Asus E3194 User manual

Motherboard
Motherboard
installation guide

E3194
First Edition V1
April 2007
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Contents
Chapter 1: Quick Start
1.1 Installing the CPU ........................................................................ 1-1
1.1.1 Intel LGA775 Socket....................................................... 1-1
1.1.2 AMD AM2 Socket............................................................ 1-2
1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan.................................................... 1-3
1.3 Installing a DIMM.......................................................................... 1-6
1.4 Installing the motherboard.......................................................... 1-6
1.5 Installing the power supply unit ................................................. 1-8
1.6 Installing an expansion card....................................................... 1-9
1.7 Installing disk drives.................................................................. 1-10
1.7.1 PATA optical disk drive.................................................. 1-10
1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive...................................................1-11
1.7.3 Floppy disk drive ........................................................... 1-12
1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive ..................................................... 1-13
1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive..................................................... 1-15
1.8 Front panel cables ..................................................................... 1-16
1.9 Connecting the ATX power........................................................ 1-17
1.10 Peripheral devices and accessories ........................................ 1-19
1.11 Startingupforthersttime...................................................... 1-20
Chapter 2: Manage/update BIOS
2.1 AFUDOS utility ............................................................................. 2-1
2.2 Award BIOS Flash Utility ............................................................ 2-3
2.3 ASUS Update utility ..................................................................... 2-6
Chapter 3: Troubleshooting
3.1 Troubleshooting for Motherboard DIY ....................................... 3-1
3.1.1 Basic troubleshooting...................................................... 3-1
3.2 Other common troubles .............................................................. 3-3
3.2.1 No power......................................................................... 3-4
3.2.2 Failure to boot-up; No screen display ............................. 3-5
3.2.3 Failure to enter the operating system ............................. 3-5
3.2.4 FAQs ............................................................................... 3-6
Chapter 4: Computer care tips
4.1 Proper care of your PC................................................................ 4-7
4.2 Basic knowledge.......................................................................... 4-7
4.3 Usage knowledge......................................................................... 4-7
4.4 Tips................................................................................................ 4-8

Safety information
Electrical safety
• To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the
electrical outlet before relocating the system.
• When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the
power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are
connected. If possible, disconnect all power cables from the existing system
before you add a device.
• Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure
that all power cables are unplugged.
• Seek professional assistance before using an adpater or extension cord.
These devices could interrupt the grounding circuit.
• Make sure that your power supply is set to the correct voltage in your area.
If you are not sure about the voltage of the electrical outlet you are using,
contact your local power company.
• If the power supply is broken, do not try to x it by yourself. Contact a
qualied service technician or your retailer.
Operation safety
• Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on it, carefully read all
the manuals that came with the package.
• Before using the product, make sure all cables are correctly connected and the
power cables are not damaged. If you detect any damage, contact your dealer
immediately.
• To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from
connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry.
• Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. Do not place the product in
any area where it may become wet.
• Place the product on a stable surface.
• If you encounter technical problems with the product, contact a qualied
service technician or your retailer.

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1.1.1 Intel LGA775 Socket
1. Locate the CPU socket on the
motherboard. 2. Release the retention tab and lift
the load plate with your thumb.
Then push the PnP cap from the
load plate window to remove
To prevent damage to the socket
pins, do not remove the PnP cap
unless you are installing a CPU.
3. Position the CPU over the socket. 4. Make sure that the gold triangle
is on the bottom-left corner of the
socket.
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1.1 Installing the CPU
Pick and Place Cap (PnP Cap)

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5. Fit the socket alignment key into the CPU notch.
6. Close the load plate, then push the load lever until it snaps into the retention
tab.
The CPU ts in only one correct
orientation. DO NOT force the
CPU into the socket to prevent
bending the connectors on the
socket and damaging the CPU!
1.1.2 AMD AM2 Socket
1. Locate the CPU socket on the
motherboard.
2. Unlock the socket by pressing the
lever sideways, then lift it up to a
90º angle.
Make sure that the socket lever is lifted up to 90º angle; otherwise, the CPU will
not t in completely.

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3. Position the CPU above the socket
such that the CPU corner with the
gold triangle matches the socket
corner with a small triangle.
Carefully insert the CPU into the
socket until it ts in place.
4. When the CPU is in place, push
down the socket lever to secure the
CPU. The lever clicks on the side tab
to indicate that it is locked.
The CPU ts in only one correct orientation. DO NOT force the CPU into the
socket to prevent bending the connectors on the socket and damaging the CPU!
1.2 Installing the heatsink and fan
To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
1. Select an Intel-certied or AMD-certied heatsink and fan assembly based on your
motherboard. There are 3-pin (left) and 4-pin (right) fan connectors. Only CPU fans
with 4-pin connectors supports ASUS Q-Fan technology.

