Asus M2A690G- User Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 3 – Table of contents; C h a p t e r 1 : S y s t e m I n t r o d u c t i o n; Installing a floppy disk drive
• Page 4 – C h a p t e r 3 : S t a r t i n g u p
• Page 6 – Notices; F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t; interference that may cause undesired operation.; C a n a d i a n D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n s S t a t e m e n t
• Page 7 – Safety information; E l e c t r i c a l s a f e t y; manufacturer’s instructions.; C L A S S 1 L A S E R P R O D U C T
• Page 8 – About this guide; A u d i e n c e
• Page 9 – C o n v e n t i o n s u s e d i n t h i s g u i d e; warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These
• Page 10 – System package contents
• Page 11 – Chapter 1; System introduction; This chapter gives a general
• Page 12 – motherboard with the AMD Socket M2 that supports the AMD; Front panel; button, and several I/O ports are located at the front panel.
• Page 14 – Rear panel; that allow convenient connection of devices.
• Page 16 – The PSU has a 115 V/230 V voltage selector switch located beside the; H D M I c a r d p o r t s; This port is for a high-definition multimedia interface
• Page 17 – Internal components
• Page 19 – Chapter 2; Basic installation; instructions on how to install
• Page 20 – Preparation; to install in the system.; B a s i c c o m p o n e n t s t o i n s t a l l; Floppy disk drive; T o o l; The motherboard comes with an onboard standby power LED. This LED; Before you proceed; Onboard LED
• Page 21 – Removing the side cover and front; Remove the cover screws on the rear panel.
• Page 22 – . 4 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g t h e C P U; Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.; Unlock the socket by pressing; CPU Socket M2
• Page 23 – socket until it fits in place.
• Page 24 – . 4 . 2 I n s t a l l i n g t h e h e a t s i n k a n d f a n; Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan.
• Page 25 – Align the other end of the retention bracket (near the retention; secure the heatsink and fan to the module base.
• Page 26 – Installing a DIMM; The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:; . 5 . 1 M e m o r y c o n f i g u r a t i o n s; You may install up to 4 GB system memory using 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB,
• Page 27 – Q u a l i f i e d V e n d o r s L i s t s ( Q V L )
• Page 28 – memory configuration.
• Page 29 – . 5 . 3 R e m o v i n g a D D R 2 D I M M; . 5 . 2 I n s t a l l i n g a D D R 2 D I M M
• Page 30 – Expansion slots; . 6 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d
• Page 31 – S t a n d a r d i n t e r r u p t a s s i g n m e n t s; I R Q a s s i g n m e n t s f o r t h i s m o t h e r b o a r d
• Page 32 – . 6 . 3 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 s l o t; PCI Express specifications. The figure; . 6 . 5 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 6 s l o t; specifications. The figure shows a
• Page 33 – Installing an optical drive
• Page 34 – Installing a hard disk drive
• Page 35 – the 15-pin power connector at the back of the drive.; To install an IDE hard disk drive:
• Page 36 – Connect the gray interface of the IDE ribbon cable to the IDE; Installing the card reader; steps on the next page.
• Page 38 – To install a floppy disk drive:
• Page 39 – You may have disconnected some cables when you were installing; L E D c a b l e s; Connect the reset button, power switch, power LED, and HDD LED; System Panel Connector
• Page 40 – Reinstalling the cover; the chassis until the front panel assembly fits in place.
• Page 42 – Chapter 3; Starting up; This chapter helps you power up
• Page 43 – Installing an operating system; The barebone system supports Windows; Support CD information; several utility drivers that enhance the system features.; Powering up
• Page 44 – . 3 . 1 R u n n i n g t h e s u p p o r t C D; To begin using the support CD, place the CD in your optical drive. The
• Page 45 – A S U S I n s t A l l - D r i v e r s I n s t a l l a t i o n W i z a r d; Launches the ASUS InstallAll driver installation wizard.; A M D C o o l ‘ n ’ Q u i e t D r i v e r; Installs the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet driver.; A M D C h i p s e t P r o g r a m D r i v e r; Installs the AMD chipset program driver.; R e a l t e k A u d i o A u d i o D r i v e r; Installs the Realtek; U S B 2 . 0 D r i v e r
• Page 46 – motherboard supports.; A S U S I n s t A l l - I n s t a l l a t i o n W i z a r d f o r U t i l i t i e s; Launches the ASUS InstallAll utilities installation wizard.; A S U S C o o l ‘ n ’ Q u i e t U t i l i t y; This item installs the ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet utility.; A S U S U p d a t e; Windows; A S U S P C P r o b e I I; keep your computer in healthy operating condition.; A S U S M u s i c A l a r m; music to give you a personal wake-up call.; A T I W e b P A M U t i l i t y
• Page 47 – The Make Disk menu allows you to make a RAID driver disk.; M a k e A T I R A I D / A H C I D r i v e r; M a k e A T I R A I D / A H C I V i s t a D r i v e r; Allows you to create an ATI
• Page 48 – . 3 . 6 A S U S C o n t a c t i n f o r m a t i o n; find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
• Page 49 – Software information; Most of the applications in the support CD have wizards that will; I n s t a l l i n g P C P r o b e I I; L a u n c h i n g P C P r o b e I I
• Page 50 – Sensor alert; P r e f e r e n c e s; You can customize the application using the
• Page 51 – H a r d w a r e m o n i t o r p a n e l s; Config
• Page 52 – W M I b r o w s e r; D M I b r o w s e r
• Page 53 – P C I b r o w s e r
• Page 54 – C o n f i g u r i n g P C P r o b e I I
• Page 56 – Chapter 4; Motherboard introduction; This chapter gives information
• Page 57 – Introduction; The Vintage V-Series M2A690G barebone system comes with an ASUS; Motherboard layout
• Page 58 – Jumpers; Clear RTC RAM
• Page 59 – USB Device Wake Up
• Page 60 – Connectors; . F l o p p y d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t o r ( 3 4 - 1 p i n F L O P P Y ); Floppy Disk Drive Connector; This jumper allows you to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up; Keyboard Power Setting
• Page 61 – The onboard IDE connectors are for Ultra DMA 100/66/33 signal; IDE Connector
• Page 62 – right angle side; back of the system chassis.; COM Port Connector
• Page 63 – ATX Power Connector
• Page 64 – . A T X p o w e r c o n n e c t o r s
• Page 65 – . O p t i c a l d r i v e a u d i o c o n n e c t o r ( 4 - p i n C D 1 ); These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module; nternal Audio Connector
• Page 66 – 1 . F r o n t p a n e l a u d i o c o n n e c t o r ( 1 0 - 1 p i n A A F P 1 ); Azalia Analog Front Panel Connector
• Page 69 – Playback of HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs; Onboard VGA ports; Dual display table
• Page 70 – Chapter 5; BIOS setup; This chapter tells how to change
• Page 71 – Managing and updating your BIOS; (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy,; . 1 . 1 C r e a t i n g a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k; Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
• Page 72 – To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2:; . 1 . 2 A S U S E Z F l a s h 2 u t i l i t y; (2) Enter BIOS setup program. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ; When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash 2 performs the BIOS
• Page 73 – . 1 . 3 A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y; The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the; in the File Name to
• Page 74 – The following screen appears.; The utility displays
• Page 75 – . 1 . 4 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 3 u t i l i t y; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m a f l o p p y / U S B f l a s h d i s k; To recover the BIOS from a floppy/USB flash disk:; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m t h e s u p p o r t C D; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
• Page 77 – I n s t a l l i n g A S U S U p d a t e; To install ASUS Update:; . 1 . 5 A S U S U p d a t e u t i l i t y; the motherboard BIOS in Windows
• Page 78 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h t h e I n t e r n e t
• Page 79 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h a B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:; Locate the BIOS file from the
• Page 80 – BIOS setup program; . 2 . 1 B I O S m e n u s c r e e n
• Page 81 – their respective menu items.; . 2 . 6 C o n f i g u r a t i o n f i e l d s; These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is
• Page 82 – Select a menu item then press to display a pop-up window with
• Page 83 – Main menu; When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,; Allows you to set the system time.
• Page 84 – item then press to display the IDE device information.; P r i m a r y I D E M a s t e r / S l a v e [ A u t o ]; Select [CHS] for this item if you set the Primary IDE Master/Slave to
• Page 85 – C a p a c i t y; Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not; C y l i n d e r; Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not; S e c t o r; Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device.; T r a n s f e r M o d e; Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.
• Page 86 – installed in the system.; E x t e n d e d D r i v e [ A u t o ]; Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system.
• Page 87 – H e a d; L a n d i n g Z o n e; Shows the size of installed memory.
• Page 88 – Advanced menu; and other system devices.; . 4 . 1 J u m p e r F r e e C o n f i g u r a t i o n; D D R 2 V o l t a g e C o n t r o l [ A u t o ]; Allows you to set the operating DDR2 voltage.; C P U V o l t a g e C o n t r o l [ A u t o ]; Allows you to set the operating CPU voltage.
