Asus ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI AM5 ATX Motherboard User Manual
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Contents
Safety information ....................................................................................................... v
About this guide ......................................................................................................... vi
ROG STRIX B650E-E GAMING WIFI specifications summary .............................. vii
Connectors with shared bandwidth ......................................................................... xi
Package contents ...................................................................................................... xii
Installation tools and components ......................................................................... xiii
Chapter 1:
Product Introduction
1.1
Before you proceed ...................................................................................1-1
1.2
Motherboard layout....................................................................................1-2
Chapter 2:
Basic Installation
2.1
Building your PC system...........................................................................2-1
2.1.1
CPU installation...........................................................................2-1
2.1.2
Cooling system installation..........................................................2-3
2.1.3
DIMM installation.........................................................................2-6
2.1.4
M.2 installation ............................................................................2-7
2.1.5
Motherboard installation ............................................................2-12
2.1.6
ATX power connection ..............................................................2-13
2.1.7
SATA device connection ...........................................................2-14
2.1.8
Front I/O connector ...................................................................2-15
2.1.9
Expansion card installation .......................................................2-16
2.1.10
Wi-Fi moving antenna installation .............................................2-19
2.2
BIOS update utility ...................................................................................2-20
2.3
Clear CMOS button ..................................................................................2-21
2.4
Motherboard rear and audio connections .............................................2-22
2.4.1
Rear I/O connection ..................................................................2-22
2.3.2
Audio I/O connections ...............................................................2-23
2.4
Starting up for the first time ....................................................................2-26
2.5
Turning off the computer ........................................................................2-26
Chapter 3:
BIOS and RAID Support
3.1
Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2
BIOS Setup program ..................................................................................3-2
3.3
ASUS EZ Flash 3 ........................................................................................3-3
3.4
ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3............................................................................3-4
3.5
RAID configurations ..................................................................................3-5