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Contents

Page Copyright © 2007 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 3: 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 P5GC-MX/1333specifications summary Page Page Product1 introduction 1.3.1Product highlights Intel® Core™2 Duo 64-bitCPU support Intel® 945GC chipset DDR2 memory support PCI Express™ interface Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS EZ Flash ASUS Q-Fantechnology 1.4Before you proceed P5GC-MX/1333Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.6.1Installling the CPU Page Page 1.6.2Installling the CPU heatsink and fan P5GC-MX/1333CPU Fan Connector 1.6.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory configurations 1.7.3DDR2 Qualified Vendors List DDR2 533 Qualified Vendors List DDR2 667 Qualified Vendors List Page 1.7.4Installing a DIMM 1.7.5Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.3Interrupt assignments Standard interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 1.8.4PCI slots 1.8.5PCI Express 1.8.6PCI Express 1.9Jumpers 1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) P5GC-MX/1333Clear RTC RAM P5GC-MX/1333USB Device Wake Up 1.10.1Rear panel connectors LAN port LED indications Audio 2, 4, or 6-channelconfiguration 1.10.2Internal connectors 2.IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE) P5GC-MX/1333IDE Connector Serial ATA hard disk drive connection P5GC-MX/1333Fan Connectors 5.Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) P5GC-MX/1333Digital Audio Connector 6.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR and 4-pinATX12V) 7.Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) P5GC-MX/1333Internal Audio Connector 8.USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) P5GC-MX/1333USB 2.0 Connectors 9.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) P5GC-MX/1333Front Panel Audio Connector 10.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) P5GC-MX/1333Intrusion Connector 11.System panel connector (10-1pin F_PANEL) P5GC-MX/1333System Panel Connector •System power LED (2-pinPWRLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinHDLED) •ATX power button/soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRBTN) Page Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.3AFUDOS utility Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file 2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 2.1.5ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 2.2BIOS setup program 2.2.1BIOS menu screen 2.2.2Menu bar 2.2.3Navigation keys 2.2.4Menu items 2.2.5Sub-menuitems 2.2.6Configuration fields 2.2.7Pop-upwindow 2.2.8Scroll bar 2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 2.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4Primary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-SectorTransfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 2.3.5IDE Configuration Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] 2.3.6System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 2.4.1 JumperFree Configuration AI Overclocking [Auto] 2.4.2USB Configuration USB Function [Enabled] Legacy USB Support [Auto] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] 2.4.3CPU Configuration Default CPU Ratio [Enabled ] VID CMOS Setting [ 62] Microcode Updation [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] 2.4.4Chipset Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Hyper Path 3 [Auto] DRAM Throttling Threshold [Auto] Boot Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/Int-VGA] Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 8MB] DVMT Mode Select [DVMT Mode] Boot Display Device [Auto] TV Connector [Auto] HDTV Output [Auto] TV Standard [VBIOS-Default] 2.4.5Onboard Devices Configuration HD Audio Controller [Enabled] Onboard PCIEX 10/100Mb LAN [Enabled] Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] 2.4.6PCI PnP Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] 2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 2.5.2ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] 2.5.3ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.4APM Configuration Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By RTC Alarm [Enabled] 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] 2.5.5Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored] CPU Q-FanControl [Disabled] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored] 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [1st Floppy Drive] 2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] Add On ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 2.6.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Intel Graphics Accelerator Driver Realtek Audio Driver Atheros L2 Ethernet Driver 3.2.3Utilities menu ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update Atheros L2 Utility Anti-VirusUtility Corel Snapfire Plus SE DVD Copy5 Trial ADOBE Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c 3.2.4ASUS Contact information Page Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology