Asus M3N78 manuals

Asus M3N78 Specifications (114 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 5.73 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

June 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

Vista only)

10

MediaShield

10

devices only

11

(continued on the next page)

11

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

14

ASUS M3N78-EM 1-3

15

ASUS Q-Fan technology

17

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

17

ASUS EZ Flash 2

17

Express Gate

17

AI NAP

18

ASUS MyLogo 2™

18

Green ASUS

18

M3N78-EM

19

1.5 Motherboard overview

20

1.5.2 Placement direction

21

1.5.3 Screw holes

21

Retention Module Base

24

CPU Heatsink

24

Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL)

28

DDR2-1066 MHz capability

28

DDR2-800 MHz capability

28

DDR2-533 MHz capability

29

DDR2-667 MHz capability

29

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

30

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

30

1.8 Expansion slots

31

Interrupt assignments

32

1.8.3 PCI slots

34

1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot

34

1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot

34

1.10 Connectors

36

BIOS setup

47

DOS environment

48

XP environment

48

Vista environment

49

2.1.3 AFUDOS utility

51

Updating the BIOS le

52

2.1.5 ASUS Update utility

55

2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

56

M3N78EM.rom

57

M3N78EMm

57

2.2 BIOS setup program

58

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

59

2.2.2 Menu bar

59

2-14 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

60

2.3 Main menu

61

Type [Auto]

62

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

62

PIO Mode [Auto]

63

DMA Mode [Auto]

63

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

63

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

63

2.3.5 Storage Conguration

64

2.3.6 System Information

65

2.4 Advanced menu

66

CPU Overclocking [Auto]

67

GPU OverClocking [Auto]

67

PCIE Frequency [100]

68

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

69

Memory Over Voltage [Auto]

70

Chipset Voltage:

70

Chipset Voltage [Disabled]

70

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

71

NorthBridge Conguration

72

2.4.3 Chipset

72

Memory Conguration

73

ECC Conguration

74

SouthBridge Conguration

75

1394 Controller [Enabled]

76

Parallel Port Address [378]

76

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

76

2.4.5 PCI PnP

77

2.4.6 USB Conguration

78

2.5 Power menu

79

2.5.4 APM Conguration

80

2.5.5 Hardware Monitor

81

2.6 Boot menu

82

ASUS M3N78-EM 2-37

83

2.6.3 Security

84

Change User Password

85

Clear User Password

85

Password Check [Setup]

85

2.7 Tools menu

86

2.7.2 Express Gate [Enabled]

87

2.7.3 AI NET 2

87

2.8 Exit menu

88

Software

89

3.2 Support CD information

90

3.2.2 Drivers menu

91

3.2.3 Utilities menu

92

3-5ASUS M3N78-EM

93

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

94

3.2.5 Manual menu

96

3.2.7 Other information

97

Technical support Form

98

Filelist

98

3-11ASUS M3N78-EM

99

3.4 Software information

101

The First Screen

102

The Express Gate Environment

103

Using the Conguration Panel

104

Using the LaunchBar

105

3-19ASUS M3N78-EM

107

Using the Photo Manager

108

Updating Express Gate

109

Repairing Express Gate

109

technology

111

4.1 NVIDIA

112

Hybrid SLI

112

Technology

112

4.1.2 Enabling Hybrid SLI

113

4-4 Chapter 4: NVIDIA

114

technology support

114

Asus M3N78 Specifications (62 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 2.58 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

January 2009

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

7

Where to nd more information

8

Typography

8

(continued on the next page)

9

Chapter 1

11

Green ASUS

14

C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)

14

1.4 Before you proceed

15

M3N78-AM

16

1.5.3 Motherboard layout

17

1.5.4 Layout contents

17

1.6.1 Installing the CPU

18

M3N78-AM CPU fan connector

19

CPU Heatsink

20

Retention bracket

20

Retention bracket lock

20

Retention Module Base

20

1.7 System memory

21

1.7.2 Memory congurations

22

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

25

1.6.4 Removing a DIMM

25

1.8 Expansion slots

26

1.9 Jumpers

27

1.10 Connectors

28

Internal connectors

29

M3N78-AM ATX power connectors

31

1-22 ASUS M3N78-AM

32

M3N78-AM USB2.0 connectors

33

1.11 Software support

35

1-26 ASUS M3N78-AM

36

Chapter 2

37

2.1.2 ASUS Update utility

38

39

2.1.4 AFUDOS utility

40

Recovering the BIOS

41

2.2 BIOS setup program

42

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

43

2.2.2 Menu bar

43

2-8 ASUS M3N78-AM

44

Pop-up window

44

Scroll bar

44

2.3 Main menu

45

2.3.5 Storage Conguration

46

2.4 Advanced menu

47

PCIE Overclocking [Auto]

48

Processor Voltage [Standard]

48

HyperTransport Speed [Auto]

48

GPU Overclocking [Auto]

48

Memory Clock Mode [Auto]

49

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

49

Memory OverVoltage [Auto]

49

Chipset Voltage [Auto]

49

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

50

2.4.3 Chipset

51

2-16 ASUS M3N78-AM

52

2.4.5 PCI PnP

53

2.4.6 USB Conguration

54

2.5 Power menu

55

2.5.5 Hardware Monitor

56

2.6 Boot menu

57

2.6.3 Security

58

Change User Password

59

Clear User Password

59

Password Check [Setup]

59

2.7 Tools menu

60

2.8 Exit menu

61

2-26 ASUS M3N78-AM

62

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