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Asus P5MT-MX/C User Manual (156 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Computer hardware | Size: 8.36 MB |

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Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Revised Edition V2

2

March 2006

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

(continued on the next page)

11

Product

13

1.1 Welcome!

15

1.2 Package contents

15

1.3 Special features

16

PCI Express™ interface

17

Gigabit LAN solution

17

Serial ATA RAID solution

17

USB 2.0 technology

17

ASUS Smart Fan technology

18

ASUS MyLogo2™

18

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2

18

Hardware

19

2.1 Before you proceed

21

P5MT-MX/C

22

2.2.3 Motherboard layout

23

2.2.4 Layout contents

24

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 2-5

25

Notes on Intel

28

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 2-11

31

Narrow end of the groove

32

112 Pins128 Pins

33

Microsoft

34

OS memory support

34

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

35

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

35

2.5 Expansion slots

36

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

37

2.5.6 PCI slots

38

2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slot

38

2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot

38

2.6 Jumpers

39

P5MT-MX/C USB Device Wake-Up

40

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 2-21

41

P5MT-MX/C LAN_EN1 Setting

41

LSI RAID ROM

42

(Default)

42

INTEL RAID ROM

42

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 2-23

43

RECOVERY1

43

2.7 Connectors

44

2.7.2 Internal connectors

45

NOTE: Orient the red markings

46

(usually zigzag) on the IDE

46

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 2-29

49

P5MT-MX/C SMBus Connector

49

P5MT-MX/C TRPWR Connector

50

Powering up

53

AMI BIOS beep codes

55

3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up

56

BIOS setup

57

DOS environment

59

XP environment

59

4.1.2 AFUDOS utility

60

Updating the BIOS file

61

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

62

4.1.4 ASUS Update utility

65

4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

66

4.2 BIOS setup program

68

4.2.2 Menu bar

69

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

69

4.2.3 Navigation keys

69

4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

70

4.3 Main menu

71

Type [Auto]

72

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

72

4.3.5 IDE Configuration

73

IDE Detect Time Out [35]

74

4.3.6 System Information

75

4.4 Advanced menu

76

MPS Conﬁguration

77

MPS Revision [1.4]

77

Select MPS Revision

77

Remote Access [Disabled]

78

Select Remote Access

78

4.4.4 CPU Configuration

79

4.4.5 Chipset

81

PEG Port [Enabled]

82

PEG Port VC1 Map [TC7]

82

PEG Force x1 [Disabled]

82

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 4-25

83

4.4.7 PCI PnP

84

4.5 Power menu

85

4.5.2 APM Configuration

86

4.5.3 Hardware Monitor

87

4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

88

4.6 Boot menu

89

4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

90

4.6.3 Security

91

Change User Password

92

4.7 Exit menu

93

Exit & Discard Changes

94

Discard Changes

94

Load Setup Defaults

94

Exit & Save Changes

94

RAID support

95

5.1 RAID conﬁgurations

97

BIOS Setup

98

5.2 Intel

99

ROM Utility

99

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-5

101

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-7

103

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-9

105

5.2.5 Deleting a RAID set

106

5.2.7 Exiting the Intel

107

Matrix Storage Manager

107

utility

107

Utility

108

5.3.1 Creating a RAID set

109

Using Easy Configuration

110

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-15

111

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-17

113

Using New Configuration

114

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-19

115

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-21

117

Using the Initialize command

118

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-23

119

Using the Objects command

120

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-25

121

Using the Rebuild command

123

Using the Check Consistency

125

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 5-33

129

5.4 Global Array Manager

130

Driver installation

131

Chapter summary

132

6.1 RAID driver installation

133

2000/2003 Server

134

2000/2003 Server OS

135

During Windows

135

LSI Logic SATA RAID

136

To an existing Windows

137

Intel Matrix Storage

137

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 6-7

139

Enterprise ver. 3.0

140

ASUS P5MT-MX/C 6-9

141

6.2 LAN driver installation

143

6.2.2 Red Hat

145

6.3 VGA driver installation

147

6.3.3 Red Hat

148

6.3.2 Windows

148

2003 Server

148

utilities installation

149

6.4.4 Utilities menu

150

6.4.5 Contact information

150

Reference information

151

Appendix summary

152

A.1 Intel

153

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

153

Technology (EIST)

153

A.2.2 Using the EIST

154

A.3 Intel

155

Hyper-Threading Technology

155

A.4 Block diagram

156

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