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Contents
2.3.8
Front I/O Connector
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2-44
2.3.9
Rear panel connection
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2-45
2.3.10
Audio I/O connections
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2-46
2.3.11
USB BIOS Flashback
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2-49
2.4
Starting up for the first time
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2-50
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
3.4.1
DRAM Timing Control
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3-10
3.4.1
DIGI+ Power Control
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3-20
3.4.2
CPU Performance Settings
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3-24
3.5
Advanced menu
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3-29
3.5.1
CPU Configuration
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3-30
3.5.2
CPU Power Management Configuration
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3-31
3.5.3
System Agent Configuration
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3-32
3.5.4
PCH Configuration
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3-33
3.5.5
SATA Configuration
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3-33
3.5.6
USB Configuration
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3-36
3.5.7
Onboard Devices Configuraton
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3-37
3.5.8
APM
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3-39
3.6
Monitor menu
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3-40
3.7
Boot menu
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3-43
3.8
Tools menu
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3-44
3.8.1
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
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3-45
3.8.2
ASUS DRAM SPD Information
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3-45
3.8.3
ASUS O.C. Profile
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3-46
3.8.4
ASUS Drive Xpert
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3-47
3.9
Exit menu
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3-48
3.10
Updating BIOS
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3-49