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... INC. or (2) the serial number of their respective companies, and are used only for backup purposes, without intent to infringe. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ... CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual, including the products and software described in writing by ASUS; ii Product warranty or service will not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a...
... INC. or (2) the serial number of their respective companies, and are used only for backup purposes, without intent to infringe. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ... CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. Products and corporate names appearing in this manual, including the products and software described in writing by ASUS; ii Product warranty or service will not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a...
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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...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 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® ...
...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...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 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® ...
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... a qualified service technician or your local power company. • If the power supply is broken, do not try to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that your power supply is set to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for disposal of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates...
... a qualified service technician or your local power company. • If the power supply is broken, do not try to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that your power supply is set to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for disposal of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates...
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... you must press the enclosed key. Typography Bold text Italics Command Indicates a menu or an item to emphasize a word or a phrase. Keys enclosed in this manual. Example: Means that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this guide To make sure that you MUST follow...
... you must press the enclosed key. Typography Bold text Italics Command Indicates a menu or an item to emphasize a word or a phrase. Keys enclosed in this manual. Example: Means that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used throughout this guide To make sure that you MUST follow...
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...the ODT value. • Due to chipset limitation, DDR2-667 with CL=4 will automatically downgrade to run at DDR2-533 by default setting. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-15 You also may not match Intel®'s On-Die-Termination (ODT) requirement and will be downgraded to run at DDR2-400 ... than 3 GB system memory if you want to operate with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. • Due to chipset limitation, DDR2-533 with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. If you install Windows® XP 32-bit version Operating System (OS), the limitation of this...
...the ODT value. • Due to chipset limitation, DDR2-667 with CL=4 will automatically downgrade to run at DDR2-533 by default setting. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-15 You also may not match Intel®'s On-Die-Termination (ODT) requirement and will be downgraded to run at DDR2-400 ... than 3 GB system memory if you want to operate with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. • Due to chipset limitation, DDR2-533 with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. If you install Windows® XP 32-bit version Operating System (OS), the limitation of this...
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.... Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to adjust the CPU multiplier to 14x. The values range from 100 to [Manual]. If this item to [Auto] allows the motherboard to the system bus and PCI bus. DRAM Frequency [Auto] Allows you set the DDR operating frequency...
.... Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to adjust the CPU multiplier to 14x. The values range from 100 to [Manual]. If this item to [Auto] allows the motherboard to the system bus and PCI bus. DRAM Frequency [Auto] Allows you set the DDR operating frequency...
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...the memory voltage. Configuration options: [Auto] [90] ~ [150] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto] Allows you to become unstable. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-21 Setting a very high memory voltage may cause the system to select the CPU VCore voltage. Setting a high Vcore voltage may... happens, revert to [Auto] by default. This item is set to enable or disable the CPU clock spread spectrum. Memory Voltage [Auto] Allows you to [Manual] or [AI NOS]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items also appear when the A I O v e r c l o c k i n g item is...
...the memory voltage. Configuration options: [Auto] [90] ~ [150] PCI Clock Synchronization Mode [Auto] Allows you to become unstable. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-21 Setting a very high memory voltage may cause the system to select the CPU VCore voltage. Setting a high Vcore voltage may... happens, revert to [Auto] by default. This item is set to enable or disable the CPU clock spread spectrum. Memory Voltage [Auto] Allows you to [Manual] or [AI NOS]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following items also appear when the A I O v e r c l o c k i n g item is...
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... set to select the chipset voltage of the memory controller hub (MCH). allows you to select the chipset voltage of the I O v e r c l o c k i n g item is set to manually set overclocking configurations. 4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Overclock 5%] [FSB888/DDR2-667] [Overclock 10%] [FSB960/DDR2-800] [Overclock 15%] [FSB1200/DDR2-800] [Overclock 20...
... set to select the chipset voltage of the memory controller hub (MCH). allows you to select the chipset voltage of the I O v e r c l o c k i n g item is set to manually set overclocking configurations. 4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Overclock 5%] [FSB888/DDR2-667] [Overclock 10%] [FSB960/DDR2-800] [Overclock 15%] [FSB1200/DDR2-800] [Overclock 20...
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...%] Selecting a very high frequency may cause the system to [Sensitive] will trigger AI NOS with less CPU loading. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-23 Configuration options: [Normal] [Sensitive] [Less-Sensitive] Target Frequency [Overclock 3%] Allows you to [Manual]. S . Setting this happens, revert to the LAN (RJ-45) port. When enabled, the menu reports the cable faults...
...%] Selecting a very high frequency may cause the system to [Sensitive] will trigger AI NOS with less CPU loading. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-23 Configuration options: [Normal] [Sensitive] [Less-Sensitive] Target Frequency [Overclock 3%] Allows you to [Manual]. S . Setting this happens, revert to the LAN (RJ-45) port. When enabled, the menu reports the cable faults...
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...] [3 Clocks] DRAM RAS# Precharge [4 Clocks] Controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to display the sub-menu. 4.4.5 Chipset The Chipset menu allows you can manually set according to the DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DRAM CAS# Latency [5 Clocks] Controls the latency between the DDR SDRAM active...
...] [3 Clocks] DRAM RAS# Precharge [4 Clocks] Controls the idle clocks after issuing a precharge command to display the sub-menu. 4.4.5 Chipset The Chipset menu allows you can manually set according to the DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DRAM CAS# Latency [5 Clocks] Controls the latency between the DDR SDRAM active...
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... SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools EZ Flash 2 ASUS O.C. 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.ROM WDG2WSP.ROM MSDOWNLD.TMP 1048576...
... SETUP UTILITY Power Boot Tools EZ Flash 2 ASUS O.C. 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.ROM WDG2WSP.ROM MSDOWNLD.TMP 1048576...
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You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader application from the U t i l i t i e s tab before opening a user manual file. 5.2.6 Contact information Click the C o n t a c t tab to display the ASUS contact information. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The M a n u a l s menu contains the user manuals for third party components and applications.
You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Install the Adobe Acrobat Reader application from the U t i l i t i e s tab before opening a user manual file. 5.2.6 Contact information Click the C o n t a c t tab to display the ASUS contact information. 5.2.5 Manuals menu The M a n u a l s menu contains the user manuals for third party components and applications.
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After installing AI Booster from the bundled support CD, you can launch the utility by double-clicking the AI Booster icon on the task bar allow you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations. 5.3.5 AI Booster The ASUS Ai Booster application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. The options on the Windows® OS taskbar. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-15
After installing AI Booster from the bundled support CD, you can launch the utility by double-clicking the AI Booster icon on the task bar allow you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations. 5.3.5 AI Booster The ASUS Ai Booster application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. The options on the Windows® OS taskbar. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-15