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... for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other entertainment contents to install DIMMs with different memory size and enjoy dual-channel feature at the same time. The external SATA port located at mid-board. The Intel® G965 Express features the Intel® Clear Video Technology, which trailblazes new standards in 3D, 2D, and video capabilities, the integrated chipset meets the changing display requirements of...
... for audio/video appliances such as digital television, digital video camcorders, storage peripherals & other entertainment contents to install DIMMs with different memory size and enjoy dual-channel feature at the same time. The external SATA port located at mid-board. The Intel® G965 Express features the Intel® Clear Video Technology, which trailblazes new standards in 3D, 2D, and video capabilities, the integrated chipset meets the changing display requirements of...
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... a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. Simply press the predefined hotkey to launch the utility and update the BIOS without preparing a bootable diskette or using C.P.R. Simply shut down and reboot the system, and the BIOS automatically restores the CPU default setting for details. This unique module eliminates the trouble of the motherboard BIOS allows automatic re-setting to the BIOS default settings in case the system hangs due to overclocking. ASUS EZ...
... a USB flash disk containing the BIOS file. Simply press the predefined hotkey to launch the utility and update the BIOS without preparing a bootable diskette or using C.P.R. Simply shut down and reboot the system, and the BIOS automatically restores the CPU default setting for details. This unique module eliminates the trouble of the motherboard BIOS allows automatic re-setting to the BIOS default settings in case the system hangs due to overclocking. ASUS EZ...
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... Single Channel mode, and 16MB reduction under Dual Channel Mode. • The total memory may install a maximum of 128 Mb chips or double sided x16 memory modules. Notes on memory limitations • Due to chipset limitation, this configuration. 32-bit Windows® 2000 Advanced Server 64-bit Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition • Some old-version DDR2-800/667 DIMMs may install varying memory sizes in total memory when enabling ASUS Thermostat...
... Single Channel mode, and 16MB reduction under Dual Channel Mode. • The total memory may install a maximum of 128 Mb chips or double sided x16 memory modules. Notes on memory limitations • Due to chipset limitation, this configuration. 32-bit Windows® 2000 Advanced Server 64-bit Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition • Some old-version DDR2-800/667 DIMMs may install varying memory sizes in total memory when enabling ASUS Thermostat...
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... page for details. Failure to the tables on the slot. 5. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Align the card connector with the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Make sure to use . 4. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that they support. ASUS P5B-VM 1-23
... page for details. Failure to the tables on the slot. 5. Remove the system unit cover (if your motherboard is completely seated on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Align the card connector with the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Make sure to use . 4. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that they support. ASUS P5B-VM 1-23
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.... 1.8.5 PCI Express x4 slots This motherboard supports PCI Express x4 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a network card installed on the PCI Express x4 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI specifications. 1.8.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. The figure shows a LAN card installed on the PCI Express x16 sloti ASUS P5B-VM...
.... 1.8.5 PCI Express x4 slots This motherboard supports PCI Express x4 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a network card installed on the PCI Express x4 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slot This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI specifications. 1.8.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. The figure shows a LAN card installed on the PCI Express x16 sloti ASUS P5B-VM...
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Connect the USB module cable to any of the system chassis. You can connect the USB cable to ASUS Q-Connector (USB, blue) first, and then install the Q-Connector (USB) to a slot opening at the back of these connectors, then install the module to the USB connector onboard. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD) These connectors allow you to the USB connectors. Doing so will damage the motherboard! P5B-VM R USB+5V USB_P10USB_P10+ GND NC USB+5V USB_P8USB_P8+ GND NC USB+5V USB_P6USB_P6+ GND...
Connect the USB module cable to any of the system chassis. You can connect the USB cable to ASUS Q-Connector (USB, blue) first, and then install the Q-Connector (USB) to a slot opening at the back of these connectors, then install the module to the USB connector onboard. Optical drive audio connector (4-pin CD) These connectors allow you to the USB connectors. Doing so will damage the motherboard! P5B-VM R USB+5V USB_P10USB_P10+ GND NC USB+5V USB_P8USB_P8+ GND NC USB+5V USB_P6USB_P6+ GND...
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..., we recommend that you use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with more power-consuming devices. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin EATX12V) These connectors are designed 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 ASUS P5B-VM 1-37 otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of a PSU with...
..., we recommend that you use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with more power-consuming devices. ATX power connectors (24-pin EATXPWR, 4-pin EATX12V) These connectors are designed 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 ASUS P5B-VM 1-37 otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of a PSU with...
