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              E2046
Revised Edition                
April
              Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction                
Chapter 2: Hardware information
              Chapter 3: Powering up
Chapter 4: BIOS setup              
Chapter 5: 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
              P5RD1-Vspecifications summary
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              Chapter summary
              1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS® P5RD1-Vmotherboard                
1.2Package contents
Motherboard                
I/O modules
              1.3.1Product highlights
              Onboard RAID solution
PCI Express™ interface                
8-channelhigh definition audio
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring              
1.3.2ASUS Proactive features
1.3.3Innovative ASUS features              
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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              2.3.1Installing 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              
Table
Recommended memory configurations                
DDR400 Qualified Vendors List
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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 x16 slot                
2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot
              2.6 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)              
2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
              3 . CPU fan type selector (3-pinFANSEL)
              2.7.1Rear panel connectors
              Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channelconfiguration
9 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and                
10 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
11 . VGA port                
12 . PS/2 keyboard port (purple). This port is for a PS/2 keyboard
              2.7.2Internal connectors
              3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
              4 . CPU, Chassis, and Power fan connectors
(4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinPWR_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN1)              
5 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
6 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)              
7 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
              8 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)                
P5RD1-VGAME connector
              10 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
11 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)              
12 . Digital Audio connector (6-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
13 . TV-outconnector (6-1pin TV_OUT)              
14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)                
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange                
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWR)
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              3.1Starting up for the first time
AMI BIOS beep codes              
3.2.1Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2Using the dual function power switch            
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              4.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
              4.1.2AFUDOS utility
              Updating the BIOS file
afudos /i[filename]            
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              4.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
              Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
              4.1.4ASUS EZ Flash utility
              4.1.5ASUS Update utility
              Updating the BIOS through the Internet
              Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open                
Save
              4.2BIOS setup program
              4.2.1BIOS menu screen
4.2.2Menu bar                
4.2.3Navigation keys
              4.2.4Menu items
4.2.5Sub-menuitems                
4.2.6Configuration fields
4.2.7Pop-upwindow                
4.2.8Scroll bar
              4.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
4.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]                
4.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
              4.3.4Primary, Secondary, Third and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
              4.3.5System Information
              4.4.1USB Configuration
              4.4.2JumperFree Configuration
              PCI Express Frequency [100]
Spectrum [Auto]                
DDR Voltage [Auto]
VCore Voltage Select [Auto]                
Over NB Core Voltage 1.2V [Auto]
              CPU Frequency [XXX] (value is auto-detected)
Memory Clock Mode [Auto]                
Memory Frequency [300]
Overclock Options [Overclock 5%]                
N.O.S. Mode [Auto]
              4.4.3LAN Cable Status
              4.4.4CPU Configuration
              Enhanced C1 Control [Auto]
CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto]                
Intel(R) SpeedStep Technology [Automatic]
              4.4.5Chipset
              UMA Frame Buffer Size [64MB]
Advanced NB              
Video Display Devices [Auto]
TV Standard [NTSC]                
SouthBridge configuration
AC97 & Azalia LINK A [Azalia Only]                
Serial ATA Controller [Enabled]
              4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
              4.4.7PCI PnP
              4.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto]
4.5.2Repost Video on S3 Resume [No]                
4.5.3ACPI 2.0 Support [No]
4.5.4ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]              
4.5.5APM Configuration
              Power On By External Modems [Disabled]
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]              
4.5.6Hardware Monitor
              4.6.1Boot Device Priority
              4.6.2Boot Settings Configuration
              4.6.3Security
              User Access Level (Full Access]
No Access                
View Only
Limited                
Full Access
              Clear User Password
Password Check [Setup]                
Boot Sector Virus Protection [Disabled]
4.7Exit menu                
Exit & Save Changes
              Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes                
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes              
Software5 support
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              5.2.1Running the support CD
              5.2.2Drivers menu
              5.2.3Utilities menu
              5.2.4ASUS Contact information
5.2.5Other information              
Browse this CD
Technical support Form              
Filelist
              5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2™
              Ratio
              5.3.2AI NET
Using the Virtual Cable Tester™              
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              
5.4.1Installing hard disks
              5.4.2ULI® RAID configurations
              Creating a RAID 0 configuration
              Creating a RAID 1 configuration
Create RAID 1 Mirroring for Reliability              
Creating a RAID 0+1 configuration
Create RAID 0+1 Striping, Mirroring                
Creating a JBOD configuration
Create JBOD for integrated capacity              
Setting the Stripe Size
Deleting a RAID configuration                
Deleting All RAID configurations
Delete All RAID Settings & Partition              
5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
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              A.1.1 System requirements
A.1.2 Using the EIST              
Apply
10.Close the Display Properties window              
Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology