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... LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS... MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. ii ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER ...
... LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS... MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. ii ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER ...
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... Flash to update the BIOS 2-5 2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility 2-6 2.2 BIOS Setup Program 2-8 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 2-9 2.2.2 Menu bar 2-9 2.2.3 Navigation keys 2-9 2.2.4 Menu items 2-10 2.2.5 Sub-menu...29 Chapter 3: Software Support 3.1 Installing An Operating System 3-2 3.2 Support CD Information 3-2 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3-2 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3-3 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3-3 3.2.4 Manual menu 3-4 3.2.5 Contacts menu 3-5 3.3 VIA RAID configurations 3-6 3.3.1 Installing hard disks 3-6 3.3.2 VIA RAID Configuration 3-7 3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk 3-10 iv
... Flash to update the BIOS 2-5 2.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility 2-6 2.2 BIOS Setup Program 2-8 2.2.1 BIOS menu screen 2-9 2.2.2 Menu bar 2-9 2.2.3 Navigation keys 2-9 2.2.4 Menu items 2-10 2.2.5 Sub-menu...29 Chapter 3: Software Support 3.1 Installing An Operating System 3-2 3.2 Support CD Information 3-2 3.2.1 Running the support CD 3-2 3.2.2 Drivers menu 3-3 3.2.3 Utilities menu 3-3 3.2.4 Manual menu 3-4 3.2.5 Contacts menu 3-5 3.3 VIA RAID configurations 3-6 3.3.1 Installing hard disks 3-6 3.3.2 VIA RAID Configuration 3-7 3.4 Creating a RAID driver disk 3-10 iv
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... devices could interrupt the grounding circuit. • Make sure that your power supply is broken, do not try to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away...
... devices could interrupt the grounding circuit. • Make sure that your power supply is broken, do not try to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away...
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... contents of the standard package. About This Guide How this guide is organized This manual contains the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may have to complete a task...
... contents of the standard package. About This Guide How this guide is organized This manual contains the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates. 1. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on ASUS hardware and software products. Optional documentation Your product package may have to complete a task...
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P4V8X-MX Specifications Summary BIOS features Industry standard Manageability Support CD Accessary Form factor 4 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), ASUS CrashFree BIOS2, ASUS EZ Flash, MyLogo2, PXE, RPL PCI 2.2, USB 2.0/1.1 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME Drivers ASUS... PC Probe Anti-Virus Software (OEM version) ASUS LiveUpdate Utility 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Serial ATA / Power cable 1 x FDD cable Userʼs Manual I/O shield Micro ATX Form Factor, 9.6" x 8" (...
P4V8X-MX Specifications Summary BIOS features Industry standard Manageability Support CD Accessary Form factor 4 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), ASUS CrashFree BIOS2, ASUS EZ Flash, MyLogo2, PXE, RPL PCI 2.2, USB 2.0/1.1 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME Drivers ASUS... PC Probe Anti-Virus Software (OEM version) ASUS LiveUpdate Utility 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable 1 x Serial ATA / Power cable 1 x FDD cable Userʼs Manual I/O shield Micro ATX Form Factor, 9.6" x 8" (...
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...; Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDLED) This connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to manually place the system into a suspend mode, or "green" mode. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system ...several chassis-mounted functions. The IDE LED lights up when you to this connector. ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 1-23 11. PLED SPEAKER PLED+ PLED+5V Ground Ground Speaker PANEL R +5V IDELED PWR Ground Reset Ground P4V8X-MX P4V8X-MX System Panel Connector IDE_LED RESET PWRSW * Requires an ATX power supply. • ...
...; Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin HDLED) This connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to manually place the system into a suspend mode, or "green" mode. Pressing the power switch for more than four seconds while the system ...several chassis-mounted functions. The IDE LED lights up when you to this connector. ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 1-23 11. PLED SPEAKER PLED+ PLED+5V Ground Ground Speaker PANEL R +5V IDELED PWR Ground Reset Ground P4V8X-MX P4V8X-MX System Panel Connector IDE_LED RESET PWRSW * Requires an ATX power supply. • ...
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... to keep the CPU from overheated. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Max CPUID Value Limit: [Disabled] Enable this motherboard. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] Spread Spectrum [Auto] Allows you to boot legacy operating systems that cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] CPU...
... to keep the CPU from overheated. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Max CPUID Value Limit: [Disabled] Enable this motherboard. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] Spread Spectrum [Auto] Allows you to boot legacy operating systems that cannot support CPUs with extended CPUID functions. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] CPU...
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... 9.0c The Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c is for detailed information. 3.2.4 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of your idle screen by installing the ASUS screen saver. ASUS Update ASUS Update can help for opening the manual files. 3-4 Chapter 3: Software Support Anti-Virus Utility The anti... viruses. Please install Network Card and TCP/IP network driver first, otherwise ASUS Update can not work properly. DirectX® improves the multimedia features of supplementary user manuals.Click an item to download and flash BIOS. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V7.0 ...
... 9.0c The Microsoft DirectX® 9.0c is for detailed information. 3.2.4 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of your idle screen by installing the ASUS screen saver. ASUS Update ASUS Update can help for opening the manual files. 3-4 Chapter 3: Software Support Anti-Virus Utility The anti... viruses. Please install Network Card and TCP/IP network driver first, otherwise ASUS Update can not work properly. DirectX® improves the multimedia features of supplementary user manuals.Click an item to download and flash BIOS. ADOBE Acrobat Reader V7.0 ...
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You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 3-5 Raid Userʼs Manual Please install first Adobe Acrobat, then open the VIA8237 SATA Quick Setup Guide. 3.2.5 Contacts menu Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information.
You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 3-5 Raid Userʼs Manual Please install first Adobe Acrobat, then open the VIA8237 SATA Quick Setup Guide. 3.2.5 Contacts menu Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information.
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... drive. Select Auto Setup for capacity 2. Press to confirm or to return to auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Performance or manually configure the RAID array for optimum 64K performance. A list of valid array block sizes are displayed on a pop-up hard disk for audio...
... drive. Select Auto Setup for capacity 2. Press to confirm or to return to auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Performance or manually configure the RAID array for optimum 64K performance. A list of valid array block sizes are displayed on a pop-up hard disk for audio...
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... ddaattaa pprrootteeccttiioonn RAID SPAN for Data Security and press . Select Auto Setup for capacity 2. Select Select Disk Drives, then press . ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 3-9 Press anytime if you selected , proceed to setup hard disk for RAID system. Press to go back to exit the ...RAID 1 for data protection then press . 3. If you can auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually configure the RAID array for data protection Press CTRL+E to the configuration options. 11. Duplicating... Continue? (Y/N) 10...
... ddaattaa pprrootteeccttiioonn RAID SPAN for Data Security and press . Select Auto Setup for capacity 2. Select Select Disk Drives, then press . ASUS P4V8X-MX Motherboard 3-9 Press anytime if you selected , proceed to setup hard disk for RAID system. Press to go back to exit the ...RAID 1 for data protection then press . 3. If you can auto-configure the RAID array by selecting Auto Setup for Data Security or manually configure the RAID array for data protection Press CTRL+E to the configuration options. 11. Duplicating... Continue? (Y/N) 10...