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ii E2851 First Edition V1 September 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUST eK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, t.
iii Contents Notices ........................................................................................................ vii Safety information .................................................................................... viii About this guide .
iv Contents 2.5.6 PCI Express x4 slots ..................................................... 2-20 2.5.7 PCI Express x16 slots ................................................... 2-20 2.6 Jumper .........................................................
v Contents 4.3.6 IDE Conguration .......................................................... 4-14 4.3.7 AHCI Conguration ....................................................... 4-15 4.3.8 System Information .......................................
vi Contents 5.3 Software information ................................................................... 5-8 5.3.1 ASUS MyLogo2™ ........................................................... 5-8 5.3.2 PC Probe II ......................................
vii Notices Federal Communications Commission Statement This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: • This device may not cause harmful interference, and • This device must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation.
viii Safety information Electrical safety • T o prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are connected.
ix About this guide This user guide contains the information you need when installing and conguring the motherboard. How this guide is organized This guide contains the following parts: • Chapter 1: Product introduction This chapter describes the features of the motherboard and the new technology it supports.
x Conventions used in this guide T o make sure that you perform certain tasks properly , take note of the following symbols used throughout this manual. T ypography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to select. Italics Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.
xi P5B-E Plus specications summary (continued on the next page) CPU LGA775 socket for Intel ® Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium ® Extreme / Pentium ® D / Pentium ® 4 / Celeron ® D Processors Compatible with Intel ® 05B/05A/06 processors Intel ® Hyper-Threading T echnology ready * Refer to www .
xii P5B-E Plus specications summary Audio ADI ® AD1988A 8-channel High Denition Audio CODEC - Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking - Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF ou.
xiii P5B-E Plus specications summary (continued on the next page) Internal I/O Connetors 3 x USB connectors support additional 6 USB ports 1 x Floppy disk drive connector 1 x IDE connector 7 x SA T.
xiv P5B-E Plus specications summary Accessories UltraDMA 133/100/66 cable FDD cable SA T A cables SA T A power cables I/O Shield User's manual USB2.
1 Product introduction This chapter describes the motherboard features and the new technologies it supports..
ASUS P5B-E Plus Chapter summary 1 1.1 Welcome! ...................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Package contents ......................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Special features .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 1-1 1.1 Welcome! Thank you for buying an ASUS ® P5B-E Plus motherboard! The motherboard delivers a host of new features and latest technologies, making it another standout in the long.
1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.3 Special features 1.3.1 Product highlights Green ASUS This motherboard and its packaging comply with the European Union’s Restriction on the use of Hazardous Substances (RoHS).
ASUS P5B-E Plus 1-3 Serial A T A 3.0 Gb/s technology and SA T A-On-The-Go This motherboard supports the next-generation hard drives based on the Serial A T A (SA T A) 3Gb/s storage specication, delivering enhanced scalability and doubling the bus bandwidth for high-speed data retrieval and saves.
1-4 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.3.2 ASUS AI Lifestyle features ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution ASUS Quiet Thermal solution makes system more stable and enhances the overclocking capability . AI Gear AI Gear provides four modes that adjust the CPU frequency and Vcore voltage minimizing system noise and power consumption.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 1-5 ASUS EZ DIY ASUS EZ DIY feature collection provides you easy ways to install computer components, update the BIOS or back up your favorite settings. ASUS Q-Connector ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily connect or disconnect the chassis front panel cables to the motherboard.
1-6 Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.3.3 ASUS Special features ASUS MyLogo2™ This feature allows you to convert your favorite photo into a 256-color boot logo for a more colorful and vivid image on your screen.
2 Hardware information This chapter lists the hardware setup procedures that you have to perform when installing system components. It includes description of the jumpers and connectors on the motherboard.
ASUS P5B-E Plus Chapter summary 2 2.1 Before you proceed ..................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................. 2-2 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-1 Onboard LED The motherboard comes with a newly designed ASUS Power LED that lights up in two colors to show the system power status.
