Asus P5V900- User Manual

Table of Contents:

• Page 3 – Table of contents; C h a p t e r 1 : S y s t e m I n t r o d u c t i o n; Installing a floppy disk drive
• Page 4 – C h a p t e r 3 : S t a r t i n g u p
• Page 6 – Notices; F e d e r a l C o m m u n i c a t i o n s C o m m i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t; interference that may cause undesired operation.; C a n a d i a n D e p a r t m e n t o f C o m m u n i c a t i o n s S t a t e m e n t
• Page 7 – Safety information; E l e c t r i c a l s a f e t y; manufacturer’s instructions.; C L A S S 1 L A S E R P R O D U C T
• Page 8 – About this guide; A u d i e n c e
• Page 9 – C o n v e n t i o n s u s e d i n t h i s g u i d e; warranty flyers, that may have been added by your dealer. These
• Page 10 – System package contents; Check your V-Series P5V900 system package for the following items.
• Page 11 – Chapter 1; System introduction; This chapter gives a general
• Page 12 – Front panel
• Page 13 – These slots are for 3.5-inch floppy or hard disk
• Page 14 – Rear panel; that allow convenient connection of devices.
• Page 15 – ports are available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.
• Page 16 – The PSU has a 115 V/230 V voltage selector switch located beside the
• Page 17 – Internal components
• Page 19 – Chapter 2; Basic installation; instructions on how to install
• Page 20 – Preparation; to install in the system.; B a s i c c o m p o n e n t s t o i n s t a l l; Floppy disk drive; T o o l; The motherboard comes with an onboard standby power LED. This LED; Before you proceed
• Page 21 – Removing the side cover and front; Remove the cover screws on the rear panel.
• Page 22 – Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.
• Page 23 – thumb and forefinger to a 100o
• Page 24 – . 4 . 3 I n s t a l l i n g t h e C P U f a n a n d h e a t s i n k a s s e m b l y
• Page 25 – CPU Fan Connector
• Page 26 – Installing a DIMM; The system motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual; . 5 . 1 M e m o r y c o n f i g u r a t i o n s; You may install up to 4 GB system memory using 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB
• Page 27 – Q u a l i f i e d V e n d o r s L i s t s ( Q V L )
• Page 28 – memory configuration.
• Page 29 – . 5 . 3 R e m o v i n g a D D R 2 D I M M; . 5 . 2 I n s t a l l i n g a D D R 2 D I M M
• Page 30 – Expansion slots; . 6 . 1 I n s t a l l i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d; . 6 . 2 C o n f i g u r i n g a n e x p a n s i o n c a r d
• Page 31 – S t a n d a r d i n t e r r u p t a s s i g n m e n t s; I R Q a s s i g n m e n t s f o r t h i s m o t h e r b o a r d
• Page 32 – . 6 . 3 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 s l o t; PCI Express specifications. The figure; . 6 . 5 P C I E x p r e s s x 1 6 s l o t; specifications. The figure shows a
• Page 33 – Installing an optical drive
• Page 34 – Connect the other end of the IDE ribbon cable to the secondary IDE
• Page 35 – Installing a hard disk drive; Secure the drive with two screws on both sides.
• Page 38 – Installing a floppy disk drive; The V-Series P5V900 system comes with one 3.25-inch drive bay for a
• Page 39 – You may have disconnected some cables when you were installing; L E D c a b l e s; Connect the reset button, power switch, power LED, and HDD LED; System Panel Connector
• Page 40 – Removing the bay covers and; the chassis until the front panel assembly fits in place.
• Page 41 – Chapter 3; Starting up; This chapter helps you power up
• Page 42 – Installing an operating system; The barebone system supports Windows; Support CD information; several utility drivers that enhance the system features.; Powering up; Press the system power button to enter the OS.
• Page 43 – . 3 . 1 R u n n i n g t h e s u p p o r t C D; To begin using the support CD, place the CD in your optical drive. The; A S U S I n s t A l l - I n s t a l l a t i o n W i z a r d f o r D r i v e r s; Installs the VIA 4 in 1 driver.; V I A C h r o m e 9 H C I G P D i s p l a y D r i v e r; Installs the VIA Chrome9 HC IGP Display Driver.; S o u n d M A X A D I 1 9 8 6 A A u d i o D r i v e r; (AZALIA) driver, you need to install Microsoft HD UAA Bus driver; R e a l t e k R T L 8 1 1 0 S L A N D r i v e r; Installs the Realtek RTL8110S LAN Driver.; U S B 2 . 0 D r i v e r
• Page 44 – A S U S I n s t A l l - I n s t a l l a t i o n W i z a r d f o r U t i l i t i e s; Installs the ASUS InstAll-Installation Wizard Utilities.
• Page 45 – M a k e V I A V T 8 2 3 7 R A I D D r i v e r D i s k; Make the VIA VT8237 RAID Driver Disk.; I n t e l L G A 7 7 5 C P U i n s t a l l U s e r ’ s M a n u a l; Install the Intel LGA775 CPU install user manual.; V I A V T 8 2 3 7 R A I D U s e r ’ s M a n u a l; Install the VIA VT8237 RAID user manual.
• Page 46 – . 3 . 5 A S U S C o n t a c t i n f o r m a t i o n; find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
• Page 47 – Software information; Most of the applications in the support CD have wizards that will; A S U S P C P r o b e I I; I n s t a l l i n g P C P r o b e I I; L a u n c h i n g P C P r o b e I I
• Page 48 – Sensor alert; P r e f e r e n c e s; You can customize the application using the
• Page 49 – H a r d w a r e m o n i t o r p a n e l s; Config
• Page 50 – W M I b r o w s e r; D M I b r o w s e r
• Page 51 – P C I b r o w s e r
• Page 52 – C o n f i g u r i n g P C P r o b e I I
• Page 53 – Chapter 4; Motherboard introduction; This chapter gives information
• Page 54 – Introduction; future upgrades or system reconfiguration.; Motherboard layout
• Page 55 – Jumpers; Clear RTC RAM
• Page 56 – mode (CPU stopped, DRAM refreshed, system running in low power; USB Device Wake Up
• Page 57 – This jumper allows you to enable or disable the keyboard wake-up; Keyboard Power Setting; XSW Setting
• Page 58 – Connectors; . F l o p p y d i s k d r i v e c o n n e c t o r ( 3 4 - 1 p i n F L O P P Y ); Floppy Disk Drive Connector; SATA Connectors
• Page 59 – The onboard IDE connectors are for Ultra DMA 133/100/66 signal; IDE Connectors
• Page 61 – These connectors are for ATX power supply plugs. The plugs from; ATX Power Connector; Auxiliary Audio Connector
• Page 62 – . F r o n t p a n e l a u d i o c o n n e c t o r ( 1 0 - 1 p i n A A F P ); then install the module to a slot opening at the back of the system; Digital Audio Connector; Front Panel Audio Connector
• Page 63 – Intrusion Connector; COM Port Connector
• Page 65 – Chapter 5; BIOS setup; This chapter tells how to change
• Page 66 – Managing and updating your BIOS; ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 (Updates the BIOS when the BIOS file fails or; I n s t a l l i n g A S U S U p d a t e; . 1 . 1 A S U S U p d a t e u t i l i t y; Save the current BIOS file
• Page 67 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h t h e I n t e r n e t
• Page 68 – U p d a t i n g t h e B I O S t h r o u g h a B I O S f i l e; To update the BIOS through a BIOS file:; Locate the BIOS file from the
• Page 69 – . 1 . 2 C r e a t i n g a b o o t a b l e f l o p p y d i s k; Do either one of the following to create a bootable floppy disk.
• Page 70 – To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2:; . 1 . 3 A S U S E Z F l a s h 2 u t i l i t y; (2) Enter BIOS setup program. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ; When the correct BIOS file is found, EZ Flash 2 performs the BIOS
• Page 71 – . 1 . 4 A w a r d B I O S F l a s h U t i l i t y; The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) can be updated using the; Type the BIOS file name
• Page 72 – The following screen appears.; The utility displays
• Page 73 – . 1 . 5 S a v i n g t h e c u r r e n t B I O S f i l e
• Page 74 – . 1 . 6 A S U S C r a s h F r e e B I O S 2 u t i l i t y; support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file.; R e c o v e r i n g t h e B I O S f r o m t h e s u p p o r t C D; To recover the BIOS from the support CD:; When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the
• Page 75 – BIOS setup program; This motherboard supports a programmable Low-Pin Count (LPC) chip
• Page 76 – . 2 . 1 B I O S m e n u s c r e e n; Main
• Page 77 – their respective menu items.; . 2 . 6 C o n f i g u r a t i o n f i e l d s; These fields show the values for the menu items. If an item is
• Page 78 – Select a menu item then press to display a pop-up window with
• Page 79 – Main menu; When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears,; Allows you to set the system time.
