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... utility 3-2 3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-5 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-6 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-6 3.3.2 Menu bar 3-6 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-7 3.3.4 Menu items 3-7 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-7 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-7 3.3.7 Pop-up window 3-7 3.3.8 Scroll bar 3-7 3.3.9 General help 3-7 3.4 Main menu 3-8 3.4.1 Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-4 3-8 3.4.2 Storage Configuration 3-10 3.4.3 System Information 3-10 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu 3-11 3.5.1 Ai Overclock Tuner 3-11...
... utility 3-2 3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-5 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-6 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-6 3.3.2 Menu bar 3-6 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-7 3.3.4 Menu items 3-7 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-7 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-7 3.3.7 Pop-up window 3-7 3.3.8 Scroll bar 3-7 3.3.9 General help 3-7 3.4 Main menu 3-8 3.4.1 Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-4 3-8 3.4.2 Storage Configuration 3-10 3.4.3 System Information 3-10 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu 3-11 3.5.1 Ai Overclock Tuner 3-11...
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...ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-13 4.4.4 NVIDIA® MediaShield BIOS RAID configurations 4-13 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-17 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-17 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows... 4-17 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-18 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive ...
...ASUS TurboV 4-10 4.3.9 ASUS Turbo Key 4-11 4.4 RAID configurations 4-12 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-12 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-12 4.4.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS 4-13 4.4.4 NVIDIA® MediaShield BIOS RAID configurations 4-13 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-17 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-17 4.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows... 4-17 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation....... 4-18 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive ...
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...174; B5071 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at midboard; ASUS Noise Filter VIA® VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard; 6 ...the next page) xi We recommend using a maximum of 4 GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3 GB. one at back I/O - M4N98TD EVO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Multi-GPU support Expansion slots Storage LAN Audio IEEE...
...174; B5071 Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF Out ports at midboard; ASUS Noise Filter VIA® VT6308P controller supports 2 x IEEE 1394a ports (one at back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard; 6 ...the next page) xi We recommend using a maximum of 4 GB capacity or more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may only recognize less than 3 GB. one at back I/O - M4N98TD EVO specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Multi-GPU support Expansion slots Storage LAN Audio IEEE...
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...be stored in different scenarios. ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Connector allows you to page 2-20 for details. Profile The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. Profile that provides you easy ways to the Internet and key applications before entering the Windows® OS. ASUS EZ DIY ASUS EZ DIY feature collection provides ...you with just a simple switch or hot key. Worry no time. Turbo Key ASUS Turbo Key allows the user to launch the utility and...
...be stored in different scenarios. ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Connector allows you to page 2-20 for details. Profile The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. Profile that provides you easy ways to the Internet and key applications before entering the Windows® OS. ASUS EZ DIY ASUS EZ DIY feature collection provides ...you with just a simple switch or hot key. Worry no time. Turbo Key ASUS Turbo Key allows the user to launch the utility and...
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...channel configuration. Use a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a 32-bit Windows OS. - Install a 64-bit Windows OS when you install the memory modules from a memory module. Chapter 2 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-11 Under the default state, some memory modules for overclocking may install varying memory sizes in...• Due to the Microsoft® support site at a lower frequency than the vendor-marked value. For more memory on 32-bit Windows OS, when you do any of the lower-sized channel for better overclocking capability. • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency...
...channel configuration. Use a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a 32-bit Windows OS. - Install a 64-bit Windows OS when you install the memory modules from a memory module. Chapter 2 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-11 Under the default state, some memory modules for overclocking may install varying memory sizes in...• Due to the Microsoft® support site at a lower frequency than the vendor-marked value. For more memory on 32-bit Windows OS, when you do any of the lower-sized channel for better overclocking capability. • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency...
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... system boot failure, and the DRAM_LED near the MemOK! This is ideal for the exact location of failsafe settings. switch does not function under Windows® OS environment. • During the tuning process, the system loads and tests failsafe memory settings. To stop memory tuning, turn off ... system to test one set of the DRAM_LED increases, indicating different test processes. • Due to the latest BIOS version from the ASUS website at www.asus.com. • If you that the BIOS has been restored to its default settings. • We recommend that are incompaible with ...
... system boot failure, and the DRAM_LED near the MemOK! This is ideal for the exact location of failsafe settings. switch does not function under Windows® OS environment. • During the tuning process, the system loads and tests failsafe memory settings. To stop memory tuning, turn off ... system to test one set of the DRAM_LED increases, indicating different test processes. • Due to the latest BIOS version from the ASUS website at www.asus.com. • If you that the BIOS has been restored to its default settings. • We recommend that are incompaible with ...
