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Asus M2N32-SLI User Manual (170 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 2.64 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Revised Edition V2

2

May 2006

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

(continued on the next page)

11

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

Dual RAID solution

19

IEEE 1394a support

19

S/PDIF digital sound ready

19

USB 2.0 technology

20

Dual Gigabit LAN solution

20

AI Gear

21

AI Nap

21

ASUS Crystal Sound

21

Advanced Thermal Design

21

1.3.3 ASUS Special features

22

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 1-7

23

ASUS Multi-language BIOS

24

ASUS O.C. Prole

24

Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

M2N32-SLI DELUXE

28

2.2.3 ASUS Stack Cool 2

29

2.2.4 Motherboard layout

30

2.2.5 Layout contents

31

Gold triangle

34

Small triangle

34

Retention module base

35

CPU heatsink

35

Retention bracket lock

35

Retention bracket

35

CPU FAN PWM

37

CPU FAN IN

37

CPU FAN PWR

37

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

40

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

40

DDR2-800 MHz capability

41

2.5 Expansion slots

42

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

43

2.5.4 PCI slots

44

2.6 Jumper

45

2.7 Connectors

46

For Wireless Edition only:

48

SATA connectors

50

SATA_RAID2

51

IEEE 1394 connector

52

CHA_FAN1

53

CHA_FAN2

53

CHA_FAN3 CHA_FAN4

53

PWR_FAN CHIP_FAN

53

Chassis intrusion connector

54

ATX power connector

54

SPDIF_OUT

57

SPDIFOUT

57

System panel connsector

58

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 2-33

59

Powering up

61

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 3-1

63

3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up

64

BIOS setup

65

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

67

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

68

Quit all Windows

68

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 4-3

69

The ASUS Update utility is

69

DOS environment

70

XP environment

70

2000 environment

70

4.1.4 Updating the BIOS

72

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 4-7

73

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

74

4.2 BIOS setup program

76

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

77

4.2.2 Menu bar

77

4.2.4 Menu items

78

4.2.5 Sub-menu items

78

4.2.6 Conguration elds

78

4.2.3 Legend bar

78

4.2.7 Pop-up window

79

4.2.8 General help

79

4.3 Main menu

80

PIO Mode [Auto]

81

UDMA Mode [Auto]

81

4.3.6 SATA 1-6

83

4.3.9 Usable Memory [XXX MB]

84

4.4 Advanced menu

85

Overclock Options [Disabled]

86

N.O.S. Option [Disabled]

86

PCIEX16_1 Clock [Auto]

86

PCIEX16_2 Clock [Auto]

86

CPU to NB HT Voltage [1.200V]

87

NB to SB HT Voltage [Auto]

88

NB Core/PCI-E Voltage [Auto]

88

SB Core/PCI-E Voltage [Auto]

88

4.4.3 PEG Link Mode

89

4.4.4 CPU Conguration

89

DRAM Timing Control

91

Output Driver Control

92

4.4.5 Chipset

93

IRQ-xx assigned to

94

OnChip IDE Channel0 [Enabled]

95

IDE Prefetch Mode [Enabled]

95

Serial-ATA Conguration

96

USB Conguration

96

4.5 Power menu

98

4.5.3 APM Conguration

99

Date (of Month) Alarm [31]

100

4.5.4 Hardware Monitor

101

4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

102

4.6 Boot menu

103

4.6.2 Removable Drives

104

4.6.3 Hard Disk Drives

104

4.6.4 CDROM Drives

104

Case Open Warning [Enabled]

105

Quick Boot [Enabled]

105

Bootup Num-Lock [On]

105

4.6.6 Security

106

PASSWORD DISABLED !!!

107

Press any key to continue

107

4.7 Tools menu

108

4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

110

213830 2001-09-05 20:00:00

111

MSDOWNLD.TMP

112

4.8 Exit menu

113

4-48 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

114

Software

115

Chapter summary

116

5.2 Support CD information

117

5.2.2 Drivers menu

118

5.2.3 Utilities menu

119

5.2.4 Make Disk menu

120

5.2.5 Manuals menu

121

5.2.7 Other information

122

Browse this CD

123

Technical support Form

123

5.3 Software information

124

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 5-9

125

5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II

129

Preferences

130

Hardware monitor panels

131

WMI browser

132

DMI browser

132

PCI browser

133

Conguring PC Probe II

134

5.3.4 ASUS AI Gear

135

5.3.5 ASUS AI Nap

137

5.3.6 ASUS Music Alarm

138

OS conguration

139

Adjusting the volume

140

Turning off the music alarm

140

5.3.7 SoundMAX

141

High Denition Audio utility

141

Audio Setup Wizard

142

Jack conguration

143

Adjust speaker volume

143

Adjust microphone volume

143

Audio preferences

144

General options

144

Microphone options

145

Enhanced Microphone Features

145

5.4 RAID congurations

146

5.4.1 Installing hard disks

147

5.4.2 NVIDIA

148

Entering the NVIDIA

149

MeidaShield RAID utility

149

Creating a RAID Volume

149

Rebuilding a RAID array

151

Deleting a RAID array

153

Clearing a disk data

154

Setting the BIOS RAID items

155

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 5-41

157

MAIN MENU

160

Auto conguration

160

Manual conguration

160

Creating a CONCATENATION set

161

6.1 Overview

165

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

166

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 6-3

167

6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA

168

SLI™ technology support

168

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe 6-5

169

6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA

170

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