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...4-38 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-41 4.7 Tools 4-44 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-45 4.8 Exit menu 4-47 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD ...Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-12 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-14 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-15 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks...
...4-38 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-41 4.7 Tools 4-44 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-45 4.8 Exit menu 4-47 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD ...Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-12 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-14 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-15 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks...
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P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® processor Supports Intel® Pentium® ... page) xi Intel® Matrix Storage Technology LAN High Definition Audio Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA controller supports: - 3 x Serial ATA I /II 3.0 Gb/s hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration -
P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots LGA775 socket for Intel® Pentium® 4/Celeron® processor Supports Intel® Pentium® ... page) xi Intel® Matrix Storage Technology LAN High Definition Audio Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA controller supports: - 3 x Serial ATA I /II 3.0 Gb/s hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration -
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P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary Rear panel 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x Parallel port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x eSATA port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 8-Channel audio ports Internal connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 4 x ICH7R Serial ATA connectors 4 x Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA RAID... BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus software Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 RAID Utility Manageability WOL by PME,...
P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary Rear panel 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x Parallel port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x eSATA port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 8-Channel audio ports Internal connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 4 x ICH7R Serial ATA connectors 4 x Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA RAID... BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus software Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 RAID Utility Manageability WOL by PME,...
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...GB dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533 MHz, 1066/800/533 FSB, and dual-core CPU. See page 2-14 for faster and more efficient computing. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 1-3 The Intel® EM64T feature allows your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with the Intel® EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology...Express/ICH7R chipset The Intel® 975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I /II connectors enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data security and enable powerful multi-task processing. See the Appendix for details.
...GB dual-channel DDR2 800/667/533 MHz, 1066/800/533 FSB, and dual-core CPU. See page 2-14 for faster and more efficient computing. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 1-3 The Intel® EM64T feature allows your system memory to boost system performance, eliminating bottlenecks with the Intel® EM64T (Extended Memory 64 Technology...Express/ICH7R chipset The Intel® 975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I /II connectors enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data security and enable powerful multi-task processing. See the Appendix for details.
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... Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray If any device jumper is set . ® P5W64 WS PRO GND SATA_TXP2 SATA_TXN2 GND SATA_RXN2 SATA_RXP2 GND GND SATA_TXP3 SATA_TXN3 GND SATA_RXN3 SATA_RXP3 GND GND SATA_RXP0 SATA_RXN0 GND SATA_TXN0 SATA_TXP0 GND... SATA4 P5W64 WS PRO SATA connectors SATA2 GND SATA_RXP1 SATA_RXN1 GND SATA_TXN1 SATA_TXP1 GND SATA3 SATA1 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information Use two to [RAID]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration with the Intel...
... Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray If any device jumper is set . ® P5W64 WS PRO GND SATA_TXP2 SATA_TXN2 GND SATA_RXN2 SATA_RXP2 GND GND SATA_TXP3 SATA_TXN3 GND SATA_RXN3 SATA_RXP3 GND GND SATA_RXP0 SATA_RXN0 GND SATA_TXN0 SATA_TXP0 GND... SATA4 P5W64 WS PRO SATA connectors SATA2 GND SATA_RXP1 SATA_RXN1 GND SATA_TXN1 SATA_TXP1 GND SATA3 SATA1 2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information Use two to [RAID]. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration with the Intel...
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.... Set the M a r v e l l S A T A C o n t r o l l e r and M a r v e l l S A T A B O O T R O M items in S t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to build a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-33 M a r v e l l® 8 8 S E 6 1 4 5 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin EXT_SATA1, EXT_SATA2, EXT_SATA3) These connectors are using Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003 or later version. • When using ...
.... Set the M a r v e l l S A T A C o n t r o l l e r and M a r v e l l S A T A B O O T R O M items in S t a n d a r d I D E mode, connect the primary (boot) hard disk drive to build a RAID set using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-33 M a r v e l l® 8 8 S E 6 1 4 5 Serial ATA connectors (7-pin EXT_SATA1, EXT_SATA2, EXT_SATA3) These connectors are using Windows® 2000/XP/Server 2003 or later version. • When using ...
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...configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to [RAID]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to configure the item. If you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage ... this menu allow you want to Native mode. Configure SATA As [Standard IDE] Sets the configuration for the IDE devices installed in AHCI/RAID mode SATA controller is forced to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the defaul setting [Standard...
...configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to [RAID]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to configure the item. If you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage ... this menu allow you want to Native mode. Configure SATA As [Standard IDE] Sets the configuration for the IDE devices installed in AHCI/RAID mode SATA controller is forced to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the defaul setting [Standard...