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...connectors and the external SATA port. Chapter 2 • The SATA 5 connector and external SATA port support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 Ensure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the BIOS to the connectors. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if.... If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1-5 connectors, you set the SATA Mode select item in the bundled support DVD before using Windows® XP SP2 or later version. • Due to chipset limitation, when you can create a RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, or JBOD configuration through the ...
...connectors and the external SATA port. Chapter 2 • The SATA 5 connector and external SATA port support AHCI mode and RAID mode only. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 2-27 Ensure to install the AHCI driver or RAID driver in the BIOS to the connectors. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available only if.... If you install SATA hard disk drives to the SATA1-5 connectors, you set the SATA Mode select item in the bundled support DVD before using Windows® XP SP2 or later version. • Due to chipset limitation, when you can create a RAID 0, 1, 0+1, 5, or JBOD configuration through the ...
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... BIOS in the system's failure to boot. Carefully follow the instructions of this motherboard. Refer to boot. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-1 Inappropriate settings of a trained service personnel. 3.2 Updating BIOS The ASUS website publishes the latest BIOS versions to update your BIOS if necessary. However, BIOS updating is no problem using... system bootup and requests you not change the BIOS settings only with the help of the BIOS may result in Windows® environment. 2. Save a copy of BIOS, DO NOT manually update the BIOS. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a USB flash...
... BIOS in the system's failure to boot. Carefully follow the instructions of this motherboard. Refer to boot. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-1 Inappropriate settings of a trained service personnel. 3.2 Updating BIOS The ASUS website publishes the latest BIOS versions to update your BIOS if necessary. However, BIOS updating is no problem using... system bootup and requests you not change the BIOS settings only with the help of the BIOS may result in Windows® environment. 2. Save a copy of BIOS, DO NOT manually update the BIOS. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a USB flash...
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... is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment. The ASUS Update utility is available in the support DVD that allows you to your system. The ASUS Update main window appears. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through the Internet: 1. Select Update BIOS from the Internet from...
... is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment. The ASUS Update utility is available in the support DVD that allows you to your system. The ASUS Update main window appears. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through the Internet: 1. Select Update BIOS from the Internet from...
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... site, select the BIOS version that you to download. Select the Load Setup Defaults item under the Exit menu. 3. Fom the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. M4N98TD.ROM ASUS M4N98TD EVO M4N98TD Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to avail all its features. See section 3.10 Exit Menu for details. 3-3 Click Next...
... site, select the BIOS version that you to download. Select the Load Setup Defaults item under the Exit menu. 3. Fom the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. M4N98TD.ROM ASUS M4N98TD EVO M4N98TD Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to avail all its features. See section 3.10 Exit Menu for details. 3-3 Click Next...
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.... 3.3.5 Submenu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the iteam has a submenu. Scroll bar Pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. 3.3.8 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are... the value of the field opposite the item. Refer to 3.3.7 Pop-up window. 3.3.7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press to select a field. A configurable field is a brief description of the selected item. Chapter 3 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-7 3.3.3 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are...
.... 3.3.5 Submenu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that the iteam has a submenu. Scroll bar Pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. 3.3.8 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are... the value of the field opposite the item. Refer to 3.3.7 Pop-up window. 3.3.7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press to select a field. A configurable field is a brief description of the selected item. Chapter 3 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-7 3.3.3 Navigation keys At the bottom right corner of a menu screen are...
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... drives. The BIOS automatically detects the BIOS information, CPU specification, and system memory in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to display the...
... drives. The BIOS automatically detects the BIOS information, CPU specification, and system memory in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to display the...
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...arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], then press to the BIOS so that you save the setting to confirm your choice. The ASUS Express Gate feature is useful in the rare case where corrupt settings prevent the Express Gate environment from launching properly. User data includes the Express... will be cleared the next time you enter the Express Gate. Choose [Prompt User] to stay at the Express Gate's first screen before starting Windows or other installed OS. This is a unique instant-on environment that the system waits at the first screen of Express Gate for special functions. ...
...arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], then press to the BIOS so that you save the setting to confirm your choice. The ASUS Express Gate feature is useful in the rare case where corrupt settings prevent the Express Gate environment from launching properly. User data includes the Express... will be cleared the next time you enter the Express Gate. Choose [Prompt User] to stay at the Express Gate's first screen before starting Windows or other installed OS. This is a unique instant-on environment that the system waits at the first screen of Express Gate for special functions. ...