2-2 Chapter 2: Hardware information P5B-E PLUS ® 2.2 Motherboard overview Before you install the motherboard, study the conguration of your chassis to ensure that the motherboard ts into it. Make sure to unplug the power cord before installing or removing the motherboard.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-3 2.2.3 Motherboard layout P ANEL P5B-E PLUS ® AAFP CHASSIS 24.4cm (9.6in) 30.5cm (12.0in) CPU_FAN DDR2 DIMM_B1 (64 bit,240-pin module) DDR2 DIMM_A1 (64 bit,240-pin module) DDR2 DIM.
2-4 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.2.4 Layout contents Slots Page 1. DDR2 DIMM slots 2-13 2. PCI slots 2-20 3. PCI Express x 1 slot 2-20 4. PCI Express x4 slot 2-20 5. PCI Express x16 slot 2-20 Jumper Page 1. Clear RTC RAM (3-pin CLR TC) 2-21 Rear panel connectors Page 1.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-5 Internal connectors Page 1. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) 2-25 2. IDE connector (40-1 pin PRI_IDE)) 2-25 3. ICH8R Serial A T A connectors (7-pin SA T A1 [red], SA T A2 [red], SA T A3 [black], SA T A4 [black], SA T A5 [red], SA T A6 [red]) 2-26 4.
2-6 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) The motherboard comes with a surface mount LGA775 socket designed for the Intel ® Core™2/Pentium ® D/Pentium ® 4/Pentium ® Extreme and Celeron ® D processors.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-7 3. Lift the load lever in the direction of the arrow to a 135º angle. 2. Press the load lever with your thumb (A), then move it to the left (B) until it is released from the retention tab. Retention tab Load lever This side of the socket box should face you.
2-8 Chapter 2: Hardware information 5. Position the CPU over the socket, making sure that the gold triangle is on the bottom-left corner of the socket then t the socket alignment key into the CPU notch. Alignment key Gold triangle mark 6. Close the load plate (A), then push the load lever (B) until it snaps into the retention tab.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-9 Fastener Motherboard hole 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan The Intel ® LGA775 processor requires a specially designed heatsink and fan assembly to ensure optimum thermal condition and performance. T o install the CPU heatsink and fan: 1.
2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information 3. Connect the CPU fan cable to the connector on the motherboard labeled CPU_F AN. 2. Push down two fasteners at a time in a diagonal sequence to secure the heatsink and fan assembly in place.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-11 2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan T o uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan: 1. Disconnect the CPU fan cable from the connector on the motherboard. 2. Rotate each fastener counterclockwise. 3. Pull up two fasteners at a time in a diagonal sequence to disengage the heatsink and fan assembl y from the motherboard.
2-12 Chapter 2: Hardware information 5. Rotate each fastener clockwise to ensure correct orientation when reinstalling. Narrow end of the groove Refer to the documentation in the boxed or stand-alone CPU fan package for detailed information on CPU fan installation.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-13 2.4 System memory 2.4.1 Overview The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. A DDR2 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR DIMM but has a 240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM.
2-14 Chapter 2: Hardware information • If you install four 1 GB memory modules, the system may detect less than 3 GB of total memory because of address space allocation for other critical functions. This limitation applies to Windows XP 32-bit version operating system since it does not support P AE (Physical Address Extention) mode.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-15 P5B-E Plus Series Motherboard Qualied V endors Lists (QVL) DDR2-800MHz capability Qualied V endors List (QVL) Standard table for user manual Size V endor Chip No.
2-16 Chapter 2: Hardware information P5B-E Plus Series Motherboard Qualied V endors Lists (QVL) DDR2-533 MHz capability Qualied V endors List (QVL) Standard table for user manual Size V endor Chip No.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-17 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM Unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components. Failure to do so can cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components. T o install a DIMM: 1. Unlo ck a DIM M so cket by pres sing the retaining clips outward.
2-18 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.5 Expansion slots In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The following sub-sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card T o install an expansion card: 1.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-19 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments Standard interrupt assignments IRQ Priority Standard Function 0 1 System T imer 1 2 Keyboard Controller 2 — Re-direct to IRQ#9 3 1 1 IRQ holder for P.
