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... 5-36 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-37 5.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 5-37 5.4.4 Marvell® RAID configurations 5-43 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-49 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 5-49 Chapter 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.3.2 Using the Catalyst™ Control Center...
... 5-36 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-37 5.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 5-37 5.4.4 Marvell® RAID configurations 5-43 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-49 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 5-49 Chapter 6: ATI® CrossFire™ technology support 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.1.1 Requirements 6-1 6.1.2 Before you begin 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers 6-5 6.3.2 Using the Catalyst™ Control Center...
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... expansion card: 1. Turn on BIOS setup. 2. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you may cause you intend to install expansion cards. Make sure to the card. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with the slot and press firmly until the card is already installed in a chassis). 3. Keep the screw for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings...
... expansion card: 1. Turn on BIOS setup. 2. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Secure the card to the chassis with the screw you may cause you intend to install expansion cards. Make sure to the card. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that came with the slot and press firmly until the card is already installed in a chassis). 3. Keep the screw for information on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings...
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... output device via a coaxial S/PDIF cable. 3. LAN (RJ-45) port. This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio sources. 8. This port connects a headphone or a speaker. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 2-25 Coaxial S/PDIF Out port. This port connects the rear speakers in an 8-channel audio configuration. IEEE 1394a port. Supported by Marvell® 88E1116 Gigabit LAN controller, this port becomes Front Speaker Out. 9. This port connects a microphone. 10. This 6-pin IEEE 1394a port provides high-speed connectivity for a PS/2 keyboard. 2. LAN port LED...
... output device via a coaxial S/PDIF cable. 3. LAN (RJ-45) port. This port connects the tape, CD, DVD player, or other audio sources. 8. This port connects a headphone or a speaker. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 2-25 Coaxial S/PDIF Out port. This port connects the rear speakers in an 8-channel audio configuration. IEEE 1394a port. Supported by Marvell® 88E1116 Gigabit LAN controller, this port becomes Front Speaker Out. 9. This port connects a microphone. 10. This 6-pin IEEE 1394a port provides high-speed connectivity for a PS/2 keyboard. 2. LAN port LED...
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... forget to connect the 8-pin ATX +12 V power plug; otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of the front panel audio I /O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. By default, this connector is recommended when configuring a system with the following configuration: CPU: AMD FX-62 Memory 1024 MB DDR2-800 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 NVIDIA 7900GTX Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drives: DVD-RW 10. • For a fully configured system, we...
... forget to connect the 8-pin ATX +12 V power plug; otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of the front panel audio I /O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. By default, this connector is recommended when configuring a system with the following configuration: CPU: AMD FX-62 Memory 1024 MB DDR2-800 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 NVIDIA 7900GTX Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drives: DVD-RW 10. • For a fully configured system, we...
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... update the motherboard BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) Refer to restore the BIOS in Windows® environment. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4- The Drivers menu appears. 2. The ASUS Update utility...
... update the motherboard BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) Refer to restore the BIOS in Windows® environment. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4- The Drivers menu appears. 2. The ASUS Update utility...
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... utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for the BIOS file When found and the updating process begins. Floppy found , the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file. Checking for floppy... Doing so can support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk, or the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the USB port. 2. Bad BIOS checksum. Reading file "M3A32-MVP.ROM...
... utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for the BIOS file When found and the updating process begins. Floppy found , the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. The utility will automatically checks the devices for the BIOS file. Checking for floppy... Doing so can support ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk, or the USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to the USB port. 2. Bad BIOS checksum. Reading file "M3A32-MVP.ROM...
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... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16 Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. Change Option F1 General Help...
... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] Block (Multi-sector Transfer) M [Auto] Enables or disables data multi-sectors transfers. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16 Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. Change Option F1 General Help...
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...Unganged Mode support Power Down Enable Power Down Mode Read Delay DCQ Bypass Maximum [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Channel] [Auto] [Auto] Enable Bank Memory Interleavng. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] Read Delay [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [0.5 Memory CLKs] [1.0 Memory CLKs] [1.5 Memory CLKs] [2.0 Memory CLKs] [2.5 Memory CLKs] [3.0 Memory CLKs] [3.5 Memory CLKs] [4.0 Memory CLKs] DCQ Bypass Maximum [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [0x] [1x] [2x]~[14x] [15x] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-19 AMD Auto Xpress [Auto] AMD...
...Unganged Mode support Power Down Enable Power Down Mode Read Delay DCQ Bypass Maximum [Auto] [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Channel] [Auto] [Auto] Enable Bank Memory Interleavng. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] Read Delay [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [0.5 Memory CLKs] [1.0 Memory CLKs] [1.5 Memory CLKs] [2.0 Memory CLKs] [2.5 Memory CLKs] [3.0 Memory CLKs] [3.5 Memory CLKs] [4.0 Memory CLKs] DCQ Bypass Maximum [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [0x] [1x] [2x]~[14x] [15x] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-19 AMD Auto Xpress [Auto] AMD...
