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3.3

ASUS POST Reporter™

This motherboard includes the Winbond speech controller to support a
special feature called the ASUS POST Reporter™. This feature gives you
vocal POST messages and alerts you of system events and boot status. In
case of a boot failure, you will hear the specific cause of the problem.

These POST messages are customizable using the Winbond Voice Editor
software that came with your package. You can record your own messages
to replace the default messages.

3.3.1

Vocal POST messages

Following is a list of the default POST messages and the corresponding
actions you can take:

P O S T M e s s a g e

A c t i o n

No CPU installed

• Install a supported processor into

the CPU socket. See section “2.3
Central Processing Unit (CPU)” for
supported processors.

System failed CPU test

• Check the CPU if properly installed.
• Call ASUS technical support for

assistance. See the “ASUS contact
information” on the inside front cover
of this manual.

System failed memory test

• Install supported DDR DIMMs into the

sockets.

• Check if the DIMMs on the DIMM sockets

are properly installed.

• Make sure that your DIMMs are not

defective.

• Refer to section “2.4 System memory”

for instructions on installing a DIMM.

System failed VGA test

• Install a PCI VGA card into one of the

PCI slots, or a 1.5V AGP card into the
AGP slot.

• Make sure that your VGA/AGP card is

not defective.

System failed due to CPU

• Check your CPU settings in the BIOS

overclocking

and set only to the recommended

No keyboard detected

• Check if your keyboard is properly

connected to the purple PS/2
connector on the rear panel.

• See section “2.7.1 Rear panel

connectors” for the location of the
connector.

No IDE hard disk detected

•

Make sure you have connected an IDE
hard disk drive to one of the IDE
connectors on the motherboard.