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... multi-speaker audio system. PS/2 Keyboard port (purple). Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-21 USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2. These four 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports connect to the table on the next page for... LAN port 4. 1.11 Connectors 1.11.1 Rear panel connectors 1. To configure a RAID0 or RAID1, connect external Serial ATA hard disk drives to an external Serial ATA hard disk drive. This port is for a PS/2 keyboard. This port connects an external audio output device via an optical S/PDIF cable....
... multi-speaker audio system. PS/2 Keyboard port (purple). Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In Center/Subwoofer Rear Speaker Out Side Speaker Out ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-21 USB 3.0 ports 1 and 2. These four 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports connect to the table on the next page for... LAN port 4. 1.11 Connectors 1.11.1 Rear panel connectors 1. To configure a RAID0 or RAID1, connect external Serial ATA hard disk drives to an external Serial ATA hard disk drive. This port is for a PS/2 keyboard. This port connects an external audio output device via an optical S/PDIF cable....
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... connector, set the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD Audio]. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-23 3. If you want to connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector is for Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives. Connect one end of the front panel audio I /O ...chipset. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) This connector is set the item to [HD Audio]. 4. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you want to connect an AC'97 front panel audio module to this connector. • We recommend that supports either HD Audio or legacy...
... connector, set the Front Panel Type item in the BIOS setup to [HD Audio]. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-23 3. If you want to connect a high-definition front panel audio module to this connector is for Serial ATA hard disk drives and optical disc drives. Connect one end of the front panel audio I /O ...chipset. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin AAFP) This connector is set the item to [HD Audio]. 4. If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you want to connect an AC'97 front panel audio module to this connector. • We recommend that supports either HD Audio or legacy...
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...is for system reboot without turning off mode depending on the BIOS settings. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to section RAID configurations or the RAID manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install Windows® XP Service ...system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. • Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector is for details. 5. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to [AHCI]. The Serial ATA RAID ...
...is for system reboot without turning off mode depending on the BIOS settings. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to section RAID configurations or the RAID manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install Windows® XP Service ...system power button. Pressing the power button turns the system on the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode. • Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector is for details. 5. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable to [AHCI]. The Serial ATA RAID ...
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...module to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard...for details. 1-26 Chapter 1: Product introduction Marvell® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA_6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • These connectors are set the Marvell 9123 Controller item in the BIOS to a slot opening at the...
...module to [AHCI Mode]. Refer to Standard IDE mode by default. In Standard IDE mode, you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors. • You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard...for details. 1-26 Chapter 1: Product introduction Marvell® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA_6G_1/2 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • These connectors are set the Marvell 9123 Controller item in the BIOS to a slot opening at the...
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...software that you can install to open driver disk. Refer to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to run the DVD. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-29 The Drivers menu shows the available... device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Make disk menu The Manual menu contains contains ...
...software that you can install to open driver disk. Refer to your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. Install the necessary drivers to run the DVD. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 1-29 The Drivers menu shows the available... device drivers if the system detects installed devices. The Make disk menu The Manual menu contains contains ...
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... BIOS version that comes with the motherboard package. Click Next. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-1 Chapter 2 BIOS setup 2.1 Managing and updating your system. From the dropdown list, select any of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you wish to avoid network traffic, or click Auto... elect. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate to restore the BIOS in the future. Updating from ...
... BIOS version that comes with the motherboard package. Click Next. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-1 Chapter 2 BIOS setup 2.1 Managing and updating your system. From the dropdown list, select any of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you wish to avoid network traffic, or click Auto... elect. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate to restore the BIOS in the future. Updating from ...
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... the BIOS without using an OS‑based utility. See section 2.9 Exit Menu for details. 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 The ASUS EZ Flash 2 feature allows you start using EZ Flash 2: 1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file to enable it. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ... EZ Flash 2 in any of updating itself through the Internet. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.10 FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7P55D-E-LX VER: 0019 DATE: 12/02/2009 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: A:\ A: Note [Enter] Select or Load [Up/Down/Home/End...
... the BIOS without using an OS‑based utility. See section 2.9 Exit Menu for details. 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 The ASUS EZ Flash 2 feature allows you start using EZ Flash 2: 1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file to enable it. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ... EZ Flash 2 in any of updating itself through the Internet. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.10 FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7P55D-E-LX VER: 0019 DATE: 12/02/2009 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: A:\ A: Note [Enter] Select or Load [Up/Down/Home/End...
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... BIOS To recover the BIOS 1. When found , EZ Flash 2 performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done. • Only a USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can cause system boot failure! Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive, or the USB... press to the USB port. 3. Turn off the system after the utility completes the updating process and power on again. 5. Doing so can support the ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility. • Do not shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-3
... BIOS To recover the BIOS 1. When found , EZ Flash 2 performs the BIOS update process and automatically reboots the system when done. • Only a USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can cause system boot failure! Insert the motherboard support DVD to the optical drive, or the USB... press to the USB port. 3. Turn off the system after the utility completes the updating process and power on again. 5. Doing so can support the ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility. • Do not shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-3
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...FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)! The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. Turn off the computer and disconnect all SATA hard disk drives (optional). 2.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to Drive D (USB flash drive). Prepare the motherboard support DVD and a USB flash drive in DOS... environment 1. At the FreeDOS prompt, type d: and press to switch the disk from the ASUS website at http://support.asus.com and save the BIOS file to a floppy disk due to the USB port. 2. This utility also allows you can use as a backup when the...
...FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)! The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. Turn off the computer and disconnect all SATA hard disk drives (optional). 2.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to Drive D (USB flash drive). Prepare the motherboard support DVD and a USB flash drive in DOS... environment 1. At the FreeDOS prompt, type d: and press to switch the disk from the ASUS website at http://support.asus.com and save the BIOS file to a floppy disk due to the USB port. 2. This utility also allows you can use as a backup when the...
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ASUSTek BIOS Updater for DOS V1.00b [09/06/22] FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7P55D-E LX VER: 0019 DATE: 12/02/2009 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: A:\ A: P7P55D.ROM 2097152 2009-08-06 17:30:48 Note [Enter] Select or Load [Up/Down/Home/End] Move ... screen appears as below. Are you to update BIOS? Select Yes and press . When BIOS update is done, press to connect all SATA hard disk drives after updating BIOS. • Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to select the BIOS file and press . Select the Load Setup Defaults ...
ASUSTek BIOS Updater for DOS V1.00b [09/06/22] FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A Current ROM BOARD: P7P55D-E LX VER: 0019 DATE: 12/02/2009 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: A:\ A: P7P55D.ROM 2097152 2009-08-06 17:30:48 Note [Enter] Select or Load [Up/Down/Home/End] Move ... screen appears as below. Are you to update BIOS? Select Yes and press . When BIOS update is done, press to connect all SATA hard disk drives after updating BIOS. • Ensure to load the BIOS default settings to select the BIOS file and press . Select the Load Setup Defaults ...
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...general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the BIOS information, CPU specification, and system memory in this item to the system. Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Disables or enables device write protection. It appears only when you an overview of SATA Configuration to [AHCI]. ... you want to [RAID]. This will be effective only if the device is the section for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-9 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by...
...general system specifications. The BIOS automatically detects the BIOS information, CPU specification, and system memory in this item to the system. Hard Disk Write Protect [Disabled] Disables or enables device write protection. It appears only when you an overview of SATA Configuration to [AHCI]. ... you want to [RAID]. This will be effective only if the device is the section for detecting ATA/ATAPI devices. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-9 The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by...
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.../PATA Controller [IDE Mode] [Disabled] Disables the J-Micron controller. [IDE Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [AHCI Mode] Set to [AHCI] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard... disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] Marvell 9123 Controller [IDE Mode] [Disabled] ...
.../PATA Controller [IDE Mode] [Disabled] Disables the J-Micron controller. [IDE Mode] Set to [IDE Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [AHCI Mode] Set to [AHCI] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard... disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [3F8/IRQ4] [2F8/IRQ3] [3E8/IRQ4] [2E8/IRQ3] Marvell 9123 Controller [IDE Mode] [Disabled] ...
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...to run Setup" during the boot sequence. [Keep Current] The third-party ROM messages will be forced to display during POST. A virtual floppy disk drive (Floppy Drive B: ) may appear when you to [Off]. [On] Sets the power-on the number of the NumLock to change the... displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the add-on self tests (POST) while booting to decrease the time needed to do so. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-23 Configuration options: [Removable Dev.] [Hard Drive] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Disabled] 2.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] [Disabled] When set to...
...to run Setup" during the boot sequence. [Keep Current] The third-party ROM messages will be forced to display during POST. A virtual floppy disk drive (Floppy Drive B: ) may appear when you to [Off]. [On] Sets the power-on the number of the NumLock to change the... displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the add-on self tests (POST) while booting to decrease the time needed to do so. ASUS P7P55D-E LX 2-23 Configuration options: [Removable Dev.] [Hard Drive] [ATAPI CD-ROM] [Disabled] 2.7.2 Boot Settings Configuration Quick Boot [Enabled] [Disabled] When set to...
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... User data includes the Express Gate's settings as well as any personal information stored by the web browser such as a USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition only. • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS ...], then press to confirm your choice. 2.8.4 Express Gate [Auto] Allows you to the BIOS so that you save the setting to enable or disable the ASUS Express Gate feature. Configuration options: [Prompt User] [1 second] [3 seconds] [5 seconds] �[1�0��s�e�c�o��n�d�s...
... User data includes the Express Gate's settings as well as any personal information stored by the web browser such as a USB flash disk with FAT 32/16 format and single partition only. • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS ...], then press to confirm your choice. 2.8.4 Express Gate [Auto] Allows you to the BIOS so that you save the setting to enable or disable the ASUS Express Gate feature. Configuration options: [Prompt User] [1 second] [3 seconds] [5 seconds] �[1�0��s�e�c�o��n�d�s...