User manual ASUS Z8PE-D12X

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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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] 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 +F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Change Option General Help Save and Exit Exit v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2009, American Megatrends, Inc. SATA Configuration [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 LSI MegaRAID, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID]. · 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] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 3. 5 Main AHCI Configuration 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] Displays the status of auto-detection of SATA devices. Main SATA Port1 Device :Not Detected [Auto] [Enabled] SATA Port1 SMART Monitoring BIOS SETUP UTILITY Select the type of device connected to the system. 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. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-13 4. 3. 6 System Information This menu gives you an overview of the general system specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Intel(R) TurboMode tech [Enabled] The turbo mode allows the processor cores to run faster than the marked frequency in specific condition. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 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] The following items appear only when you set the Intel(R) C-STATE Tech item to [Enabled]. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup C3 State [ACPI C3] Allows you to select Nehalem C state action. Configuratiton options: [Disabled] [ACPI C2] [ACPI C3] C6 State [Enabled] Allows you to select Nehalem C state action. Configuratiton options: [Disabled] [Enabled] C State package limit setting [Auto] We recommend that you set this item to [Auto] for BIOS to automatically detect the C-State mode supported by your CPU. Configuration options: [Auto] [C1] [C3] [C6] C3 Auto Demotion [Enabled] When this item is enabled, the CPU will conditionally demote C6 requests to C3 based on the uncore auto-demote information. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ACPI T State [Disabled] Enables or disables processor throttling report in ACPI. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 4-19 4. 4. 2 Chipset Configuration The Chipset configuration menu allows you to change advanced chipset settings. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings WARNING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to malfunction. CPU Bridge Configuration North Bridge Configuration South Bridge Configuration Intel VT-d Configuration Enter F1 F10 ESC Select Screen Select Item Go to Sub Screen General Help Save and Exit Exit BIOS SETUP UTILITY Configure CPU Bridge features. v02. 61 (C)Copyright 1985-2009, American Megatrends, Inc. CPU Bridge Configuration Advanced CPU REVISION Revision Current CSI Frequency Current Memory Frequency BIOS SETUP UTILITY To transition the CSI links to full-speed or leave them in slow-mode. [. . . ] Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. Click the item Intel Chipset Device Software from the menu. 3. ASUS Z8NH-D12 Series 6-19 4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. [. . . ]