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... Support [Enabled 4-26 4.5.5 APM Configuration 4-27 4.5.6 Hardware Monitor 4-28 4.6 Boot menu 4-30 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-30 4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-31 4.6.3 Security 4-32 4.7 Tools menu 4-34 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-34 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-35 4.7.3 Ai Net 2 4-36 4.8 Exit menu 4-37 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD...
... Support [Enabled 4-26 4.5.5 APM Configuration 4-27 4.5.6 Hardware Monitor 4-28 4.6 Boot menu 4-30 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-30 4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-31 4.6.3 Security 4-32 4.7 Tools menu 4-34 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-34 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-35 4.7.3 Ai Net 2 4-36 4.8 Exit menu 4-37 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD...
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... 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-20 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-21 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 22 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-35 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-35 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-42 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk...
... 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-20 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-21 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 22 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility)... 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-35 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-35 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-42 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk...
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P5K-E/WiFi-AP specifications summary Back Panel I/O Ports Internal I/O Connectors BIOS Features Manageability Support CD Contents Form Factor 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 2 x External SATA 1 x IEEE1394a 1 x RJ45 port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 8-channel Audio I/O 1 x WiFi-AP Solo antenna jack (WiFi-AP Edition only) 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB ports...SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Wizard Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24...
P5K-E/WiFi-AP specifications summary Back Panel I/O Ports Internal I/O Connectors BIOS Features Manageability Support CD Contents Form Factor 1 x PS/2 Keyboard 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 2 x External SATA 1 x IEEE1394a 1 x RJ45 port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 8-channel Audio I/O 1 x WiFi-AP Solo antenna jack (WiFi-AP Edition only) 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB ports...SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update ASUS AI Suite ASUS WiFi-AP Solo Wizard Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX Form Factor, 12"x 9.6" (30.5cm x 24...
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...8482; reacts much faster to set up without entering the operating system. AI NOS™ (Non-Delay Overclocking System) The patented ASUS Non-delay Overclocking System™ (AI NOS™) technology auto‑detects the CPU loading and dynamically overclocks the CPU speed ...Super Memspeed Technology- Refer to see the critical parts of your screen. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 1- ASUS AI Slot Detector When PCIE/PCI devices are installed, you can easily see which drivers are installed successfully via ASUS's innovatively designed on-board LEDs when they are already installed, as well...
...8482; reacts much faster to set up without entering the operating system. AI NOS™ (Non-Delay Overclocking System) The patented ASUS Non-delay Overclocking System™ (AI NOS™) technology auto‑detects the CPU loading and dynamically overclocks the CPU speed ...Super Memspeed Technology- Refer to see the critical parts of your screen. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 1- ASUS AI Slot Detector When PCIE/PCI devices are installed, you can easily see which drivers are installed successfully via ASUS's innovatively designed on-board LEDs when they are already installed, as well...
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...cards. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Refer to unplug the power cord before adding or removing ...future, you may cause you removed earlier. 6. Failure to the chassis with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Install the software drivers for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, ...
...cards. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Refer to unplug the power cord before adding or removing ...future, you may cause you removed earlier. 6. Failure to the chassis with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Install the software drivers for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, ...
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...Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Place the support CD in Windows® environment.) 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP... 4- Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD...
...Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Place the support CD in Windows® environment.) 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP... 4- Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support CD...
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... AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 4-13 DMA Mode [Auto] Selects...
... AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 4-13 DMA Mode [Auto] Selects...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-50 ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP
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... utilities that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack2 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 5.2.1 Running the support CD Place the support CD to avail all motherboard features. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5- 5.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista™ operating systems (OS). Use the setup...
... utilities that you install the Windows® XP Service Pack2 or later versions before installing the drivers for updates. 5.2.1 Running the support CD Place the support CD to avail all motherboard features. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5- 5.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows® XP/ 64-bit XP/ Vista™ operating systems (OS). Use the setup...
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ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and...
ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support SoundMAX ADI1988 Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and...
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...DirectX® improves the multimedia features of you computer so you to open, view, and print documents in your computer from the ASUS Superb Software Library CD. WinDVD Copy5 Trial Installs the WinDVD Copy5 Trial version. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for... Plus SE Installs the Corel Snapfire Plus SE software. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0 driver. You can enjoy watching TV and movies, capturing videos, or playing games in Portable Document Format (PDF). Symantec Norton Internet Security The ...
