Page
E1155
First Edition
January
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: BIOS information
Chapter 3: Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Conventions used in this guide
Where to find more information
ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. (Asia-Pacific)
ASUS COMPUTER INTERNATIONAL (America)
ASUS COMPUTER GmbH (Germany and Austria)
Page
Page
Page
Thank you for buying the ASUS® P4PE BP motherboard
Chapter 1: Product introduction
3+GHz CPU with Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
ASUS Instant Music
USB Flash Disk
InterVideo WinDVD Suite
Airflow cable
Page
Page
ATX 12V connector
ATX power connector
IDE connectors
Speech controller
Flash ROM
PCI slots
Audio CODEC
AGP warning LED
AGP slot
PS/2 mouse port
Page
Page
1.7.1 Placement direction
1.7.2 Screw holes
1.8.1 Overview
Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
1.8.2 Installing the CPU
CPU FSB
DDR DIMM Type
Memory Frequency
1.9.1 Memory configurations
1.10.1 Standard interrupt assignments
1.10.2 IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
2.Wireless PCI and USB settings (3-pinWPCI_USB)
3.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
1.Hard disk activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED1)
2.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY)
3.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE)
10.Power supply thermal connector (2-pinTRPWR1)
5.SMBus connector (6-1pin SMB1)
6.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1)
7.Infrared module connector (5-1pin IR1)
UART2 Use As
8.CPU and chassis fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, CHA_FAN1)
9.GAME/MIDI connector (16-1pin GAME1)
10.USB header (10-1pin USB_56)
11.Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX1, MODEM1) (on audio models only)
12.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) (on audio models only)
13.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO1) (on audio models only)
14.System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System Power LED Lead (3-1pin PLED)
•Keyboard Lock Lead (2-pinKEYLOCK)
•System Warning Speaker Lead (4-pinSPKR)
•System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI)
Page
Page
2.1.1 Using ASUS EZ Flash to update the BIOS
Page
2.1.2 Using AFLASH to update the BIOS
Creating a bootable disk
Updating the BIOS
Page
2.1.3 CrashFree BIOS 2 feature
To update the BIOS using the bootable support CD:
2.2.1 BIOS menu bar
2.2.2 Legend bar
General help
Saving changes and exiting the Setup program
Scroll bar
Sub-menu
System Time [XX:XX:XX]
System Date [XX/XX/XXXX]
Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
Supervisor Password [Disabled] / User Password [Disabled]
Halt On [All Errors]
Installed Memory [XXX MB]
2.3.1 Primary and Secondary Master/Slave
Type [Auto]
[User Type HDD]
Translation Method [LBA]
Cylinders
Head
Sector
CHS Capacity
2.3.2 Keyboard Features
Boot Up NumLock Status [On]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatRate [12/Sec]
Keyboard Auto-RepeatDelay [1/4 Sec]
CPU Speed [Manual]
CPU Frequency Multiple
Memory Frequency [Auto]
AGP/PCI Frequency Setting [Auto]
AGP/PCI Frequency (MHz) [66.66/33.33]
CPU VCore Setting [Auto]
CPU VCore [1.500V]
AGP VDDQ Voltage [Auto]
Instant Music [Disabled]
Instant Music CDROM [ASUS CD-ROM]
CPU Level 1 Cache, CPU Level 2 Cache [Enabled]
BIOS Update [Enabled]
2.4.1 Chip Configuration
SDRAM Configuration [By SPD]
SDRAM CAS Latency
SDRAM RAS to CAS Delay
SDRAM RAS Precharge Delay
System Performance Mode [Auto]
SDRAM Idle Timer [Auto]
Memory Turbo Mode [Disabled]
DRAM Refresh Rate [By SPD]
Graphics Aperture Size [64MB]
2.4.2 I/O Device Configuration
Floppy Disk Access Control [R/W]
Onboard Serial Port 1 [3F8H/IRQ4]
Onboard Serial Port 2 [2F8H/IRQ3]
UART2 Use As [COM Port]
Parallel Port Mode [ECP+EPP]
ECP DMA Select [3]
Onboard AC97 Audio Controller [Auto]
Onboard Game Port [200H-207H]
Onboard MIDI I/O [Disabled]
2.4.3 PCI Configuration
Slot 1/5, Slot 2, Slot 3, Slot 4, Slot 6 IRQ [Auto]
PCI/VGA Palette Snoop [Disabled]
PCI Latency Timer [32]
USB 1.1 Controllers [3 Controllers]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] (appears on LAN models only)
IRQ XX Reserved [No/ICU]
Power Management [User Defined]
Video Off Option [Suspend ->Off ]
Video Off Method [DPMS OFF]
HDD Power Down [Disabled]
ACPI Suspend To RAM [Enabled]
Suspend Mode [Disabled]
PWR Button < 4 Secs [Soft Off]
2.5.1 Power Up Control
AC PWR Loss Restart [Disabled]
Wake/Power Up On Ext. Modem [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI Device [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
2.5.2 Hardware Monitor
MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF]
POWER Temperature [Ignore]
Q-FanControl [Disabled]
Fan Speed Ratio [10/15]
Speed Up/Down Response Time [4 Sec/8 Sec]
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Boot Sequence
Removable Device [Legacy Floppy]
IDE Hard Drive
ATAPI CD-ROM
Other Boot Device Select [INT18 Device (Network)]
Reset Configuration Data [No]
Boot Virus Detection [Enabled]
Quick Power On Self Test [Enabled]
Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled]
Full Screen Logo [Enabled]
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Save Changes
Page
3.2.1 Running the support CD
3.2.2 Drivers menu
Intel Chipset Inf Update program
Intel Application Accelerator Driver
SoundMAX Audio Driver and Application
BROADCOM 4401 LAN Driver
3.2.4 ASUS Contact Information
3.3.1 Multi-channelaudio feature
Setting to multi-channelaudio
Play Test Noise
Stop Playing
Close
Adjusting the volume settings
Rear panel audio ports function variation
3.3.2 ASUS Instant Music
To enable ASUS Instant Music:
To use ASUS Instant Music:
3.3.3 ASUS USB Flash Disk
3.3.4 Winbond Voice Editor
Launching the program
Playing the default wave files
Changing the default language
Customizing your POST messages
Page
3.3.5 ASUS MyLogo2™
