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Asus MAXIMUS_III_EXTREME Owner's Manual (180 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: NAS & storage servers | Size: 20.74 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

January 2010

2

Contents

3

CE Marking

9

Safety information

12

Operation safety

13

About this guide

14

Typography

15

(continued on the next page)

16

Chapter 1: Product

19

1.1 Welcome!

21

1.2 Package contents

21

1.3 Special features

22

PCIe 2.0

23

RC Bluetooth

23

ROG Connect

23

USB BIOS FlashBack

24

Extreme Engine Digi+

24

MemOK!

24

ProbeIt

25

BIOS FlashBack

25

CPU Level Up

25

Extreme Tweaker

25

Voltiminder LED

25

1.3.3 ROG unique features

26

1.3.4 ASUS special features

26

ROG Maximus III Extreme

27

Chapter 2: Hardware

29

2.1 Before you proceed

31

Onboard LEDs

32

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-3

33

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-5

35

2.2 Motherboard overview

36

2.2.2 Layout contents

37

2.2.3 Placement direction

38

2.2.4 Screw holes

38

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

39

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-13

43

2.4 System memory

44

2.4.2 Memory congurations

45

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-17

47

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-19

49

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-21

51

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

52

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

52

2.5 Expansion slots

53

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

54

2.5.4 PCI slot

55

2.5.5 PCI Express x16 slots

55

2.6 Jumper

57

2.7 RC Bluetooth card

59

2.8 I/O shield Installation

60

2.9 Connectors

61

* LAN port LED indications

62

ROG Connect switch

62

RC Bluetooth switch

63

2.9.3 Audio I/O connections

64

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-35

65

2.9.4 Internal connectors

67

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-39

69

12. ATX power connectors

74

ROG Maximus III Extreme 2-45

75

RESET SW

76

2.9.5 Onboard switches

77

5. Q reset button

79

2.9.6 ProbeIt

80

BIOS setup

83

3.1.1 ASUS Update utility

85

3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

86

Quit all Windows

86

MAXIMUSIIIFORMULA

87

MAXIMUSIIIFORMULA.ROM

87

Recovering the BIOS

89

3.2 BIOS setup program

90

3.2.3 Navigation keys

91

3.2.1 BIOS menu screen

91

3.2.2 Menu bar

91

3-8 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

92

3.3 Extreme Tweaker menu

93

3.3.1 CPU Level Up [Auto]

94

3.3.2 Memory Level Up [Auto]

94

ROG Maximus III Extreme 3-11

95

3.3.13 DRAM Timing Control

96

3.3.16 CPU Clock Skew [Auto]

97

3.3.17 PCH Clock Skew [Auto]

97

3.3.18 Extreme OV [Disabled]

97

3.3.24 CPU Voltage [Auto]

98

3.4 Main menu

100

3.4.4 SATA 1–6

101

PIO Mode [Auto]

102

DMA Mode [Auto]

102

SMART Monitoring [Auto]

102

32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled]

102

3.4.5 Storage Conguration

103

3.4.6 AHCI Conguration

104

3.4.7 System Information

104

3.5 Advanced menu

105

3-22 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

106

ROG Maximus III Extreme 3-23

107

3.5.2 Chipset

108

HDA Controller [Enabled]

109

Realtek LAN [Enabled]

109

Marvell 9123 Boot ROM [Auto]

110

3.5.4 USB Conguration

111

3.5.5 LED Control

112

3.5.6 iROG Conguration

113

3.5.7 ROG Connect

113

3.6 Power menu

114

3.6.6 APM Conguration

115

3.6.5 EuP Ready [Disabled]

115

3-32 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

116

3.6.7 Hardware Monitor

117

Fan Speed Monitor

118

Fan Speed Control

118

PWRFAN Control [Disabled]

119

3.7 Boot menu

120

ROG Maximus III Extreme 3-37

121

3.7.3 Security

122

Change User Password

123

Password Check [Setup]

123

3.8 Tools menu

124

3.6.2 GO_Button File

126

3.6.3 AI NET 2

126

3.6.4 ASUS EZ Flash 2

127

3.9 Exit menu

128

Software

129

Chapter summary

130

4.2 Support DVD information

131

4.2.2 Drivers menu

132

4.2.3 Utilities menu

133

4.2.4 Make disk menu

134

4.2.5 Manual menu

134

4.2.6 Video menu

135

4.2.8 Other information

136

Filelist

137

4.3 Software information

139

4.3.2 ASUS PC Probe II

141

Preferences

142

Hardware monitor panels

143

WMI browser

144

DMI browser

144

PCI browser

145

Conguring PC Probe II

146

4.3.3 ASUS AI Suite

147

Other feature buttons

148

4.3.4 ASUS Fan Xpert

149

4.3.5 CPU Level Up

150

4.3.6 TurboV EVO

151

4.3.7 ROG Connect

152

RC Poster

153

RC Remote

153

RC Diagram

153

RC BIOS FlashBack

153

4.4 RAID congurations

154

4.4.4 Intel

155

Creating a RAID volume

156

ROG Maximus III Extreme 4-27

157

Deleting a RAID set

158

Exiting the Intel

158

Matrix Storage Manager

158

ROG Maximus III Extreme 4-31

161

CrossFireX™

163

5.1 ATI

165

CrossFireX™ technology

165

Goldngers

166

CrossFireX bridge

166

5.1.5 Enabling the ATI

167

Enabling CrossFireX settings

168

5.2 NVIDIA

169

SLI™ technology

169

5.2.4 Enabling the NVIDIA

170

ROG Maximus III Extreme 5-7

171

Enabling SLI settings

172

Reference information

173

A.1 Debug code table

175

Debug code table

176

FlashBack

178

Bluetooth

178

Power Supply or above

179

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