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Asus P5ND2-SLI Ye s, Ye s, Discard Changes, Load Setup Defaults, Exit & Save Changes

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Load Setup Defaults

This option allows you to load the default values for each of the parameters on the Setup menus. When you select this option or if you press <F5>, a confirmation window appears. Select Ye s to load default values. Select Exit & Save Changes or make other changes before saving the values to the non-volatile RAM.

Discard Changes

This option allows you to discard the selections you made and restore the previously saved values. After selecting this option, a confirmation appears. Select Ye s to discard any changes and load the previously saved values.

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Contents

Page E2167 First Edition June Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: Powering up Chapter 4: BIOS setup Chapter 5: Software support Chapter 6: NVIDIA¨ SLIª technology 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 Typography P5ND2-SLISeries specifications summary Page Page Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ P5ND2-SLISeries motherboard 1.2Package contents 1.3.1Product highlights DDR2 memory support NVIDIA¨ QuickSync NVIDIA¨ DASP Built-inNVFirewallª and NVActiveArmorª Serial ATA 3Gb/s and SATA-On-The-Go Dual RAID solution Dual Gigabit LAN solution (Deluxe model only) PCI Expressª interface CPU Lock Free S/PDIF digital sound ready IEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology 1.3.2ASUS AI features 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features ASUS MyLogo2ª ASUS EZ Plugª C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) 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 2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page 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 Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) Page 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 x1 slot 2.5.6Two PCI Express x16 slots 2.6 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 2 . Fan power (3-pinFANSEL) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors 9 . LAN (RJ-45) port 10 . LAN 32-bitOS LAN port LED indications 2.7.2Internal connectors 2 . NVIDIA MCP-04SouthBridge IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE, SEC_IDE) Page Page 7 . Audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX) 8 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78, USB910) 9 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO) 10 . IEEE 1394 port connector (10-1pin IE1394_1) (Deluxe model only) 11 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 12 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) Page 14 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 15 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V, 4-pinEZ_PLUG) Table 1 Power Supply Unit Reference Vendors List Table 2 Power supply requirements 16 . ASUS EZ selector card connector (144-pinSLI_CON) 17 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL) ¥System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED) Page Page Page Page 3.1Starting up for the first time 3.2.1Using the OS shut down function 3.2.2Using the dual function power switch 3.3.1Vocal POST messages Page 3.3.2Winbond Voice Editor Changing the default language Load Write Yes Customizing your POST messages Add Add Wave File Edit Event Sound Editor Save .flh Page Page 4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.2Updating the BIOS File Name to Program 4.1.3Saving the current BIOS file 4.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk 4.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility 4.1.6ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 4.2BIOS setup program 4.2.1BIOS menu screen 4.2.2Menu bar 4.2.3Legend bar 4.2.4Menu items 4.2.5Sub-menuitems 4.2.6Configuration fields 4.2.7Pop-upwindow 4.2.8General help 4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xxxx] 4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 4.3.3Language [English] 4.3.4Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 4.3.5Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave PIO Mode UDMA Mode Transfer Mode 4.3.6First, Second, Third, Fourth SATA Master 4.3.7HDD SMART Monitoring 4.3.8Installed Memory 4.4Advanced menu 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration N.O.S. Option [Disabled] N.O.S. Mode [Auto] Sensitive Heavy Load Frequency Control Page Spread Spectrum Control Voltage Control 4.4.2Speech Configuration 4.4.3LAN Cable Status 4.4.4PEG Link Mode 4.4.5CPU Configuration 4.4.6Chipset Memory Timing Configuration 4.4.7PCIPnP 4.4.8Onboard Devices Configuration IDE Function Setup NVRAID Configuration Onboard NV LAN [Enabled] OnBoard NV LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard Intel LAN [Enabled] OnBoard Intel LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Onboard PCI-ESATA II [Enabled] 4.4.9USB Configuration 4.4.10 SLI Configuration 4.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3] 4.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 4.5.3APM Configuration Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Day of Month Alarm [Disabled] Time (hh:mm:ss) Alarm [Disabled] Power Up By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled] Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] 4.5.4Hardware Monitor 4.6.1Boot Device Priority 4.6.2Removable Drives 4.6.3Hard Disk Drives 4.6.4CDROM Drives 4.6.5Boot Settings Configuration Boot Up Floppy Seek [Enabled] Bootup Num-Lock[On] Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled] Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6] Typematic Delay (Msec) [250] 4.6.6Security A note about passwords Forgot your password Password Check 4.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Ye s Exit & Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Exit & Save Changes Discard Changes Page Page Page 5.2.1Running the support CD 5.2.2Drivers menu 5.2.3Utilities menu 5.2.4Make Disk menu 5.2.5Manuals menu 5.2.6ASUS Contact information 5.2.7Other information Browse this CD Technical support Form Filelist 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2ª Ratio AI NET Using the Virtual Cable Testerª 5.3.3Audio configurations Sound Effect S/PDIF option SPDIF Speaker Configuration Speaker Configuration Auto Test UAJ Automatic AI Audio feature Connector Sensing Bracket Option HRTF Demo HRTF Demo Play Stop General settings General Language Rear panel audio ports function variation 5.3.4Using the NVIDIA¨ Firewallª Setting security profiles Lockdown only Custom 1, 2 Off Turning the NVFirewallª off Current Firewall Profile combo list box then select Off 2.Click Turn Firewall OFF 5.4RAID configurations RAID RAID 0+1 JBOD Just a Bunch of Disks 5.4.1Installing hard disks 5.4.2NVIDIA¨ RAID configurations Entering the NVIDIA¨ RAID utility Creating a RAID Volume RAID Mode Page Rebuilding a RAID array Page Deleting a RAID array Clearing a disk data 5.4.3Silicon Image RAID configurations Entering the Silicon Image BIOS RAID Configuration Utility Low Level Format Logical Drive Info Enter Ctrl-E :Exit Creating a RAID 0 set (Striped) Create RAID set then press <Enter> to display an option menu Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirrored) Create RAID set then press <Enter>. The following sub-menuappears configuration and press Create with data copy, the following pop-upmenu appears Creating a CONCATENATION set Create RAID set then press <Enter CONCATENATION then press <Enter 5.5Creating a RAID driver disk ¥Go to \Drivers\Chipset\MakeDisk\XP_32\sataraid ¥Go to \Drivers\Chipset\MakeDisk\XP_32\pataraid \Drivers\SiI3132\32bit\MakeDisk\MakeDisk_SATA \Drivers\SiI3132\32bit\MakeDisk\MakeDisk_RAID Page Page Page Requirements 6.2.1Setting the ASUS EZ selector card Page 6.2.2Installing SLI-readygraphics cards PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 EZ_PLUG VGA cable DVI-I cable blue 6.2.3Setting the SLI mode in BIOS 6.2.4Installing the device drivers 6.2.5Enabling the multi-GPUfeature in Windows D e s k t o p Management Properties Settings 6.Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab SLI multi-GPU item 7.Click the Enable SLI multi-GPU check box Page Page Using the Intel¨ EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology