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E2094
First Edition
July
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup
Chapter 5: RAID support
Chapter 6: Driver installation
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
Typography
P5MT-Mspecifications summary
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Product introduction
Chapter summary
1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5MT-Mmotherboard
1.2Package contents
Motherboard
Cables
1.3.1Product highlights
PCI Express™ interface
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
Serial ATA RAID solution
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2Innovative ASUS features
Hardware2 information
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2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes
2.2.3Motherboard layout
2.2.4Layout 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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2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory configurations
Recommended memory configurations
Microsoft® OS memory support
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 slots
2.5.5PCI slots
2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
2 . CPU fan pin selection (3-pinFM_CPU1, FM_CPU2)
3 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
4 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
5 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN1)
6 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN_EN2)
7 . VGA graphics controller setting (3-pinVGA_EN1)
8 . BIOS recovery (3-pinRECOVERY1)
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9 . RAID select setting (3-pinRAID_SEL1)
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
2.7.2Internal connectors
3 . IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE1)
4 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
6 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2)
7 . USB connector (10-1pin USB34, USB56, USB78)
8 . Parallel port connector (26-1pin LPT2)
9 . SSI power connectors
(24-pinATXPWR1, 4-pinATX12V1)
10 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1)
11 . Power supply SMBus connector (6-1pin PSUSMB1)
12 . BMC connector (16-pinBMCCONN1)
13 . Ambient thermal sensor connector (2-pinTRPWR1)
14 . 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)
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Powering up
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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
BIOS setup
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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] /pbnc
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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
4.4.5Chipset
Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled]
Onboard LAN Boot ROM [Disabled]
PEG Port [Enabled]
Memory Remap Feature [Disabled]
4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
4.4.7PCI PnP
4.5.1ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
4.5.2APM Configuration
4.5.3Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan 1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Front Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Rear Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
Smart Fan Control [Disabled]
CPU Temperature [xxx]
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
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
RAID support5
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5.1.1 RAID definitions
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
5.1.3 Intel® RAID configurations
Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)
1. Create RAID Volume
RAID Level
RAID 0(Stripe)
Disks
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Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored)
RAID 1(Mirror)
Capacity
Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1)
RAID 10(RAID0+1)
Stripe Size
Creating a RAID 5 set (parity)
RAID 5(Parity)
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Deleting a RAID set
2. Delete RAID Volume
Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
3. Reset Disks to
Non-RAID
Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager utility
4. Exit
Resetting a RAID set hard disks drive
[3. Reset Disks to
Non-RAID]
5.1.4LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility
Management Menu
Creating a RAID set
Easy
New
Easy Configuration
Configure
ARRAY SELECTION MENU
READY
ONLIN
A[X]-[Y]
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Logical Drive
Accept
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Adding or viewing a RAID configuration
View/Add Configuration
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Initializing the logical drives
Initialize
Objects
Yes
Initialize
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Logical Drives
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Rebuilding failed drives
RBLD
Physical Drive
Checking the drives for data consistency
Adapter
Check Consistency
Consistency Check
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Deleting a RAID configuration
Clear Configuration
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Clear Configuration
Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set
Creating a RAID set: Using New Configuration
Select Boot Drive
Driver installation6
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6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
Windows® 2000/2003 Server
\Drivers\Chipset\ICH\Intel\Driver\Makedisk\F6flpy32
\Drivers\Chipset\ICH\Intel\Driver\Makedisk\F6flpy64
6.1.2 Installing the Intel® ICH7R RAID controller driver
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Finish
IDE ATA/ATAPI controllers
The Intel(R) 82801FB Ultra ATA Storage Controllers-2652 item should appear
Intel(R) 82801FB
Ultra ATA Storage Controllers- 2652 item, then select Properties from the menu
6.2.1 Windows® 2000/2003 Server
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6.2.2 Red Hat® Linux
Building the driver from the TAR file
tar xvzf
bcm5700-<version>.tar.gz
insmod bcm5700.o
make install
6.3.1 Windows® 2000 Server
6.3.2 Windows® 2003 Server
6.3.3 Red Hat® Linux
Reference information
Appendix summary
A.1 P5MT-Mblock diagram