ASUS M2R-FVM
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Intro
This page collects informations and resources about the ASUS OEM mainboard M2R-FVM which was produced by ASUS for Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC). Please feel free to add any missing information, question, answer or resource that could be useful to the other M2R-FVM owners.
The M2R-FVM is included in the following FSC systems:
- FSC Scaleo PA 2540 Deutschland PC9
- FSC Scaleo PA 2510
- FSC Scaleo PA 1514
- FSC Scaleo PA 1518
- FSC Scaleo X (A64 X2 5200+, RAM 2GB, home PC leasing) (Abadaar)
- FSC Scaleo Pa 2512 7028 live
- FSC Scaleo Ja 1603
News
Latest news and additions.
- 2008-04-16
- New ATI/AMD drivers (8.4)
- 2008-03-31
- drivers update
- 2008-03-18
- New drivers
- 2008-02-14
- New ATI/AMD drivers (8.2)
- 2008-01-22
- New Sound Card (1.85) drivers
- 2008-01-18
- New ATI/AMD drivers (8.1)
Details & Specification
- Form Factor: microATX
- CPU: Socket AM2, Athlon 64/X2 (6000+ max)
- Memory: 4 slots Dual Channel DDR2 DIMMs (533/667/MHz, unbuffered)Max. 2 GB
- Chipset: ATI Xpress 1150 (ATI RS485)
- Southbridge: ATI SB600
- Graphics Card: on-board ATI Radeon X300 (shared memory 16 - 256 MB)
- PCI Slots:
- 1 x PCI-Express x16
- 1 x PCI-Express x1
- 2 x PCI v2.2
- Network Card: on-board 10/100 MBit, Realtek RTL8100C
- Sensors: SMSC SCH5017
- Mainboard
- CPU
- CPU diode
- Aux
FAQ
Q: Does the M2R-FVM BIOS support hardware virtualization?
A: Yes, if the CPU supports AMD-V.
Q: How can i enable the BIOS boot-menu to enable booting from floppy or from CD on the fly?
A: Press F12 at the BIOS POST screen.
Q: How to enable the AAM (Automatic Acoustic Management) of my hard disk?
A: Enter the BIOS, go to section "Main", open the IDE/SATA entry for your hard disk and set "Auto Acoustic Management" to "minimum".
Q: How to read the thermal and fan speed sensors of the M2R-FVM?
A: SpeedFan 4.33 and Everest 4.0 are able to read them.
Q: What does the BIOS option "Fan Control" do and how does it work?
A: ???
Q: What does the BIOS option "AMD Live" do?
A: If AMD Live is disable the cpu-z tool shows a HT-Link speed of about 200MHz, if enabled the HT-Link speed goes to 1000 MHz. The disadvantage is that after activating AMD LIVE a unknown device is in the device manager. After disabling the AMD LIVE the HT-Link speed stays at 1000MHz but the unknown device disappears ?!?
Q: I need a SATA RAID or AHCI driver floppy disk for Windows text mode setup, where can i find one?
A: They are included in the ATI South Bridge Driver. Just copy the contents of the folder "RAID", "SATARAID" or "SRAID64a" to the floppy disk. The folder "RAID" includes the AHCI driver, folder "SATARAID" the 32-bit RAID driver and folder "SRAID64a" includes the 64-bit RAID driver.
Q: Does the AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ Black Edition work in this motherboard?
A: Yes, It most certainly will. (Though you will not be able to overclock it, making the unlocked multiplier of the BE useless)
Q: Does the AMD Phenom CPU line work on the M2R-FVM?
A: The AMD Phenom do work with the regular AM2 socket , all you need is a BIOS update. FSC has not released a BIOS update yet.
Manual
There are manuals for different languages available:
Drivers
The latest drivers for the Chipset, Graphics Card, SATA Controller, Sound Card and Network Card. They are much more recent than the drivers from FSC.
