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4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic
Input/Output System (BIOS) setup.
1.
ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable oppy
disk.)
2.
ASUS CrashFree BIOS3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable oppy disk or
USB ash drive when the BIOS le fails or gets corrupted.)
3.
ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows
®
environment.)
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
4.1.1 Creating a bootable oppy disk
1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk.
DOS environment
a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. At the DOS prompt, type
format A:/S then press <Enter>.
Windows
®
XP environment
a. Insert a 1.44 MB oppy disk to the oppy disk drive.
b. Click
Start from the Windows
®
desktop, then select My Computer.
c. Select the 3 1/2 Floppy Drive icon.
d. Click File from the menu, then select Format. A Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk
window appears.
e. Windows
®
XP users: Select Create an MS-DOS startup disk from the
format options eld, then click Start.
Windows
®
2000 environment
To create a set of boot disks for Windows
®
2000:
a. Insert a formatted, high density 1.44 MB oppy disk into the drive.
b. Insert the Windows
®
2000 CD to the optical drive.
c. Click
Start, then select Run.
d. In the Open eld, type
D:\bootdisk\makeboot a:
assuming that D is your optical drive letter.
e. Press <Enter>, then follow screen instructions to continue.
2. Copy the original or the latest motherboard BIOS le to the bootable oppy
disk.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS le to a bootable oppy disk in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard
BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities.
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition 2
- September 2007 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 7
- About this guide 8
- Typography 9
- P5GC-MR specications summary 10
- Product 13
- 1.1 Welcome! 15
- 1.2 Package contents 15
- 1.3 Special features 16
- PCI Express™ interface 17
- Gigabit LAN solution 17
- USB 2.0 technology 17
- DDR2 memory support 17
- CrashFree BIOS 3 18
- ASUS MyLogo2™ 18
- ASUS Smart Fan technology I 18
- Hardware 19
- 2.1 Before you proceed 21
- 2.2 Motherboard overview 22
- P5GC-MR Layout 23
- 2.2.4 Layout contents 24
- 2.3.1 Installing the CPU 25
- CPU FAN IN 29
- CPU FAN PWM 29
- 2.4 System memory 31
- Channel Sockets 32
- Channel A DIMM_A1 32
- Channel B DIMM_B1 32
- 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 33
- 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 33
- 2.5 Expansion slots 34
- 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 35
- 2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot 36
- (x16 link) 36
- 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot 36
- (x1 link) 36
- 2.5.6 PCI slots 37
- 2.6 Jumpers 38
- 2.7 Connectors 39
- 2.7.2 Internal connectors 40
- NOTE: Orient the red markings 41
- (usually zigzag) on the ID 41
- P5GC-MR SATA Connectors 42
- ASUS P5GC-MR 2-23 43
- P5GC-MR 43
- USB 2.0 Connectors 43
- AUX_PANEL1 46
- ASUS P5GC-MR 2-27 47
- Powering up 49
- AMI BIOS beep codes 51
- 3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 52
- BIOS setup 53
- DOS environment 55
- XP environment 55
- 2000 environment 55
- 4.1.2 AFUDOS utility 56
- Updating the BIOS le 57
- 4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 58
- ASUS P5GC-MR 4-5 59
- 4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 60
- 4.1.4 ASUS Update utility 61
- 4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 62
- 4.2 BIOS setup program 64
- 4.2.2 Menu bar 65
- 4.2.3 Navigation keys 65
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 65
- 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 66
- 4.3 Main menu 67
- Type [Auto] 68
- LBA/Large Mode [Auto] 68
- 4.3.5 IDE Conguration 69
- 4.3.6 System Information 70
- 4.4 Advanced menu 71
- BIOS EHCI Hand-Off [Enabled] 72
- Emulation Type [Auto] 72
- Remote Access [Enabled] 73
- Serial port number [COM1] 73
- Flow Control [None] 73
- 4.4.3 CPU Conguration 74
- 4.4.4 Chipset 76
- DVMT/DVMT+FIX Memory [56MB] 77
- Slot Power [Auto] 78
- ASUS P5GC-MR 4-25 79
- 4.4.5 PCI PnP 80
- 4.5 Power Conguration 81
- Power Button Mode [On/Off] 82
- 4.5.1 APM Conguration 82
- 4.5.2 Hardware Monitor 83
- 4.6 Boot menu 84
- 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 85
- 4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 86
- 4.6.3 Security 87
- Change User Password 88
- Clear User Password 89
- Password Check [Setup] 89
- 4.7 Exit menu 90
- Load Setup Defaults 91
- 5.1 LAN driver installation 94
- 5.1.2 SuSE 95
- ASUS P5GCMR 5-3 96
- 5.1.3 Red Hat 97
- ASUS P5GCMR 5-5 98
- 5.2 VGA driver installation 99
- 5.2.2 Windows 100
- 2003 Server 100
- 5.2.3 Red Hat 100
- Enterprise 100
- utilities installation 101
- 5.3.4 Utilities menu 102
- 5.3.5 Contact information 103
- ASUS P5GCMR 5-11 104
- Reference information 105
- Chapter summary 106
- A.1 P5GC-MR block diagram 107
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