Asus M2VTVM manuals

Asus M2VTVM Specifications (90 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Server/workstation motherboards | Size: 4.10 MB |

English

Table of contents

V-Series M2V890

1

First Edition V1

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September 2006

2

Table of contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

System package contents

10

System introduction

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1.1 Welcome!

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1.2 Front panel

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1-3ASUS V-Series M2V890

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1.3 Rear panel

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1-5ASUS V-Series M2V890

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Voltage selector

16

1.4 Internal components

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Basic installation

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2.1 Preparation

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2.2 Before you proceed

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panel assembly

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2.4.1 Overview

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2.4.2 Installing CPU

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Gold triangle

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Small triangle

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Retention Module Base

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CPU Heatsink

24

2.5 Installing a DIMM

26

Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL)

27

2.5.3 Removing a DDR2 DIMM

28

2.5.2 Installing a DDR2 DIMM

28

2.6 Expansion slots

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2.6.4 PCI slots

31

2.6.3 PCI Express x1 slot

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2.6.5 PCI Express x16 slot

31

IDE ribbon cable

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Power cable

32

2-15ASUS V-Series M2V890

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Serial ATA cable

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Serial ATA power

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Floppy ribbon

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and side cover

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Starting up

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3.2 Powering up

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3.3 Support CD information

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3.3.2 Drivers menu

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3.3.3 Utilities menu

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3.3.4 Make Disk menu

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3-7ASUS V-Series M2V890

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3-8 Chapter 3: Starting up

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Motherboard information

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4.1 Introduction

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4.2 Motherboard layout

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(Default)

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Clear CMOS

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4.4 Connectors

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NOTE:Orient the red markings

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(usually zigzag) on the IDE

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CPU FAN PWM

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CPU FAN IN

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CPU FAN PWR

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4-9ASUS V-Series M2V890

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Analog front panel connector

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COM port connector

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System panel connector

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Right Audio Channel

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Left Audio Channel

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BIOS setup

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DOS environment

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XP environment

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5.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility

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5.1.3 AFUDOS utility

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Updating the BIOS file

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5.1.4 ASUS Update utility

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5-7ASUS V-Series M2V890

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5-8 Chapter 5: BIOS setup

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5.2 BIOS setup program

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5.2.2 Menu bar

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5.2.1 BIOS menu screen

68

5.2.3 Navigation keys

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5-11ASUS V-Series M2V890

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5.3 Main menu

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Type [Auto]

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LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

71

5.3.5 System Information

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5.4 Advanced menu

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Legacy USB Support [Enabled]

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BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled]

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5.4.2 CPU Configuration

74

5.4.3 Chipset

75

NorthBridge C o nfiguration

75

Memory Config u ration

75

ECC Conguration

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DRAM ECC Enable [Enabled]

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4-Bit ECC Mode [Disabled]

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DRAM BG Srub [Disabled]

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Power Down Control [Auto]

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Alternate VID [0.850V]

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Hyper Transport AGP

78

Serial Port1 Mode [Normal]

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Serial Port2 Mode [Normal]

79

5.4.5 PCI PnP

80

Plug and Play O/S [No]

81

PCI Latency Timer [64]

81

Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]

81

Palette Snooping [Disabled]

81

IRQ xx [Available]

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5.5 Power menu

82

5.5.5 Hardware Monitor

84

5.6 Boot menu

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Quick Boot [Enabled]

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Full Screen Logo [Enabled]

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Bootup Num-Lock [On]

86

5.6.3 Security

87

Change User Password

88

5.7 Exit menu

89

Exit & Discard Changes

90

Discard Changes

90

Load Setup Defaults

90

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