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... information ix Electrical safety ix Operation safety ix About this guide x How this guide is organized x Where to find more information x Conventions used in this guide xi Typography xi Z9PE-D8 WS specifications summary xii Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-3 1.2 Package contents 1-3 1.3 Serial number label 1-4 1.4 Special features 1-4 1.4.1 Product highlights 1-4 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before...
... information ix Electrical safety ix Operation safety ix About this guide x How this guide is organized x Where to find more information x Conventions used in this guide xi Typography xi Z9PE-D8 WS specifications summary xii Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome 1-3 1.2 Package contents 1-3 1.3 Serial number label 1-4 1.4 Special features 1-4 1.4.1 Product highlights 1-4 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features 1-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before...
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...is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for radio noise emissions from that may cause undesired operation. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of ...occur in accordance with Part 15 of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we publish the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://csr.asus.com/english/REACH.htm. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation,...
...is connected. • Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for radio noise emissions from that may cause undesired operation. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of ...occur in accordance with Part 15 of Chemicals) regulatory framework, we publish the chemical substances in our products at ASUS REACH website at http://csr.asus.com/english/REACH.htm. This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the REACH (Registration, Evaluation,...
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... voltage of the electrical outlet you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that all power cables are connected. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you detect any damage, contact your local power company. • If...
... voltage of the electrical outlet you add a device. • Before connecting or removing signal cables from the motherboard, ensure that all power cables are connected. Operation safety • Before installing the motherboard and adding devices on a stable surface. • If you detect any damage, contact your local power company. • If...
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...Intel® Hyper Threading The thread-level parallelism on today's multi-threaded software. The Intel® EM64T feature allows your problems. Z9PE-D8 WS xxS1xxxxxxxx Made in Taiwan 合格 1.4 Special features 1.4.1 Product highlights Latest Processor Technology The motherboard supports the latest Intel Xeon...Optimized Intel® Turbo Boost Technology further optimizes the processor's performance and automatically allows it is operating below . 1.3 Serial number label Before requesting support from the ASUS Technical Support team, you must take note of up to 8.0GT/s.
...Intel® Hyper Threading The thread-level parallelism on today's multi-threaded software. The Intel® EM64T feature allows your problems. Z9PE-D8 WS xxS1xxxxxxxx Made in Taiwan 合格 1.4 Special features 1.4.1 Product highlights Latest Processor Technology The motherboard supports the latest Intel Xeon...Optimized Intel® Turbo Boost Technology further optimizes the processor's performance and automatically allows it is operating below . 1.3 Serial number label Before requesting support from the ASUS Technical Support team, you must take note of up to 8.0GT/s.
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... DIMM) which helps reduce CPU usage, thus increasing throughput to achieve highly-reliable network connections, outstanding performance, and better support for diverse operating systems. Intel® 82574L chipset is the PCI Express bus standard that features data transfer rates of DDR3 1600 / 1333 / 1066 ... a specially designed buffer to reduce the data load to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of server and workstation applications. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 1-5 DDR3 memory support The motherboard supports the 4-channel DDR3 memory that provides twice the performance and speed of PCIe 2.0.
... DIMM) which helps reduce CPU usage, thus increasing throughput to achieve highly-reliable network connections, outstanding performance, and better support for diverse operating systems. Intel® 82574L chipset is the PCI Express bus standard that features data transfer rates of DDR3 1600 / 1333 / 1066 ... a specially designed buffer to reduce the data load to meet the higher bandwidth requirements of server and workstation applications. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 1-5 DDR3 memory support The motherboard supports the 4-channel DDR3 memory that provides twice the performance and speed of PCIe 2.0.
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...mechanical, architectural, interior design, aeronautics, audio and video design applications. The Z9PE-D8 WS affords greater convenience to install data and applications on the motherboard, allowing you to ensure quiet, cool, and efficient operation. The system fan rotations per minute (RPM) is a vertical USB connector...chip monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical components. 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features ASUS Fan Speed control technology The ASUS Fan Speed control technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according to the system loading to install USB...
