Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
 Refertosection1.1.8 Onboard LEDsfortheexactlocationofthePOSTStateLEDs
(DRAMLED).
 TheDRAMLEDalsolightsupwhentheDIMMisnotproperlyinstalled.Turnoffthe
systemandreinstalltheDIMMbeforeusingtheMemOK!function.
 TheMemOK!buttondoesnotfunctionunderWindows
®
OSenvironment.
 Duringthetuningprocess,thesystemloadsandtestsfailsafememorysettings.It
takesabout30secondsforthesystemtotestonesetoffailsafesettings.Ifthetest
fails,thesystemrebootsandtestthenextsetoffailsafesettings.Theblinkingspeed
oftheDRAMLEDincreases,indicatingdifferenttestprocesses.
 Duetomemorytuningrequirement,thesystemautomaticallyrebootswheneach
timingsetistested.IftheinstalledDIMMsstillfailtobootafterthewholetuning
process,theDRAMLEDlightscontinuously.ReplacetheDIMMswithones
recommendedintheMemoryQVL(QualiedVendorsLists)atwww.asus.com.
 IfyouturnoffthecomputerandreplaceDIMMsduringthetuningprocess,thesystem
continuesmemorytuningafterturningonthecomputer.Tostopmemorytuning,turn
offthecomputerandunplugthepowercordforabout510seconds.
 IfyoursystemfailstobootupduetoBIOSoverclocking,presstheMemOK!button
tobootandloadtheBIOSdefaultsettings.AmessagewillappearduringPOST
remindingyouthattheBIOShasbeenrestoredtoitsdefaultsettings.
 WerecommendthatyoudownloadandupdatetothelatestBIOSversionfrom

www.asus.comafterusingtheMemOK!function.
3. MemOK! button (MemOK!)
InstallingDIMMsthatarenotcompatiblewiththemotherboardmaycausesystemboot
failure,andtheDRAMLEDlightscontinuously.PressandholdtheMemOK!button
untiltheDRAMLEDstartsblinkingtobeginautomaticmemorycompatibilitytuningfor
successfulboot.

Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX Specifications

General

Brand	Asus
Model	MAXIMUS IX APEX
Category	Motherboard
Language	English