• Page 89 – . 4 . 2 C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n; E n a b l e s o r d i s a b l e s t h e A M D L i v e ! t e c h n o l o g y .; A M D C o o l ‘ n ’ Q u i e t F u n c t i o n [ D i s a b l e d ]; Enables or disables the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet technology.; C P U M u l t i p l i e r [ A u t o ]; Allows you to set the operating CPU multiplier.; C P U F r e q u e n c y [ 2 0 0 M H z ]; the desired CPU frequency. The values range from 200 to 400.
• Page 90 – D R A M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Allows you adjust the memory clock frequency.; L D T & P C I B u s C o n t r o l; Allows you adjust the LDT Bus frequency.
• Page 91 – R e s o u r c e s C o n t r o l l e d B y [ A u t o ]; DMA and memory base address fields.; U M A F r a m e B u f f e r S i z e [ 6 4 M B ]; A l l o w s y o u t o d i s a b l e o r e n a b l e t h e s u r r o u n d v i e w f u n c t i o n .; S p r e a d S p e c t r u m [ A u t o ]; A l l o w s y o u t o d i s a b l e o r s e t t o A u t o t h e c l o c k g e n e r a t o r
• Page 92 – M a x i m u m P a y l o a d S i z e [ 4 0 9 6 ]; . 4 . 5 O n b o a r d D e v i c e C o n f i g u r a t i o n; IRQ Resources; I R Q R e s o u r c e s
• Page 93 – S o u t h O n C h i p I D E D e v i c e; S o u t h O n C h i p P C I D e v i c e; F r o n t P a n e l T y p e [ H D A u d i o ]
• Page 94 – . 4 . 6 U S B C o n f i g u r a t i o n
• Page 95 – . 5 . 3 A P M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; Power menu; Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and the Advanced Power
• Page 96 – loss. When set to Power On, the system goes on after an AC power loss.
• Page 97 – To set the date of alarm, highlight this item and press to; . 5 . 4 H a r d w a r e M o n i t o r; The items in this sub-menu displays the hardware monitor values; Allows you to enable or disable the Q-Fan controller.
• Page 98 – C P U T e m p e r a t u r e , M B T e m p e r a t u r e; Sets the CPU fan speed warning feature.; V c o r e V o l t a g e , 3 . 3 V V o l t a g e , 5 V V o l t a g e , 1 2 V V o l t a g e; through the onboard voltage regulators.
• Page 99 – s t ~ 4 t h B o o t D e v i c e [ R e m o v a b l e ]; on the number of devices installed in the system.; Boot menu; . 6 . 1 B o o t D e v i c e P r i o r i t y; . 6 . 2 R e m o v a b l e D r i v e s; . F l o p p y D i s k s; Allows you to assign a removable drive attached to the system.
• Page 100 – Allows you to assign a hard disk drive attached to the system.; . 6 . 3 H a r d D i s k D r i v e s; . 6 . 4 B o o t S e t t i n g s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; C a s e O p e n W a r n i n g [ E n a b l e d ]; clears the chassis open status. Refer to section “1.10.2 Internal; B o o t U p F l o p p y S e e k [ D i s a b l e d ]
• Page 101 – T y p e m a t i c R a t e S e t t i n g [ D i s a b l e d ]
• Page 102 – preventing unauthorized access. The User password is required to; S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d; These fields allow you to set passwords:; P a s s w o r d C h e c k
• Page 103 – Tools menu; . 7 . 1 A S U S M u s i c A l a r m; A S U S M u s i c A l a r m [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable the ASUS Music Alarm function.
• Page 104 – A u d i o C D D r i v e [ P r i m a r y I D E M a s t e r ]; device from which the alarm music will play from.; S t a r t i n g T r a c k; like the alarm music to play.; R e p e a t T r a c k [ D i s a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable the repeat track function.
• Page 105 – Enter BIOS setup program. Go to the “Tools” menu to select; L o a d f r o m P r o f i l e 1 / 2; below to load the BIOS file.; L o a d B I O S P r o f i l e
• Page 106 – S a v e B I O S P r o f i l e; S a v e t o P r o f i l e 1 / 2; Insert the storage devices with enough space.
• Page 107 – . 7 . 3 A S U S E Z F l a s h 2; Exit menu
• Page 108 – E x i t & S a v e C h a n g e s; An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even; E x i t & D i s c a r d C h a n g e s; made to the Setup program. If you made changes to fields other than; L o a d S e t u p D e f a u l t s; This option allows you to load the default values for each of the; D i s c a r d C h a n g e s