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E1785
First Edition
March
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)
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
5.4RAID configurations
RAID
RAID 0+1
JBOD
Just a Bunch of Disks
5.4.1Installing hard disks
5.4.2ULI® RAID configurations
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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