User manual ASUS VH242D

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] You cannot select an item that is not user-configurable. A configurable field is enclosed in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. To change the value of a field, select it then press <Enter> to display a list of options. Refer to "4. 2. 7 Pop-up window. " 4. 2. 7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. 4. 2. 8 Scroll bar Advanced PCI/PnP Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to A scroll bar appears on the right malfunction. Plug And Play O/S [No] side of a menu screen when there PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] are items that do not fit on the PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] screen. Press the Up/Down arrow keys or <Page Up> /<Page Down> keys to display the other items on the screen. Pop-up window Scroll bar 4. 2. 9 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 4-11 4. 3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the M a i n 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. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Exit Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure the System Time. System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Language Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave First SATA Device Second SATA Device Third SATA Device Fourth SATA Device IDE Configuration System Information [10:55:25] [Mon 07/10/2006] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in] [English] [ST320410A] [ASUS CD-S520/A] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] +Tab F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. 4. 3. 1 4. 3. 2 4. 3. 3 System Time [xx:xx:xx] System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Allows you to set the system time. Allows you to set the system date. 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. ] 4. 3. 4 Language [English] Allows you to choose the BIOS language version from the options. Configuration options: [English] [Français] [German] [Japanese] [Chinese (GB)] [Chinese BIG5] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3. 5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : ST320413A Size : 20. 0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16 Sectors PIO Mode :4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Type LBA/Large Mode Block(Multi-sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode SMART Monitoring 32Bit Data Transfer [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] Select the type of device connected to the system. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5N32-SLI SE Deluxe 4-15 4. 3. 7 IDE Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to configure the item. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Onboard PCI IDE Controller Serial-ATA 0 Serial-ATA 1 nVidia RAID Function [Both] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] DISABLED: Disables the integrated IDE controller. PRIMARY: enables only the Primary IDE Controller. SECONDARY: enables only the Secondary IDE Controller. Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time out (Sec. ) [35] ATA(PI) 80Pin Cable Detection [Host] +F1 F10 ESC v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2005, American Megatrends, Inc. Onboard PCI IDE Controller [Both] Allows you to disable the integrated IDE controller, or choose which IDE controller/s to enable. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Primary] [Secondary] [Both] Serial-ATA 0 [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA ports 1 and 2. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Serial-ATA 1 [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Serial ATA ports 3 and 4. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the NVIDIA RAID function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the hard disk write protect feature. [. . . ] Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on devices, if any. Refer to the expansion card or add-on device(s) documentation, or visit the related website, to verify if the card/device supports a 64-bit system. A. 2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) The Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) intelligently manages the CPU resources by automatically adjusting the CPU voltage and core frequency depending on the CPU loading and system speed/power requirement. System requirements · · · Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with EIST support BIOS file with EIST support Operating system with EIST support (Windows® XP SP2/Windows® Server 2003 SP1/Linux 2. 6 kernel or later versions) Using the EIST To use the EIST feature: 1. Turn on the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. [. . . ]