User manual ASUS M2V-MX SE

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The ASUS Update utility is copied into your system. To update the BIOS using ASUS Update: 1. Launch the utility from the Windows desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. Select your desired update method, then click Next. ASUS M2V-MX SE-MX SE 4-7 3. If you select updating/ downloading from the Internet, select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or choose Auto Select. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download. Follow the instructions on the succeeding screens to complete the update process. 6. If you select the option to update the BIOS from a file, a window prompts you to locate the file. Select the file, click Open, then follow the screen instructions to complete the update process. 4- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 4. 2 BIOS Setup program This motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section "4. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS. " 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. You can not select an item that is not user-configurable. A configurable field is enclosed in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. To change the value of a field, select it then press <Enter> to display a list of options. Refer to "4. 2. 7 Pop-up window. " 4. 2. 7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. Advanced Chipset settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in the sections below may cause system to malfunction. Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Memory Acceleration Mode DRAM Idle Timer DRAm Refresh Rate Graphic Adapter Priority Graphics Aperture Size Spread Spectrum ICH Delayed Transaction MPS Revision [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [AGP/PCI] [ 64 MB] [Enabled] [Enabled] [1. 4] +F1 F10 ESC 4. 2. Scroll bar Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit A scroll bar appears on the right side Pop-up window of a menu screen when there are items that do not fit on the screen. Press Up/Down arrow keys or PageUp/ PageDown keys to display the other items on the screen. Scroll bar 4. 2. 9 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. ASUS M2V-MX SE-MX SE 4-11 4. 3 Main menu Refer to section "4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen" for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them. When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave SATA 1 SATA 2 IDE Configuration System Information : : : : : : [11:51:19] [Thu 08/05/2003] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in] [Not [Not [Not [Not [Not [Not Detected] Detected] Detected] Detected] Detected] Detected] Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure system time. 4. 3. 1 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] Allows you to set the system time. 4. 3. 2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Allows you to set the system date. 4. 3. 3 Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K, 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS Setup 4. 3. 4 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave While entering Setup, BIOS auto-detects the presence of IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. [. . . ] From the list of channel used for IDE RAID arrays, use the arrow keys to move the selection bar on each item. The serial number for the selected drive is displayed at the bottom of the screen. This option is useful for identifying same model disks. VIA Tech. RAID BIOS Ver 1. xx Create Array Delete Array Create/Delete Spare Select Boot Array Serial Number View Create a RAID array with the hard disks attached to VIA RAID controller F1 , Enter ESC : : : : View Array/Disk Status Move to next item Confirm the selection Exit Channel Drive Name Array Name Mode ARRAY 0 ARRAY 0 SATA SATA Size(GB) Status 999. 99 999. 99 XXXXXXX XXXXXXX Serial_Ch0 Master XXXXXXXXXXX Serial_Ch1 Master XXXXXXXXXXX Serial Number: XXXXXXXX 5-1 Chapter 5: Software support 5. 5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP/2000 operating system. You can create a RAID driver disk using Makedisk. exe utility. [. . . ]