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Section	Page
Contents	3
Notices	7
Safety information	8
About this guide	9
P9D-M Series Specifications Summary	11
Chapter 1: Product Introduction	15
1.1 Welcome!	17
1.2 Package contents	17
1.3 Serial number label	18
1.4 Special features	18
1.4.1 Product highlights	18
1.4.2 Innovative ASUS features	20
Chapter 2:	21
Hardware Information	21
2.1 Before you proceed	23
2.2 Motherboard overview	24
2.2.1 Placement direction	24
2.2.2 Screw holes	24
2.2.3 Motherboard layout	25
2.2.4 Layout contents	28
2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	30
2.3.1 Installing the CPU	30
2.3.2 Installing the CPU heatsink	33
2.3.3 Uninstalling the CPU heatsink and fan	34
2.3.4 Installing the CPU heatsink in a rack	35
2.4 System memory	36
2.4.1 Overview	36
2.4.2 Memory Configurations	36
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket	37
2.5 Expansion slots	38
2.5.1 Installing an expansion card	38
2.5.2 Configuring an expansion card	38
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments	39
2.5.4 PCI Express x16 slot (x8 link)	40
2.5.5 PCI Express x8 slot (x4 link)	40
2.5.6 Connecting the Thermal sensor cable	41
2.5.7 Installing the Baseboard Management Card (P9D-M and P9D-MV models only)	42
2.6 Onboard LEDs	43
2.7 Jumpers	46
2.8 Connectors	50
2.8.1 Rear panel connectors	50
2.8.2 Internal connectors	51
Chapter 3:	61
Powering Up	61
3.1 Starting up for the first time	63
3.2 Powering off the computer	64
3.2.1 Using the OS shut down function	64
3.2.2 Using the dual function power switch	64
Chapter 4:	65
BIOS setup	65
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS	67
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	67
4.1.2 ASUS Easy Flash Utility\b	68
4.1.3 BUPDATER utility	69
4.2 BIOS setup program	71
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen	72
4.2.2 Menu bar	72
4.2.3 Menu items	73
4.2.4 Submenu items	73
4.2.5 Navigation keys	73
4.2.6 General help	73
4.2.7 Configuration fields	73
4.2.8 Pop-up window	73
4.2.9 Scroll bar	73
4.3 Main menu	74
4.3.1 System Date	74
4.3.2 System Time	74
4.4 Advanced menu	75
4.4.1 CPU Configuration	76
4.4.2 PCH-IO Configuration	80
4.4.3 SATA Configuration	81
4.4.4 System Agent (SA) Configuration	82
4.4.5 PCI Subsystem Settings	84
4.4.6 USB Configuration	85
4.4.7 TPM	87
4.4.8 ACPI Settings	87
4.4.9 WHEA Support	88
4.4.10 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration	88
4.4.11 Intel® Server Platform Services	89
4.4.12 Onboard LAN Configuration	89
4.4.13 Serial Port Console Redirection	90
4.4.14 Runtime Error Logging Support	92
4.4.15 APM	92
4.4.16 Network Stack	93
4.4.17 Intel RC Drivers Version Detail	93
4.5 Event Logs menu	94
4.6 Boot menu	95
4.7 Monitor menu	98
4.8 Security	99
4.9 Tool menu	102
4.10 Exit menu	102
Chapter 5:	105
RAID Configuration	105
5.1 Setting up RAID	107
5.1.1 RAID definitions	107
5.1.2 Installing hard disk drives	108
5.1.3 Setting Jumpers	108
5.1.4 Setting the RAID mode in BIOS	108
5.1.5 RAID configuration utilities	108
5.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise Option ROM Utility	109
5.2.1 Creating a RAID set	110
5.2.2 Deleting a RAID set	112
5.2.3 Resetting disks to Non-RAID	113
5.2.4 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility	114
5.2.5 Rebuilding the RAID	114
5.2.6 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility	116
5.3 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows®)	117
5.3.1 Creating a RAID set	118
5.3.2 Changing a Volume Type	120
5.3.3 Deleting a volume	121
5.3.4 Preferences	122
Chapter 6:	123
Driver installation	123
6.1 RAID driver installation	125
6.1.1 Creating a RAID driver disk	125
6.1.2 Installing the RAID controller driver	127
6.2 Management applications and utilities installation	129
6.3 Running the Support DVD	129
6.4 Installing the LAN driver	137
6.5 Installing the VGA driver	142
6.6 Installing the Intel® C22x MEI NULL HECI driver	145
6.7 Installing the Intel® I210 Gigabit Adapter driver	147
Appendix A:	151
Reference Information	151
A.1 P9D-M block diagram	153
A.2 P9D-MV block diagram	153
A.3 P9D-MX block diagram	154
A.2 P9D-MX block diagram	154