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...ASUS AI Suite 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-21 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-22 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 AI Remote 5-25 5.3.11 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-33 5.4 Windows Vista feature 5-38 5.4.1 ASAP (ASUS... 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 6-7 Appendix: CPU features A.1...
...ASUS AI Suite 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 5-20 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-21 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-22 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 AI Remote 5-25 5.3.11 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-33 5.4 Windows Vista feature 5-38 5.4.1 ASAP (ASUS... 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 6-7 Appendix: CPU features A.1...
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... are designed to radio communications. However, there is required to comply with manufacturer's instructions, may cause undesired operation. The use of the monitor to the graphics card is no guarantee that may cause harmful interference to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a particular installation. Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device...
... are designed to radio communications. However, there is required to comply with manufacturer's instructions, may cause undesired operation. The use of the monitor to the graphics card is no guarantee that may cause harmful interference to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a particular installation. Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device...
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... chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes... the power up sequence and ways of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 6: ATI CrossFire™ support This chapter describes the ATI CrossFire™ feature and shows the graphics card...
... chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you need when installing and configuring the motherboard. ASUS websites The ASUS website provides updated information on the motherboard. • Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes... the power up sequence and ways of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package and the software. • Chapter 6: ATI CrossFire™ support This chapter describes the ATI CrossFire™ feature and shows the graphics card...
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... support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. The figure shows two graphics cards installed on the CrossFire™ technology feature. ASUS P5B Premium Series 2-21 The following figure shows a network card installed on a PCI slot. 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that...
... support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. The figure shows two graphics cards installed on the CrossFire™ technology feature. ASUS P5B Premium Series 2-21 The following figure shows a network card installed on a PCI slot. 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that...
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• We recommend that you install a graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot and install other PCI Express devices on the black PCI Express x16 slot. • In CrossFire™ mode, install the ATI CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot. • Install two ATI graphics cards from the same GPU family that support CrossFire™ mode. 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information
• We recommend that you install a graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot and install other PCI Express devices on the black PCI Express x16 slot. • In CrossFire™ mode, install the ATI CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card on the primary (blue) PCI Express slot. • Install two ATI graphics cards from the same GPU family that support CrossFire™ mode. 2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information
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Refer to the table below for details. ® P5B PREMIUM SATA_RAID1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND P5B PREMIUM SATA_RAID connector ASUS P5B Premium Series 2-29 Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1/2/5/6 SATA3/4 Color Red Black Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data Disk Connect the right-... the onboard Serial ATA RAID controller. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you can combine with huge graphics cards.
Refer to the table below for details. ® P5B PREMIUM SATA_RAID1 GND RSATA_RXN1 RSATA_RXP1 GND RSATA_TXN1 RSATA_TXP1 GND P5B PREMIUM SATA_RAID connector ASUS P5B Premium Series 2-29 Serial ATA hard disk drive connection Connector SATA1/2/5/6 SATA3/4 Color Red Black Setting Master Slave Use Boot disk Data Disk Connect the right-... the onboard Serial ATA RAID controller. The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0/RAID 1/RAID 5/RAID 10) is available only if you can combine with huge graphics cards.
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...tested to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want... of 400 W. • Do not forget to this connector. AAFP HD Audio-compliant pin definition Legacy AC 97 audio pin definition ® P5B PREMIUM SENSE2_RETUR SENSE1_RETUR PRESENCE# GND NC NC NC AGND Line out_L NC Line out_R MICPWR MIC2 PORT2 L SENSE_SEND PORT2 R PORT1 R PORT1...
...tested to support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want... of 400 W. • Do not forget to this connector. AAFP HD Audio-compliant pin definition Legacy AC 97 audio pin definition ® P5B PREMIUM SENSE2_RETUR SENSE1_RETUR PRESENCE# GND NC NC NC AGND Line out_L NC Line out_R MICPWR MIC2 PORT2 L SENSE_SEND PORT2 R PORT1 R PORT1...
