Table Of Contents - Asus A7N8X-VM User Manual

Contents
Notices ............................................................................................ v
Safety information .......................................................................... vi
About this guide ............................................................................. vii
Conventions used in this guide ..................................................... vii
A7N8X-VM specifications summary ............................................. viii
Chapter 1: Motherboard Info ...................................................... 1
1.1 Welcome! ................................................................................... 2
1.2 Motherboard components ............................................................. 3
1.3 Motherboard layout ...................................................................... 6
1.4 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 7
1.5 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 7
1.76 System memory ......................................................................... 8
1.6.1 Installing a DIMM ............................................................. 8
1.7 Expansion slots .......................................................................... 8
1.7.1 Configuring an expansion card ......................................... 8
1.7.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments ........................................ 9
1.7.3 AGP slot ......................................................................... 9
1.8 Jumpers .................................................................................... 10
1.9 Connectors ............................................................................... 12
Chapter 2: BIOS Information ....................................................... 1
2.1 BIOS Setup program .................................................................... 2
2.1.1 BIOS menu bar ................................................................ 2
2.1.2 Legend bar ....................................................................... 3
2.2 Main Menu ................................................................................... 4
2.2.1 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ......................... 5
2.2.2 System Information .......................................................... 7
2.3 Advanced Menu ........................................................................... 8
2.3.1 Chipset ............................................................................ 8
2.3.2 Onboard Devices Configurations ....................................... 9
2.3.3 PCIPnP ......................................................................... 11
2.4 Power Menu .............................................................................. 13
2.4.1 Hardware Monitor ........................................................... 14
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