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2.4 OC Panel ...................................................................................................2-21
2.4.1 OC Panel Overview
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2.4.2 Setting up your OC Panel in Normal Mode ...............................
2-23
2.4.3 Setting up your OC Panel in Extreme Mode .............................
2-25
2.5 Starting up for the rst time ....................................................................
2-26
2.6 Turning off the computer .........................................................................
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Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................
3-2
3.2.1 EZ Mode
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3.2.2 Advanced Mode ..........................................................................
3-4
3.3 My Favorites ...............................................................................................
3-6
3.4 Extreme Tweaker menu .............................................................................
3-7
3.5 Main menu ................................................................................................
3-22
3.6 Advanced menu .......................................................................................
3-25
3.6.1 CPU Configuration ....................................................................
3-26
3.6.2 PCH Configuration ....................................................................
3-29
3.6.3 SATA Configuration ...................................................................
3-31
3.6.4 System Agent Configuration
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3.6.5 USB Configuration ....................................................................
3-34
3.6.6 Platform Misc Configuration ......................................................
3-35
3.6.7 Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................
3-36
3.6.8 APM ..........................................................................................
3-38
3.6.9 Network Stack Configuration
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3.6.10 ROG Effects ..............................................................................
3-39
3.7 Monitor menu ...........................................................................................
3-40
3.8 Boot menu ................................................................................................
3-44
3.9 Tools menu ...............................................................................................
3-48
3.9.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility ............................................................
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3.9.2 ASUS O.C. Profile .....................................................................
3-48
3.9.3 ASUS SPD Information .............................................................
3-49
3.9.4 BIOS Flashback ........................................................................
3-50
3.10 Exit menu ..................................................................................................
3-51
3.11 Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................
3-52
3.11.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ......................................................................
3-53
3.11.2 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ..........................................................
3-54
3.11.3 ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................
3-55
3.12 ROG SSD Secure Erase ...........................................................................
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