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...CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-11 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-13 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-14 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-16 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-17 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-18 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition ...37 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-39 4.6.4 Security 4-41 4.7 Tools 4-44 4.7.1 EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.7.2 ASUS O.C.
...CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-11 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-13 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-14 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-16 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-17 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-18 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition ...37 4.6.1 Boot Device Priority 4-38 4.6.2 Removable Drives 4-39 4.6.3 Boot Settings Configuration 4-39 4.6.4 Security 4-41 4.7 Tools 4-44 4.7.1 EZ Flash 2 4-44 4.7.2 ASUS O.C.
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... 2.0 ports\ (1 USB connector for P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-A model) 2 x IEEE 1394a port connector 1 x Chassis intrusion connector 1 x CPU fan connector 2 x Chassis fan connectors 1 x Power fan connector 1 x Serial port (COM1) connector EATX power connectors (24-pin and 2 x 4-pin) System panel connector Device drivers BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS Update ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus...
... 2.0 ports\ (1 USB connector for P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-A model) 2 x IEEE 1394a port connector 1 x Chassis intrusion connector 1 x CPU fan connector 2 x Chassis fan connectors 1 x Power fan connector 1 x Serial port (COM1) connector EATX power connectors (24-pin and 2 x 4-pin) System panel connector Device drivers BIOS Flash Utility under DOS ASUS AI Booster ASUS Update ASUS PC Probe 2 Anti virus...
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...necessary hardware settings for details. 2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information Assign an IRQ to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Refer to the card....3. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Install the software drivers for later use . Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that they support. Refer to the chassis with it by adjusting the ...
...necessary hardware settings for details. 2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information Assign an IRQ to the table on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that you intend to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Refer to the card....3. The following sub‑sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that came with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Install the software drivers for later use . Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that they support. Refer to the chassis with it by adjusting the ...
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... for the LAN port LED indications. 4. Parallel port. This Marvell® LAN port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Driver Not Ready ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 2-29 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1 2 3 4 56 78 9 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1. This Marvell® LAN port...
... for the LAN port LED indications. 4. Parallel port. This Marvell® LAN port allows Gigabit connection to a Local Area Network (LAN) through a network hub. Driver Not Ready ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 2-29 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1 2 3 4 56 78 9 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 1. This Marvell® LAN port...
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...the support CD in Windows® environment.) 2. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 4- Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a ... the BIOS in the future. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. The ASUS Update utility allows you to the corresponding sections for the Utilities screen menu. 3. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.
...the support CD in Windows® environment.) 2. 4.1 Managing and updating your system. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in the optical drive. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 4- Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a ... the BIOS in the future. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. The ASUS Update utility allows you to the corresponding sections for the Utilities screen menu. 3. The Drivers menu appears. 2. ASUS AFUDOS (Updates the BIOS in Windows® environment.
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... the drive to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to internally optimize the order of commands.
... the drive to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by the Southbridge chip. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to internally optimize the order of commands.
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When you to display the sub-menu. Please see page 4-5, section 4.1.3 for special functions. Profile 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Allows you press , a confirmation message appears. EZ Flash 2 ASUS O.C. Use the left/right arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], then press to configure options for details.... to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V3.00 FLASH TYPE: Winbond W39V080A 8Mb LPC Current ROM BOARD: P5WDG2-WS Pro VER: 0204 DATE: 07/04/2006 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: C:\P5WDG2OC WIN98ESE NETTERM DRIVERS RECYCLED WUTEMP NEWFOL...
When you to display the sub-menu. Please see page 4-5, section 4.1.3 for special functions. Profile 4.7.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Allows you press , a confirmation message appears. EZ Flash 2 ASUS O.C. Use the left/right arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], then press to configure options for details.... to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V3.00 FLASH TYPE: Winbond W39V080A 8Mb LPC Current ROM BOARD: P5WDG2-WS Pro VER: 0204 DATE: 07/04/2006 Update ROM BOARD: Unknown VER: Unknown DATE: Unknown PATH: C:\P5WDG2OC WIN98ESE NETTERM DRIVERS RECYCLED WUTEMP NEWFOL...
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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 5-10 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-40 ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP
Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.3 Software information 5-10 5.4 RAID configurations 5-28 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk 5-40 ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP
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... stability. 5.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5- The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Make...
... stability. 5.2 Support CD information The support CD that came with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to the optical drive. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5- The CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your OS documentation for detailed information. • Make...
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... online help or readme file that came with the utility for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Marvell 61xx SATA controller Driver Installs the Marvell® 61xx SATA controller driver. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions. Installing the driver in silent or unattended preload modes. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet...
... online help or readme file that came with the utility for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Marvell 61xx SATA controller Driver Installs the Marvell® 61xx SATA controller driver. The screen display and driver options vary under different operating system versions. Installing the driver in silent or unattended preload modes. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet...
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... model only) Installs the WiFi-AP Solo™ driver and application. ASUS AI Gear Installs the ASUS AI Gear application. Click to install. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5- Click on an item to display more items ASUS InstAll - ASUS AI Nap Installs the ASUS AI Nap application. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to overclock the...
... model only) Installs the WiFi-AP Solo™ driver and application. ASUS AI Gear Installs the ASUS AI Gear application. Click to install. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5- Click on an item to display more items ASUS InstAll - ASUS AI Nap Installs the ASUS AI Nap application. ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to overclock the...
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... SE Install the Corel Snapfire Plus SE application. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® 2000/ XP/2003 system. Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Install the Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE application....XP/2003 RAID Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 64-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Install InterVideo MediaOne Gallery application. Intel ICH7R 32bit 2000/XP/2003 RAID Driver Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP...