...mechanical, architectural, interior design, aeronautics, audio and video design applications. The Z9PE-D8 WS affords greater convenience to install data and applications on the motherboard, allowing you to ensure quiet, cool, and efficient operation. The system fan rotations per minute (RPM) is a vertical USB connector...chip monitors the voltage levels to ensure stable supply of current for critical components. 1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features ASUS Fan Speed control technology The ASUS Fan Speed control technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according to the system loading to install USB...
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ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 2-35 Marvell® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD to ... during POST to enter the Marvell® RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell® SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD ...
ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 2-35 Marvell® Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s connectors (7-pin SATA6G_E1/E2/E3/E4 [gray]) These connectors connect to Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s hard disk drives via Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables. • For high performance of ASUS SSD Caching, please connect one HDD and one SSD to ... during POST to enter the Marvell® RAID utility to create or delete a RAID configuration. • If you want to install a Windows operating system to a RAID configuration created using the Marvell® SATA controller, you have to create a RAID driver disk using the motherboard support DVD ...
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... load history. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-17 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] This item sets the number of cores to boot even without support for other OS. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating system to enable in same cache...
... load history. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-17 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Active Processor Cores [All] This item sets the number of cores to boot even without support for other OS. Configuration options: [All] [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] Limit CPUID Maximum [Disabled] Setting this item to [Enabled] allows legacy operating system to enable in same cache...
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...: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2.14.1219. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology [Enabled] Enable Intel SpeedStep for allowing the system operation system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and cores frequency to enable one or both the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers (APIC) with APIC ID values greater...
...: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2.14.1219. Enhanced Intel SpeedStep Technology [Enabled] Enable Intel SpeedStep for allowing the system operation system to dynamically adjust processor voltage and cores frequency to enable one or both the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers (APIC) with APIC ID values greater...
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... is maintained. Use the and keys to run faster than the base operating frequency if it's operating below power, current, and temperature specification limit. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] This item allows you to set package C State limit. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-19 Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long Duration Maintained 0 Allows...
... is maintained. Use the and keys to run faster than the base operating frequency if it's operating below power, current, and temperature specification limit. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] CPU C6 Report [Enabled] This item allows you to set package C State limit. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-19 Factory long duration maintained 1000 ms Long Duration Maintained 0 Allows...
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Set to support two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-27 Set to [Enhanced] to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature ...: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2.14.1219. Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible] Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. ...
Set to support two SATA 3.0 Gb/s devices. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-27 Set to [Enhanced] to [Compatible] when using Windows 98/NT/2000/MS-DOS. When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature ...: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2.14.1219. Up to four SATA devices are supported under these operating systems. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible] Serial-ATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. ...
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... onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators. FAN Speed Control [Generic Mode] This item allows you to configure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation. Configuration options: [Generic Mode] [High Speed Mode] [Full Speed Mode] ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-51
... onboard hardware monitor automatically detects the voltage output through the onboard voltage regulators. FAN Speed Control [Generic Mode] This item allows you to configure the ASUS Smart Fan feature that smartly adjusts the fan speeds for more efficient system operation. Configuration options: [Generic Mode] [High Speed Mode] [Full Speed Mode] ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 4-51
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... RAID Utility with each stripe unit having to be of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. • If you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. • Please refer to a second drive. The RAID 5 configuration is required for transaction processing... Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for this configuration. You can use three or more hard disk drives. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-3 RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having a secondary (or alternate) copy stored on a different disk...
... RAID Utility with each stripe unit having to be of three identical hard disk drives for this setup. • If you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive. • Please refer to a second drive. The RAID 5 configuration is required for transaction processing... Utility with RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10, and RAID 5 support (for this configuration. You can use three or more hard disk drives. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-3 RAID 10 is data striping and data mirroring combined without parity (redundancy data) having a secondary (or alternate) copy stored on a different disk...
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To rebuild the RAID with other non-RAID disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the operating system. If there is only for rebuilding detected. Rebuild completes in the RAID 1 array failed, the system displays the status of destination disk for rebuilding (...