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...: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-27 USB Functions [Enabled] Allows you set USB Functions to [Enabled]. Select an item then press to enable or disable the USB functions. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to display the configuration options. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Options USB Devices Enabled: None Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] [Enabled...
...: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-27 USB Functions [Enabled] Allows you set USB Functions to [Enabled]. Select an item then press to enable or disable the USB functions. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to display the configuration options. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Options USB Devices Enabled: None Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] [Enabled...
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...(ACPI) state to display the configuration options. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [No] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto] 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup If detected, the USB controller legacy mode is disabled. Setting to [Auto] allows the system to enable or disable the support for legacy USB devices. Configuration...
...(ACPI) state to display the configuration options. Main Advanced Power BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI 2.0 Support ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [No] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto] 4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup If detected, the USB controller legacy mode is disabled. Setting to [Auto] allows the system to enable or disable the support for legacy USB devices. Configuration...
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... steps as in setting a user password. To set your BIOS password, you successfully set a Supervisor Password: 1. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press . Security Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password User Password :Not Installed :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to change other items appear...
... steps as in setting a user password. To set your BIOS password, you successfully set a Supervisor Password: 1. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. To clear the supervisor password, select the Change Supervisor Password then press . Security Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password User Password :Not Installed :Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to change other items appear...
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... computer graphics and sound. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you keep your computer in healthy operating condition. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages, and alerts you of you computer so you can connect to open, view, and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Installs the...
... computer graphics and sound. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you keep your computer in healthy operating condition. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages, and alerts you of you computer so you can connect to open, view, and print documents in Portable Document Format (PDF). Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Installs the...
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... support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you get all applications to the surviving drive as RAID sets. • AMD SB600 Southbridge RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 for four independent SATA channels. • Marvell® 6121 RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for details. 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 0+1 is required for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations...
... support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you get all applications to the surviving drive as RAID sets. • AMD SB600 Southbridge RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 for four independent SATA channels. • Marvell® 6121 RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 for details. 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support RAID 0+1 is required for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations...
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... connector is recommended when configuring a system with the following configuration: CPU: AMD FX-62 Memory 1024 MB DDR2-800 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 NVIDIA 7900GTX Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drives: DVD-RW 10. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is for your system, refer to the Recommended Power Supply Wattage Calculator at http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin...
... connector is recommended when configuring a system with the following configuration: CPU: AMD FX-62 Memory 1024 MB DDR2-800 (x4) Graphics card: PCI Express x16 NVIDIA 7900GTX Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drives: DVD-RW 10. The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the power is for your system, refer to the Recommended Power Supply Wattage Calculator at http://support.asus.com/PowerSupplyCalculator/PSCalculator. Front panel audio connector (10-1 pin...
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... in the support DVD that allows you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk.) 4. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or...
... in the support DVD that allows you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk.) 4. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS using a floppy disk or USB flash disk.) 3. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or...
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... boot failure! 4- Chapter 4: BIOS setup Completed. The beep stops when such device is completed, and the display will return after the utility completes the updating process. Start flashing... 4. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk: 1. Reading file "M3A32-MVP.ROM". Bad BIOS checksum. When found ! You can update a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. • If your display receives no signal during the updating process. Bad BIOS checksum. Doing so can support ASUS CrashFree BIOS...
... boot failure! 4- Chapter 4: BIOS setup Completed. The beep stops when such device is completed, and the display will return after the utility completes the updating process. Start flashing... 4. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk: 1. Reading file "M3A32-MVP.ROM". Bad BIOS checksum. When found ! You can update a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. • If your display receives no signal during the updating process. Bad BIOS checksum. Doing so can support ASUS CrashFree BIOS...
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... drive. LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. SATA1~4 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] This item appears in the system. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-13 These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive...
... drive. LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. There is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. SATA1~4 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE drive. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] This item appears in the system. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-13 These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive...
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..., Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to display the configuration options. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Options USB Devices Enabled: None Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-27 PCI Latency...
..., Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] The following item appears only when you to display the configuration options. Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY USB Configuration Options USB Devices Enabled: None Disabled Enabled USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off Legacy USB Support [Enabled] [Enabled] [HiSpeed] [Enabled] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- USB 2.0 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-27 PCI Latency...
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... version. 5- Chapter 5: Software support View the online help for updates. Anti-Virus Utility Download Installs to the ASUS website. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages, and alerts you of you computer so you can connect to update your computer. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. This utility requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service...
... version. 5- Chapter 5: Software support View the online help for updates. Anti-Virus Utility Download Installs to the ASUS website. ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed, CPU temperature, and system voltages, and alerts you of you computer so you can connect to update your computer. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. This utility requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service...
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...the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you get all applications to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with two RAID controllers that allow you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • AMD SB600 Southbridge RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 for four independent SATA channels. •...
...the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. With the RAID 0+1 configuration you get all applications to the entire system. Use two new drives or use an existing drive and three new drives for this setup. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with two RAID controllers that allow you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. • AMD SB600 Southbridge RAID includes a high performance SATA RAID controller that supports RAID 0, RAID 1, and RAID 0+1 for four independent SATA channels. •...