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... 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-12 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-14 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-15 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-39 v Contents 4.5 Power menu 4-32 4.5.1 Suspend Mode 4-33 4.5.2 Repost Video on S3...
... 5-9 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-11 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-12 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-14 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-15 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-16 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-22 5.4 RAID configurations 5-27 5.4.1 Installing Serial ATA hard disks 5-28 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-39 v Contents 4.5 Power menu 4-32 4.5.1 Suspend Mode 4-33 4.5.2 Repost Video on S3...
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... ATA I /II 3.0 Gb/s hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration - Support teaming function High definition audio, ADI® AD1988B SoundMax 7.1 channel CODEC Supports Multi-streaming, Enumeration, Jack-sensing, and Jack-retasking functions Coaxial and optical S/PDIF out ports (continued on the next page) xi P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus...
... ATA I /II 3.0 Gb/s hard disks with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 configuration - Support teaming function High definition audio, ADI® AD1988B SoundMax 7.1 channel CODEC Supports Multi-streaming, Enumeration, Jack-sensing, and Jack-retasking functions Coaxial and optical S/PDIF out ports (continued on the next page) xi P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary CPU Chipset Front Side Bus...
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P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary Rear panel 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x Parallel port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x eSATA port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 8-Channel audio ports Internal connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 4 x ICH7R Serial ATA connectors 4 x Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA RAID... BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus software Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 RAID Utility Manageability WOL by PME,...
P5W64 WS Professional specifications summary Rear panel 1 x PS/2 mouse port 1 x PS/2 keyboard port 1 x Parallel port 2 x LAN (RJ-45) ports 1 x Coaxial S/PDIF Out port 1 x Optical S/PDIF Out port 1 x eSATA port 4 x USB 2.0 ports 8-Channel audio ports Internal connectors 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x Primary IDE connector 4 x ICH7R Serial ATA connectors 4 x Marvell® 88SE6145 Serial ATA RAID... BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus software Microsoft® DirectX 9.0c Adobe® Acrobat Reader® 7.0 RAID Utility Manageability WOL by PME,...
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The Intel® ICH7R Southbridge integrates four Serial ATA I /O controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 1-3 The Intel® 975X Express is the latest chipset designed to run on the CPU loading and system speed or power ...ICH7R chipset The Intel® 975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I /II connectors enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data security and enable powerful multi-task processing. The MCH also supports the Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) that boosts...
The Intel® ICH7R Southbridge integrates four Serial ATA I /O controller hub provide the vital interfaces for the motherboard. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 1-3 The Intel® 975X Express is the latest chipset designed to run on the CPU loading and system speed or power ...ICH7R chipset The Intel® 975X Express Memory Controller Hub (MCH) and the ICH7R I /II connectors enabled through the Serial ATA 3 Gb/s RAID controller to ensure data security and enable powerful multi-task processing. The MCH also supports the Intel® Memory Pipeline Technology (MPT) that boosts...
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... are set to S t a n d a r d I D E mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item in the BIOS to [RAID]. Cable-Select Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray If any device jumper is set . ® P5W64 WS PRO GND SATA_TXP2 SATA_TXN2 GND SATA_RXN2 SATA_RXP2 GND GND SATA_TXP3...
... are set to S t a n d a r d I D E mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set the C o n f i g u r e S A T A A s item in the BIOS to [RAID]. Cable-Select Master Slave Master Slave Master Slave Cable connector Black Black Gray Black or gray If any device jumper is set . ® P5W64 WS PRO GND SATA_TXP2 SATA_TXN2 GND SATA_RXN2 SATA_RXP2 GND GND SATA_TXP3...
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... support Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-33 otherwise, you are for details. ® P5W64 WS PRO GND RSATA_TX_0_DP RSATA_TX_0_DN GND RSATA_RX_0_DN RSATA_RX_0_DP GND GND RSATA_TX_1_DP RSATA_TX_1_DN GND RSATA_RX_1_DN RSATA_RX_1_DP GND GND RSATA_TX_2_DP RSATA_TX_2_DN GND RSATA_RX_2_DN RSATA_RX_2_DP GND EXT_SATA3 EXT_SATA2 EXT_SATA1 P5W64 WS PRO SATA 3 Gbps connector Before creating a RAID set . Serial ATA hard disk drive...
