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ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19

Recommended PCI Express x16 congurations

Mode

PCIEX16_1 (Blue) slot PCIE16_2 (Black) slot

Card type Speed Card type Speed

Non-SLI mode PCIe x16 graphics card x16 NA

PCIe x16 graphics card x16 PCIe x16 graphics card x8

PCIe x16 graphics card x16 Other PCIe devices x8, x4, x1

Dual graphics

card in SLI Mode

Two identical NVIDIA

SLI™ Edition graphics cards at x8, x8 speed

1 2 ... 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 ... 163 164

Motherboard 1
Revised Edition V2 2
June 2006 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
(continued on the next page) 11
Product 15
1.1 Welcome! 17
1.2 Package contents 17
1.3 Special features 18
IEEE 1394a support 19
S/PDIF digital sound ready 19
USB 2.0 technology 19
Dual Gigabit LAN solution 19
AI Gear 20
AI Nap 20
ASUS Crystal Sound 20
1.3.3 ASUS Special features 21
Precision Tweaker 22
ASUS O.C. Prole 22
Hardware 23
2.1 Before you proceed 25
M2N-SLI DELUXE 26
2.2.3 Motherboard layout 27
2.2.4 Layout contents 28
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-7 31
Retention module base 32
CPU heatsink 32
Retention bracket lock 32
Retention bracket 32
CPU FAN PWR 34
CPU FAN IN 34
CPU FAN PWM 34
112 Pins128 Pins 35
Qualied Vendors List 37
DDR2-667 37
DDR2-800 38
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 39
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 39
2.5 Expansion slots 40
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 41
2.5.4 PCI slots 41
2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot 42
2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots 42
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 2-19 43
Normal Clear CMOS 44
(Default) 44
2.7 Connectors 45
2.7.2 Internal connectors 48
AC ‘97-compliant 54
pin definition 54
Azalia-compliant 54
SPDIFOUT 56
Powering up 59
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 3-1 61
3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 62
BIOS setup 63
4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 65
4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 66
Quit all Windows 66
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-3 67
The ASUS Update utility is 67
DOS environment 68
XP environment 68
2000 environment 68
MSDOWNLD.TMP 69
4.1.4 Updating the BIOS 70
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-7 71
4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 72
4.2 BIOS setup program 74
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 75
4.2.2 Menu bar 75
4.2.4 Menu items 76
4.2.5 Sub-menu items 76
4.2.6 Conguration elds 76
4.2.3 Legend bar 76
4.2.7 Pop-up window 77
4.2.8 General help 77
4.3 Main menu 78
PIO Mode [Auto] 79
UDMA Mode [Auto] 79
4.3.5 SATA 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 81
4.3.8 Usable Memory [XXX MB] 82
4.4 Advanced menu 83
Overclock Options [Disabled] 84
N.O.S. Option [Disabled] 84
DDR2 Voltage Control [Auto] 84
[Disabled] 85
4.4.2 AI NET2 86
4.4.3 PEG Link Mode 86
4.4.4 CPU Conguration 87
DRAM ECC Enable [Disabled] 88
Advance Memory Settings 88
DRAM Timing Control 89
AMD Live! [Disabled] 90
4.4.5 Chipset 91
4.4.6 PCIPnP 92
IDE Function Setup 93
Serial-ATA Conguration 94
USB Conguration 94
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 4-31 95
4.5 Power menu 96
4.5.3 APM Conguration 97
4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 98
4.5.4 Hardware Monitor 99
4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 100
4.6 Boot menu 101
4.6.2 Removable Drives 102
4.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 102
4.6.4 CDROM Drives 102
Bootup Num-Lock [On] 103
Case Open Warning [Enabled] 103
Quick Boot [Enabled] 103
4.6.6 Security 104
PASSWORD DISABLED !!! 105
Press any key to continue 105
4.7 Tools menu 106
4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole 108
Save BIOS Prole 109
Save to Prole 1/2 109
Save to File 109
4.7.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 110
4.8 Exit menu 111
4-48 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 112
Software 113
Chapter summary 114
5.2 Support CD information 115
5.2.2 Drivers menu 116
5.2.3 Utilities menu 117
5.2.4 Make Disk menu 118
5.2.5 Manuals menu 119
5.2.7 Other information 120
Browse this CD 121
Technical support Form 121
5.3 Software information 122
5.3.2 ASUS PC Probe II 124
Preferences 125
Hardware monitor panels 126
WMI browser 127
DMI browser 127
PCI browser 128
Conguring PC Probe II 129
5.3.3 ASUS Music Alarm 130
OS conguration 131
Adjusting the volume 132
Turning off the music alarm 132
5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap 133
5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 134
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-21 135
5.3.6 SoundMAX 136
High Denition Audio utility 136
Audio Setup Wizard 137
Jack conguration 138
Adjust speaker volume 138
Adjust microphone volume 138
Audio preferences 139
General options 139
Microphone options 139
Enhanced Microphone Features 140
5.4 RAID congurations 141
5.4.1 Installing hard disks 142
5.4.2 NVIDIA 143
Entering the NVIDIA 144
MediaShield RAID utility 144
Creating a RAID Volume 144
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-31 145
Rebuilding a RAID array 146
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 5-33 147
Deleting a RAID array 148
Clearing a disk data 149
5.4.3 JMicron 150
RAID Conguration 150
Creating a RAID set 151
RAID set you created 153
Deleting a RAID set 154
Resetting disks to non-RAID 155
6.1 Overview 159
6.2 Dual graphics card setup 160
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 6-3 161
6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 162
SLI™ technology support 162
ASUS M2N-SLI Deluxe 6-5 163
(www.nvidia.com) 163
6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 164

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