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... service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY..., AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of the product is authorized in any form or by any means,...
... service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY..., AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of the product is authorized in any form or by any means,...
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...menu 4-20 4.4.1 JumperFree Configuration 4-20 4.4.3 CPU Configuration 4-23 4.4.4 PCIPnP 4-26 4.4.5 Onboard Device Configuration 4-27 4.4.6 SLI Configuration 4-32 4.5 Power menu 4-33 4.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type 4-33 4.5.2 ACPI APIC Support 4-33 4.5.3 APM Configuration ... Boot menu 4-38 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-40 4.6.4 Security 4-42 4.7 Tools menu 4-44 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.8 Exit menu 4-45 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the ...
...menu 4-20 4.4.1 JumperFree Configuration 4-20 4.4.3 CPU Configuration 4-23 4.4.4 PCIPnP 4-26 4.4.5 Onboard Device Configuration 4-27 4.4.6 SLI Configuration 4-32 4.5 Power menu 4-33 4.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type 4-33 4.5.2 ACPI APIC Support 4-33 4.5.3 APM Configuration ... Boot menu 4-38 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-40 4.6.4 Security 4-42 4.7 Tools menu 4-44 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.8 Exit menu 4-45 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the ...
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... professional assistance before using , contact your local power company. • If the power supply is set to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your area. Do not place the product in your retailer. The symbol of electronic ... become wet. • Place the product on it by yourself. If you are not damaged. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the...
... professional assistance before using , contact your local power company. • If the power supply is set to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your area. Do not place the product in your retailer. The symbol of electronic ... become wet. • Place the product on it by yourself. If you are not damaged. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the...
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... need when installing and configuring the motherboard. About this guide is organized This manual contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technology it supports.... • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI...
... need when installing and configuring the motherboard. About this guide is organized This manual contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technology it supports.... • Chapter 2: Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that comes with the motherboard package. • Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLI...
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... provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. Conventions used throughout this manual. Where to find more keys simultaneously, the key names are not part of the following sources for additional information and for product and software ... exactly as warranty flyers, that you MUST follow to the following symbols used in brackets Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: awdflash M2N-SLI.ROM Typography Bold text Italics ++ Command Indicates a menu or an item to select Used to emphasize a word or a phrase Keys enclosed in the...
... provides updated information on ASUS hardware and software products. Conventions used throughout this manual. Where to find more keys simultaneously, the key names are not part of the following sources for additional information and for product and software ... exactly as warranty flyers, that you MUST follow to the following symbols used in brackets Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: awdflash M2N-SLI.ROM Typography Bold text Italics ++ Command Indicates a menu or an item to select Used to emphasize a word or a phrase Keys enclosed in the...
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... Utility Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Master Access Mode [Auto] [Auto] Select Menu Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. These items show N/A if no drive is successful, the BIOS automatically fills in the system....display the IDE device information. Select a device item then press to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] Access Mode [Auto] The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of IDE devices. These values are not userconfigurable. If no IDE device is a separate...
... Utility Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Master Access Mode [Auto] [Auto] Select Menu Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. These items show N/A if no drive is successful, the BIOS automatically fills in the system....display the IDE device information. Select a device item then press to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] Access Mode [Auto] The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of IDE devices. These values are not userconfigurable. If no IDE device is a separate...
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.... The bus frequency (external frequency) multiplied by the clock generator to the system bus and PCI bus. If this item is auto-detected by BIOS. ASUS M2N-SLI 4-21 Selecting a very high CPU frequency may cause the system to 400. The value of CPU overclocking options to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. The... the overclocking options. AI Tuning [Auto] Allows selection of this happens, revert to the default setting. Select either one of the preset overclocking configuration options: Manual Allows you to set to...
.... The bus frequency (external frequency) multiplied by the clock generator to the system bus and PCI bus. If this item is auto-detected by BIOS. ASUS M2N-SLI 4-21 Selecting a very high CPU frequency may cause the system to 400. The value of CPU overclocking options to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. The... the overclocking options. AI Tuning [Auto] Allows selection of this happens, revert to the default setting. Select either one of the preset overclocking configuration options: Manual Allows you to set to...
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... ATA RAID driver disk for this menu may not be applicable for a 64-bit XP/2003 system. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. • Most user manual files are in this motherboard model. ASUS M2N-SLI 5- NVIDIA RAID User's Guide Allows you to open the NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide. Install the Adobe...
... ATA RAID driver disk for this menu may not be applicable for a 64-bit XP/2003 system. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. • Most user manual files are in this motherboard model. ASUS M2N-SLI 5- NVIDIA RAID User's Guide Allows you to open the NVIDIA® RAID User's Guide. Install the Adobe...
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... The Effect option allows you to set your listening pleasure. You may manually adjust the equalizer or select a predefined mode according to effect the settings and exit. Information Click the Information tab to diplay information about the 3D audio engine, audio codec, audio driver version, audio controller, and DirectX version. ASUS M2N-SLI 5-19
... The Effect option allows you to set your listening pleasure. You may manually adjust the equalizer or select a predefined mode according to effect the settings and exit. Information Click the Information tab to diplay information about the 3D audio engine, audio codec, audio driver version, audio controller, and DirectX version. ASUS M2N-SLI 5-19
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...disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA /133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of each drive. Connect the HDD signal cables. 4. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration: 1. ASUS M2N-SLI 5-21 ...the system from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. See section "5.2.4 Manuals menu". Connect a SATA power cable to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for detailed information on each drive. Refer to the power...
...disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA /133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. For optimal performance, install identical drives of each drive. Connect the HDD signal cables. 4. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks To install the SATA hard disks for a RAID configuration: 1. ASUS M2N-SLI 5-21 ...the system from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. See section "5.2.4 Manuals menu". Connect a SATA power cable to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for detailed information on each drive. Refer to the power...
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... RAID configuration. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD with four independent Serial ATA channels. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in your motherboard support CD. 5-22 Chapter 5: Software support Setting the BIOS RAID items After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to the...
... RAID configuration. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, and JBOD with four independent Serial ATA channels. 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller integrated in your motherboard support CD. 5-22 Chapter 5: Software support Setting the BIOS RAID items After installing the hard disk drives, make sure to the...