User manual ASUS A8N-SLI PREMIUM

[. . . ] A8N-SLI Premium Motherboard E2435 Revised Edition V3 February 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. ("ASUS"). 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. [. . . ] To display the sub-menu, select the item and press <Enter>. 4. 2. 6 Configuration fields These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is user-configurable, you can change the value of the field opposite the item. A configurable field is enclosed in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. To change the value of a field, select it then press <Enter> to display a list of options. Refer to "4. 2. 7 Pop-up window. " ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 4-13 4. 2. 7 Pop-up window Select a menu item then press <Enter> to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for that item. Main Advanced Power Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Boot Exit 15 : 30 : 36 Wed, Nov 5 2004 [English] Select Menu Item Specific Help Specifies the capacity and physical size of diskette drive A. System Tim System Date Language Legacy Diskette A: [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Legacy Diskette A: Primary IDE Master [ST321122A] Primary IDE Slave [ASUS ] Disabled . . . . . [ ] Fourth SATA Slave [None] HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled] :Move ENTER:Accept ESC:Abortv Installed Memory F1:Help ESC: Exit : Select Item : Select Menu 256MB -/+: Change Value Enter: Select Sub-menu F5: Setup Defaults F10: Save and Exit Pop-up menu 4. 2. 8 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. Refer to section "4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen" for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them. Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Boot Exit 15 : 30 : 36 Wed, Nov 5 2004 [English] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [ST321122A] [ASUS CDS520/A] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [None] [Disabled] 256MB -/+: Change Value Enter: Select Sub-menu F5: Setup Defaults F10: Save and Exit Select Menu Item Specific Help Change the day, month, year and century. Main Advanced Power System Tim System Date Language Legacy Diskette A: Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave First SATA Master Second SATA Slave Third SATA Master Fourth SATA Slave HDD SMART Monitoring Installed Memory F1:Help ESC: Exit : Select Item : Select Menu 4. 3. 1 4. 3. 2 4. 3. 3 System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Language [English] Allows you to set the system time. Allows you to set the system date. Allows you to choose the BIOS language version from the options. Configuration options: [Français] [German] [English] 4. 3. 4 Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 4-15 4. 3. 5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. Main Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Sector PIO Mode UDMA Mode Transfer Mode [Auto] [Auto] xxxxx MB xxxxx xx xx [Auto] [Auto] xxxxxxx Select Menu Item Specific Help Press [Enter] to select F1:Help ESC: Exit : Select Item : Select Menu -/+: Change Value Enter: Select Sub-menu F5: Setup Defaults F10: Save and Exit The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Sector and Transfer Mode). These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]; Secondary IDE Master/Slave [Auto] Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic detection is successful, the BIOS automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If the hard disk was already formatted on a previous system, the setup BIOS may detect incorrect parameters. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] Access Mode [Auto] The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive. Select [CHS] for this item if you set the IDE Primary Master/Slave to [Manual]. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto] Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. Incorrect settings may cause the system to fail to recognize the installed hard disk. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Capacity Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not configurable. Cylinder Shows the number of the hard disk cylinders. This item is not configurable. Head Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not configurable. Sector Shows the number of sectors per track. This item is not configurable. PIO Mode Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device. Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3] [Mode 4] UDMA Mode Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Transfer Mode Shows the Transfer mode. [. . . ] Make sure that the connector is firmly in place. SLI flexible cable connector 6. If using a 20-pin ATX power connector, connect a 4-pin ATX power cable to the EZ PlugTM labeled EZ_PLUG on your motherboard. ASUS EZ PlugTM The onboard red warning LED lights up if you do not plug a 4-pin ATX power cable to the EZ Plug. ASUS A8N-SLI Premium 6-5 7. Connect a VGA cable or a DVI-I cable to the graphics card installed on the blue PCI Express slot. 6. 2. 2 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Make sure that your PCI Express graphics card driver supports the NVIDIA SLI technology. Download the latest driver from the NVIDIA website (www. nvidia. com). 6. 2. 3 Installing the ASUS AI Selector utility Install the ASUS AI Selector utility using the motherboard support CD. Follow the steps described in section "5. 2. 3 Utilities menu" to install the ASUS AI Selector utility. 6-6 Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLITM technology support 6. 2. 4 Enabling the multi-GPU feature in Windows After installing your graphics cards and the device drivers, enable the Multi-Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) feature in the NVIDIA nView properties. Click the NVIDIA Settings icon on your Windows taskbar. NVIDIA Settings icon 2. From the pop-up menu, select nView Desktop Manager then click nView Properties. 3. [. . . ]