Asus ROG Strix B550-A Gaming AM4 ATX Motherboard - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
Safety information ...................................................................................................... iv
About this guide .......................................................................................................... v
ROG STRIX B550-A GAMING specifications summary .......................................... vi
Connectors with shared bandwidth .......................................................................... x
Package contents ....................................................................................................... xi
Installation tools and components .......................................................................... xii
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..........................................................2-2
2.1.3 DIMM installation.........................................................................2-5
2.1.4 M.2 installation ............................................................................2-6
2.1.5 Motherboard installation ..............................................................2-8
2.1.6 ATX power connection ................................................................2-9
2.1.7 SATA device connection ...........................................................2-10
2.1.8 Front I/O connector ...................................................................2-11
2.1.9 Expansion card installation .......................................................2-12
2.2 BIOS update utility ...................................................................................2-13
2.3 Motherboard rear and audio connections .............................................2-14
2.3.1 Rear I/O connection ..................................................................2-14
2.3.2 Audio I/O connections ...............................................................2-16
2.4 Starting up for the first time ....................................................................2-18
2.5 Turning off the computer ........................................................................2-18
Chapter 3: BIOS and RAID Support
3.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................3-1
3.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................3-2
3.3 EZ Update ...................................................................................................3-2
3.4 ASUS EZ Flash 3 ........................................................................................3-3
3.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 ............................................................................3-4
3.6 RAID configurations ..................................................................................3-5
Appendix
Notices .................................................................................................................... A-1
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-6