User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
- Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
- 4.1 Knowing BIOS
- 4.2 BIOS setup program
- 4.3 My Favorites
- 4.4 Main menu
- 4.5 Ai Tweaker menu
- 4.6 Advanced menu
- 4.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 4.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration
- 4.6.3 PCH-FW Configuration
- 4.6.4 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 4.6.5 PCH Configuration
- 4.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
- 4.6.7 USB Configuration
- 4.6.8 Network Stack Configuration
- 4.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 4.6.10 APM Configuration
- 4.6.11 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 4.7 Monitor menu
- 4.8 Boot menu
- 4.9 Tool menu
- 4.10 Exit menu
- 4.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 5: RAID Configuration
- 5.1 RAID configurations
- 5.1.1 RAID definitions
- 5.1.2 Installing Serial ATA hard disks
- 5.1.3 Setting the RAID item in BIOS
- 5.1.4 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM Utility
- 5.1.5 Creating a RAID set
- 5.1.6 Deleting a RAID set
- 5.1.7 Resetting disks to Non-RAID
- 5.1.8 Exiting the Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise SATA Option ROM utility
- 5.1.9 Rebuilding the RAID
- 5.1.10 Setting the Boot array in the BIOS Setup Utility
- 5.2 Intel® Rapid Storage Technology enterprise (Windows)
- 5.1 RAID configurations
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
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Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4-Core Ratio Limit [Auto]
Select [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually
assign a 4-Core Limit value that must be higher than or equal to the 3-Core
Ratio Limit.
If you assign a value for more Core Ratio Limit, do not set the less Core Ratio Limit to
[Auto].
DRAM Odd Ratio Mode [Enabled]
This item allows you to enable or disable the odd ratio mode for better granularity.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
EPU Power Saving Mode [Disabled]
The ASUS EPU (Energy Processing Unit) sets the CPU in its minimum power consumption
settings.
Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
CPU SVID Support [Auto]
Disable this item to stop the CPU from communicating with the external voltage regulator.
Conguration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled]
DRAM Timing Control
The subitems in this menu allow you to set the DRAM timing control features. Use the <+>
or <-> keys to adjust the value. To restore the default setting, type [auto] using the keyboard
and press the <Enter> key.
Changing the values in this menu may cause the system to become unstable! If this
happens, revert to the default settings.
Primary Timings
DRAM CAS# Latency [Auto]
Conguration options: [Auto] [1] – [31]
DRAM RAS# to CAS# Delay [Auto]
Conguration options: [Auto] [1] – [31]
DRAM RAS# ACT Time [Auto]
Conguration options: [Auto] [1] – [63]
DRAM COMMAND Rate [Auto]
Conguration options: [Auto] [1] – [2]