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...may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of alteration is authorized in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by ASUS; ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR ...explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. or (2) the serial number of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE...
...may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of alteration is authorized in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by ASUS; ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR ...explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. or (2) the serial number of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE...
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AI Gear 3 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-25 5.3.8 ASUS AI Booster 5-26 5.3.9 ASUS AI Direct Link 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-29 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID... A-1 A.2.2 Using the EIST A-2 A.3 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 vi 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 EPU Utility --
AI Gear 3 5-23 5.3.6 ASUS AI Nap 5-24 5.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan 2 5-25 5.3.8 ASUS AI Booster 5-26 5.3.9 ASUS AI Direct Link 5-27 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.4.1 RAID definitions 5-29 5.4.2 NVIDIA® RAID... A-1 A.2.2 Using the EIST A-2 A.3 Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology A-3 vi 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 EPU Utility --
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...damage, contact your retailer. viii If you are not sure about the voltage of electronic products. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using the product, make... sure all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, ...
...damage, contact your retailer. viii If you are not sure about the voltage of electronic products. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using the product, make... sure all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, ...
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... throughout this guide To make sure that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in this manual. Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: format A:/S CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to select. NOTE: Tips and...
... throughout this guide To make sure that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in this manual. Example: At the DOS prompt, type the command line: format A:/S CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to select. NOTE: Tips and...
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...BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Sector and Transfer Mode). Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] ASUS P5N-D 4-15 Select a device item then press to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If no IDE device is successful, the BIOS ...automatically fills in performance. Select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. Main Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master Select Menu PIO Mode...
...BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Sector and Transfer Mode). Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] ASUS P5N-D 4-15 Select a device item then press to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If no IDE device is successful, the BIOS ...automatically fills in performance. Select [Manual] to manually enter the IDE hard disk drive parameters. Main Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master Select Menu PIO Mode...
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... the hard disk. This item is not configurable. After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to [Manual]. Select [CHS] for this item if you set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options...
... the hard disk. This item is not configurable. After entering the IDE hard disk drive information into BIOS, use a disk utility, such as FDISK, to [Manual]. Select [CHS] for this item if you set the partition of the Primary IDE hard disk drives to active. 4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options...
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... Tuning [Auto] Allows selection of the preset overclocking configuration options: Manual Allows you to change the settings for the system. AI Overclock Loads overclocking profiles with optimal parameters for the system. Standard Loads the standard settings for stability when overclocking. ASUS P5N-D 4-19 Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Tools...
... Tuning [Auto] Allows selection of the preset overclocking configuration options: Manual Allows you to change the settings for the system. AI Overclock Loads overclocking profiles with optimal parameters for the system. Standard Loads the standard settings for stability when overclocking. ASUS P5N-D 4-19 Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Main Advanced Power Boot Tools...
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... the system frequency-related items. Select an item, then press to edit. The following items become user-configurable when you to set AI Tuning to [Manual]. Overclock Options [Disabled] Allows you to set AI Tuning to [AI Overclock]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Overclock 5%] [Overclock 10%] [Overclock 15%] [Overclock 20%] The following item...
... the system frequency-related items. Select an item, then press to edit. The following items become user-configurable when you to set AI Tuning to [Manual]. Overclock Options [Disabled] Allows you to set AI Tuning to [AI Overclock]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Overclock 5%] [Overclock 10%] [Overclock 15%] [Overclock 20%] The following item...
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...DDR), MHz 800.0 Select Menu Item Specific Help System clock mode [Auto] Set FSB and memory speed automatically. [Linked] Enter FSB speed manually. Adjust the value using / or the numeric keypad and press . Configuration options: [Auto] [Linked] [Unlinked] The following item becomes... actual CPU frequency that will take effect on a reboot. ASUS P5N-D 4-21 Memory Clock Mode [Linked] FSB - F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item ESC: Exit →←: Select Menu [Unlinked] Enter FSB and memory speed manually. -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults Enter: Select SubMenu F10...
...DDR), MHz 800.0 Select Menu Item Specific Help System clock mode [Auto] Set FSB and memory speed automatically. [Linked] Enter FSB speed manually. Adjust the value using / or the numeric keypad and press . Configuration options: [Auto] [Linked] [Unlinked] The following item becomes... actual CPU frequency that will take effect on a reboot. ASUS P5N-D 4-21 Memory Clock Mode [Linked] FSB - F1:Help ↑↓ : Select Item ESC: Exit →←: Select Menu [Unlinked] Enter FSB and memory speed manually. -/+: Change Value F5: Setup Defaults Enter: Select SubMenu F10...
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You can also find this information on the inside front cover of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the ASUS Superb Software Library CD before opening a user manual file. 5.2.6 ASUS Contact information Click the Contact tab to open the folder of the user manual. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. 5.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of this user guide. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support
You can also find this information on the inside front cover of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the ASUS Superb Software Library CD before opening a user manual file. 5.2.6 ASUS Contact information Click the Contact tab to open the folder of the user manual. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF). Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. 5.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of this user guide. 5-6 Chapter 5: Software support
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The options on the AI Suite main window. 5.3.8 ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support CD, you can launch the utility by double-clicking the AI Suite icon on the Windows® OS taskbar and click the AI Booster button on the taskbar allow you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/ Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support
The options on the AI Suite main window. 5.3.8 ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support CD, you can launch the utility by double-clicking the AI Suite icon on the Windows® OS taskbar and click the AI Booster button on the taskbar allow you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/ Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations. 5-26 Chapter 5: Software support
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... SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 750i SLI southbridge chipset. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect the SATA... signal cables. 3. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Enable the RAID Enabled item in a RAID set, first copy the RAID ...
... SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Refer to the RAID controllers user manual in the NVIDIA® nForce™ 750i SLI southbridge chipset. Installing Serial ATA (SATA) hard disks The motherboard supports Ultra DMA 133/100/66 and Serial ATA hard disk drives. Connect the SATA... signal cables. 3. See section "5.2.5 Manuals menu." Enable the RAID Enabled item in a RAID set, first copy the RAID ...