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E2505
First Edition
May
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
P5VD2-MX/P5V-VMDH specifications summary
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Extra specifications on P5V-VMDH
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1.3.1Product highlights
Latest processor technology
Intel® 65nm Dual-CoreCPU support
PCI Express™ interface
Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology
Dual RAID solution
USB 2.0 technology
1.3.2Innovative ASUS features
CrashFree BIOS
ASUS EZ Flash BIOS
ASUS Q-Fantechnology
C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)
1.3.3ASUS Digital Home for P5V-VMDH special features
ASUS WiFi-APSolo (Only for P5V-VMDH)
ASUS DH Remote™ (Only for P5V-VMDH)
ASUS MP3-In™ (Only for P5V-VMDH)
Onboard LED
1.5.1Placement direction
1.5.2Screw holes
1.5.3P5VD2-MX/P5V-VMDH Motherboard 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
1.7.2Memory configurations
DDR2 533 Qualified Vendors List
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
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
1.8.4PCI slots
1.8.5PCI Express x1 slot
1.8.6PCI Express
slot
1.9 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)
2 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR)
3 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78)
Default for P5VD2-MX
Default for P5V-VMDH
1.10.1 Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, or 6-channelconfiguration
(Only for
P5V-VM
DH)
8 . Antenna jack
DH)
1.10.2 Internal connectors
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3 . Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1, SATA2)
4 . Jmicron Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pinSATA_A)
5 . CPU and Chassis fan connectors (4-pinCPU_FAN, 3-pinCHA_FAN)
6 . Digital Audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT)
7 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V)
8 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM2)
9 . Internal audio connectors (4-pinCD, AUX)
10 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
11 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)
12 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)
13 . MP3-Inconnector (4-pinMP3IN [red]) (Only for P5V-VMDH)
14 . System panel connector (20-1pin F_PANEL)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW)
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2.1.1ASUS Update utility
Installing ASUS Update
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
2.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk
2.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility
2.1.4Updating the BIOS
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2.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
Recovering the BIOS from the support CD
2.2BIOS setup program
2.2.1BIOS menu screen
2.2.2Menu bar
2.2.3Legend bar
2.2.4Menu items
2.2.5Sub-menuitems
2.2.6Configuration fields
2.2.7Pop-upwindow
2.2.8General help
2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
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
Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]
Secondary IDE Master/Slave [Auto]
Access Mode [Auto]
PIO Mode [Auto]
UDMA Mode [Auto]
Transfer Mode
2.3.5SATA 1/2
Extended Drive [Auto]
Landing Zone
2.3.6HDD SMART Monitoring [Disabled]
2.3.7Installed Memory [xxx MB]
2.3.8Usable Memory [XXX MB]
2.4.1CPU Configuration
Delay Prior to Thermal [4 Min]
Limit CPUID MaxVal [Disabled]
Execute Disable Bit [Enabled]
CPU L1 & L2 Cache [Enabled]
Chipset
DRAM Clock/Drive Control
Frequency/Voltage control
Top Performance [Disabled]
Primary Display Adapter [PCI-E]
VGA Share Memory Size [64M]
2.4.3PCIPnP
Plug & Play O/S [No]
Resources Controlled By [Auto]
IRQ Resources
Assign IRQ For VGA [Enabled]
Maximum Payload Size [4096]
2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration
JMicron RAID controller [IDE]
SATA Controller [Enabled]
SATA Controller Mode [IDE]
Ex-SATA/PCI-E*1Option [Ex-SATA]
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
Parallel Port Address [378/IRQ7]
Parallel Port Mode [Bi-Directional]
ECP Mode Use DMA [3]
2.4.5USB Configuration
USB Controller [Enabled]
USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled]
USB Legacy Support [Auto]
2.5.1ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]
2.5.2ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
2.5.3APM Configuration
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power Up On PCI/PCIE Devices [Disabled]
Power On By External Modem [Disabled]
Power On By On-boardLAN [Disabled]
Alarm Time (hh:mm)
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
PWR Button < 4 secs [Instant-Off]
2.5.4Hardware Monitor
Q-FanController [Enabled]
Vcore Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage
CPU Temperature, M/B Temperature
CPU Fan Speed [xxxxRPM]
Start Up Temperature(ºC) [50]
Full Speed Temperature(ºC) [70]
Start Up PWM [60]
Slope PWM [4 PWM/ºC]
2.6.1Boot Device Priority
1st ~ 4th Boot Device [Removable]
2.6.2Removable Drives
1. Floppy Disks
2.6.3Hard Disk Drives
1. Bootable Add-inCards
2.6.4Boot Settings Configuration
Case Open Warning [Enabled]
Quick Boot [Enabled]
Bootup Num-Lock[On]
Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6]
Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]
OS Select for DRAM > 64MB [Non-OS2]
2.6.5Security
Supervisor Password
User Password
Password Check
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
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Software3 support
3.1Installing an operating system
3.2Support CD information
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3.3RAID configurations
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3.4Creating a RAID driver disk