CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION.............................................................................. 7 How this manual is organized............................................................. 7 Item Checklist ..................................................................................... 7 II. FEATURES ....................................................................................... 8 The ASUS MEL-M Motherboard ....................................................... 8 Parts of the ASUS MEL-M Motherboard ......................................... 11 III. HARDWARE SETUP ....................................................................
12 ASUS MEL-M Motherboard Layout................................................ 12 Hardware Setup Steps ....................................................................... 14 1. Motherboard Settings.................................................................... 14 2. System Memory (DIMM) ............................................................ 17 DIMM Memory Installation .................................................. 18 3. Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................... 19 4. Expansion Cards ........................................................................... 21 Expansion Card Installation Procedure .................................
21 Assigning IRQs for Expansion Cards.................................... 21 Assigning DMA Channels for ISA Cards.............................. 22 ISA Cards and Hardware Monitor ......................................... 22 5. External Connectors..................................................................... 23 Power Connection Procedures .......................................................... 33 Flash Memory Writer Utility ............................................................ 34 IV. BIOS SETUP ................................................................................... 34 Main Menu ..................................................................................
34 Managing and Updating Your Motherboard’s BIOS................... 36 6. BIOS Setup .................................................................................. 37 Load Defaults ........................................................................ 38 Standard CMOS Setup ................................................................ 38 Details of Standard CMOS Setup:......................................... 38 BIOS Features Setup ................................................................... 41 Details of BIOS Features Setup............................................. 41 Chipset Features Setup ................................................................
44 Details of Chipset Features Setup.......................................... 44 Power Management Setup........................................................... 47 Details of Power Management Setup .................................... 47 PNP and PCI Setup ..................................................................... 50 Details of PNP and PCI Setup ............................................... 50 Load BIOS Defaults .................................................................... 52 Load Setup Defaults .................................................................... 52 Supervisor Password and User Password ...................................
53 IDE HDD Auto Detection ........................................................... 54 4 ASUS MEL-M User’s Manual