Asus M3N-HD manuals

Asus M3N-HD User Manual (7 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 0.23 MB |

English

Table of contents

M3N-HD/HDMI

1

Specification

5

Asus M3N-HD Specifications (164 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 8.55 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

February 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

(continued on the next page)

11

Chapter 1: Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 1-3

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S/PDIF digital sound ready

20

High Denition Audio

20

ASUS Express Gate Lite

20

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

20

ASUS Crystal Sound

21

ASUS EZ DIY

21

ASUS MyLogo 2™

22

features

23

Chapter 2: Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

M3N-HD/HDMI

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2.2.3 Motherboard layout

29

2.2.4 Layout contents

30

M3N-HD/HDMI CPU SOCKET AM2

32

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI

33

CPU heatsink

34

Retention bracket lock

34

Retention bracket

34

Retention module base

34

M3N-HD/HDMI CPU fan connector

36

2.4 System memory

37

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

41

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

41

2.5 Expansion slots

42

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

43

2.5.4 PCI slots

44

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots

44

2.6 Jumper

46

2.7 Connectors

47

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 2-23

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NOTE:Orient the red markings

50

M3N-HD/HDMI IDE connector

51

M3N-HD/HDMI SATA connectors

52

IE1394_2

54

M3N-HD/HDMI Fan connectors

55

Chassis Signal

56

+5VSB_MB

56

Graphics card

60

VGA module

60

Chapter 3:

63

Powering up

63

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 3-1

65

3.2 Turning off the computer

66

Chapter 4:

67

BIOS setup

67

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

69

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

70

Quit all Windows

70

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 4-3

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The ASUS Update utility is

71

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

72

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 4-5

73

4.1.4 Updating the BIOS

74

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 4-7

75

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

76

4.2 BIOS setup program

77

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

78

4.2.2 Menu bar

78

4.2.4 Menu items

79

4.2.5 Sub-menu items

79

4.2.6 Conguration elds

79

4.2.3 Legend bar

79

4.2.7 Pop-up window

80

4.2.8 General help

80

4.3 Main menu

81

PIO Mode [Auto]

82

UDMA Mode [Auto]

82

4.3.5 SATA1/2/3/4

84

4.3.8 Usable Memory [XXX MB]

85

4.4 Advanced menu

86

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 4-19

87

4.4.2 AI Net 2

88

4.4.3 CPU Conguration

88

AMD Virtualization [Enabled]

89

AMD Live! [Disabled]

89

4.4.4 Chipset

90

4.4.5 PCIPnP

91

Maximum Payload Size [4096]

92

IDE Function Setup

92

MCP Storage Cong

93

Onboard 1394 [Enabled]

93

HD Audio [Auto]

93

4.4.7 USB Conguration

94

4.5 Power menu

95

4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

96

4.5.4 Hardware Monitor

97

4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

98

4.6 Boot menu

99

4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

100

4.6.4 Security

101

Password Check

102

4.7 Tools menu

103

Load from File

104

Save BIOS Prole

104

Save to Proe 1/2

104

Save to File

104

4.7.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2

105

4.7.3 Express Gate Lite

106

4.8 Exit menu

107

4-40 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

108

Chapter 5: Software

109

Chapter summary

110

5.2 Support DVD information

111

5.2.2 Drivers menu

112

5.2.3 Utilities menu

113

5.2.4 Make Disk menu

115

5.2.5 Manual menu

116

5.2.7 Other information

117

Technical support Form

118

File list

118

5.3 Software information

119

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 5-11

121

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 5-13

123

5.3.3 Audio congurations

124

Information

125

Minimize

125

Conguration options

125

Audio I/O

126

3D Audio Demo

127

Microphone

127

5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II

128

Preference

129

Hardware monitor panels

130

WMI browser

131

DMI browser

131

PCI browser

132

Conguring PC Probe II

133

5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite

134

Other feature buttons

135

5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2

136

5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap

137

5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2

138

5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster

139

The First Screen

141

Using the Conguration Panel

142

Using the LaunchBar

143

Updating Express Gate Lite

146

Repairing Express Gate Lite

146

5.4 RAID congurations

147

5.4.2 NVIDIA

148

RAID congurations

148

Entering the NVIDIA

149

RAID utility

149

Creating a RAID Volume

150

Rebuilding a RAID array

151

You will need to enter Window

152

Deleting a RAID array

153

Clearing a disk data

154

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 5-45

155

Chapter 6:

157

6.1 Overview

159

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

160

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 6-3

161

6-4 Chapter 6: nVIDIA

162

SLI™ technology support

162

ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 6-5

163

6-6 Chapter 6: nVIDIA

164

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