ASUS a7s266-vm-u2 Manual De Usuario

Contents

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

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

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

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

A7S266-VM/U2 specifications summary ........................................ ix

1.1

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

1.2

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

1.3

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

1.4

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

1.5

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

1.6

Motherboard installation ..................................................... 1-8
1.6.1

Placement direction ............................................... 1-8

1.6.2

Screw holes ........................................................... 1-8

1.7

Central Processing Unit (CPU) ........................................... 1-9
1.7.1

Installing the CPU .................................................. 1-9

1.8

System memory ............................................................... 1-10

1.9

Expansion slots .................................................................1-11

1.9.1     Configuring an expansion card ............................. 1-11
1.9.2

Standard interrupt assignments ............................1-11

1.10 Jumpers ............................................................................ 1-12

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

2.1

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

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

2.1.2

Using AFLASH to update the BIOS ....................... 2-4

2.1.3

CrashFree BIOS 2 (

BIOS Auto-recovery procedure

) .. 2-7

2.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-8
2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-8

2.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 2-9