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1-6 Chapter 1: Product Introduction
1.3.3 Product highlights
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AMD
®
Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 /
Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2+ multi-core processors with
unique L3 cache and delivers better overclocking capabilities with less power
consumption. It features dual-channel DDR2 1066 memory support and
accelerates data transfer rate up to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based
system bus. See page 2-8 for details.
HyperTransport™ 3.0 support
HyperTransport™ 3.0 technology provides 2.6 times more bandwidth than
faster computing environment.
AMD
®
Socket AM2 Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™
64 FX / Athlon™ 64 / Sempron™ CPU support
This motherboard supports AMD
®
Socket AM2 single-core Athlon™ 64 /
Sempron™ and dual-core Athlon™ 64 X2 / Athlon™ 64 FX processors with 2MB
/ 1MB / 512KB L2 cache based on 64-bit architecture. It features 2000 / 1600
MT/s HyperTransport™-based system bus, dual-channel un-buffered DDR2 800
memory support, and AMD
®
Cool ‘n’ Quiet™ Technology. See page 2-8 for details.
NVIDIA
®
nForce
®
780a SLI chipset
The NVIDIA
®
nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA
®
Scalable Link
Interface (SLI™) technology that allows three graphics processing units (GPUs)
in a single system. It’s designed for enthusiast, extreme overclocking capability,
fastest platform in the world. The NVIDIA
®
nForce 780a SLI chipset also supports
six (6) Serial ATA 3 Gb/s devices, PCI Express™ x16 slots with NVIDIA
®
SLI
™
support at dual x16 mode or at triple x8 mode, and up to 12 USB 2.0 ports.
- Motherboard 1
- Third Edition V3 2
- March 2008 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 9
- About this guide 10
- Typography 11
- (continued on the next page) 12
- Chapter 1: Product 15
- 1.1 Welcome! 17
- 1.2 Package contents 17
- 1.3 Special features 18
- 1.3.2 ROG unique features 19
- AI Audio 2 21
- ASUS EZ DIY 21
- 1.3.3 Product highlights 22
- Hybrid SLI™ 23
- HDMI/DVI support 23
- Chapter 2: Hardware 25
- CPU_CRAZY 27
- CPU_HIGH 27
- CPU_NORMAL 27
- CROSSHAIR II FORMULA 28
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-3 29
- 2.2.3 Motherboard layout 31
- 2.2.4 Audio card layout 31
- 2.2.5 Layout contents 32
- 2.3.1 Installing the CPU 34
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-9 35
- Retention module base 36
- CPU heatsink 36
- Retention bracket lock 36
- Retention bracket 36
- 2.4 System memory 40
- 2.4.2 Memory congurations 41
- 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 44
- 2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 44
- 2.5 Expansion slots 45
- 2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 46
- 2.5.4 PCI slots 47
- 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots 47
- 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots 47
- Primary PCI Express x16 slots 48
- 2.6 Slide switch 49
- installation 50
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 51
- 2.8 Connectors 52
- NOTE:Orient the red markings 55
- OPT_TEMP1 58
- OPT_TEMP2 58
- OPT_TEMP3 58
- SPDIF_OUT 60
- Power supply requirements 62
- PLED SPEAKER 64
- IDE_LED PWRSW RESET 64
- 2.8.3 Onboard switches 66
- Chapter 3: Powering up 67
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 3-1 69
- 3.2 Turning off the computer 70
- Chapter 4: BIOS setup 71
- 4.1.1 ASUS Update utility 73
- 4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 74
- Quit all Windows 74
