Asus A7V-E Motherboard DIY Troubleshooting Guide - Page 4

Contents - bios

Get Asus A7V-E PDF manuals and user guides View all Asus A7V-E manuals
Add to My Manuals
Save this manual to your list of manuals

Page 4 highlights

CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION 7 1.1 How This Manual Is Organized 7 1.2 Item Checklist 7 2. FEATURES 8 2.1 The ASUS A7V-E 8 2.1.1 Specifications 8 2.1.2 Special Features 10 2.1.3 Optional Components 10 2.1.4 Performance Features 10 2.1.5 Intelligence 11 2.2 Motherboard Components 12 2.2.1 Component Locations 13 3. HARDWARE SETUP 14 3.1 Motherboard Layout 14 3.2 Layout Contents 15 3.3 Hardware Setup Procedure 16 3.4 Motherboard Settings 16 3.5 System Memory (DIMM 20 3.5.1 General DIMM Notes 20 3.5.2 Memory Installation 21 3.6 Central Processing Unit (CPU 23 3.7 Expansion Cards 24 3.7.1 Expansion Card Installation Procedure 24 3.7.2 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards 25 3.7.3 Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP 26 3.8 External Connectors 27 3.9 Starting Up the First Time 39 4. BIOS SETUP 41 4.1 Managing and Updating Your BIOS 41 4.1.1 Upon First Use of the Computer System 41 4.1.2 Updating BIOS Procedures 42 4.2 BIOS Setup Program 44 4.2.1 BIOS Menu Bar 45 4.2.2 Legend Bar 45 4.3 Main Menu 47 4.3.1 Primary & Secondary Master/Slave 48 4 ASUS A7V-E User's Manual

  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • 6
  • 7
  • 8
  • 9
  • 10
  • 11
  • 12
  • 13
  • 14
  • 15
  • 16
  • 17
  • 18
  • 19
  • 20
  • 21
  • 22
  • 23
  • 24
  • 25
  • 26
  • 27
  • 28
  • 29
  • 30
  • 31
  • 32
  • 33
  • 34
  • 35
  • 36
  • 37
  • 38
  • 39
  • 40
  • 41
  • 42
  • 43
  • 44
  • 45
  • 46
  • 47
  • 48
  • 49
  • 50
  • 51
  • 52
  • 53
  • 54
  • 55
  • 56
  • 57
  • 58
  • 59
  • 60
  • 61
  • 62
  • 63
  • 64
  • 65
  • 66
  • 67
  • 68
  • 69
  • 70
  • 71
  • 72
  • 73
  • 74
  • 75
  • 76
  • 77
  • 78
  • 79
  • 80
  • 81
  • 82
  • 83
  • 84
ASUS A7V-E User’s Manual
4
CONTENTS
1.
INTRODUCTION
7
1.1
How This Manual Is Organized
.................................................
7
1.2
Item Checklist
............................................................................
7
2.
FEATURES
8
2.1
The ASUS A7V-E
......................................................................
8
2.1.1
Specifications
..................................................................
8
2.1.2
Special Features
............................................................
10
2.1.3
Optional Components
...................................................
10
2.1.4
Performance Features
....................................................
10
2.1.5
Intelligence
....................................................................
11
2.2
Motherboard Components
.......................................................
12
2.2.1
Component Locations
...................................................
13
3. HARDWARE SETUP
14
3.1
Motherboard Layout
................................................................
14
3.2
Layout Contents
.......................................................................
15
3.3
Hardware Setup Procedure
......................................................
16
3.4
Motherboard Settings
...............................................................
16
3.5
System Memory (DIMM)
........................................................
20
3.5.1
General DIMM Notes
...................................................
20
3.5.2
Memory Installation
......................................................
21
3.6
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
................................................
23
3.7
Expansion Cards
......................................................................
24
3.7.1
Expansion Card Installation Procedure
.........................
24
3.7.2
Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards
...........................
25
3.7.3
Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP)
.................................
26
3.8
External Connectors
.................................................................
27
3.9
Starting Up the First Time
.......................................................
39
4. BIOS SETUP
41
4.1
Managing and Updating Your BIOS
........................................
41
4.1.1
Upon First Use of the Computer System
......................
41
4.1.2
Updating BIOS Procedures
...........................................
42
4.2
BIOS Setup Program
...............................................................
44
4.2.1
BIOS Menu Bar
............................................................
45
4.2.2
Legend Bar
....................................................................
45
4.3
Main Menu
...............................................................................
47
4.3.1
Primary & Secondary Master/Slave
..............................
48