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... ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual may or may not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any means, except... benefit, without the express written permission of their respective companies, and are used only for backup purposes, without intent to infringe. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF...
... ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual may or may not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any means, except... benefit, without the express written permission of their respective companies, and are used only for backup purposes, without intent to infringe. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF...
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... support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-5 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-6 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-6 4.2.7 Other information 4-7 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 4-9 4.3.2 AI NET2 4-11 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-12 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-18 4.3.5 ASUS AI Nap 4-20 4.3.6 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-21 4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster 4-23 4.3.8 ASUS EPU-6 Engine 4-24 vi
... support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-5 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-6 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-6 4.2.7 Other information 4-7 4.3 Software information 4-9 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 4-9 4.3.2 AI NET2 4-11 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-12 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-18 4.3.5 ASUS AI Nap 4-20 4.3.6 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-21 4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster 4-23 4.3.8 ASUS EPU-6 Engine 4-24 vi
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...the correct voltage in your area. If you are connected. If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your retailer. Contact a qualified service technician or your local power company. ... products. Do not place the product in municipal waste. This product has been designed to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that all power cables from the existing system before using the product, make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables...
...the correct voltage in your area. If you are connected. If you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your retailer. Contact a qualified service technician or your local power company. ... products. Do not place the product in municipal waste. This product has been designed to fix it , carefully read all the manuals that all power cables from the existing system before using the product, make sure all cables are correctly connected and the power cables...
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CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to select. Conventions used throughout this manual. IMPORTANT: Instructions that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in the less-than and greater-...
CAUTION: Information to prevent damage to the components when trying to select. Conventions used throughout this manual. IMPORTANT: Instructions that you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in the less-than and greater-...
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... ICH10R Southbridge: - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Coaxial S/PDIF Out port at back panel) (continued on the next page) xii P5Q specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Extreme..., max. 16GB, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture * R efer to www.asus.com or this user manual for up to 2 PATA devices Silicon Image® Sil5723 controller (Drive Xpert technology): - 2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Supports Jack-Detection, ...
... ICH10R Southbridge: - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Coaxial S/PDIF Out port at back panel) (continued on the next page) xii P5Q specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Extreme..., max. 16GB, DDR2 1200 / 1066 / 800 / 667 MHz, non-ECC, un-buffered memory Dual channel memory architecture * R efer to www.asus.com or this user manual for up to 2 PATA devices Silicon Image® Sil5723 controller (Drive Xpert technology): - 2 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Supports Jack-Detection, ...
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...or more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may install a maximum of 256 Mb chips. • Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up to work stably under full loading (4 DIMMs) or overclocking setting. 2-12 Chapter 2: Hardware information Any excess memory from...higher frequency, see section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the dual-channel configuration. Hence, a total installed memory of the lower-sized channel for manual memory frequency adjustment. • The memory modules may install varying memory sizes in Channel A and Channel B. The system maps the total ...
...or more, Windows® 32-bit operating system may install a maximum of 256 Mb chips. • Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up to work stably under full loading (4 DIMMs) or overclocking setting. 2-12 Chapter 2: Hardware information Any excess memory from...higher frequency, see section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the dual-channel configuration. Hence, a total installed memory of the lower-sized channel for manual memory frequency adjustment. • The memory modules may install varying memory sizes in Channel A and Channel B. The system maps the total ...
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... manual bundled in the BIOS to Standard IDE mode by default. If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set , refer to [AHCI]. right angle side ASUS P5Q 2-27 ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6 [red]) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item in the motherboard...
... manual bundled in the BIOS to Standard IDE mode by default. If you can connect Serial ATA boot/data hard disk drives to these connectors, set , refer to [AHCI]. right angle side ASUS P5Q 2-27 ICH10R Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6 [red]) These connectors are set the Configure SATA as item in the motherboard...
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... Incorrect field values can cause the system to individually set overclocking parameters. Scroll down to display the following items vary depending on the motherboard. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.4.1 Ai ...[Auto] Ai Transaction Booster [Auto] C/P : B1 B2 B3 LVL : 07 07 07 Tools Exit Options Manual Auto Select Screen Select Item +- Loads the optimal settings for the system. ASUS P5Q 3-17 Select either one of CPU overclocking options to North Bridge [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Timing ...