Windows
XP (32 Bit)
Chipset (ATI Xpress 1150, ATI SB600):
- ATI Catalyst Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- ATI South Bridge Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- ATI GART Driver v5.8 (2004-08-17)
Onboard Graphics Card (ATI Radeon X300)
- ATI Catalyst Display Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- ATI Catalyst Control Center v8.4 (2008-04-16)
SATA/Raid Drivers (ATI SB600)
- ATI RAID Utility v2.2.1540.29 (2007-05-31)
Sound Card (Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio Codec)
- Realtek Driver R1.90 (2008-03-31)
Network Card (Realtek RTL8100C)
- Realtek Driver v5.687 (2008-03-12)
Vista (32 Bit)
Chipset (ATI Xpress 1150, ATI SB600):
- ATI Catalyst Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- ATI South Bridge Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
Onboard Graphics Card (ATI Radeon X300)
- ATI Catalyst Display Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- ATI Catalyst Control Center v8.4 (2008-04-16)
SATA/Raid Drivers (ATI SB600)
- ATI RAID Utility v2.2.1540.29 (2007-05-31)
Sound Card (Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio Codec)
- Realtek Driver R1.90 (2008-03-31)
Network Card (Realtek RTL8100C)
- Realtek Driver v6.107 (2008-03-06)
Linux
Please note that those drivers that are included in the kernel should be detected and loaded automatically.
Chipset (ATI Xpress 1150, ATI SB600):
- pata_atiixp - IDE controller. (Included in kernel)
- i2c_piix4 - PIIX4 SMBus driver. (Included in kernel)
- ohci_hcd - USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver. (Included in kernel)
- ehci_hcd - USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver. (Included in kernel)
- k8temp - AMD K8 core temperature monitor. (Included in kernel)
- ati_agp - ATI GART Driver. (Included in kernel)
Onboard Graphics Card (ATI Radeon X300)
- ATI's proprietary driver fglrx provides the most functionality though they are closed source. It's recommended to install this using the distribution's package management system:
- ATI Catalyst Display Driver v8.4 (2008-04-16)
- X.org ati video driver ati provides almost the same functionality as ATI's proprietary driver, but a few things are missing:
- Information from freedesktop.org.
- Ubuntu Linux's package This is the default driver for ATI cards on Ubuntu.
- Arch Linux's package's description
SATA/Raid Drivers (ATI SB600)
- ahci - AHCI SATA low-level driver. (Included in kernel)
Network Card (Realtek RTL8100C):
- 8139too - RealTek RTL-8139 (and others) Fast Ethernet driver. (Included in kernel)
BIOS
Official
Official BIOS updates from Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC).
- 1201 (2007-07-23)
- 1101 (2007-06-15)
- 1001 (2007-05-02)
- 0903 (2007-04-18)
- 0802 (2007-01-05)
- 0602 (2006-12-07)
Modifications
ModBIOS by lubot
Latest Version: 2007-08-17 (based on the official BIOS 1201)
eD2K link: ed2k://|file|BIOS_1201_MOD-2007-08-17.iso.zip|1844905|E3079EEED892E865A87062F912D67483|/
Mirrors:
Readme:
ASUS M2R-FVM (FSC OEM) BIOS 1201 with modifications Version 2007-08-17 * RS485 VGA BIOS (BR15440.TST) v008.047I.002.000 (2005/10/12 11:15) replaced with v008.050I.038.000 (2006/07/28 10:11) * SB600 SATA BIOS (SATA.BIN) v2.5.1540.18 replaced with v2.6.1540.3 * RTL8100C LAN BIOS (RTL8100c.LOM) v2.16 (041224) replaced with v2.20 (060711) * BIOS boot screen logo replaced * BIOS Message "FUJITSU SIEMENS M2R-FVM 1201" replaced with "ASUS M2R-FVM 1201 (lubot 2007-08-17)"
- Sata-Raid broken with this ModBios :( (see discussion page)
Tools
Customizations
Boot Logos
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Links
