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Profile 4-40 4.7.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-42 4.7.3 ASUS Express Gate 4-43 4.8 Exit menu 4-44 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 ...SMART Monitoring 4-17 4.3.8 Installed Memory 4-17 4.3.9 Usable Memory 4-17 4.4 Advanced menu 4-18 4.4.1 JumperFree Configuration 4-18 4.4.2 AI NET2 4-20 4.4.3 CPU Configuration 4-20 4.4.4 Chipset 4-25 4.4.5 PCIPnP 4-27 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration 4-28 4.4.7 USB Configuration 4-30 4.5 Power menu 4-31 4.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type 4-31 4.5.2 APM Configuration 4-31 4.5.3 Hardware ...
Profile 4-40 4.7.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-42 4.7.3 ASUS Express Gate 4-43 4.8 Exit menu 4-44 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 ...SMART Monitoring 4-17 4.3.8 Installed Memory 4-17 4.3.9 Usable Memory 4-17 4.4 Advanced menu 4-18 4.4.1 JumperFree Configuration 4-18 4.4.2 AI NET2 4-20 4.4.3 CPU Configuration 4-20 4.4.4 Chipset 4-25 4.4.5 PCIPnP 4-27 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration 4-28 4.4.7 USB Configuration 4-30 4.5 Power menu 4-31 4.5.1 ACPI Suspend Type 4-31 4.5.2 APM Configuration 4-31 4.5.3 Hardware ...
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M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Other features Rear panel I/O ports Internal I /O 3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x COM connector 1 x IDE ... 200 MHz up to 200 MHz at 0.0125V increment - PCI Express frequency tuning from 100 MHz to 1066 MHz - vChipset: 16-step Chipset voltage control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): - ASUS MyLogo 2™ Multi-language BIOS 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 1 x HDMI 1 x D-Sub 1 x External SATA 1 x LAN (RJ-45...
M3N-HT Deluxe Series specifications summary ASUS exclusive overclocking features Other features Rear panel I/O ports Internal I /O 3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x COM connector 1 x IDE ... 200 MHz up to 200 MHz at 0.0125V increment - PCI Express frequency tuning from 100 MHz to 1066 MHz - vChipset: 16-step Chipset voltage control SFS (Stepless Frequency Selection): - ASUS MyLogo 2™ Multi-language BIOS 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 1 x HDMI 1 x D-Sub 1 x External SATA 1 x LAN (RJ-45...
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...2.0 ports. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction on 64-bit architecture. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16... slots with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in the world. This is in a single system. See...
...2.0 ports. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction on 64-bit architecture. The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16... slots with the ASUS vision of the fastest platform in the world. This is in a single system. See...
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... hot-plug functions for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. The NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for easy data backup to -DVI conversion adaptor. See pages 2-31 and 2-32 for high-speed data...
... hot-plug functions for six SATA 3 Gb/s connectors. The NVIDIA® MediaShield™ RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI™ chipset allows RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5, and JBOD configurations for easy data backup to -DVI conversion adaptor. See pages 2-31 and 2-32 for high-speed data...
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...heat pipe design on this motherboard is the most reliable fanless thermal solution to ensure quiet, cool and efficient operation. Q-Fan 2 ASUS Q-Fan2 technology intelligently adjusts both CPU fan and chassis fan speeds according to system loading to date. Noise Filter This feature detects ...heat-pipe by existing airflow from multi-channels allows you to experience true-to provide sufficient airflow over the CPU power modules and chipset area when water-cooling or passive-cooling is specifically designed to -life high quality audio. �S�e�e��p�...
...heat pipe design on this motherboard is the most reliable fanless thermal solution to ensure quiet, cool and efficient operation. Q-Fan 2 ASUS Q-Fan2 technology intelligently adjusts both CPU fan and chassis fan speeds according to system loading to date. Noise Filter This feature detects ...heat-pipe by existing airflow from multi-channels allows you to experience true-to provide sufficient airflow over the CPU power modules and chipset area when water-cooling or passive-cooling is specifically designed to -life high quality audio. �S�e�e��p�...
