User manual ASUS P8H67-M LX

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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. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Pressing the power button turns the system ON or puts the system in SLEEP or SOFT-OFF mode depending on the BIOS settings. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system is ON turns the system OFF. Reset button This 2-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without turning off the system power. · · · · ASUS P8H67-M LX PLED+ PLEDPWR GND 1-29 1-30 Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided. BIOS setup 2 2-1 ASUS P8H67-M LX 2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. ASUS AFUDOS - Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk in DOS mode. Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities. Important notes · Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk in case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. · Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) and download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard using the ASUS Update utility. 2. 1. 1 Creating a bootable floppy disk 1. At the DOS prompt, type: format A:/S then press <Enter>. Windows® 2000/XP environment a. If you are using Windows® XP, select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the format options field, then click Start. OR If you are using Windows® 2000, select Full option button from the format type, then click Start. 2-2 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2. Copy the original (or the latest) motherboard BIOS to the bootable floppy disk. 2. 1. 2 Using AFUDOS to update the BIOS To update the BIOS using the AFUDOS. EXE utility: 1. Rebooting. 2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2. 1. 5 ASUS Update The ASUS Update is a utility that allows you to update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. 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). Launch the utility from the Windows desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate. The ASUS Update initial screen appears. 2. Select your desired update method, then click Next. ASUS P8H67-M LX 2-7 3. If you select updating/ downloading from the Internet, select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network traffic, or choose Auto Select. 5. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you wish to download. Follow the instructions on the succeeding screens to complete the update process. 6. If you select the option to update the BIOS from a file, a window prompts you to locate the file. Select the file, click Open, then follow the screen instructions to complete the update process. 2-8 Chapter 2: BIOS Setup 2. 2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable Low-Pin Count (LPC) chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section "2. 1 Managing and updating your BIOS. " Use the BIOS Setup program when you are installing a motherboard, reconfiguring your system, or prompted to"Run Setup. " This section explains how to configure your system using this utility. Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the LPC chip. [. . . ] The User Password item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item shows Installed. ASUS P8H67-M LX 2-33 To set a User Password: 1. On the password box that appears, type a password composed of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press <Enter>. Confirm the password when prompted. The message "Password Installed" appears after you set your password successfully. [. . . ]