User manual ASUS M4A785G HTPC RC

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector. The IDE LED lights up or flashes when data is read from or written to the HDD. Power/Soft-off button (2-pin PWRSW) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system ON or puts the system in SLEEP or SOFT-OFF mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF. Reset button (2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. · · · 1-28 Chapter 1: Hardware information PLED+ PLEDPWR GND RESET This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup 2 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ) A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk when the BIOS gets corrupted. ) Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities. Important notes · Save a copy of the o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e to a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFLASH utilities. Visit the system builder's website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. · 2. 1. 1 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk into the drive. Press <Y> to save the current BIOS file to the floppy disk, or <N> to continue. If you intend to save the current BIOS file, make sure that the floppy disk has enough disk space to save the file. See the next section for details on saving the current BIOS file. 2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 8. The utility verifies the BIOS file in the floppy disk and starts flashing the BIOS file. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 09 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-M4A785G HTPC RC-00 DATE: 11/30/2004 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: 1001-001. bin Program Flashing Memory - OFE00 OK 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 1098765432109876543210987654321 Write OK No Update Warning: Don't Turn Off Power Or Reset System! Do not turn off or reset the system during the flashing process! 9. The utility displays a Flashing Complete message indicating that you have successfully flashed the BIOS file. Remove the floppy disk then press <F1> to restart the system. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 09 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-M4A785G HTPC RC-00 DATE: 11/30/2004 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: 1001-001. bin Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK No Update F1 Reset ASUS M4A785G HTPC RC 321 1 321 32 321 321 321 321 1 321 32 321 321 321 321 1 321 32 321 321 321 Write Fail Write Fail 2-5 Saving the current BIOS file You can use the AwardBIOS Flash Utility to save the current BIOS file. You can load the current BIOS file when the BIOS file gets corrupted during the flashing process. To save the current BIOS file using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility: 1. Follow steps 1 to 6 of the previous section. Press <Y> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The following screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 09 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-M4A785G HTPC RC-00 DATE: 11/30/2004 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: 1001-001. bin Save current BIOS as: Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS a s field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 09 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. [. . . ] If you made changes to fields other than system date, system time, and password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting. Load Setup Defaults This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. When you select this option or if you press <F5>, a confirmation window appears. Select Exit Saving Changes or make other changes before saving the values to the non-volatile RAM. Discard Changes This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. After selecting this option, a confirmation appears. [. . . ]