ASUS p4p-800-vm User Manual

Features

Contents

Notices ............................................................................................ v

Safety information .......................................................................... vi

About this guide ............................................................................. vii

ASUS contact information ............................................................ viii

P4P800-VM specifications summary .............................................. ix

1.1

Welcome! ........................................................................... 1-2

1.2

Package contents ............................................................... 1-2

1.3

Special features .................................................................. 1-2

1.4

Motherboard components .................................................. 1-4

1.5

Motherboard layout ............................................................ 1-8

1.6

Before you proceed ............................................................ 1-9

1.7

Motherboard installation ................................................... 1-10
1.7.1

Placement direction ............................................. 1-10

1.7.2

Screw holes ......................................................... 1-10

1.8

Central Processing Unit (CPU) .......................................... 1-11
1.8.1

Overview ............................................................... 1-11

1.8.2

Installing the CPU ................................................ 1-12

1.9

System memory ............................................................... 1-13
1.9.1

Memory configurations ........................................ 1-13

1.9.2

Installing a DIMM ................................................. 1-15

1.10 Expansion slots ................................................................ 1-16

1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments ........................... 1-16
1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard ................ 1-16
1.10.3 PCI slots .............................................................. 1-17
1.10.4 AGP Pro slot ........................................................ 1-17

1.11 Jumpers ............................................................................ 1-18

1.12 Connectors ....................................................................... 1-20

2.1

Managing and updating your BIOS .................................... 2-2
2.1.1

Creating a bootable floppy disk ............................. 2-2

2.1.2

Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS ...................... 2-2

2.1.3

Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS ............ 2-4

2.1.4

Recovering the BIOS with CrashFree BIOS 2 ....... 2-5

2.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-7