To read the user’s manual of PDF format (readable by Adobe Reader), place the “Driver & Utility CD” into the CD-ROM drive in your system. The auto-run screen will appear, click the “Manual” tab to enter its submenu. If not, browse the root directory of the CD-ROM via the File Manager, and double click the “AUTORUN” file. AMD Socket AM2 ATX Motherboard NB: NVIDIA C51XE SB: NVIDIA MCP55PXE 2GHz HT Dual DDR2 800 DIMM Slots NVIDIA SLI Technology Dual PCI-E X16 Slots Dual GbE LAN IEEE 1394a 8x SATA 3Gb/s with RAID ABIT Guru™ Technology ABIT Silent OTES™ Technology 7.1 Channel HD Audio AN9 32X User’s Manual English, 1st Edition June, 2006 Copyright and Warranty Notice The information in this document is subject to change without notice and does not represent a commitment on part of the vendor, who assumes no liability or responsibility for any errors that may appear in this manual. No warranty or representation, either expressed or implied, is made with respect to the quality, accuracy or fitness for any particular part of this document. In no event shall the manufacturer be liable for direct, indirect, special, incidental or consequential damages arising from any defect or error in this manual or product. Product names appearing in this manual are for identification purpose only and trademarks and product names or brand names appearing in this document are the property of their respective owners. This document contains materials protected under International Copyright Laws. All rights reserved. No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted or transcribed without the expressed written permission of the manufacturer and authors of this manual. If you do not properly set the motherboard settings, causing the motherboard to malfunction or fail, we cannot guarantee any responsibility. Contents 1. Introduction.....................................................................1-1 1.1 Features & Specifications.............................................................1-1 1.2 Motherboard Layout.....................................................................1-3 2. Hardware Setup...............................................................2-1 2.1 Choosing a Computer Chassis.......................................................2-1 2.2 Installing Motherboard.................................................................2-1 2.3 Checking Jumper Settings............................................................2-2 2.3.1 CMOS Memory Clearing Header and Backup Battery..............2-3 2.3.2 Wake-up Headers................................................................2-5 2.4 Connecting Chassis Components...................................................2-6 2.4.1 ATX Power Connectors........................................................2-6 2.4.2 Front Panel Switches & Indicators Headers............................2-7 2.4.3 FAN Power Connectors........................................................2-8 2.5 Installing Hardware......................................................................2-9 2.5.1 CPU Socket AM2.................................................................2-9 2.5.2 DDR2 Memory Slots..........................................................2-11 2.5.3 PCI Express X16 Add-on Slots (Install Graphics Card)..........2-12 2.5.4 AudioMAX Connection Slot.................................................2-14 2.6 Connecting Peripheral Devices....................................................2-17 2.6.1 Floppy and IDE Disk Drive Connectors................................2-17 2.6.2 Serial ATA Connectors.......................................................2-18 2.6.3 Additional USB 2.0 Port Headers.........................................2-19 2.6.4 Additional IEEE1394 Port Headers......................................2-19 2.6.5 PCI Express X1 Add-on Slots..............................................2-20 2.6.6 PCI Add-on Slot................................................................2-20 2.6.7 GURU Panel Connection Header.........................................2-21 2.7 Onboard Status Display..............................................................2-22 2.7.1 POST Code Displayer.........................................................2-22 2.7.2 Power Source Indicators....................................................2-23 2.8 Connecting I/O Devices..............................................................2-24 3. BIOS Setup.......................................................................3-1 3.1 .Guru™ Utility..............................................................................3-2 3.1.1 OC Guru.............................................................................3-2 3.1.2 ABIT EQ.............................................................................3-4 3.2 Standard CMOS Features............................................................3-10 3.3 Advanced BIOS Features............................................................3-13 3.4 Advan...