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[edit] 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 1517

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

FSC Scaleo Ta DeutschlandPC 8 (A64 X2 5000+, RAM 2GB)

FSC Scaleo H Sweden (A64 X2 3500+, RAM 1GB, HD 250 GB SATA) (M2R-FVM/S)

[edit] News

[edit] Details & Specification

Form Factor: microATX

CPU: Socket AM2, Athlon 64/X2 (6000+ max)

Memory: 4 slots Dual Channel DDR2 DIMMs (533/667/800 MHz, unbuffered, max. 4 GB)

Chipset: ATI Xpress 1150 (ATI RS485)

Southbridge: ATI SB600

Graphics Card: on-board ATI Radeon X300 (400 MHz, shared memory 16 - 256 MB)

PCI Slots:

1 x PCI-Express x16 v1.0a

1 x PCI-Express x1 v1.0a

2 x PCI v2.2

Network Card: on-board 10/100 MBit, Realtek RTL8100C

Sensors: SMSC SCH5017

Mainboard

CPU

CPU diode

Aux

[edit] FAQ

Q: Is it possible to use an external graphic card on the ASUS M2R-FVM?
A: Yes, it is possible. The M2R-FVM supports PCIe x16 and normal PCI graphics cards.

Q: Does the M2R-FVM BIOS support hardware virtualization?
A: Hardware virtualization is a processor feature (e.g. AMD-V), the motherboard doesn't matter.

Q: How to enter the BIOS boot-menu to boot from floppy or CD?
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 (SMSC DME1737) of the M2R-FVM?
A: SpeedFan >= 4.21, HWMonitor >= 1.09 and Everest 4.0 are able to read them.

Q: What does the BIOS option "Fan Control" do and how does it work?
A: When "Fan Control" is ON the motherboard controls speed of the fans, but when it's OFF the fans run at full speed all the time.

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: No. 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 and there most likely wont be any further updates.

Q: Does the Asus EAH3850 OC GEAR/HTDI/512M graphics card works on the M2R-FVM?
A: Works Fine...

Q: Which CPUs are supported with the actual BIOS version (v1201)?
A: Answer from Fuji-Siemens:

Sempron 3400+
Athlon 64 3200+
Athlon 64 3500+
Athlon 64 3500+
Athlon 64 X2 3800+
Athlon 64 X2 4000+
Athlon 64 X2 4200+
Athlon 64 X2 4400+
Athlon 64 X2 4600+
Athlon 64 X2 4800+
Athlon 64 X2 5000+
Athlon 64 X2 5200+
Athlon 64 X2 5600+

Q: Which CPUs are supported with the first BIOS version (v0602)?
A: ???

Q: How do the memory modules have be organized so that 4GB can be used? Is the board able to utilize 2*2GB modules?
A: ???

Q Does AMD Athlon X2 7850 Black Edition work in this motherboard ?? A: No, because the motherboard doesn't support am2+ processors.

[edit] Manual

There are manuals for different languages available:

English

French

German

[edit] 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.

[edit] Windows

[edit] XP (32 Bit)

Chipset (ATI Xpress 1150, ATI SB600):

ATI Catalyst Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI South Bridge Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI GART Driver v5.8 (2004-08-17)

Onboard Graphics Card (ATI Radeon X300)

Version 9.3 ist the last Version that supports the Xpress 1150 chipset graphics card

ATI Catalyst Display Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI Catalyst Control Center v9.3 (2009-03-18)

SATA/Raid Drivers (ATI SB600)

ATI RAID Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI RAID Utility v2.2.1540.29 (2007-05-31)

Sound Card (Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio Codec)

Realtek Driver R2.21 (2009-04-02)

Network Card (Realtek RTL8100C)

Realtek Driver v5.719 (2009-04-01)

[edit] Vista (32 Bit)

Chipset (ATI Xpress 1150, ATI SB600):

ATI Catalyst Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI South Bridge Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI HydraVision Package v9.3 (2009-03-18)

Onboard Graphics Card (ATI Radeon X300)

ATI Catalyst Display Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI Catalyst Control Center v9.3 (2009-03-18)

SATA/Raid Drivers (ATI SB600)

ATI RAID Driver v9.3 (2009-03-18)

ATI RAID Utility v2.2.1540.29 (2007-05-31)

Sound Card (Realtek ALC883 High Definition Audio Codec)

Realtek Driver R2.21 (2009-04-02)

Network Card (Realtek RTL8100C)

Realtek Driver v6.110 (2008-11-26)

[edit] 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 v8.11 (2008-11-12)

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)

[edit] BIOS

[edit] 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)

[edit] Modifications

[edit] ModBIOS by lubot

Latest Version: 2007-08-17 (based on the official BIOS 1201)

Mirrors:

Mediafire.com

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)