Asus A8N-SLI manuals

Asus A8N-SLI User Manual (152 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 7.22 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.3 Special features

18

Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

2.2 Motherboard overview

28

30.5cm (12.0in)

29

A8N-SLI CPU Socket 939

32

Rotation

36

2.4 System memory

37

DDR400 Qualified Vendors List

38

2.5 Expansion slots

40

2.6 Jumpers

43

2.7 Connectors

44

A8N-SLI IDE connectors

46

A8N-SLI SATA connectors

47

SATA1SATA2

47

SATA3SATA4

47

CHA1_FAN

48

CHA2_FAN

48

CHIP_FAN

48

A8N-SLI COM port connector

49

Power supply requirements

50

A8N-SLI Game connector

51

A8N-SLI IEEE 1394 connector

52

IE_1394_2

52

PLED SPEAKER

54

Powering up

55

3.2 Powering off the computer

58

BIOS setup

59

DOS environment

61

XP environment

61

2000 environment

61

Installing ASUS Update

68

4.2 BIOS setup program

71

Pop-up menuPop-up menu

74

Pop-up menu

74

4.3 Main menu

75

4.4 Advanced menu

80

DRAM Configuration

81

Master ECC Enable [Disabled]

82

IRQ-xx assigned to

84

Overclock Profile [Auto]

89

4.5 Power menu

94

4.6 Boot menu

98

4.7 Exit menu

103

Software

105

Chapter summary

106

5.2 Support CD information

107

Motherboard Info

112

FilelistFilelist

114

Filelist

114

5.3 Software information

115

To use ASUS Instant Music:

118

Sound Effect options

120

S/PDIF optionS/PDIF option

121

S/PDIF option

121

Speaker Configuration

122

AI Audio feature

123

HRTF DemoHRTF Demo

124

HRTF Demo

124

Setting security profiles

127

Turning the NVFirewall™ off

128

5.4 RAID configurations

129

Setting the BIOS RAID items

131

Rebuilding a RAID array

134

Deleting a RAID array

136

Clearing a disk data

137

6.1 Overview

143

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

144

GoldfingersGoldfingers

146

Goldfingers

146

NVIDIA Settings icon

150

SliderSlider

152

Asus A8N-SLI User Manual (162 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 7.32 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

2.2 Motherboard overview

28

30.5cm (12.0in)

29

A8N-SLI CPU Socket 939

32

Rotation

36

2.4 System memory

37

DDR400 Qualified Vendors List

38

2.5 Expansion slots

41

2.6 Jumpers

44

2.7 Connectors

45

A8N-SLI IDE connectors

47

A8N-SLI SATA connectors

48

SATA1SATA2

48

SATA3SATA4

48

CHA1_FAN

49

CHA2_FAN

49

CHIP_FAN

49

A8N-SLI COM port connector

50

Power supply requirements

51

A8N-SLI Game connector

52

A8N-SLI IEEE 1394 connector

53

IE_1394_2

53

PLED SPEAKER

55

Powering up

57

3.2 Powering off the computer

60

BIOS setup

61

DOS environment

63

XP environment

63

2000 environment

63

Installing ASUS Update

70

4.2 BIOS setup program

73

Pop-up menuPop-up menu

76

Pop-up menu

76

4.3 Main menu

77

4.4 Advanced menu

82

DRAM Configuration

83

IRQ-xx assigned to

86

4.5 Power menu

97

4.6 Boot menu

101

4.7 Exit menu

106

Software

109

Chapter summary

110

5.2 Support CD information

111

Motherboard Info

116

FilelistFilelist

118

Filelist

118

5.3 Software information

119

To use ASUS Instant Music:

122

Sound Effect options

124

S/PDIF optionS/PDIF option

125

S/PDIF option

125

Speaker Configuration

126

AI Audio feature

127

HRTF DemoHRTF Demo

128

HRTF Demo

128

Setting security profiles

131

Turning the NVFirewall™ off

132

5.4 RAID configurations

133

Setting the BIOS RAID items

135

Rebuilding a RAID array

138

Deleting a RAID array

140

Clearing a disk data

141

5.7 Using the NVIDIA

145

nTune™ utility

145

6.1 Overview

151

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

153

GoldfingersGoldfingers

155

Goldfingers

155

NVIDIA Settings icon

159

SliderSlider

161

Asus A8N-SLI User Manual (88 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 2.68 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Contents

3

5

Safety information

7

(continued on the next page)

8

Hardware

11

When use 2 Graphics

12

1.2 Motherboard overview

13

30.5cm (12.0in)

14

A8N-SLI CPU Socket 939

17

Rotation

21

1.4 System memory

22

1.5 Expansion slots

24

1.6 Jumper

27

1.7 Connectors

28

A8N-SLI COM port connector

30

A8N-SLI IDE connectors

31

A8N-SLI SATA connectors

32

SATA1SATA2

32

SATA3SATA4

32

CHA1_FAN

33

CHA2_FAN

33

CHIP_FAN

33

A8N-SLI IEEE 1394 connector

34

IE_1394_2

34

Power supply requirements

35

Right Audio Channel

36

Left Audio Channel

36

+5VSB_MB

37

Chassis Signal

37

(Default)

37

Requires an ATX power supply

38

BIOS setup

39

Important notes

40

Updating the BIOS file

41

Saving the current BIOS file

44

2.2 BIOS Setup program

46

“2.7 Exit Menu”

48

2.3 Main Menu

49

2.4 Advanced Menu

54

DRAM Configuration

56

IRQ-xx assigned to

59

IDE Function Setup

61

NVRAID Configuration

62

SLI Configuration

65

EZ-Plug Warning [Enabled]

65

Select Menu

65

Item Specific Help

65

2.5 Power Menu

66

2.6 Boot Menu

70

1st ~ xth Boot Device

71

2.7 Exit menu

75

3.1 Overview

78

3.2 Dual graphics card setup

80

GoldfingersGoldfingers

82

Goldfingers

82

NVIDIA Settings icon

86

SliderSlider

88

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