2-20 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other cards that comply with PCI specications. The gure shows a LAN card installed on a PCI slot. Refer to the gure below for the location of the slots.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-21 2.6 Jumper 1. Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) This jumper allows you to clear the Real T ime Clock (RTC) RAM in CMOS. Y ou can clear the CMOS memory of date, time, and s ystem setup parameters by erasing the CMOS RTC RAM data.
2-22 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.7 Connectors 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 1. PS/2 mouse port (green). This port is for a PS/2 mouse. 2. Serial port.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-23 • Before creating a RAID set using Serial A T A hard disks, make sure that y ou ha ve conn ect ed the Serial A T A signal cable and installed Serial A T A hard disk drives; otherwise, you cannot enter the JMicron RAID utility and SA T A BIOS setup during POST .
2-24 Chapter 2: Hardware information 13. Optical S/PDIF Out port . This port connects an external audio output device via an optical S/PDIF cable. 14. Coaxial S/PDIF Out port. This port connects an external audio output device via a coaxial S/PDIF cable.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-25 2.7.2 Internal connectors 1. Floppy disk drive connector (34-1 pin FLOPPY) This connector is for the provided oppy disk drive (FDD) signal cable. Insert one end of the cable to this connector , then connect the other end to the signal connector at the back of the oppy disk drive.
2-26 Chapter 2: Hardware information 3. ICH8R Serial A T A connectors (7-pin SA T A1 [red], SA T A2 [red], SA T A3 [black], SA T A4 [black], SA T A5 [red], SA T A6 [red]) These connectors are for the Serial A T A signal cables for Serial A T A hard disk drives.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-27 Connect the right-angle side o f S AT A s i g n a l c a b l e t o S ATA device. Or you may connect the right-angle side of SA T A cable to the onboard SA T A port to avoid mechanical conflict with huge graphics cards.
2-28 Chapter 2: Hardware information 4. JMicron ® JMB363 Serial A T A RAID connector (7-pin SA T A_RAID) This connector is for a Serial A T A signal cable. This connector supports a Serial A T A hard disk drive that you can congure for RAID through the onboard Serial A T A RAID controller .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-29 Never connect a USB cable to the IEEE 1394a connector . Doing so will damage the motherboard! Y ou can connect the 1394 cable to ASUS Q-Connector (1394, red) rst, and then install the Q-Connector (1394) to the 1394 connector onboard.
2-30 Chapter 2: Hardware information 7. CPU, chassis, power , and chipset fan connectors (4-pin CPU_F AN, 3-pin CHA_F AN1, 3-pin CHA_F AN2, 3-pin CHA_F AN3, 3-pin PWR_F AN) The fan c onnect ors su pport cooli ng fan s of 3 50 mA ~ 2000 mA (24 W max.) or a total of 1 A ~ 7 A (84 W max.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-31 9. AT X p owe r c on ne cto rs (24-pin A TXPWR, 8-pin EA TX12V) These connectors are for A TX power supply plugs. The power supply plugs are designed to t these connectors in only one orientation. Find the proper orientation and push down rmly until the connectors completely t.
2-32 Chapter 2: Hardware information • For a fully congured system, we recommend that you use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with A TX 12 V Specication 2.0 (or later version) and provides a minimum power of 400 W . • DO NOT forget to connect the 8pin EA TX12V power plug; otherwise, the system will not boot.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-33 P5B-E PLUS ® P5B-E PLUS Internal audio connector CD Right Audio Channel Left Audio Channel Ground Ground 1 1. Optical drive audio c onn ect or (4-pin CD) These connectors allow you to receive stereo audio input from sound sources such as a CD-ROM, TV tuner , or MPEG card.
2-34 Chapter 2: Hardware information • System power LED (2-pin PLED) This 2-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis power LED cable to this connector . The system power LED lights up when you turn on the system power , and blinks when the system is in sleep mode.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 2-35 Q-Connector (System panel) ASUS Q-Connector allows you to easily to connect the chassis front panel cables to the motherboard. Perform these steps to install ASUS Q-Connector . Step2. Carefully connect the ASUS Q-Connector to the System panel connector .
