Asus ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II Users Manual English - Page 3

Contents, Product Introduction, Basic Installation, BIOS and RAID Support, Appendix - motherboard

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Contents Safety information...iv About this guide...v ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II specifications summary vi Connectors with shared bandwidth x Package contents...xii Installation tools and components xiii Chapter 1: Product Introduction 1.1 Before you proceed 1-1 1.2 Motherboard layout 1-2 Chapter 2: Basic Installation 2.1 Building your PC system 2-1 2.1.1 CPU installation 2-1 2.1.2 Cooling system installation 2-2 2.1.3 DIMM installation 2-5 2.1.4 M.2 installation 2-6 2.1.5 Motherboard installation 2-8 2.1.6 ATX power connection 2-9 2.1.7 SATA device connection 2-10 2.1.8 Front I/O connector 2-11 2.1.9 Expansion card installation 2-12 2.1.10 M.2 Wi-Fi module and antenna installation 2-13 2.2 BIOS update utility 2-14 2.3 Motherboard rear and audio connections 2-15 2.3.1 Rear I/O connection 2-15 2.3.2 Audio I/O connections 2-16 2.4 Starting up for the first time 2-19 2.5 Turning off the computer 2-19 Chapter 3: BIOS and RAID Support 3.1 Knowing BIOS 3-1 3.2 BIOS setup program 3-2 3.3 EZ Update...3-2 3.4 ASUS EZ Flash 3 3-3 3.5 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 3-4 3.6 RAID configurations 3-5 Appendix Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-6 iii

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Contents
Safety information
......................................................................................................
iv
About this guide
..........................................................................................................
v
ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING II specifications summary
........................................
vi
Connectors with shared bandwidth
..........................................................................
x
Package contents
......................................................................................................
xii
Installation tools and components
.........................................................................
xiii
Chapter 1:
Product Introduction
1.1
Before you proceed
...................................................................................
1-1
1.2
Motherboard layout
....................................................................................
1-2
Chapter 2:
Basic Installation
2.1
Building your PC system
...........................................................................
2-1
2.1.1
CPU installation
...........................................................................
2-1
2.1.2
Cooling system installation
..........................................................
2-2
2.1.3
DIMM installation
.........................................................................
2-5
2.1.4
M.2 installation
............................................................................
2-6
2.1.5
Motherboard installation
..............................................................
2-8
2.1.6
ATX power connection
................................................................
2-9
2.1.7
SATA device connection
...........................................................
2-10
2.1.8
Front I/O connector
...................................................................
2-11
2.1.9
Expansion card installation
.......................................................
2-12
2.1.10
M.2 Wi-Fi module and antenna installation
...............................
2-13
2.2
BIOS update utility
...................................................................................
2-14
2.3
Motherboard rear and audio connections
.............................................
2-15
2.3.1
Rear I/O connection
..................................................................
2-15
2.3.2
Audio I/O connections
...............................................................
2-16
2.4
Starting up for the first time
....................................................................
2-19
2.5
Turning off the computer
........................................................................
2-19
Chapter 3:
BIOS and RAID Support
3.1
Knowing BIOS
............................................................................................
3-1
3.2
BIOS setup program
..................................................................................
3-2
3.3
EZ Update
...................................................................................................
3-2
3.4
ASUS EZ Flash 3
........................................................................................
3-3
3.5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
............................................................................
3-4
3.6
RAID configurations
..................................................................................
3-5
Appendix
Notices
....................................................................................................................
A-1
ASUS contact information
......................................................................................
A-6