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Contents
2.7 Expansion cards ......................................................................................2-15
2.7.1 Installing an expansion card
......................................................2-15
2.7.2 Configuring an expansion card .................................................
2-17
2.8 System fan ................................................................................................
2-18
2.9 Cable connections ...................................................................................
2-19
Chapter 3: Motherboard Info
3.1 Motherboard layout....................................................................................3-2
3.2 Jumpers ......................................................................................................3-4
3.3 Internal connectors ....................................................................................
3-7
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................
4-2
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
...................................................4-2
4.1.2 ASUS EzFlash Utility
...................................................................4-4
4.1.3 BUPDATER utility ........................................................................
4-5
4.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................
4-7
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen ......................................................................
4-8
4.2.2 Menu bar .....................................................................................
4-8
4.2.3 Menu items
..................................................................................4-9
4.2.4 Submenu items ...........................................................................
4-9
4.2.5 Navigation keys ...........................................................................
4-9
4.2.6 General help
................................................................................4-9
4.2.7 Configuration fields .....................................................................
4-9
4.2.8 Pop-up window
............................................................................4-9
4.2.9 Scroll bar .....................................................................................
4-9
4.3 Main menu ................................................................................................
4-10
4.3.1 System Date
.............................................................................4-10
4.3.2 System Time .............................................................................
4-10
4.4 Advanced menu .......................................................................................
4-11
4.4.1 CPU Configuration ....................................................................
4-12
4.4.2 PCH-IO Configuration ...............................................................
4-15
4.4.3 SATA Configuration ...................................................................
4-16
4.4.4 System Agent (SA) Configuration .............................................
4-17
4.4.5 PCI Subsystem Settings ...........................................................
4-19
4.4.6 USB Configuration ....................................................................
4-21
4.4.7 TPM
...........................................................................................4-22
4.4.8 ACPI Settings ............................................................................
4-22
4.4.9 WHEA Support ..........................................................................
4-23
4.4.10 NCT6779D Super IO Configuration ..........................................
4-23