User manual ASUS RS300-E6PS4 CONFIGURATION GUIDE

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Confirm the password when prompted. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press <Enter>. To change an administrator password: From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press <Enter>. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press <Enter>. Confirm the password when prompted. Select the Administrator Password item and press <Enter>. To clear the administrator password, follow the same steps as in changing an administrator password, but press <Enter> when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the Administrator Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed. User Password If you have set a user password, you must enter the user password for accessing the system. The User Password item on top of the screen shows the default Not Installed. After you set a password, this item shows Installed. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>. From the Create New Password box, key in a password, then press <Enter>. Confirm the password when prompted. To change a user password: From the Enter Current Password box, key in the current password, then press <Enter>. From the Create New Password box, key in a new password, then press <Enter>. Confirm the password when prompted. Select the User Password item and press <Enter>. To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press <Enter> when prompted to create/confirm the password. After you clear the password, the User Password item on top of the screen shows Not Installed. 5-10 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 4 Event Logs menu The Event Logs menu items allow you to change the event log settings and view the system event logs. Main Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 5-14 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 5. 4 CPUConfiguration The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects. Some items may not appear if your CPU does not support the related functions. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced CPU Configuration Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E31230 @ 3. 20GHz EM64 Processor Speed Processor Stepping Microcode Revision L1 CACHE L2 CACHE L3 CACHE Processor Cores Intel HT Technology CPU Current Ratio Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor Hyper-threading Active Processor Cores Limit CPUID Maximum Execute Disable Bit Intel Virtualization Technology Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technolog Turbo Mode CPU C1E CPU C3 Report CPU C6 Report Supported 3200 MHz 206a7 d 256 KB 1024 KB 8192 KB 4 Supported 32 [Enabled] [Enabled] [All] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] Includes TM1, TM2 and EMTTM : Select Screen : Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2. 01. 1204. Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Scroll down for more items. Factory long duration power limit Long duration power limit 0 Factory long duration maintained Long duration maintained 0 Recommended short duration power 1 Short duration power limit 0 80 Watts 1000 ms 1. 1*Long Duration Version 2. 01. 1204. Copyright (C) 2010 American Megatrends, Inc. Intel Adaptive Thermal Monitor [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the CPU thermal monitor function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hyper-threading [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the Intel Hyper-Threading Technology function. When disabled, only one thread per activated core is enabled. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Active Processor Cores [All] Allows you to choose the number of CPU cores to activate in each processor package. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] ASUS RS300-E7/PS4 5-15 Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating systems to boot even without support for CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the No-Execution Page Protection Technology. [. . . ] Select OK, then press <Enter>. Please choose the Driver Update medium. sda: USB Floppy Other device OK Back ASUS RS300-E7/PS4 7-11 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. 7-12 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7. 2 Intel® chipset device software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® chipset device software on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. [. . . ]