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 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
• SystempowerLED(3-1pinor2-pinPLED)
This 3-1 pin or 2-pin connector is for the system power LED. Connect the chassis
power LED cable to this connector. The system power LED lights up when you turn on
the system power, and blinks when the system is in sleep mode.
• HarddiskdriveactivityLED(2-pinHDD_LED)
This 2-pin connector is for the HDD Activity LED. Connect the HDD Activity LED cable
to this connector. The HDD LED lights up or ashes when data is read from or written
to the HDD.
• Systemwarningspeaker(4-pinSPEAKER)
This 4-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. The speaker
allows you to hear system beeps and warnings.
• ATXpowerbutton/soft-offbutton(2-pinPWRSW)
This connector is for the system power button. Pressing the power button turns
the system on or puts the system in sleep or soft-off mode depending on the BIOS
settings. Pressing the power button for more than four seconds while the system is ON
turns the system OFF.
• Resetbutton(3-pinRESET)
This 3-pin connector is for the chassis-mounted reset button for system reboot without
turning off the system power.
9. System panel connector (20-5 pin PANEL)
This connector supports several chassis-mounted functions.