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... II 5-12 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 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 2 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-31 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-35 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-43 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without...
... II 5-12 5.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 5-18 5.3.5 ASUS AI Gear 2 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 2 5-23 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 5-24 5.3.10 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-25 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-31 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-31 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration 5-35 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-43 5.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without...
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com or this motherboard natively supports up to 2 PATA devices - 2 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) - Software Access Point mode - P5K-E specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Storage LAN Wireless LAN (WiFi-AP Edition only) Audio LGA775 ...non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture *The chipset officially supports the memory frequency up to www.asus. Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O - Refer to DDR2 800MHz. Supports RAID 0 and 1 JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for the...
com or this motherboard natively supports up to 2 PATA devices - 2 x External SATA 3.0 Gb/s port (SATA On-the-Go) - Software Access Point mode - P5K-E specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Storage LAN Wireless LAN (WiFi-AP Edition only) Audio LGA775 ...non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture *The chipset officially supports the memory frequency up to www.asus. Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O - Refer to DDR2 800MHz. Supports RAID 0 and 1 JMicron® JMB363 PATA and SATA controller - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66 for the...
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...high-speed data retrieval and saves. See pages 2-24, and 2-27 for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD functions. The JMicron controller provides another two Serial ATA connectors for details. Making this motherboard an ideal solution to enhance hard disk performance and data back up to ... digital audio without the cost of DDR2 memory. S/PDIF digital sound ready This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to 2-27 for details. See page 2-25 for details. ASUS P5K-E 1- While in DDR2 1066 mode, ASUS's exclusive technology offers a choice of data such as digital television, digital video ...
...high-speed data retrieval and saves. See pages 2-24, and 2-27 for RAID 0, 1, and JBOD functions. The JMicron controller provides another two Serial ATA connectors for details. Making this motherboard an ideal solution to enhance hard disk performance and data back up to ... digital audio without the cost of DDR2 memory. S/PDIF digital sound ready This motherboard provides convenient connectivity to 2-27 for details. See page 2-25 for details. ASUS P5K-E 1- While in DDR2 1066 mode, ASUS's exclusive technology offers a choice of data such as digital television, digital video ...
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...port. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration or the manual bundled in the motherboard support CD. • DO NOT insert different connectors to the external SATA ports. • DO NOT .... USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. ASUS P5K-E 2-25 These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for details. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI]. • Before creating a RAID set using this connector, set the ...
...port. These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for details. • Before creating a RAID set, refer to 5.4.3 JMicron® RAID Configuration or the manual bundled in the motherboard support CD. • DO NOT insert different connectors to the external SATA ports. • DO NOT .... USB 2.0 ports 3 and 4. ASUS P5K-E 2-25 These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are available for details. • When using hot-plug and NCQ, set the J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller Mode in the BIOS to [AHCI]. • Before creating a RAID set using this connector, set the ...
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... RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND SATA3 SATA4 SATA6 ASUS P5K-E 2-27 See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for Serial ATA hard disk drives. PIN 1 3. In Standard IDE mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the Configure SATA as item in the motherboard support CD. ® ® P5K-E P5K-E IDE connector PRI_EIDE NOTE: Orient the red markings...
... RSATA_TXN6 GND RSATA_RXP6 RSATA_RXN6 GND SATA3 SATA4 SATA6 ASUS P5K-E 2-27 See section 4.3.6 SATA Configuration for Serial ATA hard disk drives. PIN 1 3. In Standard IDE mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the Configure SATA as item in the motherboard support CD. ® ® P5K-E P5K-E IDE connector PRI_EIDE NOTE: Orient the red markings...
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The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to the table below for details. 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information ...
The Serial ATA RAID feature (RAID 0 and RAID 1) is available only if you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to the table below for details. 2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information ...
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... Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to 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...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. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in this menu allow you want to internally optimize the order of commands. ASUS P5K...
... Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to 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...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. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 4.3.6 SATA Configuration The items in this menu allow you want to internally optimize the order of commands. ASUS P5K...
