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Contents
Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
3.1
Motherboard layout
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3-2
3.2
Onboard buttons
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3-4
3.3
Onboard jumpers
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3-5
3.4
Onboard LEDs
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3-11
3.5
Internal connectors
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3-15
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4.1
Managing and updating your BIOS
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4-2
4.1.1
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
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4-2
4.1.2
ASUS EzFlash Utility
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4-3
4.1.3
BUPDATER utility
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4-4
4.2
BIOS setup program
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4-6
4.2.1
BIOS menu screen
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4-7
4.2.2
Menu bar
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4-7
4.2.3
Menu items
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4-8
4.2.4
Submenu items
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4-8
4.2.5
Navigation keys
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4-8
4.2.6
General help
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4-8
4.2.7
Configuration fields
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4-8
4.2.8
Pop-up window
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4-8
4.2.9
Scroll bar
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4-8
4.3
Main menu
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4-9
4.4
Ai Tweaker menu
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4-9
4.5
Performance Tuning menu
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4-10
4.6
Advanced menu
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4-11
4.6.1
Trusted Computing
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4-11
4.6.2
ACPI Settings
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4-11
4.6.3
SMART Self Test
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4-11
4.6.4
Super IO Configuration
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4-12
4.6.5
Serial Port Console Redirection
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4-12
4.6.6
CPU Storage Configuration
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4-12
4.6.7
Onboard LAN Configuration
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4-12
4.6.8
APM
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4-13
4.6.9
PCI Subsystem Settings
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4-13
4.6.10
USB Configuration
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4-14
4.6.11
CSM Configuration
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4-14