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...multi-language BIOS allows you to achieve the most precise settings for details. 1.3.3 ASUS intelligent performance and overclocking features Precision Tweaker 2 Precision Tweaker 2 allows the user to adjust the northbridge voltage, HT Bus, and DRAM voltage in case the system hangs due to overclocking, C.P.R.... AI Booster 2 Overclocking has never been so fun with a user-friendly utility under Window that provides accurate settings for details. See page 5-34 for the CPU, chipset and memory...
...multi-language BIOS allows you to achieve the most precise settings for details. 1.3.3 ASUS intelligent performance and overclocking features Precision Tweaker 2 Precision Tweaker 2 allows the user to adjust the northbridge voltage, HT Bus, and DRAM voltage in case the system hangs due to overclocking, C.P.R.... AI Booster 2 Overclocking has never been so fun with a user-friendly utility under Window that provides accurate settings for details. See page 5-34 for the CPU, chipset and memory...
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... (yellow) - Populated Populated Populated DIMM_B2 (black) - - - The system maps the total size of 128 Mb chips. • Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up to 8 GB on the operating systems listed below. Any excess memory from the same vendor. •...Single-Channel DIMM_A1 (yellow) - This limitation appears on each slot. 64-bit Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista x64 Edition ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-13 2.4.2 Memory configurations You may install varying memory sizes in Channel A and Channel B. You may only recognize less than...
... (yellow) - Populated Populated Populated DIMM_B2 (black) - - - The system maps the total size of 128 Mb chips. • Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up to 8 GB on the operating systems listed below. Any excess memory from the same vendor. •...Single-Channel DIMM_A1 (yellow) - This limitation appears on each slot. 64-bit Windows XP Professional x64 Edition Windows Vista x64 Edition ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-13 2.4.2 Memory configurations You may install varying memory sizes in Channel A and Channel B. You may only recognize less than...
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... and move the cap back to clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. You can automatically reset parameter settings to default values. • Due to the chipset behavior, AC power off and on the power supply or unplug and plug the power cord before rebooting the system. 2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information Hold...
... and move the cap back to clear the CMOS RTC RAM data. You can automatically reset parameter settings to default values. • Due to the chipset behavior, AC power off and on the power supply or unplug and plug the power cord before rebooting the system. 2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information Hold...
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Install NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program from the motherboard support DVD. 2. A full-screen adjustment tool appears. The Resize my desktop function in the NVIDIA Control Panel appears only when ...
Install NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program from the motherboard support DVD. 2. A full-screen adjustment tool appears. The Resize my desktop function in the NVIDIA Control Panel appears only when ...
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... devices will not work. • Due to SATA device. right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to chipset limitation, when you are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA...
... devices will not work. • Due to SATA device. right angle side ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 2-37 If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 connectors, you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to chipset limitation, when you are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA...
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... frequency. Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit JumperFree Configuration AI NET 2 CPU Configuration Chipset PCIPnP Onboard Device Configuration USB Configuration Select Menu Item Specific Help Adjust system frequency/voltage. AI Overclock Loads overclocking ...Auto] x Overclocking Options Disabled CPU Voltage [Auto] VDDA Voltage [Auto] Memory Voltage [Auto] NB BR04 CHIP Voltage [Auto] 1.2V HT Voltage [Auto] NB CHIP Voltage [Auto] x CPU Multiplier Auto x CPU Frequency 200 Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to select overclock...
... frequency. Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit JumperFree Configuration AI NET 2 CPU Configuration Chipset PCIPnP Onboard Device Configuration USB Configuration Select Menu Item Specific Help Adjust system frequency/voltage. AI Overclock Loads overclocking ...Auto] x Overclocking Options Disabled CPU Voltage [Auto] VDDA Voltage [Auto] Memory Voltage [Auto] NB BR04 CHIP Voltage [Auto] 1.2V HT Voltage [Auto] NB CHIP Voltage [Auto] x CPU Multiplier Auto x CPU Frequency 200 Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to select overclock...
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...: [Auto] [200 MHz] [400 MHz] [600 MHz] [800 MHz] [1 GHz] [1.2 GHz]...[2.6 GHz] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-25 4.4.4 Chipset Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Chipset Select Menu Hybrid Support [Disabled] iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] x Frame Buffer Size 128M Onboard GPU [Auto]... K8NB HT Speed [Auto] K8NB HT Width [Auto] CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled] SATA Spread...
