iv
Contents
Chapter 3:
BIOS setup
3.1
Knowing BIOS
..............................................................................................
3-1
3.2
BIOS setup program
....................................................................................
3-1
3.2.1
EZ Mode
.......................................................................................
3-2
3.2.2
Advanced Mode
............................................................................
3-3
3.3
Main menu
....................................................................................................
3-5
3.4
Ai Tweaker menu
..........................................................................................
3-7
3.5
Advanced menu
.........................................................................................
3-13
3.5.1
CPU Configuration
......................................................................
3-14
3.5.2
PCH Configuration
......................................................................
3-16
3.5.3
SATA Configuration
.....................................................................
3-17
3.5.4
System Agent Configuration
.......................................................
3-18
3.5.5
USB Configuration
......................................................................
3-19
3.5.6
Onboard Devices Configuration
..................................................
3-20
3.5.7
APM
............................................................................................
3-22
3.5.8
Network Stack
.............................................................................
3-23
3.6
Monitor menu
.............................................................................................
3-24
3.7
Boot menu
..................................................................................................
3-27
3.8
Tools menu
.................................................................................................
3-29
3.8.1
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
..............................................................
3-29
3.8.2.
ASUS O.C. Profile
.......................................................................
3-29
3.8.3
ASUS SPD Information
...............................................................
3-30
3.9
Exit menu
....................................................................................................
3-31
3.10
Updating BIOS
............................................................................................
3-32
3.10.1
ASUS Update utility
....................................................................
3-32
3.10.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility
...............................................................
3-35
3.10.3
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
..................................................
3-36
3.10.4
ASUS BIOS Updater
...................................................................
3-37
Chapter 4:
Software support
4.1
Installing an operating system
...................................................................
4-1
4.2
Support DVD information
............................................................................
4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD
.............................................................
4-1
4.2.2
Obtaining the software manuals
...................................................
4-2
4.2.3
Intel
®
SBA support
.........................................................................
4-3
4.3
Software information
...................................................................................
4-4
4.3.1
AI Suite II
......................................................................................
4-4
4.3.2
DIGI+ VRM
....................................................................................
4-5
4.3.3
TurboV EVO
..................................................................................
4-6