User manual ASUS NCCH-DLE

[. . . ] Motherboard NCCH-DLE E1975 First Edition V1 May 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. ("ASUS"). 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. [. . . ] Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard. · · ASUS NCCH-DLE 4-13 4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen General help Menu bar Menu items System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Floppy 3 Mode Support Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Third IDE Master Fourth IDE Master Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 11: 10 : 30 Tue, Apr 26 2005 [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [Disabled] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] 640K 260096K 261120K Select Menu Item Specific Help Change the internal clock. Navigation keys Field settings 4. 2. 2 Main Menu bar For changing the basic system configuration settings For changing the advanced system settings For changing the power configuration settings For changing the system boot configuration settings For selecting the exit options and loading default settings The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items: Advanced Power Boot Exit To select the menu bar items, press the right or left arrow key on the keyboard until the desired item is highlighted. 4. 2. 3 Navigation keys At the b o t t o m of a menu screen are the navigation keys for that particular menu. Use the navigation keys to select items in the menu and change the settings. The navigation keys differ from one screen to another. 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 2. 4 General help On the right side of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. 4. 2. 5 Sub-menu An item with a sub-menu on any menu screen is distinguished by a solid triangle before the item. To display the sub-menu, select the item and press <Enter>. 4. 2. 6 Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of a menu screen when there are items that do not fit on the screen. Press U p / D o w n a r r o w k e y s or P a g e U p / P a g e D o w n k e y s to display the other items on the screen. 4. 2. 7 Pop-up window Select an item in the menu, then press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. ASUS NCCH-DLE 4-15 4. 3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears giving you an overview of the basic system information. Refer to section "4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen" for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them. System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Floppy 3 Mode Support Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave Third IDE Master Fourth IDE Master Base Memory Extended Memory Total Memory 11: 10 : 30 Tue, Apr 26 2005 [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [Disabled] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] 640K 260096K 261120K Select Menu Item Specific Help Change the internal clock. System Time (hh:mm:ss) Sets the system to the time that you specify (usually the current time). Valid values for hour, minute, and second are Hour: (00 to 23), Minute: (00 to 59), Second: (00 to 59). Use the <Tab> key to move between the hour, minute, and second fields. System Date (mm:dd:yy) Sets the system to the date that you specify (usually the current date). Valid values for month, day, and year are Month: (1 to 12), Day: (1 to 31), Year: (1999 to 2099). Use the <Tab> key to move between the month, day, and year fields. Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled] Enables support for older Japanese floppy drives. The Floppy 3 Mode feature allows reading and writing of 1. 28 MB (as opposed to 1. 44 MB) on a 3. 5-inch floppy disk. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Drive A] Base/Extended/Total Memory [xxxK] The base memory, extended memory, and total memory values are auto-detected. These fields are not user-configurable. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3. 1 Primary IDE Master Primary Master Select Menu Item Specific Help Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system. `Manual' will let you select the number of cylinders, heads, etc. Note: PRECOMP=65535 means none! Primary IDE Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Precomp Landing Zone Sector PIO Mode UDMA Mode Transfer Mode S. M. A. R. T Status [Auto] [Auto] 0 MB 0 0 0 0 0 [Auto] [Auto] None None Primary IDE Master [Auto] Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE drive. If automatic detection is successful, the setup BIOS automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If automatic detection fails, this may be because the IDE drive is too old or too new. If the drive was already formatted on a previous system, the BIOS may detect incorrect parameters. In these cases, select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE drive parameters. Refer to the section "Manually detecting an IDE drive. " If no drive is installed or if you are removing a drive and not replacing it, select [None]. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] The IDE drive information items are grayed out when this item is set to [Auto]. Access Mode [Auto] Allows selection of the sector addressing mode. The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE drive. Set this item to [CHS] if the P r i m a r y I D E M a s t e r item is set to [Manual] so you can manually enter the drive values. [. . . ] 4. Move the base driver tar file to the directory of your choice. For example, use /home/username/e1000 or /usr/local/src/e1000. tar zxf e1000-x. x. x. tar. gz Change to the driver src directory. cd e1000-x. x. x/src/ Compile the driver module. [. . . ]