User manual ASUS U53JC

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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 Table of contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Click the plus sign (+) before WMI Information to display the available information. You can enlarge or reduce the browser size by dragging the bottom right corner of the browser. DMI browser Click to display the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) browser. This browser displays various desktop and system information. Click the plus sign (+) before DMI Information to display the available information. ASUS V-Series M2A690G 3-11 PCI browser Click to display the PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) browser. This browser provides information on the PCI devices installed on your system. Click the plus sign (+) before the PCI Information item to display available information. Usage The Usage browser displays real-time information on the CPU, hard disk drive space, and memory usage. Click to display the Usage browser. CPU usage The CPU tab displays real-time CPU usage in line graph representation. If the CPU has an enabled HyperThreading, two separate line graphs display the operation of the two logical processors. Hard disk drive space usage The Hard Disk tab displays the used and available hard disk drive space. The left panel of the tab lists all logical drives. Click a hard disk drive to display the information on the right panel. The pie chart at the bottom of the window represents the used (blue) and the available HDD space. 3-12 Chapter 3: Starting up Memory usage The Memory tab shows both used and available physical memory. The pie chart at the bottom of the window represents the used (blue) and the available physical memory. Configuring PC Probe II Click to view and adjust the sensor threshold values. FLOPPY M2A-VM R PIN 1 NOTE: Orient the red markings on the floppy ribbon cable to PIN 1. Floppy Disk Drive Connector ASUS V-Series M2A690G 4-5 2. IDE connectors (40-1 pin PRI_IDE) The onboard IDE connectors are for Ultra DMA 100/66/33 signal cables. There are three connectors on each Ultra DMA 100/66/33 signal cable: blue, black, and gray. Connect the blue connector to the motherboard's IDE connector, then select one of the following modes to configure your device(s). R IDE Connector Drive jumper setting Single device Two devices Cable-Select or Master Cable-Select Master Slave Mode of device(s) Master Slave Master Slave PRI_IDE M2A-VM Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray · Pin 20 on the IDE connector is removed to match the covered hole on the Ultra DMA cable connector. This prevents incorrect insertion when you connect the IDE cable. Use the 80-conductor IDE cable for Ultra DMA 100/66/33 IDE devices. · If any device jumper is set as "Cable-Select, " make sure all other device jumpers have the same setting. 4-6 Chapter 4: Motherboard info 3. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. SATA4 M2A-VM R SATA2 GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND SATA3 GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXP3 RSATA_RXN3 GND SATA1 GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP4 RSATA_TXN4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND SATA Connectors Connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to SATA device. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA cable to the onboard SATA port to avoid mechanical conflict with a long card in PCI2 slot. right angle side 4. Serial port connector (10-1 pin COM2) This connector is for a serial (COM) port. Connect the serial port module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. COM1 PIN 1 R COM Port Connector The COM module is purchased separately. ASUS V-Series M2A690G 4-7 5. CPU, Power and Chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN, 3-pin PWR_FAN) The fan connectors support cooling fans of a total of 1A~2. 2A (26. 4W max. ) at +12V. Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, making sure that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector. CPU_FAN GND CPU FAN PWR CPU FAN IN CPU FAN PWM CHA_FAN GND +12V Rotation M2A-VM R PWR_FAN GND +12V Rotation Fan Connectors Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. DO NOT place jumper caps on the fan connectors. 6. IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1 pin IE1394_2) This connector is for a IEEE 1394a port. Connect the IEEE 1394a module cable to this connector, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. M2A-VM +12V TPB1+ GND TPA1+ R IE1394_1 ATX12V 1 EATXPWR Ground +5 Volts +5 Volts +5 Volts -5 Volts Ground Ground Ground PSON# Ground -12 Volts +3 Volts IEEE 1394a Connector 4-8 +3 Volts +12 Volts +12 Volts +5V Standby Power OK Never connect a USB cable to the IEEE1394a connector. Ground Doing damage the motherboard! [. . . ] Press <Enter> then the setup screen will appear. Press <Tab> to switch between drives before the correct "xxx. CMO" file is found. Then press <Enter> to load the file. A pop-up message will inform you when the loading process finishes. · Suggest only to update the BIOS file coming from the same memory/CPU configuration and BIOS version. [. . . ]