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E1835
First Edition
January
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Appendix: Reference information
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
P5CR-VMspecifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ P5CR-VMmotherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
Cables
1.3.1Product highlights
PCI Expressª interface
Gigabit LAN solution
USB 2.0 technology
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
1.3.2Innovative 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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2.3.1Installing the CPU
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Notes on Intel¨ Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
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2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory configurations
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 Express x8 slot
2.5.5PCI Express x1 slot
2.5.6PCI slots
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
2 . CPU fan mode selection (3-pinFM_CPU1, FM_CPU2)
3 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
4 . Keyboard and mouse power (3-pinKBPWR1)
5 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN1)
6 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN2)
7 . BIOS recovery (3-pinRECOVERY1)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
2.7.2Internal connectors
2 . IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE1)
3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
4 . CPU and system fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN1/2, REAR_FAN1/2, FRNT_FAN1/2)
5 . Hard disk activity LED connector (4-pinHDLED1)
6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB34, USB56, USB78)
7 . SSI power connectors (24-pinATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1)
8 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2)
9 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1)
10 . Power supply SMBus connector (5-pinPSUSMB1)
11 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1)
12 . TRPWR connector (2-pinTRPWR1)
13 . Auxiliary panel connector (20-pinAUX_PANEL1)
¥Chassis Intrusion connector (3-pinCASEOPEN)
¥LAN1 link activity LED (2-pinLAN1_LINKACTLED)
¥LAN2 link activity LED (2-pinLAN2_LINKACTLED)
¥Locator LED 1 (2-pinLOCATORLED1)
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3.1Starting up for the first time
AMI BIOS beep codes
Using the OS shut down function
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4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
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4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility
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
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:xx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
4.3.4Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
4.3.5IDE Configuration
only if
SATA
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
4.3.6System Information
4.4.1USB Configuration
4.4.2MPS Configuration
4.4.3Remote Access Configuration
4.4.4CPU Configuration
VID CMOS Setting [ 62]
Microcode Updation [Enabled]
Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled]
Enhanced C1 Control [Auto]
CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto]
4.4.5Chipset
DRAM ECC Mode [Auto]
Hyper Path 2 [Auto]
Booting Graphic Priority [Internal VGA]
4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
4.4.7PCI PnP
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes]
Palette Snooping [Disabled]
PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled]
OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto]
IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device]
4.5.1ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.2APM Configuration
Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled]
Power On By External Modems [Disabled]
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Keyboard Wakeup Password
4.5.3Hardware Monitor
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
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Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
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Appendix summary
A.1 P5CR-VMblock diagram