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Asus M2-CROSSHAIR User Manual

Asus M2-CROSSHAIR User Manual (174 pages)

Crosshair English Edition User's Manual

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboard | Size: 10.65 MB

Table of Contents

Table of Contents
3
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
7
Federal Communications Commission Statement
7
Notices
7
Electrical Safety
8
Safety Information
8
About this Guide
9
Conventions Used in this Guide
10
Crosshair Specifications Summary
11
Chapter 1: Product Introduction

15
- Welcome
  17
- Package Contents
  17
- Special Features
  18
  - Product Highlights
    18
  - ASUS Unique Features
    21
    
    Onboard Leds
    22
    
    Crashfree Bios 3
    23
Chapter 2: Hardware Information

25
- Before You Proceed
  27
- Motherboard Overview
  28
  - Placement Direction
    28
  - Screw Holes
    28
  - Motherboard Layout
    29
  - Audio Card Layout
    29
  - Layout Contents
    30
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
  32
- System Memory
  38
  - Overview
    38
  - Memory Configurations
    38
  - Installing a DIMM
    45
  - Removing a DIMM
    45
- Expansion Slots
  46
  - Installing an Expansion Card
    46
  - Configuring an Expansion Card
    46
  - Interrupt Assignments
    47
  - PCI Slots
    48
  - PCI Express X4 Slot
    48
  - PCI Express X16 Slots
    48
- Jumper
  49
- Audio Card and el I/O Installation
  50
  - Audio Card Installation
    50
  - EL I/O Installation
    50
- Connectors
  51
  - Rear Panel Connectors
    51
  - Internal Connectors
    54
    
    Atx Power Connectors
    58
    
    System Panel Connector
    59
  - Onboard Switches
    61
Chapter 3: Powering up

63
- Starting up for the First Time
  65
- Powering off the Computer
  66
  - Using the os Shut down Function
    66
  - Using the Dual Function Power Switch
    66
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup

67
- Managing and Updating Your BIOS
  69
  - ASUS Update Utility
    69
  - Creating a Bootable Floppy Disk
    72
  - ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
    73
  - Updating the BIOS
    74
  - Saving the Current BIOS File
    76
  - ASUS Crashfree BIOS 3 Utility
    77
- BIOS Setup Program
  78
  - BIOS Menu Screen
    79
  - Menu Bar
    79
  - Legend Bar
    80
  - Menu Items
    80
  - Sub-Menu Items
    80
  - Configuration Fields
    80
  - Pop-Up Window
    81
  - General Help
    81
- Main Menu
  82
  - System Time
    82
  - System Date
    82
  - Language
    82
  - Legacy Diskette a
    82
  - Primary IDE Master/Slave
    83
  - Sata1/2/3/4/5/6
    85
  - HDD SMART Monitoring
    86
  - Installed Memory
    86
  - Usable Memory
    86
- Extreme Tweaker Menu
  87
  - Linkboost
    87
  - AI Tuning
    87
  - DRAM Configuration
    91
  - SLI-Ready Memory
    96
  - SLI-Ready Memory CPUOC
    96
  - AMD Live
    96
  - AMD Cool 'N' Quiet Function
    96
  - NVIDIA GPU Ex
    96
- Advanced Menu
  97
  - Ai Net2
    97
  - PEG Link Mode
    98
  - Pcipnp
    98
  - Onboard Device Configuration
    99
    
    Ide Function Setup
    100
    
    Usb Configuration
    101
- Power Menu
  103
  - ACPI Suspend Type
    103
  - ACPI APIC Support
    103
  - APM Configuration
    104
  - Hardware Monitor
    105
  - Fan Speed Control
    107
- Boot Menu
  109
  - Boot Device Priority
    109
  - Removable Drives
    110
  - Hard Disk Drives
    110
  - Boot Settings Configuration
    111
  - Security
    112
  - Password Check
    113
- Tools Menu
  114
  - ASUS Music Alarm
    114
  - ASUS O.C. Profile
    114
  - ASUS EZ Flash 2
    114
  - Save Bios Profile
    116
- Exit Menu
  118
Chapter 5: Software Support

119
- Installing an Operating System
  121
- Support DVD Information
  121
  - Running the Support DVD
    121
  - Drivers Menu
    122
  - Utilities Menu
    123
  - Make Disk Menu
    125
  - Manuals Menu
    126
  - ASUS Contact Information
    126
  - Other Information
    127
  - Technical Support Form
    128
- Software Information
  129
  - ASUS Mylogo3
    129
    
    Soundmax High Definition Audio Utility
    131
    
    Audio Setup Wizard
    132
    
    Microphone Options
    135
  - Cool 'N' Quiet™ Technology
    136
  - Launching the Cool 'N' Quiet!™ Software
    137
  - ASUS PC Probe II
    138
- RAID Configurations
  144
  - Setting the Bios Raid Items
    145
  - Creating a Raid Volume
    146
  - Rebuilding a Raid Array
    148
  - Deleting a Raid Array
    150
  - Clearing a Disk Data
    151
  - Silicon Image RAID Configurations
    152
    
    Manual Configuration
    156
    
    Creating a Concatenation Set
    158
- Creating a RAID Driver Disk
  159
- Nvidia Sli
  161
Chapter 6 : NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Support

163
- Overview
  163
- Dual Graphics Card Setup
  164
Appendix: Debug Code

169
- Debug Code Table
  171

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