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Contents
2.5
Turning off the computer
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2-51
Chapter 3:
BIOS setup
3.1
Knowing BIOS
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3-1
3.2
BIOS setup program
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3-1
3.2.1
EZ Mode
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3-2
3.2.2
Advanced Mode
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3-3
3.3
Main menu
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3-5
3.4
Ai Tweaker menu
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3-7
DRAM Timing Control
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3-10
3.5
Advanced menu
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3-20
3.5.1
CPU Configuration
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3-21
3.5.2
PCH Configuration
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3-23
3.5.3
SATA Configuration
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3-24
3.5.4
System Agent Configuration
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3-25
3.5.5
Intel(R) Thunderbolt
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3-27
3.5.6
USB Configuration
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3-29
3.5.7
Onboard Devices Configuration
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3-30
3.5.8
APM
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3-33
3.5.9
Network stack
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3-34
3.6
Monitor menu
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3-35
3.7
Boot menu
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3-38
3.8
Tools menu
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3-40
3.8.1
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
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3-40
3.8.2.
ASUS O.C. Profile
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3-40
3.8.3.
ASUS SPD Information
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3-41
3.9
Exit menu
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3-42
3.10
Updating BIOS
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3-43
3.10.1
ASUS Update utility
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3-43
3.10.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
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3-46
3.10.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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3-47
3.10.4
ASUS BIOS Updater
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3-48
Chapter 4:
Software support
4.1
Installing an operating system
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4-1
4.2
Support DVD information
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4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD
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4-1
4.2.2
Obtaining the software manuals
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4-2
4.3
Software information
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4-3