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... injury to yourself when trying to complete a task. Chapter 3: Motherboard info This chapter gives information about the ASUS Vintage V-Series P8H61E barebone system. ASUS Websites The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated information on the front and rear panel, and internal components. 2. Refer to complete a... P8H61E. Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to aid in this guide Audience This guide provides general information and installation instructions about the motherboard that you power up the system and install drivers and utilities from the support DVD. 3. IMPORTANT...
... injury to yourself when trying to complete a task. Chapter 3: Motherboard info This chapter gives information about the ASUS Vintage V-Series P8H61E barebone system. ASUS Websites The ASUS websites worldwide provide updated information on the front and rear panel, and internal components. 2. Refer to complete a... P8H61E. Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to aid in this guide Audience This guide provides general information and installation instructions about the motherboard that you power up the system and install drivers and utilities from the support DVD. 3. IMPORTANT...
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Starting up the system and install drivers and utilities from the support DVD. Chapter 2 This chapter helps you power up
Starting up the system and install drivers and utilities from the support DVD. Chapter 2 This chapter helps you power up
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... maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for general reference only. Refer to install the SATA drivers. 2.2 Powering up Visit the ASUS website at any time without the necessary drivers. Use the setup procedures presented in a RAID set . • From... to your hardware. 2.1 Installing an operating system The barebone system supports Windows® XP/Vista/7 operating systems (OS). Use a RAID driver disk when installing Windows XP OS to enter the OS. Press to turn ON the system 2.3 Support DVD information The support DVD that ...
... maximize the features of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for general reference only. Refer to install the SATA drivers. 2.2 Powering up Visit the ASUS website at any time without the necessary drivers. Use the setup procedures presented in a RAID set . • From... to your hardware. 2.1 Installing an operating system The barebone system supports Windows® XP/Vista/7 operating systems (OS). Use a RAID driver disk when installing Windows XP OS to enter the OS. Press to turn ON the system 2.3 Support DVD information The support DVD that ...
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.../motherboard information Click an item to install If Autorun is enabled in your optical drive. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-3 Reaktek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek audio driver and application. Browser Configuration Utility Installs the Browser Configuration Utility. Management Engine Interface Installs the... the PC-cillin 2010 utility. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. ASUS InstAll Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. 2.3.1 Running the support DVD To begin using...
.../motherboard information Click an item to install If Autorun is enabled in your optical drive. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-3 Reaktek Audio Driver Installs the Realtek audio driver and application. Browser Configuration Utility Installs the Browser Configuration Utility. Management Engine Interface Installs the... the PC-cillin 2010 utility. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer. USB 3.0 Driver Installs the USB 3.0 driver. ASUS InstAll Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. 2.3.1 Running the support DVD To begin using...
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2.3.3 Make Disk menu The Make disk menu allows you to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual. Click an item to make a AHCI driver disk. 2.3.4 Manual menu The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-5 Most user manuals are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
2.3.3 Make Disk menu The Make disk menu allows you to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. Install the Adobe® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual. Click an item to make a AHCI driver disk. 2.3.4 Manual menu The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-5 Most user manuals are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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...icon appears in the optical drive. View the online help or readme file that came with the software for more information. 2.4.1 AI Suite II ASUS AI Suite II is an all-in-one interface that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). Installing AI Suite ... Click to monitor sensors or CPU frequency Click to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS AI Suite II. 3. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. 2.4 Software information Most of AI Suite II. Click each button...
...icon appears in the optical drive. View the online help or readme file that came with the software for more information. 2.4.1 AI Suite II ASUS AI Suite II is an all-in-one interface that will conveniently guide you enter the Windows® operating system (OS). Installing AI Suite ... Click to monitor sensors or CPU frequency Click to open the AI Suite II main menu bar. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS AI Suite II. 3. The Drivers installation tab appears if your computer has enabled the Autorun feature. 2. 2.4 Software information Most of AI Suite II. Click each button...
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...computer: 1. The AI Manager quick bar appears on your computer, locate the setup.exe file from the ASUS AI Manager folder in the Windows® taskbar. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-17 Double-click the setup.exe file to complete the installation. Right-click this icon to switch ...; desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Manager 1.xx.xx > AI Manager. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS AI Manager. 3. Place the support CD in the optical drive. 2.4.2 ASUS AI Manager ASUS AI Manager is enabled, the Drivers installation wizard appears. Launching AI Manager To launch...
...computer: 1. The AI Manager quick bar appears on your computer, locate the setup.exe file from the ASUS AI Manager folder in the Windows® taskbar. ASUS P6-P8H61E 2-17 Double-click the setup.exe file to complete the installation. Right-click this icon to switch ...; desktop, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Manager 1.xx.xx > AI Manager. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS AI Manager. 3. Place the support CD in the optical drive. 2.4.2 ASUS AI Manager ASUS AI Manager is enabled, the Drivers installation wizard appears. Launching AI Manager To launch...
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... from the Quick Bar, and then click ASUS Update from the Internet a. ASUS V-Series P8H61E 4-3 Follow the onscreen instructions to launch the AI Suite II utility. From the list, select either of updating itself through the Internet. b. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you wish to avoid network... from the Internet, then click Next. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. 3. Locate the BIOS file from file, then click Next. The Drivers menu appears. 2. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > AI Suite II > AI Suite II X.XX.XX to complete the ...
... from the Quick Bar, and then click ASUS Update from the Internet a. ASUS V-Series P8H61E 4-3 Follow the onscreen instructions to launch the AI Suite II utility. From the list, select either of updating itself through the Internet. b. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you wish to avoid network... from the Internet, then click Next. Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. 3. Locate the BIOS file from file, then click Next. The Drivers menu appears. 2. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > AI Suite II > AI Suite II X.XX.XX to complete the ...
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...The South Bridge menu allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller 1. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally ...: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4.4.4 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS V-Series P8H61E 4-17 SATA Mode [IDE Mode] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE Mode] Set to [IDE...
...The South Bridge menu allows you to enable or disable the SATA Controller 1. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally ...: [Enabled] [Disabled] 4.4.4 SATA Configuration While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of SATA devices. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] ASUS V-Series P8H61E 4-17 SATA Mode [IDE Mode] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE Mode] Set to [IDE...