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Asus A7N8X-VM/400 User Manual

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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