User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Basic Installation
- Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
- 3.1 Knowing BIOS
- 3.2 BIOS setup program
- 3.3 My Favorites
- 3.4 Main menu
- 3.5 Extreme Tweaker menu
- 3.6 Advanced menu
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration
- 3.6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 3.6.4 ROG Effects
- 3.6.5 PCH Configuration
- 3.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
- 3.6.7 USB Configuration
- 3.6.8 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 3.6.10 APM Configuration
- 3.6.11 HDD/SDD SMART Information
- 3.6.12 Intel(R) ThunderBolt
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.7 Monitor menu
- 3.8 Boot menu
- 3.9 Tool menu
- 3.10 Exit menu
- 3.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 4: Software Support
- 4.1 Installing an operating system
- 4.2 Support DVD information
- 4.3 Software information
- 4.4 AI Suite 3
- 4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5
- 4.6 ROG Audio features
- 4.7 Sonic Radar II
- 4.8 GameFirst III
- 4.9 KeyBot II
- 4.10 ASUS Media Streamer
- 4.11 RAMDisk
- 4.12 MemTweakIt
- 4.13 ROG CPU-Z
- 4.14 RAMCache
- 4.15 Lighting Control
- Chapter 5: RAID Support
- Appendix
ASUS MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME
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Chapter 4
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Chapter 4: Software Support
Software Support
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4.1 Installing an operating system
• ThismotherboardsupportsWindows
®
7(32/64-bit),Windows
®
8.1(64-bit),
Windows
®
10(64-bit)operatingsystems(OS).
• Motherboardsettingsandhardwareoptionsvary.Usethesetupprocedurespresented
inthischapterforreferenceonly.RefertoyourOSdocumentationfordetailed
information.
4.2 Support DVD information
ThecontentsofthesupportDVDaresubjecttochangeatanytimewithoutnotice.Visit
www.asus.comforupdates.
EnsurethatyouhaveanAdministratoraccountbeforerunningthesupportDVDin
Windows
®
7,Windows
®
8.1,orWindows
®
10OS.
4.2.1 Running the support DVD
TorunthesupportDVD:
1. PlacetheSupportDVDintotheopticaldrive.
2. IntheAutoPlay dialogbox,clickRun ASSETUP.exe.
If AutorunisNOTenabled in your computer, browsethecontentsof the support DVD to
locatetheleSETUP.EXEfromtheBINfolder.Double-clicktheASSETUP.EXEtorunthe
supportDVD.