To rebuild the RAID with other non-RAID disk If any of the SATA hard disk drives included in the operating system. If there is only for rebuilding detected. Rebuild completes in the RAID 1 array failed, the system displays the status of destination disk for rebuilding (...
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... > Intel Rapid Storage > Intel Rapid Storage Console or click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology tray icon to "Rebuild". 3. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-33 To rebuild the RAID with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system. [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu 4. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is changed...
... > Intel Rapid Storage > Intel Rapid Storage Console or click the Intel Rapid Storage Technology tray icon to "Rebuild". 3. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-33 To rebuild the RAID with "Rebuild" status will be rebuilt within the operating system. [↑↓]-Select [ESC]-Exit [ENTER]-Select Menu 4. The utility immediately starts rebuilding after the disk is changed...
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...> Onboard SATA Oprom, then press . 3. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-35 You need to re-scan any attached hard disks. You can click Rescan to change BIOS setting first: 1. Please refer to windows desktop. 2. Turn on a Windows® operating system. Before you using Intel® Rapid ...You can further optimize your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. To enter the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility under Windows operating system: 1. Press to [Enabled]. 4. Set Onboard SATA Oprom to save your storage system by the Southbridge. Enter the BIOS Setup...
...> Onboard SATA Oprom, then press . 3. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-35 You need to re-scan any attached hard disks. You can click Rescan to change BIOS setting first: 1. Please refer to windows desktop. 2. Turn on a Windows® operating system. Before you using Intel® Rapid ...You can further optimize your changes and exit the BIOS Setup. To enter the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise utility under Windows operating system: 1. Press to [Enabled]. 4. Set Onboard SATA Oprom to save your storage system by the Southbridge. Enter the BIOS Setup...
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... Technology Group Ltd. Press to select the hard drives to create a RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 array using two SATA hard disk drives. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-41 Move the selection bar to the drive status. Ensure that you to be included in front of the Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s connector. Select... will be used in the array. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. An asterisk (*) appears in the RAID array. ENTER: Operation SPACE: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 3. After selecting all your data in your system user manual for the RAID array, press to ...
... Technology Group Ltd. Press to select the hard drives to create a RAID 0, RAID 1 or RAID 10 array using two SATA hard disk drives. ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-41 Move the selection bar to the drive status. Ensure that you to be included in front of the Marvell SATA 6.0 Gb/s connector. Select... will be used in the array. Marvell BIOS Setup (c) 2011 Marvell Technology Group Ltd. An asterisk (*) appears in the RAID array. ENTER: Operation SPACE: Select F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return 3. After selecting all your data in your system user manual for the RAID array, press to ...
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...: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-43 The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. 5.5.2 Delete an existing RAID ...
...: Exit/Save ESC: Return 6. ENTER: Operation F10: Exit/Save ESC: Return ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 5-43 The following warning message appears: Exit Do you want to save the RAID setting and exit the Marvell RAID utility. 5.5.2 Delete an existing RAID ...
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... adjusted. The Makedisk menu appears. You have created RAID sets with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP / Server 2003 or Linux operating system on how to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3.... 32 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 64 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 32 bit (SCU RAID) Windows 64 bit (SCU RAID) Back Exit ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 6-3 This part provides the instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in DOS environment 1. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the...
... adjusted. The Makedisk menu appears. You have created RAID sets with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® XP / Server 2003 or Linux operating system on how to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk. Restart the computer, and then enter the BIOS Setup. 3.... 32 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 64 bit (AHCI / AHCI RAID) Windows 32 bit (SCU RAID) Windows 64 bit (SCU RAID) Back Exit ASUS Z9PE-D8 WS 6-3 This part provides the instructions on a hard disk drive that is included in DOS environment 1. You can create a RAID driver disk in DOS (using the...
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... 6: Driver installation 6.2 Intel® Chipset Device Software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2.
... 6: Driver installation 6.2 Intel® Chipset Device Software installation This section provides the instructions on how to install the Intel® chipset device software on a Windows operating system. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2.