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... Audio utility)... 5-24 5.4 RAID configurations 5-33 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-33 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-34 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-44 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-44 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 5-44 Chapetr 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...
... Audio utility)... 5-24 5.4 RAID configurations 5-33 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-33 5.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-34 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations 5-34 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-44 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS.... 5-44 5.5.2 Creating a RAID/SATA driver disk in Windows 5-44 Chapetr 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...
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... the chipsets to the heatsink near the back IO ports, where it provides options for users. DO NOT uninstall the heat-pipe by existing airflow from suffering the risk of high power stress. Furthermore, it can be carried away by yourself. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 1-5 Doing so may bend the tubing and affect the heat dissipation performance. ASUS SASsaby cards support This motherboard is...
... the chipsets to the heatsink near the back IO ports, where it provides options for users. DO NOT uninstall the heat-pipe by existing airflow from suffering the risk of high power stress. Furthermore, it can be carried away by yourself. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 1-5 Doing so may bend the tubing and affect the heat dissipation performance. ASUS SASsaby cards support This motherboard is...
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... Voltage, CPU PLL Voltage and the DRAM Voltage in the CMOS or a separate file, giving users freedom to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings. Profile The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. The BIOS settings can find out if they are installed successfully via ASUS's innovatively designed on-board LEDs when they switch on your screen. ASUS EZ Flash 2 EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 1-7 ASUS O.C. Profile that allows users to share and distribute their favorite settings. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 The ASUS...
... Voltage, CPU PLL Voltage and the DRAM Voltage in the CMOS or a separate file, giving users freedom to conveniently store or load multiple BIOS settings. Profile The motherboard features the ASUS O.C. The BIOS settings can find out if they are installed successfully via ASUS's innovatively designed on-board LEDs when they switch on your screen. ASUS EZ Flash 2 EZ Flash 2 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 1-7 ASUS O.C. Profile that allows users to share and distribute their favorite settings. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 The ASUS...
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.... Failure to the card. Turn on the next page for the card. 2. Install the software drivers for later use . Replace the system cover. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for details. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 2-19 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may cause you removed earlier. 6. Assign an IRQ to do not need to install expansion cards. Refer to the chassis...
.... Failure to the card. Turn on the next page for the card. 2. Install the software drivers for later use . Replace the system cover. 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card After installing the expansion card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for details. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 2-19 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may cause you removed earlier. 6. Assign an IRQ to do not need to install expansion cards. Refer to the chassis...
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...) PCIe 2.0 x16_1 slot (blue, @ x16) PCI Express x4_1 slot ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 2-21 Refer to the figure below for the location of x4 or x1 link. 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with a maximum speed of the slots. Refer to the figure below for the location of PCI Express card you install. The operating frequency of these slots change depending on the type of the slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue...
...) PCIe 2.0 x16_1 slot (blue, @ x16) PCI Express x4_1 slot ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 2-21 Refer to the figure below for the location of x4 or x1 link. 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with a maximum speed of the slots. Refer to the figure below for the location of PCI Express card you install. The operating frequency of these slots change depending on the type of the slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots (blue...
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... hard disk drives. These ports connect to the audio configuration table below for connecting USB 2.0 devices. 13. Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Port Light Blue Lime Pink Orange Black Gray Headset 2-channel Line In Line Out Mic In - - - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - To configure a RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 set the Marvell IDE/eSATA item in an 8-channel audio configuration. otherwise, you cannot enter the Marvell RAID utility and SATA setup during POST. • If you intend to create a RAID configuration using Serial ATA hard disks...
... hard disk drives. These ports connect to the audio configuration table below for connecting USB 2.0 devices. 13. Audio 2, 4, 6, or 8-channel configuration Port Light Blue Lime Pink Orange Black Gray Headset 2-channel Line In Line Out Mic In - - - 4-channel Line In Front Speaker Out Mic In - To configure a RAID 0, 1, 5 or 10 set the Marvell IDE/eSATA item in an 8-channel audio configuration. otherwise, you cannot enter the Marvell RAID utility and SATA setup during POST. • If you intend to create a RAID configuration using Serial ATA hard disks...
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... unstable or may not boot up if the power is recommended when configuring a system 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 2-34 Chapter 2: Hardware information EATX12V EATXPWR +12V DC +12V DC +12V DC +12V DC ® P5E64 WS EVOLUTION GND GND GND...
... unstable or may not boot up if the power is recommended when configuring a system 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 2-34 Chapter 2: Hardware information EATX12V EATXPWR +12V DC +12V DC +12V DC +12V DC ® P5E64 WS EVOLUTION GND GND GND...
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..., save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. 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 corrupted.) Refer to restore the BIOS in the future. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ASUS Update utility allows you...
..., save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. Place the support DVD in Windows® environment.) 2. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. 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 corrupted.) Refer to restore the BIOS in the future. ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The ASUS Update utility allows you...
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... USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Turn on the system. 3. When found ! Starting BIOS recovery... Completed. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk: 1. Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. The device size should be smaller than 8GB. • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! The utility displays...
... USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using the motherboard support DVD or the USB flash disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Turn on the system. 3. When found ! Starting BIOS recovery... Completed. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the USB flash disk: 1. Recovering the BIOS from the USB flash disk To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. The device size should be smaller than 8GB. • DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS! The utility displays...
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... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Setting to display the IDE device information. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. 4.3.5 SATA 1~6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of the appropriate IDE device type. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-13...
... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART monitoring). Select [ARMD] (ATAPI Removable Media Device) if your device is a separate sub-menu for each IDE device. Setting to display the IDE device information. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. 4.3.5 SATA 1~6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of the appropriate IDE device type. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-13...
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Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set the SATA configuration. Select an...
Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] • If you want to enable or disable the HDD Self-Monitoring Analysis and Reporting Technology (SMART) feature. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in the system. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set the SATA configuration. Select an...
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... Channel A [Auto] DRAM CMD Skew on Channel B [Auto] DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A [Auto] DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B [Auto] DRAM Timing Control [Auto] 1st Information : 6-6-6-15-4-36-6-4 2nd Information : 8-4-6-4-7-4-7 3rd Information : 15-6-1-7-7 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto] DRAM Dynamic Write Control [Auto] [X.M.P.] When X.M.P. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-17 Scroll down to individually set the profile(s) supported by your memory module(s) for the system. Loads the optimal settings for optimizing the system performance. is enabled the CPU FSB frequency, CPU ratio and memory...
... Channel A [Auto] DRAM CMD Skew on Channel B [Auto] DRAM CLK Skew on Channel A [Auto] DRAM CLK Skew on Channel B [Auto] DRAM Timing Control [Auto] 1st Information : 6-6-6-15-4-36-6-4 2nd Information : 8-4-6-4-7-4-7 3rd Information : 15-6-1-7-7 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto] DRAM Dynamic Write Control [Auto] [X.M.P.] When X.M.P. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-17 Scroll down to individually set the profile(s) supported by your memory module(s) for the system. Loads the optimal settings for optimizing the system performance. is enabled the CPU FSB frequency, CPU ratio and memory...
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Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration USB Configuration PCIPnP Tools Exit Configure CPU. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-25 Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. 4.5 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items...
Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration USB Configuration PCIPnP Tools Exit Configure CPU. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-25 Take caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items. Incorrect field values can cause the system to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. 4.5 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items...
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BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings WARMING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to display the sub-menu. Configure North Bridge features. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-27 Select an item then press to malfunction. Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Allows you to use as the primary boot device. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Configuration options: [PCI/PEG] [PEG/PCI] PEG Port Control [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] PEG Force...
BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Advanced Chipset Settings WARMING: Setting wrong values in below sections may cause system to display the sub-menu. Configure North Bridge features. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-27 Select an item then press to malfunction. Memory Remap Feature [Enabled] Allows you to use as the primary boot device. DISABLE: Do not allow remapping of overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory. Configuration options: [PCI/PEG] [PEG/PCI] PEG Port Control [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] PEG Force...
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...: [Legacy Mode] [RAID Mode] [Disabled] IDE/eSATA Boot ROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you enable the previous item. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using the EXT_SATA1-2 connectors and the external SATA ports. 4.5.3 Onboard Devices Configuration Advanced Onboard Device Configuraiton High Definition Audio Front Panel Type Marvell IDE/eSATA IDE/eSATA Boot ROM PCIE GigaBit LAN1 LAN Boot ROM PCI GigaBit LAN2 LAN Boot ROM Fireware 1394 BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Legacy Mode] [Enabled...
...: [Legacy Mode] [RAID Mode] [Disabled] IDE/eSATA Boot ROM [Enabled] This item appears only when you enable the previous item. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Please install the Marvell® Controller driver before using the EXT_SATA1-2 connectors and the external SATA ports. 4.5.3 Onboard Devices Configuration Advanced Onboard Device Configuraiton High Definition Audio Front Panel Type Marvell IDE/eSATA IDE/eSATA Boot ROM PCIE GigaBit LAN1 LAN Boot ROM PCI GigaBit LAN2 LAN Boot ROM Fireware 1394 BIOS SETUP UTILITY [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Legacy Mode] [Enabled...
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... Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] Allows you to add more tables for the Advanced Power Management (APM). When set to display the configuration options. 4.6 Power menu The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-31...
... Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Main Ai Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3/STR resume. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.6.3 ACPI 2.0 Support [Disabled] Allows you to add more tables for the Advanced Power Management (APM). When set to display the configuration options. 4.6 Power menu The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) 2.0 specifications. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 4-31...
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... the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. Select an item then press to change password. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password :Not Installed :Not Installed to set a password, this item to change other items appear to allow you to change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to display the configuration options. ASUS P5E64 WS...
... the password box, type a password composed of the screen shows the default Not Installed. Select an item then press to change password. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Boot Security Settings Supervisor Password User Password :Not Installed :Not Installed to set a password, this item to change other items appear to allow you to change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to display the configuration options. ASUS P5E64 WS...
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... drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to change at any time without notice. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to the optical drive. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for reference only. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 5-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD...
... drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to change at any time without notice. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to the optical drive. Visit the ASUS website(www.asus.com) for reference only. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and hardware options vary. ASUS P5E64 WS Evolution 5-1 Always install the latest OS version and corresponding updates to maximize the features of the support DVD...
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... LAN driver. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU driver and AI Gear 3 utility. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Installation Wizard for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Intel(R) Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the ADI 1988B audio driver and application. Marvell 61xx SATA RAID Controller Driver Installs the Marvell® 61xx SATA RAID controller driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. Install...
... LAN driver. ASUS EPU Driver + AI Gear 3 Utility Installs the ASUS EPU driver and AI Gear 3 utility. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support Installation Wizard for Drivers Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard. Intel(R) Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the ADI 1988B audio driver and application. Marvell 61xx SATA RAID Controller Driver Installs the Marvell® 61xx SATA RAID controller driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. Install...
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... a RAID set(s). Go to display the configuration options. 4. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for details on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge chip. See Chapter 4 for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Select RAID from the Configure SATA as item, then press to the Main menu, select SATA...
... a RAID set(s). Go to display the configuration options. 4. Connect a SATA power cable to the power connector on each drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for details on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge chip. See Chapter 4 for Serial ATA hard disks drives through the BIOS Setup. 5-34 Chapter 5: Software support Connect the SATA signal cables. 3. Select RAID from the Configure SATA as item, then press to the Main menu, select SATA...