Asus P5WDG2-WS 2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool

2.2.3ASUS Stack Cool 2

The motherboard comes with the ASUS Stack Cool 2 cooling solution that lowers the temperature of critical heat generating components by 20¼C. The motherboard uses a special design on the printed circuit board (PCB) to dissipate heat that critical components generate.

ASUS P5WDG2-WS

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Contents

Page E2455 Revised Edition February 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 P5WDG2-WSspecifications summary Page Page Page Chapter summary 1.1Welcome Thank you for buying an ASUS¨ P5WDG2-WSWorkstation motherboard 1.2Package contents Motherboard I/O modules 1.3.1Product highlights Enhanced Intel SpeedStep¨ Technology (EIST) DDR2 memory support PCI-X¨ interface PCI Expressª interface S/PDIF digital sound ready 8-channel+ 2-channelHigh Definition audio IEEE 1394a support USB 2.0 technology Dual Gigabit LAN solution 1.3.2ASUS Intelligence (AI) features 1.3.3Innovative ASUS features ASUS Q-Fan2 technology ASUS Multi-languageBIOS ASUS MyLogo2ª ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS EZ Flash BIOS Page Page Page 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 Page 2.3Central Processing Unit (CPU) 2.3.1Installing the CPU Page 2.3.2Installing the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.3.3Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan Page 2.4.1Overview 2.4.2Memory configurations Page Qualified Vendors Lists (QVL) Page Page Page 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 2.5.5PCI slots 2.5.6PCI-Xslots Qualified PCI Express x16 graphics cards Page Qualified PCI Express x16 graphics cards (Workstation level) Qualified RAID cards 2.6 Jumpers 1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) 2 . USB device wake-up (3-pinUSBPW12, USBPW34, USBPW56, USBPW78) 3 . PCI-XSpeed setting (6-pinPCIX_SPEED) 2.7.1Rear panel connectors 32-bitOS LAN port LED indications 64-bitOS LAN port LED indications Page 2.7.2Internal connectors 3 . ICH7R Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1 [red] SATA2 [red], SATA3 [black], SATA4 [black]) Serial ATA hard disk drive connection 5 . Optical drive audio connector (4-pinCD) 6 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78 [optional]) 8 . IEEE 1394a port connector (10-1pin IE1394_2 [Red] ) 9 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME) 10 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS) Page 12 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1) 13 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 2x4-pinEATX12V, 4-pinEZ_PLUG) Page 14 . TPM connector (20-1pin TPM) 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 Page Page 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 Page Page 4.1.1ASUS Update utility Updating the BIOS through the Internet Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file Open Save 4.1.2Creating a bootable floppy disk 4.1.3ASUS EZ Flash utility 4.1.4AFUDOS utility Updating the BIOS file Page 4.1.5ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility Recovering the BIOS from the support CD 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] OS supporting native mode S-ATA 4.3.7System Information 4.4.1JumperFree Configuration CPU Lock Free [Auto] CPU Frequency [XXX] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Performance Mode [Auto] PCI Express Frequency [Auto] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto] CPU Clock Spread Spectrum [Enabled] PCIE Clock Spread Spectrum [Disaabled] FSB Termination Voltage [Auto] MCH Chipset Voltage [Auto] ICH Chipset Voltage [Auto] Overclock Options [Overclock 5%] NOS Mode [Auto] 4.4.2LAN Cable Status 4.4.3USB Configuration 4.4.4CPU Configuration Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Execute Disable Function [Disabled] CPU Internal Thermal Control [Auto] Scroll down the screen to display the following items Hyper-ThreadingTechnology [Enabled] 4.4.5Chipset Hyper Path 3 [Auto] DRAM Throttling Threshold [Auto] Boot Graphic Adapter Priority [PCI Express/PCI] PEG Buffer Length [Auto] Link Latency [Auto] 4.4.6Onboard Devices Configuration Serial Port1 Address [3F8/IRQ4] Parallel Port Address [378] Parallel Port Mode [ECP] Onboard Game/MIDI Port [Disabled] 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] 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 Q-FanMode [PWM] CPU Fan Profile [Optimal] Chassis Fan1/2 Speed [xxxxRPM] or [N/A]/[Ignored] Chassis Q-Fan1Control [Disabled] Chassis Fan Profile [Optimal] 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 O k Load Setup Defaults Exit & Save Changes Software5 support Page 5.2.1Running the support CD 5.2.2Drivers menu 5.2.3Utilities menu ASUS Update ASUS Screen Saver ADOBE Acrobat Reader Infineon Security Platform Software Microsoft DirectX 9.0c 5.2.4Make Disk menu 5.2.5Manuals menu 5.2.6Contact information 5.2.7Other information Technical Support Form Filelist 5.3.1ASUS MyLogo2ª Ratio 5.3.2AI NET2 Using the Virtual Cable Testerª 5.3.3Audio configurations Information Minimize Exit Configuration options Sound Effect Mixer Bass Management setting Audio I/O Microphone 2.Click the Noise Suppression Acoustic Echo Cancellation 3D Audio Demo 5.3.4ASUS PC Probe Monitor panels Preferences Hardware monitor panels Enable Monitoring Panel Scheme Config WMI browser WMI Information DMI browser DMI Information PCI browser PCI Information Usage Usage Hard Disk Configuring PC Probe Sensor/Threshold 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 Page 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) Page 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] 5.5Creating a RAID driver disk Page Page Page A.1 Intel® EM64T Using the Intel¨ EM64T feature A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST) System requirements Automatic Properties Display Properties Screen Saver Power Options Properties Using the Hyper-ThreadingTechnology