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ForIntel-certiedheatsink:
2. Some heatsinks will come with
thermal paste pre-applied. If so,
do not scrape it off and remove
the protective lm only before
installation. If not, before installing
the heatsink, apply several drops of
thermal paste to the exposed area
of the CPU that the heatsink will be
in contact with. Make sure that it is
spread in an even thin layer.
To prevent contaminating the paste, do NOT spread the paste with your nger
directly.
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3. Orient each fastener with the
narrow end of the groove pointing
outward.
4. Push down two fasteners at a time
in a diagonal sequence to secure
the heatsink and fan assembly in
place.

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5. Connect the CPU fan cable to the
corresponding connector on the
motherboard.
DO NOT forget to connect the CPU fan connector! Hardware monitoring
errors can occur if you fail to plug this connector and we suggest you use an
omnidirectional heatsink to gain the maximum heat dissipation area.
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ForAMD-certiedheatsink:
Follow the instructions below to install an AMD-certied heatsink.

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1.3 Installing a DIMM
Unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other
system components. Failure to do so can cause severe damage to both the
motherboard and the components.
To install a DIMM:
1. Unlock a DIMM socket by
pressing the retaining clips
outward.
2. Align a DIMM on the socket
such that the notch on the DIMM
matches the break on the socket.
3. Firmly insert the DIMM into the
socket until the retaining clips
snap back in place and the DIMM
is properly seated.
• A DDR2 DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it ts in only one direction. Do
NOT force a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.
• To install two or more DIMMs, refer to the user guide bundled in the
motherboard package.
• Refer to the user guide for qualied vendor lists of the memory modules.
Unlocked retaining clip
DDR2 DIMM notch
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2
3
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1.4 Installing the motherboard
1. I/O ports differ with motherboards.
Use and install the rear I/O shield
that comes with the motherboard
package only.
Some sharp edges and points
might cause physical injury. We
recommend you put on cut or
puncture resistant gloves before
motherboard and I/O shield
installation.

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2. Install the standoffs to the matched
screw holes on the metal plate.
3. The I/O shield edge springs may
damage the I/O ports. Be cautious
when installing the I/O shield.
4. Position the I/O side of the
motherboard toward the rear of the
chassis and place the motherboard
into the chassis.
5. Insert and loosely tighten each
screw in a diagonal sequence rst.
After all the screws have been
inserted, drive the screws until
they are nger-tight.
• You may remove the metal slot covers for the expansion cards at the back
of the chassis before installig the motherboard. For some chassis models, it
might be difcult to remove the expansion slot cover after the installation.
• DO NOT over-tighten the screws. Doing so may damage the motherboard.

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1.5 Installing the power supply unit
There are two kinds of commonly-used power supply units. One is with Active
Power Factor Correction (PFC) and the other with passive PFC.
1. Select a power supply unit.
Power supply with passive PFC:
Passive PFC requires user to
manually adjust the AC input
voltage.
Power supply with active PFC:
Active PFC automatically corrects
the AC input voltage.
2. If you are using a power supply
with passive PFC, adjust to the
correct AC input voltage in your
area.
Failure to adjust the power
supply to the correct AC input
volage will seriously damage
the system.
Use power supply units with safety certication only. Using unstable power
supply units can damage your motherboard and other components. Refer to the
user guide for power supply units that meet the motherboard requirements.

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1.6 Installing an expansion card
To install an expansion card:
1. Remove the metal slot cover opposite the expansion card slot where you
wish to install an expansion card.
2. Install the expansion card and make sure that it is properly seated on the slot.
3. Screw to secure the card on the slot.
4. Repeat the previous steps to install another expansion card.
• Refer to the card documentation for the card conguration details, and to
the motherboard user guide in case you need to configure any jumpers
after installing the expansion card.
• Refer to the motherboard user guide for the instructions of the expansion
card signal cable connection.
PCI card PCIE x16 card
PCIE x1 card

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1.7 Installing disk drives
1.7.1 PATA optical disk drive
1. Remove the dummy cover and
slide the optical disk drive into the
bay.
2. Align the screws holes and secure
the disk drive with screws.
3. Orient and plug the IDE cable into
the optical drive. The red stripe on
the IDE cable is the pin1 end and
should match the dimple marking
Pin1 on the optical drive.
4. Connect the 4-pin power cable to
the optical drive.
5. Attach the audio cable to the
connector on the optical drive.
IDE cables are dummy-proof. Never force the IDE cable into the connector.

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1.7.2 SATA optical disk drive
1. Remove the dummy cover and
slide the optical disk drive into the
bay.
2. Align the screws holes and secure
the disk drive with screws.
3. Orient and plug the SATA cable into
the optical drive. SATA cables are
dummy-proof. Never force a SATA
cable into the connector.
4. Connect the SATA power cable to
the the optical drive.
5. Attach the audio cable to the
connector on the optical drive.

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1.7.3 Floppy disk drive
1. Remove the dummy cover and
insert the oppy disk drive into the
bay.
2. Align the screws holes and secure
the disk drive with screws.
3. Orient and plug the oppy interface
cable into the oppy disk drive. The
red stripe on the cable is the pin1
end and should match pin1 on the
oppy disk drive.
4. Connect the oppy power cable to
the connector at the back of the
oppy disk drive.

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1.7.4 PATA hard disk drive
1. Insert the PATA hard disk drive into
the bay.
2. Align the screws holes and secure
the disk drive with screws.
3. Orient and connect the signal cable
to the hard disk drive. The red stripe
on the cable is the pin1 end. Match
the dummy-proof notch and do not
force the cable into the connector.
4. Connect the 4-pin power cable to
the connector at the back of the
hard disk drive.
5. Attch the other end of the signal
cable to the corresponding slot on
the motherboard.

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Notes for installing PATA hard disk drive
• The cable connector is color-
coded. The blue one is for the host
connector, and the black/gray one
is for the primary/secondary disk
drive.
• There are two cables for ATA IDE
disk drives, the newer 80-wire
(right) and the older 40-wire (left)
cables. For ATA66/100/133 disk
drives, only the 80-wire cable can
offer a better perfermance. The
40-wire cables are usually for the
optical drives.
• The cables are designed with pull
tabs. Just easily install the disk
drives based on the cable labels.
To prevent damaging the pins,
disconnect the cable by pulling the
the cable tabs.
• If your operating system is installed
to the hard disk drive controlled by
the RAID or other controllers, you
have to install the controller driver
to the hard disk rst.
• When connecting two IDE devices,
you have to set the jumpers to
different position, one in master
and one in slave. If you are using
80-wire cable, you can use the
cable select style.

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1.7.5 SATA hard disk drive
1. Insert the SATA hard disk drive into
the bay.
2. Align the screws holes and secure
the disk drive with screws.
3. Orient and connect the SATA cable
to the hard disk drive. The cable can
only t in one direction.
4. Connect the SATA power cable to
the connector at the back of the
hard disk drive.
Notes for installing SATA hard disk drive
• Serial ATA (SATA) interface
provides higher data transmission
speed,and better voltage tolerance.
The narrow design of the SATA
cable also solves cabling issues
and allows better air ow in the
chassis.
• The SATA power cable connector
is different from the traditional
4-pin power connector. ASUS
motherboard bundles power adopter
cables for you in case your power
supply unit does not include this
new connector.

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To connect the front panel cables:
• RESET (Reset Switch)
• PLED (Power LED)
• PWRSW (Power Switch)
• IDE_LED (IDE Hard Disk Active LED)
• SPEAKER (Speaker Connector)
1.8 Front panel cables
M2N-X
F_PANEL
PLED- PWR PLED+
Ground
GNDReset
IDELED+
IDELED-
HD LED RESET
PWR LED PWR BTN
P5B-E
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* Requires an ATX power supply.
PANEL
PLED-
PWR
+5V
Speaker
Ground
RESET
Ground
Reset
Ground
Ground
PWRSW
PLED+
IDE_LED-
IDE_LED+
IDE_LED
PLED SPEAKER
PIN1
PIN1
• The front panel cables of your chassis may differ with models or designs.
Connect these connectors to the motherboard according to the label.
• If the LEDs do not light up and the pin loction is correct, you might misplace
the ground pins with the signal pins. Usually the white wire stands for the
ground pins and the color-coded wire for the signal pins.
• The SPEAKER, RESET and PWRSW front panel cables have no specic
orientation, while IDE_LED and PLED cables do. Connect the the cable
PIN1 to the connector PIN1 on the motherboard.
• The front panel connector varies with your motherboard model, refer to the
user guide for more information.
20-8 pin front panel connector
10-1 pin front panel connector