User manual ASUS A8N-VM CSM NBP

[. . . ] Motherboard A8N-VM/NBP E2443 Revised Edition V1 January 2006 Copyright © 2006 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. [. . . ] The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate. You must install a PSU with a higher power rating if you intend to install additional devices. · · · · EATXPWR +3 Volts -12 Volts Ground PSON# Ground Ground ATX12V Ground GND GND -5 Volts +12V DC +12V DC +5 Volts +5 Volts +5 Volts Ground +3 Volts +3 Volts Ground +5 Volts Ground +5 Volts Ground Power OK +5V Standby +12 Volts +12 Volts +3 Volts ® A8N-VM ATX power connectors 1-28 A8N-VM Chapter 1: Product introduction 1 4 . System panel connector (20-1 pin PANEL) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. PLED PLED+ A8N-VM SPEAKER +5V Ground Ground Speaker PANEL IDE_LED+ IDE_LED® PLED- IDE_LED RESET PWRSW A8N-VM System panel connector * Requires an ATX power supply. The sytem panel connector is color-coded for easy connection. Refer to the connector description below for details. · System power LED (Green 3-pin PLED) This 3-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. Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. 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. System warning speaker (Orange 4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. The speaker allows you to hear system beeps and warnings. Power/Soft-off button (Yellow 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 (Blue 2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. · · · · ASUS A8N-VM/NBP Reset Ground PWR Ground 1-29 1-30 Chapter 1: Product introduction 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 S U S A F U D O S (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy disk. ) A S U S E Z F l a s h (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ) ASUS EZ Flash only support VGA/RGB output. These utilities do not support VGA/DVI-D output. 2. 1. 1 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment a. Insert a 1. 44MB floppy disk into the drive. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>. Windows® XP environment a. Insert a 1. 44 MB floppy disk to the floppy disk drive. Click S t a r t from the Windows® desktop, then select M y r. [. . . ] <Enter> again to disabled password. Change Supervisor Password User Access Level Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check Enter F1 F10 ESC v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. User Access Level (Full Access] This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Configuration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access] N o A c c e s s prevents user access to the Setup utility. V i e w O n l y allows access but does not allow change to any field. L i m i t e d allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and Time. [. . . ]