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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
2.
ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS in DOS using a oppy disk / USB ash
disk, or the motherboard support DVD.)
3.
Award BIOS Flash Utility (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk /
USB ash disk or a CD ROM.)
4.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk /
USB ash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS le fails or
gets corrupted.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or Award BIOS Flash utilities.
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. See page
5-3 for the Utilities screen menu.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
4.1.1 ASUS Update utility
The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update the
motherboard BIOS in Windows
®
environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you
to:
• Save the current BIOS le
• Download the latest BIOS le from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS le
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support DVD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an
Internet Service Provider (ISP).
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition V1 2
- January 2007 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
- High Denition Audio 19
- USB 2.0 technology 20
- Dual Gigabit LAN solution 20
- AI Remote 20
- Advanced Thermal Design 22
- 1.3.3 ASUS special features 23
- ASUS O.C. Prole 24
- AI Clock Skew 24
- Precision Tweaker 24
- Hardware 27
- 2.1 Before you proceed 29
- M2N32-SLI PREMIUM 30
- 2.2.3 ASUS Stack Cool 2 31
- 2.2.4 Motherboard layout 32
- 2.2.5 Layout contents 33
- CPU Socket AM2 35
- Gold triangle 36
- Small triangle 36
- Retention module base 37
- CPU heatsink 37
- Retention bracket lock 37
- Retention bracket 37
- CPU FAN PWM 39
- CPU FAN IN 39
- CPU FAN PWR 39
- 2.4 System memory 41
- 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 43
- 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 43
- DDR2-800 MHz capability 44
- Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL) 44
- DDR2-667 MHz capability 45
- DDR2-533 MHz capability 46
- 2.5 Expansion slots 47
- 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 48
- 2.5.4 PCI slots 49
- 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots 49
- 2.6 Jumper 50
- 42 3 5 51
- 11 910121314 51
- 2.7.2 Internal connectors 54
- SATA connectors 55
- SATA RAID connector 56
- USB 2.0 connectors 57
- CPU Fan connectors 58
- Chassis intrusion connector 59
- Internal audio connector 61
- Digital audio connector 62
- System panel connsector 63
- Powering up 65
- 3.2 Turning off the computer 68
- BIOS setup 69
- 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 71
- 4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 72
- Quit all Windows 72
- The ASUS Update utility is 73
- DOS environment 74
- XP environment 74
- 2000 environment 74
- 4.1.4 Updating the BIOS 76
- 4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 78
- 4.2 BIOS setup program 80
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 81
- 4.2.2 Menu bar 81
- 4.2.4 Menu items 82
- 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 82
- 4.2.6 Conguration elds 82
- 4.2.3 Legend bar 82
- 4.2.7 Pop-up window 83
- 4.2.8 General help 83
- 4.3 Main menu 84
- PIO Mode [Auto] 85
- UDMA Mode [Auto] 85
- 4.3.6 SATA 1-6 87
- 4.3.9 Usable Memory [XXX MB] 88
- 4.4 Advanced menu 89
- Overclock Options [Disabled] 90
- N.O.S. Option [Disabled] 90
- PCIEX16_1 Clock [Auto] 90
- PCIEX16_2 Clock [Auto] 90
- [Disabled] 91
- 4.4.2 AI NET2 92
- 4.4.3 CPU Conguration 93
- DRAM Timing Control 95
- Output Driver Control 96
- 4.4.4 Chipset 97
- NVIDIA GPU Ex [Disabled] 98
- 4.4.5 PCIPnP 99
- IDE Function Setup 100
- Serial-ATA Conguration 101
- USB Conguration 101
- 4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 102
- 4.5 Power menu 103
- 4.5.3 APM Conguration 104
- HPET Support [Enabled] 105
- Date (of Month) Alarm [xx] 105
- 4.5.4 Hardware Monitor 106
- 4.6 Boot menu 108
- 4.6.2 Removable Drives 109
- 4.6.3 Hard Disk Drives 109
- 4.6.4 CDROM Drives 109
- Case Open Warning [Enabled] 110
- Quick Boot [Enabled] 110
- Bootup Num-Lock [On] 110
- 4.6.6 Security 111
- Password Check 112
- Security Chip [Disabled] 112
- 4.7 Tools menu 113
- Load from File 114
- Save BIOS Prole 114
- Save to Proe 1/2 114
- 213830 2001-09-05 20:00:00 115
- 4.7.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 116
- 4.8 Exit menu 117
- Chapter 4: BIOS setup 118
- Software 119
- Chapter summary 120
- 5.2 Support DVD information 121
- 5.2.2 Drivers menu 122
- 5.2.3 Utilities menu 123
- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 125
- 5.2.5 Manual menu 126
- 5.2.7 Other information 127
- Technical support Form 128
- Filelist 128
- 5.3 Software information 129
- 5.3.2 Cool ‘n’ Quiet! 131
- Technology 131
- Launching the Cool ‘n’ Quiet! 132
- software 132
- 5.3.3 SoundMAX 133
- High Denition Audio utility 133
- Audio Setup Wizard 134
- Jack conguration 135
- Adjust speaker volume 135
- Adjust microphone volume 135
- Audio preferences 136
- Microphone options 137
- Enhanced Microphone features 137
- 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 138
- Preferences 139
- Hardware monitor panels 140
- WMI browser 141
- DMI browser 141
- PCI browser 142
- Conguring PC Probe II 143
- 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 144
- Other feature buttons 145
- 5.3.6 ASUS AI N.O.S 146
- 5.3.7 ASUS AI Gear 147
- 5.3.8 ASUS AI Nap 148
- 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 149
- 5.3.10 ASUS Q-Fan 150
- 5.3.11 AI Remote 151
- ASUS >>USB receiver 152
- USB receiver 152
- ASUS AI Remote Settings 154
- 3. Multimedia Keys 155
- 2. AP-1/2 155
- Select File 156
- Select Application Path 156
- Select Application Profile 156
- Dene Hotkeys for Application 157
- 5.4 Windows 159
- Vista feature 159
- 5.5 RAID congurations 160
- 5.5.1 Installing hard disks 161
- 5.5.2 NVIDIA 162
- Entering the NVIDIA 163
- MeidaShield RAID utility 163
- Creating a RAID Volume 163
- Rebuilding a RAID array 165
- Deleting a RAID array 167
- Clearing a disk data 168
- Setting the BIOS RAID items 169
- MAIN MENU 174
- Auto conguration 174
- Manual conguration 174
- Creating a CONCATENATION set 175
- PCI Express graphics cards 177
- 6.1 Overview 179
- 6.2 Dual graphics card setup 180
- 6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 182
- technology support 182
- NVIDIA Settings icon 183
- 6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 184
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