Motherboard
E3465 First Edition February
Contents
Switches Audio card installation Connectors
Chapter Powering up
Chapter Bios setup
Psmi Ipmi FRU
Appendix CPU features
Chapter Software support
Federal Communications Commission Statement
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
Operation safety
Safety information
Electrical safety
How this guide is organized
Where to find more information
About this guide
Italics
Conventions used in this guide
Typography
Z7S WS specifications summary
USB
Asus EZ DIY
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Features and the new technologies it supports
Chapter
Chapter summary
Package contents
Welcome
Special features
Product highlights
Dual Gigabit LAN solution
Serial ATA 3.0 Gb/s technology and SATA-On-The-Go
Ieee 1394a support
Diagnosis card
Innovative Asus features
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
CrashFree Bios
Asus MemCool FB-DIMM Fan Kit optional
Hardware
Chapter summary
Before you proceed
Onboard LED
Screw holes
Placement direction
Motherboard overview
Support kits for the motherboard
CEK spring screw hole
That should match the eight 8 CEK spring screw holes
Motherboard layout
Audio card layout
Layout contents
CPU0FAN, CPU1FAN, CHAFAN1-4
Central Processing Unit CPU
Installing the CPU
To install a CPU Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard
CPU notch
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CPU heatsink top view
Installing the CPU heatsink and fan
To install the CPU heatsink and fan
Z7S WS CPU fan connectors
Overview
Memory configurations
System memory
Dimm installation reference table
Rank population
Memory sparing technology
Memory Sparing
Installing a Dimm
Removing a Dimm
To remove a Dimm
Remove the Dimm from the socket
Installing the MemCool FB-DIMM fan optional
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Installing an expansion card
Configuring an expansion card
To install an expansion card
Expansion slots
Interrupt assignments
PCI Express x1 MIO slot
PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots red
Universal PCI Express x16 slot white
7 PCI/PCI-X slots
Jumpers
Clear RTC RAM Clrtc
PCI-X Speed setting 3-pin PCIXSPEED1
Jumper cap on pins 2-3100 MHz capability for the PCI-X slot
Switches
Fan switches HMSW1
Audio card installation
Take out the Audio card from the package
Connectors
Rear panel connectors
Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration
LAN port LED indications
Internal connectors
Floppy disk drive connector 34-1 pin FLOPPY1
IDE connector 40-1 pin Priide
Cable connector
Serial ATA connectors 7-pin SATA1-6
Serial ATA hard disk drive connection
USB connectors 4-pin USB6, 10-1 pin USB78
Z7S WS USB connectors
Serial port connector 10-1 pin COM1
Power supply SMBus connector 5-pin PSUSMB1
Chassis intrusion connector 4-1 pin Chassis
Eatxpwr EATX12V
TPM connector 20-1 pin TPM Optional
System panel connector 20-pin Panel
System power LED Green 3-pin Pled
ATX power button/soft-off button Green 2-pin Pwrsw
Reset button Blue 2-pin Reset
Front panel audio connector 10-1 pin Aafp
Optical drive audio connector 4-pin CD
Connector system panel
10.1 G.P. Diagnosis card layout
10 G.P. Diagnosis card installation
Installing G.P. Diagnosis card
10.3 G.P. Diagnosis card check codes
Hardware information
Sequence, and ways of shutting down
System
Starting up for the first time Turning off the computer
AMI Bios beep codes
Starting up for the first time
Turning off the computer
Using the OS shut down function
Using the dual function power switch
Bios setup
Chapter summary
Installing Asus Update
Managing and updating your Bios
Asus Update utility
Updating the Bios through the Internet
Updating the Bios through a Bios file
Creating a bootable floppy disk
DOS environment
Windows XP environment
Windows Vista environment
Asus EZ Flash 2 utility
Z7S WS
Copying the current Bios
Updating the Bios file
To copy the current Bios file using the Afudos utility
To update the Bios file using the Afudos utility
Utility verifies the file and starts updating the Bios
Recovering the Bios from the USB flash disk
Asus CrashFree Bios 3 utility
Recovering the Bios from the support DVD
Bios setup program
