User manual ASUS M3N WS

[. . . ] Motherboard M3N WS E3772 First Edition June 2008 Copyright © 2008 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. [. . . ] All Rights Reserved For MCP78-M3N WS-00 Flash Type DATE:01/08/2008 File Name to Program: M3N WS. bin Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK F1 Reset No Update Write Fail ASUS M3N WS 3-7 3. 1. 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. Make sure that the floppy disk or the USB flash disk has enough disk space to save the file. 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. 33 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For MCP78-M3N WS-00 Flash Type DATE:01/08/2008 File Name to Program: 0112. bin Save current BIOS as: Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS as field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 33 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For MCP78-M3N WS-00 Flash Type DATE:01/08/2008 File Name to Program: 0112. bin Checksum: 810DH Save current BIOS as: 0113. bin Message: Please Wait! 4. The utility saves the current BIOS file to the floppy disk or the USB flash disk, and then returns to the BIOS flashing process. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 33 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For MCP78-M3N WS-00 Flash Type DATE:01/08/2008 File Name to Program: 0113. bin Now Backup System BIOS to File! Message: Please Wait! 3-8 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 3. 1. 6 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. · · · Prepare the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. You can monitor the BIOS recovery process on your display only when installing an external graphics card. If you use the onboard VGA output, your display does not show when the BIOS recovery is proceeding. Insert the support DVD to the optical drive and wait for a few minutes to restart your system. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for the BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy. . . When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Bad BIOS checksum. Start flashing. . . 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. ASUS M3N WS 3-9 Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk: 1. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file. When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. · Only the USB flash disk with FAT 32/16/12 format and single partition can support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. The device size should be smaller than 8GB. DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so can cause system boot failure! Insert the USB flash disk that contains the BIOS file to the USB port. · 3-10 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 3. 2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable firmware chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section 3. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS. [. . . ] You can switch from the dGPU(s) to the mGPU for a quiet, power-saving computer environment. · · · · Hybrid SLI technology is supported by Windows® VistaTM only. Hybrid SLI technology requires at least 2GB system memory to activate. GeForce Boost supports up to two displays simultaneously (both connected to either the mGPU or the dGPU). When two or more displays are connected to both the mGPU and the dGPU, the Hybrid SLI mode is disabled and the multi-display mode is enabled. [. . . ]