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Asus Z8NA-D6 User Manual (168 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Computer hardware | Size: 11.33 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition V1

2

March 2009

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.4 Special features

18

1.3 Serial number label

18

ASUS MIO Audio card

20

Hardware

21

2.1 Before you proceed

23

2.2 Motherboard overview

25

2.2.3 Motherboard layouts

26

Z8NA-D6C

27

2.2.4 Layout contents

28

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

30

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-11

31

Alignment key

32

CPU notch

32

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-13

33

2.4 System memory

35

2.4.2 Memory Congurations

36

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

37

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

37

2.5 Expansion slots

38

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

39

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-23

43

2.6 Jumpers

44

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-25

45

2.7 Connectors

49

2.7.2 Internal connectors

50

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-33

53

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 2-37

57

Powering up

59

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 3-3

61

3-4 Chapter 3: Powering up

62

BIOS setup

63

A:\>afudos /oOLDBIOS1.rom

65

Updating the BIOS le

66

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-5

67

4.2 BIOS setup program

69

4.2.2 Menu bar

70

4.2.3 Navigation keys

70

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

70

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-9

71

4.3 Main menu

72

4.3.4 SATA1—6

73

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

74

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

74

4.3.5 IDE Conguration

75

4.3.6 AHCI Conguration

76

4.3.7 System Information

77

4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

78

CPU1/2 Memory Conguration

78

4.4 Advanced menu

79

C1E Support [Enabled]

80

Hardware Prefetcher [Enabled]

80

CPU TM Function [Enabled]

80

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-19

81

4-20 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

82

CPU Bridge Conguration

83

4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

84

North Bridge Conguration

85

South Bridge Conguration

86

Intel VT-d Conguration

87

4.4.4 USB Conguration

88

4.4.5 PCIPnP

89

4.4.6 Power On Conguration

90

4.4.7 Event Log Conguration

91

4.4.8 Hardware Monitor

91

4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

92

4.4.10 ACPI Conguration

93

Advanced ACPI Conguration

94

Chipset ACPI Conguration

95

General WHEA Conguration

95

4.5 Server menu

96

Serial port number [COM2]

97

Flow Control [Hardware]

97

Terminal Type [VT-UTF8]

97

4.6 Boot menu

98

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 4-37

99

4.6.3 Security

100

Change User Password

101

Password Check [Setup]

101

4.7 Exit menu

102

Chapter summary

104

5.1 Setting up RAID

105

(Z8NA-D6 model only)

107

5.2.1 Creating a RAID set

108

Choose RAID Level For This VD

110

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-9

111

Using New Conguration

112

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-11

113

Using the Initialize command

115

Using the Objects command

117

BIOS Version A.08.09161344R

118

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-17

119

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-19

121

Check Consistency

121

Select VD

122

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-23

125

5.2.8 Enabling WriteCache

126

5.3 Intel

127

Matrix Storage Manager

127

Option ROM Utility

127

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set

128

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-27

129

5.3.3 Deleting a RAID set

131

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-31

133

See section

133

5.3.2 Creating a Recovery set

133

5.3.7 Rebuilding the RAID

134

5.3.6 Exiting the Intel

134

ASUS Z8NA-D6 Series 5-33

135

6.1 RAID driver installation

139

ICH10R Intel RAID Driver

140

ICH10R LSI RAID Driver

140

oppy disk drive

141

7. Press <Enter>

141

ITE IT8213F Linux Driver

141

6.1.2 Windows

142

To an existing Windows

144

6.1.3 Red Hat

145

Enterprise Linux OS

145

installation

151

ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-17

153

6.3 LAN driver installation

155

ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-21

157

9. Click

158

to nish the installation

158

ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-23

159

ASUS Z8NA-D6 6-25

161

6.5.3 Utilities menu

163

6.5.4 Make disk menu

163

6.5.5 Contact information

163

Reference information

165

Appendix summary

166

A.1 Z8NA-D6 block diagram

167

A.2 Z8NA-D6C block diagram

168

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