User manual ASUS M4N68T

[. . . ] IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. 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. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you intend to use a PSU with 20-pin and 4-pin power plugs, make sure that the 20-pin power plug can provide at least 15A on +12V and that the PSU has a minimum power rating of 350 W. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate. Do not forget to connect the 4-pin ATX +12 V power plug; otherwise, the system will not boot up. We recommend that you use a PSU with higher power output when configuring a system with more power-consuming devices. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is inadequate. The ATX 12 V Specification 2. 0-compliant PSU passed the motherboard power requirement test with the following configuration: CPU : Memory : Graphics card : Parallel ATA devices : Serial ATA device : Optical drives : SCSI devices : Intel® Pentium® 4 3. 6 GHz 512 MB DDR (x 4) PCI Express x16 Nvidia EN5900 IDE hard disk drive (x 2) SATA hard disk drive CD-ROM (x 2) SCSI card and SCSI hard disk drive · · · · ATXPWRCON1 +3 Volts +12 Volts +12 Volts ATX12V +5V Standby GND GND Power OK +12V DC +12V DC Ground +5 Volts Ground +5 Volts Ground +3 Volts connectors +3 Volts Ground +5 Volts +5 Volts +5 Volts -5 Volts Ground Ground Ground PSON# Ground -12 Volts +3 Volts M4N68T ® M4N68T ATX power ASUS M4N68T 1-27 9. Internal audio connector (4-pin AUX) This connector allows you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. M4N68T ® M4N68T Internal audio connector 1 0 . Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin FPAUDIO) This connector is for a chassis-mounted front panel audio I/O module that supports legacy AC `97 audio standard. Connect one end of the front panel audio I/O module cable to this connector. AGND +5VA BLINE_OUT_R M4N68T Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel AUX (white) FAUDIO ® M4N68T Front panel audio connector 1-28 Chapter 1: Hardware information MIC2 MICPWR Line out_R NC Line out_L BLINE_OUT_L 1 1 . System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL1) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions. PLED PWRBTN FRONTPANEL M4N68T ® HDLED RESET M4N68T System panel connector The sytem panel connector is color-coded for easy connection. Refer to the connector description below for details. · System power LED (Green 2-pin PLED) This 3-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. 2. 1. 2 AwardBIOS Flash Utility The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the built-in Flash Memory Writer utility or using a bootable floppy disk with the executable Flash Memory Writer Utility (AWDFLASH. EXE). Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility. Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading a wrong BIOS file. The succeeding screens are for reference only. The actual displays may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Updating the BIOS file 1. Download the latest BIOS file from the system builder's website. Rename the file to (BIOS file name on the support CD). BIN and save it to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdflash. exe) from the Software folder of the support CD to the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. 2. 3. ASUS M4N68T 2-3 4. When the A : > appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility. At the prompt, type a w d f l a s h then press <Enter>. The Award BIOS Flash Utility screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS B107A (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-CK804-M4N68T-00 DATE: 10/14/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: 5. Message: Please input File Name! 6. Type the BIOS file name in the F i l e N a m e t o P r o g r a m field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS B107A (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. [. . . ] 1st Slave: ASUS CD-S520/A Select Menu Item Specific Help Use <up> or <down> arrow to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu. 2. 6. 5 Boot settings configuration Boot Settings COnfiguration Quick Boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Num-Lock OS Select for DRAM > 64MB Full Screen Logo Halt On [Enabled] [Enabled] [On] [Non-OS2] [Enabled] [No Errors] Select Menu Item Specific Help Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system. Quick Boot [Enabled] Setting to [Enabled] allows the system to skip certain tests while booting, decreasing the time needed to boot the system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-32 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] When [Enabled], the BIOS will seek the flopy disk drive to determine whether the drive has 40 or 80 tracks. [. . . ]