Updating your Bios
Navigation keys
Bios menu screen
Menu bar
Configuration fields
Menu items
Sub-menu items
Pop-up window
Main menu
System Date Day xx/xx/xxxx
System Time
Legacy Diskette a 1.44M, 3.5
LBA/Large Mode Auto
Primary / Secondary / Third IDE Master / Slave
Type Auto
Block Multi-sector Transfer Auto
Storage Configuration
Ahci Configuration
Configure Sata as IDE
Ahci Port1~6
Displays the status of auto-detection of Sata devices
Processor Information
System Information
System Memory
Jumpless Configuration
Fixed +1.25v Adjustment +1.25v
+1.8v Dual Adjustment +1.80v
SB +1.5v Adjustment +1.50v
CPU Configuration
Marvell Post Check LAN cable Disabled
Ratio Cmos Setting
Ai Net
C1E Support Enabled
Hardware Prefetcher Enabled
Adjacent Cache Line Prefectch Enabled
Max Cpuid Value Limit Disabled
Onboard Devices Configuration
This menu allows you to select the Clock Generator mode
Clock Mode Select Auto
Clock Generator
Micro eSATA/PATA Controller Enabled
Onboard 1394 Enabled
Onboard LAN Enabled
Serial Port1 Address 3F8/IRQ4
PCIPnP
USB Configuration
Trusted Computing
TCG/TPM Support No
Power menu
Suspend Mode Auto
Acpi 2.0 Support Disabled
Acpi Apic Support Enabled
APM Configuration
Power On By RTC Alarm Disabled
Power On By PS/2 Keyboard Disabled
Configuration options Disabled Space Bar Power Key Ctrl-Esc
Hardware Monitor
Smart Fan Control Enabled
CPU0/1 Target Temperature
MB Target Temperature
CPU0/1 Fan Speed xxxxRPM or Ignored / N/A
1st ~ xxth Boot Device xxx Drive
Boot menu
Boot Device Priority
Boot Settings Configuration
Change Supervisor Password
Security
User Access Level Full Access
Change User Password
Clear User Password
Password Check Setup
Tools menu
Asus EZ Flash
Asus O.C. Profile
Save to Profle 1/2
Load from Profile 1/2
Start O.C. Profile
Load Setup Defaults
Exit menu
Exit & Save Changes
Exit & Discard Changes
Bios setup
Support
Installing an operating system
Running the support DVD
Installing an operating system
Support DVD information
Drivers menu
Asus InstAll Installation Wizard for Utilities
Installs the Marvell Yukon CPA Application
Utilities menu
Marvell Yukon VCT Application
Asus Update
CyberLink PowerBackup
Asus PC Probe
Asus AI Nap
JMicron JMB36X 32bit/64bit SATA/RAID Driver
Make Disk menu
IntelR ESB2 AHCI/RAID 32bit/64bit Driver
Manual menu Asus Contact information
Displays the general specifications of the motherboard
Displays the support DVD contents in graphical format
Other information
Motherboard Info
Technical support Form
Filelist
Software information
Asus MyLogo2
Software support
Using the Virtual Cable Tester
AI NET2
Installing PC Probe
Using PC Probe
Asus 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
Configuring PC Probe
Memory usage
Asus AI Nap
Audio configurations
Realtek HD Audio Manager
Configuration options
Information
Minimize
Exit
Click to effect the Mixer settings and exit
Mixer
Audio I/O
To set the Audio I/O options
3D Audio Demo
Microphone
Click the Noise Suppression
RAID configurations
RAID definitions
Setting the RAID item in Bios
Installing Serial ATA hard disks
Intel RAID configurations
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
Creating a RAID 0 set striped
Create Array Menu
Are you sure you want to create this volume? Y/N
Creating a RAID 1 set mirrored
XX.X GB
Creating a RAID 5 set parity
Software support
Deleting a RAID set
XXX.XGB
Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
Reset RAID Data
Before creating a RAID set
JMicron RAID Configuration
Onboard Device Configuration for details
Entering the JMB363 RAID Bios utility
Creating a RAID set
Selected HDD shows a sign before it
Disks Select Disk Block N/A Size 159 GB
RDD0 Jraid
RAID
Pressing Y deletes all the data in the HDD
Solving a Mirror conflict
RDD0 Jraid
Saving the settings and exiting setup
Rebuilding a Mirror Drive
Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows
Creating a RAID driver disk
Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS
Software support
Appendix
Intel EM64T Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Eist
Using the Intel EM64T feature
Intel EM64T
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology Eist
System requirements
Using the Eist