Asus M2V- Manual

Asus M2V

Asus M2V– Manual, read for free online in PDF format. We hope this helps you resolve any issues you may have. If you have further questions, please contact us through the contact form.

1 Page 1
2 Page 2
3 Page 3
4 Page 4
5 Page 5
6 Page 6
7 Page 7
8 Page 8
9 Page 9
10 Page 10
11 Page 11
12 Page 12
13 Page 13
14 Page 14
15 Page 15
16 Page 16
17 Page 17
18 Page 18
19 Page 19
20 Page 20
21 Page 21
22 Page 22
23 Page 23
24 Page 24
25 Page 25
26 Page 26
27 Page 27
28 Page 28
29 Page 29
30 Page 30
31 Page 31
32 Page 32
33 Page 33
34 Page 34
35 Page 35
36 Page 36
37 Page 37
38 Page 38
39 Page 39
40 Page 40
41 Page 41
42 Page 42
43 Page 43
44 Page 44
45 Page 45
46 Page 46
47 Page 47
48 Page 48
49 Page 49
50 Page 50
51 Page 51
52 Page 52
53 Page 53
54 Page 54
55 Page 55
56 Page 56
57 Page 57
58 Page 58
59 Page 59
60 Page 60
61 Page 61
62 Page 62
63 Page 63
64 Page 64
65 Page 65
66 Page 66
67 Page 67
68 Page 68
69 Page 69
70 Page 70
71 Page 71
72 Page 72
73 Page 73
74 Page 74
75 Page 75
76 Page 76
77 Page 77
78 Page 78
79 Page 79
80 Page 80
81 Page 81
82 Page 82
83 Page 83
84 Page 84
85 Page 85
86 Page 86
87 Page 87
88 Page 88
89 Page 89
90 Page 90
91 Page 91
92 Page 92
93 Page 93
94 Page 94
95 Page 95
96 Page 96
97 Page 97
98 Page 98
99 Page 99
100 Page 100
101 Page 101
102 Page 102
103 Page 103
104 Page 104
105 Page 105
106 Page 106
107 Page 107
108 Page 108
109 Page 109
110 Page 110
111 Page 111
112 Page 112
113 Page 113
114 Page 114
115 Page 115
116 Page 116
117 Page 117
Page: / 117

Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – ii; Checklist
  • Page 3 – iii; Features; Contents; Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • Page 4 – iv; Safeguards; Chapter 3: Powering up; Starting up for the first time; Chapter 4: BIOS setup; BIOS Setup program
  • Page 5 – Chapter 5: Software support
  • Page 7 – vii; Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.; The use of shielded cables for connection of the monitor to the
  • Page 8 – viii; Safety information; Electrical safety; Operation safety; qualified service technician or your retailer.
  • Page 9 – About this guide; How this guide is organized; the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard.; Where to find more information; warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These
  • Page 10 – Bold text; Italics; Command; In this example, you must supply a filename for
  • Page 11 – xi; M2V specifications summary
  • Page 12 – xii
  • Page 13 – Chapter 1; This chapter describes the motherboard; Product introduction
  • Page 14 – ASUS M2V; Chapter summary
  • Page 15 – check the items in your package with the list below.; Package contents; Check your motherboard package for the following items.
  • Page 16 – Chapter 1: Product introduction; Special features; Latest processor technology; an integrated low-latency high-bandwidth memory controller and a; AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM Technology; dynamically and automatically changes the CPU speed, voltage and; DDR2 memory support; through the Serial ATA interfaces and the Marvell
  • Page 17 – Serial ATA support; the cost of additional RAID cards.; USB 2.0 technology; The motherboard implements the new
  • Page 18 – ASUS Q-Fan2 technology; the installed CPU and DRAM) to enhance system performance while
  • Page 19 – ASUS MyLogo2TM; to open the system chassis and clear the RTC data. Simply reboot the; ASUS EZ Flash BIOS; With the ASUS EZ Flash, you can easily update the system BIOS even
  • Page 20 – Chapter 2; Hardware information; This chapter lists the hardware setup
  • Page 21 – ASUS M2V motherboard
  • Page 22 – Before you proceed; components or change any motherboard settings.; Onboard LED; The motherboard comes with a standby power LED. When lit, this green; • Use a grounded wrist strap or touch a safely grounded object or
  • Page 23 – Chapter 2: Hardware information; Motherboard overview; to ensure that the motherboard fits into it.; Failure to do so can cause you physical injury and damage
  • Page 27 – Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.; Unlock the socket by pressing the
  • Page 28 – socket until it fits in place.
  • Page 29 – The AMD AthlonTM 64FX or AMD Athlon 64TM processor require a specially; Make sure that you use only qualified heatsink and fan assembly.
  • Page 30 – retention bracket is in place.; Make sure that the fan and
  • Page 31 – When the heatsink and fan assembly is in place, connect the CPU fan; • Do not forget to connect the CPU fan connector! CPU overheating
  • Page 32 – differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM socket.
  • Page 33 – Table 1 Recommended memory configurations; Sockets
  • Page 34 – DDR2 Qualified Vendors List; tested and qualified for use with this motherboard.; Table 2 DDR2 800 Qualified Vendors List; Vendor List for this motherboard.
  • Page 35 – Align a DIMM on the socket
  • Page 36 – the necessary hardware settings for the card.; Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing; expansion card; See Chapter 4 for information on BIOS setup.
  • Page 37 – Standard Interrupt Assignments; IRQ assignments for this; When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers
  • Page 38 – specifications. The following figure
  • Page 39 – This jumper allows you to clear the Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM in; You do not need to clear the RTC when the system hands due to
  • Page 40 – Set these jumpers to +5V to wake up the computer from S1 sleep; • The USB device wake-up feature requires a power supply that can
  • Page 41 – This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or
  • Page 42 – ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
  • Page 43 – The onboard IDE connector is for the Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal
  • Page 44 – connecting one end to the motherboard, connect the other end to the; These connectors support the thin Serial ATA cables for primary
  • Page 45 – Important notes on Serial ATA solution:; • The Serial ATA cable is smaller and more flexible, allowing easier
  • Page 46 – The fan; Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Lack
  • Page 47 – These connectors are for ATX 12V power supply. The plugs from; • Make sure that your ATX 12V power supply can provide 8A on the
  • Page 48 – If the USB ports on the rear panel are inadequate, a USB header is; NEVER connect a
  • Page 49 – This is an interface for the front panel audio cable that allows; The System Panel connector is color-coded for easy and foolproof
  • Page 50 – respective connectors on the ASUS Q-
  • Page 52 – Chapter 3; Powering up; This chapter describes the power up
  • Page 54 – Turn on the devices in the following order:
  • Page 55 – Powering off the computer; Make sure that the
  • Page 56 – Chapter 4; BIOS setup; This chapter tells how to change the
  • Page 58 – Managing and updating your BIOS; Important notes; • Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable
  • Page 59 – Chapter 4: BIOS Setup; The BIOS information on the screen is for reference only. What you; To update the BIOS using the AFUDOS.EXE utility:; Write the BIOS file name on a piece of paper. You need to type the
  • Page 60 – Reboot the system from the hard disk.
  • Page 61 – • If there is no floppy disk in the drive, the error message; disk. Make sure that the floppy disk has at least 600KB of free disk; Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS; To update the BIOS using ASUS EZ Flash:; file for your motherboard and rename the downloaded file as
  • Page 62 – process and automatically reboots the system when done.; DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!; support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.; Recovering the BIOS from the support CD; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:
  • Page 63 – Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk; To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk:
  • Page 65 – Follow the instructions on the; Open
  • Page 66 – reconfiguring your system, or prompted to “Run Setup”. This section; Load Default
  • Page 67 – Some of the navigation keys differ from one screen to another.
  • Page 68 – displays the specific items for that menu.; Main; These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is; PageDown keys
  • Page 69 – When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,; Refer to section “4.2.1 BIOS menu screen” for information on the
  • Page 70 – are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select ARMD (ATAPI
  • Page 71 – The items in this menu are auto-detected by BIOS.; Displays the auto-detected BIOS information.; Processor; Displays the auto-detected processor information.; System Memory; Displays the auto-detected system memory.
  • Page 72 – and other system devices.; Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction.; Allows selection of CPU overclocking options to achieve desired; stability when overclocking.
  • Page 73 – The valid input value is from 200 to 400.; Allows you to enable or disable the USB 2.0 ports.; item then press to display the configuration options.
  • Page 74 – Allows you to enable or disable support for USB devices on legacy; automatically detects.; developer may enable it for testing purpose.
  • Page 75 – This option determines the method used for programming CPU MTRRs; Enables or disables the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet! technology feature.; Memory Controller; or select [Manual] to set using one of the standard values.