...DirectX® improves the multimedia features of you computer so you to open, view, and print documents in your computer from the ASUS Superb Software Library CD. WinDVD Copy5 Trial Installs the WinDVD Copy5 Trial version. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for... Plus SE Installs the Corel Snapfire Plus SE software. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0 driver. You can enjoy watching TV and movies, capturing videos, or playing games in Portable Document Format (PDF). Symantec Norton Internet Security The ...
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Make Intel ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5- Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9 or JMicron® JMB36X RAID/AHCI driver disk. 5.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk.
Make Intel ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5- Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9 or JMicron® JMB36X RAID/AHCI driver disk. 5.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk.
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...at a healthy operating condition. Double-click the setup.exe file to close or restore the application. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. You can launch the PC Probe II right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop. Click the Utilities... tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to view the current status of any problem with these...
...at a healthy operating condition. Double-click the setup.exe file to close or restore the application. To launch the PC Probe II from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. You can launch the PC Probe II right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop. Click the Utilities... tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to view the current status of any problem with these...
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... this icon to launch AI Gear 2, AI N.O.S., AI Booster, AI Nap, and Q-Fan 2 utilities easily. 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to close or restore the application. Place the support CD to normal state. After launching the... You can launch the AI Suite right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Using AI Suite Click the AI N.O.S., AI Gear 2, AI Nap, AI ... To install AI Suite on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1.
... this icon to launch AI Gear 2, AI N.O.S., AI Booster, AI Nap, and Q-Fan 2 utilities easily. 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to close or restore the application. Place the support CD to normal state. After launching the... You can launch the AI Suite right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Using AI Suite Click the AI N.O.S., AI Gear 2, AI Nap, AI ... To install AI Suite on your computer has an enabled Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1.
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Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility. You must use 4-channel, 6-channel or .../rendering, 3D sound positioning, and advanced voice-input technologies. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5-25 5.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility) The ADI AD1988 High Definition Audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability through the SoundMAX® audio utility with the motherboard package to deliver the ultimate audio experience on the taskbar.
Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility. You must use 4-channel, 6-channel or .../rendering, 3D sound positioning, and advanced voice-input technologies. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5-25 5.3.10 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility) The ADI AD1988 High Definition Audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability through the SoundMAX® audio utility with the motherboard package to deliver the ultimate audio experience on the taskbar.
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The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an ...RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge RAID controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID...
The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies and maintains an ...RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge RAID controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. RAID...
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... (Windows XP). Motherboard support CD with the same model and capacity. 2. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to your RAID configuration. 4. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5. Always install the JMB363 driver before you to ...Screen Select Item +- Refer to set Prepare the following steps before creating RAID sets. 5-42 Chapter 5: Software support Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows® OS had been installed. 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration The JMicron® Serial ATA controller allows you create...
... (Windows XP). Motherboard support CD with the same model and capacity. 2. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to your RAID configuration. 4. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. 5. Always install the JMB363 driver before you to ...Screen Select Item +- Refer to set Prepare the following steps before creating RAID sets. 5-42 Chapter 5: Software support Install the JMB363 driver after the Windows® OS had been installed. 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration The JMicron® Serial ATA controller allows you create...
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... a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 8. Start Windows®. 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB flash disk if you can create a RAID... driver disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in...
... a formatted floppy disk into the optical drive. 5. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. Write-protect the floppy disk to create a RAID driver disk. 8. Start Windows®. 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the floppy disk drive or connect a USB flash disk if you can create a RAID... driver disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP and later operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in...
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... to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID driver in Windows XP: 1. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5-51 Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. During the OS...
... to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID driver in Windows XP: 1. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 5-51 Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. During the OS...
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... your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers in this section. 6.1.1 Requirements • CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (Master) • CrossFire™-ready graphics card (Slave) • CrossFire™-ready motherboard • Make sure that your power ...output. 6.1.2 Before you to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. 3. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 6- Close all current applications. 2. 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. See 8. Select your...
... your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers in this section. 6.1.1 Requirements • CrossFire™ Edition graphics card (Master) • CrossFire™-ready graphics card (Slave) • CrossFire™-ready motherboard • Make sure that your power ...output. 6.1.2 Before you to Control Panel > Add/Remove Programs. 3. ASUS P5K-E/WiFi-AP 6- Close all current applications. 2. 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. See 8. Select your...