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E1976
First edition
May
Contents
Chapter 1: Product introduction
Chapter 2: Hardware setup
Chapter 3: Installation options
Chapter 4: Motherboard info
Chapter 5:
BIOS information
Chapter 6:
Driver installation
Appendix:
Reference information
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Electrical safety
Operation safety
Audience
Contents
Conventions
Reference
Product introduction
1.1System package contents
Chassis
Motherboard
Components
Cables
1.2System specifications
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1.3Front panel features
Rear panel I/O ports
1.5Internal features
1.6LED information
Hardware setup
2.1.1Removing the side cover
2.1.2Reinstalling the side cover
2.2Motherboard information
2.3.1Overview
2.3.2Installing the CPU
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2.3.3Installing the heatsink and fan
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2.4.1Overview
2.4.2Memory Configurations
2.4.3Installing a DIMM
2.4.4Removing a DIMM
2.5.1Removing the front panel assembly
2.5.2Reinstalling the front panel assembly
2.65.25-inchdrives
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2.7.1Installing a hot-swapSATA HDD
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2.7.2Installing an internal SATA HDD
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Installing an HDD dummy cover
2.8.1Installing an expansion card
2.8.2Removing an expansion card
2.9.1Motherboard connections
2.9.2SATA backplane connections
Back side
SATA backplane jumper settings and HDD ID assignments
One SATA backplane configuration (AA4)
2.10.1 Chassis fan
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2.10.2 HDD fan
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2.10.3 SATA backplane
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2.10.4 Floppy disk drive
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2.10.5 Front I/O board
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2.10.6 Chassis footpads and roller wheels
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2.10.7 Power suppy unit
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Installation options
Removing the footpads or roller wheels
Removing the top cover
Attaching the rack rails
Motherboard info
4.1Motherboard layout
Layout contents
4.2 Jumpers
1 . Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC1)
2 . Keyboard power (3-pinKBPWR1)
3 . 1394 controller setting (3-pin1394_EN1)
4 . Gigabit LAN controller setting (3-pinLAN1_EN1)
5 . RAID controller setting (3-pinRAID_EN1)
4.3 Internal connectors
1 . Floppy disk drive connector (34-1pin FLOPPY1)
2 . IDE connectors (40-1pin PRI_IDE1, SEC_IDE1)
3 . Serial ATA connectors
(7-pinSATA1, SATA2, SATA3, SATA4)
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5 . CPU, front, and rear fan connectors
(3-pinCPU_FAN1, CPU_FAN2, FRNT_FAN1, FRNT_FAN2, REAR-FAN1,REAR_FAN2)
6 . Backplane SMBus connector (6-1pin BPSMB1)
7 . USB connectors (10-1pin USB56, USB78, USB910)
8 . IEEE 1394 connector (10-1pin IE1394_1)
9 . ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR1
8-pinATX12V1)
10 . GAME/MIDI port connector (16-1pin GAME1)
11 . Internal audio connector (4-pinCD1)
12 . Chassis intrusion connector (4-1pin CHASSIS1)
13 . Front panel audio connector (10-1pin FP_AUDIO1)
14 . System panel connector (20-pinPANEL1)
•System power LED (Green 3-pinPLED)
•Hard disk drive activity (Red 2-pinHDD_LED)
•System warning speaker (Orange 4-pinSPKO)
•Power/Soft-offbutton (Yellow 2-pinPWRSW)
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BIOS setup
5.1.1Creating a bootable floppy disk
5.1.2Updating the BIOS
File Name to Program
5.1.3Saving the current BIOS file
5.1.4ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk
5.1.5ASUS EZ Flash utility
5.1.6ASUS Update utility
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Open
Save
5.2BIOS setup program
5.2.1BIOS menu screen
5.2.2Menu bar
5.2.3Legend bar
5.2.4Menu items
5.2.5Sub-menuitems
5.2.6Configuration fields
5.2.7Pop-upwindow
5.2.8General help
5.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx]
5.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx]
5.3.3Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in.]
