Asus P9X79 WS manuals

Asus P9X79 WS Specifications (186 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 10.17 MB |

English

Table of contents

Motherboard

1

First Edition

2

October 2011

2

Contents

3

Safety information

9

About this guide

10

Typography

11

(continued on the next page)

12

Chapter 1: Product

17

1.1 Welcome!

19

1.2 Package contents

19

1.3 Special features

20

ASUS P9X79 WS 1-3

21

1.3.3 ASUS features

22

ASUS P9X79 WS 1-5

23

USB 3.0 Boost

24

USB BIOS Flashback

24

ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution

24

ASUS P9X79 WS 1-7

25

1.3.4 Other special features

26

Chapter 2: Hardware

27

2.1 Before you proceed

29

2.2 Motherboard overview

30

2.2.2 Layout contents

31

Generation Intel

32

2.2.4 System memory

33

Memory congurations

34

2.2.5 Expansion slots

35

2.2.6 Onboard switches

37

5. MemOK! switch

39

2.2.7 Onboard LEDs

40

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-13

41

P9X79 WS

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Q-Code table

43

Q-Code table (continued)

44

ACPI/ASL Checkpoints

48

2.2.8 Jumper

49

2.2.9 Internal connectors

51

3. Marvell

53

ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables

53

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-31

59

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-33

61

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-35

63

2.3.2 CPU installation

64

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-37

65

2.3.4 DIMM installation

67

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-41

69

2.3.6 ATX Power connection

70

2.3.7 SATA device connection

71

2.3.8 Front I/O Connector

72

2.3.9 Rear panel connection

73

2.3.10 Audio I/O connections

74

Connect to Stereo Speakers

75

2.3.11 USB BIOS Flashback

77

ASUS P9X79 WS 2-51

79

3.1 Knowing BIOS

81

3.2 BIOS setup program

81

3.3 Main menu

85

3.4 Ai Tweaker menu

87

Chapter 3

100

3.5 Advanced menu

109

3.6 Monitor menu

120

3.7 Boot menu

123

3.8 Tools menu

124

3.9 Exit menu

128

3.10 Updating BIOS

129

Chapter 4

137

4.2 Support DVD information

137

4.3 Software information

139

4.4 RAID congurations

156

Multiple GPU

169

Chapter summary

170

5.1 ATI

171

CrossFireX™ technology

171

Goldngers

172

CrossFireX bridge

172

5.1.5 Enabling the ATI

173

5.2 NVIDIA

175

SLI™ technology

175

SLI bridge

176

ASUS P9X79 WS 5-7

177

4-Way SLI bridge

178

5.2.6 Enabling the NVIDIA

179

Enabling Dual SLI settings

181

Enabling Triple SLI settings

181

5.3 NVIDIA

182

CUDA™ technology

182

ASUS P9X79 WS 5-13

183

ASUS contact information

185

DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY

186

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