Contents
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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
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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
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Notes on Intel® Hyper-ThreadingTechnology
1.6.2Installling the CPU heatsink and fan
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1.6.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
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1.7.1Overview
1.7.2DDR Qualified Vendors List
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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)
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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
VGA1
USBPW12
USBPW34