User manual ASUS P5MT-C

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Even if you are not prompted to use the Setup program, you can change the configuration of your computer in the future. For example, you can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the firmware hub. The firmware hub on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you with the opportunity to run this program. Press <Delete> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to enter the Setup utility; otherwise, POST continues with its test routines. If you wish to enter Setup after POST, restart the system by pressing <Ctrl> + <Alt> + <Delete>, or by pressing the reset button on the system chassis. You can also restart by turning the system off and then back on. Do this last option only if the first two failed. The Setup program is designed to make it as easy to use as possible. Being a menu-driven program, it lets you scroll through the various sub-menus and make your selections from the available options using the navigation keys. · The default BIOS settings for this motherboard apply for most conditions to ensure optimum performance. 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. ] ASUS P5MT-C 4-13 4. 3. 4 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 wish to configure the item. Main IDE Configuration ATA/IDE Configuration Configure SATA as Primary IDE Master Primary IDE Slave Third IDE Master Third IDE Slave Fourth IDE Master Fourth IDE Slave IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) BIOS SETUP UTILITY Set [Compatible Mode] when Legacy OS (i. e. Set [Enhanced Mode] when Native OS (i. e. WIN2000, WIN XP) is used. : : : : : : [Enhanced] [IDE] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [35] +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 58 (C)Copyright 1985-2004, American Megatrends, Inc. ATA/IDE Configuration [Enhanced] Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on the installed operating system (OS). Set to [Enhanced] if you are using native OS, e. g. Set to [Compatible] if you are using legacy OS, e. g. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible] [Enhanced] The items Configure SATA as and Third, Fourth IDE Master/Slave options appear only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to [Enhanced]. Configure SATA As [IDE] Sets the configuration for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE]. Set this item to [RAID], if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, or RAID 5 configurations using the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager or if you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 configurations using the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility. Set the item Configure SATA as to [RAID] if you want to use or configure the SATA connectors under SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9. 0 SP1 operating system environment. Due to the OS limitation, you must set a SATA RAID to use any SATA device (at least two SATA devices are needed for the RAID configuration). Refer to Chapter 5 and Chapter 6 for details on how to set a SATA RAID. 4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that enhance storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. The item Legacy IDE Channels appears only when you set the ATA/IDE Configuration to [Compatible]. If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. [. . . ] Install an Intel® Pentium® 4 CPU that supports the Intel® EM64T. Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD. 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. A. 2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) · The motherboard comes with a BIOS file that supports EIST. [. . . ]