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ASUS A88X-GAMER
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2.8.10 Boot Option Priorities
These items specify the boot device priority sequence from the available devices. The
number of device items that appears on the screen depends on the number of devices
installed in the system.
• To select the boot device during system startup, press <F8> when ASUS Logo
appears.
• To access Windows OS in Safe Mode, press <F8> after POST.
2.8.11 Boot Override
These items displays the available devices. The number of device items that appears on
the screen depends on the number of devices installed in the system. Click an item to start
booting from the selected device.
2.9 Tool menu
The Tools menu items allow you to congure options for special functions. Select an item
then press <Enter> to display the submenu.
2.9.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility
Allows you to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. Press [Enter] to launch the ASUS EZ Flash 2 screen.
For more details, see section 2.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2.
2.9.2 Setup Animator [Enabled]
Enables or disables the Setup animator. Conguration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Содержание
- E9520 first edition july 2014 2
- Appendices 3
- Chapter 2 bios information 3
- Chapter1 product introduction 3
- Contents 3
- About this guide 4
- Electrical safety 4
- How this guide is organized 4
- Operation safety 4
- Safety information 4
- Conventions used in this guide 5
- Typography 5
- Where to find more information 5
- A88x gamer specifications summary 6
- Check your motherboard package for the following items 6
- Package contents 6
- A88x gamer specifications summary 7
- A88x gamer specifications summary 8
- Before you proceed 9
- Chapter1 product introduction 9
- Motherboard overview 9
- Placement direction 9
- Product introduction 9
- Screw holes 9
- A88x gamer 10
- Chapter 1 product introduction 10
- Ddr3 dimm_a1 64bit 240 pin module 10
- Ddr3 dimm_a2 64bit 240 pin module 10
- Ddr3 dimm_b1 64bit 240 pin module 10
- Ddr3 dimm_b2 64bit 240 pin module 10
- Dvi hdmi 10
- Motherboard layout 10
- Place this side towards the rear of the chassis 10
- Spdifo vga 10
- Super i o 10
- A88x gamer cpu socket fm2 11
- Accelerated processing unit apu 11
- Layout contents 11
- Apu heatsink and fan assembly installation 13
- Asus a88x gamer 13
- To install the apu heatsink and fan assembly 13
- A88x gamer 240 pin ddr3 dimm sockets 15
- Addr3modulehasthesamephysicaldimensionsasaddr2dimmbutisnotched differentlytopreventinstallationonaddr2dimmsocket ddr3modulesaredevelopedfor better performance with less power consumption 15
- Asus a88x gamer 15
- Channel sockets 15
- Channela dimm_a1anddimm_a2 15
- Channelb dimm_b1anddimm_b2 15
- Memory configurations 15
- Overview 15
- System memory 15
- Thefigureillustratesthelocationoftheddr3dimmsockets 15
- Thismotherboardcomeswithfourdoubledatarate3 ddr3 dualinlinememorymodules dimm sockets 15
- Youmayinstall1gb 2gb 4gb and8gbunbufferednon eccddr3dimmsintothedimm sockets 15
- Installing a dimm 16
- Removing a dimm 16
- Configuring an expansion card 17
- Expansion slots 17
- Installing an expansion card 17
- Irq assignments for this motherboard 18
- Pci express 2 x1 slot 18
- Pci express x16 slot 18
- Pci slot 18
- A88x gamer clear rtc ram 19
- Jumpers 19
- Connectors 20
- Rear panel connectors 20
- Audio 2 4 5 or 7 channel configuration 21
- A88x gamer fan connectors 22
- Chapter 1 product introduction 22
- Connectthefancablestothefanconnectorsonthemotherboard ensuringthatthe black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector 22
- Cpu and chassis fan connectors 4 pin cpu_fan and 4 pin cha_fan1 2 22
- Donotforgettoconnectthefancablestothefanconnectors insufficientairflowinside thesystemmaydamagethemotherboardcomponents thesearenotjumpers donot place jumper caps on the fan connectors 22
- Internal connectors 22
- Onlythe4 pincpu_fanandchafan1 2supporttheasusfanxpert2feature 22
- Thecpu_fanconnectorsupportsacpufanofmaximum2a 24w fanpower 22
- A88x gamer atx power connectors 23
- Asus a88x gamer 23
- Atx power connectors 24 pin eatxpwr 8 pin atx12v 23
- Eatx12v 23
- Eatxpwr 23
- Theseconnectorsareforanatxpowersupply theplugsfromthepowersupplyare designedtofittheseconnectorsinonlyoneorientation findtheproperorientationand pushdownfirmlyuntiltheconnectorscompletelyfit 23
- A88x gamer sata 6 gb s connectors 24
- Chapter 1 product introduction 24
- Serial ata 6 gb s connectors 7 pin sata6g 1 8 24
- Theseconnectorsarefortheserialata6 gb ssignalcablesforserialatahard diskdrivesandopticaldiscdrives ifyouinstalledserialataharddiskdrives you cancreatearaid0 raid1 raid5 raid10andjbodconfigurationthroughthe onboard controller 24
- Theseconnectorsaresettoahcimodebydefault ifyouintendtocreateaserialata raidsetusingtheseconnectors setthetypeofthesataconnectorsinthebiosto raid seesection 2 sata configuration for details 24
- Whenusinghot plugandncq setthetypeofthesataconnectorsinthebiosto ahci seesection 2 sata configuration for details 24
- Xpservicepack3orlaterversionbeforeusingserial ataharddiskdrives theserialataraidfeatureisavailableonlyifyouareusing window 24
- Xpsp3orlaterversion 24
- Youmustinstallwindow 24
- A88x gamer system panel connector 25
- A88x gamer front panel audio connector 26
- A88x gamer serial port com connector 26
- Chapter 1 product introduction 26
- Front panel audio connector 10 1 pin aafp 26
- Ifyouwanttoconnectahighdefinitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothisconnector set the front panel type iteminthebiosto hd seesection 2 onboard devices configuration for details 26
- Serial port connector 10 1 pin com 26
- Thecommoduleispurchasedseparately 26
- Thefrontpanelaudioi omoduleispurchasedseparately 26
- Thisconnectorisforachassis mountedfrontpanelaudioi omodulethatsupports eitherhighdefinitionaudioorac 97audiostandard connectoneendofthefront panelaudioi omodulecabletothisconnector 26
- Thisconnectorisforaserial com port connecttheserialportmodulecabletothis connector theninstallthemoduletoaslotopeningatthebackofthesystemchassis 26
- Werecommendthatyouconnectahigh definitionfrontpanelaudiomoduletothis connectortoavailofthemotherboardhigh definitionaudiocapability 26
- A88x gamer usb2 connectors 27
- A88x gamer usb3 front panel connector 27
- Asus a88x gamer 27
- Neverconnecta1394cabletotheusbconnectors doingsowilldamagethe motherboard 27
- Theseconnectorsareforusb2 ports connecttheusbmodulecabletoanyof theseconnectors theninstallthemoduletoaslotopeningatthebackofthesystem chassis theseusbconnectorscomplywithusb2 specificationthatsupportsupto 480mbpsconnectionspeed 27
- Theusb2 moduleispurchasedseparately 27
- Thisconnectorallowsyoutoconnectausb3 moduleforadditionalusb3 front orrearpanelports withaninstalledusb3 module youcanenjoyallthebenefitsof usb3 includingfasterdatatransferspeedsofupto5gbps fasterchargingtimefor usb chargeabledevices optimizedpowerefficiencyandbackwardcompatibilitywith usb2 27
- Usb 2 connectors 10 1 pin usb56 usb78 usb910 27
- Usb 3 connector 20 1 pin usb3_34 27
- Usb3_34 27
- Youcanconnecttheasusfrontpanelusb3 brackettothisconnectortoobtainthefront panelusb3 solution 27
- A88x gamer onboard led 28
- A88x gamer tpm connector 28
- Chapter 1 product introduction 28
- Onboard leds 28
- Sb_pwr 28
- Standby power led 28
- Themotherboardcomeswithastandbypowerledthatlightsuptoindicatethatthe systemison insleepmode orinsoft offmode thisisareminderthatyoushould shutdownthesystemandunplugthepowercablebeforeremovingorplugginginany motherboardcomponent theillustrationbelowshowsthelocationoftheonboardled 28
- Thisconnectorsupportsatrustedplatformmodule tpm system whichcansecurely storekeys digitalcertificates passwordsanddata atpmsystemalsohelpsenhance networksecurity protectsdigitalidentities andensuresplatformintegrity 28
- Tpm connector 20 1 pin tpm 28
- 64 bitwindow 29
- Asus a88x gamer 29
- Installing an operating system 29
- Operatingsystems os alwaysinstallthelatestos versionandcorrespondingupdatestomaximizethefeaturesofyourhardware 29
- Placethesupportdvdintotheopticaldrive ifautorunisenabledinyourcomputer the dvdautomaticallydisplaysthespecialsscreen clickdrivers utilities ahci raiddriver manual contactandspecialstabstodisplaytheirrespectivemenus 29
- Software support 29
- Support dvd information 29
- Thesupportdvdthatcomeswiththemotherboardpackagecontainsthedrivers software applications andutilitiesthatyoucaninstalltoavailallmotherboardfeatures 29
- Thismotherboardsupportswindow 29
- To run the support dvd 29
- Window 29
- Chapter 1 product introduction 30
- Bios information 31
- Chapter 2 bios information 31
- Updating bios 31
- Asus ez flash 2 32
- Asus ez flash 2 allows you to update the bios without having to use a bootable floppy disk or an os based utility 32
- Chapter 2 bios information 32
- Environment 32
- Ez update 32
- Insert the usb flash disk that contains the latest bios file to the usb port 32
- The ez update is a utility that allows you to update the motherboard bios in window 32
- To enable it 32
- To update the bios using ez flash 2 32
- Asus a88x gamer 33
- Press the right left arrow keys to switch to the drive field 33
- Press the right left arrow keys to switch to the folder info field 33
- To perform the bios update process reboot the system when the update process is done 33
- Asus crashfree bios 3 34
- Recovering the bios 34
- Asus bios updater 35
- Before updating bios 35
- Booting the system to a dos environment 35
- Bios updater checks the selected bios file and prompts you to confirm bios update 36
- Chapter 2 bios information 36
- The bios updater screen appears as below 36
- To exit bios updater restart your computer 36
- To update the bios file using bios updater 36
- Updating the bios file 36
- Asus a88x gamer 37
- Bios menu screen 37
- Bios setup program 37
- Entering bios setup after post 37
- Entering bios setup at startup 37
- Post continues with its routines 37
- Press the power button to turn the system off then back on do this option only if you failed to enter bios setup using the first two options 37
- Press the reset button on the system chassis 37
- Simultaneously 37
- The bios setup program can be used under two modes ez mode and advanced mode you can change modes by pressing f7 or from the advanced mode ez mode button in the ez mode advanced mode screen 37
- To enter bios setup after post 37
- To enter bios setup at startup 37
- Use the bios setup program to update the bios or configure its parameters the bios screens include navigation keys and brief online help to guide you in using the bios setup program 37
- By default the ez mode screen appears when you enter the bios setup program the ez mode provides you an overview of the basic system information and allows you to select the display language system performance mode and boot device priority to access the advanced mode click advanced mode or press f7 38
- Chapter 2 bios information 38
- Ez mode 38
- The boot device options vary depending on the devices you installed to the system 38
- The default screen for entering the bios setup program can be changed refer to the setup mode item in section 2 boot menu for details 38
- Advanced mode 39
- Asus a88x gamer 39
- The advanced mode provides advanced options for experienced end users to configure the bios settings the figure below shows an example of the advanced mode refer to the following sections for the detailed configurations 39
- To switch from ez mode to advanced mode click advanced mode f7 or press f7 hotkey 39
- Chapter 2 bios information 40
- Ez tuning wizard f11 40
- Language 40
- Menu bar 40
- Menu items 40
- Myfavorite f3 40
- Q fan control f6 40
- Submenu items 40
- The highlighted item on the menu bar displays the specific items for that menu for example selecting main shows the main menu items 40
- The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items 40
- The other items my favorites ai tweaker advanced monitor boot tool and exit on the menu bar have their respective menu items 40
- This button above the menu bar allows you to view and tweak the overclocking settings of your system it also allows you to change the motherboard s sata mode from ahci to raid mode 40