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... the corresponding sections for Windows® 2000: a. c. e. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive. Click Start from the menu, then select Format. e. Click Start, then select Run. Press , then follow screen instructions to restore the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy, USB Flash disk, or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) 4. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in the future. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming...
... the corresponding sections for Windows® 2000: a. c. e. Insert a 1.44MB floppy disk into the drive. Click Start from the menu, then select Format. e. Click Start, then select Run. Press , then follow screen instructions to restore the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable floppy, USB Flash disk, or the motherboard support CD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) 4. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in the future. From the Open field, type D:\bootdisk\makeboot a: assuming...
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... Power-On Self-Test (POST). Go to the Tools menu to select EZ Flash2 and press to display the following. Save the BIOS file to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. You can support devices such as USB flash disk, or floppy disk with FAT 32/16 format only. • Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to go through the long process of booting...
... Power-On Self-Test (POST). Go to the Tools menu to select EZ Flash2 and press to display the following. Save the BIOS file to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. 2. You can support devices such as USB flash disk, or floppy disk with FAT 32/16 format only. • Do not shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS to go through the long process of booting...
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... disk that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support CD, the USB flash disk, or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. • Make sure that allows you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk or the USB flash disk to P5BVMA. The system will beep once again while the process is connected to the floppy disk drive. 3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for floppy... Starting BIOS recovery... Starting BIOS recovery... Start flashing... 4. Turn...
... disk that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support CD, the USB flash disk, or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. • Make sure that allows you rename the original or updated BIOS file in the floppy disk or the USB flash disk to P5BVMA. The system will beep once again while the process is connected to the floppy disk drive. 3. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the floppy disk for floppy... Starting BIOS recovery... Starting BIOS recovery... Start flashing... 4. Turn...
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... USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to download the latest BIOS file. Turn on the system. 2. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to the USB port. 2. Insert the support CD to the optical drive. 3. The utility then updates the corrupted BIOS file. Starting BIOS recovery... Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. The utility will automatically checks the devices for floppy... The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for the original or updated BIOS file. ASUS P5B-VM...
... USB flash disk that contains BIOS file to download the latest BIOS file. Turn on the system. 2. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to the USB port. 2. Insert the support CD to the optical drive. 3. The utility then updates the corrupted BIOS file. Starting BIOS recovery... Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. The utility will automatically checks the devices for floppy... The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for the original or updated BIOS file. ASUS P5B-VM...
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... USB flash disk with the motherboard package. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update. Place the support CD in Windows® environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you update the BIOS using this utility. 2- Chapter 2: BIOS setup This utility is available in the support CD that comes with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can cause system boot failure! 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is copied to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the optical drive...
... USB flash disk with the motherboard package. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update. Place the support CD in Windows® environment. The ASUS Update utility allows you update the BIOS using this utility. 2- Chapter 2: BIOS setup This utility is available in the support CD that comes with FAT 32/16 format and single partition can cause system boot failure! 2.1.5 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is copied to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the optical drive...
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... IDE Configuration System Information [11:10:19] [Thu 03/27/2003] [1.44M, 3.5 in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. Refer to "4.2.7 Pop-up window." 2.2.7 Pop-up window Scroll bar ASUS P5B-VM 2-13 Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Memory Acceleration Mode DRAM Idle Timer DRAm Refresh Rate [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Graphic Adapter Priority Graphics Aperture Size Spread Spectrum [AGP/PCI] [ 64 MB] [Enabled] ICH Delayed Transaction [Enabled] MPS Revision [1.4] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option...
... IDE Configuration System Information [11:10:19] [Thu 03/27/2003] [1.44M, 3.5 in brackets, and is highlighted when selected. Refer to "4.2.7 Pop-up window." 2.2.7 Pop-up window Scroll bar ASUS P5B-VM 2-13 Configure DRAM Timing by SPD Memory Acceleration Mode DRAM Idle Timer DRAm Refresh Rate [Enabled] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] Graphic Adapter Priority Graphics Aperture Size Spread Spectrum [AGP/PCI] [ 64 MB] [Enabled] ICH Delayed Transaction [Enabled] MPS Revision [1.4] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option...
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.... Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS P5B-VM 2-15 Select ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. There is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Setting to Auto allows automatic selection of IDE drive. Select CDROM if you are not user-configurable. Setting to display the IDE device information. These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Type [Auto] Selects the type of...
.... Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] ASUS P5B-VM 2-15 Select ARMD (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. There is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. Setting to Auto allows automatic selection of IDE drive. Select CDROM if you are not user-configurable. Setting to display the IDE device information. These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Type [Auto] Selects the type of...
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...to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] Allows you to disable or enable the I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. Legacy USB Support [Auto] Allows you to configure the USB 2.0 controller in this menu allows you to enable or disable support for USB devices on legacy operating systems (OS). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-20 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Select an item then press to detect the presence of USB devices at startup. Setting to Auto allows the system to display the configuration options...
...to change the USB-related features. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] Allows you to disable or enable the I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. Legacy USB Support [Auto] Allows you to configure the USB 2.0 controller in this menu allows you to enable or disable support for USB devices on legacy operating systems (OS). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 2-20 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Select an item then press to detect the presence of USB devices at startup. Setting to Auto allows the system to display the configuration options...
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In TM mode, the CPU power consumption is reduced. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5B-VM 2-21 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU TM function [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the processor Hyper-Threading Technology. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hyper-Threading Technology [Enabled] Allows you to boot legacy operating systems that the BIOS automatically detects. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Enable this menu show the CPU-related information that cannot support CPUs with ...
In TM mode, the CPU power consumption is reduced. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5B-VM 2-21 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU TM function [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the processor Hyper-Threading Technology. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Hyper-Threading Technology [Enabled] Allows you to boot legacy operating systems that the BIOS automatically detects. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Enable this menu show the CPU-related information that cannot support CPUs with ...
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... Chipset menu allows you to change the advanced chipset settings. Select an item then press to enable or disable the C-STATE technology. Configuration options: [Automatic] [Disabled] Intel(R) C-STATE Technology [Enabled] Allows you to use the EIST feature. NorthBridge Configuration NorthBridge Configuration North Bridge chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] Initiate Graphic Mode Select [Enabled, 8MB] DVMT Mode Select DVMT/FIXED Memory [Fixed Mode] [128MB] PEG Port Configuration...
... Chipset menu allows you to change the advanced chipset settings. Select an item then press to enable or disable the C-STATE technology. Configuration options: [Automatic] [Disabled] Intel(R) C-STATE Technology [Enabled] Allows you to use the EIST feature. NorthBridge Configuration NorthBridge Configuration North Bridge chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] Configure DRAM Timing by SPD [Enabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter [PEG/PCI] Initiate Graphic Mode Select [Enabled, 8MB] DVMT Mode Select DVMT/FIXED Memory [Fixed Mode] [128MB] PEG Port Configuration...
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...Support Type. This item appears only when the Onboard LAN item is set to set the JMicron Controller Mode. Configuration options: [RAID] [BASIC] [AHCI] Must load the JMB363 driver when create RAID sets, even if all the drivers of the RAID sets are used as data drivers. 2-24 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] JMicron Controller Mode [BASIC] Allows you to enable or disable the onboard PCIE Gigabit LAN controller. Configuration options: [AC97] [HD Audio] Onboard 1394 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the JMicron SATA/PATA controller...
...Support Type. This item appears only when the Onboard LAN item is set to set the JMicron Controller Mode. Configuration options: [RAID] [BASIC] [AHCI] Must load the JMB363 driver when create RAID sets, even if all the drivers of the RAID sets are used as data drivers. 2-24 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] JMicron Controller Mode [BASIC] Allows you to enable or disable the onboard PCIE Gigabit LAN controller. Configuration options: [AC97] [HD Audio] Onboard 1394 Controller [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable the JMicron SATA/PATA controller...
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... Change Supervisor Password +- From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. See section "2.6 Jumpers" for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Passward to run Setup" during POST. again to display the configuration options. If you forget your password. After you successfully set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs...
... Change Supervisor Password +- From the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. See section "2.6 Jumpers" for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Security Settings Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Passward to run Setup" during POST. again to display the configuration options. If you forget your password. After you successfully set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs...
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... options vary. Click an icon to display support CD/motherboard information Click an item to avail all motherboard features. Use the setup procedures presented in this chapter for better compatibility and system stability. 3.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack2 or later versions...
... options vary. Click an icon to display support CD/motherboard information Click an item to avail all motherboard features. Use the setup procedures presented in this chapter for better compatibility and system stability. 3.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® 2000 Service Pack 4 or the Windows® XP Service Pack2 or later versions...
