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... Contents 2.8 Starting up for the first time 2-37 2.9 Turning off the computer 2-37 Chapter 3: BIOS set up 3.1 Knowing BIOS 3-1 3.2 Updating BIOS 3-1 3.2.1 ASUS Update utility 3-2 3.2.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-5 3.2.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-6 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-7 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-7 3.3.2 Menu bar...3-7 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-8 3.3.4 Menu items 3-8 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-8 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-8 3.3.7 Pop...
... Contents 2.8 Starting up for the first time 2-37 2.9 Turning off the computer 2-37 Chapter 3: BIOS set up 3.1 Knowing BIOS 3-1 3.2 Updating BIOS 3-1 3.2.1 ASUS Update utility 3-2 3.2.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-5 3.2.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-6 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-7 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-7 3.3.2 Menu bar...3-7 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-8 3.3.4 Menu items 3-8 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-8 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-8 3.3.7 Pop...
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4.3.10 ASUS Turbo Key 4-12 4.4 RAID configurations 4-13 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-13 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-14 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 4-14 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-20 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-20 4.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 4-20 Chapter 5: ATI® CrossFireX™ technology support 5.1 ATI®...
4.3.10 ASUS Turbo Key 4-12 4.4 RAID configurations 4-13 4.4.1 RAID definitions 4-13 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 4-14 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations 4-14 4.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 4-20 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS 4-20 4.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 4-20 Chapter 5: ATI® CrossFireX™ technology support 5.1 ATI®...
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... unbuffered * When you are using a Windows® 32-bit OS. ** Refer to 2 PATA devices - 5 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD - 1 x eSATA 3 Gb/s port Atheros® L1E ...Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filtering (continued on the next page) xi Supports HDMI™ Technology with HDMI/DVI and... Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD3300 GPU SidePort Memory - Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support - M4A78T-E specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots VGA Storage LAN Audio AMD®...
... unbuffered * When you are using a Windows® 32-bit OS. ** Refer to 2 PATA devices - 5 x SATA 3 Gb/s ports with RAID 0, 1, 5, 10 and JBOD - 1 x eSATA 3 Gb/s port Atheros® L1E ...Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 VIA® VT1708S 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC - ASUS Noise Filtering (continued on the next page) xi Supports HDMI™ Technology with HDMI/DVI and... Integrated ATI Radeon™ HD3300 GPU SidePort Memory - Hybrid CrossFireX™ Support - M4A78T-E specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots VGA Storage LAN Audio AMD®...
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xiii M4A78T-E specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x S/PDIF Out port (Optical) 1 x HDMI port 1 x DVI port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x External SATA 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x LAN (RJ-45) port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ...Chassis Intrusion connector CD audio in 24-pin ATX Power connector System Panel (Q-Connector) 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector 8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WOL by PME, WOR by...
xiii M4A78T-E specifications summary Back panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS features Manageability Support DVD contents Form factor 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x S/PDIF Out port (Optical) 1 x HDMI port 1 x DVI port 1 x D-Sub port 1 x External SATA 1 x IEEE 1394a port 1 x LAN (RJ-45) port 6 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ...Chassis Intrusion connector CD audio in 24-pin ATX Power connector System Panel (Q-Connector) 4-pin ATX 12V Power connector 8 Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.3, ACPI 2.0a, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 WOL by PME, WOR by...
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... Keyboard Controller 2 - PCI_2 shared shared shared shared - - - - USB 2.0 controller - - - PCIE x1_1 shared shared shared shared - - - - ASUS M4A78T-E 2-17 Redirect to IRQ#9 4 12 Communications Port (COM1)* 5 13 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Reserved 8 3... Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCIE x16_1 shared shared shared shared - - - - shared - - - - shared - - PCI_1 shared shared shared shared -...
... Keyboard Controller 2 - PCI_2 shared shared shared shared - - - - USB 2.0 controller - - - PCIE x1_1 shared shared shared shared - - - - ASUS M4A78T-E 2-17 Redirect to IRQ#9 4 12 Communications Port (COM1)* 5 13 IRQ Holder for PCI Steering* 6 14 Floppy Disk Controller 7 15 Reserved 8 3... Data Processor 14 9 Primary IDE Channel 15 10 Secondary IDE Channel * These IRQs are usually available for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCIE x16_1 shared shared shared shared - - - - shared - - - - shared - - PCI_1 shared shared shared shared -...
