Asus M3N78-VM 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 2 utility ...................................................
2-4
2.1.3 AFUDOS utility ................................................................
2-5
2.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ......................................
2-7
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility ........................................................
2-9
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 Navigation keys .............................................................
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 .............................................................
2-14
2.2.8 Scroll bar .......................................................................
2-14
2.2.9 General help .................................................................
2-14
2.3 Main menu ..................................................................................
2-15
2.3.1 System Time .................................................................
2-15
2.3.2 System Date .................................................................
2-15
2.3.3 Legacy Diskette A .........................................................
2-15
2.3.4 Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA1~3, ESATA ...............
2-16
2.3.5 Storage Conguration ...................................................
2-18
2.3.6 System Information .......................................................
2-19
2.4 Advanced menu .........................................................................
2-20
2.4.1 JumperFree Conguration ............................................
2-20
2.4.2 CPU Conguration ........................................................
2-25
2.4.3 Chipset ..........................................................................
2-26
2.4.4 Onboard Devices Conguration ....................................
2-30
2.4.5 PCI PnP ........................................................................
2-31
2.4.6 USB Conguration ........................................................
2-32
2.4.7 Trusted Computing ........................................................
2-33
2.5 Power menu ................................................................................
2-34
2.5.1 Suspend Mode ..............................................................
2-34
2.5.2 ACPI
2.0 Support ......................................................... 2-34

Asus M3N78-VM Specifications

General

Non-ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	4
Maximum internal memory	8 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
USB 2.0 connectors	6
Number of SATA connectors	5
PS/2 ports quantity	1
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.
Firewire (IEEE 1394) ports	0
Audio chip	VIA VT1708B
Power source type	ATX
Audio output channels	7.1 channels
Motherboard form factor	micro ATX
BIOS memory size	64 Mbit
RAID levels	0, 1, 0+1, 5, JBOD

Weight and Dimensions

Width	244 mm