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Contents
2.3.10 Rear panel connection .................................................. 2-40
2.3.11 Audio I/O connections ................................................... 2-41
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2.5 Turning off the computer ........................................................... 2-45
Chapter 3: BIOS setup
3.1 Knowing BIOS .............................................................................. 3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program .................................................................... 3-1
3.2.1 EZ Mode ......................................................................... 3-2
3.2.2 Advanced Mode .............................................................. 3-3
3.3 Main menu .................................................................................... 3-5
3.4 Ai Tweaker menu .......................................................................... 3-8
3.5 Advanced menu ......................................................................... 3-15
3.5.1 Trusted Computing ........................................................ 3-15
3.5.2 CPU Configuration ........................................................ 3-16
3.5.3 PCH Configuration ........................................................ 3-18
3.5.4 SATA Configuration ....................................................... 3-18
3.5.5 USB Configuration ........................................................ 3-20
3.5.6 Onboard Devices Configuration .................................... 3-21
3.5.7 APM .............................................................................. 3-23
3.6 Monitor menu ............................................................................. 3-25
3.7 Boot menu .................................................................................. 3-28
3.8 Tool menu ................................................................................... 3-29
3.8.1 ASUS EZ Flash Utility ................................................... 3-29
3.8.2 ASUS O.C. Profile ......................................................... 3-30
3.8.3 ASUS Drive Xpert ......................................................... 3-31
3.9 Exit menu .................................................................................... 3-32
3.10 Updating BIOS ............................................................................ 3-33
3.10.1 ASUS Update utility ...................................................... 3-34
3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash Utility ................................................... 3-37
3.10.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility .................................... 3-38
3.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater ..................................................... 3-39