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.../PnP Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY WARNING: Setting wrong values in the system so that the latter can cause the system to PCI VGA card if the card requests for PCI/PnP devices. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American ... [192] [224] [248] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] When set to [Enabled], the palette snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is free for use of PCI clocks for legacy ISA devices. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Palette Snooping [Disabled] When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns...
.../PnP Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY WARNING: Setting wrong values in the system so that the latter can cause the system to PCI VGA card if the card requests for PCI/PnP devices. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American ... [192] [224] [248] Allocate IRQ to PCI VGA [Yes] When set to [Enabled], the palette snooping feature informs the PCI devices that an ISA graphics device is free for use of PCI clocks for legacy ISA devices. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Palette Snooping [Disabled] When set to [Yes], BIOS assigns...
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This chapter tells how to install ATI® CrossFire™ graphics cards to avail of ATI's Multi-Video Processing technology. 6 ATI® CrossFire™ technology support
This chapter tells how to install ATI® CrossFire™ graphics cards to avail of ATI's Multi-Video Processing technology. 6 ATI® CrossFire™ technology support
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Chapter summary 6 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 ASUS P5B Premium Series
Chapter summary 6 6.1 Overview 6-1 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards 6-2 6.3 Software information 6-5 ASUS P5B Premium Series
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... of Radeon™ X850 CrossFire™ Edition is 1600 x 1200 at least the minimum power required by your system. Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Close all current applications. 2. Restart your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- Download the latest driver from...
... of Radeon™ X850 CrossFire™ Edition is 1600 x 1200 at least the minimum power required by your system. Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - Close all current applications. 2. Restart your system To uninstall other graphics card drivers in your system. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- Download the latest driver from...
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Insert the CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card into the PCI Express x16 blue slot. To install the graphics cards: 1. Prepare one CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card and one CrossFire™-ready (Slave) graphics card. Make sure that came with the ATI® CrossFire™ Edition graphics card. Slave graphics card Master graphics card 2. 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards Before installing a CrossFire™ system, refer to the user guide that the card is properly seated on the slot. 6- Chapter 6: ATI® MVP technology support
Insert the CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card into the PCI Express x16 blue slot. To install the graphics cards: 1. Prepare one CrossFire™ Edition (Master) graphics card and one CrossFire™-ready (Slave) graphics card. Make sure that came with the ATI® CrossFire™ Edition graphics card. Slave graphics card Master graphics card 2. 6.2 Installing CrossFire™ graphics cards Before installing a CrossFire™ system, refer to the user guide that the card is properly seated on the slot. 6- Chapter 6: ATI® MVP technology support
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Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot. 4. 3. Insert the CrossFire™-ready (Slave) graphics card into the PCI Express x16 black slot. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics cards.
Make sure that the card is properly seated on the slot. 4. 3. Insert the CrossFire™-ready (Slave) graphics card into the PCI Express x16 black slot. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- Connect an auxiliary power source from the power supply to the graphics cards.
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Connect one end of the external cable to the Slave graphics card. 7. Connect the other end of the external cable to the corresponding port on your monitor. 6 7 6- Chapter 6: ATI® MVP technology support Connect the loose end to the Master graphics card. 6. 5.
Connect one end of the external cable to the Slave graphics card. 7. Connect the other end of the external cable to the corresponding port on your monitor. 6 7 6- Chapter 6: ATI® MVP technology support Connect the loose end to the Master graphics card. 6. 5.
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... Pack 2 (SP2) • Windows® XP Professional 64-bit Edition. • Windows® Vista 32/64 bit Edition. (Will be ready later. Visit the ATI website (www.ati.com) 1. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- 6.3 Software information 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to continue from the opening menu. 4. Windows®...
... Pack 2 (SP2) • Windows® XP Professional 64-bit Edition. • Windows® Vista 32/64 bit Edition. (Will be ready later. Visit the ATI website (www.ati.com) 1. ASUS P5B Premium Series 6- 6.3 Software information 6.3.1 Installing the device drivers Refer to the documentation that came with your graphics card package to continue from the opening menu. 4. Windows®...