Z7S WS
Motherboard
E3465 First Edition February
Hardware information
Contents
Chapter
Product introduction
Audio card installation
Powering up
BIOS setup
Switches
Main menu
Contents
Power menu
Boot menu
A.2.1
CPU features
Software support
Appendix
Notices
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Safety information
Electrical safety
Operation safety
About this guide
Where to find more information
Chapter 3 Powering up
Chapter 4 BIOS setup
Command
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
Italics
Z7S WS specifications summary
Intel ESB2E ICH
JMicron JMB363 SATA controller
ASUS Workstation Features
Z7S WS specifications summary
AI Lifestyle Unique Features BIOS features Rear panel
Internal connectors Power requirement
Support DVD contents Manageability Other Features Form factor
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Page
This chapter describes the motherboard
Chapter
Product
introduction
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Chapter summary
1 x 1-port IEEE 1394a module
1.2 Package contents
1.1 Welcome
1 x 2-port USB module
Intel Seaburg and Intel ESB2E chipset
1.3 Special features
1.3.1 Product highlights
Latest processor technology
G.P. Diagnosis card
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
IEEE 1394a support
ASUS MemCool FB-DIMM Fan Kit optional
1.3.2 Innovative ASUS features
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
CrashFree BIOS
information
Chapter 2 Hardware
2.10
Chapter summary
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2.1 Before you proceed
Onboard LED
Z7S WS Onboard LED
2.2.1 Placement direction
2.2 Motherboard overview
2.2.2 Screw holes
2.2.3 Support kits for the motherboard
To install the CEK spring
1. Locate the CPU heatsink holes on the motherboard
The CEK springs appear as shown when installed
that should match the eight 8 CEK spring screw holes
Intel ESB2E
2.2.4 Motherboard layout
2.2.5 Audio card layout
26.7cm 10.5in
2.2.6 Layout contents
Switches
Jumpers
Floppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin FLOPPY1
2.3.1 Installing the CPU
2.3 Central Processing Unit CPU
Z7S WS CPU LGA771
4. Lift the load plate with your
snaps into the retention tab
6. Close the load plate A, thenA push the load lever B until it
2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
Z7S WS CPU fan connectors
3. Connect the fan cable to the 4‑pin connector labeled CPU0FAN
Z7S WS 240-pin DDR2 FB-DIMM sockets
2.4.2 Memory configurations
2.4 System memory
2.4.1 Overview
DIMM installation reference table
Rank population
Channel
Memory Sparing
2.4.3 Memory sparing technology
2.4.5 Removing a DIMM
2.4.4 Installing a DIMM
2.4.6 Installing the MemCool FB-DIMM fan optional
To install the optional FB-DIMM fan
1. Locate the three FB-DIMM fan holes on the motherboard
2-19
5. Connect the fan cable to the 4-pin connector labeled FBDFAN1
Make sure the cables pass through the notch on the fan base as shown
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2.5.1 Installing an expansion card
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card
2.5 Expansion slots
2.5.6 Universal PCI Express x16 slot white
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments
2.5.4. PCI Express x1 MIO slot
2.5.5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots red
2.5.7 PCI/PCI-X slots
Universal PCIe x163 slot white, @ PCI1 slot PCIe 2.0 x162 slot red, @
PCIX1 slot PCIe 2.0 x161 slot red, @ PCIe x11 MIO slot
2.6 Jumpers
1. Clear RTC RAM CLRTC
Z7S WS Clear RTC RAM
Chapter 2 Hardware information
2. PCI-X Speed setting 3-pin PCIXSPEED1
The jumper cap on pins 2-3 100 MHz capability for the PCI-X slot
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2.7 Switches
Fan switches HMSW1
Z7S WS Fan switches
2-26
2.8 Audio card installation
4. The photo below shows the audio card installed on the motherboard
1. Take out the Audio card from the package
2.9.1 Rear panel connectors
2.9 Connectors
LAN port LED indications
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration
1. Floppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin FLOPPY1
2.9.2 Internal connectors
Z7S WS IDE connector
2. IDE connector 40-1 pin PRIIDE
3. Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1-6
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
