User manual ASUS A8NE-FM

[. . . ] Motherboard A8NE-FM E1834 First Edition V1 November 2004 Copyright © 2004 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Power/Soft-off button (Black 2-pin PWRBTN) This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system ON or puts the system in SLEEP or SOFT-OFF mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF. Reset button (Blue 2-pin RESET) This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. · · · ASUS A8NE-FM IDE_LED+ IDE_LEDGround Reset PLED+ PLEDPWR GND 1-29 1-30 Chapter 1: Hardware information This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup 2 2-1 ASUS A8NE-FM 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk during POST. ) A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 U t i l i t y (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk when the BIOS gets corrupted. ) Refer to the corresponding section for details on these utilities. Important notes · Save a copy of the o r i g i n a l m o t h e r b o a r d B I O S f i l e to a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFLASH utilities. Visit the system builder's website and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. · 2. 1. 1 1. Creating a bootable floppy disk Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk. DOS environment a. At the DOS prompt, type format A:/S then press <Enter>. Windows® XP environment a. Click F i l e from the menu, then select F o r m a t A F o r m a t 3 1 / 2 t. Select C r e a t e a n M S - D O S s t a r t u p d i s k from the format options field, then click S t a r t t. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Windows® 2000 environment To create a set of boot disks for Windows® 2000: a. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming that D: is your optical drive. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS file to the bootable floppy disk. 2. 1. 2 AwardBIOS Flash Utility The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the built-in Flash Memory Writer utility or using a bootable floppy disk with the executable Flash Memory Writer Utility (AWDFLASH. EXE). Follow these instructions to update the BIOS using this utility. Save only the updated BIOS file in the floppy disk to avoid loading a wrong BIOS file. The succeeding screens are for reference only. The actual displays may not exactly match what you see on your screen. Updating the BIOS file 1. Rename the file to (BIOS file name on the support CD). BIN and save it to the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. Copy the AwardBIOS Flash Utility (awdflash. exe) from the Software folder of the support CD to the floppy disk with the latest BIOS file. Boot the system in DOS mode using the bootable floppy disk you created earlier. 2. 3. ASUS A8NE-FM 2-3 4. When the A : > appears, replace the bootable floppy disk with the floppy disk containing the new BIOS file and the Award BIOS Flash Utility. The Award BIOS Flash Utility screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS B107A (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-CK804-A8NE-FM-00 DATE: 10/14/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: 5. Message: Please input File Name! 6. Type the BIOS file name in the F i l e N a m e t o P r o g r a m field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS B107A (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-CK804-A8NE-FM-00 DATE: 10/14/2004 Flash Type - PMC Pm49FL004T LPC/FWH File Name to Program: 1001. bin Message: Do You Want To Save Bios (Y/N) 7. The utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. [. . . ] Bootable Add-in Cards ASUS A8NE-FM 2-31 2. 6. 4 CD-ROM drives CDROM Drives 1. 1st Slave: ASUS CD-S520/A Select Menu Item Specific Help Use <up> or <down> arrow to select a device, then press <+> to move it up, or <-> to move it down the list. Press <ESC> to exit this menu. 2. 6. 5 Boot settings configuration Boot Settings COnfiguration Quick Boot Boot Up Floppy Seek Boot Num-Lock OS Select for DRAM > 64MB Full Screen Logo Halt On [Enabled] [Enabled] [On] [Non-OS2] [Enabled] [No Errors] Select Menu Item Specific Help Allows the system to skip certain tests while booting. This will decrease the time needed to boot the system. Quick Boot [Enabled] Setting to [Enabled] allows the system to skip certain tests while booting, decreasing the time needed to boot the system. [. . . ]