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Table of Contents
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Canadian Department of Communications Statement
7
Federal Communications Commission Statement
7
Notices
7
Electrical Safety
8
Safety Information
8
About this Guide
9
Conventions Used in this Guide
10
Crosshair Specifications Summary
11
Chapter 1: Product Introduction
15
Welcome
17
Package Contents
17
Special Features
18
Product Highlights
18
ASUS Unique Features
21
Onboard Leds
22
Crashfree Bios 3
23
Chapter 2: Hardware Information
25
Before You Proceed
27
Motherboard Overview
28
Placement Direction
28
Screw Holes
28
Motherboard Layout
29
Audio Card Layout
29
Layout Contents
30
Central Processing Unit (CPU)
32
Installing the CPU
32
Installing the Heatsink and Fan
34
Installing the Optional Fan
37
System Memory
38
Overview
38
Memory Configurations
38
Installing a DIMM
45
Removing a DIMM
45
Expansion Slots
46
Installing an Expansion Card
46
Configuring an Expansion Card
46
Interrupt Assignments
47
PCI Slots
48
PCI Express X4 Slot
48
PCI Express X16 Slots
48
Jumper
49
Audio Card and el I/O Installation
50
Audio Card Installation
50
EL I/O Installation
50
Connectors
51
Rear Panel Connectors
51
Internal Connectors
54
Atx Power Connectors
58
System Panel Connector
59
Onboard Switches
61
Chapter 3: Powering up
63
Starting up for the First Time
65
Powering off the Computer
66
Using the os Shut down Function
66
Using the Dual Function Power Switch
66
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
67
Managing and Updating Your BIOS
69
ASUS Update Utility
69
Creating a Bootable Floppy Disk
72
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
73
Updating the BIOS
74
Saving the Current BIOS File
76
ASUS Crashfree BIOS 3 Utility
77
BIOS Setup Program
78
BIOS Menu Screen
79
Menu Bar
79
Legend Bar
80
Menu Items
80
Sub-Menu Items
80
Configuration Fields
80
Pop-Up Window
81
General Help
81
Main Menu
82
System Time
82
System Date
82
Language
82
Legacy Diskette a
82
Primary IDE Master/Slave
83
Sata1/2/3/4/5/6
85
HDD SMART Monitoring
86
Installed Memory
86
Usable Memory
86
Extreme Tweaker Menu
87
Linkboost
87
AI Tuning
87
DRAM Configuration
91
SLI-Ready Memory
96
SLI-Ready Memory CPUOC
96
AMD Live
96
AMD Cool 'N' Quiet Function
96
NVIDIA GPU Ex
96
Advanced Menu
97
Ai Net2
97
PEG Link Mode
98
Pcipnp
98
Onboard Device Configuration
99
Ide Function Setup
100
Usb Configuration
101
Power Menu
103
ACPI Suspend Type
103
ACPI APIC Support
103
APM Configuration
104
Hardware Monitor
105
Fan Speed Control
107
Boot Menu
109
Boot Device Priority
109
Removable Drives
110
Hard Disk Drives
110
Boot Settings Configuration
111
Security
112
Password Check
113
Tools Menu
114
ASUS Music Alarm
114
ASUS O.C. Profile
114
ASUS EZ Flash 2
114
Save Bios Profile
116
Exit Menu
118
Chapter 5: Software Support
119
Installing an Operating System
121
Support DVD Information
121
Running the Support DVD
121
Drivers Menu
122
Utilities Menu
123
Make Disk Menu
125
Manuals Menu
126
ASUS Contact Information
126
Other Information
127
Technical Support Form
128
Software Information
129
ASUS Mylogo3
129
Soundmax High Definition Audio Utility
131
Audio Setup Wizard
132
Microphone Options
135
Cool 'N' Quiet™ Technology
136
Launching the Cool 'N' Quiet!™ Software
137
ASUS PC Probe II
138
RAID Configurations
144
Setting the Bios Raid Items
145
Creating a Raid Volume
146
Rebuilding a Raid Array
148
Deleting a Raid Array
150
Clearing a Disk Data
151
Silicon Image RAID Configurations
152
Manual Configuration
156
Creating a Concatenation Set
158
Creating a RAID Driver Disk
159
Nvidia Sli
161
Chapter 6 : NVIDIA® SLI™ Technology Support
163
Overview
163
Dual Graphics Card Setup
164
Installing SLI-Ready Graphics Cards
164
Installing the Device Drivers
167
Enabling the Multi-GPU Feature in Windows
167
Appendix: Debug Code
169
Debug Code Table
171
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Asus CROSSHAIR Specifications
General
Form Factor
ATX
Max Memory
128GB
Memory Slots
4
Audio
ROG SupremeFX 7.1 Surround Sound
RGB Lighting
Aura Sync
Wireless
Wi-Fi 6 (802.11ax)
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