User manual ASUS P5N32-SLI DELUXE

[. . . ] P5N32-SLI Deluxe Motherboard E2384 Revised Edition V3 January 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Press the Up/Down arrow keys or <Page Up> /<Page Down> keys to display the other items on the screen. Pop-up window Scroll bar 4. 2. 9 General help At the top right corner of the menu screen is a brief description of the selected item. ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe 4-13 4. 3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the M a i n menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. Refer to section "4. 2. 1 BIOS menu screen" for information on the menu screen items and how to navigate through them. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Exit Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. Use [+] or [-] to configure the System Time. System Time System Date Legacy Diskette A Language Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Secondary IDE Master Secondary IDE Slave First SATA Device Second SATA Device Third SATA Device Fourth SATA Device IDE Configuration System Information [10:55:25] [Mon 09/22/2005] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in] [English] [ST320410A] [ASUS CD-S520/A] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] +Tab F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Field Select Field General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 4. 3. 1 4. 3. 2 4. 3. 3 System Time [xx:xx:xx] System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Legacy Diskette A [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] Allows you to set the system time. Allows you to set the system date. Sets the type of floppy drive installed. Configuration options: [Disabled] [360K, 5. 25 in. ] [1. 2M , 5. 25 in. ] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] [2. 88M, 3. 5 in. ] 4. 3. 4 Language [English] Allows you to choose the BIOS language version from the options. Configuration options: [Chinese BIG5] [Chinese (GB)] [Japanese] [Français] [German] [English] 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3. 5 Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave The BIOS automatically detects the connected IDE devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : ST320413A Size : 20. 0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16 Sectors PIO Mode :4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Type LBA/Large Mode Block(Multi-sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode SMART Monitoring 32Bit Data Transfer [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] Select the type of device connected to the system. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Type [Auto] Selects the type of IDE drive. Setting to [Auto] allows automatic selection of the appropriate IDE device type. Select [CDROM] if you are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. Setting to [Auto] enables the LBA mode if the device supports this mode, and if the device was not previously formatted with LBA mode disabled. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. When set to [Auto], the data transfer from and to the device occurs multiple sectors at a time if the device supports multi-sector transfer feature. When set to [Disabled], the data transfer from and to the device occurs one sector at a time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe 4-15 PIO Mode [Auto] Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] DMA Mode [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 6 First, Second, Third, and Fourth SATA Device The BIOS automatically detects the connected Serial ATA devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each device. Select a device item, then press <Enter> to display the SATA device information. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main First SATA Device Device : Not Detected LBA/Large Mode Block(Multi-sector Transfer) PIO Mode DMA Mode SMART Monitoring 32Bit Data Transfer [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Enabled] Select the type of device connected to the system. +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. [. . . ] Go to the A d v a n c e d M e n u highlight C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n then u, n, press <Enter>. Scroll down the options, select the I n t e l ( R ) S p e e d S t e p T e c h n o l o g y item, then press <Enter>. Refer to the BIOS screen on the next page. ASUS P5N32-SLI Deluxe BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Configure Advanced CPU settings Frequency FSB Speed Cache L1 Cache L2 Cache L3 : 2800 MHz : 800 MHz : 16 KB : 1024 KB : 0 KB Min:14) [ 14] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Automatic] Sets the ratio between the CPU core clock and the FSB frequency Ratio Status: Unlocked (Max:14, Ratio Actual Value : 14 Ratio CMOS Setting: Max CPUID Value Limit: Execute Disable Function Hardware Prefetcher Adjacent Cache Line Prefetch CPU Internal Thermal Control Hyper Threading Technology Intel(R) SpeedStep Technology +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. 4. Select A u t o m a t i c (default) from the options, then press <Enter>. Set this item to [Maximum] or [Disabled] if you do not want to use the EIST feature. The CPU constantly operates at a lower internal frequency if you set this item to [Minimum]. 5. [. . . ]