Motherboard
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E2545 Revised Edition March
Contents
Bios setup
Software support
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Safety information
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Where to find more information
About this guide
How this guide is organized
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
P5VDC-MX specifications summary
Bios
Page
Product introduction
Package contents
Special features
Welcome
Bit CPU support
Onboard RAID solution
Dual-Core CPU
AGP 8X support
CrashFree Bios
Innovative Asus features
Asus EZ Flash Bios
Asus Q-Fan technology
Onboard LED
Before you proceed
Placement direction
Motherboard overview
Screw holes
MX-P5VDC
Motherboard layout
Central Processing Unit CPU
Installling the CPU
Load plate
Reboot the computer
Installling the CPU heatsink and fan
P5VDC-MX CPU fan connector
To disengage the heatsink Fan assembly from Motherboard
Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan
Narrow end of the groove
Memory Configurations
System memory
Overview
DDR2-533 Qualified Vendors List
DDR Qualified Vendors List
Micron MT46V32M8TG-5BC MT16VDDT6464AG-40BCB
DDR400 Qualified Vendors List
Removing a DDR Dimm
Installing a DDR DIMMblue slots
Removing a DDR2 Dimm
Installing a DDR2 DIMMyellow slots
Installing an expansion card
Configuring an expansion card
Expansion slots
Interrupt assignments
Standard interrupt assignments
IRQ assignments for this motherboard
PCI slots
PCI Express x1 slot
AGP slot
Clear RTC RAM Clrtc
Jumpers
USB device wake-up 3-pin USBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78
Keyboard power 3-pin Kbpwr
Connectors
Rear panel connectors
LAN port LED indications
Internal connectors
Audio 2, 4, or 6-channel configuration
Floppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin Floppy
Primary/Secondary IDE connector 40-1 pin PRIIDE, Secide
Internal audio connectors 4-pin CD, AUX
Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4
Digital Audio connector 4-1 pin Spdif
CPU and Chassis fan connectors 4-pin CPUFAN, 3-pin Chafan
Eatxpwr
ATX power connectors 24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin ATX12V
USB connectors 10-1 pin USB56, USB78
GAME/MIDI port connector 16-1 pin Game
Chassis intrusion connector 4-1 pin Chassis
Front panel audio connector 10-1 pin Fpaudio
System power LED Green 3-pin Pled
System panel connector 20-1 pin Fpanel
Reset button Blue 2-pin Reset
Hard disk drive activity Red 2-pin Ideled
Product introduction
Bios setup
Creating a bootable floppy disk
Managing and updating your Bios
Asus EZ Flash utility
Afudos utility
Copying the current Bios
To update the Bios file using the Afudos utility
Updating the Bios file
Recovering the Bios from a floppy disk
Asus CrashFree Bios 2 utility
Recovering the Bios from the support CD
Installing Asus Update
Asus Update utility
Updating the Bios through the Internet
Updating the Bios through a Bios file
Bios setup program
Bios menu screen
Menu bar
Navigation keys
Menu items
Configuration fields
Sub-menu items
Pop-up window
System Time
Main menu
System Date Day xx/xx/xxxx
Legacy Diskette a 1.44M, 3.5
Primary and Secondary IDE Master/Slave
LBA/Large Mode Auto
Type Auto
Block Multi-sector Transfer M Auto
System Information
JumperFree Configuration
Overclock Mode Auto
Advanced menu
USB 1.1 Ports Configuration Enabled
USB Configuration
USB 2.0 Ports Enable Enable
USB 2.0 Controller Mode Hispeed
Bios Ehci Hand-Off Enabled
CPU Configuration
Ratio Cmos Setting
Max Cpuid Value Limit Disabled
Hyper-Threading Technology Disabled
Execute Disable Function Disabled
NorthBridge Configuration
Chipset
Dram Frequency/Timing Configuration
Dram Frequency Auto
Dram Timing Auto
AGP 3.0 Mode
AGP & P2P Bridge Configuration
AGP Fast Write Disabled
Primary Graphics Adapter AGP
Onboard LAN Enabled
SouthBridge Configuration
LAN Optional ROM Disabled
AC’97 Audio Controller Enabled
Onboard Devices Configuration
Onboard Midi Port Disabled
Onboard Game Port Disabled
PCI Latency Timer
PCI PnP
Palette Snooping Disabled
Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA Yes
IRQ-xx assigned to PCI Device
Suspend Mode Auto
Power menu
Acpi Apic Support Enabled
Repost Video on S3 Resume No
APM Configuration
CPU Temperature xxxC/xxxF MB Temperature xxxC/xxxF
Resume On RTC Alarm Disabled
Hardware Monitor
CPU Fan Speed xxxxRPM or N/A
Boot Device Priority
Boot menu
Boot Settings Configuration
Security
Change Supervisor Password
User Access Level Full Access
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check Setup
Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes
Bios setup
Software3 support
Installing an operating system
Support CD information
Running the support CD
Drivers menu
Utilities menu
Make Disk menu
Intel LGA775 CPU Install User’s Manual
Manuals menu
Make VIA Sata Driver Disk
Asus Contact information
RAID configurations
Installing hard disks
Installing Serial ATA Sata hard disks
Entering VIA Tech RAID Bios Utility
RAID 0 for performance
Create Array
RAID 1 for data protection
If you select N, the following confirmation message appears
Creating a RAID driver disk