Asus M2NBP-VM-CSM- Manual

Asus M2NBP-VM-CSM

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – ii; First Edition V1
  • Page 3 – iii; Contents; M2NBP-VM CSM specifications summary; Chapter 1: Product introduction; Special features
  • Page 4 – iv; Chapter 2: BIOS setup; Managing and updating your BIOS
  • Page 5 – Chapter 3: Software support
  • Page 6 – Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; may cause undesired operation.; Canadian Department of Communications Statement; Canadian Department of Communications.; void the user’s authority to operate this equipment.
  • Page 7 – vii; Safety information; Electrical safety; check local regulations for disposal of electronic products.
  • Page 8 – viii; High Definition Audio
  • Page 9 – ix; BIOS features
  • Page 10 – *Specifications are subject to change without notice.; Power Requirement
  • Page 11 – This chapter describes the motherboard
  • Page 12 – Package contents; Check your motherboard package for the following items.; Product highlights; Latest processor technology; ASUS M2NBP-VM CSM motherboard
  • Page 13 – NVS210S graphics processing unit (GPU) Northbridge; DDR2 memory support; and quiet operating environment. See page 2-24 for details.
  • Page 14 – Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology; SATA 3Gb/s storage specification. The onboard NVIDIA; Gigabit LAN solution; NVIDIA; there to enhance your experience!
  • Page 15 – Innovative ASUS features; ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2
  • Page 16 – Onboard LED; shows the location of the onboard LED.; Before you proceed; or change any motherboard settings.; M2NBP-VM CSM Onboard LED
  • Page 17 – Motherboard layout; Motherboard overview; Refer to
  • Page 18 – Placement direction; as indicated in the image below.; Screw holes; motherboard to the chassis.
  • Page 19 – Installing the CPU; Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.; CPU does not fit in completely.; M2NBP-VM CSM CPU Socket AM2
  • Page 20 – Position the CPU above the socket; socket to prevent bending the pins and damaging the CPU!; Install a CPU heatsink and fan; can occur if you fail to plug this connector.; M2NBP-VM CSM CPU fan connector
  • Page 21 – Installing the heatsink and fan; Follow these steps to install the CPU heatsink and fan.; Make sure that you use only qualified heatsink and fan assembly.
  • Page 22 – the heatsink and fan to the module base.; Make sure that the fan and
  • Page 23 – Memory configurations; DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.; System memory; Overview; differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM socket.; Recommended Memory Configurations; Channel A
  • Page 24 – Important notice on installing Windows
  • Page 27 – Align a DIMM on the socket such; the motherboard and the components.; Removing a; The DIMM might get damaged when it flips out with extra force.; NOT force a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.
  • Page 28 – Expansion slots; describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.; Installing an expansion card; To install an expansion card:; Configuring an; Chapter 2 for information on BIOS setup.
  • Page 29 – * These IRQs are usually available for ISA or PCI devices.; IRQ assignments for this motherboard
  • Page 30 – PCI slots
  • Page 31 – Jumpers; This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS.; default position. Removing the cap will cause system boot failure!; M2NBP-VM CSM Clear RTC RAM; CLRTC
  • Page 32 – Set these jumpers to +5V to wake up the computer from S1 sleep mode; • The USB device wake-up feature requires a power supply that can
  • Page 33 – corresponding setting in the BIOS.; M2NBP-VM CSM Keyboard power setting; KBPWR
  • Page 34 – This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other; LAN port LED indications; This port connects a headphone or a speaker. In
  • Page 36 – signal connector at the back of the floppy disk drive.; using an FDD cable with a covered Pin 5.; a jumper cap. Remove the jumper caps only when you intend to use the; M2NBP-VM CSM Floppy disk drive connector; M2NBP-VM CSM Chassis intrusion connector; CHASSIS
  • Page 37 – M2NBP-VM CSM IDE connectors; connect the IDE cable.
  • Page 38 – configuration through the onboard NVIDIA; M2NBP-VM CSM SATA connectors; Install the Windows
  • Page 39 – not jumpers! DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors.; M2NBP-VM CSM Fan connectors; M2NBP-VM CSM Digital audio connector; module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis.; The S/PDIF module is purchased separately.
  • Page 40 – These connectors are for USB 2.0 ports. Connect the USB module cable; The USB 2.0 module is purchased separately.; M2NBP-VM CSM Internal audio connector; CD
  • Page 41 – M2NBP-VM CSM TPM connector; TPM
  • Page 42 – M2NBP-VM CSM COM port connector; end of the front panel audio I/O module cable to this connector.; M2NBP-VM CSM Analog front panel connector; AAFP
  • Page 43 – M2NBP-VM CSM ATX power connectors; EATXPWR
  • Page 44 – Reset button; M2NBP-VM CSM System panel connector; PANEL
  • Page 45 – BIOS setup
  • Page 46 – Managing and updating your; Installing ASUS Update; ASUS Update utility; BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
  • Page 47 – Select the ASUS FTP site nearest; Auto Select; Updating the BIOS through the Internet
  • Page 48 – Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file; To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:; Update BIOS from a file; Locate the BIOS file from the; The ASUS Update utility is
  • Page 49 – Creating a bootable floppy disk; Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.; from the format options field,; Start
  • Page 50 – ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility; To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2:; • Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to; (2) Enter BIOS setup program. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ
  • Page 51 – Updating the BIOS; of the disk assignment) to; awdflash; then press; the; File Name to Program
  • Page 52 – following screen appears.; Do not turn off or reset the system during the flashing process!; The utility displays a; Flashing Complete; message indicating that you
  • Page 53 – Saving the current BIOS file; space to save the file.; then returns to the BIOS
