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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 information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information...
... 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 information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information...
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xiii 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 ... 1 x EZ Plug connector 1 x Serial port (COM1) connector EATX power connectors (24-pin and 2 x 4-pin) System panel connector Support CD contents Device drivers 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, WOR by...
xiii 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 ... 1 x EZ Plug connector 1 x Serial port (COM1) connector EATX power connectors (24-pin and 2 x 4-pin) System panel connector Support CD contents Device drivers 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, WOR by...
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... and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Assign an IRQ to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. When using PCI cards on the next page for the card. 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your ...is completely seated on BIOS setup. 2. Turn on the next page. 3. Failure to do not need to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. See Chapter 4 for the expansion card. Make sure to the card. The following sub-sections describe the ...
... and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. Assign an IRQ to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. When using PCI cards on the next page for the card. 2. Remove the system unit cover (if your ...is completely seated on BIOS setup. 2. Turn on the next page. 3. Failure to do not need to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. See Chapter 4 for the expansion card. Make sure to the card. The following sub-sections describe the ...
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... V8.241.0.0 nVIDIA GeForce PCX5900 V6.14.10.8198 nVIDIA GeForce 6200 V6.14.10.8198 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-23 Pass (BIOS: V5E4D.9.7.1.3. AS13) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 WinXP Pro.(JPN) Pass ASUS EAX700PRO Rev. PN: 109-A47401-10 (BIOS: V009.007.001.004) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 Win2003-...64 Standard R2 Pass ASUS EAX850XT PE Rev. Pass Silent 256MB V.1.00 (BIOS: 71C0.9.12.4.2) ASUS EAX1800XT 512MB (BIOS: V7100.9.12. 4.2.AS01) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 WinXP Pro. (CHT) Pass ASUS EAX1900XTX PCIEX16_1 WinXP Pro. Status Pass Pass Pass Pass Chipset/Driver Version ATI Radeon X300 V8....
... V8.241.0.0 nVIDIA GeForce PCX5900 V6.14.10.8198 nVIDIA GeForce 6200 V6.14.10.8198 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-23 Pass (BIOS: V5E4D.9.7.1.3. AS13) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 WinXP Pro.(JPN) Pass ASUS EAX700PRO Rev. PN: 109-A47401-10 (BIOS: V009.007.001.004) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 Win2003-...64 Standard R2 Pass ASUS EAX850XT PE Rev. Pass Silent 256MB V.1.00 (BIOS: 71C0.9.12.4.2) ASUS EAX1800XT 512MB (BIOS: V7100.9.12. 4.2.AS01) PCIEX16_1 PCIEX16_2 WinXP Pro. (CHT) Pass ASUS EAX1900XTX PCIEX16_1 WinXP Pro. Status Pass Pass Pass Pass Chipset/Driver Version ATI Radeon X300 V8....
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..., or other devices. 3 . L A N 2 ( R J - 4 5 ) p o r t . 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1 2 3 4 56 78 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 . L A N 1 ( R J - 4 5 ) p o r t . P S / 2 m o u s e p o r t ( g r e e n ) . Refer to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Driver Not Ready 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information This port is for the LAN port LED indications. 4 .
..., or other devices. 3 . L A N 2 ( R J - 4 5 ) p o r t . 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1 2 3 4 56 78 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 1 . L A N 1 ( R J - 4 5 ) p o r t . P S / 2 m o u s e p o r t ( g r e e n ) . Refer to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Driver Not Ready 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information This port is for the LAN port LED indications. 4 .
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... you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the defaul setting [Standard IDE]. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration...
... you want to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the defaul setting [Standard IDE]. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration...
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..., Inc. 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Allows you to confirm your choice. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V3.00 FLASH TYPE: SST 49LF008 FWH Current ROM BOARD: P5W64-WS PRO VER: 0116 DATE: 08/01/2006 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: C:\ A: C: BWiInN98SE DRIVERS LinuxDrivers Manual Software W64WSPRO...items allow you to select and update BIOS. Please see page 4-5, section 4.1.3 for special functions. Profile Exit Press ENTER to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. Select an item then press to display the sub-menu. When you press , a confirmation message appears.
..., Inc. 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Allows you to confirm your choice. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V3.00 FLASH TYPE: SST 49LF008 FWH Current ROM BOARD: P5W64-WS PRO VER: 0116 DATE: 08/01/2006 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: C:\ A: C: BWiInN98SE DRIVERS LinuxDrivers Manual Software W64WSPRO...items allow you to select and update BIOS. Please see page 4-5, section 4.1.3 for special functions. Profile Exit Press ENTER to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. Select an item then press to display the sub-menu. When you press , a confirmation message appears.
