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... your BIOS 4-1 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 4-1 4.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-4 4.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 4-5 4.1.4 AFUDOS utility 4-6 4.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...4-8 4.2 BIOS setup program 4-10 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-11 4.2.2 Menu bar 4-11 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4-11 4.2.4 Menu items 4-12 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 4-12 4.2.6 Configuration fields 4-12 4.2.7 Pop-up window 4-12 4.2.8 Scroll bar 4-12 4.2.9 General help 4-12 4.3 Main menu 4-13 4.3.1 System Time 4-13 4.3.2 System Date 4-13 4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A 4-13 4.3.4 SATA...
... your BIOS 4-1 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 4-1 4.1.2 Creating a bootable floppy disk 4-4 4.1.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 4-5 4.1.4 AFUDOS utility 4-6 4.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...4-8 4.2 BIOS setup program 4-10 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 4-11 4.2.2 Menu bar 4-11 4.2.3 Navigation keys 4-11 4.2.4 Menu items 4-12 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 4-12 4.2.6 Configuration fields 4-12 4.2.7 Pop-up window 4-12 4.2.8 Scroll bar 4-12 4.2.9 General help 4-12 4.3 Main menu 4-13 4.3.1 System Time 4-13 4.3.2 System Date 4-13 4.3.3 Legacy Diskette A 4-13 4.3.4 SATA...
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...talk, QQ, and Yahoo! helping save power and money. Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the system configuration. • ASUS Express Gate supports file uploading from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to USB...go online from SATA HDDs, ODDs and USB drives and downloading to instant fun! ASUS P5QL PRO 1- What's more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your house. It's a unique motherboard built-in OS. ASUS EPU-4 Engine The new ASUS EPU - ASUS Power Saving Solution ASUS Power Saving solution...
...talk, QQ, and Yahoo! helping save power and money. Serial ATA 3Gb/s technology This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the system configuration. • ASUS Express Gate supports file uploading from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop gateway to USB...go online from SATA HDDs, ODDs and USB drives and downloading to instant fun! ASUS P5QL PRO 1- What's more, the user-friendly picture manager lets you view your house. It's a unique motherboard built-in OS. ASUS EPU-4 Engine The new ASUS EPU - ASUS Power Saving Solution ASUS Power Saving solution...
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Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. right angle side ASUS P5QL PRO 2-27 4. GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND GND...
Or you may connect the right-angle side of SATA signal cable to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards. Serial ATA connectors (7-pin SATA1-6) These connectors are for the Serial ATA signal cables for Serial ATA hard disk drives. right angle side ASUS P5QL PRO 2-27 4. GND RSATA_TXP2 RSATA_TXN2 GND RSATA_RXN2 RSATA_RXP2 GND GND...
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...® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW ASUS P5QL PRO 2-31 The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the... power is recommended when configuring a system with more power-consuming devices. The power supply plugs are for ATX power supply plugs. otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of 400 W. • Do not forget to support the motherboard...
...® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW ASUS P5QL PRO 2-31 The system may become unstable or may not boot up if the... power is recommended when configuring a system with more power-consuming devices. The power supply plugs are for ATX power supply plugs. otherwise, the system will not boot. • Use of 400 W. • Do not forget to support the motherboard...
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... 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using the motherboard support DVD, a floppy disk or a USB... PATA optical drive. • Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1 / SATA 2 connector; Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy... Bad BIOS checksum. Doing so can update a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. • For the P5QL PRO motherboard, this utility will not function. otherwise, the ...
... 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that contains the updated BIOS file. • Prepare the motherboard support DVD, the floppy disk or the USB flash disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using the motherboard support DVD, a floppy disk or a USB... PATA optical drive. • Always connect the SATA cable to the SATA1 / SATA 2 connector; Bad BIOS checksum. Checking for floppy... Bad BIOS checksum. Doing so can update a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. • For the P5QL PRO motherboard, this utility will not function. otherwise, the ...
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... to configure system Time. Use the navigation keys to select items in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. ASUS P5QL PRO 4-11 Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit...
... to configure system Time. Use the navigation keys to select items in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to select a field. ASUS P5QL PRO 4-11 Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit...
