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Package contents Check your motherboard package for the following items. User Manual ASUS SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 motherboard User manual Support DVD 4 x Serial ATA 6.0 Gb/s cables 1 x ASUS SLI™ bridge connector 1 x TUF Certification card Five-year warranty 1 x ASUS Q-Shield 1 x Q-Connector 1 x TUF Five-year warranty manual (by region) • If any of the above items is damaged or missing, contact your retailer. • The illustrated items above are for reference only. Actual product specifications may vary with different models. xii

Section	Page
Safety information	6
About this guide	7
SABERTOOTH 990FX R3.0 specifications summary	9
Package contents	12
Installation tools and components	13
Chapter 1: Product Introduction	15
1.1 Motherboard overview	15
1.1.1 Before you proceed	15
1.1.2 Motherboard layout	16
1.1.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)	18
1.1.4 System memory	19
1.1.5 Expansion slots	21
1.1.6 Onboard buttons	23
1.1.7 Jumpers	25
1.1.8 Onboard LEDs	26
1.1.9 Internal connectors	27
Chapter 2: Basic Installation	37
2.1 Building your PC system	37
2.1.1 Motherboard installation	37
2.1.2 CPU installation	39
2.1.3 CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation	40
2.1.4 DIMM installation	42
2.1.5 ATX power connection	43
2.1.6 SATA device connection	44
2.1.7 Front I/O connector	45
2.1.8 Expansion card installation	46
2.2 BIOS update utility	47
2.3 Motherboard rear and audio connections	49
2.3.1 Rear I/O connection	49
2.3.2 Audio I/O connections	51
2.4 Starting up for the first time	53
2.5 Turning off the computer	54
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup	55
3.1 Knowing BIOS	55
3.2 BIOS setup program	56
3.2.1 EZ Mode	57
3.2.2 Advanced Mode	58
3.3 My Favorites	60
3.4 Main menu	61
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu	63
3.6 Advanced menu	69
3.6.1 CPU Configuration	69
3.6.2 North Bridge Configuration	70
3.6.3 South Bridge Configuration	71
3.6.4 SATA Configuration	72
3.6.5 USB Configuration	74
3.6.6 CPU Core On/Off Function	75
3.6.7 Onboard Devices Configuration	75
3.6.8 APM	78
3.6.9 Network Stack	79
3.7 Monitor menu	80
3.8 Boot menu	83
3.9 Tool menu	88
3.10 Exit menu	89
3.11 Updating BIOS	90
3.11.1 EZ Update	90
3.11.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility	91
3.11.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility	92
Chapter 4: Software Support	93
4.1 Installing an operating system	93
4.2 Support DVD information	93
4.2.1 Running the support DVD	93
4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals	94
4.3 Software information	95
4.4 AI Suite 3	95
4.4.1 Thermal Radar 2	98
4.4.2 USB 3.1 Boost	104
4.4.3 EZ Update	105
4.4.4 System Information	107
4.4.5 USB BIOS Flashback	109
4.4.6 Push Notice	111
4.4.7 Version	114
4.5 Turbo LAN	115
4.6 Audio configurations	116
Chapter 5: RAID Support	119
5.1 RAID configurations	119
5.1.1 RAID definitions	119
5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks	120
5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS	120
5.1.4 AMD® Option ROM Utility	121
5.2 Creating a RAID driver disk	125
5.2.1 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows®	125
5.3 ASUS AMD Series SATA Mode Notice	126
5.3.1 Installing AHCI driver in Windows® XP	126
5.3.2 Converting an existing system drive from IDE mode to AHCI mode	126
Chapter 6: Multiple GPU support	127
6.1 AMD® CrossFireX™ technology	127
6.1.1 Requirements	127
6.1.2 Before you begin	127
6.1.3 Installing two CrossFireX™ graphics cards	128
6.1.4 Installing the device drivers	130
6.1.5 Enabling the AMD® CrossFireX™ technology	130
6.2 NVIDIA® SLI® technology	132
6.2.1 Requirements	132
6.2.2 Installing two SLI-ready graphics cards	132
6.2.3 Installing the device drivers	133
6.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA® SLI® technology	134
Appendix	137
Notices	137