• Page 80 – P r i m a r y I D E M a s t e r / S l a v e [ A u t o ]
• Page 81 – C a p a c i t y; Displays the auto-detected hard disk capacity. This item is not; C y l i n d e r; Shows the number of the hard disk read/write heads. This item is not; S e c t o r; Shows the Transfer mode. This item is not configurable.
• Page 82 – E x t e n d e d I D E D r i v e [ A u t o ]; Selects the type of fixed disk connected to the system.
• Page 83 – Advanced menu; and other system devices.; H e a d; L a n d i n g Z o n e; Shows the size of installed memory.
• Page 84 – . 4 . 1 C P U C o n f i g u r a t i o n; T h e r m a l M a n a g e m e n t [ T M 1 ]; Thermal Monitor 2: Ratio & VID transition; L i m i t C P U I D M a x V a l [ D i s a b l e d ]; The process will lower the core to bus ratio and VID when physcial; E x e c u t e D i s a b l e B i t [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 85 – P r i m a r y D i s p l a y A d a p t e r [ P C I - E ]
• Page 86 – R e s o u r c e s C o n t r o l l e d B y [ A u t o ]; I R Q R e s o u r c e s; A s s i g n I R Q f o r V G A [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 87 – . 4 . 4 O n b o a r d D e v i c e C o n f i g u r a t i o n
• Page 88 – P a r a l l e l P o r t A d d r e s s [ 3 7 8 / I R Q 7 ]; . 4 . 5 U S B C o n f i g u r a t i o n; U S B C o n t r o l l e r [ E n a b l e d ]
• Page 89 – Power menu; Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and the Advanced Power
• Page 90 – . 5 . 3 A P M C o n f i g u r a t i o n; P o w e r U p B y P S / 2 M o u s e [ D i s a b l e d ]; Disable or enable Power up by PS/2 Mouse function.; P o w e r U p B y P S / 2 K e y b o a r d [ D i s a b l e d ]
• Page 91 – R e s t o r e o n A C P o w e r L o s s [ P o w e r O f f ]; the system will go to Suspend when power button is pressed.; H P E T S u p p o r t [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable HPET support.
• Page 92 – . 5 . 4 H a r d w a r e M o n i t o r; The items in this sub-menu displays the hardware monitor values; V c o r e V o l t a g e [ E n a b l e d ]; through the onboard voltage regulators.; C P U T e m p e r a t u r e , M / B T e m p e r a t u r e; T h e o n b o a r d h a r d w a r e m o n i t o r a u t o m a t i c a l l y d e t e c t s a n d
• Page 93 – C P U F a n S p e e d w a r n i n g [ 8 0 0 R P M ]; Allows you to disable or set the CPU fan warning speed.
• Page 94 – Boot menu; . 6 . 1 B o o t D e v i c e P r i o r i t y; s t ~ 4 t h B o o t D e v i c e
• Page 95 – . 6 . 2 B o o t S e t t i n g s C o n f i g u r a t i o n; C a s e O p e n W a r n i n g [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to enable or disable the Case Open Warning feature.; B o o t U p F l o p p y S e e k [ D i s a b l e d ]
• Page 96 – Set this item to OS2 only when you are running on an OS/2 operating; F u l l S c r e e n L O G O [ E n a b l e d ]; Allows you to error report type.; S u p e r v i s o r P a s s w o r d; These fields allow you to set passwords:
• Page 97 – preventing unauthorized access. The User password is required to; P a s s w o r d C h e c k; setup or the system. Select [Setup] to require the password before; Exit menu; Tool menu; Press Enter to run ASUS EZ Flash 2.
• Page 98 – E x i t & S a v e C h a n g e s; An onboard backup battery sustains the CMOS RAM so it stays on even; E x i t & D i s c a r d C h a n g e s; made to the Setup program. If you made changes to fields other than; A S U S E Z F l a s h 2; Press Enter to run ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility.; L o a d S e t u p D e f a u l t s; This option allows you to load the default values for each of the; D i s c a r d C h a n g e s