... SE Install the Corel Snapfire Plus SE application. 5.2.4 Make Disk menu The Make Disk menu allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® 2000/ XP/2003 system. Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE Install the Ulead PhotoImpact 12 SE application....XP/2003 RAID Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 64-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. InterVideo MediaOne Gallery Install InterVideo MediaOne Gallery application. Intel ICH7R 32bit 2000/XP/2003 RAID Driver Allows you to make RAID/Serial ATA driver disks. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP...
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...-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. Intel ICH7R 64bit Vista RAID Driver Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 RIAD driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® 2000 system. Marvell 6145 32bit 2000 Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 64-bit Windows® Vista system. Intel ICH7R... 32bit Vista RAID Driver Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 RIAD driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. ...
...-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. Intel ICH7R 64bit Vista RAID Driver Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 RIAD driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® 2000 system. Marvell 6145 32bit 2000 Driver Allows you to create an ICH7 RAID driver disk for a 64-bit Windows® Vista system. Intel ICH7R... 32bit Vista RAID Driver Allows you to create a Marvell® 6145 RIAD driver disk for a 32-bit Windows® XP/2003 system. ...
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... change the utility configuration. Double-click the setup.exe file to close or restore the application. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you of.... The PC Probe II main window appears. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. To launch the PC Probe II from the Windows® desktop. Launching PC Probe II You can close the Preference panel ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-17 If Autorun is software-based...
... change the utility configuration. Double-click the setup.exe file to close or restore the application. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS PC Probe II. 3. Click this utility, you are assured that monitors the computer's vital components, and detects and alerts you of.... The PC Probe II main window appears. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer: 1. To launch the PC Probe II from the Windows® desktop. Launching PC Probe II You can close the Preference panel ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-17 If Autorun is software-based...
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... came with AudioESP™ software to install the ADI AD1988B Audio Driver from the support CD that one of these operating systems is correctly installed, you will find the SoundMAX® icon on High Definition front panel audio ports only. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-23 Follow the installation wizard to deliver the...
... came with AudioESP™ software to install the ADI AD1988B Audio Driver from the support CD that one of these operating systems is correctly installed, you will find the SoundMAX® icon on High Definition front panel audio ports only. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-23 Follow the installation wizard to deliver the...
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.... The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. Refer to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for this setup. RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive...to the entire system. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies...
.... The RAID 5 configuration is data striping and data mirroring combined without losing any data. Refer to section "5.6 Creating a RAID driver disk" for this setup. RAID 10 is best suited for transaction processing, relational database applications, enterprise resource planning, and other drive...to the entire system. This technology also allows you to create a RAID 0 and a RAID 1 set , copy first the RAID driver from a hard disk drive included in parallel, interleaved stacks. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations. RAID 1 (Data mirroring) copies...
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...only, and may not exactly match the items on your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows® ... Press any key when prompted to boot from CDROM... The Makedisk menu appears. 1) Make ICH7R 32-bit RAID driver disk 2) Make ICH7R 64-bit RAID driver disk 3) Make Marvell 88SE6140 SATA2 RAID driver disk 4) Format floppy disk 5) FreeDOS command prompt Please choose 1 ~ 6 6. The following message appears on ...
...only, and may not exactly match the items on your changes, then exit the BIOS Setup. 4. 5.5 Creating a RAID driver disk A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® 2000/XP operating system on a hard disk drive that is included in Windows® ... Press any key when prompted to boot from CDROM... The Makedisk menu appears. 1) Make ICH7R 32-bit RAID driver disk 2) Make ICH7R 64-bit RAID driver disk 3) Make Marvell 88SE6140 SATA2 RAID driver disk 4) Format floppy disk 5) FreeDOS command prompt Please choose 1 ~ 6 6. The following message appears on ...
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... the floppy disk, then write‑protect it to the floppy disk. The RAID drivers are installing a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-41 Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 4. After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write‑protect it to install the RAID...
... the floppy disk, then write‑protect it to the floppy disk. The RAID drivers are installing a third-party SCSI or RAID driver. 2. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP 5-41 Follow screen instructions to the floppy disk drive. 4. After creating a RAID driver disk, eject the floppy disk, then write‑protect it to install the RAID...
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... voltage and core frequency depending on the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 2. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP A- The Intel® EM64T feature allows your computer to the Advanced Menu, highlight CPU Configuration, then press . 3. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on 64-bit operating systems and access larger...
... voltage and core frequency depending on the computer, then enter the BIOS Setup. 2. ASUS P5WDG2 WS Professional/P5WDG2 WS PRO/WiFi-AP A- The Intel® EM64T feature allows your computer to the Advanced Menu, highlight CPU Configuration, then press . 3. Install the 64-bit drivers for expansion cards or add-on 64-bit operating systems and access larger...
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... an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-11 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-13 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-14 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-16 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-17 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-18 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-24...
... an operating system 5-1 5.2 Support CD information 5-1 5.2.1 Running the support CD 5-1 5.2.2 Drivers menu 5-2 5.2.3 Utilities menu 5-3 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 5-5 5.2.5 Manuals menu 5-6 5.2.6 Contact information 5-6 5.2.7 Other information 5-7 5.3 Software information 5-11 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2 5-11 5.3.2 AI NET2 5-13 5.3.3 AI Gear 5-14 5.3.4 AI Nap 5-16 5.3.5 AI Booster 5-17 5.3.6 ASUS PC Probe II 5-18 5.3.7 SoundMAX® High Definition Audio utility 5-24...