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E1675
First Edition
July
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: Software support
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
Conventions used in this guide
P4GD1 specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® P4GD1 motherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
I/O modules
1.3.1Product highlights
RAID solution
8-channelhigh definition audio
S/PDIF digital sound ready
USB 2.0 technology
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
1.3.2ASUS Proactive features
1.3.3Innovative ASUS features
Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Motherboard layout
2.2.4Layout Contents
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2.3.1Overview
2.3.2Installing the CPU
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2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory Configurations
Table 1 Recommended memory configurations
Table
DDR400 Qualified Vendors List
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2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
2.5.1Installing an expansion card
2.5.2Configuring an expansion card
2.5.3Interrupt assignments
2.5.4PCI slots
2.5.5PCI Express x16 slot
2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
10 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and
11 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
12 . Serial connector
13 . S/PDIF Out port
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . IDE RAID connectors
(40-1pin PRI_RAID [blue], SEC_RAID [black])
4 . Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(3-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN)
6 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2)
7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
8 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
9 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)
11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
13 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
AMI BIOS beep codes
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch
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4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility
4.1.3AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
4.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
4.1.5ASUS Update utility
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open
Save
4.2BIOS setup program
4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar
4.2.3Navigation keys
4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow
4.2.8Scroll bar
4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
4.3.4Language [English]
4.3.5Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
4.3.6IDE Configuration
4.3.7System Information
4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
Performance Mode [Auto]
Overclock Options [Overclock 5%]
N.O.S Mode [Auto]
Turbo N.O.S. [Disabled]
Twin Turbo N.O.S. [Disabled]
Memory Voltage [Auto]
Chipset Core Voltage [Auto]
CPU VCore Voltage [Auto]
FSB Termination Voltage [Auto]
CPU Frequency [XXX] (value is auto-detected)
4.4.2LAN Cable Status
4.4.3USB Configuration
4.4.4CPU Configuration
4.4.5Chipset
Hyper Path 2 [Auto]
Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI]
PEG Buffer Length [Auto]
Link Latency [Auto]
PEG Link Mode [Auto]
4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
Serial Port2 Address [2F8/IRQ3]
Parallel Port Address [378]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP]
Parallel Port Mode
EPP
4.4.7PCI PnP
4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]
4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]
4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.5APM Configuration
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Wakeup Password
Keyboard Wakeup Password
Not Installed
4.5.6Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan Ratio [Auto]
CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage
4.6.1Boot Device Priority
4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
4.6.3Security
User Access Level (Full Access]
No Access
View Only
Limited
Full Access
Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Yes
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
Software5 support
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5.2.1Running the support CD
5.2.2Drivers menu
5.2.3Utilities menu
ASUS Update
ASUS Ai Booster
Microsoft DirectX
Anti-virussoftware
ADOBE Acrobat Reader
5.2.4Manuals menu
5.2.5ASUS Contact information
5.2.6Other information
Browse this CD
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.3.1ASUS MyLogo™
Ratio
5.3.2AI NET
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™
5.3.3Audio configurations
Environment
Equalizer
Karaoke
Speaker Configuration
3D Audio Demo
Play
Stop
General
SPDIF
Audio Wizard
Front Panel
Back Panel
Rear panel audio ports function variation
5.4RAID configurations
RAID
RAID 0+1
JBOD
Just a Bunch of Disks
5.4.1Installing hard disks
5.4.2ITE® 8212F RAID configurations
Auto-configuringa RAID array
Defining a RAID array
Deleting a RAID array
Rebuilding a RAID array
Viewing your RAID configuration
Auto-rebuild
5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
KBPWR
SPDIF_O