User manual ASUS A7N8X-E DELUXE

[. . . ] A7N8X-E Deluxe User Guide Motherboard E1876 Checklist Revised Edition V3 January 2005 Copyright © 2005 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Close the window when done. ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard 3-7 7. Click a POST event on the Voice Editor screen, then on the Edit button. Locate and select your wave file for the event then click on the arrow opposite Voice1. The file you selected appears on the space next to it. Click OK to return to the Voice Editor screen. A window appears prompting you to save your configuration. Type a file name with a . flh extension, then click Save. Click on the Write button to compress the file and copy into the EEPROM. Click Yes on the confirmation window that appears. If you receive an error message telling you that the files exceed the total allowable size, do one or all of the following. · Try to modify your messages to make them shorter · Save the wave files at a lower quality · Skip lesser used events like FDD Detection, IDE HDD Detection, etc. 3-8 Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4 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 Chapter summary 4. 1 4. 2 4. 3 4. 4 4. 5 4. 6 4. 7 Managing and updating your BIOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1 BIOS Setup program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10 Advanced Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14 Security Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-27 Hardware Monitor Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-29 Exit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-30 ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard 4. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. Award Flash BIOS Utility (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or during POST. ) 2. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in a Windows® environment. ) Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Important notes It is recommended that you save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AWDFLASH utilities. Visit the ASUS website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. 4. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. [. . . ] ASUS A7N8X-E Deluxe motherboard 5-15 5. 6 Onboard Marvell Gigabit LAN drivers for Windows 98SE/ME Before you can use the onboard Gigabit LAN under Windows® 98SE or Windows® ME operating systems, you need to install the onboard LAN drivers from the support CD. Installing onboard LAN drivers Follow these instructions to install the onboard LAN drivers for Windows 98SE/ME. Double-click the System icon in the Control Panel. Select PCI Ethernet controller with the "?" mark, then click on Properties. From the Properties dialog box, select the Driver tab then click on Update Driver. [. . . ]