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User Manual - Page 14
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User guide
If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your motherboard package for buying an ASUS® P5N-MX motherboard! Intel® Quad-core is in line with the ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and recyclable products/packaging to new levels of ASUS quality motherboards! 1.1 Welcome!
Thank you start installing...
User Manual - Page 15
...ASUS P5N-MX
1- Serial ATA 3 Gb/s technology This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on your PC! It allows RAID 0, RAID 1, and JBOD configurations for advancing quality of 533/667/800(overclocking...entertainment contents to provide powerful and energy efficient performance. S/PDIF digital sound ready The motherboard supports the SONY-PHILIPS Digtal Interface ...
User Manual - Page 21
... (A), then push the PnP cap from the retention tab. Lift the load lever in the direction of the cam box should face you are installing a CPU.
3. B A
Load plate
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1- 2. Press the load lever with your thumb (A) and move it to the left (B) until it is released from the load plate window to...
User Manual - Page 23
...Motherboard hole
Ensure that the four fasteners match the holes on top of the installed CPU, making sure that each fastener is properly applied to the CPU heatsink or CPU before you install the CPU fan and heatsink assembly
• When you buy... directed outward. To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
1. ASUS P5N-MX
1-11 Place the heatsink on the motherboard.
1.6.2 Installling the ...
User Manual - Page 25
Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the motherboard. Rotate each fastener counterclockwise.
3. 1.6.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
To uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan:
1. Pull up two fasteners at a time
in a diagonal sequence to
disengage the heatsink and fan
B
assembly from the connector on the motherboard.
2.
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User Manual - Page 27
... MB, 1 GB and 2 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR2 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.
• This motherboard only supports single-channel configuration.
• Always install DIMMs with two Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. ASUS P5N-MX
1-15 For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor...
User Manual - Page 33
... the slot that you intend to install expansion cards. Secure the card to the chassis with it by adjusting the software settings.
1. See Chapter 2 for the expansion card. ASUS P5N-MX
1-21 1.8 Expansion slots
In the future, you may cause you removed earlier. 6.
Make sure to the tables on BIOS setup.
2. Refer to unplug the power cord...
User Manual - Page 39
...1. This 25-pin port connects a parallel printer, a scanner, or other audio sources.
5. Supported by 10/100 LAN controller, this port becomes Front Speaker Out.
6. Refer to the audio ...port. Refer to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Line Out port (lime green).
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1-27 This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other devices.
3. This port ...
User Manual - Page 43
... support cooling fans of a total of the S/PDIF audio cable to this connector and the other end to allow digital sound output. Connect one end of 1A~2.2A (26.4W max.) at +12V.
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1-31 CPU FAN PWM CPU FAN IN
CPU FAN PWR GND
5.
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Rotation +12V GND
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+5V SPDIFOUT GND
SPDIF_OUT P5N-MX...
User Manual - Page 45
... chassis.
These USB connectors comply with USB 2.0 specification that supports up to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner, or MPEG card. ASUS P5N-MX
1-33 Doing so will damage the motherboard! CD (black)
P5N-MX
Right Audio Channel Ground Ground Left Audio Channel
P5N-MX Internal Audio Connector
Enable the CD-IN function...
User Manual - Page 47
... cable to this connector. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to this connector.
ASUS P5N-MX
1-35 The system power LED lights up or flashes when data is read from.... The IDE LED lights up when you turn on the BIOS settings. Ground Reset
12. PLED+ PLEDPWR GND
P5N-MX
IDELED+ IDELED- System panel connector (10-1 pin F_PANEL) This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions.
User Manual - Page 51
..., or
drop‑down menu, then click Next.
ASUS P5N-MX
2- Updating the BIOS through the Internet To update the BIOS through the Internet: 1. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest
the Internet option from
3. click Auto Select. Click Next.
Select Update BIOS from the
you update the BIOS using this utility. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows® desktop by clicking...
User Manual - Page 53
.... b.
Windows® XP environment
a. c. Windows® XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the Windows® desktop, then select Computer. Windows® Vista environment
a.
Select the Create an MS-DOS startup disk check box.
Right-click Floppy Disk Drive then click Format to create a bootable floppy disk. ASUS P5N-MX
2- Select the...
User Manual - Page 55
... disk in the floppy disk to update the BIOS using this utility.
1.
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DATE: 12/12/2006
Flash Type -
Under the DOS mode, use (X stands for the name of the disk assignment) to switch to the folder of the support CD to the floppy disk, CD...
User Manual - Page 57
... Flash Utility:
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floppy disk, then returns to Program: 0121.bin
following screen appears.
Winbond W39V080A (8Mb)
prompts you to save the
current BIOS file. ASUS P5N-MX
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Make sure that the floppy disk, CD ROM or a USB flash disk has enough disk space to save the file. Flash Type - Winbond W39V080A...
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