User manual ASUS P5Q SER

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . vii Safety information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5. 3. 4 IDEConfiguration 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 wish to configure the item. Main IDE Configuration SATA Configuration Configure SATA as Hard Disk Write Protect IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [Enhanced] [IDE] [Disabled] [35] BIOS SETUP UTILITY Options Disabled Compatible Enhanced SATAConfiguration[Enhanced] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] · · If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE]. If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. If you want to create a RAID configuration using the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology or LSI MegaRAID from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. · 5-10 Chapter 5: BIOS setup Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Disables or enables device write protection. This will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. Configuration option: [Disabled] [Enabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] Selects the time out value for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 5. 3. 5 Main AHCIConfiguration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Some SATA CD/DVD in AHCI mode need to wait ready longer. This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. AHCI Settings AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out SATA SATA SATA SATA Port1 Port2 Port3 Port4 [Not [Not [Not [Not Detected] Detected] Detected] Detected] [35] AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [35] Selects the boot time out value for SATA CD/DVD devices in AHCI mode. Congifuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] SATA Port1­4 [XXXX] Main SATA Port1 Device Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Select the type of device connected to the system. [Auto] [Enabled] :Not Detected SATA Port1 SMART Monitoring SATA Port1 [Auto] Allows you to select the type of device connected to the system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Data Reuse Optimization [Enabled] When set to [Enabled], the stale data eviction behavior of the processor will be optimized for server workload. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] L1 IP Prefetcher [Enabled] Enables or disables L1 IP Prefetcher. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] L1 Data Prefetcher [Enabled] Enables or disables L1 Data Prefetcher. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Performance/Watt [Power Optimized] Allows you to set the energy efficiency of the CPU. Configuration options: [Power Optimized] [Traditional] Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech [Enabled] When set to [Disabled], the CPU runs at its default speed. When set to [Enabled], the CPU speed is controlled by the operating system. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Intel(R) Turbo Mode Tech [Enabled] This item appears only when you set the Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech item to [Enabled] and allows you to enable or disable the Intel® Turbo Mode Technology. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Performance/Watt select [Traditional] Allows you to set the energy efficiency of the CPU. Configuration options: [Power Optimized] [Traditional] Intel(R) C-STATE Tech [Enabled] The Intel® C-State Technology allows the CPU to save more power under idle mode. Enable this item only when you install a C-State Technology-supported CPU. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS ESC4000 Series 5-15 The following items appear only when you set the Intel(R) C-STATE Tech item to [Enabled]. C State package limit setting [Auto] This item appears only when you set the Intel(R) C-STATE Tech item to [Enabled]. [. . . ] Select OK, then press <Enter>. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy Other device OK Back 7-12 Chapter 7: Driver installation 6. The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system as shown below. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, ASUS DRW-1612BLT sdb: Disk, LSI MEGA RAID sd3: Disk, LSI MEGA RAID Console other device OK Back 7. Select Back and follow the onscreen instructions to finish the installation. ASUS ESC4000 Series 7-13 7. 2 Intel® chipset device installation This section provides instructions on how to install the Plug and Play components for the Intel® chipset on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset software on a Windows Server operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. [. . . ]