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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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... Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains... the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features. Always install ... the support CD Place the support CD to run the CD. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for reference only. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-1
... Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack1 or later versions before installing the drivers for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains... the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features. Always install ... the support CD Place the support CD to run the CD. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for reference only. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-1
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... system, this utility using three different modes: interactive, silent or unattended preload. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions. This driver enables Plug-n-Play INF support for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® Chipset INF Update Program. Marvell 61xx...
... system, this utility using three different modes: interactive, silent or unattended preload. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions. This driver enables Plug-n-Play INF support for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® Chipset INF Update Program. Marvell 61xx...
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... of any detected problems. This utility helps you to install. ASUS InstAll - ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-3 Click on an item to overclock the CPU speed in healthy operating condition. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon™ Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you keep your computer in Windows...
... of any detected problems. This utility helps you to install. ASUS InstAll - ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-3 Click on an item to overclock the CPU speed in healthy operating condition. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell® Yukon™ Gigabit Ethernet driver. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you keep your computer in Windows...
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...® 6145 SATA driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5W64. Marvell 6145 32/64bit Driver for P5W64 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5WDG2. Marvell 6141 SATA 64bit Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you... to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for P5WDG2. Make Intel ICH7R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5W64 WS...
...® 6145 SATA driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5W64. Marvell 6145 32/64bit Driver for P5W64 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5WDG2. Marvell 6141 SATA 64bit Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you... to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for P5WDG2. Make Intel ICH7R 32/64 bit RAID Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5W64 WS...
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Make sure that came with AudioESP™ software to install the ADI AD1988B Audio Driver from the support CD that one of these operating systems is correctly installed, you will find the SoundMAX® icon on the taskbar. 5-22 Chapter 5: ...
Make sure that came with AudioESP™ software to install the ADI AD1988B Audio Driver from the support CD that one of these operating systems is correctly installed, you will find the SoundMAX® icon on the taskbar. 5-22 Chapter 5: ...
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... The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-27 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. This...drive for this setup. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a ...
... The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-27 Use of two new identical hard disk drives is data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. This...drive for this setup. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology creates two partitions on each hard disk drive to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for details. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a ...
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... want to boot from the support CD. To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment. Insert new diskette for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your screen. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-39 Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup.... when ready... 7. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! The Makedisk menu appears. 1) Intel ICH7R RAID/AHCI Driver Page 2) Marvell 88SE6141 SATA Driver for P5WDG2 WS PRO Page 3) Marvell 88SE6145 SATA RAID Driver for P5W64 WS PRO Page 4) FreeDOS command prompt Please choose 1 ~ 4 6. The following message appears on screen....
... want to boot from the support CD. To create a RAID driver disk in Windows® environment. Insert new diskette for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on your screen. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-39 Restart the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup.... when ready... 7. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! The Makedisk menu appears. 1) Intel ICH7R RAID/AHCI Driver Page 2) Marvell 88SE6141 SATA Driver for P5WDG2 WS PRO Page 3) Marvell 88SE6145 SATA RAID Driver for P5W64 WS PRO Page 4) FreeDOS command prompt Please choose 1 ~ 4 6. The following message appears on screen....
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... key to return to section "5.2.4 Make Disk menu" for details. 3. Refer to the Makedisk menu. Follow screen instructions to create a Marvell® 88SE6145 SATA RAID driver disk for a 64-bit system. • Click M a r v e l l 6 1 4 5 3 2 b i t / 6 4 b i t D r i v e r... f o r P 5 W 6 4 to complete the process. 5. Place the motherboard support CD in Windows® environment: 1. After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write-protect it to the floppy disk. During installation, the computer prompts you to press the F 6 key if you ...
... key to return to section "5.2.4 Make Disk menu" for details. 3. Refer to the Makedisk menu. Follow screen instructions to create a Marvell® 88SE6145 SATA RAID driver disk for a 64-bit system. • Click M a r v e l l 6 1 4 5 3 2 b i t / 6 4 b i t D r i v e r... f o r P 5 W 6 4 to complete the process. 5. Place the motherboard support CD in Windows® environment: 1. After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write-protect it to the floppy disk. During installation, the computer prompts you to press the F 6 key if you ...
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...down the options, select the I n t e l ( R ) S p e e d S t e p T e c h n o l o g y item, then press . ASUS P5W64 WS Professional Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). 3. A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST... Memory 64 Technology). The Intel® EM64T feature allows your computer to verify if the card/device supports a 64-bit system. Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD. 4. Refer to the A d v a n c e d M e n u, highlight C P U C o n ...
...down the options, select the I n t e l ( R ) S p e e d S t e p T e c h n o l o g y item, then press . ASUS P5W64 WS Professional Install a 64-bit operating system (Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition or Windows® Server 2003 x64 Edition). 3. A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST... Memory 64 Technology). The Intel® EM64T feature allows your computer to verify if the card/device supports a 64-bit system. Install the 64-bit drivers for the motherboard components and devices from the support CD. 4. Refer to the A d v a n c e d M e n u, highlight C P U C o n ...