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ASUS P5Q-E

Chapter summary

1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-1

1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-1

1.3 Special features ............................................................................ 1-2

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Motherboard 1
Second Edition 2
May 2008 2
Contents 3
Safety information 9
About this guide 10
Typography 11
P5Q-E specications summary 12
Product 15
1.1 Welcome! 17
1.2 Package contents 17
1.3 Special features 18
1.3.2 ASUS unique features 19
ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution 20
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
DDR2-1066MHz capability 39
DDR2-800MHz capability 40
DDR2-667MHz capability 41
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 43
2.4.3 Installing 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 slots 46
2.6 Jumpers 48
2.7 Onboard switches 50
2.8 Connectors 51
2.8.2 Internal connectors 53
SATA_E1 (orange, Port 0) 56
SATA_E2 (white, Port 1) 56
ASUS P5Q-E 2-37 63
ASUS P5Q-E 2-39 65
ASUS P5Q-E 2-41 67
BIOS setup 69
3.1.1 ASUS Update utility 71
3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 72
Quit all Windows 72
P5Q-E.ROM 73
3-4 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 74
3.1.3 AFUDOS utility 75
3-6 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 76
lename at the DOS prompt 76
3.2 BIOS setup program 77
3.2.2 Menu bar 78
3.2.3 Navigation keys 78
3.2.1 BIOS menu screen 78
ASUS P5Q-E 3-9 79
3.3 Main menu 80
3.3.5 SATA 1-6 81
3.3.6 Storage Conguration 82
3.3.7 AHCI Conguration 83
3.3.8 System Information 84
3.4 Ai Tweaker menu 85
3.4.4 DRAM Frequency [Auto] 86
ASUS P5Q-E 3-17 87
Control item to [Manual] 87
3rd Information: 12-5-1-4-4 88
3.4.9 MEM. OC Charger 89
3.4.20 SB Voltage [Auto] 91
3-22 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 92
3.5 Advanced menu 93
3.5.2 CPU Conguration 94
ASUS P5Q-E 3-25 95
3.5.3 Chipset 96
Marvell IDE [Enabled] 97
MarvelI LAN1/2 [Enabled] 97
Agere Firewire 1394 [Enabled] 97
3.5.5 USB Conguration 98
3.5.6 PCIPnP 99
3.6 Power menu 100
3.6.5 APM Conguration 101
3.6.6 Hardware Monitor 102
CPU Fan Profile [Standard] 103
3.7 Boot menu 104
ASUS P5Q-E 3-35 105
+- Change Option 105
3.7.3 Security 106
Change User Password 107
Clear User Password 107
Password Check [Setup] 107
3.8 Tools menu 108
3.8.4 Express Gate 110
3.8.5 ASUS O.C. Prole 111
3.8.6 Ai Net 2 112
3.9 Exit menu 113
3-44 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 114
Software 115
Chapter summary 116
4.2 Support DVD information 117
4.2.2 Drivers menu 118
4.2.3 Utilities menu 119
4.2.4 Make disk menu 121
4.2.5 Manual menu 122
4.2.7 Other information 123
Technical support Form 124
Filelist 124
4.3 Software information 125
4.3.2 AI NET2 127
4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 128
Preference 129
Hardware monitor panels 130
WMI browser 131
DMI browser 131
PCI browser 132
Conguring PC Probe II 133
4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 134
Other feature buttons 135
4.3.5 ASUS AI Nap 136
4.3.6 ASUS Fan Xpert 137
Fan prole modes 138
4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster 139
4.3.8 ASUS EPU—6 Engine 140
6 Engine main menu 141
Advanced settings menu 142
4.3.9 ASUS AI Direct Link 144
4.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX 146
Enabling AI Audio 2 147
Playback Settings 148
More Settings 149
Recording Settings 149
Audio Setup Wizard 151
B. SoundMAX 151
Jack conguration 152
Adjust speaker volume 152
Adjust microphone volume 152
Audio preferences 153
General options 153
Listening Environment options 153
Microphone options 154
Enhanced Microphone Features 154
4.3.11 ASUS Drive Xpert 155
Conguring EZ Backup 156
Conguring Super Speed 157
Changing to Normal Mode 158
Partitioning volumes 159
Firmware Update 161
Event Log 161
Setup Password 161
Launching Drive Xpert 162
EZ Backup 163
Super Speed 164
Drive Xpert Control [Auto] 165
4.3.12 ASUS Express Gate 166
The First Screen 167
The Express Gate Environment 167
Using the Conguration Panel 169
Using the LaunchBar 170
ASUS P5Q-E 4-55 171
Using the Photo Manager 173
Using ASUS Drive Xpert 174
Updating Express Gate 175
Repairing Express Gate 175
4.4 RAID congurations 176
4.4.3 Intel 177
RAID congurations 177
ASUS P5Q-E 4-63 179
ASUS P5Q-E 4-65 181
ASUS P5Q-E 4-67 183
ASUS P5Q-E 4-69 185
CPU features 187
A.1 Intel 189
A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep 189
Technology (EIST) 189
A.2.2 Using the EIST 190
A.3 Intel 191
Hyper-Threading Technology 191
A-4 Appendix: CPU features 192

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