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... utility 3-2 3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-5 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-6 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-6 3.3.2 Menu bar 3-6 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-7 3.3.4 Menu items 3-7 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-7 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-7 3.3.7 Pop-up window 3-7 3.3.8 Scroll bar 3-7 3.3.9 General help 3-7 3.4 Main menu 3-8 3.4.1 SATA 1-6 3-8 3.4.2 Storage Configuration 3-10 3.4.3 AHCI Configuration 3-11 3.4.4 System Information 3-11 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu 3-12 3.5.1 Ai Overclock Tuner 3-12 3.5.2 CPU...
... utility 3-2 3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility 3-4 3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility 3-5 3.3 BIOS setup program 3-6 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen 3-6 3.3.2 Menu bar 3-6 3.3.3 Navigation keys 3-7 3.3.4 Menu items 3-7 3.3.5 Submenu items 3-7 3.3.6 Configuration fields 3-7 3.3.7 Pop-up window 3-7 3.3.8 Scroll bar 3-7 3.3.9 General help 3-7 3.4 Main menu 3-8 3.4.1 SATA 1-6 3-8 3.4.2 Storage Configuration 3-10 3.4.3 AHCI Configuration 3-11 3.4.4 System Information 3-11 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu 3-12 3.5.1 Ai Overclock Tuner 3-12 3.5.2 CPU...
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...at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC - P6X58D Premium specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE...; Turbo Boost Technology * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list Intel® X58 / ICH10R Up to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory...Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9123 SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Dual Gigabit LAN controllers...
...at back panel) (continued on the next page) xi DTS Surround Sensation UltraPC - P6X58D Premium specifications summary CPU Chipset System bus Memory Expansion slots Multi-GPU support Storage LAN Audio IEEE...; Turbo Boost Technology * Refer to www.asus.com for Intel CPU support list Intel® X58 / ICH10R Up to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory...Intel® ICH10R Southbridge - 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s ports - Intel® Matrix Storage Technology supports SATA RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 Marvell® 88SE9123 SATA 6.0 Gb/s controller - 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports Dual Gigabit LAN controllers...
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..., WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. x 9.6 in . P6X58D Premium specifications summary Back panel I/O ports ... x LAN (RJ-45) ports 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ports 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray) 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (blue) 1 x CPU Fan connector 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) 1 x Power Fan connector 1 x IEEE1394a connector...
..., WOR by PME, PXE Drivers ASUS Utilities ASUS Update Anti-virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in . (30.5 cm x 24.4 cm) *Specifications are subject to change without notice. x 9.6 in . P6X58D Premium specifications summary Back panel I/O ports ... x LAN (RJ-45) ports 2 x USB 3.0/2.0 ports 4 x USB 2.0/1.1 ports 8-channel Audio I/O ports 2 x USB connectors support additional 4 USB 2.0/1.1 ports 2 x SATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (gray) 6 x SATA 3.0 Gb/s connectors (blue) 1 x CPU Fan connector 3 x Chassis Fan connectors (1 x 4-pin, 2 x 3-pin) 1 x Power Fan connector 1 x IEEE1394a connector...
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... Refer to page 2-30 for details. 3-Way SLI™ and Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ support The P6X58D Premium breaks the boundaries to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600...engine on the most powerful Intel® X58 platform to boost system performance. Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction on the use of...world. True Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s support Supporting the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to -point links, allowing increased bandwidth and...
... Refer to page 2-30 for details. 3-Way SLI™ and Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ support The P6X58D Premium breaks the boundaries to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of 2000(O.C.) / 1866(O.C.) / 1800(O.C.) / 1600...engine on the most powerful Intel® X58 platform to boost system performance. Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union's Restriction on the use of...world. True Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s support Supporting the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) storage interface, this motherboard delivers up to -point links, allowing increased bandwidth and...
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...- - shared - - - - - shared - - - - - - ASUS P6X58D Premium 2-19 shared - - - - used - used - shared - - - - - - - IRQ assignments for PCI devices. used - shared - - - - - - - 30 31 - - - - - - used - - - - - 27 28 29 - - shared - - - - - - - - shared - - - shared - - - - - - - - - - - ICH PCIE16_3 PCIE1_1 LAN1 (8056) LAN2 (8056) Marvell 6111 Marvell SAS PCI_1 PCI_2 USB_1 USB_2 USB_3 USB_4 USB_5 USB_6 USB 2.0_1 USB 2.0_2 SATA_1 SATA _2 Audio A B C D E F - shared...
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... by default. In Standard IDE mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to these connectors. ASUS P6X58D Premium 2-29 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel®...
... by default. In Standard IDE mode, you intend to create a Serial ATA RAID set using hot-plug and NCQ, set the Configure SATA as in the BIOS to these connectors. ASUS P6X58D Premium 2-29 If you can create a RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10 configuration with the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology through the onboard Intel®...
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...program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of device connected to the system. Use [+] or [-] to display the SATA device information. These values are not user-configurable. Chapter 3 3-8 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Select a device item and press to configure system..., LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART Monitoring). There is installed in the system. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : HDT722516DLA380 Size : 164.7GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : ...
