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Asus 90SB0330M0UAY0 manual 21

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Page Page Contents Page Page Page Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement REACH Safety information Electrical safety Operation safety Australia statement notice How this guide is organized Where to find more information Conventions used in this guide Typography P9D-CSeries Specifications Summary Page Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome 1.2Package contents 1.4.1Product highlights Page 1.4.2Innovative ASUS features Page Page 2.1Before you proceed 2.2Motherboard overview 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout Page 2.2.4Layout contents Page 2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan 2.3.4Installing the CPU heatsink in rack 2.4System memory 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory Configurations 2.4.3Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket 2.5Expansion slots 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.5.3Interrupt assignments 2.5.4PCI Express x16 slots (x8 link) 2.5.5PCI Express x8 slots (x4 link) 2.5.6PCI Express x1 slots (x1 link) 2.5.7PCI slots 2.5.8PIKE slot 2.5.9Installing the ASUS PIKE RAID card 2.5.10Installing the Baseboard Management Card 2.5.11Connecting the Thermal sensor cable 2.6Onboard LEDs Page Page 2.7Jumpers Page P9D-CSeries RAID setting (Default) 2.8Connectors 2.8.1Rear panel connectors 2.8.2Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time 3.2Powering off the computer 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1Managing and updating your BIOS 4.1.1ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 4.1.2ASUS EzFlash Utility 4.1.3BUPDATER utility Page 4.2BIOS setup program 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Menu items 4.2.4Submenu items 4.2.5Navigation keys 4.2.6General help 4.2.7Configuration fields 4.3Main menu 4.3.1System Date 4.3.2System Time 4.4Advanced menu 4.4.1CPU Configuration Page Page 4.4.2PCH-IOConfiguration 4.4.3SATA Configuration 4.4.4System Agent (SA) Configuration Page 4.4.5PCI Subsystem Settings Page 4.4.6USB Configuration 4.4.7TPM 4.4.8ACPI Settings 4.4.9WHEA Support 4.4.10NCT6779D Super IO Configuration 4.4.11Intel Server Platform Services 4.4.12Onboard LAN Configuration 4.4.13MIO Card Configuration 4.4.14Serial Port Console Redirection Page Page 4.4.15Runtime Error Logging Support 4.4.16APM 4.4.17Network Stack 4.4.18Intel RC Drivers Version Detail 4.5Event Logs menu 4.6Boot menu Page Page 4.7Monitor menu 4.8Security Page Page 4.9Tool menu 4.10 Exit menu Page Page Page 5.1Setting up RAID 5.1.1RAID definitions 5.1.2Installing hard disk drives 5.1.3Setting Jumpers 5.1.4Setting the RAID mode in BIOS 5.1.5RAID configuration utilities 5.2Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility 5.2.1Creating a RAID set Page 5.2.2Deleting a RAID set 5.2.3Resetting disks to Non-RAID 5.2.4Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility 5.2.5Rebuilding the RAID Page 5.2.6Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5.3Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows) 5.3.1Creating a RAID set Page 5.3.2Changing a Volume Type 5.3.3Deleting a volume 5.3.4Preferences Page Page 6.1.1Creating a RAID driver disk Page 6.1.2Installing the RAID controller driver Page 6.2Management applications and utilities installation 6.3Running the Support DVD Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 6.4Installing the LAN driver Page Page Page Page 6.5Installing the VGA driver Page Page 6.6Installing the Intel® C22x MEI NULL HECI driver Page 6.7Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapter driver Page Page Page Page Page A.1 P9D-C/4Lblock diagram A.2 P9D-C/2Lblock diagram ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Taiwan) ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (China) ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America) ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria) ASUS Czech Service s.r.o. (Europe) ASUS Holland BV (The Netherlands) ASUS Polska Sp. z o.o. (Poland) ASK-Service(Russia and CIS)