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3 Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence, the vocal POST messages, and ways of shutting down the system..
ASUS P5B-E Plus Chapter summary 3 3.1 Starting up for the rst time ........................................................ 3-1 3.2 T urning off the computer .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 3-1 3.1 Starting up for the rst time 1. After making all the connections, replace the system case cover . 2. Be sure that all switches are off. 3. Connect the power cord to the power connector at the back of the system chassis. 4. Connect the power cord to a power outlet that is equipped with a surge protector .
3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up 3.2 Turning off the computer 3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function If you are using Windows ® 2000: 1. Click the Start button then click Shut Down ... 2. Make sure that the Shut Down option button is selected, then click the OK button to shut down the computer .
4 BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change the system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
Chapter summary 4 ASUS P5B-E Plus 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 4-1 4.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 4-9 4.3 Main menu ......................
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-1 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. ASUS Update (Updates the BIOS in Windows ® environment.) 2. ASUS EZ Flash 2 (Updates the BIOS using a oppy disk or USB ash disk.
4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Quit all Windows ® applications before you update the BIOS using this utility . 3. Select the ASUS FTP site nearest you to avoid network trafc, or click Auto Select . Click Next . Updating the BIOS through the Internet T o update the BIOS through the Internet: 1.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-3 Updating the BIOS through a BIOS le T o update the BIOS through a BIOS le: 1. Launch the ASUS Update utility from the Windows ® desktop by clicking Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUSUpdate > ASUSUpdate . The ASUS Update main window appears.
4-4 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1.2 Creating a bootable oppy disk 1. Do either one of the following to create a bootable oppy disk. DOS environment a. Insert a 1.44MB oppy disk into the drive. b. At the DOS prompt, type format A: / S then press <Enter>.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-5 T o update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2: 1. Visit the ASUS website (www .asus.com) to download the latest BIOS le for the motherboard.
4-6 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1.4 AFUDOS utility The AFUDOS utility allows you to update the BIOS le in DOS environment using a bootable oppy disk with the updated BIOS le. This utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS le that you can use as backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-7 2. Copy the AFUDOS utility (afudos.exe) from the motherboard support CD to the bootable oppy disk you created earlier . 3. Boot the system in DOS mode, then at the prompt type: afudos /i[lename] where [lename] is the latest or the original BIOS le on the bootable oppy disk.
4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS le when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-9 4.2 BIOS setup program This motherboard supports a programmable Serial Peripheral Interface (SPI) chip that you can update using the provided utility described in section “4.
4-10 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Select Screen Select Item +- Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.59 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Main Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit System Time [10:55:25] System Date [Fri 09/08/2006] Legacy Diskette A [1.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-11 4.2.4 Menu items The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specic items for that menu. For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items (Advanced, Power , Boot, and Exit) on the menu bar have their respective menu items.
4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.3 Main menu When you enter the BIOS Setup program, the Main menu screen appears, giving you an overview of the basic system information. 4.3.1 System Time [xx:xx:xx] Allows you to set the system time. 4.3.2 System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] Allows you to set the system date.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-13 4.3.5 S A T A 1 - 6 While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of Serial A T A devices. There is a separate sub-menu for each SA T A device. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the SA T A device information.
4-14 Chapter 4: BIOS setup DMA Mode [Auto] Selects the DMA mode. Conguration options: [Auto] [SWDMA0] [SWDMA1] [SWDMA2] [MWDMA0] [MWDMA1] [MWDMA2] [UDMA0] [UDMA1] [UDMA2] [UDMA3] [UDMA4] [UDMA5] SMART Monitoring [Auto] Sets the Smart Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting T echnology .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-15 4.3.7 AHCI Conguration This menu is the section for AHCI conguration. It appears only when you set the item Congure SA T A as from the sub-menu of IDE Conguration to [AHCI]. ACHI Port0~5 [XXXX] Displays the status of auto-detection of IDE devices.
