Asus ESC4000A-E12 - Page 4

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Contents
2.6 Cable connections ...................................................................................2-39
2.7 SATA/SAS/NVMe backplane cabling ......................................................2-40
2.8 System fans .............................................................................................. 2-42
2.9 Redundant power supply units ...............................................................2-43
2.10 Installing a GPU ........................................................................................2-45
2.11 Installing a GPU liquid cooling module .................................................2-49
2.12 Installing a GPU bridge ............................................................................2-53
2.13 Motherboard .............................................................................................2-54
2.13.1 Removing the motherboard....................................................... 2-54
2.13.2 Installing the motherboard......................................................... 2-54
2.14 CMOS battery ...........................................................................................2-55
2.15 Rail kit options .........................................................................................2-55
Chapter 3: Motherboard Information
3.1 Motherboard layout ....................................................................................3-2
3.2 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................3-4
3.3 Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) ..........................................................3-5
3.4 Jumpers ......................................................................................................3-6
3.5 Internal connectors ..................................................................................3-11
3.6 Onboard LEDs .......................................................................................... 3-20
Chapter 4: BIOS Setup
4.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ..........................................................4-2
4.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 4-2
4.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility ................................................................. 4-3
4.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................4-4
4.2.1 BIOS menu screen ...................................................................... 4-5
4.2.2 Menu bar ..................................................................................... 4-5
4.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................4-7
4.4 Performance Tuning menu ........................................................................4-8
4.5 Advanced menu .......................................................................................4-10
4.5.1 Trusted Computing.................................................................... 4-10
4.5.2 AMD CBS .................................................................................. 4-10
4.5.3 Onboard LAN Configuration ..................................................... 4-17
4.5.4 Serial Port Console Redirection ................................................ 4-18