Asus M3N78-CM Specifications download pdf (Page 21)

ASUS M3N78-CM 1-9

Do not overtighten the screws! Doing so can damage the motherboard.

1.5.2 Placement direction

When installing the motherboard, ensure that you place it into the chassis in

the correct orientation. The edge with external ports goes to the rear part of the

chassis as indicated in the image below.

1.5.3 Screw holes

Place eight (8) screws into the holes indicated by circles to secure the

motherboard to the chassis.

Place this side towards

the rear of the chassis

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Motherboard 1
First Edition 2
July 2008 2
Contents 3
Safety information 7
About this guide 8
Typography 9
Vista only) 10
Realtek8211CL PHY 11
Product 13
1.1 Welcome! 14
1.2 Package contents 14
1.3 Special features 14
ASUS M3N78-CM 1-3 15
ASUS M3N78-CM 1-5 17
Express Gate 18
M3N78-CM 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
DDR2-667 MHz capability 28
Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL) 28
DDR2-533 MHz capability 28
DDR2-800 MHz capability 29
DDR2-1066 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
M3N78CM.ROM 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 [Auto] 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
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-CM 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 DVD information 90
3.2.2 Drivers menu 91
3.2.3 Utilities menu 92
3-5ASUS M3N78-CM 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-CM 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-CM 107
Using the Photo Manager 108
Updating Express Gate 109
Repairing Express Gate 109

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