4-16 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.3.8 System Information This menu gives you an overview of the general system specications. The BIOS automatically detects the items in this menu. AMI BIOS Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specication.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-17 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced 4.4 Advanced menu The Advanced menu items allow you to change the settings for the CPU and other system devices. 4.4.1 JumperFree Conguration T ake caution when changing the settings of the Advanced menu items.
4-18 Chapter 4: BIOS setup FSB/CPU External Frequency Synchronization The following items appear only when you set the AI T uning item to [Manual]. CPU Frequency [XXX] Displays the frequency sent by the clock generator to the system bus and PCI bus. The value of this item is auto-detected by the BIOS.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-19 Spread Spectrum [Auto] Allows you to enable or disable the clock generator spread spectrum. C on g ur at io n op ti on s: [Disabled] [Enabled] [Auto] The following items also appear when the AI T uning item is set to [AI NOS]. Memory V oltage [Auto] Allows you to select the DDR2 reference voltage.
4-20 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.2 LAN Cable Status POST Check LAN Cable [Disabled] Enables or disables checking of the LAN cable during the Power-On Self-T est (POST). Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Field Tab Select Field F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-21 4.4.3 USB Conguration The items in this menu allows you to change the USB-related features. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the conguration options. The Module V ersion and USB Devices Enabled items show the auto-detected values.
4-22 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced 4.4.4 CPU Conguration The items in this menu show the CPU-related information that the BIOS automatically detects.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-23 Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced 4.4.5 Chipset The Chipset menu allows you to change the advanced chipset settings.
4-24 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Memory Remapping Feature [Disabled] Allows you to enable or disable the remapping of the overlapped PCI memory above the total physical memory .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-25 Onboard PCIE GbE LAN_1 [Enabled] Conguration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] LAN Option ROM [Disabled] Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] JMicron SA T A/P A T A Control.
4-26 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.4.7 PCI PnP The PCI PnP menu items allow you to change the advanced settings for PCI/PnP devices. The menu includes setting IRQ and DMA channel resources for either PCI/PnP or legacy ISA devices, and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-27 4.5 Power menu The Power menu items allow you to change the settings for the Advanced Power Management (APM). Select an item then press <Enter> to display the conguration options. 4.5.1 Suspend Mode [Auto] Allows you to select the Advanced Conguration and Power Interface (ACPI) state to be used for system suspend.
4-28 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.5.5 APM Conguration Restore On AC Power Loss [Power Off] When set to [Power Off], the system goes into of f state after an AC power loss.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-29 Power On By PS/2 Keyboard [Disabled] Allows you to disable the Power On by PS/2 keyboard function or set specic keys on the PS/2 keyboard to turn on the system. This feature requires an A TX power supply that provides at least 1A on the +5VSB lead.
4-30 Chapter 4: BIOS setup CPU Q-Fan Prole [Optimal] Allows you to set the appropriate performance level of the CPU Q-Fan. When set to [Optimal], the CPU fan automatically adjusts depending on the CPU temperature.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-31 4.6 Boot menu The Boot menu items allow you to change the system boot options. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.
4-32 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.6.2 Boot Settings Conguration Quick Boot [Enabled] Enabling this item allows the BIOS to skip some power on self tests (POST) while booting to decrease the time needed to boot the system. When set to [Disabled], BIOS performs all the POST items.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-33 Hit ‘DEL ’ Message Display [Enabled] When set to [Enabled], the system displays the message “Press DEL to run Setup” during POST . Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Interrupt 19 Capture [Disabled] When set to [Enabled], this function allows the option ROMs to trap Interrupt 19.
4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.6.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to change the system security settings. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the conguration options. Change Supervisor Password Select this item to set or change the supervisor password.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-35 User Access Level [Full Access] This item allows you to select the access restriction to the Setup items. Conguration options: [No Access] [View Only] [Limited] [Full Access] No Access prevents user access to the Setup utility .
