User manual ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO USB3 BLU-RAY PLAYBACK SUPPORT

[. . . ] SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. 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. Offer to Provide Source Code of Certain Software This product may contain copyrighted software that is licensed under the General Public License ("GPL") and under the Lesser General Public License Version ("LGPL"). [. . . ] · We recommend that you download and update to the latest BIOS version from the ASUS website at www. asus. com after using the MemOK!function. 1-18 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1. 11 1. 11. 1 Connectors Rear panel ports 1. 3. PS/2 Keyboard/Mouse Combo port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard or PS/2 mouse. This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other devices. This port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. LAN port LED indications Activity/Link LED Status OFF Description No link Linked Speed LED Status OFF Description ACT/LINK SPEED LED LED 10Mbps connection 1Gbps connection ORANGE BLINKING Data activity ORANGE GREEN 100Mbps connection LAN port 4. This port connects to the tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio sources. This port connects to a headphone or a speaker. In the 4, 6, and 8-channel configurations, the function of this port becomes Front Speaker Out. This port connects to a microphone. Refer to the audio configuration table on the next page for the function of the audio ports in a 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO USB3 1-19 Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Port Light Blue (Rear panel) Lime (Rear panel) Pink (Rear panel) Lime (Front panel) Headset 2-channel Line In Line Out Mic In ­ 4-channel Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Mic In ­ 6-channel Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Bass/Center ­ 8-channel Rear Speaker Out Front Speaker Out Bass/Center Side Speaker Out To configure an 8-channel audio output: Use the chassis with HD audio module in the front panel to support 8-channel audio output. 7. The Serial ATA 3Gb/s is backward compatible with Serial ATA 1. 5Gb/s specification. The data transfer rate of the Serial ATA 3Gb/s is faster than the standard parallel ATA with 133 MB/s (Ultra DMA133). If you install Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 configurations through the onboard SB710 chipset. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1~6) · Install the Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA. · If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the type of the SATA connectors in the BIOS to [RAID]. See section 2. 3. 4 SATA Configuration for details. · The motherboard does not provide a floppy disk drive connector. You could use a USB floppy disk drive when installing Windows® XP operating system on a hard disk drive that includes a RAID/AHCI set. · Due to Windows® XP limitation, Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive. · For more details on RAID/AHCI, refer to the RAID/AHCI Supplementary Guide included in the folder named Manual in the support DVD. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO USB3 1-23 5. This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. System panel connector (20-8 pin PANEL) · System power LED (2-pin PLED) This 2-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. [. . . ] Confirm the password when prompted. The message "Password Installed" appears after you set your password successfully. To change the user password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. Clear User Password Select this item to clear the user password. Password Check [Setup] When this item is set to [Setup], BIOS checks for user password when accessing the Setup utility. When this item is set to [Always], BIOS checks for user password both when accessing Setup and booting the system. Configuration options: [Setup] [Always] 2. 7 The Tools menu items allow you to configure options for special functions. [. . . ]