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3.8 Reconfiguring the Motherboard
You can change the default configuration (as shipped) of this mother-
board as needed. However, since this motherboard has only a few hard
configuration options and the CMOS Setup Utility is configuration is
mostly either required, recommended or automatic, there will probably be
little reason to do so.
3.9 Hardware Reconfiguration
We recommend leaving the jumper settings at the default settings unless
you need to perform the Clear CMOS procedure. It is much more conve-
nient to control the BIOS Flash Protection feature using the CMOS Setup
Utility. If you want to use a sound card instead of the onboard audio, you
should disable the onboard audio. You can also disable the onboard LAN
on the P4D-N if the need arises, though you don't need to do this to add
another LAN card to the system.
3.10 Firmware Reconfiguration
You can initially specify or customize the CMOS Setup Utility settings
when you first configure the system (as covered in Chapter 5) to meet
your requirements. Other than doing this, there should be no need to
reconfigure the CMOS Setup Utility unless the system configuration
changes or the configuration record stored in CMOS memory becomes
corrupted and unusable, which is not common. If you need to completely
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