... support Serial ATA hard disk drives. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 2-33 otherwise, you are for details. ® P5W64 WS PRO GND RSATA_TX_0_DP RSATA_TX_0_DN GND RSATA_RX_0_DN RSATA_RX_0_DP GND GND RSATA_TX_1_DP RSATA_TX_1_DN GND RSATA_RX_1_DN RSATA_RX_1_DP GND GND RSATA_TX_2_DP RSATA_TX_2_DN GND RSATA_RX_2_DN RSATA_RX_2_DP GND EXT_SATA3 EXT_SATA2 EXT_SATA1 P5W64 WS PRO SATA 3 Gbps connector Before creating a RAID set . Serial ATA hard disk drive...
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...for the IDE devices installed in the system. If you want to set this menu allow you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the ... setup Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [RAID]. PIO Mode [Auto] Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2]...
...for the IDE devices installed in the system. If you want to set this menu allow you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the ... setup Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to [RAID]. PIO Mode [Auto] Selects the PIO mode. Configuration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2]...
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...use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item is set to Native mode when this item to [AHCI]. A T A. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-17 Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on AHCI, go to: www.intel.com/... you do not change the default setting for advanced users only. Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using a Serial ATA optical drive, set to [RAID] or [AHCI] The O n b o a r d I D E O p e r a t e M o d e to [Compatible Mode]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] If you are ...
...use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item is set to Native mode when this item to [AHCI]. A T A. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 4-17 Onboard IDE Operate Mode [Enhanced Mode] Allows selection of the IDE operation mode depending on AHCI, go to: www.intel.com/... you do not change the default setting for advanced users only. Set to [Enhanced Mode] if you are using a Serial ATA optical drive, set to [RAID] or [AHCI] The O n b o a r d I D E O p e r a t e M o d e to [Compatible Mode]. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Compatible Mode] [Enhanced Mode] If you are ...
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... Displays the auto-detected system memory. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 4.3.7 System Information This menu gives you to [RAID].
... Displays the auto-detected system memory. 4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Configuration options: [0] [5] [10] [15] [20] [25] [30] [35] 4.3.7 System Information This menu gives you to [RAID].
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Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-41 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.4 RAID configurations 5-29 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-41 ASUS P5W64 WS Professional
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... driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5WDG2. Marvell 6145 32/64bit Driver for P5W64 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you... to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5W64. Marvell 6141 SATA XP/2000/2003 Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks....
... driver disk for a 32-/64-bit system for P5WDG2. Marvell 6145 32/64bit Driver for P5W64 Allows you to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for a 64-bit system for a 32/64-bit system. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-5 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The M a k e D i s k menu allows you... to create a Marvell® 6141 SATA driver disk for Windows® XP/ 2000/2003 for P5W64. Marvell 6141 SATA XP/2000/2003 Driver for P5WDG2 Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks....
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...and three new drives for this setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. This technology also allows you get all applications to...RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional...
...and three new drives for this setup. The new drive must be calculated and written. The RAID 5 configuration is best suited for this setup. This technology also allows you get all applications to...RAID 0 and RAID 1 configurations. The Intel® Matrix Storage technology supported by the ICH7R chip allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from one drive fails, the disk array management software directs all the benefits of RAID 5 configuration include better HDD performance, fault tolerance, and higher storage capacity. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional...
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...the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1), and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to the power ...connector on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge chip. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3....
...the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.2 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1), and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Save your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. Refer to the power ...connector on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH7R Southbridge chip. Setting the RAID item in BIOS You must set the RAID item in the BIOS Setup before you can create a RAID set(s). Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. Connect the SATA signal cables. 3....
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...All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-29 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM ...Utility The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM utility allows you to Non-RAID 4. Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this...
...All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Create RAID Volume 2. Install all the Serial ATA hard disk drives. 2. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-29 Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM ...Utility The Intel® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM utility allows you to Non-RAID 4. Exit RAID Volumes: None defined. The RAID BIOS setup screens shown in this...
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...XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. From the...press . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 ...
...XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX [ SELECT DISKS ] Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to select. A small triangle marks the selected drive. From the...press . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume0 RAID0(Stripe) Select Disks 128KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between 1 ...
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... available stripe size values range from 4 KB to the Create Volume menu. This warning message appears. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-31 The default stripe size is highlighted. Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or to go back to 128 KB. Are you sure you... P : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Use the up/down arrow key to create this volume? (Y/N): 9. The default value ...
... available stripe size values range from 4 KB to the Create Volume menu. This warning message appears. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-31 The default stripe size is highlighted. Press to create the RAID volume and return to the main menu, or to go back to 128 KB. Are you sure you... P : We recommend a lower stripe size for server systems, and a higher stripe size for multimedia computer systems used mainly for the RAID 0 array, then press . Key in the RAID volume capacity that you want , then press . Use the up/down arrow key to create this volume? (Y/N): 9. The default value ...
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...t y item is highlighted. This warning message appears. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This screen appears. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ ... special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Press to create the RAID volume and return to main menu or to go back to select R A I D 1 ( M i r r o r ), then press . 4. Press when the C r e...
...t y item is highlighted. This warning message appears. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. This screen appears. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume1 RAID1(Mirror) Select Disks N/A XX.X GB Create Volume [ ... special characters. [↑↓]-Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. WARNING: ALL DATA ON SELECTED DISKS WILL BE LOST. Press to create the RAID volume and return to main menu or to go back to select R A I D 1 ( M i r r o r ), then press . 4. Press when the C r e...
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...available stripe size values range from 4 KB to uniquely identify the RAID volume. Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1) To create a RAID 10 set , then press . 3. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume10 RAID10(RAID0+1) Select ... string between 1 and 16 characters in the RAID volume capacity that can be used mainly for the RAID 10 array, then press . When the S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted. T I D V o l u m e, then press . This name is 64 KB. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-33 From the utility main menu, select ...
...available stripe size values range from 4 KB to uniquely identify the RAID volume. Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1) To create a RAID 10 set , then press . 3. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume10 RAID10(RAID0+1) Select ... string between 1 and 16 characters in the RAID volume capacity that can be used mainly for the RAID 10 array, then press . When the S t r i p e S i z e item is highlighted. T I D V o l u m e, then press . This name is 64 KB. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-33 From the utility main menu, select ...
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...Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. This warning message appears. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. From the utility main menu, select 1 . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05... Intel Corporation. 6. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume5 RAID5(Parity) Select Disks 64KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between ...
...Change [TAB]-Next [ESC]-Previous Menu [Enter]-Select 2. This warning message appears. Are you sure you want to uniquely identify the RAID volume. From the utility main menu, select 1 . Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH7R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05... Intel Corporation. 6. All Rights Reserved. [ CREATE ARRAY MENU ] Name: RAID Level: Disks: Strip Size: Capacity: Volume5 RAID5(Parity) Select Disks 64KB 0.0 GB Create Volume [ DISK/VOLUME INFORMATION ] Enter a string between ...
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...Drive Model 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to the Create Volume menu. This warning message appears. The Disks item is ..., press the up /down arrow key to highlight the drive you want , then press when the C a p a c i t y item is highlighted. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-35 Key in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 5.
...Drive Model 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX 1 XXXXXXXXXXXX 2 XXXXXXXXXXXX 3 XXXXXXXXXXXX Serial # XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX Size Status XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk XX.XGB Non-RAID Disk Select 2 to 4 disks to the Create Volume menu. This warning message appears. The Disks item is ..., press the up /down arrow key to highlight the drive you want , then press when the C a p a c i t y item is highlighted. ASUS P5W64 WS Professional 5-35 Key in creating the volume. [↑↓]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete 5.