User manual ASUS P5N-E SLI

[. . . ] P5N-ESLI Motherboard E2968 First Edition V2 December 2006 Copyright © 2006 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by the purchaser for backup purposes, without the express written permission of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Product warranty or service will not be extended if: (1) the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of alteration is authorized in writing by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of the product is defaced or missing. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. [. . . ] Remove the floppy disk then press <F1> to restart the system. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 08 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-P5NESLI-00 DATE: 03/25/2005 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: P5NESLI. bin Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK F1 Reset No Update Write Fail 2-4 Chapter 2: BIOS setup 2. 1. 3 Saving the current BIOS file You can use the AwardBIOS Flash Utility to save the current BIOS file. You can load the current BIOS file when the BIOS file gets corrupted during the flashing process. Make sure that the floppy disk has enough disk space to save the file. To save the current BIOS file using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility: 1. Press <Y> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The following screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 08 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For C55-MCP51-P5NESLI-00 DATE: 03/25/2005 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program:10111. bin Save current BIOS as: Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS as field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 08 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-P5NESLI-00 DATE: 03/25/2005 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: 0111. bin Checksum: DAD6H Save current BIOS as: old. bin Message: Please Wait! 4. The utility saves the current BIOS file to the floppy disk, then returns to the BIOS flashing process. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 08 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For NF-KC804-P5NESLI-00 DATE: 03/25/2005 Flash Type - SST 49LF004A/B /3. 3V File Name to Program: 0111. bin Now Backup System BIOS to File! Message: Please Wait! ASUS P5N-E SLI 2-5 2. 1. 4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS file using the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Prepare the motherboard support CD or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Recovering the BIOS from the support CD To recover the BIOS from the support CD: 1. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the CD for the BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device. . . When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. Doing so can cause system boot failure! 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. 2-6 Chapter 2: BIOS setup Recovering the BIOS from a floppy disk To recover the BIOS from the floppy disk: 1. Insert the floppy disk with the original or updated BIOS file to the floppy disk drive. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the optical drive for the original or updated BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device. . . When no CD is found, the utility automatically checks the floppy disk for the original or updated BIOS file. The utility then updates the corrupted BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. Fail Detecting floppy drive A media. . . DO NOT shut down or reset the system while updating the BIOS!Doing so can cause system boot failure! 4. Restart the system after the utility completes the updating process. The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file. ASUS P5N-E SLI 2-7 2. 1. 5 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility The ASUS EZ Flash 2 feature allows you to update the BIOS without having to go through the long process of booting from a floppy disk and using a DOS-based utility. The EZ Flash 2 utility is built-in the BIOS chip so it is accessible by pressing <Alt> + <F2> during the Power-On Self-Test (POST). Visit the ASUS website (www. asus. com) to download the latest BIOS file for the motherboard. Save the BIOS file to a floppy disk or a USB flash disk, then restart the system. [. . . ] Press <F6> then insert the floppy disk with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. Due to chipset limitation, the Serial ATA ports supported by the NVIDIA chipset doesn't support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. 3-16 Chapter 3: Software support The Appendix describes the CPU features that the motherboard supports. CPUfeatures A A. 1 Intel®EM64T · · The motherboard is fully compatible with Intel® Pentium® 4 LGA775 processors running on 32-bit operating systems. You can download the latest BIOS file from the ASUS website (www. asus. Visit www. microsoft. com for more information on Windows® 64-bit OS. · · Using the Intel ® EM64T feature To use the Intel® EM64T feature: 1. [. . . ]