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Asus MAXIMUS III EXTREME Specifications (170 pages)


Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 10.54 MB |

 

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

August 2009

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

PCIe 2.0

19

ROG Connect

19

GameFirst

19

MemPerfect

19

CPU Level Up

20

MemOK!

20

Extreme Tweaker

20

ProbeIt

20

1.3.3 ROG unique features

21

1.3.4 ASUS special features

22

TurboV EVO

23

ASUS EPU

23

C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall)

23

Chapter 2: Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

Onboard LEDs

28

4. Hard Disk LED

29

2.2 Motherboard overview

31

2.2.2 Layout contents

32

2.2.3 Placement direction

33

2.2.4 Screw holes

33

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

34

2.4 System memory

39

2.4.2 Memory congurations

40

DDR3-1067MHz capability

41

DDR3-1333MHz capability

42

ROG Maximus III GENE 2-17

43

DDR3-1600MHz capability

44

ROG Maximus III GENE 2-19

45

DDR3-2000MHz capability

46

DDR3-2133MHz capability

46

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

47

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

47

2.5 Expansion slots

48

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

49

2.5.4 PCI slot

50

2.5.5 PCI Express x4 slot

50

2.6 Jumper

52

2.7 I/O shield installation

53

2.8 Connectors

54

* LAN port LED indications

55

2.8.2 Internal connectors

56

ROG Maximus III GENE 2-37

63

RESET SW

64

2.8.4 Onboard switches

65

3. GO button

66

BIOS setup

69

3.1.1 ASUS Update utility

71

3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

72

Quit all Windows

72

Miiig.ROM

73

Recovering the BIOS

75

3.1.4 ASUS BIOS Updater

76

Copying the current BIOS

76

Updating the BIOS le

77

Are you sure to update BIOS?

78

Yes No

78

3.2 BIOS setup program

79

3.2.3 Navigation keys

80

3.2.1 BIOS menu screen

80

3.2.2 Menu bar

80

ROG Maximus III GENE 3-11

81

3.3 Extreme Tweaker menu

82

3.3.1 CPU Level Up [Auto]

83

3.3.2 Memory Level Up [Auto]

83

3.3.6 CPU Conguration

84

3.3.9 QPI Frequency [Auto]

84

3.3.10 DRAM Timing Control

85

3-16 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

86

ROG Maximus III GENE 3-17

87

3.3.21 IMC Voltage [Auto]

88

3.3.22 PCH Voltage [Auto]

88

3.3.23 DRAM Voltage [Auto]

88

3.3.28 ASUS O.C. Prole

89

3.4 Main menu

90

3.4.4 SATA 1–6

91

PIO Mode [Auto]

92

DMA Mode [Auto]

92

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

92

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

92

3.4.5 Storage Conguration

93

3.4.7 System Information

94

3.4.6 AHCI Conguration

94

3.5 Advanced menu

95

3-26 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

96

ROG Maximus III GENE 3-27

97

3.5.2 Chipset

98

Onboard Devices [Standard]

99

HDA Controller [Enabled]

99

Realtek LAN [Enabled]

99

3.5.4 USB Conguration

100

3.5.5 LED Control

101

3.5.6 iROG Conguration

102

3.5.7 ROG Connect

102

3.6 Power menu

103

3.6.6 APM Conguration

104

3.6.5 EuP Ready [Disabled]

104

ROG Maximus III GENE 3-35

105

3.6.7 Hardware Monitor

106

Fan Speed Monitor

107

Fan Speed Control

107

OPTFAN1/2 Control [Disabled]

108

3.7 Boot menu

109

3-40 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

110

3.7.3 Security

111

Change User Password

112

Password Check [Setup]

112

3.8 Tools menu

113

3.8.2 GO_Button File

114

3.8.3 AI NET 2

115

3.8.4 MemPerfect

116

3.8.5 ASUS EZ Flash 2

116

3.9 Exit menu

117

3-48 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

118

Software

119

Chapter summary

120

4.2 Support DVD information

121

4.2.2 Drivers menu

122

4.2.3 Utilities menu

123

4.2.4 Make disk menu

124

4.2.5 Manual menu

125

4.2.6 Video menu

125

4.2.8 Other information

126

Browse this DVD

127

Filelist

127

4.3 Software information

128

Main Panel

129

Speakers and Headphone Panel

129

EAX Effects Panel

130

X-Fi CMSS-3D Panel

130

X-Fi Crystalizer Panel

130

Graphic Equalizer Panel

131

Mixer Panel

131

4.3.2 ASUS PC Probe II

132

Preferences

133

Hardware monitor panels

134

WMI browser

135

DMI browser

135

PCI browser

136

Conguring PC Probe II

137

4.3.3 ASUS AI Suite

138

Other feature buttons

139

4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert

140

4.3.5 ASUS EPU-6 Engine

141

4.3.6 TurboV EVO

142

ASUS TurboV Easy Mode

143

ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode

144

Using ASUS Turbo Key

145

Conguring ASUS Turbo Key

145

4.4 RAID congurations

146

4.4.4 Intel

147

Creating a RAID volume

148

ROG Maximus III GENE 4-29

149

Deleting a RAID set

150

Exiting the Intel

150

Matrix Storage Manager

150

ROG Maximus III GENE 4-33

153

CrossFireX™

155

5.1 ATI

157

CrossFireX™ technology

157

Goldngers

158

CrossFireX bridge

158

(bundled with

158

5.1.5 Enabling the ATI

159

Enabling CrossFireX settings

160

5.2 NVIDIA

161

SLI™ technology

161

5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA

162

ROG Maximus III GENE 5-7

163

Enabling SLI settings

164

Debug code table

165





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