ASUS P5Q WS Manual Do Utilizador

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction

Taking only 5 seconds to go online from bootup, Express Gate is the one-stop 

gateway to instant fun! It’s a unique motherboard built-in OS. You can utilize the 

most popular Instant Messengers (IM) like MSN, Skype, Google talk, QQ, and 

Yahoo! Messenger to keep in touch with friends, or quickly check on the weather 

and e-mails just before leaving your house. What’s more, the user-friendly picture 

manager lets you view your pictures without entering Windows at any time! See 

pages 3-41 and 4-31 to 4-39 for details.

The actual boot time depends on the system configuration.

ASUS Power Saving solution intelligently and automatically provides balanced 

computing power and energy consumption.

ASUS EPU-WS Engine  
The new ASUS EPU—the world’s first power saving engine, has been 

upgraded to a new WS-engine version, which provides total system power 

savings by detecting current PC loadings and intelligently moderating power 

in real-time. With auto phase switching for components (which includes the 

CPU, VGA card, drives, and system fan), the EPU automatically provides the 

most appropriate power usage via intelligent acceleration and overclocking—

helping save power and money. See pages 4-21 to 4-24 for details.

ASUS 3rd Generation 8-Phase Power Design  
The ASUS 3rd Generation 8-Phase Power Design provides highly efficient 

operation to generate less heat (at least 18°C (32.4°F)) than other 

conventional power solutions. It reduces input ripple current and output ripple 

voltage, which keeps CPU and power module from suffering the risk of high 

power stress. It has the advantages of quick transient response and stability, 

especially beneficial when CPU requires more current immediately under 

heavy loading or overclocking mode.

AI Nap  
With AI Nap, the system can continue running at minimum power and noise 

when you are temporarily away. To wake the system and return to the OS 

environment, simply click the mouse or press a key. See page 4-27 for

See page 4-27 for 

details.