Asus M2N-X User Manual

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Chapter 2: BIOS setup
Installing ASUS Update
To install ASUS Update:
1. Place the support CD in the optical drive. The
Drivers menu appears.
2. Click the
Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update. See page 3-3 for
the Utilities screen menu.
3. The ASUS Update utility is copied to your system.
2.1.5 ASUS Update utility
The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to manage, save, and update
the motherboard BIOS in Windows
®
environment. The ASUS Update utility
allows you to:
• Save the current BIOS file
• Download the latest BIOS file from the Internet
• Update the BIOS from an updated BIOS file
• Update the BIOS directly from the Internet, and
• View the BIOS version information.
This utility is available in the support CD that comes with the motherboard
package.
ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network
or an Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Quit all Windows
®
applications before you update the BIOS using this
utility.

Asus M2N-X Specifications

General

ECC	Yes
Number of memory slots	2
Maximum internal memory	4 GB
Processor socket	Socket AM2
Processor manufacturer	AMD
CPU fan connector	No
Number of SATA connectors	4
Number of EATX power connectors	1
Manageability features	WOR (Ring), WOL/WOR (PME), PXE
Controller interface type	Serial ATA
Controller 2nd interface type	UltraDMA 100/66/33
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.
Motherboard form factor	ATX
Compatible operating systems	Windows Vista/XP/2000
Bundled software	Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update NVIDIA MediaShield RAID
BIOS memory size	32 Mbit

Weight and Dimensions

Depth	193 mm
Width	305 mm