Asus Motherboard A7N8X-VM User's Guide download pdf (Page 3)

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Contents

Notices ............................................................................................v

Safety information .......................................................................... vi

About this guide............................................................................. vii

A7N8X-VM/400 specification summary ........................................ viii

Chapter 1: Product introduction

1.1 Welcome! ........................................................................... 1-2

1.2 Package contents ............................................................... 1-2

1.3 Special features.................................................................. 1-2

1.4 Motherboard components .................................................. 1-4

1.5 Motherboard layout ............................................................ 1-7

1.6 Motherboard installation ..................................................... 1-8

1.6.1 Placement direction ............................................... 1-8

1.6.2 Screw holes ........................................................... 1-8

1.7 Before you proceed ............................................................ 1-9

1.8 Central Processing Unit (CPU)......................................... 1-10

1.9 System memory ................................................................1-11

1.10 Expansion slots ................................................................ 1-12

1.10.1 Configuring an expansion card ............................ 1-12

1.10.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments .......................... 1-12

1.10.3 AGP slot ............................................................... 1-13

1.10.4 PCI slots .............................................................. 1-13

1.11 Jumpers............................................................................ 1-14

1.12 Connectors ....................................................................... 1-16

Chapter 2: BIOS information

2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 2-2

2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................. 2-2

2.1.2 Using AFUDOS to copy the current BIOS ............. 2-3

2.1.3 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ...................... 2-4

2.1.4 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............ 2-5

2.1.5 ASUS Update ........................................................ 2-6

2.2 BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-8

2.2.1 BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-8

2.2.2 Legend bar ............................................................. 2-9

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