4-36 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.7 Tools menu The T ools menu items allow you to congure options for special functions. Select an item then press <Enter> to display the sub-menu. Select Screen Select Item +- Change Field Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 4-37 Select Screen Select Item Enter Go to Sub Screen F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.58 (C)Copyright 1985-2006, American Megatrends, Inc. BIOS SETUP UTILITY Tools O.C. PROFILE Conguration O.C. Prole 1 Status :Not Installed O.
4-38 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.8 Exit menu Pressing <Esc> does not immediately exit this menu. Select one of the options from this menu or <F10> from the legend bar to exit. The Exit menu items allow you to load the optimal or failsafe default values for the BIOS items, and save or discard your changes to the BIOS items.
5 Software support This chapter describes the contents of the support CD that comes with the motherboard package..
ASUS P5B-E Plus Chapter summary 5 5.1 Installing an operating system ................................................... 5-1 5.2 Support CD information .............................................................. 5-1 5.3 Software information .......
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-1 If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer , browse the contents of the support CD to locate the le ASSETUP .EXE from the BIN folder . Double-click the ASSETUP .EXE to run the CD. Click an item to install 5.1 Installing an operating system This motherboard supports Windows ® 2000/XP/64-bit XP operating systems (OS).
5-2 Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.2 Drivers menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. ASUS InstAll-Drivers Installation Wizard Installs all of the drivers through the Installation Wizard.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-3 5.2.3 Utilities menu The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. ASUS InstAll-Installation Wizard for Utilities Install all of the utilities through the Installation Wizard. ASUS AI Suite Install the ASUS AI Suite.
5-4 Chapter 5: Software support 5.2.4 Make disk menu The Make Disk menu contains items to create the Intel ICH8 or JMicron ® JMB36X RAID/AHCI driver disk. Make Intel ICH8 32/64bit RAID/AHCI Driver Disk Allows you to create an ICH8 32/64bit RAID/AHCI driver disk.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-5 5.2.5 Manual menu The Manual menu contains a list of supplementary user manuals. Click an item to open the folder of the user manual.
5-6 Chapter 5: Software support Browse this CD Displays the support CD contents in graphical format. 5.2.7 Other information The icons on the top right corner of the screen give additional information on the motherboard and the contents of the support CD.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-7 T echnical support Form Displays the ASUS T echnical Support Request Form that you have to ll out when requesting technical support.
5-8 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3 Software information Most of the applications in the support CD have wiza rds that will conveniently guide you through the installation. View the online help or readme le that came with the software application for more information.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-9 9. When the screen returns to the ASUS Update utility , ash the original BIOS to load the new boot logo. 10. After ashing the BIOS, restart the computer to display the new boot logo during POST . 8. Adjust the boot image to your desired size by selecting a value on the Ratio box.
5-10 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3.2 ASUS PC Probe II PC Probe II is a utility that monitors the computer ’ s vital components, and detects and alerts you of any problem with these components. PC Probe II senses fan rotations, CPU temperature, and system voltages, among others.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-1 1 Button Function Opens the Conguration window Opens the Report window Opens the Desktop Management Interface window Opens the Peripheral Component Interconnect window Opens the.
5-12 Chapter 5: Software support Changing the monitor panels position T o change the position of the monitor panels in the desktop, click the arrow down button of the Scheme options, then select another position from the list box. Click OK when nished.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-13 Monitoring sensor alert The monitor panel turns red when a component value exceeds or is lower than the threshold value. Refer to the illustrations below . Large display Small display WMI browser Click to display the WMI (Windows Management Instrumentation) browser .
5-14 Chapter 5: Software support PCI browser Click to display the PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) browser . This browser provides information on the PCI devices installed on your system. Click the plus sign (+) before the PCI Information item to display available information.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-15 Memory usage The Me mory tab sho ws both use d and available physical memory . The pie chart at the bottom of the window represents the used (blue) and the available physical Conguring PC Probe II Click to view and adjust the sensor threshold values.
5-16 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3.3 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you to launch AI Gear , AI N.O.S., AI Booster , AI Nap, and Q-Fan utilities easily . Installing AI Suite T o install AI Suite on your computer: 1. Place the support CD to the optical drive.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-17 Other feature buttons Click on right corner of the main window to open the monitor window . Click on right corner of the expanded window to switch the temperature from degrees Centigrade to degrees Fahrenheit.