...: [Auto] [200 MHz] [400 MHz] [600 MHz] [800 MHz] [1 GHz] [1.2 GHz]...[2.6 GHz] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-25 4.4.4 Chipset Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Chipset Select Menu Hybrid Support [Disabled] iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] x Frame Buffer Size 128M Onboard GPU [Auto]... K8NB HT Speed [Auto] K8NB HT Width [Auto] CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled] SATA Spread...
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...DVD before connecting devices to enable or disable the onboard 1394 device support. Otherwise, the devices will not work. • Due to chipset limitation, when you set this item to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set any of the SATA ports to internally ...devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. Configuration options: �[D��is �a��b�le��d�] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-29 Select an item then press to change Serial ATA settings. MCP Storage Config This sub-menu allows you to edit.
...DVD before connecting devices to enable or disable the onboard 1394 device support. Otherwise, the devices will not work. • Due to chipset limitation, when you set this item to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set any of the SATA ports to internally ...devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. Configuration options: �[D��is �a��b�le��d�] ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 4-29 Select an item then press to change Serial ATA settings. MCP Storage Config This sub-menu allows you to edit.
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... Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs...
... Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the installation wizard. NVIDIA HDMI Audio Driver Installs the NVIDIA® HDMI audio driver. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll - SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs...
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... or a USB device. • Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP...
... or a USB device. • Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in the support CD/DVD through the path below: Drivers\Chipset\Disk\AHCI ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-5 Click to display the next screen Click to display the previous screen NVIDIA 32bit/64bit XP...
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...or power off. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-35 You can immediately start the web browser, Skype, or other Express Gate applications. • ASUS Express Gate supports SATA devices in IDE or SATA mode only. • ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs or ODDs connected to motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ...ports only. From here, you through basic Express Gate SSD configurations. 5.3.10 ASUS Express Gate SSD ASUS Express Gate SSD is shown on-screen inside...
...or power off. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-35 You can immediately start the web browser, Skype, or other Express Gate applications. • ASUS Express Gate supports SATA devices in IDE or SATA mode only. • ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs or ODDs connected to motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ...ports only. From here, you through basic Express Gate SSD configurations. 5.3.10 ASUS Express Gate SSD ASUS Express Gate SSD is shown on-screen inside...
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...See section 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration > MCP Storage Config for a RAID configuration: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for details. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 For optimal performance, install identical drives of the SATA ports to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode ... NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for detailed information on each drive. Refer to [RAID]. Setting the...
...See section 4.4.6 Onboard Device Configuration > MCP Storage Config for a RAID configuration: 1. To install the SATA hard disks for details. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-45 For optimal performance, install identical drives of the SATA ports to RAID mode, all SATA ports run at RAID mode ... NVIDIA® RAID configurations The motherboard includes a high performance SATA RAID controller integrated in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 780a SLI southbridge chipset. It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD for detailed information on each drive. Refer to [RAID]. Setting the...
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... ODD) under DOS. Due to complete the installation. Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below : Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-53 Insert the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the optical drive/USB port. To...
... ODD) under DOS. Due to complete the installation. Find RAID driver in the support DVD through the path below : Drivers\Chipset\Disk\RAID Find AHCI driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. ASUS M3N-HT Deluxe Series 5-53 Insert the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the optical drive/USB port. To...
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...dGPU and boost the performance of the dGPU. The onboard GPU will find the Hybrid SLI icon on the taskbar. Visit www.asus.com for GeForce Boost on the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2.... to [Auto]. To enable GeForce Boost 1. Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Chipset Select Menu Hybrid Support [Auto] iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] x Frame Buffer Size 128M Onboard GPU [Auto] K8NB HT Speed [Auto] K8NB HT Width [Auto] CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled] SATA Spread...
...dGPU and boost the performance of the dGPU. The onboard GPU will find the Hybrid SLI icon on the taskbar. Visit www.asus.com for GeForce Boost on the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the BIOS Setup Utility. 2.... to [Auto]. To enable GeForce Boost 1. Advanced Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Chipset Select Menu Hybrid Support [Auto] iGPU Frame Buffer Control [Auto] x Frame Buffer Size 128M Onboard GPU [Auto] K8NB HT Speed [Auto] K8NB HT Width [Auto] CPU Spread Spectrum [Disabled] PCIE Spread Spectrum [Disabled] SATA Spread...