate ASUSUpdate The ASUS Update main window appears 2 Select Update BIOS from the Internet option from the drop down menu then click Next ...

Page 48: ...date BIOS from a ﬁle option from the drop down menu then click Next 4 From the FTP site select the BIOS version that you wish to download Click Next 5 Follow the screen instructions to complete the update process The ASUS Update utility is capable of updating itself through the Internet Always update the utility to avail all its features 3 Locate the BIOS ﬁle from the Open window then click Open 4...

Page 49: ...ss Del during the Power On Self Test POST to enter the Setup utility otherwise POST continues with its test routines If you wish to enter Setup after POST restart the system by pressing Ctrl Alt Del or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on Do this last option only if the ﬁrst two failed The Setup program is designed to ma...

Page 50: ...tem boot conﬁguration Exit For selecting the exit options and loading default settings To select an item on the menu bar press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted 2 2 3 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings ...

Page 51: ... screen when there are items that do not ﬁt on the screen Press the Up Down arrow keys or Page Up Page Down keys to display the other items on the screen 2 2 9 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item System Time 11 10 19 System Date Thu 03 27 2003 Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Language English Primary IDE Master ST320413A Primary IDE Sla...

Page 52: ...5 in 2 88M 3 5 in Refer to section 2 2 1 BIOS menu screen for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them System Time 11 51 19 System Date Thu 05 07 2004 Legacy Diskette A 1 44M 3 5 in Primary IDE Master ST320413A Primary IDE Slave ASUS CD S520 A Secondary IDE Master Not Detected Secondary IDE Slave Not Detected First SATA Not Detected Second SATA Not Detected IDE Conﬁgur...

Page 53: ...d Auto CDROM ARMD LBA Large Mode Auto Enables or disables the LBA mode Setting to Auto enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Auto Block Multi sector Transfer Auto Enables or disables data multi sectors transfers When set to Auto the data transfer from and to the device occurs multipl...

Page 54: ... Disabled Enables or disables 32 bit data transfer Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Serial ATA 1 Enabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled nVidia RAID Function Disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled RAID Setup Serial ATA 1 Enabled nVidia RAID Function Disabled 2 3 5 IDE Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the conﬁgurations for the IDE devices installed ...

Page 55: ...he auto detected BIOS information Processor Displays the auto detected CPU speciﬁcation System Memory Displays the auto detected system memory AMIBIOS Version 0013 Build Date 10 13 05 Processor Type AMD Athlon tm 64 Processor 3200 Speed 2000 MHz Count 1 System Memory Usable Size 192MB Select Screen Select Item Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit ...

Page 56: ...on options Enabled Disabled Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items Incorrect ﬁeld values can cause the system to malfunction AMD Cool n Quiet Conﬁguration JumperFree Conﬁguration CPU Conﬁguration Chipset Onboard Devices Conﬁguration PCIPnP USB Conﬁguration Conﬁgure AMD Cool n Quiet support AMD Cool n Quiet Conﬁguration Cool n Quiet Enabled Enabled Disabled AMD Cool n Qu...

Page 57: ...t ESC Exit Conﬁg System Frequency Voltage AI Overclocking Auto Select the targe CPU frequency and the relevant parameters will be auto adjusted Frequencies higher than CPU manufacturer recommends are not guaranteed to be stable If the system becomes unstable return to the default The following item appears only when you set the AI Overclocking item to Manual CPU FSB Frequency XXX Displays the freq...

Page 58: ...10x Able to Change Freq Yes uCode Patch Level 0x39 v02 58 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit 2 4 4 Chipset The Chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset settings Select an item then press Enter to display the sub menu Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING Setting wrong values in below sectio...

Page 59: ...e 6100 Conﬁguration NorthBridge Configuration Memory Conﬁguration Memclock Mode Auto MCT Timing Mode Auto User Conﬁg Mode Manual Read Preamble 9 5ns Asyc Latency 11 0ns CMD ADDR Timing Mode 2T Bank Interleaving Auto Burst Length 4 Beats Software Memory Hole Enabled Memory Configuration Options Auto Manual ...

Page 60: ...options Auto 2T 3T 4T TRC Auto Conﬁguration options Auto 7T 8T 9T 22T TRFC Auto Conﬁguration options Auto 9T 10T 11T 24T TRWT Auto Conﬁguration options Auto 1 CLK 2 CLK 3 CLK 6 CLK User Config Mode Manual Sets the user conﬁg mode Conﬁguration options Auto Manual Read Preamble 9 5ns Conﬁguration options 2 0ns 2 5ns 3 0ns 3 5ns 4 0ns 9 0ns Async Latency 11 0ns Conﬁguration options 4 0ns 5 0ns 6 0ns ...

Page 61: ...isabled Enables or disables the MCA DRAM ECC logging Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled ECC Chip Kill Disabled Enables or disables the ECC Chip Kill function Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT Disabled Enables or disables the DRAM SCRUB REDIRECT Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled DRAM ECC allows hardware to report and correct memory errors automatically maintaining sys...

Page 62: ...ms 20 97ms 42 00ms 84 00ms Data Cache BG Scrub Disabled Disables or sets the Data Cache BG Scrub Conﬁguration options Disabled 40ns 80ns 160ns 320ns 640ns 1 28us 2 56us 5 12us 10 2us 20 5us 41 0us 81 9us 163 8us 327 7us 655 4us 1 31ms 2 62ms 5 24ms 10 49ms 20 97ms 42 00ms 84 00ms Primary Graphics Adapter PCI PCI Express IGP Allows selection of the graphics controller to use as a primary boot devic...

Page 63: ... Center Spread Down Spread HT Spread Spectrum Center Spread Conﬁguration options Disabled Center Spread Down Spread OnChip VGA Frame Buffer Size 64MB Allows you to disable or set the onchip VGA frame buffer size Conﬁguration options Disabled 16MB 32MB 64MB 128MB OnChip VGA Trap Enable Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the onchip VGA trap feature which patches some Linux operatiing systems t...

Page 64: ...Geforce 6100 Configuration Hyper Transport Geforcec 6100 Configuration LDT K8 to Geforce 6100 NB Frequency 800MHz Conﬁguration options Auto 200MHz 400MHz 600MHz 800MHz 1000MHz 1200MHz 1400MHz 1600MHz LDT K8 to Geforce 6100 NB LinkWidth Auto Conﬁguration options Auto 8 8 16 16 Hyper Transport nForcec 410 Configuration nForce 410 SB to Geforce 6100 NB Frequency 800MHz Conﬁguration options Auto 200MH...

Page 65: ...onﬁguration options DMA0 DMA1 DMA3 Parallel Port IRQ IRQ7 Conﬁguration options IRQ5 IRQ7 Onboard AUDIO Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the onboard high deﬁnition audio controller Conﬁguration options Enabled Disabled Onboard LAN Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the onboard LAN Conﬁguration options Enable Disabled Onboard LAN Boot ROM Disabled Allows you to enable or disable the onbo...

Page 66: ... BIOS does not assign an IRQ to the PCI VGA card even if requested Conﬁguration options No Yes Palette Snooping Disabled When set to Enabled the palette snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is installed in the system so that the latter can function correctly Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Ex...

Page 67: ...ces at startup If detected the USB controller legacy mode is enabled If no USB device is detected the legacy USB support is disabled Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Auto USB 2 0 Controller Mode HiSpeed Allows you to set the USB 2 0 controller mode to HiSpeed 480 Mbps or FullSpeed 12 Mbps Conﬁguration options FullSpeed HiSpeed BIOS EHCI Hand Off Enabled Allows you to enable support for operat...

Page 68: ...upported Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled 2 5 3 ACPI APIC Support Enabled Allows you to enable or disable the Advanced Conﬁguration and Power Interface ACPI support in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller APIC When set to Enabled the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the RSDT pointer list Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Field F1 General He...

Page 69: ...card This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Power On By RTC Alarm Disabled Allows you to enable or disable RTC to generate a wake event When this item is set to Enabled the items RTC Alarm Date RTC Alarm Hour RTC Alarm Minute and RTC Alarm Second appear with set values Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Select S...

