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Hi,
Looking at building an AMD Athlon 64 3800+EE on to a mATX board. The Asus M2NPV-VM seems OK - the graphics should do for a 19" monitor.
There's one point that I don't understand:
'Note: CrashFree BIOS2 and EZ Flash 2 only support VGA/RGB output, but does not support VGA/DVI-D output.'
Can any one explain (in simple terms) what this means, please? Is it detrimental?
Thanks,
Peter.
It means that u will have the analogue (blue) monitor connection which is okay for 90% of monitors. The DVI is a digital connection (white) which gives you improved clarity/colour etc on some LCD panels which have the correct connector
This board has DVI-D, actually, which is why I'm interested.Quote:
Originally Posted by d3fiant
No, it's the, to me, worrying bit about the Crash-free and Flashing not supporting the DVI.
Thanks,
Peter.
sorry fella, my take on that is if u ever have to use those two features u need a monitor connected over RGB rather than DVI which while it sounds odd surely u can just plug a DVI-RGB adapter onto the DVI connector
I think it means the BIOS upgrader/reflasher doesn't support DVI output, so if you want to flash it you'll need to view the options via the good ol' VGA port. :)
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by haloman
Ah, thank you! So all I'd need to do is swap the monitor to the other port. Must make sure that the monitor has the input.Quote:
Originally Posted by haloman
BTW, the Asus boards with the 690G chipset don't say anything about this, so are possibly OK on DVI.
Cheers,
Peter.