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... Diagnosis card layout 2-29 2.8.2 Installing G.P. Diagnosis card 2-29 2.8.3 G.P. Diagnosis card check codes 2-30
Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-4
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function 3-4 3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch 3-4
Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4-3
4.1.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility...
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... to Non-RAID 5-10 Recovery Volume Options 5-11 Exiting the Intel® Matrix Storage Manager 5-12 Rebuilding the RAID 5-12 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility 5-14
Chapter 6: Driver installation 6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver 6-5 6.2 Intel® chipset device installation 6-8 6.3 LAN driver...
User Manual - Page 9
... provides instructions for installing the necessary drivers for different system components.
• Appendix: Reference information This appendix includes additional information that you may refer to when configuring the motherboard.
Where to find more information
Refer to the following sources for additional information and for product and software updates.
1. ASUS websites The ASUS website...
User Manual - Page 11
... 7 SATA Controller
1 * PCI-E x8 (x4 Link) or MIO support Intel® 3420:
6* SATA2 300MB/s ports-
Intel Matrix Storage utility supports software
RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5 (Windows)
Networking LAN
2 * Intel 82574L
Onboard I/O PSU Connector
24-pin ATX power connector + 8-pin ATX 12V
Connectors
power connector (24-pin + 4-pin power supply
supported)
USB Connectors
2 (support 4 USB port)
Fan...
User Manual - Page 33
... BIOS setup.
2. Assign an IRQ to the card. Refer to the tables on the next page. 3. Install the software drivers for the expansion card.
When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do not need IRQ assignments. Otherwise, conflicts will arise between the two PCI groups, making the system unstable and the card inoperable.
ASUS P7F-M WS...
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... ASUS website at www.asus.com.
To update the BIOS using EZ Flash 2
1. Insert the USB flash disk that contains the latest BIOS file to the USB port. 2. Enter the BIOS setup program. Go to the Tools menu to select EZ Flash 2
and press to enable it. Or, press + during the POST to enable EZ Flash 2.
ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.06
FLASH TYPE: MXIC 25L1605A
Current ROM BOARD: P7F-M WS...
User Manual - Page 56
... actual BIOS screen displays may not be the same as shown.
The BUPDATER utility allows you to update the BIOS file in DOS environment using a bootable USB flash disk drive with the updated BIOS file.
Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS file using the BUPDATER utility:
1. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com and download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to...
User Manual - Page 58
... the USB flash drive with the original or updated BIOS file to one USB port on the system.
2. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the BIOS recovery finished.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so would cause system boot failure!
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS...
User Manual - Page 59
... can enable the security password feature or change the power management settings. This requires you to reconfigure your system using the BIOS Setup program so that the computer can recognize these changes and record them in the CMOS RAM of the Firmware chip.
The Firmware chip on the motherboard stores the Setup utility. When you start up the computer, the system provides you...
User Manual - Page 65
... ATA connectors supported by the Southbridge chip. Configuration options: [IDE] [RAID] [AHCI]
• If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, keep the default setting [IDE].
• If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), set this item to [AHCI]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver...
User Manual - Page 93
5.1 Setting up RAID
The motherboard comes with the Intel® 3420 chipset that allows you to configure Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. The motherboard supports the following RAID configurations: RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 10 and RAID 5.
• You must install Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or later versions before using Serial ATA hard disk drives. The Serial ATA RAID feature is available...
User Manual - Page 107
... to the independent hard disk drive or bootable array. This part provides instructions on how to install the RAID controller drivers during OS installation.
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk
The system does not include a floppy drive. You have to use a USB floppy drive when creating a SATA RAID driver disk.
A floppy disk with the RAID driver is required when installing Windows® or Red Hat...
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... 1. Start Windows®. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 3. Go to the Make Disk menu, and then select the type of RAID driver disk you
want to create. 4. Insert a floppy disk into the floppy disk drive. 5. Follow succeeding screen instructions to complete the process.
Write-protect the floppy disk to avoid computer virus infection.
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Chapter 6: Driver installation
User Manual - Page 109
...of one or more mass storage devices installed in your system, or you have chosen to manually specify an adapter. Currently, Setup will load support for the following mass storage devices(s):
* To specify additional SCSI adapters, DVD-ROM drives, or special disk controllers for use with Windows, including those for which you have a device support disk from a mass storage device manufacturer, press...
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... the Device Manager button to display
the list of devices installed in the system. 5. Right-click the RAID controller item, then select Properties. 6. Click the Driver tab, and then click the Update Driver button. 7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next. 8. Insert the RAID driver disk you created earlier to the floppy disk drive. 9. Select the option Install the software...
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To verify the RAID controller driver installation: 1. Right-click the My Computer icon on the Windows® desktop, and then select
Properties from the menu. 2. Click the Hardware tab, and then click the Device Manager button. 3. Click the "+" sign before the item SCSI and RAID controllers, and then the
Intel(R) ICH8R/ICH9R/ICH10R/DO/PCH SATA RAID Controller item should appear.
The screen differs...
User Manual - Page 112
... for the Intel® chipset on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset software on a Windows Server operating system. To install the Intel® chipset device software: 1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The support
DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is...
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6.3 LAN driver installation
This section provides instructions on how to install the Intel® Gigabit LAN controller drivers on a Windows® Server OS. To install the LAN controller drivers 1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support DVD to the optical drive. The DVD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is ...
User Manual - Page 117
... utilities that you can install to avail all motherboard features.
The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at any time without notice. Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) for updates.
6.4.1 Running the support DVD
Place the support DVD to the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer.
If Autorun is...
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...menu displays the software applications and utilities that the motherboard supports. Click an item to install.
6.4.4 Make disk menu
The Make disk menu contains items to create the Intel 3420 driver disks.
6.4.5 Contact information
Click the Contact tab to display the ASUS contact information. You can also find this information on the inside front cover of this user guide.
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