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ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-1
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a
bootable floppy disk.)
2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy
disk or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets
corrupted.)
3. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a floppy disk or the
motherboard support CD.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy
disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original
motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AwardBIOS Flash utilities.
4.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
DOS environment
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 startup disk from the format options
field, then click Start.
Windows® 2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
®
2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB floppy disk into the drive.
- Motherboard 1
- Revised Edition V1 2
- September 2005 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 9
- About this guide 10
- Typography 11
- (continued on the next page) 12
- Product 15
- 1.1 Welcome! 17
- 1.2 Package contents 17
- 1.3 Special features 18
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 1-3 19
- AI Audio technology 20
- USB 2.0 technology 20
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 1-5 21
- Hardware 23
- 2.1 Before you proceed 25
- A8N-SLI SE 26
- 2.2.3 Motherboard layout 27
- 2.2.4 Layout Contents 28
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 2-5 29
- 2.3.2 Installing the CPU 30
- 2.3.1 Overview 30
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 2-7 31
- Re ten tio n M odu le Bas e 32
- CP U Heat sin k 32
- Re ten tio n b rac ket lo ck 32
- Re ten tio n b rac ket 32
- CP U Fan 32
- Rotation 34
- 2.4 System memory 35
- DDR400 Qualified Vendors List 36
- 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 38
- 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 38
- 2.5 Expansion slots 39
- 2.5.4 PCI slots 40
- 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 40
- 2.5.6 PCI Express x1 slot 41
- 2.5.7 PCI Express x4 slot 41
- 2.6 Jumpers 42
- 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 43
- 2.7.2 Internal connectors 45
- A8N-SLI SE SATA Connectors 46
- A8N-SLI SE Fan Connectors 47
- CHA1_FAN 47
- A8N-SLI SE COM Port Connector 48
- A8N-SLI SE Game Connector 50
- FP_AUDIO 51
- Powering up 53
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 3-1 55
- 3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 56
- BIOS setup 57
- DOS environment 59
- Windows® XP environment 59
- Windows® 2000 environment 59
- 4.1.2 Updating the BIOS 60
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-3 61
- 4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 62
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-5 63
- 4.1.5 ASUS EZ Flash utility 65
- 4.1.6 ASUS Update utility 66
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-9 67
- 4.2 BIOS setup program 69
- 4.2.2 Menu bar 70
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 70
- 4.2.4 Menu items 71
- 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 71
- 4.2.6 Configuration fields 71
- 4.2.3 Legend bar 71
- 4.2.7 Pop-up window 72
- 4.2.8 General help 72
- 4.3 Main menu 73
- Access Mode [Auto] 74
- Extended Drive 76
- Access Mode 76
- Capacity 76
- Cylinder 76
- 4.3.6 HDD SMART Monitoring 77
- 4.3.7 Installed Memory 77
- 4.3.8 Usable Memory 77
- 4.4 Advanced menu 78
- DRAM Configuration 79
- 4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 80
- 4.4.2 PCI PnP 81
- IRQ Resources 82
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-25 83
- 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 84
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 4-27 85
- 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 86
- 4.4.4 SLI Configuration 87
- Overclock Profile [Auto] 88
- PCI Express Clock [100MHz] 89
- DDR Voltage [Auto] 89
- CPU Multiplier [Auto] 89
- CPU Voltage [Auto] 89
- 4.4.6 PEG Link Mode 90
- PEG Root Control [Auto] 91
- PEG Buffer Length [Auto] 91
- 4.5 Power menu 92
- 4.5.3 APM Configuration 93
- Day of Month Alarm [Disabled] 94
- 4.5.4 Hardware Monitor 95
- CPU Target Temperature 96
- 4.6 Boot menu 97
- 4.6.2 Removable Drives 98
- 4.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 98
- Case Open Warning [Enabled] 99
- Quick Boot [Enabled] 99
- Bootup Num-Lock [On] 99
- Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] 100
- Full Screen LOGO [Enabled] 100
- Halt On [All, But Keyboard] 100
- 4.6.5 Security 101
- Password Check 102
- 4.7 Exit menu 103
- Discard Changes 104
- Load Setup Defaults 104
- Software 105
- Chapter summary 106
- 5.2 Support CD information 107
- 5.2.2 Drivers menu 108
- 5.2.3 Utilities menu 109
- Microsoft DirectX 110
- Anti-virus Utility 110
- ADOBE Acrobat Reader 110
- ASUS Screen Saver 110
- 5.2.4 Manuals menu 111
- 5.2.6 Other information 112
- Browse this CD 113
- Technical support Form 113
- Filelist 114
- 5.3 Software information 115
- 5.3.2 Audio configurations 117
- S/PDIF option 118
- Speaker Configuration 119
- AI Audio feature 120
- HRTF Demo 121
- General settings 122
- 5.3.3 Using the NVIDIA 123
- Firewall™ 123
- Setting security profiles 124
- Turning the NVFirewall™ off 125
- 5.4 RAID configurations 126
- 5.4.1 Installing hard disks 127
- 5.4.2 NVIDIA 128
- RAID configurations 128
- Entering the NVIDIA 129
- RAID utility 129
- Creating a RAID Volume 129
- Rebuilding a RAID array 131
- Deleting a RAID array 133
- Clearing a disk data 134
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 5-29 135
- 2000/XP 136
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 5-31 137
- 5.7 Using the NVIDIA 138
- nTune™ utility 138
- 5.7.2 Clock control 139
- 5.7.3 Voltage/Fan control 139
- 5.7.4 Information 140
- 5.7.5 Other options 140
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 5-35 141
- 5.8.2 Using the SLI mode 142
- 6.1 Overview 145
- 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 146
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 6-3 147
- 6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 148
- SLI™ technology support 148
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 6-5 149
- 6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 150
- ASUS A8N-SLI SE 6-7 151
- Multi-monitor 152
- RAID or LAN 152
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