  • Page 54 – ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility; that contains the updated BIOS file.; updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility.; Recovering the BIOS from the support CD; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:; cause system boot failure!
  • Page 55 – BIOS setup program; the first two failed.; only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.
  • Page 56 – BIOS menu screen; Menu bar; For changing the basic system configuration
  • Page 57 – Menu items; For example, selecting; Main; shows the Main menu items.; Configuration fields; found in the legend bar with their corresponding functions.; Left or Right arrow; Moves the highlight up or down between fields
  • Page 58 – configuration options for that item.; General help
  • Page 59 – Main menu; you an overview of the basic system information.; items and how to navigate through them.; Allows you to set the system time.
  • Page 60 – Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave; may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk.
  • Page 61 – Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device.; Transfer Mode; Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.; set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active.
  • Page 62 – Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system.; Capacity
  • Page 63 – Shows the size of installed memory.
  • Page 64 – Advanced menu; field values can cause the system to malfunction.; JumperFree Configuration; Manual; Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters.; Auto; Loads the optimal settings for the system.; Standard; Loads the standard settings for the system.; AI Overclock
  • Page 65 – The following item becomes user-configurable when you set; AI Tuning; to; Allows you to set the overclocking options.; If this happens, revert to the default setting.
  • Page 66 – AI Net2; DRAM Configuration; CPU Configuration
  • Page 67 – Sets the memory clock frequency.
  • Page 68 – Selects the frame buffer size for Onboard Graphic.; Chipset; Enables or disables the AMD Live!
  • Page 69 – PCIPnP; configures the Plug and Play devices not required for boot.; for information on how to enable this item.; IRQ Resources
  • Page 70 – IDE Function Setup
  • Page 71 – NVRAID Configuration; succeeding items become user-configurable.
  • Page 72 – Enables or disables the onboard NVIDIA; USB Configuration; item then press to display the configuration options.
  • Page 74 – to be used for system suspend.; APM Configuration; Power menu
  • Page 75 – causes an initialization string that turns the system power on.; become user-configurable with set values.
  • Page 76 – To set the time of alarm:
  • Page 77 – Hardware Monitor; Allows you to enable or disable the Q-Fan controller.
  • Page 78 – devices installed in the system.; Boot menu; Boot Device Priority; Removable Drives; Allows you to assign a removable drive attached to the system.
  • Page 79 – Allows you to assign bootable add-in cards attached to the system.; Hard Disk Drives; Boot Settings Configuration; CDROM Drives; Allows you to assign CDROM drives attached to the system.
  • Page 80 – Allows you to set the delay before keystrokes begin to repeat.
  • Page 81 – Allows you to error report type.
  • Page 82 – system preventing unauthorized use.; Security; Supervisor Password/User Password; These fields allow you to set passwords:
  • Page 83 – Password Check; This item appears only when the TPM module is installed first.
  • Page 84 – Tools menu; ASUS EZ Flash 2
  • Page 85 – Exit menu; BIOS items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.; Exit & Discard Changes; Time, and Password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting.
  • Page 86 – Load Setup Defaults; YES to discard any changes and load the previously saved values.
  • Page 87 – This chapter describes the contents
  • Page 88 – Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support CD information; Running the support CD; Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.; • M o t h e r b o a r d s e t t i n g s a n d h a r d w a r e o p t i o n s v a r y. U s e t h e s e t u p
  • Page 89 – Drivers menu; devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices.; NVIDIA nForce Chipset Driver; Installs the NVIDIA; SoundMAX; Installs the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet driver.; operating system versions.
  • Page 90 – Utilities menu; ASUS PC Probe II; in healthy operating condition.; ASUS Update; Windows; ADOBE Acrobat Reader V7.0; The Adobe; ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility; This item installs the ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet utility.
  • Page 91 – Make Disk menu; The Make Disk menu allows you to make a RAID driver disk.; Allows you to create an NVIDIA
  • Page 92 – Allows you to open the NVIDIA; Manual menu; open the folder of the user manual.; Adobe
  • Page 93 – ASUS Contact information; this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
  • Page 94 – Browse this CD; Displays the support CD contents in graphical format.; Other information; specified information.; Motherboard Info; Displays the general specifications of the motherboard.
  • Page 95 – Technical support Form; requesting technical support.; Filelist; Displays the contents of the support CD in text format.
  • Page 96 – Creating a RAID driver disk; XP; For detailed descriptions on the NVIDIA; Insert floppy disk to floppy disk drive.; chipset
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Page 2 - ii; First Edition V1

ii Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kep...

Page 3 - iii; Contents; M2NBP-VM CSM specifications summary; Chapter 1: Product introduction; Special features

iii Contents Notices ......................................................................................................... viSafety information ..................................................................................... vii M2NBP-VM CSM specifications summary .............................

Page 4 - iv; Chapter 2: BIOS setup; Managing and updating your BIOS

iv Contents Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 2-2 2.1.1 ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 2-2 2.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk ....................................... 2-5 2.1.3 ASUS E...

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