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5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-59 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-59 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-59 Chapter 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 Intel® EM64T A-1 Using the Intel® EM64T feature A-1 A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST...
5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-59 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-59 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-59 Chapter 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 Intel® EM64T A-1 Using the Intel® EM64T feature A-1 A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® Technology (EIST...
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... Controller Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI]. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 2-25 See section 4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • DO NOT insert different connectors to the external SATA ports. • DO NOT unplug the external Serial ATA box when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 is configured. 16. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices...
... Controller Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI]. USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 2-25 See section 4.5.3 Onboard Device Configuration for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • DO NOT insert different connectors to the external SATA ports. • DO NOT unplug the external Serial ATA box when a RAID 0 or RAID 1 is configured. 16. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices...
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... connectors on the IDE ribbon cable to configure your device. ® P5E3 DELUXE PRI_EIDE NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on each Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cable: blue, black, and gray. P5E3 DELUXE/WiFi-AP@n IDE connector Drive jumper setting Single device Two devices Cable-Select or Master Cable-Select Master Slave Mode of the following modes to PIN 1. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 2-27 IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_E IDE) The onboard IDE connector is set...
... connectors on the IDE ribbon cable to configure your device. ® P5E3 DELUXE PRI_EIDE NOTE: Orient the red markings (usually zigzag) on each Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal cable: blue, black, and gray. P5E3 DELUXE/WiFi-AP@n IDE connector Drive jumper setting Single device Two devices Cable-Select or Master Cable-Select Master Slave Mode of the following modes to PIN 1. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 2-27 IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_E IDE) The onboard IDE connector is set...
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... front panel audio I /O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of a PSU with a higher power output is inadequate. • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR3 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW...
... front panel audio I /O module that supports either HD Audio or legacy AC`97 audio standard. Connect one end of a PSU with a higher power output is inadequate. • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR3 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW...
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... to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in case you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or USB flash disk in Windows® environment. The Drivers menu appears. 2. This utility is available in the future. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets...
... to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in case you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable floppy disk or USB flash disk in Windows® environment. The Drivers menu appears. 2. This utility is available in the future. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable floppy disk, USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets...
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... devices for floppy... The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for floppy... Starting BIOS recovery... 4.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you use a SATA optical drive, always connect the SATA cable to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash...
... devices for floppy... The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for floppy... Starting BIOS recovery... 4.1.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you use a SATA optical drive, always connect the SATA cable to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash...
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... [Auto] allows automatic selection of device connected to display the SATA device information. These items show N/A if no IDE device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Select a device item then press to the system. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. When set...
... [Auto] allows automatic selection of device connected to display the SATA device information. These items show N/A if no IDE device is either a ZIP, LS-120, or MO drive. Select a device item then press to the system. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : WDC WD800JD-00LSA0 Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA-2 Ultra DMA : Ultra DMA-5 SMART Monitoring: Supported Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. When set...
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... create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to [RAID]. DMA Mode [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in the system. 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. If...
... create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to [RAID]. DMA Mode [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in the system. 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. If...
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Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Ai Tweaker Power Boot Tools Exit Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] CPU Ratio Control [Auto] FSB Strap to Sub Screen +- Information : 6-6-6-15-4-36-6-4 Sec. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to North Bridge [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Command Rate [Auto] DRAM Timing Control [Auto] Pri. Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters. Information : 8-4-6-4-7-4-7 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto] DRAM Dynamic Write Control [Auto] Ai Clock Twister Ai Clock Skew for Channel A Ai Clock Skew for the system. Frequencies higher than CPU ...
Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY Ai Tweaker Power Boot Tools Exit Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] CPU Ratio Control [Auto] FSB Strap to Sub Screen +- Information : 6-6-6-15-4-36-6-4 Sec. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to North Bridge [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Command Rate [Auto] DRAM Timing Control [Auto] Pri. Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters. Information : 8-4-6-4-7-4-7 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto] DRAM Dynamic Write Control [Auto] Ai Clock Twister Ai Clock Skew for Channel A Ai Clock Skew for the system. Frequencies higher than CPU ...
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.... Select an item then press to [Auto] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 4-25 Configure North Bridge features. North Bridge Configuration North Bridge Chipset Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter PEG Port Control PEG Port Force x1 [PEG/PCI] [Auto] [Disabled] Options Disabled Enabled Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] Allows you to change the advanced chipset settings. Enable this option only when you to decide which...
.... Select an item then press to [Auto] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 4-25 Configure North Bridge features. North Bridge Configuration North Bridge Chipset Configuration Advanced BIOS SETUP UTILITY North Bridge Chipset Configuration Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Initiate Graphic Adapter PEG Port Control PEG Port Force x1 [PEG/PCI] [Auto] [Disabled] Options Disabled Enabled Memory Remap Feature [Disabled] Allows you to change the advanced chipset settings. Enable this option only when you to decide which...
