User manual ASUS P5N64 WS PROFESSIONAL

[. . . ] P5N64 WS Professional Motherboard E3685 First Edition March 2008 Copyright © 2008 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. 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. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 6 SATA 1~6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. Main Third IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : HDT722516DLA380 Size : 164. 7GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode :4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-6 SMART Monitoring: Supported LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block(Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] BIOS SETUP UTILITY 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. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, 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 SATA device is installed in the system. 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] 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 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] PIO Mode [Auto] Allows you to select the data transfer 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] Allows you to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 7 IDE Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the IDE devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to configure the item. IDE Configuration nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Options Disabled Enabled nVidia RAID Function [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the NVIDIA RAID function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5N64 WS Professional 4-15 SATA1/2/3/4/5/6 [Disabled] This item appears only when you set the nVidia RAID Function item to [Enabled] and allows you to assign the SATA ports used for creating RAID sets. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4. 3. 8 System Information This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu. Main AMIBIOS Version : 0136 Build Date : 03/19/08 Processor Type Speed Count Available : Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU @ 3. 00GHz : 3000 MHz :2 : 1024 MB Select Screen Select Item General Help Save and Exit Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY System Memory F1 F10 ESC v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. AMIBIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. System Memory Displays the auto-detected system memory. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 4 Ai Tweaker menu Take caution when changing the settings of the Ai Tweaker menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to malfunction. The Ai Tweaker menu items allow you to configure overclocking-related items. Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot 1333 MHz 800 MHz 800 Mhz [Auto] [100] 6-6-6-15-1T 4-21-7-13-7. 6uS [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Tools Exit Configure System Performance Settings Current FSB Speed Current Memory Speed Target Memory Speed System Clock Mode PCIE Frequency (MHz) Current CAS-RCD-RP-RAS-CMD Current RRd-RC-WR-WTR-REF Memory Timings CPU Spread Spectrum NB PCIE Spread Spectrum SB PCIE Spread Spectrum CPU Voltage FSB Termination Voltage DRAM Voltage NB Voltage [Auto] Set FSB & Memor clock automatically. [Linked] Allows Memory and FSB to overclock proportionally. [Manual] Enter FSB and Memory clock manually. [. . . ] Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support DVD. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on devices, if any. Refer to the expansion card or add-on device(s) documentation, or visit the related website, to verify if the card/device supports a 64-bit system. Install an Intel® CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. A. 2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) · The motherboard comes with a BIOS file that supports EIST. You can download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www. asus. com/ support/download/) if you need to update the BIOS. Visit www. intel. com for more information on the EIST feature. · A. 2. 1 · · · System requirements Before using EIST, check your system if it meets the following requirements: Intel® processor with EIST support Operating system with EIST support (Windows® Vista, Windows® XP SP2/ Linux 2. 6 kernel or later versions) BIOS file with EIST support ASUS P5N64 WS Professional A-1 A. 2. 2 1. [. . . ]