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Asus P5Q User Manual (186 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Server/workstation motherboards | Size: 9.66 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

April 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

9

About this guide

10

Typography

11

(continued on the next page)

12

(OEM version)

14

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

Dual Gigabit LAN solution

19

ASUS Express Gate SSD

19

ASUS Power Saving Solution

19

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

20

ASUS AI Direct Link

21

ASUS Crystal Sound

21

ASUS EZ DIY

21

ASUS MyLogo3™

22

features

23

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

32

Alignment key

33

CPU notch

33

2.4 System memory

37

2.4.2 Memory congurations

38

2.5.4 Removing a DIMM

39

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

39

2.5 Expansion slots

40

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

41

2.5.4 PCI slots

42

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots

42

2.6 Jumpers

44

2.7 Onboard switches

46

2.8 Connectors

47

2.8.2 Internal connectors

49

SATA_E1 (orange, Port 0)

52

SATA_E2 (white, Port 1)

52

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 2-33

59

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 2-35

61

BIOS setup

65

3.1.1 ASUS Update utility

67

3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

68

Quit all Windows

68

P5QD.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

73

3.2.2 Menu bar

74

3.2.3 Navigation keys

74

3.2.1 BIOS menu screen

74

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 3-9

75

3.3 Main menu

76

3.3.5 SATA 1-6

77

3.3.6 Storage Conguration

78

3.3.7 AHCI Conguration

79

3.3.8 System Information

80

3.4 Ai Tweaker menu

81

3.4.4 DRAM Frequency [Auto]

82

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 3-17

83

Control item to [Manual]

83

3-18 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

84

Booster item to [Manual]

84

3.4.16 NB Voltage [Auto]

86

3.4.18 SB Voltage [Auto]

86

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 3-21

87

3.5 Advanced menu

88

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 3-23

89

3.5.2 Chipset

90

Marvell IDE [Enabled]

91

MarvelI LAN1/2 [Enabled]

91

Agere Firewire 1394 [Enabled]

91

3.5.4 USB Conguration

93

3.5.5 PCIPnP

94

3.6 Power menu

95

3.6.5 APM Conguration

96

3.6.6 Hardware Monitor

97

CPU Fan Profile [Standard]

98

3.7 Boot menu

99

3-34 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

100

+- Change Option

100

3.7.3 Security

101

Change User Password

102

Clear User Password

102

Password Check [Setup]

102

3.8 Tools menu

103

3.8.2 Express Gate

104

3.8.3 ASUS O.C. Prole

105

3.8.4 Ai Net 2

106

3.9 Exit menu

107

3-42 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

108

Software

109

Chapter summary

110

4.2 Support DVD information

111

4.2.2 Drivers menu

112

4.2.3 Utilities menu

113

4.2.4 Make disk menu

115

4.2.5 Manual menu

116

4.2.7 Other information

117

Technical support Form

118

Filelist

118

4.3 Software information

119

4.3.2 AI NET2

121

4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II

122

Preference

123

Hardware monitor panels

124

WMI browser

125

DMI browser

125

PCI browser

126

Conguring PC Probe II

127

4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite

128

Other feature buttons

129

4.3.5 ASUS AI Nap

130

4.3.6 ASUS Fan Xpert

131

Fan prole modes

132

4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster

133

4.3.8 ASUS EPU—Six Engine

134

Six Engine main menu

135

Advanced settings menu

136

4.3.9 ASUS AI Direct Link

138

4.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX

140

Enabling AI Audio 2

141

Playback Settings

142

More Settings

143

Recording Settings

143

Audio Setup Wizard

145

B. SoundMAX

145

Jack conguration

146

Adjust speaker volume

146

Adjust microphone volume

146

Audio preferences

147

General options

147

Listening Environment options

147

Microphone options

148

Enhanced Microphone Features

148

4.3.11 ASUS Drive Xpert

149

Conguring EZ Backup

150

Conguring Super Speed

151

Changing to Normal Mode

152

Normal Mode

153

Firmware Update

155

Event Log

155

Setup Password

155

Launching Drive Xpert

156

EZ Backup

157

Super Speed

158

4.3.12 ASUS Express Gate SSD

160

Using the Conguration Panel

161

Using the LaunchBar

162

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-53

163

Open Conguration Panel

164

Using the Photo Manager

165

Using ASUS Drive Xpert

166

Express Gate Updater

167

4.4 RAID congurations

169

4.4.3 Intel

170

RAID congurations

170

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-61

171

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-63

173

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-65

175

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-67

177

ASUS P5Q Deluxe 4-69

179

CPU features

181

A.1 Intel

183

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

183

Technology (EIST)

183

A.2.2 Using the EIST

184

A.3 Intel

185

Hyper-Threading Technology

185

A-4 Appendix: CPU features

186

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