User manual ASUS MY CINEMA-PE6300HYBRID MY CINEMA SERIES USER’S MANUAL(ENGLISH)

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe. [. . . ] • If you are uncertain about the minimum power supply requirement for your system, refer to the Recommended Power Supply Wattage Calculator at http://support. asus. com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator. aspx?SLanguage=en-us for details. 1-22 GND GND ASUS P8H61-MX Series 3. Connect the fan cables to the fan connectors on the motherboard, ensuring that the black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector. CPU_FAN CPU and chassis fan connectors (4-pin CPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN) MY CINEMA-PE6300HYBRID CHA_FAN Rotation +12V GND P8H61-MX Series Fan connectors Do not forget to connect the fan cables to the fan connectors. Insufficient air flow inside the system may damage the motherboard components. The CPU_FAN connector supports a CPU fan of maximum 2A (24 W) fan power. 4. These connectors are for USB 2. 0 ports. Connect the USB module cable to any of these connectors, then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system chassis. These USB connectors comply with USB 2. 0 specification that supports up to 480 Mbps connection speed. USB connectors (10-1 pin USB78, USB910) USB78 USB+5V USB_P6USB_P6+ GND NC CPU FAN PWM CPU FAN IN CPU FAN PWR GND USB910 USB+5V USB_P8USB_P8+ GND NC PIN 1 MY CINEMA-PE6300HYBRID PIN 1 USB+5V USB_P5USB_P5+ GND P8H61-MX Series USB2. 0 connectors Chapter 1: Product introduction USB+5V USB_P7USB_P7+ GND 1-23 Never connect a 1394 cable to the USB connectors. The USB module cable is purchased separately. 5. These connectors connect to Serial ATA 3. 0 Gb/s hard disk drives and optical drives via Serial ATA 3. 0 Gb/s signal cables. SATA3G_3 SATA3G_1 Intel® H61 Serial ATA 3. 0Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA3G_1~4) GND RSATA_TXP3 RSATA_TXN3 GND RSATA_RXN3 RSATA_RXP3 GND SATA3G_4 GND RSATA_RXP4 RSATA_RXN4 GND RSATA_TXN4 RSATA_TXP4 GND MY CINEMA-PE6300HYBRID P8H61-MX Series Intel® SATA 3. 0Gb/s connectors • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 3 or later version before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. • Due to H61 Chipset limitation, AHCI Mode only works on Windows® Vista / Windows® 7. • To configure the SATA type in BIOS, click Advanced Mode > Advanced tab > SATA Configuration > SATA Mode Selection. • When using hot-plug and NCQ on Windows® Vista / Windows® 7, set the SATA Mode Selection item in the BIOS to [AHCI]. See section 2. 5. 3 SATA Configuration for details. 1-24 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND RSATA_TXN2 RSATA_TXP2 GND GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND SATA3G_2 ASUS P8H61-MX Series 6. Speaker connector (4-pin SPEAKER) The 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. Reboot the system when the update process is done. • This function supports USB flash disks formatted using FAT 16/32 format on a single partition. Press <Tab> to switch to the Drive field. Press <Tab> to switch to the Folder Info field. • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to prevent system boot failure! 2. 1. 3 The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to update the BIOS in a DOS environment. This utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS file for use as a backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. The actual utility screen displays may not be same as shown. ASUS BIOS Updater Before updating BIOS 1. 2. Prepare the motherboard support DVD and a USB flash drive formatted using FAT16/32 on a single partition. Download the latest BIOS file and BIOS Updater from the ASUS website at http://support. asus. com and save them on the USB flash drive. NTFS is not supported under a DOS environment. Do not save the BIOS file and BIOS Updater to a hard disk drive or USB flash drive formatted using NTFS. 3. Turn off the computer and disconnect all SATA hard disk drives (optional). Booting the system in DOS environment 1. 2. Boot up your computer. When the ASUS Logo appears, press <F8> to access the BIOS Boot Device Select Menu. Insert the support DVD into the optical drive and select the optical drive as the boot device. Please select boot device: SATA: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX USB XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX UEFI: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Enter Setup ↑ and ↓ to move selection ENTER to select boot device ESC to boot using defaults Insert the USB flash drive with the latest BIOS file and BIOS Updater into the USB port. Chapter 2: BIOS information 2-3 3. 4. When the Make Disk menu appears, select the FreeDOS command prompt item by pressing the item number. At the FreeDOS prompt, type d: and press <Enter> to switch the disk from Drive C (optical drive) to Drive D (USB flash drive). Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www. freedos. org)!C:\>d: D:\> Updating the BIOS file 1. To update the BIOS file using BIOS Updater At the FreeDOS prompt, type bupdater /pc /g and press <Enter>. D:\>bupdater /pc /g 2. The BIOS Updater screen appears as below. ASUSTek BIOS Updater for DOS V1. 18 Current ROM BOARD: MY CINEMA-PE6300HYBRID VER: 0401 DATE: 02/16/2012 A: P8H61-MX-R2-SI-0401 17:30:48 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown 4194304 2012-03-12 PATH: A:\ Note [Enter] Select or Load [Up/Down/Home/End] Move [Tab] Switch [B] Backup [V] Drive Info [Esc] Exit 3. Press <Tab> to switch between screen fields and use the <Up/Down/Home/End> keys to select the BIOS file and press <Enter>. BIOS Updater checks the selected BIOS file and prompts you to confirm BIOS update. Are you sure to update BIOS? [. . . ] This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with manufacturer’s instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures: • Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. • • • Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation. Connect the equipment to an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. [. . . ]