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... 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support DVD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manual menu 5-6 5.2.6 ASUS Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-9 5.3.2 Audio configurations 5-11 5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 5-15 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 5-21 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-25 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-26 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.4.1 RAID definitions...
... 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support DVD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manual menu 5-6 5.2.6 ASUS Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-9 5.3.2 Audio configurations 5-11 5.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 5-15 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 5-21 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS AI N.O.S 5-25 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-26 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.4.1 RAID definitions...
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Contents 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 Intel® EM64T A-1 Using the Intel® EM64T feature A-1 A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST A-1 A.2.1 System requirements A-1 A.2.2 Using the EIST A-2 A.3 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 Using the Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 vii
Contents 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 Intel® EM64T A-1 Using the Intel® EM64T feature A-1 A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST A-1 A.2.1 System requirements A-1 A.2.2 Using the EIST A-2 A.3 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 Using the Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 vii
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Align the card connector with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Turn on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that the cards do so may need ... PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable. Make sure to the card. Refer to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Replace the system cover. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure it and make...
Align the card connector with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. Turn on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for information on the slot. 5. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that the cards do so may need ... PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable. Make sure to the card. Refer to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that they support. Replace the system cover. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure it and make...
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...; Serial ATA RAID connectors and one of the external SATA ports. ® P5E WS PRO GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND EXT_SATA2 EXT_SATA1 P5E WS Professional EXT_SATA connectors • Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that support Serial ATA...
...; Serial ATA RAID connectors and one of the external SATA ports. ® P5E WS PRO GND RSATA_TXP1 RSATA_TXN1 GND RSATA_RXP1 RSATA_RXN1 GND GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXP2 RSATA_RXN2 GND EXT_SATA2 EXT_SATA1 P5E WS Professional EXT_SATA connectors • Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using Serial ATA hard disks, make sure that support Serial ATA...
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...information. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is copied...ASUS Update utility allows you need to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the future. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS P5E WS Professional...
...information. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 (Updates the BIOS using the ASUS Update or AFUDOS utilities. 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility The ASUS Update is copied...ASUS Update utility allows you need to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in the future. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS P5E WS Professional...
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... for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to configure the item. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. SATA Configuration SATA Configuraton Configure SATA as [Enhanced...
... for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to configure the item. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. SATA Configuration SATA Configuraton Configure SATA as [Enhanced...
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Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using the EXT_SATA1-2 connectors and the external SATA ports. High Definition Audio [Enabled] Allows you to set the previous item to [Legacy Mode] or [...
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using the EXT_SATA1-2 connectors and the external SATA ports. High Definition Audio [Enabled] Allows you to set the previous item to [Legacy Mode] or [...
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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 information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-39 ASUS P5E WS Professional
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support DVD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-39 ASUS P5E WS Professional
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...DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to run the DVD. The contents of your computer. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5- Double-click the... ASSETUP.EXE to change at any time without notice. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for updates. 5.2.1 Running ...
...DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to run the DVD. The contents of your computer. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5- Double-click the... ASSETUP.EXE to change at any time without notice. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for updates. 5.2.1 Running ...
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ASUS InstAll - Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® ALC 888 audio driver and application. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Intel(R) Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support
ASUS InstAll - Realtek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek® ALC 888 audio driver and application. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. Installation Wizard for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Intel(R) Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support
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... Copy5 Trial Installs the InterVideo DVD Copy5 trial version. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application detects and protects your computer from the ASUS website. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Installs the media library and all-in-one software. Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Installs the PhotoImpact image editing software... data. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for updates. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0 driver. ASUS Update Allows you to download the latest version of you computer so you can connect to the...
... Copy5 Trial Installs the InterVideo DVD Copy5 trial version. Anti-Virus Utility The anti-virus application detects and protects your computer from the ASUS website. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Installs the media library and all-in-one software. Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Installs the PhotoImpact image editing software... data. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Visit the Microsoft website (www.microsoft.com) for updates. Microsoft DirectX 9.0c Installs the Microsoft® DirectX 9.0 driver. ASUS Update Allows you to download the latest version of you computer so you can connect to the...
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Make Marvell 61xx PATA/eSATA Driver Allows you to create an Intel® ICH9R RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a Marvell® 61xx PATA/eSATA driver disk. Make Intel ICH9R AHCI/RAID 32bit/64bit Driver Allows you to create Intel® ICH9R RAID driver disk/ Marvell® 61xx PATA/eSATA driver disk.
