Asus A7N8X-VM/400 - Manual (Page 3)

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Features
Contents
Contents ......................................................................................... iii
Notices ............................................................................................ v
Safety information .......................................................................... vi
ASUS contact information ............................................................ viii
A7N8X-VM 400 specifications summary ........................................ ix
Chapter 1 - Motherboard Info ........................................... 1-1
1.1 Welcome! ........................................................................... 1-2
1.2 Package contents ............................................................... 1-2
1.3 Special features .................................................................. 1-2
1.4 Motherboard components .................................................. 1-3
1.5 Motherboard layout ............................................................ 1-6
1.6 Before you proceed ............................................................ 1-7
1.7 Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................... 1-7
1.8 System memory ................................................................. 1-8
Installing a DIMM ................................................................ 1-8
1.9 Expansion slots .................................................................. 1-8
1.9.1
Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-8
1.9.2 Standard Interrupt Assignments ............................ 1-9
1.9.3 AGP slot ............................................................... 1-10
1.9.4 PCI slots .............................................................. 1-10
1.10 Jumpers .............................................................................1-11
1.11 Connectors ....................................................................... 1-13
Chapter 2 - BIOS Information ........................................... 2-1
2.1 Managing and Updating your BIOS .................................... 2-2
2.1.1
Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ...................... 2-2
2.2 BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-3
2.2.1
BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-3
2.2.2 Legend bar ............................................................. 2-4
2.3 Main Menu .......................................................................... 2-5
2.3.1
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............ 2-6
2.3.2 System Information ................................................ 2-7