Z7S WS SATA connectors
Z7S WS USB connectors
4. USB connectors 4-pin USB6, 10-1 pin USB78
SPSFAN1
5. Serial port connector 10-1 pin COM1
Z7S WS Serial port connectors PIN1
Z7S WS Fan connectors
7. Power supply SMBus connector 5-pin PSUSMB1
8. Chassis intrusion connector 4-1 pin CHASSIS
Z7S WS Power supply SMBus connector
Z7S WS ATX power connectors
9. SSI power connectors 24-pin EATXPWR, 8-pin EATX12V, 4-pin ATX12V
Chapter 2 Hardware information
10. TPM connector 20-1 pin TPM Optional
Z7S WS SGPIO connector
2-36
Reset button Blue 2-pin RESET
11. System panel connector 20-pin PANEL
System power LED Green 3-pin PLED
ATX power button/soft-off button Green 2-pin PWRSW
12. Front panel audio connector 10-1 pin AAFP
13. Optical drive audio connector 4-pin CD
Z7S WS Internal audio connector
14. Q-Connector system panel
2.10 G.P. Diagnosis card installation
2.10.2 Installing G.P. Diagnosis card
2.10.1 G.P. Diagnosis card layout
2.10.3 G.P. Diagnosis card check codes
Chapter 2 Hardware information
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Chapter
Powering3up
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Chapter summary
3.1 Starting up for the first time
AMI BIOS beep codes
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function
3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch
3.2 Turning off the computer
Chapter 4 BIOS setup
This chapter tells how to change the
parameters are also provided
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Chapter summary
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
4.1.1 ASUS Update utility
Installing ASUS Update
To update the BIOS through the Internet
Updating the BIOS through the Internet
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Updating the BIOS through a BIOS file
Windows Vista environment
4.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk
DOS environment
Windows XP environment
4.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
Copying the current BIOS
Updating the BIOS file
4.1.4 AFUDOS utility
4. The utility verifies the file and starts updating the BIOS
4.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD
Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk
updating your BIOS
4.2 BIOS setup program
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen
4.2.2 Menu bar
4.2.3 Navigation keys
4.2.7 Pop-up window
4.2.6 Configuration fields
4.2.4 Menu items
4.2.5 Sub-menu items
4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A 1.44M, 3.5 in
4.3 Main menu
4.3.1 System Date Day xx/xx/xxxx
4.3.2 System Time
Block Multi-sector Transfer Auto
LBA/Large Mode Auto
4.3.5 Primary / Secondary / Third IDE Master / Slave
Type Auto
32Bit Data Transfer Disabled
4.3.6 Storage Configuration
PIO Mode Auto
DMA Mode Auto
SATA Port0 Auto
AHCI Configuration
Configure SATA as IDE
AHCI Port1~6
Processor Information
AMI BIOS
4.3.7 System Information
System Memory
SB +1.5v Adjustment +1.50v
4.4.1 Jumpless Configuration
Fixed +1.25v Adjustment +1.25v
+1.8v Dual Adjustment +1.80v
4.4.2 Ai Net
4.4.3 CPU Configuration
Marvell POST Check LAN cable Disabled
Ratio CMOS Setting
Max CPUID Value Limit Disabled
C1E Support Enabled
Hardware Prefetcher Enabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefectch Enabled
CPU Frequency Setting
4.4.4 Onboard Devices Configuration
Clock Mode Select Auto
Clock Generator
Controller Mode IDE
J-Micro eSATA/PATA Controller Enabled
Onboard 1394 Enabled
Onboard LAN Enabled
Plug And Play O/S No
PCI Latency Timer
Palette Snooping Disabled
4.4.5 PCIPnP
BIOS EHCI Hand-Off Enabled
4.4.6 USB Configuration
USB 2.0 Controller Enabled
USB2.0 Controller mode HiSpeed
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4.4.7 Trusted Computing
TCG/TPM SUPPORT No
Chapter 4 BIOS setup
4.5.4 ACPI APIC Support Enabled
4.5 Power menu
4.5.1 Suspend Mode Auto
4.5.3 ACPI 2.0 Support Disabled
Power On By External Modems Disabled
4.5.5 APM Configuration
Power Button Mode On/Off
Restore on AC Power Loss Power Off
Memory Temperature xxxºC/xxxºF
Power On By RTC Alarm Disabled
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard Disabled
CPU0/1 Temperature xxxºC/xxxºF MB Temperature xxxºC/xxxºF
4.5.7 PSMI IPMI FRU
Smart Fan Control Enabled
CPU0/1 Target Temperature
MB Target Temperature
4.6 Boot menu
4.6.1 Boot Device Priority
1st ~ xxth Boot Device xxx Drive
AddOn ROM Display Mode Force BIOS
4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration
Quick Boot Enabled
Full Screen Logo Enabled
4.6.3 Security
Change Supervisor Password
Password Check Setup
User Access Level Full Access
Change User Password
Clear User Password
4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash
4.7 Tools menu
Start O.C. Profile
4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile
Save to Profle 1/2
Load from Profile 1/2
Exit & Discard Changes
Load Setup Defaults
4.8 Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
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Chapter 4 BIOS setup
Chapter
support
Software
Chapter summary
5-23
5-41
RAID configurations
5.1 Installing an operating system
5.2 Support DVD information
5.2.1 Running the support DVD
Realtek Audio Driver
ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers
Intel Chipset Inf Update Program
5.2.2 Drivers menu
Marvell Yukon CPA Application
ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Utilities
5.2.3 Utilities menu
Marvell Yukon VCT Application
ASUS AI Nap
ASUS Update
CyberLink PowerBackup
ASUS PC Probe
5.2.4 Make Disk menu
IntelR ESB2 AHCI/RAID 32bit/64bit Driver
JMicron JMB36X 32bit/64bit SATA/RAID Driver
5.2.6 ASUS Contact information
5.2.5 Manual menu
5.2.7 Other information
Motherboard Info
Browse this DVD
Filelist
Technical support Form
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5.3 Software information
5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2
Configuration
7. When the logo images appear on the right window pane, select an image to enlarge by clicking on it
5.3.2 AI NET2
Using the Virtual Cable Tester
Launching PC Probe
Installing PC Probe
Using PC Probe
5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe
Sensor alert
Preference
Hardware monitor panels
Changing the monitor panels position
Moving the monitor panels
WMI browser
DMI browser
Monitoring sensor alert
space, and memory usage. Click to display the Usage browser
PCI browser
Usage
CPU usage
Memory usage
Configuring PC Probe
5.3.4 ASUS AI Nap
Realtek HD Audio Manager
5.3.5 Audio configurations
Exit
Configuration options
Information
Minimize
Mixer
Audio I/O
To set the mixer options
Microphone
2. Click the Noise Suppression
3D Audio Demo
5.4.1 RAID definitions
5.4 RAID configurations
5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
5.4.3 Intel RAID configurations
Setting the RAID item in BIOS
Non-RAID Disk
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
Non-RAID Disk
Non-RAID Disk
Creating a RAID 0 set striped
WARNING ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST
Are you sure you want to create this volume? Y/N
Volume1
Creating a RAID 1 set mirrored
Creating a RAID 5 set parity
Chapter 5 Software support
5-30
Deleting a RAID set
Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
5.4.4 JMicron RAID Configuration
Onboard Device Configuration for details
Before creating a RAID set
5-34
Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility
Creating a RAID set
Create RAID Disk Drive
Capacity
Level 0-Stripe
Level 1-Mirror
Model Name
Model Name
Capacity
MembersHDDx
RAID Disk Drive List
2. Use the space bar to select the RAID set you want to delete
Deleting a RAID set
Resetting disks to non-RAID
Solving a Mirror conflict
Rebuilding a Mirror Drive
Saving the settings and exiting setup
5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk
5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows
To install the RAID driver in Windows XP
Appendix
CPU features
Chapter summary
A.2.1 System requirements
Using the Intel EM64T feature
A.1 Intel EM64T
A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology EIST
A.2.2 Using the EIST
to display the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) browser. This browser displays various Windows® management information. Click an item from the left panel to display on the right panel. Click the plus sign (+) before WMI Information to display the available information.
to display the DMI (Desktop Management Interface) browser. This browser displays various desktop and system information. Click the plus sign (+) before DMI Information to display the available information.