Asus P5Q 131

Other feature buttons

Click	on right corner of the main window to open the monitor window.

Displays the CPU/ system temperature, CPU/memory/PCIE voltage, and CPU/ chassis fan speed

Displays the FSB/CPU frequency

Click on right corner of the expanded window to switch the temperature from degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit.

ASUS P5Q

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Contents

Page Page Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: Hardware information Chapter 3: BIOS setup Page Chapter 4: Software 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 P5Q specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory ASUS Special Features ASUS Power Saving Solution: ASUS Unique Features: ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution: ASUS Crystal Sound: BIOS Features Manageability Form Factor *Specifications are subject to change without notice Chapter 1: Product Chapter summary 1.1Welcome 1.2Package contents 1.3.1Product highlights Intel® Core™2 Extreme / Core™ 2 Quad Core™2 Duo Processor Support Intel® P45 Chipset PCIe 1.3.2ASUS special features ASUS Express Gate ASUS AI Direct Link ASUS Power Saving Solution ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution ASUS Crystal Sound ASUS EZ DIY ASUS MyLogo2™ 1.3.3ASUS Exclusive Overclocking Features AI Booster Precision Tweaker C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Page Chapter 2: Hardware information Page Onboard LED 2.2.1Motherboard layout 2.2.2Layout contents 2.2.3Placement direction 2.2.4Screw holes 2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations P5Q Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-1066MHz capability P5Q Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-800MHz capability P5Q Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-800MHz capability (cont.) P5Q Motherboard Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) DDR2-667MHz capability 2.4.3Installing a DIMM Removing a DIMM 2.5.1Installing an expansion card 2.5.2Configuring an expansion card 2.5.3Interrupt assignments IRQ assignments for this motherboard 2.5.4PCI slots 2.5.5PCI Express x1 slots 2.5.6PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot (blue) 2.6Jumper 1.Clear RTC RAM (3-pinCLRTC) 2.CPU / Northbridge overvoltage setting (3-pinOV_CPU, 3-pinOV_NB) OV_CPU OV_NB 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu 3.Keyboard/mouse power (3-pinPS2_USBPW56) 4.USB device wake-up (3-pin USBPW1-4, USBPW7-10,USBPW1112) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors Side Speaker Out port (gray) Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration Port Headset 4-channel 2.7.2Internal connectors 3.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_EIDE) Mode of device(s) 4.ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6[red]) 5.Silicon Image® Sil5723 Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA_E1 [orange, port 0], SATA_E2 [white, port 1]) Super Speed 4.3.11 ASUS Drive Xpert 6.USB connectors (10-1pin USB 78, USB 910, USB 1112) 7.IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2) CPU, chassis, and power fan connectors 9.Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 10.Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) 11.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 12.Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 13.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 14.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 8-pinEATX12V) 15.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL) •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) •ATX power button/soft-offbutton (2-pinPWRSW) 16.ASUS Q-Connector(system panel) 2.8Starting up for the first time BIOS Beep 2.9.1Using the OS shut down function 2.9.2Using the dual function power switch Chapter 3: BIOS setup Page 3.1.1ASUS Update utility Installing ASUS Update Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file 3.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk 3.1.3ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3.1.4AFUDOS utility Copying the current BIOS Updating the BIOS file Page 3.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk 3.2BIOS setup program 3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 3.2.1BIOS menu screen 3.2.2Menu bar 3.2.3Navigation keys 3.2.4Menu items 3.2.5Sub-menuitems 3.2.6Configuration fields 3.2.7Pop-upwindow 3.2.8Scroll bar 3.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 3.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 3.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 3.3.4Language [English] 3.3.5SATA 1–6 Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block (Multi-SectorTransfer) M [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] 3.3.6Storage Configuration SATA Configuration [Enhanced] Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] IDE Detect Time Out (Sec) [35] 3.3.7AHCI Configuration AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [15] AHCI Port1-6[XXXX] 3.3.8System Information BIOS Information Processor System Memory 3.4.1Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] 3.4.2CPU Ratio Setting [Auto] FSB Frequency [XXX] PCIE Frequency [Auto] 3.4.3FSB Strap to North Bridge [Auto] 3.4.4DRAM Frequency [Auto] 3.4.5DRAM Timing Control [Auto] 1st Information: 2nd Information: 3rd Information: 3.4.6DRAM Static Read Control [Auto] 3.4.7DRAM Read Training [Auto] 3.4.8MEM. OC Charger [Auto] 3.4.9Ai Clock Twister [Auto] 3.4.10Ai Transaction Booster [Auto] 3.4.11CPU Voltage [Auto] 3.4.12CPU PLL Voltage [Auto] 3.4.13FSB Termination Voltage [Auto] 3.4.14DRAM Voltage [Auto] 3.4.15NB Voltage [Auto] SB Voltage [Auto] 3.4.17PCIE SATA Voltage [Auto] 3.4.18Load-LineCalibration [Auto] 3.4.19CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto] 3.4.20PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto] 3.5.1TPM Configuration TCG/TPM SUPPORT [YES] Execute TPM COMMAND [Last setting] 3.5.2CPU Configuration CPU Ratio Setting [Auto] C1E Support [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Intel(R) Virtualization Tech [Enabled] CPU TM function [Enabled] 3.5.3Chipset North Bridge Configuration 3.5.4Onboard Devices Configuration High Definition Audio [Enabled] Marvell IDE [Enabled] Atheros GigaBit LAN [Enabled] LSI Firewire 1394 [Enabled] 3.5.5USB Configuration USB Functions [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] BIOS EHCI Hand-off[Enabled] 3.5.6PCIPnP Plug And Play O/S [No] 3.6.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 3.6.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No] 3.6.3ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] 3.6.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 3.6.5APM Configuration Restore On AC Power Loss [Power Off] Power On By RTC Alarm [Disabled] Power On By External Modems [Disabled] Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled] 3.6.6Hardware Monitor CPU Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] CPU Q-FanControl [Disabled] Chassis Fan 1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled]s Power Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [Ignored] / [N/A] CPU Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage 3.7.1Boot Device Priority 1st ~ xxth Boot Device [xxx Drive] 3.7.2Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] Full Screen Logo [Enabled] AddOn ROM Display Mode [Force BIOS] Bootup Num-Lock[On] 3.7.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level [Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 3.8.1ASUS EZ Flash 3.8.2Drive Xpert Control [Auto] 3.8.3Drive Xpert Mode Update [Last Setting] 3.8.4Express Gate 3.8.5ASUS O.C. Profile Save to Profle 1/2 Load from Profile 1/2 Start O.C. Profile 3.8.6AI Net Check Atheros LAN cable [Disabled] Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Software4 support Page 4.2.1Running the support DVD 4.2.2Drivers menu ASUS InstAll - Drivers Installation Wizard Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Realtek Audio Driver Marvell L1e Gigabit Ethernet Driver 4.2.3Utilities menu ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities ASUS Update ASUS PC Probe ASUS AI Suite ASUS Express Gate Installer Adobe Acrobat Reader Microsoft DirectX 9.0c 4.2.4Make disk menu Intel ICH10R 32bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Intel ICH10R 64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk 4.2.5Manual menu 4.2.6ASUS Contact information 4.2.7Other information Motherboard Info Browse this DVD Technical support Form Filelist 4.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™ Page 4.3.2AI NET2 Using the Virtual Cable Tester™ 4.3.3ASUS PC Probe Installing PC Probe Launching PC Probe Using PC Probe Preference Hardware monitor panels WMI browser DMI browser PCI browser Usage Configuring PC Probe 4.3.4ASUS AI Suite Installing AI Suite Launching AI Suite Using AI Suite Page 4.3.5ASUS AI Nap 4.3.6ASUS Fan Xpert Fan profile modes 4.3.7ASUS AI Booster 4.3.8ASUS EPU-6Engine Installing 6 Engine Launching 6 Engine 6 Engine main menu Advanced settings menu Configuration options in Advanced settings menu Fan Control: Quiet: Slow: AI Nap Idle Time: Turbo Mode 4.3.9ASUS AI Direct Link Using AI Direct Link Incoming folder > Open incoming folder AIDirectLinkIncoming Connect Refresh 4.3.10Audio configurations Realtek HD Audio Manager Information Minimize Exit Configuration options Page Page 4.3.11ASUS Drive Xpert Installing Serial ATA hard disks Launching Drive Xpert in Windows® OS Configuring EZ Backup Configuring Super Speed Changing to Normal Mode Partitioning volumes Other feature buttons Browse Update Using Drive Xpert function in Express Gate environment Page Page Using Drive Xpert function in BIOS setup environment 4.3.12ASUS Express Gate Installing ASUS Express Gate The First Screen The Express Gate Environment Knowing the Express Gate hot-keys Using the Configuration Panel Using the LaunchBar How Do I Get on to the Internet 2.Open Network 3.Make the proper network configurations Setup Using the Photo Manager Using ASUS Drive Xpert Configuring Express Gate in BIOS Setup Updating Express Gate Repairing Express Gate 4.4.1RAID definitions 4.4.2Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4.4.3Intel® RAID configurations Setting the RAID item in BIOS Intel® Matrix Storage Manager option ROM utility Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) Page Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored) Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1) Creating a RAID 5 set (parity) Page 4.5.1Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4.5.2Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows® Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R) 2.During the OS installation, select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R) Page CPU features Page Using the Intel® EM64T feature A.2.1 System requirements A.2.2 Using the EIST Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology