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Asus P5MT-MX C User Manual

Asus P5MT-MX C User Manual (156 pages)

User Manual

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboard | Size: 8.76 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
P5MT-MX/C Speciﬁcations Summary
11
Chapter 1 : Product Introduction

15
- Welcome
  15
- Package Contents
  15
- Special Features
  16
  - Product Highlights
    16
  - Innovative ASUS Features
    18
Chapter 2 : Hardware Information

21
- Before You Proceed
  21
- Motherboard Overview
  22
  - Placement Direction
    22
  - Screw Holes
    22
  - Motherboard Layout
    23
  - Layout Contents
    24
- Central Processing Unit (CPU)
  26
- System Memory
  33
  - Overview
    33
  - Memory Conﬁgurations
    33
  - Installing a DIMM
    35
  - Removing a DIMM
    35
- Expansion Slots
  36
  - Installing an Expansion Card
    36
  - Conﬁguring an Expansion Card
    36
  - Interrupt Assignments
    37
  - PCI Express X16 Slot
    38
  - PCI Express X8 Slot
    38
  - PCI Slots
    38
- Jumpers
  39
- Connectors
  44
  - Rear Panel Connectors
    44
  - Internal Connectors
    45
    
    Floppy Disk Drive Connector (34-1 Pin Floppy)
    45
    
    Hard Disk Activity Led Connector (4-Pin Hdled)
    45
    
    Ide Connector (40-1 Pin Pri_Ide)
    46
    
    Usb Connectors (10-1 Pin Usb34, Usb56, Usb)
    49
    
    Backplane Smbus Connector (6-1 Pin Bpsmb)
    49
    
    Ssi Power Connectors (24-Pin Atxpwr1, 4-Pin Atx12V)
    50
    
    Ambient Thermal Sensor Connector (2-Pin Trpwr)
    50
    
    System Panel Connector (20-Pin Panel)
    51
Chapter 3: Powering up

53
- Starting up for the First Time
  55
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup

57
- 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, and Fourth IDE Master/Slave
    72
  - IDE Configuration
    73
  - System Information
    75
- Advanced Menu
  76
  - USB Conﬁguration
    76
  - MPS Configuration
    77
  - Remote Access Configuration
    78
  - CPU Configuration
    79
  - Chipset
    81
  - Onboard Devices Configuration
    83
  - PCI Pnp
    84
- Power Menu
  85
  - ACPI APIC Support
    85
  - APM Configuration
    86
  - Hardware Monitor
    87
- Boot Menu
  89
  - Boot Device Priority
    89
  - Boot Settings Configuration
    90
  - Security
    91
  - Change User Password
    92
- Exit Menu
  93
  - Discard Changes
    94
  - Load Setup Defaults
    94
  - Raid Support
    95
Chapter 5: RAID Configurations

97
- RAID Conﬁguration
  97
  - RAID Definitions
    97
  - RAID Conﬁgurations
    97
  - Installing Serial ATA Hard Disks
    98
  - Setting RAID Item in BIOS
    98
  - RAID Conﬁguration Utility
    98
- Intel Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility
  99
  - Creating a RAID 0 Set (Striped)
    100
  - Creating a RAID 1 Set (Mirrored)
    102
  - Creating a RAID 10 Set (RAID 0+1)
    103
  - Creating a RAID 5 Set (Parity)
    104
  - Deleting a RAID Set
    106
  - Resetting Disks to Non-RAID
    107
- LSI Logic Embedded SATA RAID Setup Utility
  108
  - Creating a RAID Set
    109
    
    Using Easy Configuration
    110
    
    Using New Configuration
    114
  - Adding or Viewing a RAID Configuration
    115
  - Initializing the Logical Drives
    118
  - Rebuilding Failed Drives
    123
  - Checking the Drives for Data Consistency
    125
  - Deleting a RAID Configuration
    128
  - Selecting the Boot Drive from a RAID Set
    129
  - Enabling the Writecache
    130
- Global Array Manager
  130
Chapter 6: Driver Installation

131
- RAID Driver Installation
  133
  - Creating a RAID Driver Disk
    133
  - Installing the RAID Controller Driver
    135
- LAN Driver Installation
  143
  - Windows 2000/2003 Server
    143
  - Red hat ® Enterprise Ver. 3.0
    145
- VGA Driver Installation
  147
  - Windows 2000 Server
    147
  - Windows ® 2003 Server
    148
  - Red hat ® Enterprise Ver. 3.0
    148
  - Verifying the Vga Driver Installation
    148
- Management Applications and Utilites Installation
  149
  - Running the Support CD
    149
  - Drivers Menu
    149
  - Management Applications and Utilities Installation
    149
  - Management Software Menu
    150
  - Utilities Menu
    150
  - Contact Information
    150
Appendix: Reference Information

151
- Intel ® EM64T
  153
- Enhanced Intel Speedstep Technology (EIST)
  153
  - System Requirements
    153
  - Using the EIST
    154
- Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology
  155
- Block Diagram
  156

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