User manual ASUS SP98-N

[. . . ] ® SP98-N Mini NLX Motherboard USER'S MANUAL USER'S NOTICE 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 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. 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. 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. [. . . ] If you are not using any USB devices, you may set this field to N/A. ONB VGA BIOS First (No) This allows you to select whether you want to use the onboard VGA BIOS as the primary VGA BIOS. No allows external VGA cards to take precedent when detected. Yes always uses the onboard VGA BIOS, even when an external VGA card is installed. Onboard Audio Chip (Enabled) This allows you to select whether you want to use the onboard audio or not. Disabled allows you to use an external audio card. Onboard NIC BIOS (Enabled) The default setting enables the onboard NIC BIOS so that your computer, with the appropriate interface and configuration, can be connected to a network. If you do not want to use the onboard NIC BIOS, choose Disabled. BIOS SETUP PnP and PCI 56 ASUS SP98-N User's Manual 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 8 Load BIOS Defaults Load BIOS Defaults option allows you to load the troubleshooting default values permanently stored in the BIOS ROM. These default settings are non-optimal and disable all high performance features. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen. 4. 9 Load Setup Defaults 4. BIOS SETUP Load Defaults 57 Load Setup Defaults option allows you to load the default values to the system configuration fields. These default values are the optimized configuration settings for the system. This feature does not affect the fields on the Standard CMOS Setup screen. ASUS SP98-N User's Manual 4. BIOS SETUP 4. 10 Smart Alarm (LM78/LM75) Setup Smart Alarm (LM78/LM75) Setup allows you to set up your hardware monitoring options. This feature monitors the fan, CPU and motherboard temperature, and voltage. Fan Monitor (xxxxRPM) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU Fan Speed in Rotations Per Minute (RPM). These values refresh upon any key entries in the BIOS setup screen. Set to Ignore if one of these are not used so that error messages will not be given. Thermal Monitor (xxxC/xxxF) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the CPU and MB (motherboard) temperatures. Voltage Monitor (xx. xV) The onboard hardware monitor is able to detect the voltages put out by the voltage regulators. [. . . ] APPENDIX MMX A set of 57 new instructions based on a technique called Single Instruction, Multiple Data (SIMD), which is built into the new Intel Pentium PP/MT (P55C) and Pentium II (Klamath) CPU as well as other x86-compatible microprocessors. The MMX instructions are designed to accelerate multimedia and communications applications, such as 3D video, 3D sound, video conference. PCI Bus (Peripheral Component Interconnect Local Bus) PCI bus is a specification that defines a 32-bit data bus interface. PCI is a standard widely used by expansion card manufacturers. [. . . ]