Asus M2N68 manuals

Asus M2N68 Specifications (96 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 3.10 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

September 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

(continued on the next page)

10

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

14

ASUS M2N68-AM 1-3

15

DDR2 1066 is for AM2+ only

15

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3

16

ASUS EZ Flash 2

16

PCI Express™ interface

16

Gigabit LAN solution

16

ASUS Q-Fan technology

16

ASUS MyLogo 2™

17

Green ASUS

17

1.4 Before you proceed

18

SATA2SATA1

19

SATA4SATA3

19

M2N68-AM

20

M2N68-AM CPU socket AM2+

21

M2N68-AM CPU fan connector

22

Retention Module Base

23

CPU Heatsink

23

1.7.2 Memory congurations

26

Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL)

27

DDR2-800 MHz capability

27

DDR2-667 MHz capability

28

DDR2-553 MHz capability

29

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

31

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

31

1.8 Expansion slots

32

1.8.3 Interrupt assignments

33

1.8.4 PCI slots

34

1.8.5 PCI Express x1 slot

34

1.8.6 PCI Express x16 slot

34

M2N68-AM Clear RTC RAM

35

1.10 Connectors

36

1.10.2 Internal connectors

37

NOTE:Orient the red markings

38

M2N68-AM SATA connectors

39

Left Audio Channel

41

Right Audio Channel

41

M2N68-AM ATX power connectors

43

HD_LED RESET

44

BIOS setup

45

DOS environment

46

XP environment

46

Vista environment

47

2.1.3 AFUDOS utility

49

Updating the BIOS le

50

2.1.5 ASUS Update utility

53

2-10 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

54

M2N68-AM.rom

55

2.2 BIOS setup program

56

2.2.1 BIOS menu screen

57

2.2.2 Menu bar

57

2-14 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

58

2.3 Main menu

59

2.3.4 IDE Conguration

60

Type [Auto]

61

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

61

PIO Mode [Auto]

62

DMA Mode [Auto]

62

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

62

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

62

PIO Mode [Auto]

63

2.3.7 System Information

64

2.4 Advanced menu

65

PCIE Overclocking [Auto]

66

Memclock Value [200 MHz]

67

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

68

NorthBridge Conguration

69

2.4.3 Chipset

69

2-26 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

70

ECC Conguration

71

SouthBridge Conguration

72

Parallel Port Address [378]

73

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

73

2.4.5 PCI PnP

74

2.4.6 USB Conguration

75

Legacy USB Support [Auto]

76

2.5 Power menu

77

2.5.4 APM Conguration

78

2.5.5 Hardware Monitor

79

2.6.1 Boot Device Priority

80

ASUS M2N68-AM 2-37

81

2.6.3 Security

82

Change User Password

83

Clear User Password

83

2.7 Tools menu

84

2.7.2 AI NET 2

85

2.8 Exit menu

86

Software

87

3.2 Support DVD information

88

3.2.2 Drivers menu

89

3.2.3 Utilities menu

90

Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE

91

CyberLink PowerBackup

91

WinZip 11

91

Microsoft DirectX 9.0c

91

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

92

3.2.5 Manual menu

93

3.2.7 Other information

94

Technical support Form

95

Filelist

95

Asus M2N68 Specifications (106 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 4.13 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

August 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

7

About this guide

8

Typography

9

(continued on the next page)

10

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

14

1.2 Package contents

14

1.3 Special features

14

ASUS M2N68-VM 1-3

15

ASUS MyLogo 2™

17

Green ASUS

17

ASUS Express Gate

17

1.4 Before you proceed

18

1.5 Motherboard overview

19

M2N68-VM

20

1.6.1 Installing the CPU

21

Gold triangle

22

Small triangle

22

Retention Module Base

23

CPU Heatsink

23

1.7 System memory

25

Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL)

