Asus PREMIUM P5N72-T manuals

Asus PREMIUM P5N72-T Specifications (178 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Server/workstation motherboards | Size: 5.07 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition V1

2

April 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

9

About this guide

10

Typography

11

(continued on the next page)

12

Chapter 1: Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

Dual Gigabit LAN

19

IEEE 1394a support

19

Green ASUS

19

ASUS Power Saving Solution

20

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

20

ASUS EZ DIY

21

ASUS MyLogo3™

22

ASUS Multi-language BIOS

22

AI Booster

23

Precision Tweaker 2

23

1.3.4 ASUS special features

24

Chapter 2: Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

2.2 Motherboard overview

28

UPREMEFX II

29

Listen with Absolute HD

29

2.2.5 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

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 2-11

37

Narrow end of the groove

38

2.4 System memory

40

2.4.2 Memory congurations

41

DDR2-1066MHz capability

42

DDR2-800MHz capability

43

DDR2-667MHz capability

44

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

45

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

45

2.5 Expansion slots

46

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

47

2.5.4 PCI slots

48

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots

48

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots

48

2.6 Jumper

50

2.7 Audio card installation

51

ACTIVITY/

52

LINK LED

52

LAN port

52

2.8.2 Internal connectors

54

SATA cable connector

57

ASUS P5N72-T Premium

63

Chapter 3: Powering up

65

3.2 Turning off the computer

68

Chapter 4: BIOS setup

69

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

71

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

72

Quit all Windows

72

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 4-3

73

The ASUS Update utility is

73

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

74

FAT 32/16 format only

74

4.1.3 Updating the BIOS

75

4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

76

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 4-7

77



77

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

78

4.2 BIOS setup program

79

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

80

4.2.2 Menu bar

80

4.2.4 Menu items

81

4.2.5 Sub-menu items

81

4.2.6 Conguration elds

81

4.2.3 Legend bar

81

4.2.7 Pop-up window

82

4.2.8 General help

82

4.3 Main menu

83

PIO Mode [Auto]

84

UDMA Mode [Auto]

84

4.3.6 SATA 1–6

86

4.3.9 Usable Memory [xxx MB]

87

4.3.10 System Information

87

4.4 AI Tweaker menu

88

System Clocks

89

FSB & Memory Cong

89

FSB - Memory Ratio [Auto]

90



90

4.4.2 Overclocking

91

Spread Spectrum Control

92

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 4-23

93

4.4.3 Over Voltage

94

SB Core Voltage [Auto]

95

1.2V HT Voltage [Auto]

95

CPU GTL_REF Ratio [Auto]

95

4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

96

4.5 Advanced menu

97

4.5.2 PCIPnP

98

IDE Function Setup

99

Serial-ATA Conguration

99

SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 [Disabled]

100

USB Controller [Enabled]

100

USB Legacy Support [Enabled]

100

USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]

100

4.6 Power menu

101

4.6.3 APM Conguration

102

4.6.4 Hardware Monitor

103

Temperature Monitor

104

Voltage Monitor

104

Fan Speed Control

105

Fan Speed Monitor

105

CHASSIS FAN Duty Cycle [100%]

106

4.7 Boot menu

107

4.7.2 Removable Drives

108

4.7.3 Hard Disk Drives

108

4.7.4 CDROM Drives

108

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 4-39

109

4.7.6 Security

110

PASSWORD DISABLED !!!

111

Press any key to continue

111

4.8 Tools menu

112

Save BIOS Prole

113

4.8.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2

114

4.9 Exit menu

115

4-46 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

116

Chapter 5: Software

117

Chapter summary

118

5.2 Support DVD information

119

5.2.2 Drivers menu

120

5.2.3 Utilities menu

121

5.2.4 Make Disk menu

123

5.2.5 Manual menu

124

5.2.7 Other information

125

Filelist

126

Technical support form

126

5.3 Software information

127

5.3.2 AI NET 2

129

5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX

130

Enabling AI Audio 2

131

Playback Settings

132

More Settings

133

Recording Settings

133

B. SoundMAX

135

Jack configuration

136

Adjust speaker volume

136

Adjust microphone volume

136

Audio preferences

137

General options

137

Listening Environment options

137

Microphone options

138

5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II

139

Preferences

140

Hardware monitor panels

141

WMI browser

142

DMI browser

142

PCI browser

143

Conguring PC Probe II

144

5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite

145

Other feature buttons

146

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 5-29

147

Energy Saving Status

148

5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap

149

5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2

150

5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster

151

5.4 RAID congurations

152

5.4.2 NVIDIA

153

RAID congurations

153

Entering the NVIDIA

154

RAID utility

154

Creating a RAID Volume

155

Rebuilding a RAID array

156

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 5-39

157

You will need to enter Window

157

Deleting a RAID array

158

Clearing a disk data

159

Vista™:

161

Chapter 6: NVIDIA

163

6.1 Overview

165

6.2 Graphics card setup

166

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 6-3

167

6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA

168

SLI™ technology support

168

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 6-5

169

6.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA

170

SLI™ technology in Windows

170

ASUS P5N72-T Premium 6-7

171

Enabling SLI conguration

172

Appendix: CPU features

173

A.1 Intel

175

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

175

Technology (EIST)

175

A.2.2 Using the EIST

176

A.3 Intel

177

Hyper-Threading Technology

177

A-4 Appendix: CPU features

178

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