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              E2086
Revised Edition                
May
              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
Typography              
P5WD2 Premium specifications summary
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              Chapter summary
              1.1Welcome
Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ P5WD2 Premium motherboard                
1.2Package contents
Motherboard                
I/O modules
              1.3.1Product highlights
              Enhanced Intel SpeedStep¨ Technology (EIST)
DDR2 memory support                
Dual RAID solution
PCI Expressª interface              
8-channelhigh definition audio
Dolby¨ Digital Live                
S/PDIF digital sound ready
IEEE 1394a support              
USB 2.0 technology
Dual Gigabit LAN solution              
1.3.2ASUS AI Life features
              1.3.3Innovative ASUS features
              Universal PCI Express slot
ASUS EZ Plugª                
Precision Tweaker
PEG Link Mode                
ASUS Hyper Path
              ASUS Q-Fan2 technology
ASUS Multi-languageBIOS                
ASUS MyLogo2ª
CPU Lock Free            
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              2.1Before you proceed
Onboard LED              
2.2.1Placement direction
2.2.2Screw holes              
2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool
              2.2.4Motherboard layout
              2.2.5Layout contents
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              2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU)
              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            
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              Qualified Vendors Lists
DDR2-800                
DDR2-667
              DDR2-533
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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 Express x16 slots
              Tested VGA cards to run at x2/x4 mode
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              2.5.5PCI slots
2.5.6PCI Express x1 slot              
2.6 Jumper
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC)              
2.7.1Rear panel connectors
              9 . IEEE 1394a port
10 . USB 2.0 ports 3 and                
11 . USB 2.0 ports 1 and
12 . Microphone port (pink)                
13 . Rear Speaker Out port (gray)
              2.7.2Internal connectors
              3 . ICH7R Primary IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE)
              4 . ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1 [red]
SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black])              
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
5 . Silicon Image¨ Serial ATA RAID connector (7-pinSATA_RAID2)              
6 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD)
7 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP)              
8 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78)
9 . IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2 [Red] )              
10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME)
11 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS)            
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              13 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
14 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 2x4-pinEATX12V, 4-pinEZ_PLUG)            
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              Power Supply Unit Reference Vendors List
              15 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL)
¥System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)                
¥Hard disk drive activity LED (Red 2-pinIDE_LED)
System warning speaker (Orange                
ATX power
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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
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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
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.]
4.3.4Language [English]              
4.3.5Primary, Third, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
              4.3.6IDE Configuration
              Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode]
native OS                
S-ATA
              4.3.7System Information
              4.4.1JumperFree Configuration
              CPU Lock Free [Auto]
CPU Frequency [XXX]                
FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization
DRAM Frequency [Auto]              
Performance Mode [Auto]
PCI Express Frequency [Auto]                
PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto]
Memory Voltage [Auto]                
CPU VCore Voltage [Auto]
              MCH Chipset Voltage [Auto]
ICH Chipset Voltage [Auto]                
Overclock Options [Overclock 5%]
NOS Mode [Auto]                
Sensitivity [Sensitive]
              4.4.2LAN Cable Status
              4.4.3USB Configuration
              BIOS EHCI Hand-off[Disabled]
USB Mass Storage Device Configuration              
4.4.4CPU Configuration
              Execute Disable Function [Disabled]
Enhanced C1 Control [Auto]                
CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto]
Scroll down the screen to display the following items                
Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled]
              4.4.5Chipset
              Hyper Path 3 [Auto]
Booting Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI]                
PEG Buffer Length [Auto]
Link Latency [Auto]                
PEG Root Control [Auto]
              4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration
              Onboard PCI LAN
Silicon 3132 Controller [SATA2 Mode]                
ITE8211F Controller [Enabled]
ITE8211F Controller                
Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4]
              4.4.7PCI PnP
              4.5.1Suspend Mode [S1 (POS) only]
              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 RTC Alarm [Disabled]
Power On By External Modems [Disabled]                
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
Power On By PCIE Devices [Disabled]              
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled]
Power On By PS/2 Mouse [Disabled]              
4.5.6Hardware Monitor
              CPU Fan Profile Mode [Optimal]
Chassis Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A] or [Ignored]                
Chassis Q-FanControl [Disabled]
Chassis Fan Profile Mode [Optimal]              
Power Fan Speed (RPM) [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]
VCORE Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage              
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]              
4.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes                
Exit & Discard Changes
Discard Changes              
Load Setup Defaults
Exit & Save Changes              
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              5.2.1Running the support CD
              5.2.2Drivers menu
              5.2.3Utilities menu
              5.2.4Make Disk menu
              5.2.5Manuals menu
              5.2.6Contact information
5.2.7Other information              
Browse this CD
Technical Support Form                
Filelist
              5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2ª
              Ratio
              5.3.2AI NET2
Using the Virtual Cable Testerª              
5.3.3Audio configurations
              Information
Tools                
Dolby¨ feature launch buttons
Minimize                
Exit
              Sound Effect
Mixer              
Bass Management setting
Audio I/O              
Microphone
2.Click the Noise Suppression                
Acoustic Echo Cancellation
3D Audio Demo              
Using Dolby¨ Digital Liveª
3.Launch the Realtek HD Audio Manager by double clicking the                
Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on the Windows¨ taskbar
              5.4RAID configurations
RAID                
Intel
Matrix Storage              
5.4.1Installing Serial ATA hard disks
5.4.2Intel¨ RAID configurations              
Intel¨ Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
              Creating a RAID 0 set (striped)
1. Create RAID Volume                
RAID Level
RAID 0(Stripe)                
Disks
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              Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored)
RAID 1(Mirror)                
Capacity
              Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1)
RAID 10(RAID0+1)                
Stripe Size
              Creating a RAID 5 set (parity)
RAID 5(Parity)            
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              Deleting a RAID set
2. Delete RAID Volume              
Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
3. Reset Disks to                
Non-RAID
Exiting the Intel¨ Matrix Storage Manager utility                
4. Exit
              Resetting a RAID set hard disks drive
[3. Reset Disks to                
Non-RAID]
              5.5.3Silicon Image¨ RAID configurations
              ESC
Enter                
Ctrl-E
              Creating as RAID 0 set (Striped)
Create RAID set then press <Enter> to display an option menu              
Physical Drive
Creating as RAID 1 set (Mirrored)              
source drive
Create with data copy                
Create without data copy
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              5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
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              Using the Intel¨ EM64T feature
A.2.1 System requirements              
A.2.2 Using the EIST
              Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology