Asus B85M-G E9884- User Manual

Asus B85M-G E9884

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.; Offer to Provide Source Code of Certain Software
  • Page 3 – Contents; Product introduction
  • Page 4 – Safety information; Electrical safety; About this guide; How this guide is organized; Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • Page 5 – Where to find more information; ASUS websites; Conventions used in this guide; Bold text; Used to emphasize a word or a phrase.
  • Page 6 – B85M-G specifications summary; Package contents; Check your motherboard package for the following items.
  • Page 7 – USB; ASUS 5X Protection; lifespan with excellent durability; ASUS Exclusive Features:; ASUS Quiet Thermal Solution:
  • Page 8 – Internal connectors; Manageability
  • Page 9 – Before you proceed; any motherboard settings.; Motherboard overview; Placement direction
  • Page 10 – Motherboard layout
  • Page 11 – Layout contents; Page
  • Page 12 – Installing the CPU
  • Page 13 – CPU heatsink and fan assembly installation
  • Page 14 – To uninstall the CPU heatsink and fan assembly
  • Page 15 – System memory; location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:; Channel; Channel A; Memory configurations
  • Page 16 – Installing a DIMM
  • Page 17 – Removing a DIMM; Expansion slots; the slots and the expansion cards that they support.; Installing an expansion card; To install an expansion card:; make the necessary hardware settings for the card.; Configuring an expansion card; information on BIOS setup.
  • Page 18 – PCI Express 2.0 x1 slots; Headers and Jumpers; To erase the RTC RAM:; IRQ assignments for this motherboard; CLRTC
  • Page 19 – B85M-G Keyboard and USB device wake up; B85M-G USB device wake up
  • Page 20 – Rear panel connectors; through a network hub.; LAN port LED indications; Linked
  • Page 21 – These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB) ports are for USB; output RGB Signal to CRT and is not compatible with DVI-I.
  • Page 22 – push down firmly until the connectors completely fit.; B85M-G Parallel Port Connector; LPT
  • Page 23 – audio I/O module cable to this connector.; B85M-G Front panel audio connector
  • Page 24 – black wire of each cable matches the ground pin of the connector.
  • Page 26 – 80Mbps connection speed.
  • Page 27 – B85M-G System panel connector; B85M-G Digital audio connector
  • Page 29 – Software support; Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support DVD information; To run the Support DVD; display their respective menus.
  • Page 31 – Managing and updating your BIOS; BIOS information; BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST.; EZ Update; on the AI Suite 3 main menu bar.
  • Page 32 – Chapter 2: Getting started; ASUS EZ Flash 2; Enter the; Load Optimized Defaults; Exit; ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
  • Page 33 – Recovering the BIOS; ASUS BIOS Updater; Before updating BIOS; and; Booting the system in DOS environment
  • Page 34 – Please select boot device:; Enter Setup; Updating the BIOS file; To update the BIOS file:
  • Page 35 – Select; Restart your computer.; After the BIOS Updater checks the selected BIOS file, select; Yes; to confirm the BIOS
  • Page 36 – BIOS setup program; Entering BIOS Setup at startup; To enter BIOS Setup at startup:; POST continues with its routines.; Entering BIOS Setup after POST; To enter BIOS Setup after POST:; failed to enter BIOS Setup using the first two options.; Load Optimized; BIOS menu screen; The BIOS setup program can be used under two modes:; EZ Mode; Advanced Mode; You can change modes from the; menu or from the Exit/Advanced Mode button in the EZ
  • Page 37 – BIOS settings. The figure below shows an example of the; following sections for the detailed configurations.; advanced BIOS settings.; Setup Mode
  • Page 38 – Menu items; Main; Back button
  • Page 40 – Adding items to My Favorites; To add frequently‐used BIOS items to My Favorites:; My Favorites
  • Page 41 – Main menu; 한국어; Administrator Password; selected fields in the BIOS setup program.; To set an administrator password:
  • Page 42 – Headers and Jumpers; Administrator; Not Installed; Installed; User Password
  • Page 43 – Ai Tweaker menu; Scroll down to display the following items:
  • Page 44 – Target CPU Speed : xxxxMHz; CPU Core Ratio
  • Page 45 – These items become configurable only when you set the; DRAM speed is set to the optimized settings.
  • Page 46 – Primary Timings
  • Page 48 – MISC; Allows you to adjust the transmitter rising slope.
  • Page 50 – Enhanced Intel; Short Duration Package Power Limit [Auto]; CPU Internal Power Switching Frequency; CPU Integrated VR Fault Management [Auto]; CPU Internal Power Configuration; CPU Integrated VR Efficiency Management [Auto]
  • Page 51 – CPU Internal Power Saving Control; Allows you to set the power saving level 1 threshhold.
  • Page 54 – Advanced menu
  • Page 55 – CPU Configuration
  • Page 56 – CPU Power Management Configuration; PCH Configuration; PCI Express Configuration
  • Page 57 – Allows you to enable or disable Intel; Allows you to enable or disable hybrid hard disk support.
  • Page 58 – SATA Configuration; Disables the SATA function.; System Agent Configuration; Graphics Configuration
  • Page 59 – USB Configuration; USB Devices
  • Page 60 – Platform Misc Configuration; PCI Express Native Power Management [Disabled]; Onboard Devices Configuration; HD Audio Controller
  • Page 61 – Serial Port Configuration; Serial Port; Parallel Port Configuration
  • Page 62 – Network Stack
  • Page 63 – Monitor menu; Ignore; if you do not wish to display the detected temperature.
  • Page 66 – Boot menu; Fast Boot
  • Page 67 – Next Boot after AC Power Loss [Normal Boot]; Boot Logo Display
  • Page 68 – Boot Device Control [UEFI and Legacy OpROM]
  • Page 69 – Boot from Storage Devices [Legacy OpROM first]; Secure Boot; OS Type; Key Management; Clear Secure Boot keys
  • Page 71 – installed in the system.; booting from the selected device.
  • Page 72 – Tools menu; ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility; ASUS Overclocking Profile; This item allows you to store or load multiple BIOS settings.; Setup Profile Status; Save to Profile; Load from Profile; DO NOT; ASUS SPD Information
  • Page 73 – Exit menu; Select Yes to load the default values.; Discard Changes & Exit; This option allows you to enter the EZ Mode screen.; Launch EFI Shell from filesystem device; the available devices that have a filesystem.
  • Page 75 – Appendices; Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; IC: Canadian Compliance Statement
  • Page 76 – REACH; information in different regions.; Canadian Department of Communications Statement; and use the equipment according to the instruction manual.; KC: Korea Warning Statement
  • Page 77 – ASUS contact information; ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.; Technical Support
  • Page 78 – DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY; EC
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Page 2 - Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved.; Offer to Provide Source Code of Certain Software

ii E9884Revised Edition V4 October 2014 Copyright © 2014 ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. All Rights Reserved. No part of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or translated into any language in any form or b...

Page 3 - Contents; Product introduction

iii Contents Safety information ...................................................................................................... ivAbout this guide ......................................................................................................... ivPackage contents ........................

Page 4 - Safety information; Electrical safety; About this guide; How this guide is organized; Chapter 1: Product introduction

iv Safety information Electrical safety • To prevent electrical shock hazard, disconnect the power cable from the electrical outlet before relocating the system. • When adding or removing devices to or from the system, ensure that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cabl...

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