Asus M4A79 DELUXE - Motherboard - ATX - Contents

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Contents
2.8.2 Audio I/O connections ............................................................... 2-25
2.8.3 Internal connectors
.................................................................... 2-28
2.9 Starting up for the rst time ....................................................................
2-39
2.10 Turning off the computer .........................................................................
2-39
Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Updating BIOS ............................................................................................
3-1
3.2.1 ASUS Update utility
..................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2 Creating a bootable oppy disk ...................................................
3-4
3.2.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ...............................................................
3-5
3.2.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility
................................................... 3-6
3.3 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................
3-7
3.3.1 BIOS menu screen ......................................................................
3-7
3.3.2 Menu bar .....................................................................................
3-7
3.3.3 Navigation keys ...........................................................................
3-8
3.3.4 Menu items
.................................................................................. 3-8
3.3.5 Submenu items ...........................................................................
3-8
3.3.6 Conguration elds .....................................................................
3-8
3.3.7 Pop-up window
............................................................................ 3-8
3.3.8 Scroll bar .....................................................................................
3-8
3.3.9 General help
................................................................................ 3-8
3.4 Main menu ..................................................................................................
3-9
3.4.1
Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-5; ESATA .............................3-9
3.4.2 Storage Conguration ...............................................................
3-11
3.4.3 System Information ...................................................................
3-12
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu ......................................................................................
3-12
3.5.1 AI Overclocking Tuner [Auto] ....................................................
3-12
3.5.2 CPU Ratio [Auto] .......................................................................
3-13
3.5.3 FSB Frequency [XXX] ...............................................................
3-13
3.5.4
PCIE Frequency [XXX]..............................................................3-13
3.5.5 DRAM Frequency Control [Auto]
............................................... 3-13
3.5.6 CPU/NB Frequency [Auto] ........................................................
3-13
3.5.8 Memory Conguration ...............................................................
3-14
3.5.7 HT Link Speed [Auto] ................................................................
3-14
3.5.9 DRAM Timing Conguration
...................................................... 3-15
3.5.10 CPU Voltage [Auto] ...................................................................
3-16
3.5.11 CPU/NB Voltage [Auto] .............................................................
3-16
3.5.12 CPU VDDA Voltage [Auto] ........................................................
3-16