Asus P5Q-EM Computer Hardware User Manual


 
1-32 Chapter 1: Product introduction
Due to the Intel
®
VGA driver issue, the Windows
®
Display Settings menu
may offer some resolution options that your monitor does not support.
When you set a resolution not supported by your monitor, it will black out. If
this happens, wait 15 seconds for the system to return to its original setting
or restart the system and press F8 to enter Safe Mode. In Safe Mode,
change the display setting to 800 x 600, and then restart the system to
adjust the monitor resolution from the Windows
®
Display Settings menu.
Due to the Intel
®
driver issue, some monitor resolution settings will
lead to monitor overscan or underscan. Refer to the next page for the
troubleshooting on monitor overscan/underscan problem
Playback of HD DVD and Blu-Ray Discs
The speed and bandwidth of the CPU/Memory, DVD player, and drivers will
affect the playback quality. Following is a conguration example for your
reference. Using the CPU/Memory of higher speed and bandwidth with the
higher-version DVD player and drivers will upgrade the playback quality.
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz
DIMM: DDR2-800 1GB
Playback software - CyberLink PowerDVD Ultra v8.0 1730.05
To play HD DVD or Blu-Ray Disc, make sure to use an HDCP compliant
monitor.
You can only play HD DVD or Blu-Ray Disc under Windows
®
Vista™ OS.
15. Optical S/PDIF Out port.
This port connects an external audio output device
via an optical S/PDIF cable.
16. USB 2.0 ports 5 and 6.
These 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are
available for connecting USB 2.0 devices.