Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction................................................................................................................ 6
Specifications ......................................................................................................................... 6
Features .................................................................................................................................. 7
Board Layout........................................................................................................................... 8
Standby Power LED ................................................................................................................ 8
System Memory ..................................................................................................................... 9
CPU ........................................................................................................................................11
Installing the CPU ..........................................................................................................11
Jumper Settings ...................................................................................................................14
Clear CMOS ....................................................................................................................14
RS232 Power Select ......................................................................................................14
PCIE2 Signal Select .......................................................................................................16
Rear I/O Ports .......................................................................................................................17
Graphics Display ............................................................................................................17
COM (Serial) ports .........................................................................................................18
RJ45 LAN Ports .............................................................................................................19
USB Ports .......................................................................................................................20
Audio .............................................................................................................................21
Internal I/O Connectors .......................................................................................................22
SATA (Serial ATA) ..........................................................................................................22
Digital I/O .......................................................................................................................22
Cooling Fan Connectors ................................................................................................23
Power Connector ...........................................................................................................23
Chassis Intrusion ...........................................................................................................24
Front Panel .....................................................................................................................24
Expansion Slots .............................................................................................................25
S/PDIF.............................................................................................................................26
Battery ............................................................................................................................27
SMBus ............................................................................................................................27
LAN LED .........................................................................................................................28
LPC .................................................................................................................................28
Chapter 3 - BIOS Settings ...........................................................................................................29
Overview ...............................................................................................................................29
Main .......................................................................................................................................30
Advanced .............................................................................................................................30
RC ACPI Configuration ..................................................................................................31
CPU Configuration .........................................................................................................31
Power & Performance ...................................................................................................32
PCH-FW Configuration ..................................................................................................32
Trusted Computing ........................................................................................................35
NCT6116D HW Monitor ................................................................................................36
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USB Configuration .........................................................................................................38
CSM Configuration ........................................................................................................39
USB Power Control ........................................................................................................39
Chipset ..................................................................................................................................41
Graphics Configuration .................................................................................................41
PEG Port Configuration .................................................................................................42
PCH-IO Configuration ....................................................................................................43
HD Audio Configuration ................................................................................................44
Security .................................................................................................................................45
Secure Boot ....................................................................................................................45
Boot .......................................................................................................................................46
Save & Exit ............................................................................................................................46
Updating the BIOS ................................................................................................................47
Notice: BIOS SPI ROM..........................................................................................................47
Overview ...............................................................................................................................48
AMT in the AMI BIOS ....................................................................................48
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MEBX .....................................................................................................................................50
Main Menu .....................................................................................................................50
Chapter 5 - RAID ..........................................................................................................................63
RAID Levels ...........................................................................................................................63
Setup Procedure ...................................................................................................................63
Auto-run Menu ......................................................................................................................65
Intel HD Graphics Drivers ...................................................................................................66
Realtek Audio Drivers ...........................................................................................................67
Intel LAN Driver ...................................................................................................................68
Intel ME Drivers ....................................................................................................................69
Intel Serial IO Drivers ...........................................................................................................70
Adobe Acrobat Reader 9.3 ..................................................................................................73
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