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Asus P5K User Manual (182 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Server/workstation motherboards | Size: 5.88 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

July 2007

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

(continued on the next page)

11

(WiFi-AP Edition only)

13

(OEM version)

13

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

ASUS P5K Premium 1-3

19

High Denition Audio

20

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

20

ASUS Crystal Sound

21

ASUS EZ DIY

22

features

23

Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

2.2 Motherboard overview

28

2.2.3 Motherboard layout

29

2.2.4 Layout contents

30

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

33

Alignment key

34

Gold triangle mark

34

Load plate

34

CPU notch

34

Fastener

35

Motherboard hole

35

Narrow end

35

CPU_FAN

36

2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU

37

Narrow end of the groove

38

2.4 System memory

39

2.4.2 Memory congurations

40

DDR2-800MHz capability

41

DDR2-1066MHz capability

41

DDR2-667MHz capability

42

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

43

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

43

2.5 Expansion slots

44

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

45

2.5.4 PCI slots

46

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot

46

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots

46

2.5.7 AI Slot Detector

47

2.6 Jumper

48

2.7 Connectors

49

For WiFi-AP Edition Only:

50

P5K PREMIUM

52

Connector Color Setting Use

54

ASUS P5K Premium 2-31

57

EATX12V connector

57

ASUS P5K Premium 2-33

59

ASUS P5K Premium 2-35

61

Powering up

65

3.2 Turning off the computer

68

BIOS setup

69

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

71

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

72

Quit all Windows

72

P5K Premium

73

4.1.3 AFUDOS utility

75

4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

76

lename at the DOS prompt

76

4.2 BIOS setup program

78

4.2.2 Menu bar

79

4.2.3 Navigation keys

79

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

79

4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

80

4.3 Main menu

81

4.3.5 SATA 1-6

82

4.3.6 SATA Conguration

83

4.3.7 AHCI Conguration

84

4.3.8 System Information

85

4.4 Advanced menu

86

FSB Frequency [266]

87

DRAM Frequency [Auto]

87

CPU Ratio Control [Auto]

87

PCIE Frequency [Auto]

87

DRAM Timing Control [Auto]

87

Transaction Booster [Auto]

88

CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto]

88

PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto]

88

4.4.2 USB Conguration

90

BIOS EHCI Hand-off [Enabled]

91

Legacy USB Support [Auto]

91

4.4.3 CPU Conguration

92

4.4.4 Chipset

93

Realtek GigaBit LAN [Enabled]

94

4.4.6 PCIPnP

95

4.5 Power menu

96

4.5.5 APM Conguration

97

4.5.6 Hardware Monitor

98

CPU Q-Fan Control [Disabled]

99

CPU Fan Prole [Optimal]

99

Chassis Fan Ratio [Auto]

99

4.6 Boot menu

100

ASUS P5K Premium 4-31

101

4.6.3 Security

102

Change User Password

103

Clear User Password

103

Password Check [Setup]

103

4.7 Tools menu

104

4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

105

4.7.3 Ai Net 2

106

4.8 Exit menu

107

4-38 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

108

Software

109

Chapter summary

110

5.2 Support DVD information

111

5.2.2 Drivers menu

112

5.2.3 Utilities menu

113

5.2.4 Make disk menu

115

5.2.5 Manual menu

116

5.2.7 Other information

117

Technical support Form

118

Filelist

118

5.3 Software information

119

5.3.2 AI NET2

121

5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II

122

Sensor alert

123

Hardware monitor panels

124

WMI browser

125

DMI browser

125

PCI browser

126

Conguring PC Probe II

127

5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite

128

Other feature buttons

129

5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2

130

5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap

131

5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S

132

5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2

133

5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster

134

5.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX

135

Enabling AI Audio 2

136

Playback Settings

137

More Settings

138

Recording Settings

138

B. SoundMAX

140

Jack configuration

141

Adjust speaker volume

141

Adjust microphone volume

141

Audio preferences

142

General options

142

Listening Environment options

142

Microphone options

143

Enhanced Microphone Features

143

5.4 RAID congurations

144

5.4.2 Intel

145

RAID congurations

145

ASUS P5K Premium 5-37

147

ASUS P5K Premium 5-39

149

ASUS P5K Premium 5-41

151

5.4.3 JMicron

152

RAID Conguration

152

Creating a RAID set

153

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155

RAID set you created

155

Deleting a RAID set

156

Resetting disks to non-RAID

157

Solving a Mirror conict

158

Rebuilding a Mirror Drive

159

ASUS P5K Premium 5-51

161

CrossFire™

163

6.1 Overview

165

6-2 Chapter 6: ATI

166

MVP technology support

166

ASUS P5K Premium 6-3

167

6-4 Chapter 6: ATI

168

6.3 Software information

169

ASUS P5K Premium 6-7

171

6-8 Chapter 6: ATI

172

ASUS P5K Premium 6-9

173

Profiles

174

Preferences

174

ASUS P5K Premium 6-11

175

6-12 Chapter 6: ATI

176

CPU features

177

A.1 Intel

179

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

179

Technology (EIST)

179

A.2.2 Using the EIST

180

A.3 Intel

181

Hyper-Threading Technology

181

A-4 Appendix: CPU features

182

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