Make Marvell 61xx PATA/eSATA Driver Allows you to create an Intel® ICH9R RAID driver disk for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create a Marvell® 61xx PATA/eSATA driver disk. Make Intel ICH9R AHCI/RAID 32bit/64bit Driver Allows you to create Intel® ICH9R RAID driver disk/ Marvell® 61xx PATA/eSATA driver disk.
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... ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-11 If the Realtek audio software is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on your computer. 5.3.2 Audio configurations The Realtek® ALC888 audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Follow the installation wizard to install the Realtek® Audio Driver...
... ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-11 If the Realtek audio software is correctly installed, you will find the Realtek HD Audio Manager icon on your computer. 5.3.2 Audio configurations The Realtek® ALC888 audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability to display the Realtek HD Audio Manager. Follow the installation wizard to install the Realtek® Audio Driver...
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..., adjust the equalizer, or set the sound effect options: 1. Sound Effect The Realtek® ALC888 Audio CODEC allows you to display information about the audio driver version, DirectX version, audio controller, audio codec, and language setting. Exit Click the exit button ( ) to effect the Sound Effect settings and exit. 5-12 Chapter...
..., adjust the equalizer, or set the sound effect options: 1. Sound Effect The Realtek® ALC888 Audio CODEC allows you to display information about the audio driver version, DirectX version, audio controller, audio codec, and language setting. Exit Click the exit button ( ) to effect the Sound Effect settings and exit. 5-12 Chapter...
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The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to the optical ... the contents of the Support DVD to close or restore the application. With this icon to close the Preference panel ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-15 Because PC Probe II is a utility that your computer is not enabled in the Windows® taskbar. ...main window displays the Preference section. Click to locate the setup.exe file from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Using PC Probe II Main window The PC Probe II main...
The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Follow the screen instructions to the optical ... the contents of the Support DVD to close or restore the application. With this icon to close the Preference panel ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-15 Because PC Probe II is a utility that your computer is not enabled in the Windows® taskbar. ...main window displays the Preference section. Click to locate the setup.exe file from the ASUS PC Probe II folder. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Using PC Probe II Main window The PC Probe II main...
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... the Normal icon to restore the system to launch AI Gear 2, AI N.O.S., AI Booster, AI Nap, and Q-Fan 2 utilities easily. 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to normal state. To launch the AI Suite from the Windows® desktop. Follow the screen instructions to close or...the optical drive. Place the support DVD to launch Q-Fan 2 5-21 The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Press to restore to normal Press to launch AI Gear 2 Press to launch AI Booster ASUS P5E WS Professional Press to launch AI Nap Press to launch AI N.O.S. Installing AI Suite To install...
... the Normal icon to restore the system to launch AI Gear 2, AI N.O.S., AI Booster, AI Nap, and Q-Fan 2 utilities easily. 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to normal state. To launch the AI Suite from the Windows® desktop. Follow the screen instructions to close or...the optical drive. Place the support DVD to launch Q-Fan 2 5-21 The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. Press to restore to normal Press to launch AI Gear 2 Press to launch AI Booster ASUS P5E WS Professional Press to launch AI Nap Press to launch AI N.O.S. Installing AI Suite To install...
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...three new drives for this setup. Refer to the entire system. For example, RAID 0 and RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. This RAID configuration... provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for six independent Serial ATA channels. • Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID. You can be of software RAID beyond internal hard disk ...
...three new drives for this setup. Refer to the entire system. For example, RAID 0 and RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of both RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. This RAID configuration... provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to section "5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk" for six independent Serial ATA channels. • Marvell® 88SE6145 RAID. You can be of software RAID beyond internal hard disk ...
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... then press . 9. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-39 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 5. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver. 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the ...OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Boot your computer. 2. Set the ...
... then press . 9. ASUS P5E WS Professional 5-39 Insert a formatted floppy disk into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 5. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver. 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the ...OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Boot your computer. 2. Set the ...
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... key to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. 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. During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding...
... key to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. 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. During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding...
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... all current applications. 2. Restart your system. ASUS P5E WS Professional 6- Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that allows you begin Uninstall other graphics card drivers: 1. Follow the installation procedures in your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology...
... all current applications. 2. Restart your system. ASUS P5E WS Professional 6- Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with Service Pack 2 (SP2) - 6.1 Overview The motherboard supports the ATI® CrossFire™ technology that allows you begin Uninstall other graphics card drivers: 1. Follow the installation procedures in your graphics card driver supports the ATI® CrossFire™ Technology...