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Asus P5M2-M/C User Manual (153 pages)
P5M2-M SERIES
Brand:
Asus
| Category:
Motherboard
| Size: 18 MB
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
3
Canadian Department of Communications Statement
7
Federal Communications Commission Statement
7
Notices
7
Electrical Safety
8
Operation Safety
8
Safety Information
8
About this Guide
9
How this Guide Is Organized
9
Where to Find more Information
9
Conventions Used in this Guide
10
Typography
10
P5M2-M Series Specifications Summary
11
Chapter 1 : Product Int Roduction
15
Welcome
15
Package Contents
15
Special Features
16
Product Highlights
16
Innovative ASUS Features
18
Chapter 2 : Hardware Inf Ormation
21
Before You Proceed
21
Onboard LED
21
Motherboard Overview
22
Placement Direction
22
Screw Holes
22
Motherboard Layout
23
Asus P5M2-M Series
23
Layout Contents
24
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
26
Installing the CPU
26
Installing the CPU Heatsink and Fan
29
Uninstalling the CPU Heatsink and Fan
31
System Memory
33
Overview
33
Memory Configurations
33
Installing a DIMM
34
Removing a DIMM
34
Expansion Slots
35
Installing an Expansion Card
35
Configuring an Expansion Card
35
Interrupt Assignments
36
PCI Slot
37
PCI Express X8 Slot
37
Jumpers
38
Clear RTC RAM
38
Connectors
43
Rear Panel Connectors
43
Internal Connectors
44
Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 Pin Floppy)
44
Hard Disk Activity Led Connector (4-Pin Hdled)
47
Usb Connector (10-1 Pin Usb)
47
Serial Port Connector (10-1 Pin Com)
48
Backplane Smbus Connector (6-1 Pin Bpsmb)
49
Power Supply Smbus Connector (5-Pin Psusmb)
49
Ssi Power Connectors (24-Pin Atxpwr1, 8-Pin Atx12V)
50
Auxiliary Panel Connector (20-Pin Aux_Panel)
51
System Panel Connector (20-Pin Panel)
52
Chapter 3: Powering up
53
Starting up for the First Time
55
Powering off the Computer
56
Using the os Shut down Function
56
Using the Dual Function Power Switch
56
Chapter 4 : BIOS Setup
59
Managing and Updating Your BIOS
59
Creating a Bootable Floppy Disk
59
AFUDOS Utility
60
ASUS Crashfree BIOS 2 Utility
63
ASUS Update Utility
65
BIOS Setup Program
68
BIOS Menu Screen
69
Menu Bar
69
Navigation Keys
69
Menu Items
70
Sub-Menu Items
70
Configuration Fields
70
Pop-Up Window
70
Scroll Bar
70
General Help
70
Main Menu
71
System Time
71
System Date
71
Legacy Diskette a
71
Primary, Third, Fourth Master/Slave
72
IDE Configuration
73
System Information
75
Advanced Menu
76
USB Configuration
76
MPS Configuration
77
Remote Access Configuration
78
Trusted Computing
79
CPU Configuration
80
Chipset Configuration
81
Onboard Devices Configuration
83
PCI Pnp
84
4.5.1 APM Configuration
85
Power Configuration
85
Hardware Monitor
87
Boot Menu
88
Boot Device Priority
89
Hard Disk Drives
89
Boot Settings Configuration
90
Security
91
Change User Password
92
Clear User Password
93
Exit Menu
94
Load Setup Defaults
95
Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
98
RAID Configurations
98
RAID Definitions
98
Installing Serial ATA Hard Disks
99
Setting the RAID Item in BIOS
99
RAID Configuration Utility
99
Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
100
Creating a RAID 0 Set (Striped)
101
Creating a RAID 1 Set (Mirror)
103
Creating a RAID 10 Set (RAID 0+1)
104
Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity)
105
Deleting a RAID Set
107
Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
108
Existing the Intel Matrix Storage Manager Utility
108
Rebuilding the RAID
109
Setting the Boot Array in the BIOS Setup Utility
110
LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility
111
Creating a RAID Set
112
Using Easy Configuration
113
Using New Configuration
117
Adding or Viewing a RAID Configuration
118
Initializing the Logical Drives
121
Rebuilding Failed Drives
126
Checking the Drives for Data Consistency
128
Deleting a RAID Configuration
131
Selecting the Boot Drive from a RAID Set
132
Enabling the Writecache
133
Global Array Manager
133
Chapter 6: Driver Installation
134
RAID Driver Installation
136
Creating a RAID Driver Disk
136
Installing the RAID Controller Driver
137
Suse Linux
145
LAN Driver Installation
147
Windows 2000/2003 Server
147
Red hat ® Enterprise Ver. 3.0
148
VGA Driver Installation
149
Windows 2000 Server
149
Windows ® 2003 Server
150
Red hat ® Enterprise Ver. 3.0
150
Management Applications and Utilities Installation
151
Running the Support CD
151
Drivers Menu
151
Management Software Menu
152
Utilities Menu
152
Contact Information
153
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