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Contents
Safety information ......................................................................................................iv
About this guide .........................................................................................................iv
Package contents .......................................................................................................vi
A55BM-A/USB3 specications summary .................................................................vi
Product introduction
1.1 Before you proceed ......................................................................................1-1
1.2 Motherboard overview .................................................................................
1-2
1.3 Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) ............................................................
1-4
1.4 System memory ............................................................................................
1-7
1.5 Expansion slots ..........................................................................................
1-10
1.6 Jumpers
.......................................................................................................1-11
1.7 Connectors ..................................................................................................
1-13
1.8 Software support ........................................................................................
1-21
BIOS information
2.1 Managing and updating your BIOS .............................................................2-1
2.2 BIOS setup program .....................................................................................
2-5
2.3 My Favorites
..................................................................................................2-9
2.4 Main menu ...................................................................................................
2-10
2.5 Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................................
2-11
2.6 Advanced menu ..........................................................................................
2-12
2.7 Monitor menu ..............................................................................................
2-12
2.8 Boot menu ...................................................................................................
2-13
2.9 Tools menu ..................................................................................................
2-14
2.10 Exit menu ....................................................................................................
2-14
Appendices
Notices .....................................................................................................................A-1
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-4