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... including Windows® 2000/XP. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] If you are for advanced users only. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-17 The P-ATA+S-ATA and P-ATA options are using a Serial ATA optical drive, set this item to [AHCI]. If you set...AHCI), set this item to [Compatible Mode] before creating a boot disk using the support CD. The C o m b i n e d M o d e O p t i o n item appears when you set to [RAID] or [AHCI] The O n b o a r d I D E O p e r a t e M o d e to be used. Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you to choose the IDE ports to [...
... including Windows® 2000/XP. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] If you are for advanced users only. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-17 The P-ATA+S-ATA and P-ATA options are using a Serial ATA optical drive, set this item to [AHCI]. If you set...AHCI), set this item to [Compatible Mode] before creating a boot disk using the support CD. The C o m b i n e d M o d e O p t i o n item appears when you set to [RAID] or [AHCI] The O n b o a r d I D E O p e r a t e M o d e to be used. Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you to choose the IDE ports to [...
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... to enable or disable the Agressive Link Power Management (ALPE) and Aggressive Slumber/Partial (ASP) management features. A T A B O O T R O M appears only when the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item is set to [RAID]. System Memory Displays the auto-detected system memory. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 4.3.7 System Information This menu gives...
... to enable or disable the Agressive Link Power Management (ALPE) and Aggressive Slumber/Partial (ASP) management features. A T A B O O T R O M appears only when the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item is set to [RAID]. System Memory Displays the auto-detected system memory. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 4.3.7 System Information This menu gives...
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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 5-11 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-41 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-41 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional
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... to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for P5WDG2. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-5 Marvell 6141 SATA 64bit Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 SATA driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5W64. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you to create a Marvell® ... for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5WDG2. Marvell 6141 SATA XP/2000/2003 Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. Make Intel ICH7R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks.
... to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for P5WDG2. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-5 Marvell 6141 SATA 64bit Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 SATA driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5W64. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you to create a Marvell® ... for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5WDG2. Marvell 6141 SATA XP/2000/2003 Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. Make Intel ICH7R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks.
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...data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. If you install an operating system to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as it contains a complete copy of the data in ... setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge RAID controllers that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer ...
...data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. I D 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to create a virtual RAID 0 and RAID 1 sets. If you install an operating system to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as it contains a complete copy of the data in ... setup. Among the advantages of the same size or larger than the existing drive. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge RAID controllers that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. Refer ...
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5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Select R A I D from the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item options, then press .... the configuration options. 4. To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1), and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. 5-28...
5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Select R A I D from the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item options, then press .... the configuration options. 4. To install the SATA hard disks for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1), and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. 5-28...
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... ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-29 Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 0+1), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk...
... ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-29 Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this section are connected to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 0+1), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial ATA hard disk...
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...marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection. 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a ...0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to use in length that can be used to select. When the R A I D...
...marks the selected drive. Press after completing your selection. 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a ...0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to use in length that can be used to select. When the R A I D...
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T I P : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . 6. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 8. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Press when the C r e a t e V... stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-31 Use the up/down arrow key to 128 KB. This warning message appears. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or ...
T I P : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . 6. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 8. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Press when the C r e a t e V... stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-31 Use the up/down arrow key to 128 KB. This warning message appears. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or ...
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...item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to create this volume? (Y/N): 6. This screen appears. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 and ...16 characters in the RAID volume capacity that can be used to Create Volume menu. 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support The default value indicates the maximum allowed ...
...item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to create this volume? (Y/N): 6. This screen appears. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 and ...16 characters in the RAID volume capacity that can be used to Create Volume menu. 5-32 Chapter 5: Software support The default value indicates the maximum allowed ...
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.... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. This name is 64 KB. Enter a name for the RAID 10 set : 1. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-33 The default stripe size is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. C r e a t e R A I D L e v e l item...
.... Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. This name is 64 KB. Enter a name for the RAID 10 set : 1. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-33 The default stripe size is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. C r e a t e R A I D L e v e l item...
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...1 . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. When the R A I D L e v e l item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to the Create Volume menu. All... between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to create this volume? (Y/N): 7. This screen appears. This warning message appears. Enter a name for the RAID 5 set : 1. Press when the C r e a t e V o l u m e item is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB...
...1 . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. When the R A I D L e v e l item is highlighted, press the up/down arrow key to the Create Volume menu. All... between 1 and 16 characters in length that can be used to create this volume? (Y/N): 7. This screen appears. This warning message appears. Enter a name for the RAID 5 set : 1. Press when the C r e a t e V o l u m e item is case sensitive and cannot contain special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB...
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... 4. Key in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 5. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-35 When the S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to select the stripe ... : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 5 array, then press . This warning message appears. The default stripe size is highlighted. A small triangle marks the selected drive....
... 4. Key in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 5. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-35 When the S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted, press to select the hard disk drives to select the stripe ... : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 5 array, then press . This warning message appears. The default stripe size is highlighted. A small triangle marks the selected drive....