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Asus CROSSHAIR E2711 User Manual (174 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Hardware | Size: 10.15 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

July 2006

2

Second Edition V2

2

Contents

3

Safety information

8

About this guide

9

Typography

10

(continued on the next page)

11

Product

15

1.1 Welcome!

17

1.2 Package contents

17

1.3 Special features

18

PCI Express™ interface

19

Dual RAID solution

19

IEEE 1394a support

19

S/PDIF digital sound ready

20

USB 2.0 technology

20

Dual Gigabit LAN solution

20

1.3.2 ASUS Unique features

21

Onboard Switches

23

CrashFree BIOS 3

23

ASUS Q-Fan plus technology

23

ASUS Multi-language BIOS

23

ASUS MyLogo3

23

Supreme FX features

24

Hardware

25

2.1 Before you proceed

27

CROSSHAIR

28

2.2.3 Motherboard layout

29

2.2.4 Audio card layout

29

2.2.5 Layout contents

30

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

32

ASUS Crosshair 2-7

33

Retention bracket lock

34

Retention bracket

34

Retention module base

34

CPU heatsink

34

CROSSHAIR CPU fan connector

36

2.4 System memory

38

Qualied Vendors Lists (QVL)

39

DDR2-800 MHz capability

39

DDR2-667 MHz capability

41

DDR2-533 MHz capability

43

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

45

2.4.4 Removing a DIMM

45

2.5 Expansion slots

46

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

47

2.5.4 PCI slots

48

2.5.5 PCI Express x4 slot

48

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots

48

2.6 Jumper

49

2.7.2 EL I/O Installation

50

2.8 Connectors

51

2.8.2 Internal connectors

54

CROSSHAIR IDE connector

55

CROSSHAIR USB 2.0 connectors

56

CROSSHAIR IEEE 1394 connector

56

CROSSHAIR Fan connectors

57

2.8.3 Onboard switches

61

2. Power-on switch

62

3. Reset switch

62

Powering up

63

ASUS Crosshair 3-1

65

3-2 Chapter 3: Powering up

66

BIOS setup

67

4.1.1 ASUS Update utility

69

4-2 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

70

Quit all Windows

70

ASUS Crosshair 4-3

71

The ASUS Update utility is

71

DOS environment

72

XP environment

72

2000 environment

72

4.1.4 Updating the BIOS

74

4.2 BIOS setup program

78

4.2.1 BIOS menu screen

79

4.2.2 Menu bar

79

4.2.4 Menu items

80

4.2.5 Sub-menu items

80

4.2.6 Conguration elds

80

4.2.3 Legend bar

80

4.2.7 Pop-up window

81

4.2.8 General help

81

4.3 Main menu

82

PIO Mode [Auto]

83

UDMA Mode [Auto]

83

4.3.6 SATA1/2/3/4/5/6

85

4.3.9 Usable Memory [XXX MB]

86

4.4 Extreme Tweaker menu

87

N.O.S. Mode [Auto]

88

N.O.S. Sensitivity [Normal]

88

N.O.S. Overclock [3%]

88

ASUS Crosshair 4-21

89

CPU Voltage Range [Auto]

90

CPU Voltage [Auto]

90

DDR2 Voltage Control [Auto]

90

HT Link Voltage [Auto]

90

NB Core Voltage [Auto]

90

4.4.3 DRAM Conguration

91

4-24 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

92

Advanced Memory Settings

93

DRAM Timing Control

94

Output Driver Control

95

4.4.6 AMD Live! [Disabled]

96

4.5 Advanced menu

97

4.5.2 PEG Link Mode

98

4.5.3 PCIPnP

98

IRQ Resources

99

IDE Function Setup

100

Serial-ATA Conguration

100

USB Conguration

101

Onboard 1394 [Enabled]

101

4-34 Chapter 4: BIOS setup

102

4.6 Power menu

103

4.6.3 APM Conguration

104

4.6.4 Hardware Monitor

105

Voltage Monitor

106

Temperature Monitor

106

Fan Speed Control

107

Fan Speed Monitor

107

Fan Boost Function [Disabled]

108

4.7 Boot menu

109

4.7.2 Removable Drives

110

4.7.3 Hard Disk Drives

110

Case Open Warning [Enabled]

111

Quick Boot [Enabled]

111

Bootup Num-Lock [On]

111

4.7.5 Security

112

Password Check

113

4.8 Tools menu

114

4.8.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

115

Load from Prole 1/2

116

Load from File

116

Save BIOS Prole

116

Save to Proe 1/2

116

Save to File

116

4.8.3 ASUS EZ Flash 2

117

4.9 Exit menu

118

Software

119

Chapter summary

120

5.2 Support DVD information

121

5.2.2 Drivers menu

122

5.2.3 Utilities menu

123

Microsoft DirectX 9.0c

124

Anti-Virus Utility

124

ASUS PC Probe II

124

ASUS Screen Saver

124

5.2.4 Make Disk menu

125

5.2.5 Manuals menu

126

5.2.7 Other information

127

Technical support Form

128

Filelist

128

5.3 Software information

129

Chapter 5: Software support

130

5.3.2 SoundMAX

131

High Denition Audio utility

131

Audio Setup Wizard

132

Jack conguration

133

Adjust speaker volume

133

Adjust microphone volume

133

Audio preferences

134

Microphone options

135

Enhanced Microphone Features

135

Windows® 2000/XP

136

5.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II

138

Preferences

139

Hardware monitor panels

140

WMI browser

141

DMI browser

141

PCI browser

142

Conguring PC Probe II

143

5.4 RAID congurations

144

5.4.1 NVIDIA

145

RAID congurations

145

Entering the NVIDIA

146

RAID utility

146

Creating a RAID Volume

146

Rebuilding a RAID array

148

Deleting a RAID array

150

Clearing a disk data

151

Setting the BIOS RAID items

152

MAIN MENU

157

Auto conguration

157

Manual conguration

157

Creating a CONCATENATION set

158

ASUS Crosshair 5-39

159

PCI Express graphics cards

161

6.1 Overview

163

6.2 Dual graphics card setup

164

ASUS Crosshair

165

SLI connector

166

Chapter 6: NVIDIA

168

SLI™ technology support

168

Debug Code

169

A.1 Debug Code Table

171

ASUS Crosshair A-3

173

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