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Chap ter 2: B IOS setu p
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1. ASUS EZ Flash (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a oppy disk.)
2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable oppy
disk.)
3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy
disk, when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.)
4. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB oppy disk to the oppy disk drive.
b. Click Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2
Floppy Disk window appears.
e. Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options
eld, then click Start.
Windows
®
2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
®
2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows
®
2000 CD to the optical drive.
c. Click Start, then select Run.
d. From the Open eld, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D: is your optical drive.
e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy
disk or a USB ash disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the
future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or
AFUDOS utilities.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS le to the bootable
oppy disk.
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition V1 2
- January 2007 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 7
- M2N-MX specications summary 8
- Product 11
- 1.1 Special features 12
- PCI Express™ interface 13
- Gigabit LAN solution 13
- USB 2.0 technology 13
- High Definition Audio 13
- ASUS Q-Fan technology 14
- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 14
- ASUS EZ Flash 2 14
- 1.2 Before you proceed 15
- 1.3 Motherboard overview 16
- 1.3.2 Placement direction 17
- 1.3.3 Screw holes 17
- 1.4.1 Installing the CPU 18
- Gold triangl e 19
- Small triang l e 19
- Retention Mo d u le Base 20
- CPU Heatsink 20
- 112 Pins128 Pins 22
- 1.5.3 Installing a DIMM 24
- 1.5.4 Removing a DIMM 24
- 1.6 Expansion slots 25
- 1.8.3 PCI slots 27
- 1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot 27
- 1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot 27
- Normal Clear RTC 28
- (Default) 28
- 1.10 Connectors 30
- Orient the red markings on 31
- NOTE: Orient the red markings 32
- (usually zigzag) on the ID 32
- Digital Audio Connector 34
- Right Audio Channel 35
- Left Audio Channel 35
- System Panel Connector 38
- BIOS setup 39
- DOS environment 40
- XP environment 40
- 2000 environment 40
- MSDOWNLD.TMP 41
- 2.1.3 AFUDOS utility 42
- Updating the BIOS file 43
- 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility 45
- Chap ter 2: B IOS setu p 46
- 2.2 BIOS setup program 47
- 2.2.2 Menu bar 48
- 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 48
- 2.2.3 Navigation keys 48
- ASUS M2N-MX 49
- 2.3 Main menu 50
- 2.3.4 IDE Configuration 51
- Type [Auto] 53
- LBA/Large Mode [Auto] 53
- 2.3.7 System Information 54
- 2.4 Advanced menu 55
- North Bridg e Con figur ation 56
- 2.4.2 Chipset 56
- South Bridg e Con figur ation 58
- Parallel Port Address [378] 59
- Parallel Port Mode [Normal] 59
- Parallel Port IRQ [IRQ7] 59
- 2.4.4 PCI PnP 60
- 2.4.5 USB Configuration 61
- AI Overclocking [Auto] 62
- CPU Frequency [200] 63
- PCI Express Frequency [Auto] 63
- Spread Spectrum [Enabled] 63
- 2.5 Power menu 64
- 2.5.5 APM Configuration 65
- 2.5.6 Hardware Monitor 66
- 2.6 Boot menu 67
- 2.6.3 Security 69
- Change User Password 70
- Clear User Password 70
- 2.7 Tools menu 71
- Exit Options 72
- Exit & Save Changes 72
- Exit & Discard Changes 72
- Discard Changes 72
- Load Setup Defaults 72
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