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Asus Crosshair II Formula - Republic of Gamers Series Motherboard Specifications (186 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 5.98 MB |

English

Table of contents

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 congurations

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 Conguration 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 Conguration

87

AI Clock Skew �Auto]

88

Advance Memory Settings

88

DRAM Timing Control

89

SLI-Ready Memory [Disabled]

90

Vcore Voltage [Auto]

90

CPU Conguration

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

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101

4.5.4 USB Conguration

102

4.5.5 IDE Function Setup

103

4.5.6 MCP Storage Cong

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 Conguration

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 Prole

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

Conguring 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 congurations

156

5.4.2 NVIDIA

157

RAID congurations

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 conguration

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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