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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
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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
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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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2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)
2.3.1Installing the CPU
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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
Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL)
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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)
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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)
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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)
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes
Discard Changes
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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
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Rebuilding a RAID array
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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
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Requirements
6.2.1Setting the ASUS EZ selector card
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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
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Using the Intel¨ EM64T feature
A.2.1 System requirements
A.2.2 Using the EIST
Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
