Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX/GEN3 R2.0 - Manual (Page 4)

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2.3.1 Rear I/O connection ..................................................................2-13
2.3.2 Audio I/O connections ...............................................................2-15
2.4 Starting up for the first time ....................................................................2-17
2.5 Turning off the computer .........................................................................2-18
Chapter 3: BIOS setup 3-1
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-2
3.2.1
EZ Mode......................................................................................3-3
3.2.2 Advanced Mode ..........................................................................3-4
3.3 Main menu ..................................................................................................3-6
3.4 Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................................3-8
3.5 Advanced menu .......................................................................................3-17
3.5.1
CPU Configuration ....................................................................3-17
3.5.2 North Bridge Configuration........................................................3-19
3.5.3 South Bridge Configuration .......................................................3-21
3.5.4 SATA Configuration ...................................................................3-21
3.5.5 USB Configuration ....................................................................3-23
3.5.6 CPU Core On/Off Function .......................................................3-24
3.5.7 Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................3-24
3.5.8 APM ..........................................................................................3-26
3.5.9 Network Stack ...........................................................................3-27
3.6 Monitor menu ...........................................................................................3-28
3.7 Boot menu ................................................................................................3-31
3.8 Tools menu ...............................................................................................3-37
3.8.1
ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility ............................................................3-37
3.8.2 ASUS SPD Information .............................................................3-38
3.8.3 ASUS O.C. Profile .....................................................................3-39
3.9 Exit menu ..................................................................................................3-40
3.10 Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................3-41
3.10.1
ASUS Update ............................................................................3-41
3.10.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 ......................................................................3-44
3.10.3 ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................3-45
Chapter 4: Software support 4-1
4.1 Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1
4.2 Support DVD information ..........................................................................4-1