User manual ASUS SILENT SQUARE PRO

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners’ benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Safety information. [. . . ] Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. SATA Mode [AHCI Mode] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. Configuration options: [Disabled] [IDE Mode] [AHCI Mode] [RAID Mode] • If you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as Parallel ATA physical storage devices, set this item to [IDE Mode]. • If you want the Serial ATA hard disk drives to use the Advanced Host Controller Interface (AHCI), keep the default setting [AHCI Mode]. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • If you want to create RAID sets with LSI MegaRAID utility, or Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set this item to [RAID Mode]. SILENT SQUARE PRO 5-21 Chapter 5 SATA Controller 1 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. Set to [Enhanced] to support two SATA 6. 0 Gb/s and two SATA 3. 0 Gb/s devices. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enhanced] [Compatible] SATA Controller 2 [Enhanced] This item appears only when you set the SATA Mode item to [IDE Mode]. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology) is a monitor system. When read/write of your hard disk errors occur, this feature allows the hard disk to report warning messages during POST. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Staggered Spin-up [Disabled] Staggered spin-up is a feature defined in the Serial ATA Specifications. It enables an HBA to individually spin-up attached SATA devices to avoid maximum current charged by applying all attached SATA devices at the same time. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Chapter 5 5-22 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 4. 5 PCH SCU Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Patsburg B/D sku only Device1 Intel ISR10a Device2 Intel ISR10a Device3 Intel ISR10a Device4 Intel ISR10a Device5 Intel ISR10a Device6 Intel ISR10a Device7 Intel ISR10a Device8 Intel ISR10a Sata only RAID5 [Disabled] Sata only RAID5 →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] SILENT SQUARE PRO 5-27 Chapter 5 LAN2 Option ROM Support [Enabled] Intel LAN3 Enable [Enabled] (Z9PE-D16 only) Allows you to enable or disable Intel® LAN3 function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] LAN3 Option ROM Support [Enabled] (Z9PE-D16 only) Intel LAN4 Enable [Enabled] (Z9PE-D16 only) Allows you to enable or disable Intel® LAN4 function. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] LAN4 Option ROM Support [Enabled] (Z9PE-D16 only) 5. 4. 8 The Intel® TXT(LT-SX) configuration automatically detects and displays the Intel®TXT(LT-SX) hardware support. Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Advanced Intel TXT(LT-SX) Hardware Support CPU: TXT Feature Chipset: TXT Feature Supported Supported Intel TXT(LT-SX) Configuration Intel TXT(LT-SX) Configuration TXT Support Disabled Intel TXT(LT-SX) Dependencies The following must be supported and enabled. VT-d Support Disabled VT Support Enabled TPM Support Enabled TPM State Disabled →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit Version 2. 15. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Chapter 5 5-28 Chapter 5: BIOS setup 5. 4. 9 USB Configuration Aptio Setup Utility - Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. DISABLE option will keep USB devices available only for EFI applications. USB Configuration USB Devices: 3Drivers, 1Keyboard, 1 Mouse, 3 Hubs Legacy USB Support EHCI Hand-off USB hardware delays and time-outs USB transfer time-out Device reset time-out [Enabled] [Disabled] →←: Select Screen ↑↓: Select Item Enter: Select Item +/-: Change Opt. F1: General Help F2: Previous Values F5: Optimized Defaults F10: Save & Exit ESC: Exit [20 sec] [20 sec] USB Ports Configuration Version 2. 15. 1219. Copyright (C) 2011 American Megatrends, Inc. Legacy USB Support [Enabled] Allows you to enable or disable Legacy USB device support. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] [Auto] EHCI Hand-off [Disabled] This is a workaround for 0ses without EHCI. [. . . ] To install the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3. 0 utility: 1. 2. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. The support DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled in your computer. If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of the support DVD to locate the file ASSETUP. EXE from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP. EXE to run the support DVD. 3. Click the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise 3. 0. Chapter 7 7-26 Chapter 7: Driver installation 4. When the Welcome to the Setup Program appears, click Next. 5. Read the Warning message and click Next to continue. 6. Read the License Agreement and click Yes to continue. SILENT SQUARE PRO 7-27 Chapter 7 7. Read the Readme File Information and click Next to continue. 8. After completing the installation, click Next to complete the setup process. 9. Select Yes, I want to restart my computer now and click Finish to restart your computer before using the program. Chapter 7 7-28 Chapter 7: Driver installation 7. 8 This section provides the instructions on how to install Intel® I350 Gigabit Adapters Driver. To install the Intel® I350 Gigabit Adapters Driver on a Windows® OS: 1. 2. Restart the computer, and then log on with Administrator privileges. [. . . ]