5.3.4Floppy 3 Mode Support [Disabled]
5.3.5Base/Extended/Total Memory [xxxxxxK]
5.3.6Primary IDE Master
Access Mode [Auto]
Manually detecting an IDE drive
Capacity
Cylinder
5.3.7Primary IDE Slave
5.3.8Secondary IDE Master
5.3.9Secondary IDE Slave
5.3.10 Third IDE Master
5.3.11 Fourth IDE Master
5.3.12 IDE Channel 4 Master
5.3.13 IDE Channel 5 Master
5.4.1CPU Configuration
5.4.2Memory Configuration
Min RAS# Active Time (Tras) [ 8T]
RAS# to CAS# Delay (Trcd) [ 4T]
Row Precharge Time (Trp) [ 2T]
Node Memory Interleaving [Disabled]
S/W Memory Hole Remapping [Enabled]
5.4.3Chipset
Hyper Transport Frequency [4x]
Hyper Transport Width [↓16 ↑16]
Errata 94 Enhanced [Auto]
System BIOS Cacheable [Disabled]
Spread Spectrum [Enabled]
5.4.4Onboard Device
Report System Booting [Disabled]
Onboard Silicon SATALink [Enabled]
Onboard 1394 [Enabled]
Onboard Broadcom 5751 LAN [Enabled]
Onboard AC97 Audio [Enabled]
Super I/O Device
Parallel Port Mode
5.4.5PCIPnP
IRQ Resources
5.4.6USB Configuration
5.5Power menu
ACPI APIC Support [Enabled]
ACPI Suspend Type [S1&S3]
5.5.1APM Configuration
Restore on AC Power Loss [Power Off]
Power On By PCI Devices [Disabled]
WOR(RI#) From Soft-Off[Disabled]
USB Wake-upFrom S1/S3 [Disabled]
Power On By Alarm [Disabled]
5.5.2Hardware Monitor
Voltage Monitor
CPU1 DDR Voltage
CPU2 DDR Voltage
Chipset Voltage
CPU1 Voltage Control
Smart Q-FanConfiguration
Smart Fan Control [Disabled]
System Target Temperature [50]
CPU1 Target Temperature [55]
CPU2 Target Temperature [55]
5.6.1Boot Device Priority
5.6.2Hard Disk Boot Priority
5.6.3Removable Device Priority
5.6.4Boot Settings Configuration
Typematic Rate Setting [Disabled]
Typematic Rate (Chars/Sec) [6]
Typematic Delay (Msec) [250]
5.6.5Security
A note about passwords
Forgot your password
Password Check
5.7Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
Discard Changes
Driver installation
6.1RAID configurations
RAID 0+1
JBOD
Just a Bunch of Disks
6.1.1Installing hard disks
6.1.2RAID configuration utility
6.1.3NVIDIA® RAID configurations
Creating a RAID 0 set (Stripe)
Define a New Array
RAID Mode
Striping
Striping Block
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Creating a RAID 1 set (Mirror)
Mirroring
Rebuilding a RAID set
Array List
Deleting a RAID array
Clearing the disk data
6.2Creating a RAID driver disk
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6.3LAN driver installation
Administrator
6.4.1Running the support CD
6.4.2Drivers menu
6.4.3Management Software
6.4.4Utilities
ASUS Update
ADOBE Acrobat Reader
Norton Internet Security
Winbond Voice Editor
ASUS Screen Saver
6.5.1Realtek Audio Control Panel
Sound Effect options
Sound Effect
S/PDIF options
SPDIF
Speaker Configuration
Speaker Configuration
Auto Test
UAJ Automatic
AI Audio feature
Connector Sensing
Bracket
Option
HRTF Demo
HRTF Demo
Play
Stop
General settings
General
Language
Rear panel audio ports function variation
6.5.2ASUS POST Reporter™
Vocal POST messages
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6.5.3Winbond Voice Editor
Changing the default language
Load
Write
Yes
Customizing your POST messages
Add
Add Wave File
Edit
Event Sound Editor
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A.1.1 General description
A.1.2 Specifications
A.2 Simple fixes
ProblemAction
The power LED on the server or on the monitor do not light up
The keyboard does not work
The mouse does not work
The system continuously beeps after it was turned o n
The message “Non-systemdisk or disk error” appears
Network connection not available
