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User Manual - Page 4
... board 2-22 2.5.11 Connect Thermal sensor cable 2-23 2.5.12 Installing the audio card 2-23 2.6 Jumpers 2-24 2.7 Connectors 2-29 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors 2-29 2.7.2 Internal connectors 2-30
Chapter 3: Powering up 3.1 Starting up for the first time 3-3 3.2 Powering off the computer 3-4
Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS 4-3
4.1.1 AFUDOS utility 4-3 4.1.2 ASUS...
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...the BIOS Setup Utility 5-34
Chapter 6: Driver installation
6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3
6.1.1 6.1.2 6.1.3
Creating a RAID driver disk 6-3 Windows® OS 6-6 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux OS 6-9
6.1.4 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server OS 6-12
6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-14
6.3 LAN driver installation 6-18
6.3.1 Windows XP/Server 2003 6-18
6.4 Display driver...
User Manual - Page 9
... on the motherboard.
• Chapter 3: Powering up This chapter describes the power up sequence and ways of shutting down the system.
• Chapter 4: BIOS setup This chapter tells how to change system settings through the BIOS Setup menus. Detailed descriptions of the BIOS parameters are also provided.
• Chapter 5: RAID configuration This chapter provides instructions for setting up...
User Manual - Page 36
... the it by adjusting the software settings.
1. Turn on the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. See Chapter 4 for information on 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...
User Manual - Page 64
... file...... ok A:\>
The utility returns to the DOS prompt after copying the current BIOS file.
Updating the BIOS file To update the BIOS file using the AFUDOS utility:
1. Visit the ASUS website at www.asus.com and download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a bootable USB flash disk drive.
Write the BIOS filename on a piece of paper. You need to type...
User Manual - Page 67
... compatibility and stability. Select the Load Setup Defaults item under the Exit Menu. See section 4.8 Exit Menu.
• The BIOS setup screens shown in this section are for reference purposes only, and may not exactly match what you see on your screen.
• Visit the ASUS website (www.asus.com) to download the latest BIOS file for this motherboard.
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User Manual - Page 103
... to boot the system from a hard disk drive included in a created RAID set, copy first the RAID driver from the support CD to a floppy disk before you install an operating system to the selected hard disk drive.
• Please refer to page 2-28 for how to select the RAID configuration utility. Move the jumper to choose between LSI MegaRAID and Intel® Matrix RAID.
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User Manual - Page 105
... the SATA hard disk drives.
2. During POST, the LSI MegaRAID software RAID configuration utility automatically detects the installed SATA hard disk drives and displays any existing RAID set(s). Press + to enter the utility.
LSI MegaRAID Software RAID BIOS Version A.08 09161344R
LSI SATA RAID Found at PCI Bus No: Dev No:1F
Device present at Port 0
ST3160812AS
152114MB
Device present at Port...
User Manual - Page 136
Chapter summary
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6.1 RAID driver installation 6-3 6.2 Intel chipset device software installation 6-14 6.3 LAN driver installation 6-18 6.4 Display driver installation 6-22 6.5 Management application and utilities installation 6-25
ASUS Z8PE-D18
User Manual - Page 137
... system 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
• You may have to use another system to create the RAID driver disk from the system/motherboard support CD or from the Internet.
• When you use a SATA optical drive and LSI MegaRAID, you...
User Manual - Page 138
Intel ICH10R RAID Driver
ICH10R INTEL RAID Driver Windows 32 bit Windows 64 bit Back Exit
Intel ICH10R RAID Driver ICH10R INTEL RAID Driver Windows XP/ Windows Server 2003 32 bit Windows XP/ Windows Server 2003 64 bit Windows Vista/ Windows Server 2008 32 bit Windows Vista/ Windows Server 2008 64 bit RHEL AS4 UP6 32/64... 10 SP2 32 bit RHEL 10 SP2 64 bit Back Exit
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Chapter 6: Driver installation
User Manual - Page 140
...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, CD-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 S.
* If...
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into Drive A: * Press ENTER when ready.
ENTER=Continue ESC=Cancel F3=Exit
5. Select the RAID controller driver you need from the list, then press . 6. The Windows® Setup loads the RAID controller drivers from the RAID driver
disk. When next screen appears, press to continue installation. 7. Setup then proceeds with the OS installation. Follow screen instructions to
continue.
ASUS Z8PE-D18...
User Manual - Page 142
...® desktop , then select
Properties from the menu. 4. Click the Hardware tab, then click 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, then click the Update Driver button. 7. The Upgrade Device Driver Wizard window appears. Click Next. 8. Insert the RAID driver disk you...
User Manual - Page 143
... OS
To install the RAID controller driver when installing Red Hat® Enterprise OS:
1. Boot the system from the Red Hat® OS installation CD. 2. At the boot:, type linux dd, then press .
When you are installing RHEL AS5 and loading RAID driver, type command line: linux dd noprobe=ata1 noprobe=ata2... The number of ata varies with the hard disk drive number...
User Manual - Page 147
...F3 1280 x 1024 F4 DVD F5 Driver
5. When below screen appears, select the floppy disk drive (fd0) as the driver update medium. Select OK, then press .
Please choose the Driver Update medium.
fd0: Floppy sr0: CD-ROM, TEAC DV-516E sda: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS sdb: Disk, SEAGATE ST336754SS Other device
OK
Back
The drivers for the RAID controller are installed to the system.
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User Manual - Page 148
... on the system. You need to manually install the Intel® chipset software on a Windows® XP / Server 2003 operating system. To install the Intel® chipset software:
1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The support
CD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your...
User Manual - Page 149
4. The Intel(R) Chipset Device Software window appears. Click Next to start the installation.
5. Select Yes to accept the terms of the License Agreement and continue the process.
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User Manual - Page 152
...provides the instructions on how to install Intel® Gigabit LAN controller drivers.
6.3.1 Windows XP/Server 2003
To install the Intel® Gigabit LAN controller driver on a Windows® XP/ Server 2003 OS:
1. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The CD
automatically displays the Drivers menu if...
User Manual - Page 156
... to install the ASPEED display driver.
6.4.1 Windows® Server 2003
You need to manually install the ASPEED display driver on a Windows® Server 2003 operating system. To install the ASPEED display driver 1. Restart the computer, then log on with Administrator privileges. 2. Insert the motherboard/system support CD to the optical drive. The support CD
automatically displays the Drivers menu...