Asus RAMPAGE III EXTREME manuals

Asus RAMPAGE III EXTREME Specifications (188 pages)

Brand: Asus | Category: Motherboards | Size: 6.61 MB |

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Table of contents

Motherboard

1

Second Edition V2

2

June 2008

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

PCIe 2.0

21

ATI CrossFireX™ Technology

21

Dual Gigabit LAN

21

IEEE 1394a support

21

High Denition Audio

22

Green ASUS

22

Fusion Block System

23

Extreme Engine

23

TweakIt

23

Speeding HDD

23

1.3.3 ROG unique features

25

1.3.4 ASUS special features

26

Optional Fan

27

ASUS MyLogo 3

27

ASUS EZ DIY

27

Chapter 2: Hardware

29

2.1 Before you proceed

31

SUPREMEFX

34

Listen with Absolutely HD

34

2.2.3 Layout contents

35

2.2.4 Placement direction

36

2.2.5 Screw holes

36

2.3.1 Installing the CPU

38

Alignment key

39

CPU notch

39

2.4 System memory

43

DDR3-1333MHz capability

45

DDR3-1067MHz capability

45

2.5.4 Removing a DIMM

46

2.4.3 Installing a DIMM

46

2.5 Expansion slots

47

2.5.3 Interrupt assignments

48

2.5.4 PCI slots

49

2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots

49

2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots

49

2.6 Slide switch and jumper

50

ACTIVITY/

52

LINK LED

52

LAN port

52

2.7.2 Internal connectors

54

ROG Rampage Extreme 2-33

63

ROG Rampage Extreme 2-35

65

2.7.3 Onboard switches

66

2.7.4 TweakIt

67

TweakIt options

68

2.8 Installing accessories

69

ROG Rampage Extreme 2-41

71

Package contents

72

Replacing the MOS Thermal Kit

75

BIOS setup

79

3.1.1 ASUS Update utility

81

3-2 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

82

Quit all Windows

82

Rampage.ROM

83

3.1.3 AFUDOS utility

85

3-6 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

86

lename at the DOS prompt

86

3.2 BIOS setup program

88

3.2.2 Menu bar

89

3.2.3 Navigation keys

89

3.2.1 BIOS menu screen

89

Main menu items

90

Scroll bar

90

Pop-up window

90

3.3 Extreme Tweaker menu

91

Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto]

92

CPU Level Up [Auto]

92

Memory Level Up [Auto]

92

OC From CPU Level Up [Auto]

93

FSB Frequency [XXX]

93

CPU Ratio Setting [Auto]

93

CPU Conguration

93

3-14 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

94

DRAM Skew Control

97

Ai Clock Twister [Auto]

97

Ai Transaction Booster [Auto]

97

EPU II Phase Control [Auto]

98

CPU Voltage [Auto]

98

Loadline Calibration [Auto]

98

CPU PLL Voltage [Auto]

98

ROG Rampage Extreme 3-19

99

DDR3 ChannelA/B Vref [Auto]

100

CPU Spread Spectrum [Auto]

100

PCIE Spread Spectrum [Auto]

100

3.4 Main menu

101

3.4.5 SATA 1–6

102

3.4.6 Storage Conguration

103

3.4.7 AHCI Conguration

104

3.4.8 System Information

105

3.5 Advanced menu

106

VIA Firewire1394 [Enabled]

107

Speeding HDD Control [Auto]

108

3.5.3 USB Conguration

109

3.5.4 PCI PnP

110

HWM Select Mode

111

3.5.6 Other Conguration

112

3.6 Power menu

113

3.6.5 APM Conguration

114

3.6.6 Hardware Monitor

115

Fan Speed Monitor

116

Fan Speed Control

116

POWER FAN Control [Disabled]

117

3.7 Boot menu

118

ROG Rampage Extreme 3-39

119

feature

119

3.7.3 BIOS Boot Priority

120

3.7.4 Security

121

Change User Password

122

Clear User Password

122

3.8 Tools menu

123

3.8.2 ASUS O.C. Prole

124

3.8.3 AI NET 2

125

3.8.4 BIOS Flashback

126

3.9 Exit menu

127

3-48 Chapter 3: BIOS setup

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

135

4.2.5 Manual menu

136

4.2.6 Video menu

136

4.2.8 Other information

137

Filelist

138

Technical support form

138

Browse this DVD

138

4.3 Software information

139

4.3.2 AI NET 2

141

Main Panel

143

Speakers and Headphone Panel

143

EAX Effects Panel

144

X-Fi CMSS-3D Panel

144

X-Fi Crystalizer Panel

144

Graphic Equalizer Panel

145

Mixer Panel

145

4.3.4 ASUS PC Probe II

146

Preferences

147

Hardware monitor panels

148

WMI browser

149

DMI browser

149

PCI browser

150

Conguring PC Probe II

151

4.3.5 ASUS EPU-6 Engine

152

6 Engine main menu

153

Advanced settings menu

154

4.3.6 ASUS AI Suite

156

Other feature buttons

157

4.3.7 ASUS AI Nap

158

4.3.8 ASUS Fan Xpert

159

Fan prole modes

160

4.3.9 ASUS AI Booster

161

4.3.10 CPU Level Up

162

4.3.11 ROG Speeding HDD

163

Conguring EZ Backup

164

Conguring Super Speed

165

Changing to Normal Mode

166

Partitioning volumes

167

Firmware Update

169

Event Log

169

Setup Password

169

4.4 RAID congurations

170

4.4.3 Intel

171

RAID congurations

171

ROG Rampage Extreme 4-43

173

ROG Rampage Extreme 4-45

175

ROG Rampage Extreme 4-47

177

ROG Rampage Extreme 4-49

179

Appendix: CPU features

181

A.1 Intel

183

A.2 Enhanced Intel SpeedStep

183

Technology (EIST)

183

A.2.2 Using the EIST

184

A.3 Intel

185

Hyper-Threading Technology

185

A.4 Debug code table

186

Asus RAMPAGE III EXTREME User Manual (3 pages)

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