Asus P5V800-MX 13

This chapter describes the motherboard

features and the new technologies1 it supports.

Product introduction

ASUS P5V800-MX

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Contents

Page Page 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 P5V800-MXspecifications summary Page Page Page 1.3.1Product highlights 64-bitCPU support Dual-CoreCPU AGP 8X support PCI Expressª interface Serial ATA II technology 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 1.8.5PCI Express x1 slot 1.8.6AGP slot 1.9 Jumpers Page 1.10.1 Rear panel connectors 1.10.2 Internal connectors Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page 2.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk 2.1.2ASUS EZ Flash utility 2.1.3AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file 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 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 [1.44M, 3.5 in.] 2.3.4Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave 2.3.5System Information 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration 2.4.2USB Configuration 2.4.3CPU Configuration 2.4.3Chipset DRAM Frequency/Timing Configuration DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Timing [Auto] DRAM Command Rate [2T Command] AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration Primary Graphics Adapter [PCI] AGP Aperture Size [128MB] AGP 3.0 Mode [8X] AGP Fast Write [Disabled] 2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [EPP+ECP] EPP Version [1.9] ECP Mode DMA Channel [DMA3] 2.4.5PCI PnP 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 Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] Chassis Fan Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage Q-FANFunction [Disabled] 2.6Boot menu 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 2.6.2Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.3Security Change Supervisor Password User Access Level (Full Access] Change User Password Clear User Password Password Check [Setup] 2.7Exit menu Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults Software3 support 3.2.1Running the support CD 3.2.2Drivers menu 3.2.3Utilities menu 3.2.4Make Disk menu 3.2.5Manuals menu 3.2.6ASUS Contact information 3.3RAID configurations 3.3.1Installing hard disks Create Array RAID 0 for performance RAID 1 for data protection Page 3.4Creating a RAID driver disk