- This button above the menu bar contains the languages that you can select for your bios click this button to select the language that you want to display in your bios screen 40
- This button above the menu bar displays the current settings of your fans use this button to manually tweak the fans to your desired settings 40
- This button above the menu bar shows all bios items in a tree map setup select frequently used bios settings and save it to myfavorite menu 40
- Configuration fields 41
- General help 41
- Hot keys 41
- Last modified button 41
- Quick note f9 41
- Scroll bar 41
- Adding items to my favorites 42
- My favorites 42
- Allows you to choose the bios language version from the options configuration options english español русский 43
- Allows you to set the system date 43
- Allows you to set the system time 43
- Asus a88x gamer 43
- Main menu 43
- Security 43
- System date day xx xx xxxx 43
- System language english 43
- System time xx xx xx 43
- The main menu screen appears when you enter the advanced mode of the bios setup program the main menu provides you an overview of the basic system information and allows you to set the system date time language and security settings 43
- The security menu items allow you to change the system security settings 43
- 한국어 43
- Administrator password 44
- User password 44
- Ai tweaker menu 45
- Asus a88x gamer 45
- The ai tweaker menu items allow you to configure overclocking related items 45
- Ai overclock tuner auto 47
- Apu frequency xxx 47
- Cpu ratio auto 47
- Epu power saving mode disabled 47
- Memory frequency auto 47
- Nb frequency auto 47
- Target cpu speed xxxxmhz 47
- Target dram speed xxxxmhz 47
- Apu voltage offset mode 48
- Cpu offset mode sign 48
- Dram timing control 48
- Gpu boost auto 48
- Oc tuner 48
- Vddnb offset mode sign 48
- 1 vsb voltage auto 49
- Allows you to select the cpu nb load line calibration mode configuration options auto regular high extreme 49
- Allows you to set the 1 vsb voltage the values range from 1 v to 1 v with a 0 v interval 49
- Allows you to set the apu accelerated processor unit voltage with amd fm2 apu the values range from 1 0v to 1 0v with amd fm2 apu the values range from 1 5v to 1 5v 49
- Allows you to set the dram voltage the values range from 1 5v to 1 0v with a 0 05v interval 49
- Allows you to set the southbridge 1 v voltage the values range from 1 0v to 1 0v with a 0 1v interval 49
- Allows you to set the vdda voltage the values range from 2 v to 2 v with a 0 v interval 49
- Apu1 v voltage auto 49
- Asus a88x gamer 49
- Cpu load line calibration auto 49
- Cpu nb load line calibration auto 49
- Digi vrm 49
- Dram voltage auto 49
- Load line calibration is defined by amd vrm specifications and affects cpu voltage the cpu working voltage will decrease proportionally to cpu loading higher load line calibration would get higher voltage and better overclocking performance but increase the cpu and vrm thermal this item allows you to adjust the voltage range from the following percentages to boost the system performance 0 regular 60 medium 80 high and 100 extreme configuration options auto regular medium high extreme 49
- Sb 1 v voltage auto 49
- Vdda voltage auto 49
- Cpu current capability 100 50
- Cpu nb current capability 100 50
- Cpu power duty control t probe 50
- Cpu power phase control standard 50
- Cpu voltage frequency 300 50
- Manual adjustment fast 50
- Advanced menu 51
- Amd powernow function enabled 51
- Apm master enable enabled 51
- Cpb mode auto 51
- Cpu configuration 51
- Nx mode enabled 51
- Svm enabled 51
- Bank interleaving enabled 52
- C6 mode enabled 52
- Channel interleaving enabled 52
- Core leveling mode automatic mode 52
- Iommu disabled 52
- Onchip sata channel enabled 52
- Onchip sata type ahci 52
- Sata configuration 52
- Ehci hand off disabled 53
- Legacy usb support enabled 53
- Onchip sata max speed sata 6 gb s 53
- S m a r t status check enabled 53
- Sata6g_1 8 53
- Usb configuration 53
