Contents - Asus M4A79T Deluxe - Motherboard - ATX User Manual

Contents

2.9 Starting up for the first time .................................................................... 2-38
2.10 Turning off the computer ......................................................................... 2-38
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 .................................................................................. 3-7
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 .................................................................................................. 3-9
3.4.1
3.4.2
3.4.3
3.5 Ai Tweaker menu ...................................................................................... 3-12
3.5.1
3.5.2
3.5.3
3.5.4
3.5.5
3.5.6
3.5.7
3.5.8
3.5.9
3.5.10
3.5.11
3.5.12
3.5.13
3.5.14
3.5.15
3.5.16
3.5.17
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BIOS set up
ASUS Update utility ................................................................................... 3-2
Creating a bootable floppy disk .................................................................. 3-4
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility .............................................................................. 3-5
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 2 utility ................................................................. 3-6
BIOS menu screen ..................................................................................... 3-7
Menu bar .................................................................................................... 3-7
Navigation keys .......................................................................................... 3-8
Menu items ................................................................................................ 3-8
Submenu items .......................................................................................... 3-8
Configuration fields .................................................................................... 3-8
Pop-up window .......................................................................................... 3-8
Scroll bar .................................................................................................... 3-8
General help .............................................................................................. 3-8
Primary IDE Master/Slave; SATA 1-5; ESATA ............................................ 3-9
Storage Configuration ...............................................................................3-11
System Information .................................................................................. 3-12
AI Overclocking Tuner [Auto] ................................................................... 3-12
CPU Ratio [Auto] ...................................................................................... 3-13
FSB Frequency [XXX] .............................................................................. 3-13
PCIE Frequency [XXX] ............................................................................ 3-13
DRAM Frequency [800MHz] .................................................................... 3-13
CPU/NB Frequency [Auto] ....................................................................... 3-13
HT Link Speed [Auto] ............................................................................... 3-13
Memory Configuration .............................................................................. 3-14
DRAM Timing Configuration .................................................................... 3-15
CPU Voltage [Auto] .................................................................................. 3-16
CPU/NB Voltage [Auto] ............................................................................ 3-17
CPU VDDA Voltage [Auto] ....................................................................... 3-17
DRAM Voltage [Auto] ............................................................................... 3-17
HT Voltage [Auto] ..................................................................................... 3-17
NB Voltage [Auto] ..................................................................................... 3-17
NB 1.8V Voltage [Auto] ............................................................................ 3-17
SB Voltage [Auto] ..................................................................................... 3-17