26

DDR2-533 MHz capability

26

DDR2-667 MHz capability

27

DDR2-800 MHz capability

28

ASUS M2N68-VM 1-17

29

1.7.3 Installing a DIMM

31

1.7.4 Removing a DIMM

31

1.8 Expansion slots

32

Interrupt assignments

33

1.8.3 PCI slots

34

1.8.4 PCI Express x1 slot

34

1.8.5 PCI Express x16 slot

34

1.9 Jumpers

35

1.10 Connectors

36

Floppy Disk Drive Connector

38

IDE Connector

39

SATA Connectors

40

SPDIFOUT

41

Legacy AC’97-compliant

43

Azalia-compliant

43

12. LPT connector

45

IBM PC-compatible computers

45

System Panel Connector

46

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

M2N68VM.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

2.3.4 IDE Conguration

62

Type [Auto]

63

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

63

PIO Mode [Auto]

64

DMA Mode [Auto]

64

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

64

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

64

2.3.6 SATA1, SATA2, SATA3

65

2.3.7 System Information

66

2.4 Advanced menu

67

Memory Clock Mode [Auto]

69

Memclock Value [200 MHz]

69

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

69

Memory Over Voltage [Auto]

69

Chipset Over Voltage [Auto]

69

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

70

NorthBridge Conguration

71

2.4.3 Chipset

71

DCT Unganged Mode [Auto]

72

Power Down Enable [Enabled]

72

ECC Conguration

73

SouthBridge Conguration

74

Parallel Port Address [378]

75

Parallel Port Mode [Normal]

75

2.4.5 PCI PnP

76

2.4.6 USB Conguration

77

2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup

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 M2N68-VM 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 M2N68-VM

93

Library DVD

93

3.2.4 Make Disk menu

94

3.2.5 Manual menu

95

3.3 ASUS Express Gate

97

The First Screen

98

The Express Gate Environment

98

Using the Conguration Panel

100

Using the LaunchBar

101

3-15ASUS M2N68-VM

103

Using the Photo Manager

104

Updating Express Gate

105

Repairing Express Gate

105

Asus M2N68 Specifications (22 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 0.66 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Contents

2

(continued on the next page)

3

1. Motherboard layout

5

2.1 Overview

6

2.2 Installing the CPU

6

M2N68-LA (Narra 3) 3

7

3. System memory

8

3.2 Installing a DIMM

9

3.3 Removing a DIMM

9

4.3 PCI slots

10

4.1 PCI Express x16 slot

10

4.2 PCI Express x1 slot

10

5. Jumpers

11

M2N68-LA

12

6.1 Rear panel connectors

13

13. PS/2

14

6.2 Internal connectors

15

M2N68-LA IDE connector

16

PRIMARY_IDE

16

M2N68-LA ATX power connectors

17

ATXPOWER

17

M2N68-LA SATA connectors

18

M2N68-LA Fan connectors

19

CHASSIS_FAN1

19

F_LINE_IN

20

M2N68-LA (Narra 3) 17

21

18 M2N68-LA (Narra 3)

22

Asus M2N68 Specifications (40 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 1.70 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition V1

2

January 2009

2

Contents

3

Safety information

6

About this guide

6

Where to nd more information

7

Typography

7

(continued on the next page)

8

Chapter 1

10

1.2 Motherboard overview

11

1.4 System memory

12

1.4.2 Memory congurations

13

DDR2-800MHz capability

14

DDR2-667MHz capability

14

1.5 Expansion slots

15

1.6 Jumpers

16

1.7 Connectors

18

1.7.2 Internal connectors

19

1-14ASUS M2N68-AM SE2

23

1.8 Software support

24

Chapter 2

25

Updating from a BIOS file

26

Recovering the BIOS

27

2.2 BIOS setup program

28

2.3 Main menu

28

2.3.3 IDE Conguration

29

2.3.6 System Information

30

2.3.5 SATA 1-2

30

2.4 Advanced menu

31

Processor Voltage [Standard]

32

Memory Clock Mode [Auto]

32

DRAM Timing Mode [Auto]

32

2.4.2 CPU Conguration

33

2.4.3 Chipset

34

2.4.5 PCI PnP

35

2.4.6 USB Conguration

35

2.5 Power menu

36

2.5.5 Hardware Monitor

37

2.5.4 APM Conguration

37

2.6 Boot menu

38

2.6.3 Security

39

2.7 Tools menu

40

2.8 Exit menu

40

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