Asus A7N8X-VM - Manual (Page 3)

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Features
Contents
Notices ........................................................................................................ v
Safety information ...................................................................................... vi
About this manual ...................................................................................... vii
ASUS contact information ......................................................................... viii
A7N8X-VM specifications summary .......................................................... ix
Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info
1.1 Welcome ........................................................................................ 1-2
1.2 Package contents .......................................................................... 1-2
1.3 Special Features ............................................................................ 1-3
1.4 Motherboard components .............................................................. 1-4
1.5 Motherboard layout ........................................................................ 1-7
1.6 Motherboard installtion .................................................................. 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 Slot .......................................................................... 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
2.1.1 Using AFUDOS utility to update the BIOS ....................... 2-3
2.1.2 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ...................... 2-4
2.2 BIOS Setup Program ..................................................................... 2-5
2.2.1
BIOS menu bar ................................................................ 2-5
2.2.2 Legend bar ....................................................................... 2-6
2.3 Main Menu ..................................................................................... 2-7
2.3.1
Primary and Secondary Master/Slave ............................. 2-8
2.3.2 System Information .......................................................... 2-9
2.4 Advanced Menu ........................................................................... 2-10
2.4.1
Chipset ........................................................................... 2-10
2.4.2 Onboard Devices Configuration ..................................... 2-11
2.4.3 PCI PnP ......................................................................... 2-13