User Manual
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 PCH Configuration
- 3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 3.6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 3.6.7 Thunderbolt(TM) Configuration
- 3.6.8 ROG Effects
- 3.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 3.6.10 APM Configuration
- 3.6.11 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.6.12 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 3.6.13 USB Configuration
- 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: RAID Support
- Appendix
ASUS MAXIMUS IX HERO
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Chapter 1
Layout contents
Connectors/Jumpers/Buttons and switches/Slots Page
1. ATXpowerconnectors(24-pinEATXPWR;8-pinEATX12V) 1-25
2. LGA1151CPUSocket 1-4
3. CPU,CPUoptional,highamp,extension,waterpump+,AIOpump,and
chassisfanconnectors(4-pinCPU_FAN;4-pinCPU_OPT;4-pinH_AMP;
5-pinEXT_FAN;4-pinW_PUMP+;4-pinAIO_PUMP;4-pinCHA_FAN1-3)
1-24
4. AURARGBheaders(4-pinRGB_HEADER1-2) 1-28
5. DDR4DIMMslots 1-5
6. Q_CodeLED 1-13
7. MemOK!button 1-10
8. 3Dprintingmount 2-12
9. USB3.1frontpanelconnector(USB3.1_E1) 1-21
10. M.2sockets(M.2_1;M.2_2) 1-29
11. Intel
®
Z270SerialATA6Gb/sconnectors(7-pinSATA6G_12;SATA6G_34;
SATA6G_56)
1-20
12. Waterin,waterout,andwaterowconnectors(2-pinW_IN;2-pinW_OUT;
3-pinW_FLOW)
1-31
13. Systempanelconnectors(10-1pinF_PANEL;4-pinSPEAKER) 1-26
14. Thermalsensorconnector(2-pinT_SENSOR) 1-27
15. USB2.0connector(10-1pinUSB1314) 1-22
16. ROGExtensionconnector(18-1pinROG_EXT)
1-27
17. USB3.0connector(20-1pinUSB3_12) 1-21
18. TPMconnector(14-1pinTPM) 1-30
19. LN2Modejumper(3-pinLN2_MODE) 1-19
20. SlowModeswitch(SLOW_MODE) 1-12
21. ReTrybutton(RETRY_BUTTON) 1-11
22. SafeBootbutton(SAFE_BOOT) 1-11
23. RESETbutton(RESET) 1-9
24. Power-onbutton(START) 1-9
25. Thunderboltheader(5-pinTB_HEADER) 1-30
26. Frontpanelaudioconnector(10-1pinAAFP) 1-23
27. LEDconnectors(5-pinRGB_LED_STRIP2) 1-29