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...Boot Tools Exit System Time [14:14:35] System Date [Wed 04/16/2008] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information ... menu items 4.2.5 Sub-menu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that is enclosed in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [N Do iOstpatbilDoendestected] [N7o20tK, Det3e.5ctine.d] [N1o.4t4M,Det3e.5ctine. A configurable ...
...Boot Tools Exit System Time [14:14:35] System Date [Wed 04/16/2008] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information ... menu items 4.2.5 Sub-menu items A solid triangle before each item on any menu screen means that is enclosed in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [N Do iOstpatbilDoendestected] [N7o20tK, Det3e.5ctine.d] [N1o.4t4M,Det3e.5ctine. A configurable ...
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... BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you to select a field. Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [720K, 3.5 in.] [1.44M, 3.5 in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to set the... Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit System Time [14:14:35] System Date [Wed 04/16/2008] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in .] ASUS P5QL PRO 4-13
... BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you to select a field. Select Screen Select Item +- Configuration options: [Disabled] [720K, 3.5 in.] [1.44M, 3.5 in ] SATA 1 SATA 2 SATA 3 SATA 4 SATA 5 SATA 6 [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] [Not Detected] Storage Configuration System Information Use [ENTER], [TAB] or [SHIFT-TAB] to set the... Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit System Time [14:14:35] System Date [Wed 04/16/2008] Legacy Diskette A [1.44M, 3.5 in .] ASUS P5QL PRO 4-13
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... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART Monitoring). 4.3.4 SATA 1~6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE drive. Select a device item then press to [Auto] enables the...user-configurable. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : ST380817AS Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA...
... the dimmed items (Device, Vendor, Size, LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART Monitoring). 4.3.4 SATA 1~6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE drive. Select a device item then press to [Auto] enables the...user-configurable. Configuration options: [Not Installed] [Auto] [CDROM] [ARMD] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Enables or disables the LBA mode. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : ST380817AS Size : 80.0GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : MultiWord DMA...
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... the item. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P5QL PRO 4-15 This will be effective only if device is only supported by the Southbridge chip. Select an item then press if you to set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in this menu allow you want to Intel...
... the item. Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] ASUS P5QL PRO 4-15 This will be effective only if device is only supported by the Southbridge chip. Select an item then press if you to set or change the configurations for the SATA devices installed in this menu allow you want to Intel...
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... location of powering on your computer has enabled Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click Next to motherboard chipset- Installing ASUS Express Gate • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs in IDE mode only. • ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs connected to continue. 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support controlled onboard...
... location of powering on your computer has enabled Autorun feature. 2. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer 1. Click Next to motherboard chipset- Installing ASUS Express Gate • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on SATA HDDs in IDE mode only. • ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs connected to continue. 5-30 Chapter 5: Software support controlled onboard...
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... one of the LaunchBar are: Click on a USB drive. Starts the Photo Manager album / organizer tool. click to the World Wide Web. ASUS Express Gate supports file uploading from SATA HDDs, ODDs and USB drive and downloading to open the File Manager window, which lets you conveniently access the files on this...
... one of the LaunchBar are: Click on a USB drive. Starts the Photo Manager album / organizer tool. click to the World Wide Web. ASUS Express Gate supports file uploading from SATA HDDs, ODDs and USB drive and downloading to open the File Manager window, which lets you conveniently access the files on this...
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...readers, or optical disks). or play them in an enlarged view individually; in a slideshow with background music and fancy transition effects. ASUS P5QL PRO 5-37 If your dial-up account. Click OK to the on-line Help for detailed software operation. You can view pictures in ...hard drive or external devices Shows usercreated image album(s) Photo slideshow Help View mode selection Image control bar ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs connected to motherboard chipsetcontrolled onboard SATA ports only. Refer to enable xDSL/cable dial-up and establish the PPPoE connection. Click OK to enable...
...readers, or optical disks). or play them in an enlarged view individually; in a slideshow with background music and fancy transition effects. ASUS P5QL PRO 5-37 If your dial-up account. Click OK to the on-line Help for detailed software operation. You can view pictures in ...hard drive or external devices Shows usercreated image album(s) Photo slideshow Help View mode selection Image control bar ASUS Express Gate supports HDDs connected to motherboard chipsetcontrolled onboard SATA ports only. Refer to enable xDSL/cable dial-up and establish the PPPoE connection. Click OK to enable...