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LAN (RJ-45) port 6. VGA Out port 4. External SATA port 11. ASUS M4A78T-E 2-21 Optical S/PDIF Out port 3. IEEE 1394a port 10. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4 5. DVI Out port 9. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 12. 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors Chapter 2 Rear panel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 2. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 7. HDMI Out port 8. Audio I/O ports * To use hot-plug, set the OnChip SATA Type in the BIOS settings to [AHCI] mode.
LAN (RJ-45) port 6. VGA Out port 4. External SATA port 11. ASUS M4A78T-E 2-21 Optical S/PDIF Out port 3. IEEE 1394a port 10. See section 3.4.2 Storage Configuration for details. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4 5. DVI Out port 9. USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2 12. 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors Chapter 2 Rear panel connectors 1. PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 2. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6 7. HDMI Out port 8. Audio I/O ports * To use hot-plug, set the OnChip SATA Type in the BIOS settings to [AHCI] mode.
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... connectors (7-pin SATA1-5) These connectors are set to the SATA1-5 connectors, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. Chapter 2: Hardware information 4. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 or JBOD configuration through the onboard... detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD. • If you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the Onchip...
... connectors (7-pin SATA1-5) These connectors are set to the SATA1-5 connectors, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using these connectors, set the OnChip SATA Type item in the BIOS to [RAID]. Chapter 2: Hardware information 4. If you can create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 or JBOD configuration through the onboard... detailed instructions on how to configure RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5 and RAID 10, refer to the RAID manual in the support DVD. • If you install SATA hard disk drives to [IDE] by default. If you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the Onchip...
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Use [+] or [-] to display the SATA device information. Select a device item then press to configure the System Time. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A78T-E 3-9 Select Screen Select Item +- Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block ...
Use [+] or [-] to display the SATA device information. Select a device item then press to configure the System Time. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A78T-E 3-9 Select Screen Select Item +- Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Primary IDE Master Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block ...
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... disk drives as fewer transactions are needed for the transfer of a particular amount of data. [Disabled] Disables this item is set the SATA configuration. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you to set to [AHCI], only... your storage devices. This makes more efficient use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to [RAID] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use of commands. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A78T-E 3-11 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] [Enabled] Sets the IDE controller to combine two 16-bit reads from the...
... disk drives as fewer transactions are needed for the transfer of a particular amount of data. [Disabled] Disables this item is set the SATA configuration. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that you to set to [AHCI], only... your storage devices. This makes more efficient use the AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). Set to [RAID] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use of commands. Chapter 3 ASUS M4A78T-E 3-11 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] [Enabled] Sets the IDE controller to combine two 16-bit reads from the...
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... Continue booting to existing OS when timer counts down to the motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ports only. All onboard extended SATA ports and external SATA ports are NOT supported. click to immediately enter existing OS Refer to install ASUS Express Gate from the motherboard support DVD before turning on the computer. See chapter 3 for detailed...
... Continue booting to existing OS when timer counts down to the motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ports only. All onboard extended SATA ports and external SATA ports are NOT supported. click to immediately enter existing OS Refer to install ASUS Express Gate from the motherboard support DVD before turning on the computer. See chapter 3 for detailed...
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... 3. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set . To install the SATA hard disks for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configurations for Serial ATA hard disks ...drives through the AMD SB750 chip. Boot up your screen. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in this : 1. The RAID BIOS...
... 3. In the Main Menu, go to Storage Configuration, and set . To install the SATA hard disks for reference only, and may not exactly match the items on each drive. 4.4.3 AMD® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, and RAID 10 configurations for Serial ATA hard disks ...drives through the AMD SB750 chip. Boot up your screen. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in this : 1. The RAID BIOS...
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... disk drive/USB port. 5. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to create a RAID driver disk. 4. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy drive then press . 9. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver in ... the RAID driver. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. During the...
... disk drive/USB port. 5. Press any key when the system prompts "Press any key to create a RAID driver disk. 4. Place the motherboard support DVD into the floppy drive then press . 9. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. To install the RAID driver in ... the RAID driver. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either the motherboard support DVD or a USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. 3. During the...