User manual ASUS A7N8X DELUXE

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Hold down the <Del> key during the boot process and enter BIOS setup to re-enter data. A7N8X DELUXE CLRTC1 12 Normal (Default) 23 Clear CMOS A7N8X DELUXE Clear RTC RAM 1-12 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information 1. 9 Connectors This section describes and illustrates the connectors on the motherboard. IDE connectors (40-1 pin IDE1, IDE2) This connector supports the provided UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE hard disk ribbon cable. Connect the cable's blue connector to the primary (recommended) or secondary IDE connector, then connect the gray connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 slave device (hard disk drive) and the black connector to the UltraDMA/133/100/66 master device. It is recommended that you connect non-UltraDMA/133/100/66 devices to the secondary IDE connector. If you install two hard disks, you must configure the second drive as a slave device by setting its jumper accordingly. Refer to the hard disk documentation for the jumper settings. If you have more than two UltraDMA/133/100/66 devices, purchase another UltraDMA/133/100/66 cable. You may configure two hard disks to be both master devices with two ribbon cables ­ one for the primary IDE connector and another for the secondary IDE connector. Pin 20 on each IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the UltraDMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect orientation when you connect the cables. For UltraDMA/133/100/66 IDE devices, use an 80-conductor IDE cable. A7N8X DELUXE NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on the IDE ribbon cable to PIN 1. A7N8X DELUXE IDE Connectors IDE2 PIN 1 ASUS A7N8X DELUXE Motherboard IDE1 1-13 2. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) This connector supports the provided floppy drive ribbon cable. Pressing the power switch turns the system between ON and SLEEP, or ON and SOFT OFF, depending on the BIOS or OS settings. Pressing the power switch while in the ON mode for more than 4 seconds turns the system OFF. · Hard Disk Activity Lead (2-pin IDELED) This connector supplies power to the hard disk activity LED. The read or write activities of any device connected to the primary or secondary IDE connector cause this LED to light up. 1-20 Chapter 1: Motherboard Information Chapter 2 ASUS A7N8X DELUXE Motherboard BIOS Information 2-1 This chapter gives information about the ASUS A7N8X DELUXE Basic Input/Output System (BIOS). This chapter includes updating the BIOS using the ASUS AFLASH BIOS that is bundled with the support CD. 2. 1 BIOS Setup program Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to "Run Setup". This section explains how to configure your system using this utility. Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you may want to change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you may want to enable the security password feature or make changes to the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the EEPROM. The EEPROM on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press <Delete> during the Power-On Self Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility, otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. [. . . ] This password allows full access to the BIOS Setup menus. To clear the password, highlight this field and press <Enter>. The password is cleared. Make a copy of the original BIOS on a bootable floppy disk before setting passwords. You will need to upload the BIOS file in case you erase the CMOS RAM in the future. ASUS A7N8X DELUXE Motherboard 2-19 A note about passwords The BIOS Setup program allows you to specify passwords in the Boot menu. [. . . ]