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Page E1819 First Edition November Contents Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS setup Chapter 3: Software support 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 P5P800-MXspecifications summary Page Page Page 1.3.1Product highlights Intel® Extreme Graphics support Dual-channelDDR400 memory support Serial ATA technology AI Audio S/PDIF digital sound ready 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features 1.4Before you proceed Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.6.1Installling the CPU Page Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology 1.6.2Installling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 1.6.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2DDR Qualified Vendors List Page 1.7.3Installing a DIMM 1.7.4Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.3Interrupt assignments 1.8.4PCI slots 1.9 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC1) 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 3 . LAN (RJ-45) port LAN port LED indications 4 . Line In port (light blue) 1.10.2 Internal connectors 3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2) 4 . CPU and Chassis fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN1, 3-pinCHA_FAN1) 5 . Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT1) 6 . ATX power connectors (20-pin ATXPWR1,4-pinATX12V1) 7 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO1) 8 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78) 9 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD1, AUX1) 10 . System Front panel connectors (10-pinF_PANEL1) •Power/Soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRSW) •Hard disk drive activity (2-pinIDE_LED) •Reset button (2-pinRESET) 11 . System panel connector (20-1pin PANEL) •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) •System Management Interrupt Lead (2-pinSMI) Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.3AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file afudos /i[filename] 2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 2.1.5ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Open Save 2.2BIOS setup program 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:xxxx] 2.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3Legacy Diskette A, B [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4Primary, Secondary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave 2.3.5IDE Configuration 2.3.6System Information 2.4.1Instant Music Configuration 2.4.2CPU Configuration 2.4.3Chipset Performance Acceleration Mode [Auto] DRAM Idle Timer [Auto] DRAM Refresh Rate [Auto] Graphics Adapter Priority [Internal VGAI] Graphics Aperture Size [ 64MB] 2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.5PCI PnP Plug and Play O/S [No] PCI Latency Timer [64] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] Palette Snooping [Disabled] PCI IDE BusMaster [Enabled] 2.4.6USB Configuration USB Mass Storage Device Configuration 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 2.5.6Hardware Monitor CPU Q-FanMode [PWM] CPU Fan Ratio [Auto] CPU Target Temperature [xxxºC] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.3Security User Access Level (Full Access] No Access View Only Limited Full Access Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled] 2.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Yes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu 3.2.3Utilities menu 3.2.4ASUS Contact information