Page 70: ...Disabled Enabled Power On By PS 2 Mouse Disabled When set to Enabled this parameter allows you to use the PS 2 mouse to turn on the system This feature requires an ATX power supply that provides at least 1A on the 5VSB lead Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Restore On AC Power Loss Last State When set to Power Off the system goes into off state after an AC power loss When set to Power On the s...

Page 71: ...rboard the ﬁeld shows N A Chassis Fan Speed xxxxRPM or Ignored N A The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the chassis fan speed in rotations per minute RPM If the fan is not connected to the motherboard the ﬁeld shows N A VCORE Voltage 3 3V Voltage 5V Voltage 12V Voltage The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regul...

Page 72: ...t the CD ROM drive as the ﬁrst boot device 2 6 1 Boot Device Priority 1st xxth Boot Device xxx Drive These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices The number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system Conﬁguration options xxx Drive Disabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save an...

Page 73: ...lect the power on state for the NumLock Conﬁguration options Off On PS 2 Mouse Support Auto Allows you to enable or disable support for PS 2 mouse Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Auto Wait for ʻF1ʼ If Error Enabled When set to Enabled the system waits for the F1 key to be pressed when error occurs Conﬁguration options Disabled Enabled Select Screen Select Item Change Option F1 General Help F...

Page 74: ...shows the default Not Installed After you set a password this item shows Installed To set a Supervisor Password 1 Select the Change Supervisor Password item and press Enter 2 From the password box type a password composed of at least six letters and or numbers then press Enter 3 Conﬁrm the password when prompted The message Password Installed appears after you successfully set your password To cha...

Page 75: ... Installed Select Screen Select Item Enter Change F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02 58 C Copyright 1985 2002 American Megatrends Inc BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password Not Installed User Password Not Installed Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Full Access Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check Setup Enter to change password Enter ...

Page 76: ...t to Always BIOS checks for user password both when accessing Setup and booting the system Conﬁguration options Setup Always 2 7 Exit menu Pressing Esc does not immediately exit this menu Select one of the options from this menu or F10 from the legend bar to exit The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items and save or discard your changes to the ...

Page 77: ...meters on the Setup menus When you select this option or if you press F5 a conﬁrmation window appears Select Ok to load default values Select Exit Save Changes or make other changes before saving the values to the non volatile RAM If you attempt to exit the Setup program without saving your changes the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save your changes before exiting Press ...

Page 78: ...2 40 Chapter 2 BIOS setup ...

Page 79: ...3 Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package ...

Page 80: ...tilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features 3 2 1 Running the support CD Place the support CD to the optical drive The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer Motherboard settings and hardware options vary Use the setup procedures presented in this chapter for reference only Refer to your OS documentation for detailed information Make s...

Page 81: ...ate the devices AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Driver Installs the AMD Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Driver NVIDIA Chipset Drivers Installs the NIVIDIA Chipset Drivers SATA RAID Driver Installs the SATA RAID Dirver ADI Audio Driver Installs the ADI Audio Driver VGA Driver Installs the VGA Driver The screen display and drivers option may not be the same for different operating system versions ...

Page 82: ...t This utility requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider ISP ASUS Screen Saver Installs the ASUS screen saver ADOBE Acrobat Reader V7 0 The Adobe Acrobat Reader V7 0 is for opening viewing and printing documents in Portable Document Format PDF Microsoft DirectX Installs the Microsoft DirectX 9 0c driver The Microsoft DirectX 9 0c is a multimedia techn...

Page 83: ...st of supplementary user manuals Click an item to open the folder of the user manual Most user manual ﬁles are in Portable Document Format PDF Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual ﬁle Anti virus utility The anti virus utility scans identiﬁes and removes computer viruses View the online help for detailed information ASUS Cool ʻnʼ Quiet Utility This i...

Page 84: ...3 6 Chapter 3 Software support 3 2 5 ASUS Contact information Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information You can also ﬁnd this information on the inside front cover of this user guide ...

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