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Asus Z7S WS User Manual (156 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 7.64 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

April 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

Z7S WS specications summary

11

Chapter 1: Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

ASUS Z7S WS 1-3

19

CrashFree BIOS 3

20

Chapter 2: Hardware

21

2.1 Before you proceed

23

2.2 Motherboard overview

24

ASUS Z7S WS 2-3

25

CEK spring screw hole

26

ASUS Z7S WS 2-5

27

2.2.4 Motherboard layout

28

2.2.5 Audio card layout

28

2.2.6 Layout contents

29

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

31

ASUS Z7S WS 2-11

33

CPU0_FAN

35

CPU1_FAN

35

2.4 System memory

36

Rank population

37

Memory Sparing :

38

2.4.4 Installing a DIMM

39

2.4.5 Removing a DIMM

39

ASUS Z7S WS 2-19

41

Make sure the cables pass

41

2.5 Expansion slots

42

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

43

2.5.7 PCI/PCI-X slots

44

PCI graphics cards

45

(Default)

47

Clear RTC

47

133MHz 100MHz

48

2.7 Switches

49

2.8 Audio card installation

50

2.9 Connectors

51

LAN port LED indications

52

2.9.2 Internal connectors

53

NOTE: Orient the red markings

54

(usually zigzag) on the IDE

54

SATA2 SATA1

55

SATA3 SATA4

55

SATA6 SATA5

55

+5VSB_MB

58

Chassis Signal

58

Z7S WS SGPIO connector TPM

60

ASUS Z7S WS 2-39

61

Z7S WS System panel connector

61

Right Audio Channel

62

Left Audio Channel

62

ASUS Z7S WS 2-41

63

exible application

65

Chapter 3:

67

Powering up

67

AMI BIOS beep codes

69

3.2 Turning off the computer

70

Chapter 4: BIOS setup

71

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

73

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

74

Quit all Windows

74

Z7S WS.ROM

75

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

76

ASUS Z7S WS 4-5

77

4.1.4 AFUDOS utility

78

ASUS Z7S WS 4-7

79

lename at the DOS prompt

79

4.2 BIOS setup program

81

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

82

4.2.2 Menu bar

82

4.2.3 Navigation keys

82

Main menu items

83

Scroll bar

83

Pop-up window

83

4.3 Main menu

84

Type [Auto]

85

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

85

4.3.6 Storage Conguration

86

AHCI Conguration

87

AHCI Port1~6 [XXXX]

87

4.3.7 System Information

88

4.4 Advanced menu

89

4.4.2 Ai Net 2

90

4.4.3 CPU Conguration

90

ASUS Z7S WS 4-19

91

Clock Generator

92

Controller Mode [IDE]

93

4.4.5 PCIPnP

94

4.4.6 USB Conguration

95

4.4.7 Trusted Computing

96

4.5 Power menu

97

4.5.5 APM Conguration

98

4.5.6 Hardware Monitor

99

4.5.7 PSMI IPMI FRU

100

4.6 Boot menu

101

4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

102

4.6.3 Security

103

Change User Password

104

Clear User Password

104

Password Check [Setup]

104

4.7 Tools menu

105

4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

106

4.8 Exit menu

107

4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

108

Chapter 5: 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

Preference

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 Nap

128

5.3.5 Audio congurations

129

Information

130

Minimize

130

Conguration options

130

Audio I/O

131

Microphone

132

3D Audio Demo

132

5.4 RAID congurations

133

5.4.3 Intel

134

RAID congurations

134

ASUS Z7S WS 5-25

135

ASUS Z7S WS 5-27

137

ASUS Z7S WS 5-29

139

Deleting a RAID set

141

Resetting Disks to Non-RAID

142

5.4.4 JMicron

143

RAID Conguration

143

Creating a RAID set

144

<N>

146

RAID set you created

146

Resetting disks to non-RAID

148

Solving a Mirror conict

149

Rebuilding a Mirror Drive

150

ASUS Z7S WS 5-41

151

Appendix: CPU features

153

A.1 Intel

155

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

155

Technology (EIST)

155

A.2.2 Using the EIST

156

Asus Z7S WS User Manual (154 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 4.21 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition V1

