Asus M2A-MVP User Manual

Motherboard

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Contents
Contents
Contents
Notices
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Safety information
Electrical safety
Operation safety
About this guide
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
M2A-MVP specifications summary
M2A-MVP specifications summary
Product introduction
1.1 Welcome!
1.2 Package contents
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
1.3.2 ASUS features
1.4 Before you proceed
1.5 Motherboard overview
1.5.1 Placement direction
1.5.2 Screw holes
1.5.3 Motherboard layout
1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
1.6.1 Installing the CPU
1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
1.7 System memory
1.7.1 Overview
1.7.2 Memory configurations
1.7.3 Installing a DIMM
1.7.4 Removing a DIMM
1.8 Expansion slots
1.8.1 Installing an expansion card
1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card
1.8.3 Interrupt assignments
1.8.4 Two PCI slots
1.8.5 Two PCI Express x1 slot
1.8.6 Two PCI Express x16 slot
1.9 Jumper
1.10 Connectors
1.10.1 Rear panel connectors
1.10.2 Internal connectors
BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
2.1.3 AFUDOS utility
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility
2.2 BIOS setup program
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen
2.2.2 Menu bar
2.2.3 Navigation keys
2.2.4 Menu items
2.2.5 Sub-menu items
2.2.6 Configuration fields
2.2.7 Pop-up window
2.2.8 Scroll bar
2.2.9 General help
2.3 Main menu
2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
2.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA1-4
While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item then press to display the IDE device information.
2.3.5 Storage Configuration
2.3.6 System Information
2.4 Advanced menu
2.4.1 Jumperfree Configuration
2.4.2 CPU Configuration
2.4.3 Chipset
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration
2.4.5 PCI PnP
2.4.6 USB Configuration
2.5 Power menu
2.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto]
2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
2.5.3 ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
2.5.4 ACPI APIC support [Enabled]
2.5.5 APM Configuration
2.5.6 Hardware Monitor
2.6 Boot menu
2.6.1 Boot Device Priority
2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration
2.6.3 Security
4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
2.7 Tools menu
2.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2
2.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile
2.8 Exit menu
2.9 RAID configurations
2.9.1 Installing hard disks
2.9.2 ULI® RAID configurations
2.10 Creating a RAID driver disk
Software support
3.1 Installing an operating system
3.2 Support CD information
3.2.1 Running the support CD
3.2.2 Drivers menu
3.2.3 Utilities menu
3.2.4 Make Disk menu
3.2.5 Manuals menu
3.2.6 ASUS Contact information
3.2.7 Other information