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... Edition V1 August 2008 Copyright © 2008 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. or (2) the serial number of alteration is defaced or missing. 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 ... AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. No part of this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of ASUSTeK...
... Edition V1 August 2008 Copyright © 2008 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. or (2) the serial number of alteration is defaced or missing. 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 ... AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. No part of this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of ASUSTeK...
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...detect any damage, contact your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from the motherboard, ensure that the power cables for disposal of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that came with the product, contact a qualified service ... yourself. Contact a qualified service technician or your area. Do not place the product in your retailer. If possible, disconnect all the manuals that the product (electrical, electronic equipment and mercury-containing button cell battery) should not be placed in municipal waste. If you are...
...detect any damage, contact your dealer immediately. • To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from the motherboard, ensure that the power cables for disposal of the crossed out wheeled bin indicates that came with the product, contact a qualified service ... yourself. Contact a qualified service technician or your area. Do not place the product in your retailer. If possible, disconnect all the manuals that the product (electrical, electronic equipment and mercury-containing button cell battery) should not be placed in municipal waste. If you are...
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... complete a task. If you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets. Conventions used throughout this manual. Keys enclosed in this guide To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used in the less-than...
... complete a task. If you must type the command exactly as shown, then supply the required item or value enclosed in brackets. Conventions used throughout this manual. Keys enclosed in this guide To make sure that you perform certain tasks properly, take note of the following symbols used in the less-than...
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... in your package with the list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your retailer. 1.1 Welcome! ASUS P5Q3 1-1 Retail version only) ASUS motherboard Support DVD User Manual If any of new features and latest technologies, making it , check the items in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for 2 devices 4 x Serial ATA signal cables 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100...
... in your package with the list below. 1.2 Package contents Check your retailer. 1.1 Welcome! ASUS P5Q3 1-1 Retail version only) ASUS motherboard Support DVD User Manual If any of new features and latest technologies, making it , check the items in the long line of ASUS quality motherboards! Before you for 2 devices 4 x Serial ATA signal cables 1 x Ultra DMA 133/100...
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...Edition Windows® Vista x64 Edition • The default memory operation frequency is recommended. • This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of less than 3GB. ASUS P5Q3 2-11 To operate at the vendormarked or at a lower frequency than the vendor-marked value. 2.4.2 Memory... recommended that to install the memory module from the same vendor. • When installing total memory of the lower-sized channel for manual memory frequency adjustment. • The memory modules may operate at a higher frequency, see section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the dual...
...Edition Windows® Vista x64 Edition • The default memory operation frequency is recommended. • This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of less than 3GB. ASUS P5Q3 2-11 To operate at the vendormarked or at a lower frequency than the vendor-marked value. 2.4.2 Memory... recommended that to install the memory module from the same vendor. • When installing total memory of the lower-sized channel for manual memory frequency adjustment. • The memory modules may operate at a higher frequency, see section 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu for the dual...
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... available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using hot-plug and NCQ, set to section 4.4.3 Intel RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors...
... available only if you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using hot-plug and NCQ, set to section 4.4.3 Intel RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • You must install the Windows® XP Service Pack 1 before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. ICH10R Serial ATA connectors...
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... overclocking parameters. Allows you to display the following items vary depending on the CPU and memory modules you install on the motherboard. When you to configure overclocking-related items. Take caution when changing the settings of CPU overclocking options to North Bridge [Auto]...to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. OC Charger [Auto] Ai Clock Twister [Auto] Ai Transaction Booster [Auto] C/P : A1 A2 Options Manual Auto Select Screen Select Item +- Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows selection of the Ai Tweaker menu items. Incorrect field values can cause ...
... overclocking parameters. Allows you to display the following items vary depending on the CPU and memory modules you install on the motherboard. When you to configure overclocking-related items. Take caution when changing the settings of CPU overclocking options to North Bridge [Auto]...to achieve desired CPU internal frequency. OC Charger [Auto] Ai Clock Twister [Auto] Ai Transaction Booster [Auto] C/P : A1 A2 Options Manual Auto Select Screen Select Item +- Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows selection of the Ai Tweaker menu items. Incorrect field values can cause ...
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FSB Frequency [XXX] Displays the frequency sent by the BIOS. The value of this happens, revert to [Manual]. The values range from 100 to 180. 3.4.3 FSB Strap to the system bus and PCI bus. FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization Front Side Bus FSB ... the FSB Frequency item settings. If this item is auto-detected by the clock generator to North Bridge [Auto] When set the PCI Express frequency. ASUS P5Q3 3-17 Use the and keys to become unstable! The values range from 200 to adjust the FSB frequency. 3.4.2 CPU Ratio Setting [Auto] Allows you set...
FSB Frequency [XXX] Displays the frequency sent by the BIOS. The value of this happens, revert to [Manual]. The values range from 100 to 180. 3.4.3 FSB Strap to the system bus and PCI bus. FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization Front Side Bus FSB ... the FSB Frequency item settings. If this item is auto-detected by the clock generator to North Bridge [Auto] When set the PCI Express frequency. ASUS P5Q3 3-17 Use the and keys to become unstable! The values range from 200 to adjust the FSB frequency. 3.4.2 CPU Ratio Setting [Auto] Allows you set...
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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: 4-4-4-15-3-36-5-3 The values vary depending on your settings of the following sub-items...
...; 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: 4-4-4-15-3-36-5-3 The values vary depending on your settings of the following sub-items...
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... disable the memory overclocking charger feature. Setting this item to accelerate DRAM performance. OC Charger Allows you set the Ai Transaction Booster item to [Manual]. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following ten (10) items on DRAM Channel A and B, Phase 1 to 4. The values range from 1 to adjust the value. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled...
... disable the memory overclocking charger feature. Setting this item to accelerate DRAM performance. OC Charger Allows you set the Ai Transaction Booster item to [Manual]. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following ten (10) items on DRAM Channel A and B, Phase 1 to 4. The values range from 1 to adjust the value. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled...
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Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of the user manual. 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 this user guide. 4-6 Chapter 4: Software support 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of supplementary user manuals. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of the user manual. 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 this user guide. 4-6 Chapter 4: Software support 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of supplementary user manuals. Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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The options on the AI Suite main window. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support DVD, 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. 4-28 Chapter 4: Software support 4.3.8 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.
The options on the AI Suite main window. After installing AI Suite from the bundled support DVD, 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. 4-28 Chapter 4: Software support 4.3.8 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.
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... (LAN1 or LAN2) is for any LAN port. Network 3. Make the proper network configurations. 2. DHCP). If you may need to configure the static IP settings manually. ASUS P5Q3 4-45 If this is running (e.g. Express Gate will automatically use a network cable connected to a home router (which is enabled immediately when you check the box...
... (LAN1 or LAN2) is for any LAN port. Network 3. Make the proper network configurations. 2. DHCP). If you may need to configure the static IP settings manually. ASUS P5Q3 4-45 If this is running (e.g. Express Gate will automatically use a network cable connected to a home router (which is enabled immediately when you check the box...