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              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
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              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
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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 (QVL)
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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
2.5.5PCI slots                
2.5.6PCI-Xslots
              Qualified PCI Express x16 graphics cards
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              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            
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              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)            
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              12 . Serial port connector (10-1pin COM1)
13 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 2x4-pinEATX12V, 4-pinEZ_PLUG)            
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              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
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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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              4.1.1ASUS 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
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              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                
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Load Setup Defaults                
Exit & Save Changes
              Software5 support
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              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
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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]
              5.5Creating a RAID driver disk
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              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