ASUS A7N8X-VM 400 User Manual

Features

Contents

Contents ......................................................................................... iii

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

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

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

A7N8X-VM 400 specifications summary ........................................ ix

1.1

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

1.2

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

1.3

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

1.4

Motherboard components .................................................. 1-3

1.5

Motherboard layout ............................................................ 1-6

1.6

Before you proceed ............................................................ 1-7

1.7

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................... 1-7

1.8

System memory ................................................................. 1-8
Installing a DIMM ................................................................ 1-8

1.9

Expansion slots .................................................................. 1-8
1.9.1

Configuring an expansion card .............................. 1-8

1.9.2

Standard Interrupt Assignments ............................ 1-9

1.9.3

AGP slot ............................................................... 1-10

1.9.4

PCI slots .............................................................. 1-10

1.10 Jumpers .............................................................................1-11

1.11 Connectors ....................................................................... 1-13

2.1

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

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

2.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-3
2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-3

2.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 2-4

2.3

Main Menu .......................................................................... 2-5
2.3.1

Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave ............ 2-6

2.3.2

System Information ................................................ 2-7