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Contents
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
3.5
Advanced menu
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3-14
3.5.1
CPU Configuration
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3-15
3.5.2
North Bridge Configuration
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3-16
3.5.3
SATA Configuration
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3-17
3.5.4
USB Configuration
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3-19
3.5.5
CPU Core On/Off Fuction
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3-20
3.5.6
Onboard Devices Configuration
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3-21
3.5.7
APM
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3-23
3.6
Monitor menu
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3-24
3.7
Boot menu
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3-27
3.8
Tools menu
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3-28
3.9
Exit menu
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3-30
3.10
Updating BIOS
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3-31
3.10.1
ASUS Update utility
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3-31
3.10.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
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3-34
3.10.3
ASUS BIOS Updater
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3-36
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
4.3.1
AI Suite II
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4-3
4.3.2
ASUS Thermal Radar
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4-8
4.3.3
Tool
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4-12
4.3.4
Monitor
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4-21
4.3.5
Update
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4-22
4.3.6
System Information
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4-27
4.3.7
Audio configurations
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4-28
4.4
RAID configurations
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4-29
4.4.1
RAID definitions
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4-29