Asus Rampage II Extreme - Republic of Gamers Motherboard Specifications download pdf (Page 42)

2.4 System memory

2.4.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with six Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory

Modules (DIMM) sockets.

A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but is

notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules

are developed for better performance with less power consumption.

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

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Motherboard 1
First Edition 2
August 2010 2
Contents 3
Safety information 9
Operation safety 10
About this guide 11
Typography 12
(continued on the next page) 13
Chapter 1: Product 17
1.1 Welcome! 19
1.2 Package contents 19
1.3 Special features 20
PCIe 2.0 21
ROG Connect 21
GameFirst 21
ProbeIt 22
Extreme Engine Digi+ 22
MemOK! 22
BIOS Flashback 23
CPU Level Up 23
Extreme Tweaker 23
Voltiminder LED 23
1.3.3 ROG unique features 24
1.3.4 ASUS special features 25
Chapter 2: Hardware 27
2.1 Before you proceed 29
Onboard LEDs 30
4. Hard Disk LED 31
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-5 33
2.2 Motherboard overview 34
2.2.2 Layout contents 35
2.2.3 Placement direction 36
2.2.4 Screw holes 36
2.3.1 Installing the CPU 37
Load plate 38
Alignment key 39
CPU notch 39
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-13 41
2.4 System memory 42
  43
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-17 45
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-19 47
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-21 49
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-23 51
2.4.4 Removing a DIMM 53
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM 53
2.5 Expansion slots 54
2.5.3 Interrupt assignments 55
2.5.4 PCI slot 56
2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots 57
2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots 57
2.6 Jumper 58
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-31 59
2.7 I/O shield Installation 60
2.8 Connectors 61
2.8.2 ROG Connect switch 62
2.8.3 Audio I/O connections 63
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-37 65
2.8.4 Internal connectors 66
2. Marvell 67
ATA 6.0 Gb/s signal cables 67
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-41 69
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-43 71
10. ATX power connectors 73
RESET SW 75
2.8.5 Onboard switches 76
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-49 77
5. Q reset button 78
2.8.6 ProbeIt 79
ROG Rampage III Formula 2-53 81
BIOS Setup 83
3.1.1 ASUS Update utility 85
3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 86
Quit all Windows 86
RAMPAGEIIIFORMULA 87
RAMPAGEIIIFORMULA.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 Sync Mode [Enabled] 94
ROG Rampage III Formula 3-11 95
[X.M.P] or [Manual] 95
3.3.12 DRAM Timing Control 96
3rd Information: 97
3-14 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 98
ROG Rampage III Formula 3-15 99
3.3.30 ICH Voltage [Auto] 100
  100
3.4 Main menu 101
3.4.4 SATA 1–6 102
32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] 103
PIO Mode [Auto] 103
DMA Mode [Auto] 103
SMART Monitoring [Auto] 103
  104
  105
3.4.7 System Information 106
3.5 Advanced menu 107
3-24 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 108
ROG Rampage III Formula 3-25 109
3.5.2 Chipset 110
GbE Controller [Enabled] 111
3-28 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 112
  113
3.5.5 PCIPnP 114
3.5.6 LED Control 115
  116
3.5.8 ROG Connect 116
3.6 Power menu 117
  118
3.6.5 EuP Ready [Disabled] 118
ROG Rampage III Formula 3-35 119
3.6.7 Hardware Monitor 120
Fan Speed Monitor 121
Fan Speed Control 121
PWRFAN Control [Disabled] 122
3.7 Boot menu 123
3-40 Chapter 3: BIOS Setup 124
3.7.3 Security 125
Change User Password 126
Password Check [Setup] 126
3.8 Tools menu 127
  128
3.8.3 GO_Button File 130
3.8.4 BIOS FlashBack 131
Drive Xpert Mode Update: 132
Drive Xpert Group: 132
Drive Xpert Device(s) List: 133
3.9 Exit menu 134
Software 135
Chapter summary 136
4.2 Support DVD information 137
4.2.2 Drivers menu 138
4.2.3 Utilities menu 139
4.2.4 Make disk menu 140
4.2.5 Manual menu 140
4.2.6 Video menu 141
4.2.8 Other information 142
Filelist 143
4.3 Software information 144
4.3.2 TurboV EVO 145
Using CPU Level Up 146
4.3.3 FAN Xpert 147
4.3.4 Probe II 148
Setting preference 149
Checking Alert Log 149
4.3.5 Sensor Recorder 150
Using Sound Blaster X-Fi MB 2 152
Equalizer 153
4.4 RAID congurations 154
ROG Rampage III Formula 4-19 155
4.4.4 Intel 156
Creating a RAID set 157
Deleting a RAID set 159
Exiting the Intel 160
Matrix Storage Manager 160
ROG Rampage III Formula 4-25 161
CrossFireX™ 163
5.1 ATI 165
CrossFireX™ technology 165
 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 Rampage III Formula 5-7 171
Enabling SLI settings 172

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