2

February 2008

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

Z7S WS specications summary

11

Chapter 1: Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

ASUS Z7S WS 1-3

19

CrashFree BIOS 3

20

Chapter 2: Hardware

21

2.1 Before you proceed

23

2.2 Motherboard overview

24

ASUS Z7S WS 2-3

25

CEK spring screw hole

26

ASUS Z7S WS 2-5

27

2.2.4 Motherboard layout

28

2.2.5 Audio card layout

28

2.2.6 Layout contents

29

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

31

ASUS Z7S WS 2-11

33

CPU0_FAN

35

CPU1_FAN

35

2.4 System memory

36

Rank population

37

Memory Sparing :

38

2.4.4 Installing a DIMM

39

2.4.5 Removing a DIMM

39

ASUS Z7S WS 2-19

41

Make sure the cables pass

41

2.5 Expansion slots

42

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

43

2.5.7 PCI/PCI-X slots

44

(Default)

45

Clear RTC

45

133MHz 100MHz

46

2.7 Switches

47

2.8 Audio card installation

48

2.9 Connectors

49

LAN port LED indications

50

2.9.2 Internal connectors

51

NOTE: Orient the red markings

52

(usually zigzag) on the IDE

52

SATA2 SATA1

53

SATA3 SATA4

53

SATA6 SATA5

53

+5VSB_MB

56

Chassis Signal

56

Z7S WS SGPIO connector TPM

58

ASUS Z7S WS 2-37

59

Z7S WS System panel connector

59

Right Audio Channel

60

Left Audio Channel

60

ASUS Z7S WS 2-39

61

exible application

63

Chapter 3:

65

Powering up

65

AMI BIOS beep codes

67

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

Z7S WS.ROM

73

4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

74

ASUS Z7S WS 4-5

75

4.1.4 AFUDOS utility

76

ASUS Z7S WS 4-7

77

lename at the DOS prompt

77

4.2 BIOS setup program

79

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

80

4.2.2 Menu bar

80

4.2.3 Navigation keys

80

Main menu items

81

Scroll bar

81

Pop-up window

81

4.3 Main menu

82

Type [Auto]

83

LBA/Large Mode [Auto]

83

4.3.6 Storage Conguration

84

AHCI Conguration

85

AHCI Port1~6 [XXXX]

85

4.3.7 System Information

86

4.4 Advanced menu

87

4.4.2 Ai Net 2

88

4.4.3 CPU Conguration

88

ASUS Z7S WS 4-19

89

Clock Generator

90

Controller Mode [IDE]

91

4.4.5 PCIPnP

92

4.4.6 USB Conguration

93

4.4.7 Trusted Computing

94

4.5 Power menu

95

4.5.5 APM Conguration

96

4.5.6 Hardware Monitor

97

4.5.7 PSMI IPMI FRU

98

4.6 Boot menu

99

4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

100

4.6.3 Security

101

Change User Password

102

Clear User Password

102

Password Check [Setup]

102

4.7 Tools menu

103

4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

104

4.8 Exit menu

105

4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

106

Chapter 5: Software

107

Chapter summary

108

5.2 Support DVD information

109

5.2.2 Drivers menu

110

5.2.3 Utilities menu

111

5.2.4 Make Disk menu

113

5.2.5 Manual menu

114

5.2.7 Other information

115

Technical support Form

116

Filelist

116

5.3 Software information

117

5.3.2 AI NET2

119

5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II

120

Preference

121

Hardware monitor panels

122

WMI browser

123

DMI browser

123

PCI browser

124

Conguring PC Probe II

125

5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap

126

5.3.5 Audio congurations

127

Information

128

Minimize

128

Conguration options

128

Audio I/O

129

Microphone

130

3D Audio Demo

130

5.4 RAID congurations

131

5.4.3 Intel

132

RAID congurations

132

ASUS Z7S WS 5-25

133

ASUS Z7S WS 5-27

135

ASUS Z7S WS 5-29

137

Deleting a RAID set

139

Resetting Disks to Non-RAID

140

5.4.4 JMicron

141

RAID Conguration

141

Creating a RAID set

142

<N>

144

RAID set you created

144

Resetting disks to non-RAID

146

Solving a Mirror conict

147

Rebuilding a Mirror Drive

148

ASUS Z7S WS 5-41

149

Appendix: CPU features

151

A.1 Intel

153

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

153

Technology (EIST)

153

A.2.2 Using the EIST

154

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