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Asus P5AD2-E Deluxe Microsoft DirectX 9.0c, Anti-virusUtility, Winbond Voice Editor, ADOBE Acrobat Reader, ASUS Screen Saver

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Microsoft DirectX 9.0c

The Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c is a multimedia technology that enhances computer graphics and sounds. DirectX® improves the multimedia features of your computer so you can enjoy watching TV and movies, capturing videos, or playing games in your computer.

Anti-virus Utility

The anti-virus utility scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. View the online help for detailed information.

Winbond Voice Editor

This Voice Editor application allows you to record and customize wave files for the ASUS POST Reporter™ utility. Use this program to change the default vocal POST messages. See section “3.2 Vocal POST Messages” for details.

ADOBE Acrobat Reader

The Adobe Acrobat® Reader V5.0 is for opening, viewing, and printing documents in Portable Document Format (PDF).

ASUS Screen Saver

Bring life to your idle screen by installing the ASUS screen saver.

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Chapter 5: Software support

Contents

Page E1968 Revised edition February Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Appendix: CPU features 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 Typography P5AD2-EDeluxe specifications summary Page Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5AD2-EDeluxe motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard I/O modules 1.3.1Product highlights Latest processor technology Intel® EM64T Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) Intel® 925XE chipset Serial ATA technology Dual RAID solution PCI Express™ interface 8-channelhigh definition audio Dolby® Digital Live™ S/PDIF digital sound ready IEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology Gigabit LAN solution 1.3.2ASUS AI Proactive features ASUS Stack Cool™ AI NOS™ (Non-DelayOverclocking System) AI NET2 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features CrashFree BIOS ASUS Q-Fan2 technology ASUS POST Reporter™ ASUS Multi-languageBIOS ASUS MyLogo2™ Hardware2 information Page Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool 2.2.4Motherboard layout 2.2.5Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations Qualified Vendors Lists Page 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 Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 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-upjumpers (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors LAN port LED indications Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . IDE RAID connectors (40-1pin PRI_RAID1 [red], SEC_RAID1 [red]) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 5 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 6 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 8 . IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2 [orange]) 9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME1) 10 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1) 11 . CPU, Chassis, and Power Fan connectors (3-pinCPU_FAN1, PWR_FAN1, CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2) 12 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 13 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1) 14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) System warning speaker (Orange ATX power Page Page Page AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 3.3.1Vocal POST messages Page 3.3.2Winbond Voice Editor Launching the Voice Editor Playing the default wave files Changing the default language Customizing your POST messages Edit Event Sound Editor Save .flh Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2AFUDOS utility Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file Page 4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 4.1.4ASUS EZ Flash utility 4.1.5ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 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 Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 4.3.6IDE Configuration Configure SATA As [Standard IDE] Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] ALPE and ASP [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out [35] 4.3.7System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration AI Overclocking [Auto] Performance Mode [Auto] AiBooster Support [Enabled] CPU Lock Free [Auto] CPU Frequency [XXX] DRAM Frequency [Auto] PCI Express Frequency [Auto] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto] Spread Spectrum [Auto] Memory Voltage [Auto] Chipset Core Voltage [Auto] FSB Termination Voltage [Auto] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] NOS Mode [Auto] Turbo NOS [Overclock XX%] Twin Turbo NOS [Disabled] 4.4.2LAN Cable Status POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] 4.4.3USB Configuration USB Function [X USB Ports] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB 2.0 Controller [Disabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] 4.4.4CPU Configuration Ratio CMOS Setting [ 8] VID CMOS Setting [ 45] Microcode Updation [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Enhanced C1 Control [Auto] CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto] Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep Technology [Automatic] 4.4.5Chipset Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Hyper Path 2 [Auto] Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI] PEG Buffer Length [Auto] Link Latency [Auto] PEG Link Mode [Auto] PEG Root Control [Auto] 4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration HD Audio Controller [Enabled] Front Panel Support Type [AC97] OnBoard 1394 Controller [Enabled] OnBoard PCIEX GbE LAN [Enabled] ITE8212F Controller [IDE Mode] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] Onboard Game/MIDI Port [Disabled] 4.4.7PCI PnP Plug And Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] 4.4.8Speech Configuration Speech POST Reporter [Enabled] Report IDE Error [Disabled] Report System Booting [Disabled] 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 Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Wakeup Password Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] 4.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored] CPU Q-FanControl [Disabled] CPU Fan Ratio [Auto] CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC] Chassis Fan1 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored] Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled] Chassis Fan2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored] 4.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] 4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 4.6.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Software5 support Page 5.2.1Running the support CD 5.2.2Drivers menu QFE Update Intel Chipset Inf Update Program C-MEDIACMI9880 Audio Driver and Application Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver 5.2.3Utilities menu ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update AI Booster Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Anti-virusUtility Winbond Voice Editor ADOBE Acrobat Reader ASUS Screen Saver 5.2.4Manuals menu 5.2.5Contact information 5.2.6Other information Motherboard Info Browse this CD Technical Support Form Filelist 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™ Ratio 5.3.2AI NET2 Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ 5.3.3C-Media3D audio configuration Launching the C-Media3D Audio Configuration utility Using the C-Media3D Audio Configuration utility Page Effect Environment More Option Environment Size Equalizer Device Setting Information Using Dolby® Digital Live™ 5.4RAID configurations RAID RAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 5.4.1Installing hard disks Installing Parallel ATA hard disks Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks 5.4.2Intel® RAID configurations Setting the RAID item in BIOS Intel® Application Accelerator RAID Option ROM Utility Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored) Deleting a RAID set Resetting a RAID set hard disks drive 5.4.3ITE® 8212F RAID configurations Setting the IDE RAID item in BIOS ITE® 8212F Setup Utility Auto-configuringa RAID array Defining a RAID array Deleting a RAID array Rebuilding a RAID array Viewing your RAID configuration 5.5Creating a RAID driver disk Make ITE8212 Driver Disk O r •ITE8212 RAID Driver Disk: \Drivers\ITE8212\MakeDisk •Intel® RAID Driver Disk: Page Page Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology