Asus M2N-VM DH User Manual

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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 2-2
2.1.1 ASUS Update utility ................................................
2-2
2.1.2 Creating a bootable oppy disk ..............................
2-5
2.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ............................................
2-6
2.1.4 Updating the BIOS ...................................................
2-7
2.1.5 Saving the current BIOS le ....................................
2-9
2.1.6 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ..............................
2-10
2.2 BIOS setup program ............................................................
2-12
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen .................................................
2-13
2.2.2 Menu bar ...............................................................
2-13
2.2.3 Legend bar ............................................................
2-14
2.2.4 Menu items ...........................................................
2-14
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ....................................................
2-14
2.2.6 Conguration elds ...............................................
2-14
2.2.7 Pop-up window ......................................................
2-15
2.2.8 General help ..........................................................
2-15
2.3 Main menu ...........................................................................
2-16
2.3.1 System Time .........................................................
2-16
2.3.2 System Date .........................................................
2-16
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ................................................
2-16
2.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave ......................................
2-17
2.3.5 SATA 1-4 ..............................................................
2-19
2.3.6 HDD SMART Monitoring .........................................
2-19
2.3.7 Installed Memory ...................................................
2-19
2.3.8 Usable Memory ......................................................
2-19
2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................
2-21
2.4.1 JumperFree Conguration ......................................
2-21
2.4.2 CPU Conguration .................................................
2-23
2.4.3 Chipset ..................................................................
2-23
2.4.4 PCIPnP ...................................................................
2-26
2.4.5 Onboard Devices Conguration .............................
2-27
2.4.6 USB Conguration .................................................
2-30

Asus M2N-VM DH Specifications

General

ECC	No
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
Maximum number of SMP processors	1
USB 2.0 connectors	2
S/PDIF out connector	Yes
Number of SATA connectors	5
I/O ports	1x WiFi-AP Solo antenna
Special features	ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Asus DH Remote ASUS MP3-In ASUS C.P.R. Q-Fan2 MyLogo2 EZ Flash 2
Manageability features	WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE, Chassis Intrusion
Controller interface type	JMicron JMB363
Controller 2nd interface type	NVIDIA nForce 430
USB 2.0 ports quantity	USB 2.0 ports have a data transmission speed of 480 Mbps, and are backwards compatible with USB 1.1 ports. You can connect all kinds of peripheral devices to them.
Audio chip	ADI AD1988
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
Bundled software	Drivers ASUS DH Remote Application ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Wizard Nvidia MediaShield RAID ASUS PC Probe 2 AMD Cool ' n' Quiet Utility ASUS LiveUpdate Utility Anti-Virus software (OEM)
Graphics card	GeForce 6100
Networking features	Gigabit Ethernet, Wireless LAN
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

Weight and Dimensions

Width	245 mm