...program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of device connected to the system. Use [+] or [-] to display the SATA device information. These values are not user-configurable. Chapter 3 3-8 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Select a device item and press to configure system..., LBA Mode, Block Mode, PIO Mode, Async DMA, Ultra DMA, and SMART Monitoring). There is installed in the system. Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device : Hard Disk Vendor : HDT722516DLA380 Size : 164.7GB LBA Mode : Supported Block Mode : 16Sectors PIO Mode : 4 Async DMA : ...
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...will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. [Disabled] Disables this function. This item appears only when you set the SATA configuration. 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 display the submenu. Set to [AHCI] when you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard ...
...will be effective only if the device is accessed through BIOS. [Disabled] Disables this function. This item appears only when you set the SATA configuration. 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 display the submenu. Set to [AHCI] when you to set the SATA Configuration item to [Enhanced] or [Compatible]. [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI] Set to [IDE] when you want to use the Serial ATA hard ...
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...Detected] AHCI Port6 [Not Detected] AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [35] Selects the boot time out value for AHCI configuration. SATA Port1-6 [Auto] [Auto] Allows automatic selection of the device type connected to report warning messages during the POST. [Enabled] ...MVL9123 FW Version: 01001014 Processor Type Speed : Genuine Intel(R) CPU 000 @ 3.20GHz : 3200MHz System Memory Usable Size : 1016MB Chapter 3 ASUS P6X58D Premium 3-11 It appears only when you an overview of the general system specifications. SMART Monitoring [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting ...
...Detected] AHCI Port6 [Not Detected] AHCI CD/DVD Boot Time out [35] Selects the boot time out value for AHCI configuration. SATA Port1-6 [Auto] [Auto] Allows automatic selection of the device type connected to report warning messages during the POST. [Enabled] ...MVL9123 FW Version: 01001014 Processor Type Speed : Genuine Intel(R) CPU 000 @ 3.20GHz : 3200MHz System Memory Usable Size : 1016MB Chapter 3 ASUS P6X58D Premium 3-11 It appears only when you an overview of the general system specifications. SMART Monitoring [Enabled] S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting ...
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... to [AHCI Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use SPDIF signal from the SPDIF_Out header, you to set to HDMI Output for HDMI audio output. [SPDIF Output] Sets to [SPDIF Output] for SPDIF audio output. [HDMI Output] Sets to internally optimize the order of commands.. Chapter 3 ASUS P6X58D Premium 3-23
... to [AHCI Mode] when you want the SATA hard disk drives to use SPDIF signal from the SPDIF_Out header, you to set to HDMI Output for HDMI audio output. [SPDIF Output] Sets to [SPDIF Output] for SPDIF audio output. [HDMI Output] Sets to internally optimize the order of commands.. Chapter 3 ASUS P6X58D Premium 3-23
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...installation. Refer to http://support.asus.com for BIOS setup details. • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports SATA devices connected to motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ports only. See chapter 2 for the exact location of onboard SATA ports. • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports file ...only. • Your monitor must support the screen resolution of powering on your pictures. Notices about ASUS Express Gate SSD • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports SATA devices in the support DVD or click environment for detailed software instructions. click to immediately enter existing...
...installation. Refer to http://support.asus.com for BIOS setup details. • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports SATA devices connected to motherboard chipset-controlled onboard SATA ports only. See chapter 2 for the exact location of onboard SATA ports. • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports file ...only. • Your monitor must support the screen resolution of powering on your pictures. Notices about ASUS Express Gate SSD • ASUS Express Gate SSD supports SATA devices in the support DVD or click environment for detailed software instructions. click to immediately enter existing...
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...model and capacity when creating a disk array. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. To install the SATA hard disks for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Reset Disks to [RAID]....) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-11 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. During POST, press + to...
...model and capacity when creating a disk array. 4.4.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks The motherboard supports Serial ATA hard disk drives. To install the SATA hard disks for details on entering and navigating through the BIOS Setup. All Rights Reserved. [ MAIN MENU ] 1. Reset Disks to [RAID]....) Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Non-RAID Disk Chapter 4 [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-11 Install the SATA hard disks into the drive bays. 2. Delete RAID Volume 3. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. During POST, press + to...
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...section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. To work...disk in a RAID set. For Windows® Vista or later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to create a 32/64bit ... succeeding screen instructions to create an Intel® ICH10R RAID driver disk. 5. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-15
...section 4.5.4 Using a USB floppy disk drive. 4.5.1 Creating a RAID driver disk without entering the OS To create a RAID/SATA driver disk without entering the OS: 1. Plug the USB floppy disk drive and insert a floppy disk. 3. To work...disk in a RAID set. For Windows® Vista or later operating systems, use a USB floppy disk drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. • Windows® XP may not recognize the USB floppy disk drive due to create a 32/64bit ... succeeding screen instructions to create an Intel® ICH10R RAID driver disk. 5. Chapter 4 ASUS P6X58D Premium 4-15
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... Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support During the OS installation, the system prompts you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. To install ...
... Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 3. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support During the OS installation, the system prompts you select Intel(R) SATA RAID Controller (Desktop ICH10R). 4. 4.5.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1. To install ...