... Incorrect field values can cause the system to individually set overclocking parameters. Scroll down to display the following items vary depending on the motherboard. Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2008, American Megatrends, Inc. 3.4.1 Ai ...[Auto] Ai Transaction Booster [Auto] C/P : B1 B2 B3 LVL : 07 07 07 Tools Exit Options Manual Auto Select Screen Select Item +- Loads the optimal settings for the system. ASUS P5Q 3-17 Select either one of CPU overclocking options to North Bridge [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] DRAM Timing ...
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... be adjusted automatically by FSB Frequency and DRAM Frequency. If this item is set the DDR2 operating frequency. Use the and keys to set to [Manual]. FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization Front Side Bus FSB 1600 FSB 1333 FSB 1066 CPU External Frequency 400 MHz 333 MHz 266 MHz FSB 800...
... be adjusted automatically by FSB Frequency and DRAM Frequency. If this item is set the DDR2 operating frequency. Use the and keys to set to [Manual]. FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization Front Side Bus FSB 1600 FSB 1333 FSB 1066 CPU External Frequency 400 MHz 333 MHz 266 MHz FSB 800...
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...; The following sub-items apprear only when you set the DRAM Timing Control item to [Manual]. • The configuration options for some of the following items vary depending on the DIMMs you install on the motherboard. 1st Information: 5-5-5-15-3-36-5-3 The values vary depending on your settings of the following sub-items... to READ Delay(S) [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [1 DRAM Clocks] - [15 DRAM Clocks] WRITE to READ Delay(D) [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [1 DRAM Clocks] - [15 DRAM Clocks] ASUS P5Q 3-19
...; The following sub-items apprear only when you set the DRAM Timing Control item to [Manual]. • The configuration options for some of the following items vary depending on the DIMMs you install on the motherboard. 1st Information: 5-5-5-15-3-36-5-3 The values vary depending on your settings of the following sub-items... to READ Delay(S) [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [1 DRAM Clocks] - [15 DRAM Clocks] WRITE to READ Delay(D) [Auto] Configuration options: [Auto] [1 DRAM Clocks] - [15 DRAM Clocks] ASUS P5Q 3-19
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...70000V]. The values range from 1 to set the CPU PLL voltage. The values range from 1.50V to 2.78V with a 0.02V interval. See 2. ASUS P5Q 3-21 Use the and keys to set the CPU VCore voltage. CPU / Northbridge overvoltage setting on DRAM Channel A and B, Phase 1 to set the... system performance. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following sub-items appear only when you set the Ai Transaction Booster item to a higher level for better compatibility or a lower level for...
...70000V]. The values range from 1 to set the CPU PLL voltage. The values range from 1.50V to 2.78V with a 0.02V interval. See 2. ASUS P5Q 3-21 Use the and keys to set the CPU VCore voltage. CPU / Northbridge overvoltage setting on DRAM Channel A and B, Phase 1 to set the... system performance. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following sub-items appear only when you set the Ai Transaction Booster item to a higher level for better compatibility or a lower level for...
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Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information Click the Contact tab to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of the user manual. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. 4-6 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information Click the Contact tab to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of the user manual. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide. 4-6 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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ASUS P5Q 4-23 The options on the taskbar allow 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 AI Suite main window. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support DVD, you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. 4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/ Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations.
ASUS P5Q 4-23 The options on the taskbar allow 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 AI Suite main window. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support DVD, you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS. 4.3.7 ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to use the default settings, adjust CPU/ Memory/PCI-E frequency manually, or create and apply your personal overclocking configurations.
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.... Make the proper network configurations. Open Network. DHCP). If this is the case, you may need to your computer to configure the static IP settings manually. Network 3. move the cable from LAN1 to LAN2), you don't need to press the "Refresh" button to detect the change. • The most common scenario...
.... Make the proper network configurations. Open Network. DHCP). If this is the case, you may need to your computer to configure the static IP settings manually. Network 3. move the cable from LAN1 to LAN2), you don't need to press the "Refresh" button to detect the change. • The most common scenario...