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Chapter 1: Product introduction

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Page E2464 First Edition March Copyright © 2006 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 P5LD2-VMDH specifications summary C P U Chipset Front Side Bus Memory BIOS features Special features Industry standard Manageability Internal Page Page 1.3.1Product highlights Latest processor technology Intel® 65nm Dual-CoreTechnology CPU support Intel® 945G chipset Intel® Viiv™ Technology support DDR2 memory support PCI Express™ interface 64-bitCPU support Serial ATA technology 8-channelhigh definition audio S/PDIF digital sound ready 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features CrashFree BIOS ASUS MyLogo™ ASUS EZ Flash BIOS C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.6.1Installing the CPU Page Page 1.6.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan P5LD2-VMDH CPU fan connector 1.6.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2 Memory Configurations 1.7.3DDR2 Qualified Vendors List DDR2 533 Qualified Vendors List DDR2 667 Qualified Vendors List 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 1.8.6PCI Express 1.8.5PCI Express 1.9 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) P5LD2-VMDH Clear RTC RAM (Default) 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors LAN port LED indications 8 . Microphone port (pink) Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration 10 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and 11 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and 12 . VGA port 1.10.2 Internal connectors P5LD2-VMDH IDE connector Page 3 . ITE IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_EIDE [red]) P5LD2-VMDH PRI_EIDE connectorcable to PIN 4 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4) P5LD2-VMDH SATA connectors 5 . Speaker connector (4-pinSPEAKER) P5LD2-VMDH Speaker out connector 6 . CPU, Power and Chassis fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_RAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN) P5LD2-VMDH Fan connectors 7 . Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 8 . Power LED connector (3-pinPLED) 9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR and 4-pinATX12V) 10 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 11 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 12 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) P5LD2-VMDH Analog front panel connector 13 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) P5LD2-VMDH Chassis intrusion connector 14 . System panel connector (10-1pin F_PANEL) P5LD2-VMDH System panel connector •Power/Soft-offbutton (Black 2-pinPWRSW) •System Power LED connector (2-pinPWRLED) •Reset button (Blue 2-pinRESET) Page Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2ASUS 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 Load Default Settings 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) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 2.3.5IDE Configuration Configure SATA As [Standard IDE] Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] IDE Detect Time Out [35] 2.3.6System Information AMI BIOS Processor System Memory 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration AI Overclocking [Auto] CPU Frequency [XXX] DRAM Frequency [Auto] PCI Express Frequency [Auto] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [To PCI Express] Memory Voltage [Auto] MCH Chipset Voltage [Auto] CPU VCore Voltage [Auto] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] 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 CPU Lock Free [Auto] Ratio CMOS Setting [16] VID CMOS Setting [62] Microcode Updation [Enabled] CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto] Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep Technology [Automatic] 2.4.4Chipset Advanced Chipset Settings Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/Int-VGA] Internal Graphics Mode Select [Enabled, 8MB] 2.4.5Onboard Devices Configuration HD Audio Controller [Enabled] OnBoard PCIEX GbE LAN [Enabled] ITE8211F Controller [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] 2.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 2.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No] 2.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.5APM Configuration Power Button Mode [On/Off] Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] Power On By PCIE Devices [Disabled] 2.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] MB Temperature [xxxC/xxxF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] CPU Q-FanControl [Disabled] 2.5.7 Energy Lake Feature [Enabled] 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 Page Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu QFE Driver Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Make Intel RAID Driver Disk Intel(R) Graphics Accelerator Driver 3.2.3Utilities menu ASUS PC Probe ASUS Update ASUS Screen Saver Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Adobe Reader Anti-VirusUtility Intel Quick Resume Technology Driver 3.2.4Manuals menu 3.2.5ASUS Contact information Page Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology