Asus M4A77T 38

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Contents

Page Page Chapter 1: Product introduction Chapter 2: BIOS information Page Federal Communications Commission Statement Canadian Department of Communications Statement REACH Electrical safety Operation safety How this guide is organized Conventions used in this guide Where to find more information Typography CPU Chipset Front Side Bus Memory Expansion slots Back panel I/O ports Internal connectors BIOS Accessories Support DVD 1.3.1Product highlights 1.3.2Innovative ASUS features MemOK ASUS Express Gate ASUS CrashFree BIOS ASUS EZ Flash ASUS MyLogo 2™ C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) Green ASUS Onboard LED 1.5.1Placement direction 1.5.2Screw holes 1.5.3Motherboard layout 1.5.4Layout contents 1.6.1Installing the CPU Page 1.6.2Installing the heatsink and fan 1.7.1Overview 1.7.2Memory configurations DDR3-1600(O.C.)MHzcapability DDR3-1333MHzcapability Page DDR3-1066MHzcapability 1.7.3Installing a DIMM 1.7.4Removing a DIMM 1.8.1Installing an expansion card 1.8.2Configuring an expansion card 1.8.3PCI slots 1.8.4PCI Express x1 slots 1.8.5PCI Express x16 slot 1.Clear RTC RAM (CLRTC) <Del MemOK! switch 1.11.1Rear panel ports 1.11.2Internal connectors 2.ATX power connectors (24-pinEATXPWR, 4-pinATX12V) 3.IDE connector (40-1pin PRI_IDE) 4.Serial ATA connectors (7-pinSATA1~6) 5.System panel connector (20-8pin PANEL) •System power LED (2-pinPLED) •Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pinIDE_LED) •System warning speaker (4-pinSPEAKER) •Reset button (2-pinRESET) 6.Digital audio connector (4-1pin SPDIF_OUT) 7.Front panel audio connector (10-1pin AAFP) 8.USB connectors (10-1pin USB78, USB910, USB1112) 1.12.1Installing an operating system 1.12.2Support DVD information Page 2.1.1ASUS Update utility 2.1.2ASUS EZ Flash 2.1.3ASUS CrashFree BIOS Entering BIOS Setup at startup Entering BIOS Setup after POST <Ctrl <Alt 2.2.1BIOS menu screen 2.2.2Menu bar 2.2.3Navigation keys 2.2.4Menu items 2.2.5Submenu items 2.2.6Configuration fields 2.2.7Pop-upwindow 2.2.8Scroll bar 2.3.1System Time [xx:xx:xx] 2.3.2System Date [Day xx/xx/xxxx] 2.3.3Primary IDE Master/Slave, SATA 1~6 2.3.4SATA Configuration 2.3.5System Information 2.4.1JumperFree Configuration Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] CPU Ratio [Auto] CPU/NB Frequency [Auto] CPU Over Voltage [Auto] VDDNB Over Voltage [Auto] HT Over Voltage [Auto] DRAM Frequency [Auto] Memory Over Voltage [Auto] DRAM Timing/Driving Configuration 2.4.2CPU Configuration 2.4.3Chipset 2.4.4Onboard Devices Configuration 2.4.5PCIPnP 2.4.6USB Configuration 2.5.1Suspend Mode [Auto] 2.5.2ACPI 2.0 Support [Enabled] 2.5.3ACPI APIC Support [Enabled] 2.5.4APM Configuration 2.5.5HW Monitor Configuration 2.6.1Boot Device Priority 2.6.2 Boot Settings Configuration 2.6.3Security 2.7.1ASUS EZ Flash 2.7.2Express Gate [Auto] 2.7.3AI NET Exit & Save Changes Exit & Discard Changes Discard Changes Load Setup Defaults <F5 Exit & Save Changes