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