  • Page 76 – allows you to set the Parallel Port ECP DMA.; ECC Configuration; Enables or disables the DRAM ECC that allows hardware to report
  • Page 77 – Sets the system to correct DRAM ECC Errors immediately when they
  • Page 78 – The Chipset menu items allow you to change the advanced chipset
  • Page 79 – Enables or disables the High Definition Audio Contoller [Auto]
  • Page 80 – The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings; Take caution when changing the settings of the PCI PnP menu items.; Allows you to select the Parallel Port ECP DMA.
  • Page 81 – When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns an IRQ to PCI VGA card if the card
  • Page 82 – display the configuration options.
  • Page 83 – Allows the system to go into On/Off mode or suspend mode when the; applications are fully running. Thus, connection cannot be made on; Allows you to enable or disable the LAN-wake up feature.
  • Page 84 – Allows you to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up feature. This
  • Page 85 – wish to display the detected temperatures.; CPU Fan Ratio
  • Page 86 – on the the number of devices installed in the system.
  • Page 87 – Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some Power On Self Tests; Make sure that the above item is set to [Enabled] if you want to use the; Sets the display mode for option ROM.
  • Page 88 – to display the configuration options.; When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap; Change Supervisor Password; Password item on top of the screen shows the default; Not Installed; you have set a password, this item shows; From the password box, type a password combination of at least six; Installed
  • Page 89 – you to change other security settings.; information on how to erase the RTC RAM.; Allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items.; No Access; prevents user access to the Setup utility.; View Only; allows access but does not allow change to any field.; Limited; allows change only to selected fields, such as Date and Time.; Full Access; allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup
  • Page 90 – Change User Password; item on top of the screen shows the default; set a password, this item shows
  • Page 91 – Save to/Load from Profile 1; You may press Enter to run this utility to save/load CMOS.
  • Page 92 – the program prompts you with a message asking if you want to save; CMOS RAM. An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM and; Yes; to save changes and exit.; Pressing does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the; Exit & Discard Changes; Select this option only if you do not want to save the changes that
  • Page 93 – Discard Changes; Load Setup Defaults
  • Page 94 – Chapter 5; Software support; This chapter describes the contents
  • Page 95 – RAID configurations
  • Page 96 – Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support CD information; To begin using the support CD, simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM; Drivers; menu if Autorun is; Motherboard settings and hardware options vary, so use the setup; Autorun; is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of
  • Page 97 – Chapter 5: Software support; AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet Driver; Installs the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM Technology driver.; VIA Chipset Driver Program; Installs the VIA Chipset Driver Program.; Realtek Audio Driver; Installs the Realtek; Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethenet Driver; Installs the Attansic L1 Gigabit Ethenet driver.; Marvell 6121 SATA Controller Driver; Installs the Marvell
  • Page 98 – motherboard supports.; ASUS Cool ‘n’ Quiet Utility; Installs the Cool ‘n’ Quiet! Technology software.; ASUS PC Probe II; keep your computer in healthy operating condition.; ASUS Update; Allows you to download the latest version of the BIOS from the ASUS; ASUS Screen Saver; Installs the ASUS screen saver.; Before using the ASUS Update, make sure that you have an Internet
  • Page 99 – Microsoft DirectX 9.0c; Installs the Microsoft
  • Page 100 – an item to open the manual.; Install the Adobe
  • Page 101 – display the specified information.; Motherboard Info; Displays the general specifications of the motherboard.; Browse this CD; Displays the support CD contents in graphical format.
  • Page 102 – Technical Support Form; out when requesting technical support.; Filelist
  • Page 103 – update method, select the option; Next; Software Information; Before using ASUS MyLogo2TM feature, use the AFUDOS utility to
  • Page 104 – choose a logo image. Click; The next screen prompts you to; Flash; reboot your computer.; MyLogo2TM directly from the Windows Start menu to change your
  • Page 105 – (called data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to; JBOD; stands for Just a Bunch of Disks or also called spanning, refers; If you use either Windows
  • Page 106 – the same model and capacity when creating a disk array.; Installing Parallel ATA hard disks; To install the hard disks:; • If you are creating a
  • Page 107 – Entering VIA Tech RAID BIOS Utility; The following menu options will appear.; Confirm the selection; The motherboard includes a high performance IDE RAID controller; VIA8237 SATA Quick Setup guide
  • Page 108 – The supported RAID configurations appear on a pop-up menu.
  • Page 109 – For server systems, use of a lower array; asterisk appears before a selected drive.
  • Page 110 – if you want to exit the duplication process.; or manually configure the RAID array; Auto Setup for Data Security; following confirmation message appears.; Select Disk Drives; and press to setup hard disk for
  • Page 111 – RAID Span for capacity; then configure the RAID set. Proceed to step 11.
  • Page 112 – Delete Array; Select Boot Array; From the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays, press
  • Page 113 – Serial Number View; From the VIA RAID BIOS utility main menu, select; Serial Number; to move the selection bar on each item. The serial number for the; This option is useful for identifying same model disks.
  • Page 114 – Creating a RAID driver disk; XP/2000 operating system. You can create a RAID driver disk using; to the Manuals menu of the support CD.
  • Page 115 – The motherboard supports the AMD Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM Technology that; Configuration; Reboot your computer and set your Power Option Properties; Windows; Make sure the Control Panel is
  • Page 116 – If you are using Windows; Select; Start; The Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM technology screen appears and displays the; Make sure to install the Cool ‘n’ Quiet!TM software from the
Loading the manual

Motherboard

M2V

User Guide

"Loading the manual" means you need to wait until the file loads and becomes available for online reading. Some manuals are very large, and the time they take to appear depends on your internet speed.

Other Manuals for Asus M2V

Summary

Page 2 - ii; Checklist

ii Checklist 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 documen...

Page 3 - iii; Features; Contents; Chapter 1: Product introduction

iii Features Contents Notices ........................................................................................... viiSafety information ..........................................................................viiiAbout this guide ................................................................

Page 4 - iv; Safeguards; Chapter 3: Powering up; Starting up for the first time; Chapter 4: BIOS setup; BIOS Setup program

iv Safeguards Contents 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slot ............................................. 2-16 2.6 Jumpers ............................................................................. 2-17 2.7 Connectors ........................................................................ 2-19 2.7.1 Rear ...

Other Asus Models