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3-38 Chapter 3: BIOS setup
Booting the system in DOS environment
1. Insert the USB ash drive with the latest BIOS le and BIOS Updater to the
USB port.
2. Boot your computer. When the ASUS Logo appears, press <F8> to show
the BIOS Boot Device Select Menu. Insert the support DVD into the optical
drive and select the optical drive as the boot device.
Welcome to FreeDOS (http://www.freedos.org)!
C:\>d:
D:\>
3. When the Make Disk menu appears, select the FreeDOS command prompt
item by pressing the item number.
4. At the FreeDOS prompt, type d: and press <Enter> to switch the disk from
Drive C (optical drive) to Drive D (USB ash drive).
3.10.4 ASUS BIOS Updater
The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to update BIOS in DOS environment. This
utility also allows you to copy the current BIOS le that you can use as a backup
when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process.
The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. The actual utility screen
displays may not be same as shown.
Before updating BIOS
1. Prepare the motherboard support DVD and a USB ash drive in FAT32/16
format and single partition.
2. Download the latest BIOS le and BIOS Updater from the ASUS website at
http://support.asus.com and save them on the USB ash drive.
• NTFS is not supported under DOS environment. Do not save the BIOS le
and BIOS Updater to a hard disk drive or USB ash drive in NTFS format.
• Do not save the BIOS le to a oppy disk due to low disk capacity.
3. Turn off the computer and disconnect all SATA hard disk drives (optional).
Please select boot device:
SATA: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
USB XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
UEFI: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Enter Setup
↑ and ↓ to move selection
ENTER to select boot device
ESC to boot using defaults
- Motherboard 1
- First Edition 2
- February 2011 2
- Contents 3
- Safety information 8
- About this guide 9
- Typography 10
- P8B WS specications summary 11
- Chapter 1: Product 15
- 1.1 Welcome! 17
- 1.2 Package contents 17
- 1.3 Special features 18
- ASUS P8B WS 1-3 19
- 1.3.3 ASUS features 20
- AI Suite II 21
- ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution 21
- ASUS EZ DIY 21
- Precision Tweaker 2 22
- IEEE 1394a interface 22
- S/PDIF-out on Back I/O Port 22
- ASUS Crystal Sound 23
- Chapter 2: Hardware 25
- 2.1 Before you proceed 27
- 2.2 Motherboard overview 28
- 2.2.2 Layout contents 29
- 2.2.4 System memory 31
- 32
- P8B WS Motherboard 33
- 2.2.5 Expansion slots 36
- 2.2.6 Onboard switches 38
- 2. GPU Boost switch 39
- Turning this switch to 39
- 3. MemOK! switch 40
- 2.2.7 Onboard LEDs 41
- 5. DRAM LED 43
- 2.2.8 Jumper 44
- ASUS P8B WS 2-19 45
- 2.2.9 Internal connectors 46
- ASUS P8B WS 2-23 49
- G.P. Diagnosis card layout 52
- 10. ATX power connectors 54
- ASUS P8B WS 2-29 55
- PC chassis Power supply unit 56
- DIMM SATA hard disk drive 56
- 2.3.2 CPU installation 57
- Apply the Thermal Interface 59
- Material to the CPU heatsink 59
- ASUS P8B WS 2-33 59
- 2.3.4 DIMM installation 61
- ASUS P8B WS 2-37 63
- 2.3.6 ATX Power connection 64
- 2.3.7 SATA device connection 65
- 2.3.8 Front I/O Connector 66
- To install PCIe x16 cards 67
- 2.3.10 Rear panel connection 68
- 2.3.11 Audio I/O connections 69
- Connect to Stereo Speakers 70
- ASUS P8B WS 2-45 71
- ASUS P8B WS 2-47 73
- BIOS setup 75
- 3.1 Knowing BIOS 77
- 3.2 BIOS setup program 77
- 3.2.1 EZ Mode 78
- 3.2.2 Advanced Mode 79
- 3-4 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 80
- 3.3 Main menu 81
- Administrator Password 82
- User Password 83
- 3.4 Ai Tweaker menu 84
- GPU Boost 86
- DRAM Timing Control 86
- CPU Power Management 86
- CPU Voltage [Auto] 87
- VCCSA Voltage [Auto] 88
- CPU PLL Voltage [Auto] 88
- Load-Line Calibration [Auto] 88
- CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto] 88
- 3.5 Advanced menu 89
- 90
- ASUS P8B WS 3-15 91
- Render Standby [Enabled] 92
- 93
- 93
- SATA Mode [IDE Mode] 94
- Hot Plug [Disabled] 94
- 95
- HD Audio Controller [Enabled] 96
- Front Panel Type [HD] 96
- SPDIF Out Type [SPDIF] 96
- Serial Port [Enabled] 97
- 3.5.8 APM 98
- Power On By RTC [Disabled] 99
- 3.6 Monitor menu 100
- CPU Q-Fan Control [Enabled] 101
- Anti Surge Support [Enabled] 102
- 3.7 Boot menu 103
- 3.8 Tool menu 104
- 105
- 3.8.3 Asus SPD Information 106
- 3.9 Exit menu 107
- 3.10 Updating BIOS 108
- 3.10.1 ASUS Update utility 109
- 3-34 Chapter 3: BIOS setup 110
- ASUS P8B WS 3-35 111
- Drive Folder Info 112
- Recovering the BIOS 113
- C:\>d: 114
- Backing up the current BIOS 115
- 116
- Software 117
- Chapter summary 118
- 4.2 Support DVD information 119
- 4.3 Software information 121
- 4.3.2 EPU 122
- 4.3.3 FAN Xpert 123
- 4.3.4 Probe II 124
- 4.3.5 Sensor Recorder 125
- 4.3.6 Ai Charger+ 126
- 127
- 4.4 RAID congurations 129
- 4.4.4 Intel 130
- Creating a RAID set 131
- Deleting a RAID set 133
- Exiting the Intel 133
- ASUS P8B WS 4-17 135
- The name of the USB oppy 136
- ASUS P8B WS 4-19 137
- Multiple GPU 139
- 5.1 ATI 141
- CrossFireX™ technology 141
- 142
- CrossFireX bridge 142
- 5.1.5 Enabling the ATI 143
- 5.2 NVIDIA 145
- CUDA™ technology 145
- Technical Support 147
- DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY 148
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