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Asus P5GD2 Clear User Password, Password Check [Setup], Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

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Clear User Password

Select this item to clear the user password.

Password Check [Setup]

When set to [Setup], BIOS checks for user password when accessing the Setup utility. When set to [Always], BIOS checks for user password both when accessing Setup and booting the system.

Configuration options: [Setup] [Always]

Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]

Allows you to enable or disable the boot sector virus protection. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]

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Chapter 4: BIOS setup

Contents

Page E1738 First Edition August Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Page 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 P5GD2 specifications summary Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5GD2 motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard I/O modules 1.3.1Product highlights Dual RAID solution PCI Express™ interface 8-channelhigh definition audio Dolby® Digital Live™ S/PDIF digital sound ready USB 2.0 technology Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring 1.3.2ASUS Proactive features 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features Hardware2 information Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool 2.2.4Motherboard layout 2.2.5Layout Contents Page 2.3.1Installling the CPU Page Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology 2.3.2Installling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory Configurations DDR2-533Qualified Vendors List Qualified DDR2-533with 600 MHz overclocking capability 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 slots 2.5.5PCI Express x16 slot 2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot 2.6 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1) 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 3 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 9 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and 10 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and 11 . S/PDIF Out port 12 . PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . IDE RAID connectors (40-1pin PRI_RAID1 [red], SEC_RAID1 [red]) Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors 6 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN1, 3-pinPWR_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2) 7 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 8 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1) 10 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 11 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME1) 12 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1) 13 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1) •System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED) System warning speaker (Orange •Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWR) Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time AMI BIOS beep codes 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] Page 4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 4.1.4ASUS EZ Flash utility 4.1.5ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Open 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: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 4.3.6IDE Configuration Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] only if S-ATA ALPE and ASP [Disabled] 4.3.7System Information 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration DRAM Frequency [Auto] Performance Mode [Auto] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] NOS Mode [Auto] Sensitive Turbo NOS [Disabled] Twin Turbo NOS [Disabled] Turbo NOS Memory Voltage [Auto] Chipset Core Voltage [Auto] 4.4.2LAN Cable Status 4.4.3USB Configuration 4.4.4CPU Configuration 4.4.5Chipset Hyper Path 2 [Auto] Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI] PEG Buffer Length [Auto] Link Latency [Auto] PEG Link Mode [Auto] 4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] Parallel Port Mode EPP 4.4.7PCI PnP PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] OffBoard PCI/ISA IDE Card [Auto] IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device] 4.5.1Suspend Mode [S1 (POS) only] 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 On By PCI Devices [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Wakeup Password Keyboard Wakeup Password Not Installed 4.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Fan Ratio [Auto] CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled] Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] 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 Yes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit & Save Changes Software5 support Page 5.2.1Running the support CD 5.2.2Drivers menu 5.2.3Utilities menu AI Booster Microsoft DirectX Anti-virusapplication ADOBE Acrobat Reader ASUS Screen Saver 5.2.4Manuals menu 5.2.5ASUS Contact information 5.2.6Other information Browse this CD Technical support Form Filelist 5.4.1ASUS MyLogo™ Ratio 5.4.2AI NET Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ 5.4.3C-Media3D audio configuration Page Effect Environment More Option Environment Size Equalizer Device Setting Information Using Dolby® Digital Live™ 5.5RAID configurations RAID RAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 5.5.1Installing hard disks 5.5.2Intel® RAID configurations Creating a RAID Volume 1. Create RAID Volume 4. Exit Deleting a RAID Volume 2. Delete RAID Volume Resetting RAID Disks Drives 3. Reset Disks to Non-RAID 5.5.3ITE® 8212F RAID configurations Auto-configuringa RAID array Defining a RAID array Deleting a RAID array Rebuilding a RAID array Viewing your RAID configuration Auto-rebuild 5.6Creating a RAID driver disk