Contents - Asus SABERTOOTH 55i - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

Contents

2.7 Onboard switches .................................................................................... 2-23
2.8 Connectors ............................................................................................... 2-26
2.8.1
2.8.2
2.8.3
2.8.4.
2.9 Onboard LEDs .......................................................................................... 2-40
2.10 Starting up for the first time .................................................................... 2-41
2.11 Turning off the computer ......................................................................... 2-41
Chapter 3:
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................ 3-1
3.2 Updating BIOS ............................................................................................ 3-1
3.2.1
3.2.2
3.2.3
3.2.4
3.3 BIOS setup program .................................................................................. 3-8
3.3.1
3.3.2
3.3.3
3.3.4
3.3.5
3.3.6
3.3.7
3.3.8
3.3.9
3.4 Main menu ................................................................................................ 3-10
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
3.4.4
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu ...................................................................................... 3-14
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.8
3.5.9
3.5.10
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Rear panel connectors .............................................................. 2-26
Audio I/O connections ............................................................... 2-27
Internal connectors.................................................................... 2-30
ASUS Q-Connector (system panel) .......................................... 2-39
BIOS setup
ASUS Update utility..................................................................... 3-2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ............................................................... 3-4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility................................................... 3-5
ASUS BIOS Updater ................................................................... 3-5
BIOS menu screen ...................................................................... 3-8
Menu bar ..................................................................................... 3-8
Navigation keys ........................................................................... 3-9
Menu items.................................................................................. 3-9
Submenu items ........................................................................... 3-9
Configuration fields ..................................................................... 3-9
Pop-up window............................................................................ 3-9
Scroll bar ..................................................................................... 3-9
General help................................................................................ 3-9
SATA 1-6 ................................................................................... 3-10
Storage Configuration ............................................................... 3-12
AHCI Configuration ................................................................... 3-13
System Information ................................................................... 3-13
Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] ......................................................... 3-14
CPU Ratio Setting [Auto]........................................................... 3-15
Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech [Enabled] ................................... 3-15
DRAM Frequency [Auto] ........................................................... 3-16
QPI Frequency [Auto]................................................................ 3-16
DRAM Timing Control ............................................................... 3-16