User manual ASUS P5Q WS

[. . . ] Motherboard P5Q WS E3771 First Edition June 2008 Copyright © 2008 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. [. . . ] Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3. 3. 6 Storage Configuration The items in this menu allow you to set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in the system. Select an item then press <Enter> if you want to configure the item. Main Storage Configuration SATA#1 Configuraton Configure SATA#1 as HardDiskWriteProtect IDEDetectTimeOut(Sec) [Enhanced] [IDE] [Disabled] [35] BIOSSETUPUTILITY Options Disabled Compatible Enhanced SATA#1 Configuration [Enhanced] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] Configure SATA#1 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 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. · 3-14 Chapter 3: 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] 3. 3. 7 AHCI Configuration BIOSSETUPUTILITY SomeSATACD/DVDin AHCImodeneedto waitreadylonger. This menu is the section for AHCI configuration. It appears only when you set the item Configure SATA as from the sub-menu of SATA Configuration to [AHCI]. Main AHCISettings AHCICD/DVDBootTimeout AHCIPort1[NotDetected] AHCIPort2[NotDetected] AHCIPort3[NotDetected] AHCIPort4[NotDetected] AHCIPort5[NotDetected] AHCIPort6[NotDetected] [15] AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15] Selects the boot time out value for ACHI CD/DVD devices. Congifuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] AHCI Port1­6 [XXXX] Main AHCIPort1 Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices. BIOSSETUPUTILITY Device:NotDetected SATAPort1 SMARTMonitoring [Auto] [Enabled] Selectthetype ofdevicesconnected tothesystem. SATA Port1 [Auto] Allows you to select the type of device connected to the system. Configuration options: [Auto] [Not Installed] SMART Monitoring [Enabled] Allows you to set the Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology. Configration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5Q WS 3-15 3. 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 BiosInformation Version:0121 BuildDate:05/20/08 Processor Type:Intel(R)Core(TM)2DuoCPUE6750@ 2. 66GHz Speed:2666MHz Count:2 SystemMemory UsableSize:2048MB SelectScreen SelectItem F1GeneralHelp F10 SaveandExit ESC Exit BIOSSETUPUTILITY v02. 61(C)Copyright1985-2008, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. Bios Information Processor Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. System Memory Displays the auto-detected system memory. 3-16 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 3. 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 default values of the following items vary depending on the CPU and memory modules you install on the motherboard. The Ai Tweaker menu items allow you to configure overclocking-related items. BIOSSETUPUTILITY MainAiTweakerAdvancedPowerBootToolsExit Configure System Performance Settings AiOverclockTuner [Auto] RatioCMOSSetting [Auto] FSBStraptoNorthBridge [Auto] DRAMFrequency [Auto] DRAMTimingControl [Auto] 1stInformation:5-5-5-15-3-44-5-3 2ndInformation:8-3-5-4-6-4-6 3rdInformation:13-5-1-6-6 DRAMStaticReadControl [Auto] DRAMReadTraining [Auto] MEM. OCCharger [Auto AiClockTwister [Auto] AiTransactionBooster [Auto] C/P:A1A2A3A4 LVL:12121212 ********Pleasekeyinnumbersdirectly!******** Manual Auto Options SelectScreen SelectItem EnterGotoSubScreen +-ChangeOption F1GeneralHelp F10 SaveandExit ESC Exit v02. 61(C)Copyright1985-2008, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. Scroll down to display the following items: CPUVoltage [Auto] CPUGTLReference(0/2) [Auto] CPUGTLReference(1/3) [Auto] CPUPLLVoltage [Auto] FSBTerminationVoltage [Auto] MemoryVoltage [Auto] NBVoltage [Auto] NBGTLReference [Auto] SBVoltage [Auto] PCIESATAVoltage [Auto] ************************************************* Load-LineCalibration [Auto] CPUSpreadSpectrum [Auto] PCIESpreadSpectrum [Auto] v02. 61(C)Copyright1985-2008, AmericanMegatrends, Inc. 3. 4. 1 Configure System performance Settings Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows selection of CPU overclocking options to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. Select either one of the preset overclocking configuration options: Manual Auto Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters. Loads the optimal settings for the system. ASUS P5Q WS 3-17 Ratio CMOS Setting [Auto] Allows you to adjust the ratio between CPU Core Clock and FSB Frequency. Use the <+> and <-> keys to adjust the value. Configuration options: [Auto] [06. 0] [07. 0] [08. 0] [09. 0] [10. 0] The following two items appear only when you set the Ai Overclock Tuner item to [Manual]. FSB Frequency [XXX] Displays the frequency sent by the clock generator to the system bus and PCI bus. [. . . ] The motherboard comes with a BIOS file that supports EM64T. You can download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www. asus. com/ support/download/) if you need to update the BIOS file. Visit www. intel. com for more information on the EM64T feature. Visit www. microsoft. com for more information on Windows® 64-bit OS. · · Using the Intel® EM64T feature To use the Intel® EM64T feature: 1. [. . . ]