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... Mode [IDE] Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE] [AHCI] Realtek GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] MarvelI GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard Wireless LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Agere Firewire 1394 [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Type [HD Audio...
... Mode [IDE] Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE] [AHCI] Realtek GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] MarvelI GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] LAN Boot ROM [Disabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Onboard Wireless LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Agere Firewire 1394 [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Type [HD Audio...
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... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] Allows you to display the configuration options. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 4-29 APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto] 4.6.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [Disabled] Determines whether to [Enabled], the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller...
... BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.4 ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] Allows you to display the configuration options. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP@n 4-29 APM Configuration Hardware Monitor Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [S1 (POS) Only] [S3 Only] [Auto] 4.6.2 Repost Video on S3 Resume [Disabled] Determines whether to [Enabled], the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller...
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... the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item then press to disabled password. Security Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to change the supervisor password, follow...
... the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 2.6 Jumper for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item then press to disabled password. Security Settings BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Supervisor Password : Not Installed User Password : Not Installed Change Supervisor Password Change User Password to change the supervisor password, follow...
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... ASUS AI Suite utility. USB 2.0 Driver ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Realtek RTL8110SC LAN Driver Installs the Realtek RTL8110SC LAN driver. ASUS WiFi-AP@n Installs the ASUS WiFi-AP@n driver. ASUS EPU + AI Gear 3 Driver Installs the EPU + AI Gear 3 driver. JMicro JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicro® JMB36X RAID controller driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update...
... ASUS AI Suite utility. USB 2.0 Driver ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Realtek RTL8110SC LAN Driver Installs the Realtek RTL8110SC LAN driver. ASUS WiFi-AP@n Installs the ASUS WiFi-AP@n driver. ASUS EPU + AI Gear 3 Driver Installs the EPU + AI Gear 3 driver. JMicro JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicro® JMB36X RAID controller driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the USB 2.0 driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update...
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... key. New versions of time the system waits at the first screen for user action. Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS Express Gate Reset User Data Timeout [Enabled] [No] [10] ASUS O.C. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Reset User Data [No] Allows you to the BIOS so that the user data will be released regularly, adding refinements or new applications. Configuration options: [No] [Reset] When setting this item to [Enabled] to starting Windows or other installed OS. Configuring Express...
... key. New versions of time the system waits at the first screen for user action. Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit ASUS EZ Flash 2 ASUS Express Gate Reset User Data Timeout [Enabled] [No] [10] ASUS O.C. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Reset User Data [No] Allows you to the BIOS so that the user data will be released regularly, adding refinements or new applications. Configuration options: [No] [Reset] When setting this item to [Enabled] to starting Windows or other installed OS. Configuring Express...
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...drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for a RAID configuration: 1. Select RAID from the configuration options, then press . 5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Select the Configure SATA As item, then press to the Main Menu...
...drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for a RAID configuration: 1. Select RAID from the configuration options, then press . 5. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Select the Configure SATA As item, then press to the Main Menu...
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... eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Onboard Wireless LAN Agere Firewire 1394 Serial Port1 Address BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [IDE] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] Enable or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- See section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on your RAID configuration. 4. Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows®...
... eSATA/PATA Controller Controller Mode Realtek GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN LAN Boot ROM Onboard Wireless LAN Agere Firewire 1394 Serial Port1 Address BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [IDE] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Enabled] [3F8/IRQ4] Enable or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- See section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for details. Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to configure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on your RAID configuration. 4. Create a JMB363 RAID driver disk for Windows®...
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...; When you install a broken RAID HDD, you cannot select this HDD when configuring a RAID set through the JMB363, you want to use this broken RAID HDD as part of the RAID set in the HDD. 5-56 Chapter 5: Software support You will, however, lose all the data in another RAID set configured through the JMB363 utility. • If you still want to reset to non‑RAID. Resetting disks to non-RAID • An HDD that you...
...; When you install a broken RAID HDD, you cannot select this HDD when configuring a RAID set through the JMB363, you want to use this broken RAID HDD as part of the RAID set in the HDD. 5-56 Chapter 5: Software support You will, however, lose all the data in another RAID set configured through the JMB363 utility. • If you still want to reset to non‑RAID. Resetting disks to non-RAID • An HDD that you...
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... succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-60 Chapter 5: Software support Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista: 1. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, make sure you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop...
... succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-60 Chapter 5: Software support Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista: 1. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to install, make sure you to press the key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. During the OS installation, the system prompts you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop...
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... CrossFire™ technology supports only the following operating systems: • Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Click Next to continue from the opening menu. 4. Read the License Agreement, then click Yes. Place the CrossFire™ installation CD in your system and log in with administrator rights. 2. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP...
... CrossFire™ technology supports only the following operating systems: • Windows® XP 32-bit (Home or Professional) with your graphics card package to install the device drivers. Click Next to continue from the opening menu. 4. Read the License Agreement, then click Yes. Place the CrossFire™ installation CD in your system and log in with administrator rights. 2. ASUS P5E3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP...
