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... APIC Support 4-29 4.5.5 APM Configuration 4-29 4.5.6 Hardware Monitor 4-31 4.6 Boot menu 4-32 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-32 4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-33 4.6.3 Security 4-34 4.7 Tools menu 4-36 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-36 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-37 4.8 Exit menu 4-38 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support DVD...
... APIC Support 4-29 4.5.5 APM Configuration 4-29 4.5.6 Hardware Monitor 4-31 4.6 Boot menu 4-32 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-32 4.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration 4-33 4.6.3 Security 4-34 4.7 Tools menu 4-36 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 4-36 4.7.2 ASUS O.C. Profile 4-37 4.8 Exit menu 4-38 Chapter 5: Software support 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support DVD...
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... II 5-22 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-28 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-30 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-31 5.3.8 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-32 5.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-33 5.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 5-34 5.3.11 AMD OverDrive (AOD 5-35 5.4 RAID configurations 5-36 5.4.1 RAID definitions 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...
... II 5-22 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 5-28 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-30 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 5-31 5.3.8 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-32 5.3.9 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-33 5.3.10 ASUS AI Booster 5-34 5.3.11 AMD OverDrive (AOD 5-35 5.4 RAID configurations 5-36 5.4.1 RAID definitions 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...
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M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series specifications summary Rear panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 1 x External ... (Q-Connector) 8 Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS AI Suite ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update AI Booster Anti-virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm...
M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series specifications summary Rear panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x S/PDIF Out (Coaxial + Optical) 1 x External ... (Q-Connector) 8 Mb Flash ROM, Award BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WfM 2.0, DMI 2.0, WOL by PME, WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS AI Suite ASUS PC Probe II ASUS Update AI Booster Anti-virus Utility (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 9.6 in (30.5 cm...
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... distribute their favorite settings. See page 4-37 for details. See pages 4-5 and 4-36 for details. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 1- ASUS Q-Shield The specially designed ASUS Q-Shield does without entering the OS. This unique module eliminates the trouble of the computer. With better... your motherboard against Electronic Magnetic Interference (EMI). ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily connect or disconnect the chassis front panel cables to know which drivers are not. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to launch the ...
... distribute their favorite settings. See page 4-37 for details. See pages 4-5 and 4-36 for details. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 1- ASUS Q-Shield The specially designed ASUS Q-Shield does without entering the OS. This unique module eliminates the trouble of the computer. With better... your motherboard against Electronic Magnetic Interference (EMI). ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily connect or disconnect the chassis front panel cables to know which drivers are not. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 allows users to launch the ...
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...that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments; Turn on the slot. 5. When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Align... the card connector with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Install the software drivers for later use . Failure to do not need to install expansion cards. Keep the screw for the expansion card. Refer to unplug the power...
...that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments; Turn on the slot. 5. When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Align... the card connector with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Install the software drivers for later use . Failure to do not need to install expansion cards. Keep the screw for the expansion card. Refer to unplug the power...
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...in the support DVD that allows you to restore the BIOS in Windows® environment. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk.) 4. The ASUS Update utility is available in the optical drive. Save a copy of the original motherboard... from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in case you to the corresponding sections for...
...in the support DVD that allows you to restore the BIOS in Windows® environment. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4- ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using a bootable floppy disk.) 4. The ASUS Update utility is available in the optical drive. Save a copy of the original motherboard... from the Internet, and • View the BIOS version information. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in case you to the corresponding sections for...
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...This menu gives you want to internally optimize the order of the general system specifications. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-15 If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA... Speed Count : 1600MHz : 1 System Memory Usable Size : 1024 MB Select Screen Select Item +- The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface ...
...This menu gives you want to internally optimize the order of the general system specifications. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 4-15 If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA... Speed Count : 1600MHz : 1 System Memory Usable Size : 1024 MB Select Screen Select Item +- The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface ...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software informtion 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-36 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-49 ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series
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ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5- The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. The contents of ... updates to change at any time without notice. Refer to your computer. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. Double...
ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5- The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. The contents of ... updates to change at any time without notice. Refer to your computer. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for better compatibility and system stability. 5.2 Support DVD information The support DVD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. Double...
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... ATA RAID controller driver. ASUS InstAll - AMD Chipset Program Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and application. ASUS WiFi-AP Solo (WiFi-AP Edition only) Installs the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo driver. Drivers Installation Wizard Installs...
... ATA RAID controller driver. ASUS InstAll - AMD Chipset Program Driver Installs the AMD® chipset drivers for the AMD 790FX chipset. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI audio driver and application. ASUS WiFi-AP Solo (WiFi-AP Edition only) Installs the ASUS WiFi-AP Solo driver. Drivers Installation Wizard Installs...
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...DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. DVD Copy5 Trial Installs the WinDVD Copy5 Trial version. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed... in your computer. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for detailed information. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you to the ASUS website. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. Adobe Reader V7.0 Installs the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader that ...
...DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c driver. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application scans, identifies, and removes computer viruses. DVD Copy5 Trial Installs the WinDVD Copy5 Trial version. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS PC Probe II This smart utility monitors the fan speed... in your computer. Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for detailed information. ASUS Update The ASUS Update utility allows you to the ASUS website. ASUS AI Suite Installs the ASUS AI Suite. Adobe Reader V7.0 Installs the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader that ...
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... PowerBackup software. Make ATI RAID/AHCI x86_x64_WinXP Driver Allows you to create a Marvell 6121 SATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5- Make ATI RAID/AHCI Vista Driver Allows you to create an ATI RAID/AHCI driver disk for Windows® Vista™. Marvell... 61xx 32/64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA...
... PowerBackup software. Make ATI RAID/AHCI x86_x64_WinXP Driver Allows you to create a Marvell 6121 SATA RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5- Make ATI RAID/AHCI Vista Driver Allows you to create an ATI RAID/AHCI driver disk for Windows® Vista™. Marvell... 61xx 32/64bit SATA RAID Driver Allows you to create the NVIDIA...
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... automatically adjust the CPU fan speed according to your system's real-time CPU Frequency and voltage. Select Programs > ASUS > Cool & Quiet > Cool & Quiet. 2. • Make sure to install the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ driver and application before using this feature. • The AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ technology feature works only with the...
... automatically adjust the CPU fan speed according to your system's real-time CPU Frequency and voltage. Select Programs > ASUS > Cool & Quiet > Cool & Quiet. 2. • Make sure to install the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ driver and application before using this feature. • The AMD Cool 'n' Quiet!™ technology feature works only with the...
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Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility. You must use 4-channel, 6-channel or 8-channel speakers for this setup. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5-13 5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility) The ADI AD1988...
Follow the installation wizard to install the ADI AD1988 Audio Driver from the support DVD that comes with AudioESP™ software to activate the SoundMAX® audio utility. You must use 4-channel, 6-channel or 8-channel speakers for this setup. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5-13 5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility) The ADI AD1988...
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... Windows® desktop. After launching the application, the PC Probe II icon appears in your computer the moment you to complete installation. 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is a utility that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you of the support DVD ... allows you turn it on your system and change the utility configuration. Click to close the Preference panel 5-22 Chapter 5: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer is not enabled in the Windows® taskbar. Installing PC Probe II To install PC Probe II on...
... Windows® desktop. After launching the application, the PC Probe II icon appears in your computer the moment you to complete installation. 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is a utility that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you of the support DVD ... allows you turn it on your system and change the utility configuration. Click to close the Preference panel 5-22 Chapter 5: Software support The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer is not enabled in the Windows® taskbar. Installing PC Probe II To install PC Probe II on...
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5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to launch AI N.O.S. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. After launching the application, the AI Suite icon appears in the Windows® taskbar. Press to restore to normal ... Autorun feature. 2. Launching AI Suite You can launch the AI Suite right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite. 3. The AI Suite main window appears. Follow the screen instructions...
5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to launch AI N.O.S. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. After launching the application, the AI Suite icon appears in the Windows® taskbar. Press to restore to normal ... Autorun feature. 2. Launching AI Suite You can launch the AI Suite right after installation or anytime from the Windows® desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Click the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite. 3. The AI Suite main window appears. Follow the screen instructions...
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.... 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. The new drive must be... without parity (redundancy data) having to be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. If one drive to section 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for details. 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support...
.... 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to read and write data in a RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device before you install an operating system to a selected hard disk drive. The new drive must be... without parity (redundancy data) having to be of the same size or larger than the existing drive. If one drive to section 5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Use four new hard disk drives or use an existing drive and a new drive for details. 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support...
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... menu, then click Make ATI RAID WinXP/Vista Driver to create an SB 600 RAID driver disk or the Marvell 61xx 32/64bit SATA RAID Driver to avoid computer virus infection. Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the optical drive. 3. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5-49 When the menu appears, press to...
... menu, then click Make ATI RAID WinXP/Vista Driver to create an SB 600 RAID driver disk or the Marvell 61xx 32/64bit SATA RAID Driver to avoid computer virus infection. Insert a floppy disk/USB device into the optical drive. 3. Save changes and exit BIOS. 6. ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 5-49 When the menu appears, press to...
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... 600 and Marvell 6121. 3. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. When prompted to select the ...SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™:...
... 600 and Marvell 6121. 3. Press then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. To install the RAID driver in Windows® XP: 1. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. When prompted to select the ...SCSI adapter to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™:...
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...ready motherboard, such as the ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series motherboard. • Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 6- Follow the installation ...procedures in your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers: 1. ATX power connectors" on page 2-34 for details. • Visit the ATI ...
...ready motherboard, such as the ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series motherboard. • Make sure that your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology. Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - ASUS M3A32-MVP Deluxe Series 6- Follow the installation ...procedures in your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers: 1. ATX power connectors" on page 2-34 for details. • Visit the ATI ...