5-18 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3.4 ASUS AI Gear ASUS AI Gear provides four system performance options that allows you to select the best performance setting for your computing needs. This easy-to-use utility adjusts the processor frequency and vCore voltage to minimize system noise and power consumption.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-19 5.3.5 ASUS AI Nap This feature allows you to minimize the power consumption of your computer whenever you are away . Enable this feature for minimum power consumption and a more quiet system operation.
5-20 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3.6 ASUS AI N.O.S. This ASUS Non-delay Overclocking System feature intelligently determines the system load and automatically boosts the performance for the most demanding tasks.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-21 5.3.7 ASUS Q-Fan This ASUS Q-Fan Control feature allows you to set the appropriate performance level of the CPU Q-Fan or the Chassis Q-Fan for more efcient system operation.
5-22 Chapter 5: Software support 5.3.8 ASUS AI Booster The ASUS AI Booster application allows you to overclock the CPU speed in WIndows ® environment without the hassle of booting the BIOS.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-23 5.3.9 SoundMAX ® High Denition Audio utility The ADI AD1988 High Denition Audio CODEC provides 8-channel audio capability through the SoundMAX ® audio utility with AudioESP™ software to deliver the ultimate audio experience on your PC.
5-24 Chapter 5: Software support From the taskbar , double-click on the SoundMAX ® icon to display the SoundMAX ® Control Panel. Audio Setup Wizard By clicking the icon from the SoundMAX ® control panel, you can easily congure your audio settings.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-25 Jack conguration This screen helps you congure your computer ’ s audio ports, depending on the audio devices you have installed. Adjust speaker volume This screen helps you adjust speaker volume. Click the T est button to hear the changes you have made.
5-26 Chapter 5: Software support Audio preferences Click the icon to go to the Preferences page. This page allows you to change various audio settings. General options Click the General tab to choose your playback and recording devices, enable/ disable the AudioESP™ feature, and enable/disable digital output.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-27 Microphone options Click the Microphone tab allows you to optimize your microphone input settings..
5-28 Chapter 5: Software support 5.4 RAID congurations The motherboard comes with the following RAID resolutions: • Intel ® ICH8R Southbridge RAID controller that allow you to congure IDE and Serial A T A hard disk drives as RAID sets. The motherboard supports the following RAID 0, 1, 5, 10.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-29 5.4.3 Intel ® RAID congurations T hi s m ot he rb o ar d s up po r ts R AI D 0 , R AI D 1 , J BO D a nd I nt el ® M at r ix S to ra ge c o n f i g u r a t i o n s f o r S e r i a l ATA h a r d d i s k s d r i v e s t h r o u g h t h e I n t e l ® I C H 8 R Southbridge chip.
5-30 Chapter 5: Software support Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM Utility The Intel ® Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM utility allows you to create RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 (RAID 0+1), and RAID 5 set(s) from Serial A T A hard disk drives that are connected to the Serial A T A connectors supported by the Southbridge.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-31 Creating a RAID 0 set (striped) T o create a RAID 0 set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume, then press <Enter>. This screen appears. 2. Enter a name for the RAID 0 set, then press <Enter>. 3.
5-32 Chapter 5: Software support 6. Use the up/down arrow key to select the stripe size for the RAID 0 array , then press <Enter>. The available stripe size values range from 4 KB to 128 KB.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-33 Creating a RAID 1 set (mirrored) T o create a RAID 1 set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume, then press <Enter>. This screen appears. 2. Enter a name for the RAID 1 set, then press <Enter>. 3.
5-34 Chapter 5: Software support Creating a RAID 10 set (RAID 0+1) T o create a RAID 10 set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume, then press <Enter>. This screen appears. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-35 Creating a RAID 5 set (parity) T o create a RAID 5 set: 1. From the utility main menu, select 1. Create RAID V olume, then press <Enter>. This screen appears. Intel(R) Matrix Storage Manager Option ROM v5.0.0.1032 ICH8R wRAID5 Copyright(C) 2003-05 Intel Corporation.
