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- Date:
- Thursday , September 21, 2006
- Author:
- Morry Teitelman
- Editor:
- Kyle Bennett
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ASUS P5W DH Deluxe
The ASUS P5W DH Deluxe motherboard offers full support for both ATI’s CrossFire technology and the Intel Core 2 Duo line of processors through the Intel 975X chipset. With the amazing C2D overclocking reports, this could be the board to beat.
BIOS (continued)
The USB Configuration submenu within the main Advanced screen contains all USB port related options. With a USB device properly connected and detected, the USB Mass Storage Device Configuration submenu allows for configuration of the detected device’s settings. The Emulation Type option controls how the USB device is detected and used by the system.
The PCIPnP submenu contains IRQ and PnP related configuration options. The PCI Latency Timer options allows customization of the PCI bus latency setting. While you are unable to assign individual interrupts to IRQs, you can assign the IRQ to a specific device pool for automatic system interrupt value assignment.
The Onboard Devices Configuration submenu within the main Advance screen contains options for configuring the onboard integrated devices, including the JMicron RAID controller, the integrated LAN controllers, the IEEE 1394 ports, and audio devices. All drive related setting for both IDE and SATA type devices, with the exception of those related to the integrated RAID controller, are located within the IDE Configuration submenu within the Main screen. The JMicron controller mode is configured using the Jmicron Controller Mode option. Note that with this option set to RAID, only RAID configured drives are accessible via Windows XP.
The operational mode of the SATA 2 ports tied to the ICH7R controller is set via options within the IDE Configuration submenu within the Main screen. The Configure SATA As option controls how the SATA ports work, with 3 different operation modes – Standard IDE, AHCI, and RAID. With the Standard IDE setting selected, the Onboard IDE Operate Mode option becomes visible, allowing SATA port operation in Compatible Mode or Enhanced Mode. Compatible Mode allows for a total of 4 devices to be active over the ICH7R controller at once, from the IDE and SATA ports, while enhanced mode allows all ports to be active. With the Configure SATA As option set to RAID, you have the option of enabling the RAID boot BIOS. Note that the BIOS will only show with drives connected to the onboard ICH7R SATA 2 ports.
The Hardware Monitor submenu within the Power screen contains real-time statistics on all BIOS monitored system temperatures, fan speeds, and voltages. Also included are options for enabling system fan control through the Q-Fan Controller and AI Quiet options. With the AI Quiet option enabled, all system monitored fan headers are system controlled for low noise operation. With this option disabled, all fan headers can be configured for low noise or performance operation through their respective Fan Profile options. The CPU Q-Fan Mode option controls the operational mode of the CPU fan header, with the PWM setting used for 4-pin fans and the DC setting used for 3-pin fans.
The Boot tab contains various submenus for configuring boot device access order. With a properly detected USB 2.0 device attached at system startup, the device shows as a viable boot device in the Hard Disk Drives submenu. The access order of the items listed can be changed using the PgUp and PgDn or the (+) and (-) keys.
The Tools screen contains submenus for configuring various BIOS integrated ASUS specific features. The ASUS Music Alarm submenu allows for configuration of a BIOS initiated alarm to sound at a specified time for a specific duration. The ASUS EZ Flash 2 submenu contains a BIOS flashing mechanism that has the ability to read and write BIOS files from any connected device, including USB 2.0 devices. The ASUS O.C. Profile submenu contains a number of menus for loading and saving current BIOS settings in to 2 different profiles. Through the Start O.C. Profile option, you have access to an interface similar to the EZ Flash 2 interface, allowing BIOS load or save to a file from any detected drive type device, including USB 2.0 devices.