Asus P5MT-M 2.5.4PCI Express x8 slots, 2.5.5PCI slots

2.5.4PCI Express x8 slots

This motherboard supports PCI Express x8 network cards, SCSI cards, and other cards that comply with PCI Express 1.0 specifications.

PCI Express x8 slots

2.5.5PCI slots

The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI 2.3 specifications. The figure shows a LAN card installed on a PCI slot.

32-bit PCI slot

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

Contents

Page 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 Page Page 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 Page 2.1Before you proceed Onboard LED 2.2.1Placement direction 2.2.2Screw holes 2.2.3Motherboard layout 2.2.4Layout contents Page 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 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) <Del 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) Page Powering up 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 BIOS setup Page 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 Page 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 Page 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 Page 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) Page 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] Page Logical Drive Accept Page Adding or viewing a RAID configuration View/Add Configuration Page Page Initializing the logical drives Initialize Objects Yes Initialize Page Logical Drives Page Rebuilding failed drives RBLD Physical Drive Checking the drives for data consistency Adapter Check Consistency Consistency Check Page Deleting a RAID configuration Clear Configuration Ye s Clear Configuration Selecting the boot drive from a RAID set Creating a RAID set: Using New Configuration Select Boot Drive Driver installation6 Page 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 Page Page 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 Page 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