Asus M4A88T-I DELUXE- User Manual

Asus M4A88T-I DELUXE

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – Copyright © 2010 ASUSTeK Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.; Offer to Provide Source Code of Certain Software
  • Page 3 – Contents; M4A88T-I Deluxe specifications summary; Product introduction; Memory configurations
  • Page 4 – BIOS information; Configuration fields
  • Page 5 – CPU Configuration
  • Page 6 – Notices; Federal Communications Commission Statement; This device may not cause harmful interference, and; Canadian Department of Communications Statement; This class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.; REACH
  • Page 7 – Safety information; Electrical safety; before relocating the system.; Operation safety; Place the product on a stable surface.; About this guide; How this guide is organized; Chapter 1: Product introduction
  • Page 8 – Conventions used in this guide; NOTE: Tips and additional information to help you complete a task.; Where to find more information; ASUS websites; Typography; Bold text; Indicates a menu or an item to select.
  • Page 9 – DDR3 1066MHz. With ASUS design, this motherboard can
  • Page 10 – USB; GPU Boost; ASUS EZ DIY; - ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
  • Page 11 – BIOS
  • Page 13 – Package contents; Chapter 1; Special features; Product highlights; AMD; less power consumption. It features dual-channel DDR3 1333 MHz
  • Page 14 – The AMD; HDMI support
  • Page 15 – Innovative ASUS features; Core Unlocker; ASUS Core Unlocker simplifies the activation of a latent AMD; Turbo Key II; GPU Boost overclocks the integrated GPU in real time for the best; TurboV EVO
  • Page 16 – speed to achieve a quiet and cool environment.
  • Page 17 – Precision Tweaker 2; Allows you to fine-tune the VCore / VDDNB voltage in 0.006250V steps; Green ASUS; impact on the environment.; Before you proceed
  • Page 18 – Motherboard overview; Placement direction; Screw holes
  • Page 20 – Installing the CPU; Locate the CPU socket on the motherboard.; Socket lever; Carefully insert the CPU into the socket until it fits in place.; Gold triangle; M4A88T-I DELUXE CPU socket AM3
  • Page 21 – M4A88T-I DELUXE CPU fan connector
  • Page 22 – Installing the heatsink and fan; To install the CPU heatsink and fan:
  • Page 23 – System memory; Overview; figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
  • Page 26 – Installing a DIMM; Unlocked retaining clip; Locked Retaining Clip; Removing a DIMM; Remove the DIMM from the socket.; DIMM notch
  • Page 27 – Expansion slot; Installing an expansion card; To install an expansion card:; Configuring an expansion card; Assign an IRQ to the card.; PCI Express x16 slot; Express specifications.
  • Page 28 – Jumper; To erase the RTC RAM:; M4A88T-I DELUXE Clear RTC RAM
  • Page 29 – Connectors; Rear panel ports; LAN port; Bluetooth Electrical Specification:; LAN port LED indications
  • Page 30 – WLAN antenna ports. These ports connect to the WLAN antennas.; SATA Configuration
  • Page 31 – Internal connectors; M4A88T-I DELUXE fan connectors
  • Page 32 – push down firmly until the connectors completely fit.; M4A88T-I DELUXE ATX power connectors
  • Page 33 – M4A88T-I DELUXE SATA connectors
  • Page 34 – M4A88T-I DELUXE System panel connector; Devices Configuration; panel audio I/O module cable to this connector.; M4A88T-I DELUXE Front panel audio connector
  • Page 35 – Onboard switches; Core Unlocker switch; This switch allows you to unlock the extra cores of your CPU.; M4A88T-I DELUXE Core Unlocker Switch
  • Page 37 – Turbo Key II switch; M4A88T-I DELUXE Turbo Key II Switch
  • Page 38 – Onboard LEDs; Standby Power LED; M4A88T-I DELUXE Onboard LED
  • Page 40 – Software support; Installing an operating system; This motherboard supports Windows; Support DVD information; To run the Support DVD; Click an item to install
  • Page 41 – Chapter 2; Managing and updating your BIOS; ASUS Update utility; Installing ASUS Update; Updating the BIOS; ASUS Update to launch the ASUS Update utility.; Auto
  • Page 42 – Chapter 2: BIOS information; Select; Update BIOS from a file; b. Locate the BIOS file from the; ASUS EZ Flash 2; and automatically reboots the system when done.
  • Page 43 – ASUS M4A88T-I Deluxe; FAT 32/16 format and single partition only.; ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3; Recovering the BIOS; BIOS file to the USB port or to the floppy disk drive, if supported.
  • Page 44 – Booting the system in DOS environment; At the FreeDOS prompt, type; ASUS BIOS Updater; gets corrupted during the updating process.; Before updating BIOS
  • Page 45 – Filename Extension; Backing up the current BIOS; To backup the current BIOS file using the BIOS Updater
  • Page 46 – Updating the BIOS file; To update the BIOS file using BIOS Updater; The BIOS Updater screen appears as below.
  • Page 47 – BIOS setup program; Entering BIOS Setup at startup; Press the reset button on the system chassis.
  • Page 48 – BIOS menu screen; The menu bar on top of the screen has the following main items:; Navigation keys; Menu items; Menu bar
  • Page 49 – value of a field, select it then press; do not fit on the screen. Press the; General help
  • Page 50 – Main menu; Allows you to set the system time.
  • Page 51 – menu allows you to configure your storage devices. Select an item; System Information; automatically detects the items in this menu.; BIOS Information; Displays the auto-detected CPU specification.; System Memory
  • Page 52 – Ai Tweaker menu; Scroll down to display the following items:; set CPU Overclocking to [Manual] after selecting a CPU level.
  • Page 54 – OC Tuner Utility; several times until auto tuning is completed.; DRAM Timing Configuration
  • Page 55 – DRAM Driving Configuration
  • Page 57 – Advanced menu
  • Page 58 – Chipset; Allows you to enable the channel memory interleaving.
  • Page 59 – Onboard Devices Configuration
  • Page 60 – When this item is set to [No; ], BIOS configures all the devices in the system. When this item; PCIPnP; devices and setting the memory size block for legacy ISA devices.; USB Configuration; to display the configuration options.
  • Page 61 – USB Mass Storage Device Configuration; Power menu
  • Page 62 – Enables or disables PS/2 Keyboard to generate a wake event.; HW Monitor Configuration
  • Page 64 – Boot menu; Boot Device Priority; Boot Settings Configuration
  • Page 65 – Security; Change Supervisor Password; Select the Change Supervisor Password item and press .; Confirm the password when prompted.; Limited; allows changes only to selected fields, such as Date and Time.; Full Access; allows viewing and changing all the fields in the Setup utility.
  • Page 66 – Change User Password; Clear User Password; Select this item to clear the user password.; Tools menu; The Tools; , a confirmation message
  • Page 67 – This item allows you to store or load multiple BIOS settings.; Add Your CMOS Profile
  • Page 68 – AI NET 2; option, a confirmation window appears. Select; OK to save changes and exit.; Exit & Discard Changes; Password, the BIOS asks for a confirmation before exiting.; Discard Changes; OK to discard any changes; and load the previously saved values.; Load Setup Defaults; Exit menu
  • Page 69 – ASUS contact information; ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC.; Technical Support
  • Page 70 – DECLARATION OF CONFORMITY
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Page 2 - Copyright © 2010 ASUSTeK Computer Inc. All Rights Reserved.; Offer to Provide Source Code of Certain Software

ii E5834 First Edition V1 June 2010 Copyright © 2010 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 by an...

Page 3 - Contents; M4A88T-I Deluxe specifications summary; Product introduction; Memory configurations

iii Contents Notices ......................................................................................................... vi Safety information ..................................................................................... vii About this guide ...............................................

Page 4 - BIOS information; Configuration fields

iv Contents 1.13 Software support ........................................................................ 1-28 1.13.1 Installing an operating system ...................................... 1-28 1.13.2 Support DVD information .............................................. 1-28 Chapter 2: BIOS informa...

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