5-36 Chapter 5: Software support 4. The Disks item is highlighted, press <Enter> to select the hard disk drives to congure as RAID. The following pop-up screen appears. [ SELECT DISKS ] [ ↑↓ ]-Previous/Next [SPACE]-Selects [ENTER]-Selection Complete Port Drive Model Serial # Size Status 0 XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXX XX.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-37 5.4.4 JMicron ® RAID Conguration The JMicron ® Serial A T A controller allows you to congure RAID 0, RAID 1 and JBOD sets on the external Serial A T A hard disk drives. Before creating a RAID set Prepare the following items: 1.
5-38 Chapter 5: Software support Entering the JMB363 RAID BIOS utility 1. During POST , press <Ctrl-J> to enter the JBM363 RAID BIOS menu. JMicron Technology Corp. PCI-to-SATA II/IDE RAID Controller BIOS v0.97 Copyright (C) 2004-2005 JMicron Technology http://www.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-39 2. When the Level item is highlighted, use the up/down arrow key to select the RAID set that you want to create. 3. When the Disks item is highlighted, use the up/down arrow key to highlight an HDD that you want to belong to the RAID set, then press the space bar to conrm selection.
5-40 Chapter 5: Software support 5. When done, press <Enter> to conrm the creation of the RA ID set. A dialogue box appears to conrm the action. Press <Y> to conrm; otherwise, press <N>. 6. The following screen appears, displaying the relevant information about the RAID set you created.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-41 Deleting a RAID set 1. In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Delete RAID Disk Drive using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter>. 2. Use the space bar to select the RAID set you want to delete. A selected set shows a sign before it.
5-42 Chapter 5: Software support Resetting disks to non-RAID T o reset disks to non-RAID: 1. In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Revert HDD to non-RAID using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter>. 2. Use the space bar to select the HDD that you want to reset to non-RAID.
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-43 T o solve a Mirror conict: 1. In the main JMB363 RAID BIOS menu, highlight Solve Mirror Conict using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter>. 2. Use the space bar to select the HDD that you want to set as source drive.
5-44 Chapter 5: Software support Saving the settings and exiting setup When you have nished, highlight Save & Exit Setup using the up/down arrow key then press <Enter> to save the current RAID conguration and exit the J MB363 RAID BOS utility .
ASUS P5B-E Plus 5-45 5.5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows ® T o create a RAID driver disk in Windows ® : 1. Start Windows ® . 2. Place the motherboard support CD into the optical drive.
5-46 Chapter 5: Software support T o install the RAID driver: 1. During the OS installation, the system prompts you to press the <F6> key to install third-party SCSI or RAID driver . 2. Press <F6> then insert the oppy disk with RAID driver into the oppy disk drive.
A CPU features The Appendix describ es the CPU features and technologies that the motherboard supports..
ASUS P5B-E Plus Chapter summary A A.1 Intel ® EM64T .................................................................................. A-1 A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep ® T echnology (EIST) ........................ A-1 A.3 Intel ® Hyper-Threading T echnology .
ASUS P5B-E Plus A-1 A.1 Intel ® EM64T • The motherboard is fully compatible with Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 processors running on 32-bit operating systems. • The motherboard comes with a BIOS le that supports EM64T . Y ou can download the latest BIOS le from the ASUS website (www .
A-2 Appendix: CPU features A.2.2 Using the EIST T o use the EIST feature: 1. T urn on the computer , then enter the BIOS Setup. 2. Go to the Advanced Menu , highlight CPU Conguration , then press <Enter>. 3. Set the Intel(R) SpeedStep T echnology item to [Automatic], then press <Enter>.
ASUS P5B-E Plus A-3 A.3 Intel ® Hyper-Threading Technology • The motherboard supports Intel ® Pentium ® 4 LGA775 processors with Hyper-Threading T echnology . • Hy per -Thr ead ing Te chn ol ogy is sup por ted und er Win dow s ® XP/2003 Server and Linux 2.
A-4 Appendix: CPU features.
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