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2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information

Channel Sockets

Channel A DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

2.4 System memory

2.4.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory

Modules (DIMM) sockets.

The gure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

1 2 ... 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 ... 171 172

Motherboard 1
First Edition V1 2
August 2008 2
Contents 3
Safety information 8
About this guide 9
Typography 10
(continued on the next page) 11
Product 15
1.1 Welcome! 17
1.2 Package contents 17
1.3 Special features 18
ASUS Express Gate 19
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology 19
IEEE 1394a support 19
S/PDIF digital sound ready 19
1.3.2 ASUS unique features 20
ASUS P5Q3 1-5 21
ASUS P5Q3 1-7 23
Chapter 2: Hardware 25
2.1 Before you proceed 27
2.2 Motherboard overview 28
2.2.2 Layout contents 29
2.2.3 Placement direction 30
2.2.4 Screw holes 30
2.3.1 Installing the CPU 31
ASUS P5Q3 2-9 35
2.4 System memory 36
2.4.2 Memory congurations 37
DDR3-1066MHz capability 38
DDR3-1333MHz capability 39
DDR3-1600MHz capability 40
DDR3-1800MHz capability 40
2.4.4 Removing a DDR3 DIMM 41
2.4.3 Installing a DDR3 DIMM 41
2.5 Expansion slots 42
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 43
2.5.4 PCI slots 44
2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots 44
2.6 Jumper 45
2.7 Connectors 48
2.7.2 Internal connectors 50
4. JMicron 53
Serial ATA RAID connectors 53
ASUS P5Q3 55
2.9 Turning off the computer 63
Chapter 3: BIOS setup 65
3.1.1 ASUS Update utility 67
3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 68
Quit all Windows 68
P5Q3.ROM 69
3-4 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 70
3.1.3 AFUDOS utility 71
3-6 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 72
lename at the DOS prompt 72
3.2 BIOS setup program 74
3.2.2 Menu bar 75
3.2.3 Navigation keys 75
3.2.1 BIOS menu screen 75
3-10 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 76
3.3 Main menu 77
3.3.5 SATA 1-6 78
3.3.6 Storage Conguration 79
3.3.7 AHCI Conguration 80
3.3.8 System Information 81
3.4 Ai Tweaker menu 82
3.4.4 DRAM Frequency [Auto] 83
3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 84
Control item to [Manual] 84
3rd Information: 12-5-1-4-4 85
3.4.9 MEM. OC Charger 86
3.5 Advanced menu 89
3-24 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 90
3.5.2 Chipset 91
Realtek GigaBit LAN [Enabled] 92
VIA Firewire 1394 [Enabled] 93
3.5.4 USB Conguration 94
3.5.5 PCIPnP 95
3.6 Power menu 96
3.6.5 APM Conguration 97
3.6.6 Hardware Monitor 98
CPU Fan Profile [Silent] 99
3.7 Boot menu 100
ASUS P5Q3 3-35 101
+- Change Option 101
3.7.3 Security 102
Change User Password 103
Clear User Password 103
Password Check [Setup] 103
3.8 Tools menu 104
Drive Xpert Group 0: 105
Drive Xpert Mode Update: 105
3.8.3 Express Gate 106
3.8.4 ASUS O.C. Prole 107
3.8.5 AI NET 2 108
3.9 Exit menu 109
3-44 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 110
Software 111
Chapter summary 112
4.2 Support DVD information 113
4.2.2 Drivers menu 114
4.2.3 Utilities menu 115
4.2.4 Make disk menu 117
4.2.5 Manual menu 118
4.2.7 Other information 119
Technical support Form 120
Filelist 120
4.3 Software information 121
4.3.2 AI NET2 123
4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 124
Preference 125
Hardware monitor panels 126
WMI browser 127
DMI browser 127
PCI browser 128
Conguring PC Probe II 129
4.3.4 Audio congurations 130
Conguration options 131
Connector settings 131
Information 133
4.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 135
Other feature buttons 136
4.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 137
4.3.7 ASUS Fan Xpert 138
Fan prole modes 139
4.3.8 ASUS AI Booster 140
4.3.9 ASUS EPU—6 Engine 141
EPU-6 Engine main menu 142
Advanced settings menu 143
4.3.10 ASUS AI Direct Link 145
4.3.11 ASUS Drive Xpert 147
Changing to Normal Mode 148
Partitioning volumes 149
Launching Drive Xpert 150
4.3.12 ASUS Express Gate 151
The First Screen 152
The Express Gate Environment 152
Using the Conguration Panel 154
Using the LaunchBar 155
ASUS P5Q3 4-45 157
Using the Photo Manager 158
Using ASUS Drive Xpert 159
Updating Express Gate 160
Repairing Express Gate 160
4.4 RAID congurations 161
4.4.3 Intel 162
RAID congurations 162
ASUS P5Q3 4-51 163
ASUS P5Q3 4-53 165
ASUS P5Q3 4-55 167
ASUS P5Q3 4-57 169
ASUS P5Q3 4-59 171

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