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Updating the BIOS through the Internet

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Motherboard 1
First Edition 2
October 2006 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
(continued on the next page) 11
Product 13
1.1 Welcome! 15
1.2 Package contents 15
1.3 Special features 16
Serial ATA 3Gb/s RAID 17
PCI Express™ interface 17
S/PDIF digital sound ready 17
USB 2.0 technology 17
IEEE 1394a support 17
1.3.2 ASUS Special features 18
Hardware 19
2.1 Before you proceed 21
M2N-E SLI 22
2.2.3 Motherboard layout 23
2.2.4 Layout Contents 24
Gold triangle 26
Small triangle 26
Retention Module Base 27
CPU Heatsink 27
Qualied Vendors List 32
DDR2-800 32
DDR2-667 33
DDR2-533 34
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 35
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 35
2.5 Expansion slots 36
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 37
2.5.4 PCI slots 37
2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot 38
2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots 38
Clear RTC 39
(Default) 39
2.7 Connectors 42
Orient the red markings on 44
ASUS M2N-E SLI 2-31 51
Powering up 53
ASUS M2N-E SLI 3-1 55
3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 56
BIOS setup 57
DOS environment 59
XP environment 59
2000 environment 59
4.1.2 Updating the BIOS 60
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-3 61
4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS s e tup 62
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-7 65
4.1.6 ASUS Update utility 66
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-9 67
4.2 BIOS setup program 69
4.2.2 Menu bar 70
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 70
4.2.4 Menu items 71
4.2.5 Sub-menu items 71
4.2.6 Configuration fields 71
4.2.3 Legend bar 71
4.2.7 Pop-up window 72
4.2.8 General help 72
4.3 Main menu 73
Access Mode [Auto] 74
4.3.6 SATA 1, 2, 3, 4 76
4.3.8 Installed Memory 77
4.4 Advanced menu 78
Overclock Profile [Auto] 79
PCI Express Clock [100MHz] 79
DDR2 Voltage [Auto] 79
CPU Multiplier [Auto] 79
CPU Voltage [Auto] 80
4.4.3 CPU Configuration 81
DRAM Timing Control 82
Tcl[Auto] 82
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-25 83
4.4.4 PCIPnP 84
IDE Function Setup 85
4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS s e tup 86
NVRAID Configuration 87
USB Configuration 88
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-31 89
4.4.6 SLI Configuration 90
4.5 Power menu 91
4.5.3 APM Configuration 92
ASUS M2N-E SLI 4-35 93
4.5.4 Hardware Monitor 94
12V Voltage[11.90V] 95
4.6 Boot menu 96
4.6.2 Removable Drives 97
Case Open Warning [Enabled] 98
Quick Boot [Enabled] 98
4.6.4 Security 100
Password Check 101
4.7 Tools menu 102
4.8 Exit menu 103
Load Setup Defaults 104
Discard Changes 104
Software 105
Chapter summary 106
5.2 Support CD information 107
5.2.2 Drivers menu 108
5.2.3 Utilities menu 109
5.2.4 Make Disk menu 110
5.2.5 Manuals menu 111
5.2.7 Other information 112
Browse this CD 113
Technical support Form 113
Filelist 114
5.3 Software information 115
5.3.2 ASUS PC Probe II 117
Preferences 118
Hardware monitor panels 119
WMI browser 120
DMI browser 120
PCI browser 121
Configuring PC Probe II 122
5.4 RAID congurations 123
5.4.1 Installing hard disks 124
5.4.2 NVIDIA 125
RAID configurations 125
Entering the NVIDIA 126
RAID utility 126
Creating a RAID Volume 126
Rebuilding a RAID array 128
ASUS M2N-E SLI 5-23 129
Deleting a RAID array 130
Clearing a disk data 131
PCI Express graphics cards 133
6.1 Overview 135
6.2 Dual graphics card setup 136
ASUS M2N-E SLI 137
Chapter 6: NVIDIA 138
SLI™ technology support 138

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