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... or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- The following item appears only when you to configure ASUS Cross Graphics Impeller. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] Allows you to ...] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS C.G.I. Configuration options: [AC97] [HD Audio] J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Controller Mode [IDE] Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE] [AHCI] MarvelI GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled...
... or Disable High Definition Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- The following item appears only when you to configure ASUS Cross Graphics Impeller. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Front Panel Support Type [HD Audio] Allows you to ...] PEG Port Force x1 [Disabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS C.G.I. Configuration options: [AC97] [HD Audio] J-Micron eSATA/PATA Controller [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Controller Mode [IDE] Configuration options: [RAID] [IDE] [AHCI] MarvelI GigaBit LAN [Enabled] Configuration options: [Enabled...
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-43 ASUS P5K-E
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-9 5.4 RAID configurations 5-30 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-43 ASUS P5K-E
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...the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X Serial ATA RAID controller driver. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. ...5.2.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard ...
...the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet driver. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. JMicron JMB36X RAID Controller Driver Installs the JMicron® JMB36X Serial ATA RAID controller driver. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs the Intel® chipset Inf update program. ...5.2.2 Drivers menu The Drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard ...
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5.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. Make Intel ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver. ASUS P5K-E 5- Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9 or JMicron® JMB36X RAID/AHCI driver disk.
5.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk. Make Intel ICH9 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Allows you to create a JMicron® JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver. ASUS P5K-E 5- Make JMicron JMB36X 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Allows you to create the Intel ICH9 or JMicron® JMB36X RAID/AHCI driver disk.
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...in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Use of two new ... size or larger than the existing drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH8R Southbridge RAID controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to...
...in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to section 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk for this setup. Two hard disks perform the same work as RAID sets. Use of two new ... size or larger than the existing drive. 5.4 RAID configurations The motherboard comes with the Intel® ICH8R Southbridge RAID controller that of a single disk alone, thus improving data access and storage. This RAID configuration provides data protection and increases fault tolerance to...
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... ICH9R Southbridge chip. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 5.4.1 Installing Serial... SATA As, then press to the Main Menu, select SATA Configuration, then press . 3. 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 [RAID] from the options. 6. ASUS P5K-E 5-31 To do this: 1.
... ICH9R Southbridge chip. Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 5.4.1 Installing Serial... SATA As, then press to the Main Menu, select SATA Configuration, then press . 3. 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 [RAID] from the options. 6. ASUS P5K-E 5-31 To do this: 1.
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.... This pop‑up /down arrow key to highlight a drive, then press to select RAID 0(Stripe), then press . 4. Create RAID Volume, then press . Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) To create a RAID 0 set , then press . 3. This name is highlighted, press to select the hard ...disk drives to uniquely identify the RAID volume. A small triangle marks the selected drive. This screen appears. Enter a name for the RAID 0 set : 1. Port Drive Model 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ]...
.... This pop‑up /down arrow key to highlight a drive, then press to select RAID 0(Stripe), then press . 4. Create RAID Volume, then press . Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) To create a RAID 0 set , then press . 3. This name is highlighted, press to select the hard ...disk drives to uniquely identify the RAID volume. A small triangle marks the selected drive. This screen appears. Enter a name for the RAID 0 set : 1. Port Drive Model 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ]...
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... is highlighted. TIP: We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 8. Press when the Create Volume item is 128 KB. This warning message...to go back to select the stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. ASUS P5K-E 5-33 6. Are you sure you want to 128 KB. Use the up/down arrow key...
... is highlighted. TIP: We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 8. Press when the Create Volume item is 128 KB. This warning message...to go back to select the stripe size for audio and video editing. 7. Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. ASUS P5K-E 5-33 6. Are you sure you want to 128 KB. Use the up/down arrow key...
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... utility main menu, select 1. This screen appears. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 5. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 and... volume? (Y/N): 6. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, key in length that you want , then press . Press when the Create Volume item is case ...
... utility main menu, select 1. This screen appears. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. 5. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 and... volume? (Y/N): 6. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. When the RAID Level item is highlighted, key in length that you want , then press . Press when the Create Volume item is case ...
