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Motherboard P5Q PRO ii E4427 Third Edition V3 December 2008 Copyright © 2008 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. 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. iii Contents Contents....................................................................................................... iii Notices......................................................................................................... vii Safety information..................................................................................... viii About this guide.......................................................................................... ix P5Q PRO specifications summary............................................................. xi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome!....................................................................................... 1-1 1.2 Package contents.......................................................................... 1-1 1.3 Special features............................................................................. 1-2 1.3.1 Product highlights............................................................ 1-2 1.3.2 ASUS unique features .................................................... 1-4 1.3.3 ASUS Exclusive Overclocking Features.......................... 1-7 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before you proceed...................................................................... 2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview.................................................................. 2-2 2.2.1 Motherboard layout.......................................................... 2-2 2.2.2 Layout contents................................................................ 2-3 2.2.3 Placement direction......................................................... 2-4 2.2.4 Screw holes..................................................................... 2-4 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU).................................................... 2-5 2.3.1 Installing the CPU............................................................ 2-5 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan................................. 2-8 2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan............................ 2-9 2.4 System memory.......................................................................... 2-10 2.4.1 Overview........................................................................ 2-10 2.4.2 Memory configurations....................................................2-11 2.4.3 Installing a DDR2 DIMM................................................ 2-16 2.4.4 Removing a DDR2 DIMM.............................................. 2-16 2.5 Expansion slots........................................................................... 2-17 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card.......................................... 2-17 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card...................................... 2-17 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments.................................................... 2-18 2.5.4 PCI slots......................................................................... 2-19 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots...................................................... 2-19 2.5.6 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slot................................................ 2-19 2.6 Jumper......................................................................................... 2-20

Motherboard P5Q PRO Turbo ii E4287 First Edition February 2009 Copyright © 2009 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. 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. IN NO EVENT SHALL ASUS, ITS DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES OR AGENTS BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING DAMAGES FOR LOSS OF PROFITS, LOSS OF BUSINESS, LOSS OF USE OR DATA, INTERRUPTION OF BUSINESS AND THE LIKE), EVEN IF ASUS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES ARISING FROM ANY DEFECT OR ERROR IN THIS MANUAL OR PRODUCT. SPECIFICATIONS AND INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS MANUAL ARE FURNISHED FOR INFORMATIONAL USE ONLY, AND ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE AT ANY TIME WITHOUT NOTICE, AND SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS A COMMITMENT BY ASUS. ASUS ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY OR LIABILITY FOR ANY ERRORS OR INACCURACIES THAT MAY APPEAR IN THIS MANUAL, INCLUDING THE PRODUCTS AND SOFTWARE DESCRIBED IN IT. 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. iii Contents Contents....................................................................................................................... iii Notices ....................................................................................................................... vii Safety information..................................................................................................... viii About this guide.......................................................................................................... ix P5Q PRO Turbo specifications summary................................................................. xi Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1 Welcome!.....................................................................................................1-1 1.2 Package contents.......................................................................................1-1 1.3 Special features..........................................................................................1-2 1.3.1 Product highlights........................................................................1-2 1.3.2 ASUS Unique features ................................................................1-3 Chapter 2: Hardware information 2.1 Before you proceed....................................................................................2-1 2.2 Motherboard overview................................................................................2-2 2.2.1 Motherboard layout......................................................................2-2 2.2.2 Layout contents............................................................................2-3 2.2.3 Placement direction.....................................................................2-4 2.2.4 Screw holes.................................................................................2-4 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)..................................................................2-5 2.3.1 Installing the CPU........................................................................2-5 2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink and fan.............................................2-8 2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan........................................2-9 2.4 System memory........................................................................................2-10 2.4.1 Overview....................................................................................2-10 2.4.2 Memory configurations............................................................... 2-11 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM.......................................................................2-18 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM.....................................................................2-18 2.5 Expansion slots........................................................................................2-19 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card......................................................2-19 2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card..................................................2-19 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments................................................................2-20 2.5.4 PCI slots.....................................................................................2-21 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots..................................................................2-21 2.5.6 PCI Express 2.0 x16 slots..........................................................2-21 2.6 Jumpers.....................................................................................................2-22 2.7 Connectors................................................................................................2-25 2.7.1 Rear panel connectors...............................................................2-25 iv Contents 2.7.2 Audio I/O connections................................................................2-26 2.7.3 Internal connectors....................................................................2-29 2.8 Starting up for the first time.....................................................................2-40 2.9 Turning off the computer..........................................................................2-40 3.1 Knowing BIOS.............................................................................................3-1 3.2 Updating BIOS.............................................................................................3-1 3.2.1 ASUS Update utility.....................................................................3-2 3.2.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility................................................................3-4 3.2.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility...................................................3-5 3.3 BIOS setup program...................................................................................3-6 3.3.1 BIOS menu screen.......................................................................3-6 3.3.2 Menu bar......................................................................................3-6 3.3.3 Navigation keys............................................................................3-7 3.3.4 Menu items..................................................................................3-7 3.3.5 Submenu items............................................................................3-7 3.3.6 Configuration fields......................................................................3-7 3.3.7 Pop-up window............................................................................3-7 3.3.8 Scroll bar......................................................................................3-7 3.3.9 General help................................................................................3-7 3.4 Main menu...................................................................................................3-8 3.4.1 Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-5; SATA_E1..........................3-8 3.4.2 Storage Configuration................................................................3-10 3.4.3 AHCI Configuration.................................................................... 3-11 3.4.4 System Information.................................................................... 3-11 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu.......................................................................................3-12 3.5.1 Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto]..........................................................3-12 3.5.2 CPU Ratio Setting [Auto]...........................................................3-13 3.5.3 FSB Frequency [XXX]................................................................3-13 3.5.4 PCIE Frequency [XXX]..............................................................3-13 3.5.5 FSB Strap to North Bridge [Auto]...............................................3-13 3.5.6 DRAM Frequency [Auto]............................................................3-13 3.5.7 DRAM Timing Control [Auto]......................................................3-13 3.5.8 DRAM Static Read Control [Auto]..............................................3-15 3.5.9 DRAM Read Training [Auto].......................................................3-15 3.5.10 MEM. OC Charger [Auto]...........................................................3-15 3.5.11 Ai Clock Twister [Auto]...............................................................3-15 3.5.12 Ai Transaction Booster [Auto]....................................................3-15 3.5.13 CPU Voltage [Auto]....................................................................3-16