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ASUS P5M2 Series 1- Serial ATA power cable 2 - Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it another standout in -1 cable set Accessories I/O shield Application CD ASUS motherboard support CD Documentation User guide Packing Quantity 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 pcs per carton 10 pcs per carton If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for buying an ASUS® P5M2 Series motherboard! SAS cable(Only...
ASUS P5M2 Series 1- Serial ATA power cable 2 - Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices on it another standout in -1 cable set Accessories I/O shield Application CD ASUS motherboard support CD Documentation User guide Packing Quantity 1 - 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 pcs per carton 10 pcs per carton If any of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for buying an ASUS® P5M2 Series motherboard! SAS cable(Only...
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... provides a cost-effective, high‑performance, and added reliability for your server system. Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with a PCI-X slot (the green slot on the P5M2/SAS model) that speeds up to 667 MHz to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. The SATA specification allows for SATA... hard disk drives via the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (under Windows Operating System) or the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (no RAID 5). ASUS P5M2 Series...
... provides a cost-effective, high‑performance, and added reliability for your server system. Gigabit LAN solution The motherboard comes with a PCI-X slot (the green slot on the P5M2/SAS model) that speeds up to 667 MHz to 300 MB/s data transfer rate. The SATA specification allows for SATA... hard disk drives via the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager (under Windows Operating System) or the LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility (no RAID 5). ASUS P5M2 Series...
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... turn on the system. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information Shut down the system. 5. Set the jumper to update the BIOS. 4. 7. Onboard storage setting (3-pin SAS_EN1) (For P5M2/SAS model only) This jumper allows you to pins 1-2. 6. To update the BIOS: 1. Set the jumper back to quickly update or recover the BIOS when it...
... turn on the system. 2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information Shut down the system. 5. Set the jumper to update the BIOS. 4. 7. Onboard storage setting (3-pin SAS_EN1) (For P5M2/SAS model only) This jumper allows you to pins 1-2. 6. To update the BIOS: 1. Set the jumper back to quickly update or recover the BIOS when it...
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2.7 Switch (For P5M2/SAS model only) The motherboard features a DIP switch for a 4-pin fan, the fan controll will not work and the fan you installed will always run at full speed. Switch 1 2 3 4 7 8 Fan ... for a 3-pin fan, the fan you installed may not work. • If you use a 3-pin fan but set the DIP switch for fan pin selection. ASUS P5M2 Series 2-27 The following table shows the corresponding switch for each fan connector.
2.7 Switch (For P5M2/SAS model only) The motherboard features a DIP switch for a 4-pin fan, the fan controll will not work and the fan you installed will always run at full speed. Switch 1 2 3 4 7 8 Fan ... for a 3-pin fan, the fan you installed may not work. • If you use a 3-pin fan but set the DIP switch for fan pin selection. ASUS P5M2 Series 2-27 The following table shows the corresponding switch for each fan connector.
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.... To disconnect the mini-SAS cable: 1. Mini-SAS connectors (For P5M2/SAS model only) This motherboard comes with two Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA. With your thumb's grip on the cable lock, carefully pull away the cable from the connector. 1 2 ASUS P5M2 Series 2 - 33...
.... To disconnect the mini-SAS cable: 1. Mini-SAS connectors (For P5M2/SAS model only) This motherboard comes with two Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) connectors, the next-generation storage technology that supports both Serial Attached SCSI and Serial ATA. With your thumb's grip on the cable lock, carefully pull away the cable from the connector. 1 2 ASUS P5M2 Series 2 - 33...
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... 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 to I8043A0.ROM for P5M2 or I8035A0.ROM for floppy... 4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is...disk drive. 3. Checking for the original or updated BIOS file. Starting BIOS recovery... You can cause system boot failure! 4. Checking for P5M2/SAS. When found ! Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. Turn on the system. 2. Starting BIOS recovery... Boot Block...
... 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 to I8043A0.ROM for P5M2 or I8035A0.ROM for floppy... 4.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is...disk drive. 3. Checking for the original or updated BIOS file. Starting BIOS recovery... You can cause system boot failure! 4. Checking for P5M2/SAS. When found ! Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. Turn on the system. 2. Starting BIOS recovery... Boot Block...
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... sets for P5M2 Please choose A To N: ASUS P5M2 Series 6- Save your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. Press any key to boot from the Internet. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! Place the motherboard support CD ...32/64 bit Driver Disk K) Create LSI MegaRAID for RHEL3 UP6 32/64 bit Driver Disk L) Broadcom ASF Firmware Update M) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2/SAS N) Flash AMI BIOS for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk ...
... sets for P5M2 Please choose A To N: ASUS P5M2 Series 6- Save your server system, you are now ready to install an operating system to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. Press any key to boot from the Internet. Loading FreeDOS FAT KERNEL GO! Place the motherboard support CD ...32/64 bit Driver Disk K) Create LSI MegaRAID for RHEL3 UP6 32/64 bit Driver Disk L) Broadcom ASF Firmware Update M) Flash AMI BIOS for P5M2/SAS N) Flash AMI BIOS for your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the Makedisk ...
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... to create the driver disk. Restart the system from the hard disk drive, then place the system/ motherboard support CD in : \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k364.exe 3. The Windows 32-bit OS RAID ...\makedisk\win32_64.exe The Windows 32-bit OS RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k_2k3.exe The Windows 2003 64-bit OS ...RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS controller is located in the optical drive. 2. Follow screen instructions to prevent computer virus infection. 6-...
... to create the driver disk. Restart the system from the hard disk drive, then place the system/ motherboard support CD in : \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k364.exe 3. The Windows 32-bit OS RAID ...\makedisk\win32_64.exe The Windows 32-bit OS RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS is located in: \Drivers\LSI 1068\Driver\makedisk\2k_2k3.exe The Windows 2003 64-bit OS ...RAID driver disk for the LSI1068 SAS controller is located in the optical drive. 2. Follow screen instructions to prevent computer virus infection. 6-...