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... saving the values to the non-volatile RAM. Press to save changes and exit. If you made to the Setup program. Chapter 3 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-33 3.10 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for each of the options from...F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2009, American Megatrends, Inc. Load Setup Defaults This option allows you press , a confirmation window appears. Pressing does not immediately exit this operation. ←→ Select Screen ↑↓ Select Item Enter Go to save or discard your selections...
... saving the values to the non-volatile RAM. Press to save changes and exit. If you made to the Setup program. Chapter 3 ASUS M4N98TD EVO 3-33 3.10 Exit menu The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for each of the options from...F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2009, American Megatrends, Inc. Load Setup Defaults This option allows you press , a confirmation window appears. Pressing does not immediately exit this operation. ←→ Select Screen ↑↓ Select Item Enter Go to save or discard your selections...
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... version and corresponding updates to open the folder of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information... operating system This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista / 64-bit Vista / 7 / 64-bit 7 operating systems (OS). Click an item to install Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click to avail all motherboard features. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-1 The Drivers menu shows...
... version and corresponding updates to open the folder of your OS documentation for detailed information. • Ensure that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 4.2 Support DVD information... operating system This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista / 64-bit Vista / 7 / 64-bit 7 operating systems (OS). Click an item to install Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click to avail all motherboard features. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-1 The Drivers menu shows...
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... www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is always at a healthy operating condition. View the online help or readme file that came with these components. Install PC Probe II from the motherboard support DVD. 2. With this icon to the software manual in the Windows® notification area. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-3
... www.asus.com for more information. 4.3.1 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is always at a healthy operating condition. View the online help or readme file that came with these components. Install PC Probe II from the motherboard support DVD. 2. With this icon to the software manual in the Windows® notification area. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-3
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... easily. The actual utility buttons vary by clicking Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx. The AI Suite main window appears. 3. 4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you minimize the application main window, click this section are for detailed software configuration. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Launching AI Suite 1. If you to restore...
... easily. The actual utility buttons vary by clicking Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx. The AI Suite main window appears. 3. 4.3.2 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you minimize the application main window, click this section are for detailed software configuration. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Launching AI Suite 1. If you to restore...
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... various fan profiles offer flexible controls of fan speeds to avoid noise caused by double- Using Fan Xpert Click to open the Calibration window Click to select a fan Click to select a fan profile Click to display the current CPU temperature and the fan speed ratio Chapter...quiet and cool system environment. Launching Fan Xpert After installing AI Suite from the motherboard support DVD, launch Fan Xpert by the unsteady fan rotation. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-5 The fan will speed up when the temperature exceeds 70ºC. • User: Allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis ...
... various fan profiles offer flexible controls of fan speeds to avoid noise caused by double- Using Fan Xpert Click to open the Calibration window Click to select a fan Click to select a fan profile Click to display the current CPU temperature and the fan speed ratio Chapter...quiet and cool system environment. Launching Fan Xpert After installing AI Suite from the motherboard support DVD, launch Fan Xpert by the unsteady fan rotation. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-5 The fan will speed up when the temperature exceeds 70ºC. • User: Allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis ...
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...Panel. • Install at least 1.2GB of Express Gate is set to English (U.S.) or Russian, and the search provider is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you power on the computer. Chapter 4 Click any of the application icons to enter Express Gate environment and ...entering the Windows® OS. Adjust the screen resolution from ODD and USB drives and downloading to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and Flash drives with at least 1GB system memory for better performance. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-7 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express ...
...Panel. • Install at least 1.2GB of Express Gate is set to English (U.S.) or Russian, and the search provider is an ASUS exclusive OS that provides you power on the computer. Chapter 4 Click any of the application icons to enter Express Gate environment and ...entering the Windows® OS. Adjust the screen resolution from ODD and USB drives and downloading to USB drives only. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and Flash drives with at least 1GB system memory for better performance. ASUS M4N98TD EVO 4-7 4.3.5 ASUS Express Gate ASUS Express ...
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...is correctly installed, you will find the VIA HD Audio Deck icon on your computer. VIA HD Audio Deck for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Display panel and volume control Minimize button Chapter 4 Refer to install the VIA® Audio Driver from the support ...VIA HD Audio Deck. Follow the installation wizard to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ / Windows® 7™ Jacks default setting button Device volume control Minimize button Exit button Analog and digital connector ...
...is correctly installed, you will find the VIA HD Audio Deck icon on your computer. VIA HD Audio Deck for Windows XP Configuration options Control settings window Display panel and volume control Minimize button Chapter 4 Refer to install the VIA® Audio Driver from the support ...VIA HD Audio Deck. Follow the installation wizard to the software manual in the support DVD or visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com for Windows® Vista™ / Windows® 7™ Jacks default setting button Device volume control Minimize button Exit button Analog and digital connector ...