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Asus Sabertooth 55i User Manual

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Contents

2.7

Onboard switches ....................................................................................2-23

2.8

Connectors ...............................................................................................2-26
2.8.1

Rear panel connectors ..............................................................2-26

2.8.2

Audio I/O connections ...............................................................2-27

2.8.3

Internal connectors....................................................................2-30

2.8.4.

ASUS Q-Connector (system panel) ..........................................2-39

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:

BIOS setup

3.1

Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1

3.2

Updating BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2.1

ASUS Update utility.....................................................................3-2

3.2.2

ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ...............................................................3-4

3.2.3

ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility...................................................3-5

3.2.4

ASUS BIOS Updater ...................................................................3-5

3.3

BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-8
3.3.1

BIOS menu screen ......................................................................3-8

3.3.2

Menu bar .....................................................................................3-8

3.3.3

Navigation keys ...........................................................................3-9

3.3.4

Menu items..................................................................................3-9

3.3.5

Submenu items ...........................................................................3-9

3.3.6

Configuration fields .....................................................................3-9

3.3.7

Pop-up window............................................................................3-9

3.3.8

Scroll bar .....................................................................................3-9

3.3.9

General help................................................................................3-9

3.4

Main menu ................................................................................................3-10
3.4.1

SATA 1-6 ...................................................................................3-10

3.4.2

Storage Configuration ...............................................................3-12

3.4.3

AHCI Configuration ...................................................................3-13

3.4.4

System Information ...................................................................3-13

3.5

Ai Tweaker menu ......................................................................................3-14
3.5.1

Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] .........................................................3-14

3.5.2

CPU Ratio Setting [Auto]...........................................................3-15

3.5.3

Intel(R) SpeedStep(TM) Tech [Enabled] ...................................3-15

3.5.8

DRAM Frequency [Auto] ...........................................................3-16

3.5.9

QPI Frequency [Auto]................................................................3-16

3.5.10

DRAM Timing Control ...............................................................3-16