Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX User Manual
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Contents
Chapter 3:
BIOS setup
3.1
Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2
BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-1
3.2.1
EZ Mode......................................................................................3-2
3.2.2
Advanced Mode ..........................................................................3-3
3.3
Main menu ..................................................................................................3-5
3.4
Ai Tweaker menu ........................................................................................3-7
3.5
Advanced menu .......................................................................................3-14
3.5.1
CPU Configuration ....................................................................3-15
3.5.2
North Bridge Configuration........................................................3-16
3.5.3
SATA Configuration ...................................................................3-17
3.5.4
USB Configuration ....................................................................3-19
3.5.5
CPU Core On/Off Fuction .........................................................3-20
3.5.6
Onboard Devices Configuration ................................................3-21
3.5.7
APM ..........................................................................................3-23
3.6
Monitor menu ...........................................................................................3-24
3.7
Boot menu ................................................................................................3-27
3.8
Tools menu ...............................................................................................3-28
3.9
Exit menu ..................................................................................................3-30
3.10
Updating BIOS ..........................................................................................3-31
3.10.1
ASUS Update utility...................................................................3-31
3.10.2
ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility .............................................................3-34
3.10.3
ASUS BIOS Updater .................................................................3-36
Chapter 4:
Software support
4.1
Installing an operating system .................................................................4-1
4.2
Support DVD information ..........................................................................4-1
4.2.1
Running the support DVD ...........................................................4-1
4.2.2
Obtaining the software manuals..................................................4-2
4.3
Software information .................................................................................4-3
4.3.1
AI Suite II.....................................................................................4-3
4.3.2
ASUS Thermal Radar .................................................................4-8
4.3.3
Tool............................................................................................4-12
4.3.4
Monitor ......................................................................................4-21
4.3.5
Update.......................................................................................4-22
4.3.6
System Information ...................................................................4-27
4.3.7
Audio configurations..................................................................4-28
4.4
RAID configurations ................................................................................4-29
4.4.1
RAID definitions ........................................................................4-29