Asus M2N-X User Manual

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Contents
Chapter 2: BIOS setup
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ........................................ 2-2
2.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk ..............................
2-2
2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility ...............................................
2-3
2.1.3 AFUDOS utility ........................................................
2-4
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................
2-6
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility ................................................
2-8
2.2 BIOS setup program ............................................................
2-11
2.2.1 BIOS menu screen .................................................
2-12
2.2.2 Menu bar ...............................................................
2-12
2.2.3 Navigation keys .....................................................
2-12
2.2.4 Menu items ...........................................................
2-13
2.2.5 Sub-menu items ....................................................
2-13
2.2.6 Conguration elds ...............................................
2-13
2.2.7 Pop-up window ......................................................
2-13
2.2.8 Scroll bar ...............................................................
2-13
2.2.9 General help ..........................................................
2-13
2.3 Main menu ...........................................................................
2-14
2.3.1 System Time .........................................................
2-14
2.3.2 System Date .........................................................
2-14
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A ...............................................
2-14
2.3.4 IDE Conguration ..................................................
2-15
2.3.5 Primary IDE Master/Slave ......................................
2-15
2.3.6 SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, and SATA4 ....................
2-17
2.3.7 System Information
............................................... 2-18
2.4 Advanced menu ..................................................................
2-19
2.4.1 Jumperfree Conguration .....................................
2-19
2.4.2 CPU Conguration ................................................
2-21
2.4.3 Chipset ..................................................................
2-22
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Conguration .............................
2-28
2.4.5 PCI PnP ..................................................................
2-29
2.4.6 USB Conguration .................................................
2-30
2.5 Power menu ........................................................................
2-31
2.5.1 Suspend Mode .......................................................
2-31
2.5.2 ACPI Version Features ..........................................
2-31

Asus M2N-X Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	4 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
CPU fan connector	No
Number of SATA connectors	4
Number of EATX power connectors	1
Manageability features	WOR (Ring), WOL/WOR (PME), PXE
Controller interface type	Serial ATA
Controller 2nd interface type	UltraDMA 100/66/33
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.
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows Vista/XP/2000
Bundled software	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA MediaShield RAID
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	193 mm
Width	305 mm