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 4-3 75
- The ASUS Update utility is 75
- 4.1.3 Updating the BIOS 77
- 4.2 BIOS setup program 81
- 4.2.1 BIOS menu screen 82
- 4.2.2 Menu bar 82
- 4.2.4 Menu items 83
- 4.2.5 Sub-menu items 83
- 4.2.6 Conguration elds 83
- 4.2.3 Legend bar 83
- 4.2.7 Pop-up window 84
- 4.2.8 General help 84
- 4.3 Extreme Tweaker menu 85
- K8<->NB HT Width [Auto] 87
- PCIE Clock [100] 87
- DRAM Conguration 87
- AI Clock Skew �Auto] 88
- Advance Memory Settings 88
- DRAM Timing Control 89
- SLI-Ready Memory [Disabled] 90
- Vcore Voltage [Auto] 90
- CPU Conguration 92
- Spread Spectrum Control 93
- 4.4 Main menu 94
- PIO Mode [Auto] 95
- UDMA Mode [Auto] 95
- 4.4.6 SATA 1–4 97
- 4.4.9 Usable Memory [xxx MB] 98
- 4.4.10 System Information 98
- 4.5 Advanced menu 99
- 4.5.2 PCIPnP 100
- 101
- 4.5.4 USB Conguration 102
- 4.5.5 IDE Function Setup 103
- 4.5.6 MCP Storage Cong 103
- LCD Poster Off [Enabled] 104
- ROG Logo [Enabled] 104
- Voltiminder LED [ON] 104
- LCD Poster String 105
- 4.6 Power menu 106
- 4.6.3 APM Conguration 107
- 4.6.4 Hardware Monitor 108
- Temperature Monitor 109
- Voltage Monitor 109
- Fan Speed Control 110
- Fan Speed Monitor 110
- 4.7 Boot menu 112
- 4.7.2 Removable Drives 113
- 4.7.3 Hard Disk Drives 113
- 4.7.4 CDROM Drives 113
- 4.7.6 Security 115
- Supervisor Password 116
- User Password 116
- Password Check 116
- 4.8 Tools menu 117
- Save BIOS Prole 118
- 4.8.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2 119
- 4.9 Exit menu 120
- Chapter 5: Software 121
- Chapter summary 122
- 5.2 Support DVD information 123
- 5.2.2 Drivers menu 124
- 5.2.3 Utilities menu 125
- 5.2.4 Make Disk menu 127
- 5.2.5 Manuals menu 128
- 5.2.6 Video menu 128
- 5.2.8 Other information 129
- Filelist 130
- Technical support form 130
- Browse this DVD 130
- 5.3 Software information 131
- 5.3.2 AI NET 2 133
- 5.3.3 AI Audio 2 (SoundMAX 134
- Enabling AI Audio 2 135
- Playback Settings 136
- More Settings 137
- Recording Settings 137
- B. SoundMAX 139
- Jack configuration 140
- Adjust speaker volume 140
- Adjust microphone volume 140
- Audio preferences 141
- General options 141
- Listening Environment options 141
- Microphone options 142
- 5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II 143
- Preferences 144
- Hardware monitor panels 145
- WMI browser 146
- DMI browser 146
- PCI browser 147
- Conguring PC Probe II 148
- 5.3.5 ASUS AI Suite 149
- Other feature buttons 150
- 5.3.6 ASUS AI Gear 2 151
- 5.3.7 ASUS AI Nap 152
- 5.3.8 ASUS Q-Fan Plus 153
- 5.3.9 ASUS AI Booster 2 154
- 5.3.10 CPU Level Up 155
- 5.4 RAID congurations 156
- 5.4.2 NVIDIA 157
- RAID congurations 157
- Entering the NVIDIA 158
- RAID utility 158
- Creating a RAID Volume 159
- Rebuilding a RAID array 160
- Deleting a RAID array 162
- Clearing a disk data 163
- Vista™: 165
- Chapter 6: NVIDIA 167
- 6.1 NVIDIA 169
- SLI™ technology 169
- 6.1.2 Graphics card setup 170
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-3 171
- 6-4 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 172
- SLI™ technology support 172
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-5 173
- 6.1.4 Enabling the NVIDIA 174
- SLI™ technology in Windows 174
- ASUS Crosshair II Formula 6-7 175
- Enabling SLI conguration 176
- Hybrid SLI 177
- Technology 177
- 6.2 NVIDIA 177
- 6.2.2 Enabling GeForce 178
- Boost and HybridPower™ 178
- Device Manager 179
- 6-12 Chapter 6: NVIDIA 180
- Appendix: Debug code 181
- A.1 Debug code table 183
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