- Usb device enable enabled 53
- Usb single port control 53
- Depop enabled 54
- Front panel type hd 54
- Hd audio device enabled 54
- Igfx multi monitor disabled 54
- Integrated graphics auto 54
- Nb configuration 54
- Onboard devices configuration 54
- Primary video device pcie pci video 54
- Supremefx lighting led enabled 54
- Uma frame buffer size auto 54
- Deep s4 disabled 55
- Deep s5 disabled 55
- Lan controller enabled 55
- Power on by ps 2 keyboard disabled 55
- Pxe oprom disabled 55
- Restore ac power loss power off 55
- Serial port configuration 55
- Wol include ac power loss disabled 55
- Hour minute second 56
- Ipv4 pxe support enabled 56
- Ipv6 pxe support enabled 56
- Network stack 56
- Network stack disabled 56
- Power on by pme disabled 56
- Power on by ring disabled 56
- Power on by rtc disabled 56
- Rtc alarm date days 56
- Monitor menu 57
- Qfan tuning 57
- C xxxof 58
- Cpu chassis fan 1 2 speed xxxx rpm or ignore n a 58
- Cpu q fan control auto 58
- Cpu temperature mb temperature xx 58
- Cpu voltage 3 v voltage 5v voltage 12v voltage 58
- Cha_fan1 2 q fan control enabled 60
- Anti surge support disabled 61
- Boot menu 61
- Fast boot enabled 62
- Sata support all devices 62
- Usb support partial initialization 62
- Boot logo display auto 63
- Bootup numlock state on 63
- Network stack driver support disabled 63
- Next boot after ac power loss normal boot 63
- Post delay time 3 sec 63
- Post report 5 sec 63
- Ps 2 keyboard and mouse support auto 63
- Wait for f1 if error enabled 63
- Boot device control uefi and legacy oprom 64
- Boot from network devices legacy oprom first 64
- Boot from pcie pci expansion devices legacy oprom first 64
- Boot from storage devices legacy oprom first 64
- Csm compatibility support module 64
- Interrupt 19 capture disabled 64
- Launch csm enabled 64
- Option rom messages force bios 64
- Setup mode ez mode 64
- Key management 65
- Os type windows ue 65
- Secure boot 65
- Asus ez flash 2 utility 67
- Boot option priorities 67
- Boot override 67
- Setup animator enabled 67
- Tool menu 67
- And then select yes 68
- Asus overclocking profile 68
- Asus spd information 68
- Chapter 2 bios information 68
- Dimm slot dimm_a1 68
- Displays the serial presence detect spd information of the dimm module installed on the selected slot configuration options dimm_a1 dimm_a2 dimm_b1 dimm_b2 68
- Key in the profile name to save current bios settings to profile 1 to 8 68
- Load from profile 68
- Load save profile from to usb drive 68
- Profile name 68
- Save to profile 68
- Saves the current bios settings to profile number 1 to 8 68
- This item allows you to load or save profile from your usb drive load and save profile to your usb drive 68
- This item allows you to store or load multiple bios settings 68
- Discard changes exit 69
- Exit menu 69
- Launch efi shell from usb drives 69
- Load optimized defaults 69
- Save changes reset 69
- Chapter 2 bios information 70
- Appendices 71
- Federal communications commission statement 71
- Ic canadian compliance statement 71
- Notices 71
- Asus recycling takeback services 72
- Canadian department of communications statement 72
- Kc korea warning statement 72
- Vcci class b statement 72
- Vcci japan compliance statement 72
- Asus computer gmbh germany and austria 73
- Asus computer international america 73
- Asus contact information 73
- Asustek computer inc 73
- Technical support 73
- 108 ec emc directive 74
- 125 ec erp directive 74
- 5 ec r tte directive 74
- 65 eu rohs directiv 74
- 95 ec lvd directive 74
- Appendices 74
- Ce marking 74
- Conform with the essential requirements of the following directives 74
- Declaration date 16 07 2014 74
- Declaration of conformity 74
- Declare the following apparatus 74
- Ec conformity marking 74
- Ec declaration of conformity 74
- Model name a88x gamer 74
- Name jerry shen 74
- Position ceo 74
- Product name motherboard 74
- Signature signature 74
- Ver 140331 74
- We the undersigned 74
- Year to begin affixing ce marking 2014 74
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