Asus M2A-MVP User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Contents
- Contents
- Contents
- Notices
- Federal Communications Commission Statement
- Canadian Department of Communications Statement
- Safety information
- Electrical safety
- Operation safety
- About this guide
- How this guide is organized
- Where to find more information
- Conventions used in this guide
- Typography
- M2A-MVP specifications summary
- M2A-MVP specifications summary
- Product introduction
- 1.1 Welcome!
- 1.2 Package contents
- 1.3 Special features
- 1.3.1 Product highlights
- 1.3.2 ASUS features
- 1.4 Before you proceed
- 1.5 Motherboard overview
- 1.5.1 Placement direction
- 1.5.2 Screw holes
- 1.5.3 Motherboard layout
- 1.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 1.6.1 Installing the CPU
- 1.6.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
- 1.7 System memory
- 1.7.1 Overview
- 1.7.2 Memory configurations
- 1.7.3 Installing a DIMM
- 1.7.4 Removing a DIMM
- 1.8 Expansion slots
- 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card
- 1.8.2 Configuring an expansion card
- 1.8.3 Interrupt assignments
- 1.8.4 Two PCI slots
- 1.8.5 Two PCI Express x1 slot
- 1.8.6 Two PCI Express x16 slot
- 1.9 Jumper
- 1.10 Connectors
- 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors
- 1.10.2 Internal connectors
- BIOS setup
- 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 2.1.1 Creating a bootable floppy disk
- 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
- 2.1.3 AFUDOS utility
- 2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
- 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility
- 2.2 BIOS setup program
- 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen
- 2.2.2 Menu bar
- 2.2.3 Navigation keys
- 2.2.4 Menu items
- 2.2.5 Sub-menu items
- 2.2.6 Configuration fields
- 2.2.7 Pop-up window
- 2.2.8 Scroll bar
- 2.2.9 General help
- 2.3 Main menu
- 2.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx]
- 2.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
- 2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
- 2.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA1-4
- While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information.
- 2.3.5 Storage Configuration
- 2.3.6 System Information
- 2.4 Advanced menu
- 2.4.1 Jumperfree Configuration
- 2.4.2 CPU Configuration
- 2.4.3 Chipset
- 2.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 2.4.5 PCI PnP
- 2.4.6 USB Configuration
- 2.5 Power menu
- 2.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto]
- 2.5.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
- 2.5.3 ACPI Version Features [ACPI v1.0]
- 2.5.4 ACPI APIC support [Enabled]
- 2.5.5 APM Configuration
- 2.5.6 Hardware Monitor
- 2.6 Boot menu
- 2.6.1 Boot Device Priority
- 2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration
- 2.6.3 Security
- 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
- 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
- 2.7 Tools menu
- 2.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2
- 2.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile
- 2.8 Exit menu
- 2.9 RAID configurations
- 2.9.1 Installing hard disks
- 2.9.2 ULI® RAID configurations
- 2.10 Creating a RAID driver disk
- Software support
- 3.1 Installing an operating system
- 3.2 Support CD information
- 3.2.1 Running the support CD
- 3.2.2 Drivers menu
- 3.2.3 Utilities menu
- 3.2.4 Make Disk menu
- 3.2.5 Manuals menu
- 3.2.6 ASUS Contact information
- 3.2.7 Other information