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... Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to [RAID]. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to set up your system. 2. ASUS P5K-E 5-35 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and ...Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. 3. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with JMB363 driver Complete the following items: 1. A write-enabled floppy disk (Windows XP). Motherboard...
... Audio Controller Select Screen Select Item +- Enter the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility to [RAID]. Set the Controller Mode item in the BIOS to set up your system. 2. ASUS P5K-E 5-35 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and ...Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. 3. Two SATA HDDs, preferably with JMB363 driver Complete the following items: 1. A write-enabled floppy disk (Windows XP). Motherboard...
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...Without Saving 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Create RAID Disk Drive using the up/down arrow key then press . [Main Menu] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to enter RAID Setup Utility... 2. PCI-to move the color bar and ...navigate through the items. JMicron Technology Corp. Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility 1. The main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu appears. 3. Use the arrow keys to -SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0.97 Copyright (C) 2004-2005 JMicron Technology http://www. PCI-to-SATA II...
...Without Saving 5-36 Chapter 5: Software support In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Create RAID Disk Drive using the up/down arrow key then press . [Main Menu] Create RAID Disk Drive Delete RAID Disk Drive Revert HDD to enter RAID Setup Utility... 2. PCI-to move the color bar and ...navigate through the items. JMicron Technology Corp. Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility 1. The main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu appears. 3. Use the arrow keys to -SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0.97 Copyright (C) 2004-2005 JMicron Technology http://www. PCI-to-SATA II...
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...a sign before it. [Hard Disk Drive List] Model Name HDD0: HDS722516VLSA80 HDD1: HDS722516DLA380 Capacity XXX GB XXX GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID 4. Use the up /down arrow to confirm selection. When the Disks item is highlighted, use the up /down arrow key to... GB Confirm Creation Confirm Creation 3. Key in the RAID volume capacity. Repeat the process until the HDDs are selected. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. [Create New RAID] Name : JRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size : 319 GB Confirm Creation ASUS P5K-E 5-37 2.
...a sign before it. [Hard Disk Drive List] Model Name HDD0: HDS722516VLSA80 HDD1: HDS722516DLA380 Capacity XXX GB XXX GB Type/Status Non-RAID Non-RAID 4. Use the up /down arrow to confirm selection. When the Disks item is highlighted, use the up /down arrow key to... GB Confirm Creation Confirm Creation 3. Key in the RAID volume capacity. Repeat the process until the HDDs are selected. The default value indicates the maximum allowed capacity. [Create New RAID] Name : JRAID Level: 0-Stripe Disks: Select Disk Block: 128 KB Size : 319 GB Confirm Creation ASUS P5K-E 5-37 2.
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...319 GB Model Name Available Type/Status HDD0: HDS722516VLSA80 164 GB Non-RAID HDD1: HDS722516DLA380 164 GB Non-RAID Confirm Creation [RAID Disk Drive List] Create RAID on the selected HDD (Y/N)? otherwise, press . Y CONFIRM RAID CREATION ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED HARD DISK WILL BE LOST WHEN ... The following screen appears, displaying the relevant information about the RAID set . When done, press to confirm; Press to confirm the creation of the RAID set you created. [RAID Disk Drive List] Model Name RAID Level Capacity Status Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID 0-Stripe XXX GB...
...319 GB Model Name Available Type/Status HDD0: HDS722516VLSA80 164 GB Non-RAID HDD1: HDS722516DLA380 164 GB Non-RAID Confirm Creation [RAID Disk Drive List] Create RAID on the selected HDD (Y/N)? otherwise, press . Y CONFIRM RAID CREATION ALL DATA ON THE SELECTED HARD DISK WILL BE LOST WHEN ... The following screen appears, displaying the relevant information about the RAID set . When done, press to confirm; Press to confirm the creation of the RAID set you created. [RAID Disk Drive List] Model Name RAID Level Capacity Status Members(HDDx) RDD0: JRAID 0-Stripe XXX GB...