Table Of Contents - Asus MEL-M 370 User Manual

I. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................. 7
How this manual is organized ............................................................. 7
Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7
II. FEATURES ....................................................................................... 8
The ASUS MEL-M Motherboard ....................................................... 8
Parts of the ASUS MEL-M Motherboard ......................................... 11
III. HARDWARE SETUP .................................................................... 12
ASUS MEL-M Motherboard Layout ................................................ 12
Hardware Setup Steps ....................................................................... 14
1. Motherboard Settings .................................................................... 14
2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................ 17
DIMM Memory Installation .................................................. 18
3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 19
4. Expansion Cards ........................................................................... 21
Expansion Card Installation Procedure ................................. 21
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards .................................... 21
Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards .............................. 22
ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ......................................... 22
5. External Connectors ..................................................................... 23
Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 33
Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 34
IV. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................... 34
Main Menu .................................................................................. 34
Managing and Updating Your Motherboard's BIOS ................... 36
6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 37
Load Defaults ........................................................................ 38
Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 38
Details of Standard CMOS Setup: ......................................... 38
BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 41
Details of BIOS Features Setup ............................................. 41
Chipset Features Setup ................................................................ 44
Details of Chipset Features Setup .......................................... 44
Power Management Setup ........................................................... 47
Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 47
PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 50
Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 50
Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 52
Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 52
Supervisor Password and User Password ................................... 53
IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 54
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