Contents

2.7

Expansion cards.......................................................................................

2-15

 

2.7.1

Installing an expansion card......................................................

2-15

 

2.7.2

Configuring an expansion card..................................................

2-17

2.8

System fan.................................................................................................

2-18

2.9

Cable connections....................................................................................

2-19

Chapter 3:

Motherboard Info

 

3.1

Motherboard layout....................................................................................

3-2

3.2

Jumpers

.......................................................................................................

3-4

3.3

Internal connectors....................................................................................

3-7

4.1

Managing and updating your BIOS...........................................................

4-2

 

4.1.1

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility...................................................

4-2

 

4.1.2

ASUS EzFlash Utility...................................................................

4-4

 

4.1.3

BUPDATER utility........................................................................

4-5

4.2

BIOS setup program...................................................................................

4-7

 

4.2.1

BIOS menu screen......................................................................

4-8

 

4.2.2

Menu bar......................................................................................

4-8

 

4.2.3

Menu items..................................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.4

Submenu items............................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.5

Navigation keys...........................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.6

General help................................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.7

Configuration fields......................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.8

Pop-up window............................................................................

4-9

 

4.2.9

Scroll bar......................................................................................

4-9

4.3

Main menu.................................................................................................

4-10

 

4.3.1

System Date .............................................................................

4-10

 

4.3.2

System Time..............................................................................

4-10

4.4

Advanced menu........................................................................................

4-11

 

4.4.1

CPU Configuration.....................................................................

4-12

 

4.4.2

PCH-IO Configuration................................................................

4-15

 

4.4.3

SATA Configuration....................................................................

4-16

 

4.4.4

System Agent (SA) Configuration..............................................

4-17

 

4.4.5

PCI Subsystem Settings............................................................

4-19

 

4.4.6

USB Configuration.....................................................................

4-21

 

4.4.7

TPM...........................................................................................

4-22

 

4.4.8

ACPI Settings............................................................................

4-22

 

4.4.9

WHEA Support...........................................................................

4-23

 

4.4.10

NCT6779D Super IO Configuration...........................................

4-23

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