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E1657
First Edition
July
Contents
Chapter 1:
Product introduction
Chapter 2:
Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4:
BIOS setup
Chapter 5:
Software support
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Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
P5GDC Deluxe specifications summary
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Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5GDC Deluxe motherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
I/O module
1.3.1Product highlights
PCI Express™ interface
8-channelhigh definition audio
Dolby® Digital Live™
IEEE 1394a support
Dual RAID solution
Gigabit LAN
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2ASUS Proactive features
1.3.3Innovative ASUS features
Hardware2 information
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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
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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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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory Configurations
Recommended DDR memory configurations
Recommended DDR2 memory configurations
DDR (400 MHz) Qualified Vendors List
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DDR2 (533MHz) Qualified Vendors List
DDR2-533with 600 MHz capability (overclocking)
2.4.3Installing a DDR DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DDR DIMM
2.4.5Installing a DDR2 DIMM
2.4.6Removing a DDR2 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-pinKBPWR)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
9 . Microphone port (pink)
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
11 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and
12 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
13 . Optical S/PDIF Out port
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . IDE RAID connectors
(40-1pin PRI_RAID1 [red], SEC_RAID1 [red])
4 . Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA1 [red], SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])
Serial ATA Master/Slave connectors
5 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN2)
6 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
8 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
9 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)
11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
13 . IEEE 1394a connector (10-1pin IE1394_2)
14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW)
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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
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4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
4.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility
4.1.3AFUDOS utility
Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]
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
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.]
4.3.4Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
4.3.5IDE Configuration
only if
SATA
IDE Detect Time Out [35]
4.3.6System Information
4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
CPU Frequency [XXX]
FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization
DRAM Frequency [Auto]
PCI Express Frequency [Auto]
PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto]
Memory Voltage [Auto]
Chipset Core Voltage [Auto]
CPU VCore Voltage [Auto]
FSB Termination Voltage [Auto]
Overclock Options [Overclock 5%]
NOS Mode [Auto]
Turbo NOS [Disabled]
Twin Turbo NOS [Disabled]
4.4.2LAN Cable Status
4.4.3USB 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
Hyper Path 2 [Auto]
Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI-Express/PCI]
PEG Buffer Length [Auto]
Link Latency [Auto]
PEG Root Control [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]
IRQ-xxassigned to [PCI Device]
4.5.1Suspend Mode [S1 (POS) only]
4.5.2ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
4.5.3ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.4APM Configuration
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Keyboard Wakeup Password
Keyboard Wakeup Password
Not Installed
4.5.5Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan Ratio [Auto]
CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC]
Chassis Fan1 Speed [Ignored] or [N/A]
Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled]
Power Fan Speed [Ignored] 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
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Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
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Software5 support
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5.2.1Running the support CD
5.2.2Drivers menu
5.2.3Utilities menu
ASUS PC Probe
ASUS Update
AI Booster
Microsoft DirectX 9.0b
PC-CILLIN
5.2.4Manuals menu
5.2.5ASUS Contact information
5.2.6Other information
Browse this CD
Technical support Form
Filelist
5.3.1ASUS MyLogo™
Ratio
5.3.2AI Net
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™
5.3.3C-Media3D audio configuration
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Effect
Environment
More Option
Environment Size
Equalizer
Device Setting
Information
Using Dolby® Digital Live™
5.4RAID configurations
RAID
RAID 0+1
JBOD
Just a Bunch of Disks
5.4.1Installing hard disks
5.4.2Intel® 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
5.4.3ITE® 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
5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
Make ITE8212 Driver Disk
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•ITE8212 RAID Driver Disk: \Drivers\ITE8212\MakeDisk
RAID Driver Disk