ASUS A7N8X-X Manuel D’Utilisation

Features

Contents

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

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

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

A7N8X-X 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

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

1.7

System memory ................................................................. 1-8
1.7.1

Installing a DIMM ................................................... 1-8

1.8

Expansion slots .................................................................. 1-8
1.8.1

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

1.8.2

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

1.8.3

AGP slot ................................................................. 1-9

1.9

Jumpers ............................................................................ 1-10

1.10 Connectors ....................................................................... 1-12

2.1

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

Using the computer system for the first time ......... 2-2

2.1.2

Updating BIOS procedures .................................... 2-3

2.2

BIOS Setup program .......................................................... 2-6
2.2.1

BIOS menu bar ...................................................... 2-7

2.2.2

Legend bar ............................................................. 2-7

2.3

Main Menu .......................................................................... 2-9
2.3.1

Primary Master/Slave .......................................... 2-10

2.3.2

Secondary Master/Slave ...................................... 2-12

2.4

Advanced Menu ............................................................... 2-13
2.4.1

Advanced BIOS Features .................................... 2-14

2.4.2

Advanced Chipset Features ................................ 2-15