Asus SABERTOOTH 990FX - Manual (Page 4)

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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