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6-2 Chapter 6: nVIDIA

SLI™ technology support

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

6.2.1 Installing SLI-ready graphics cards

Install only identical SLI-ready graphics cards that are NVIDIA

-certied.

Different types of graphics cards will not work together properly.

To install the graphics cards:

1. Prepare two graphics cards. Each graphics card should have goldngers for

the SLI connector.

2. Remove the metal bracket covers opposite the two PCI Express x16 slots.

Goldngers

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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 19
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 28
2.2.3 Motherboard layout 29
2.2.4 Layout contents 30
M3N-HD/HDMI CPU SOCKET AM2 32
ASUS M3N-HD/HDMI 33
Retention module base 34
CPU heatsink 34
Retention bracket lock 34
Retention bracket 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 49
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 71
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
Save to File 104
Load from File 104
Save BIOS Prole 104
Save to Proe 1/2 104
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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