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
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Chapter 4
Equalizer
CheckthisboxtoenableEqualizer.Thisitemallowsyoutoadjustthefrequencies
tosuityourfavoritetypeofmusic.
Equalizer advanced settings
ThisitemavailableonlywhentheEqualizerisenabled.Thisitemallowsyouto
conguretheEqualizersettings.Youcanmanuallysetorcustomizedyoursetting
orchoosefromanyofthepresetequalizersettingsavailable.
Equalizer presets
Displaysthecurrentorselectedequalizerpreset.
Bass Boost
Checkthisboxtobooststhebasseffects.Usetheslidertoadjustthesoundofthe
basseffect.
Voice Clarity
CheckthisboxtoenableVoiceClarity.Voiceclarityextractsandboostthe
frequencyofthehumanvoiceforcrystalclearin-gamecommunicationsand
dialoguesinmovies.
Smart EQ
CheckthisboxtoenableSmartEQ.Thisitemautomaticallyadjustthefrequencyof
anaudiocontenttomaintaindeepbassandcrispyhighfrequencies.
Surround
CheckthisboxtoenableSurround.Thisitemrecreatesamultichannellistening
experienceoveryourstereoheadphonesorspeakers.
Reverb
CheckthisboxtoenableReverb.Thisitemincreasesthefeelingifspaciousness
andletsyouchooseotherreverbpresets.
Reverb presets
Clicktoselectareverbeffectfromthedifferentenvironmentalspacesforreverb
effects.
ThisitemisonlyavailablewhentheReverbswitchisenabled.
Test tone
Clicktheplaybuttontostartthetestfortheselectedpresetprole.
Preset profiles
Clickanyofthepresetproles.ChoosefromGaming,Music,orMovie.
Profile Register, Open, or Reset
AllowsyoutoRegister,Open,orResettothedefaultsettingofaprole.
Sonic Studio switch
ClicktotoggletheSonicStudiofunctionON/OFF.
Volume
Allowsyoutoadjustthevolumeoftheconnecteddevices.
Sonic Studio settings
Clickthisbuttontochangethelanguageorviewthetutorial.