Asus P5B 50

•We recommend that you install a graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot and install other PCI Express devices on the black PCI Express x16 slot.

•In CrossFire™ mode, install the ATI CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot.

•Install two ATI graphics cards from the same GPU family that support CrossFire™ mode.

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Contents

Page Page Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Chapter 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support Appendix: CPU features Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized •Chapter 1: Product introduction •Chapter 2: Hardware information •Chapter 3: Powering up •Chapter 4: BIOS setup Conventions used in this guide DANGER/WARNING: CAUTION: IMPORTANT NOTE CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots ASUS Exclusive Other Features Back Panel I/O Ports BIOS Features Manageability Accessories Support CD Contents Form Factor Page Page Page Page Green ASUS Intel® Quad-coreProcessor Ready Intel® Core™2 Duo/ Intel® Core™2 Extreme CPU support Intel P965 Chipset DDR2 memory support Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go Dual RAID solution IEEE 1394a support S/PDIF digital sound ready Dual Gigabit LAN solution ScreenDUO (Vista Edition only) AI Remote ASAP (ASUS Accelerated Propeller) AP Trigger TPM Support ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution ASUS Crystal Sound ASUS MyLogo2™ ASUS Multi-languageBIOS AI NOS™ (Non-DelayOverclocking System) Precision Tweaker C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) 1.3.5ASUS features and the supporting OS Page Page Page P5B PREMIUM Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.7 Connectors 2.2.4Layout contents Page Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU P5B PREMIUM CPU Socket Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan P5B PREMIUM CPU fan connector 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview P5B PREMIUM 240-pinDDR2 DIMM sockets 2.4.2Memory configurations 32-bit 64-bit Page Page Page 2.4.3Installing a DIMM 2.4.4Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.5.4PCI slots 2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot 2.5.6Two PCI Express x16 slots Page 1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) P5B PREMIUM Clear RTC RAM LAN port LED indications Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration Onboard Device Configuration for details Optical S/PDIF Out port Coaxial S/PDIF Out port PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 2.7.2Internal connectors 1.Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY) P5B PREMIUM Floppy disk drive connector 2.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE) Mode of P5B PREMIUM IDE connector ICH8R Serial ATA connectors 4.3.6 IDE Configuration P5B PREMIUM SATA connectors Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 5.TPM connector (20-1pin TPM) P5B PREMIUM TPM connector 6.USB connectors Vista Edition: (10-1pin USB56, USB 78, USB910_ASAP) Standard Edition: (10-1pin USB56, USB 78, USB910) 7.IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2) IEEE 1394a connector 8.CPU, chassis and power fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pin CHA_FAN1-3, 3-pinPWR_FAN P5B PREMIUM Fan connectors 9.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) P5B PREMIUM Chassis intrusion connector 10.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 2x4-pinEATX12V) 11.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) connector 12.Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) P5B PREMIUM Internal audio connector 13.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF) P5B PREMIUM Digital audio connector 14.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL) P5B PREMIUM System panel connector •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) ASUS Q-Connector(system panel) 2.7.3Installing the optional fan Page Page BIOS Beep 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 4.5 Power Menu Page Page Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk My Computer Format Format 3 1/2 Floppy Disk Run 4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility EZ Flash2 FAT 32/16 Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file Page Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar Main Advanced Power 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields Pop-up window 4.2.1 BIOS menu 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Floppy A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.4Language [English] Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-sectorTransfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] AMI BIOS Processor System Memory AI Tuning [Auto] CPU Frequency [XXX] DRAM Frequency [Auto] PCI Express Frequency [Auto] PCI Clock Synchronization [Auto] Spread Spectrum [Auto] Memory Voltage [Auto] CPU VCore Voltage [Auto] FSB Termination Voltage [Auto] NB VCore [Auto] POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] USB Functions [Enabled] ASAP Fuction [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Auto] Port 64/60 Emulation [Disabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] TCG/TPM SUPPORT [Yes] TPM Enabled [Last Setting] TPM Owener [Last Setting] Modify Ratio Support [Disabled] C1E Support [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Vanderpool Technology [Enabled] CPU TM function [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Hyper Threading Technology [Enabled] PECI [Disabled] Inter(R) SpeedStep (tm) Tech. [Disabled] North Bridge Chipset Configuration South Bridge Chipset Configuration HD Audio Controller [Enabled] Onboard 1394 Controller [Enabled] Onboard PCIE GbE LAN_1 [Enabled] Onboard PCI LAN_2 [Enabled] JMicron SATA/PATA Controller [Enabled] Plug And Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] 4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [Disabled] 4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] 4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] Restore On AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] Power On By PCIE Devices [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] CPU Q-FanProfile [Optimal] Chassis Fan 1/2/3 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled] Chassis Q-FanProfile [Optimal] Power Fan Speed (RPM) [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [xxx Drive] Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] PS/2 Mouse Support [Auto] Hit ‘DEL’ Message Display [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 4.7.1ASUS EZ Flash Save to Profle 1/2 Load from Profile 1/2 Start O.C. Profile Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Page Page 5.2.1Running the support DVD ASUS InstAll-DriversInstallation Wizard Intel Chipset Inf Update Program ASUS AI Remote SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver ASUS InstAll-InstallationWizard for Utilities ASUS AI Suite ASUS Update ASUS PC Probe ASUS Accelerated Propeller ADOBE Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Anti-VirusUtility Make Intel ICH8 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver 5.2.5Manual menu 5.2.6ASUS Contact information Motherboard Info Browse this CD Technical support Form Filelist 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™ 5.2.3 Utilities menu 4.1.4 AFUDOS utility Configuration 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility Page 5.3.2AI NET2 Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ All Programs Marvell Virtual Cable Tester Installing PC Probe Launching PC Probe Using PC Probe Preferences Hardware monitor panels WMI browser DMI browser PCI browser Usage Configuring PC Probe Installing AI Suite Launching AI Suite Using AI Suite Page 5.3.5ASUS AI Gear 5.3.6ASUS AI Nap Yes 5.3.7ASUS AI N.O.S Disable Apply 5.3.8ASUS Q-Fan Q-FAN CHASSIS Enable Optimal 5.3.9ASUS AI Booster Overview of the ASUS AI Remote USB IR Receiver Software Installation Activating HID-CompliantDevices ASUS AI Remote Settings Use Profile Browse AP-2 Save User Define AP Menu Button and Application menu Define Hotkeys for Application The Function Buttons and AP Profile 5.3.11SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility Audio Setup Wizard Jack configuration Adjust speaker volume Adjust microphone volume Audio preferences General options Listening Environment options Microphone options Enhanced Microphone Features 5.4.1ASAP (ASUS Accelerated Propeller) RAID RAID Intel Matrix Storage Setting the RAID item in BIOS Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Page Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored) Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1) Creating a RAID 5 set (parity) Page Before creating a RAID set Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility Creating a RAID set [Create New RAID] Name : JRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID 0-Stripe XXX GB Deleting a RAID set Resetting disks to non-RAID Solving a Mirror conflict Rebuilding a Mirror Drive Saving the settings and exiting setup 5.6.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 5.6.2Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® Intel ICH8R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Disk Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64-bit Page Page Uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system Page Page Page 6.3.1Installing the device drivers Cancel Yes Finish Launching the Catalyst™ Control Center The Catalyst™ Control Center Dialog Box Enable CrossFire™ Hotkeys Profiles Preferences Help Page Page Page Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology Hyper Threading Technology