Asus P5CR-VM 99

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Page 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 Page Page Page 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 Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.2.4Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Notes on Intel¨ Hyper-ThreadingTechnology 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 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) Page Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time AMI BIOS beep codes Using the OS shut down function Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] Page 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 Ye s Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit & Save Changes Page Page Appendix summary A.1 P5CR-VMblock diagram