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Contents
Contents ......................................................................................... iii
FCC/CDC statements ..................................................................... vi
Federal Communications Commission Statement ................ vi
Canadian Department of Communications Statement .......... vi
Safety information ......................................................................... vii
About this guide ............................................................................ viii
How this guide is organized ................................................ viii
Conventions used in this guide ............................................. ix
Where to find more information ............................................. ix
ASUS contact information ............................................................... x
Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info ................................................... 1-1
1.1 Introduction ................................................................ 1-3
1.2 Motherboard components.......................................... 1-3
1.3 Motherboard layout..................................................... 1-6
1.4 Central Processing Unit (CPU)................................... 1-7
1.5 System memory........................................................... 1-7
1.6 Expansion Slots........................................................... 1-8
1.6.1 Configuring an expansion card .................................. 1-8
1.6.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments ................................ 1-8
1.6.3 IRQ Assignments for this motherboard ....................... 1-8
1.7 Jumpers ....................................................................... 1-9
1.8 Connectors ................................................................. 1-12
Chapter 2 - BIOS Information ................................................... 2-1
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .......................... 2-3
2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to Update the BIOS............... 2-3
2.1.1 Using ASUS AFLASH to update the BIOS................. 2-5
Updating BIOS procedures........................................ 2-7
2.2 BIOS Setup Program ................................................. 2-9
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar ....................................................... 2-10
2.2.2 Legend bar ............................................................. 2-10