Asus Rampage III Black Edition - Manual (Page 4)

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Contents
2.3.9 Expension Card installation .......................................... 2-53
2.3.10 ThunderBolt .................................................................. 2-54
2.3.11 Rear panel connection .................................................. 2-56
2.3.12 Audio I/O connections ................................................... 2-57
2.4 Starting up for the first time ...................................................... 2-60
2.5 Turning off the computer ........................................................... 2-61
2.5.1
Using the OS shut down function .................................. 2-61
2.5.2 Using the dual function power switch ............................ 2-61
Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
3.1 Managing and updating your BIOS ............................................ 3-1
3.1.1
ASUS Update utility ........................................................ 3-1
3.1.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2 utility ................................................... 3-5
3.1.3 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility ...................................... 3-6
3.2 BIOS Setup program .................................................................... 3-7
3.2.1
BIOS menu screen .......................................................... 3-8
3.2.2 Menu bar ......................................................................... 3-8
3.2.3 Navigation keys ............................................................... 3-8
3.2.4 Menu items ..................................................................... 3-9
3.2.5 Submenu items ............................................................... 3-9
3.2.6 Configuration fields ......................................................... 3-9
3.2.7 Pop-up window ............................................................... 3-9
3.2.8 Scroll bar ......................................................................... 3-9
3.2.9 General help ................................................................... 3-9
3.3 Extreme Tweaker menu ............................................................. 3-10
3.3.1
GPU.DIMM Post ............................................................3-11
3.3.2 CPU Level Up [Auto] ......................................................3-11
3.3.3 Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] ..............................................3-11
3.3.4 CPU Ratio Setting [Auto] ...............................................3-11
3.3.5 CPU Turbo Power Limit [Disabled] ................................3-11
3.3.6 CPU Configuration ........................................................ 3-12
3.3.7 BCLK Frequency [XXX] ................................................ 3-12
3.3.8 BCLK Enhance [Auto] ................................................... 3-12
3.3.9 PCIE Frequency [XXX] ................................................. 3-12
3.3.10 DRAM Frequency [Auto] ............................................... 3-12