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... into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are ...defaced or missing. ASUSTeK is licensed under the General Public License ("GPL") and under the Lesser General Public License Version ("LGPL"). ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ...
... into any language in any form or by any means, except documentation kept by ASUS; or (2) the serial number of ASUSTeK COMPUTER INC. ("ASUS"). Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are ...defaced or missing. ASUSTeK is licensed under the General Public License ("GPL") and under the Lesser General Public License Version ("LGPL"). ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS ...
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... menu 3-44 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-4 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-4 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.7 Other information 4-5 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-7 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-9 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-13 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-19 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-20 4.3.6 CPU Level Up 4-21...
... menu 3-44 Chapter 4: Software support 4.1 Installing an operating system 4-1 4.2 Support DVD information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Drivers menu 4-2 4.2.3 Utilities menu 4-3 4.2.4 Make disk menu 4-4 4.2.5 Manual menu 4-4 4.2.6 ASUS Contact information 4-5 4.2.7 Other information 4-5 4.3 Software information 4-7 4.3.1 ASUS MyLogo3 4-7 4.3.2 Sound Blaster X-Fi audio utility 4-9 4.3.3 ASUS PC Probe II 4-13 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite 4-19 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert 4-20 4.3.6 CPU Level Up 4-21...
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... To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry. • Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using an adapter or extension cord. Safety information Electrical safety • To prevent electrical shock... about the voltage of electronic products. If you are unplugged. • Seek professional assistance before using the product, ensure all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your area.
... To avoid short circuits, keep paper clips, screws, and staples away from connectors, slots, sockets and circuitry. • Avoid dust, humidity, and temperature extremes. If you encounter technical problems with the package. • Before using an adapter or extension cord. Safety information Electrical safety • To prevent electrical shock... about the voltage of electronic products. If you are unplugged. • Seek professional assistance before using the product, ensure all the manuals that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your area.
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Conventions used throughout this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to help you complete a task. NOTE: Tips and additional information to complete a task. Used to ...
Conventions used throughout this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to help you complete a task. NOTE: Tips and additional information to complete a task. Used to ...
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... 10 support JMicron® JMB363 controller - 1 x SATA 3Gb/s port (black) - 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (SATA-On-the-Go) * Due to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (dual at x16 or triple at back I/O - X-Fi CMSS®-3D - Creative ALchemy...R efer to the Windows OS limitation, the RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB can only be set as a boot disk. Crosshair IV Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Multi-GPU Technology Storage LAN High Definition Audio xii AMD® Socket AM3;
... 10 support JMicron® JMB363 controller - 1 x SATA 3Gb/s port (black) - 1 x eSATA 3Gb/s port (SATA-On-the-Go) * Due to www.asus.com or this user manual for the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) 3 x PCIe 2.0 x16 slots (dual at x16 or triple at back I/O - X-Fi CMSS®-3D - Creative ALchemy...R efer to the Windows OS limitation, the RAID array with the total capacity over 2TB can only be set as a boot disk. Crosshair IV Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots Multi-GPU Technology Storage LAN High Definition Audio xii AMD® Socket AM3;
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... 1 x 2-in-1 SATA 6.0Gb/s signal cables 2 x 2-in-1 SATA 3Gb/s signal cables 1 x ASUS Q-Shield (I/O shield) User Manual Cable ties User Guide 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit ROG Support DVD 1 x ROG theme label 1 x ROG SATA cable labels (12-in above table are for buying an ROG Crosshair IV Formula motherboard! Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices...
... 1 x 2-in-1 SATA 6.0Gb/s signal cables 2 x 2-in-1 SATA 3Gb/s signal cables 1 x ASUS Q-Shield (I/O shield) User Manual Cable ties User Guide 1 x 2-in-1 ASUS Q-Connector Kit ROG Support DVD 1 x ROG theme label 1 x ROG SATA cable labels (12-in above table are for buying an ROG Crosshair IV Formula motherboard! Thank you start installing the motherboard, and hardware devices...
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... install the memory modules from the red slots for better overclocking capability. • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-15 Any excess memory from the higher-sized channel is dependent on the motherboard. To operate at the vendormarked or at a ...ECC and non‑ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets. • You may operate at a higher frequency, see section 3.5 Advanced menu for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor. • AMD...
... install the memory modules from the red slots for better overclocking capability. • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 2-15 Any excess memory from the higher-sized channel is dependent on the motherboard. To operate at the vendormarked or at a ...ECC and non‑ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets. • You may operate at a higher frequency, see section 3.5 Advanced menu for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor. • AMD...
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... several times until auto tuning is completed. 3.3.3 Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows you set the Ai Overclock Tuner item to [Manual] and �a�ll�o�w��s�y�o��u��to��s�e�t��th�... Frequency [XXX] This item appears only when you install on the CPU/DIMMs you set the Ai Overclock Tuner item to [Manual] and �d�is�p��la�y�s��t�h�e��f�re��q�u�...
... several times until auto tuning is completed. 3.3.3 Ai Overclock Tuner [Auto] Allows you set the Ai Overclock Tuner item to [Manual] and �a�ll�o�w��s�y�o��u��to��s�e�t��th�... Frequency [XXX] This item appears only when you install on the CPU/DIMMs you set the Ai Overclock Tuner item to [Manual] and �d�is�p��la�y�s��t�h�e��f�re��q�u�...
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... & NB Voltage Mode item setting. 3.3.9 DRAM Driving Configuration The configuration options for some of the following items vary depending on the motherboard. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-13 Configuration options: [Offset] [Manual] CPU Offset Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU Offset voltage. To restore the default setting, type [auto...
... & NB Voltage Mode item setting. 3.3.9 DRAM Driving Configuration The configuration options for some of the following items vary depending on the motherboard. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-13 Configuration options: [Offset] [Manual] CPU Offset Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU Offset voltage. To restore the default setting, type [auto...
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... [Auto] Allows you to set the Northbridge voltage. CPU Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU & NB Voltage Mode item to [Manual] and allows you to set the CPU VDDA voltage. CPU/NB Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU & NB Voltage Mode... item to [Manual] and allows you to set a fixed CPU/NB voltage. 3.3.11 CPU VDDA Voltage [Auto] Allows you to set a fixed CPU voltage. The values range from...
... [Auto] Allows you to set the Northbridge voltage. CPU Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU & NB Voltage Mode item to [Manual] and allows you to set the CPU VDDA voltage. CPU/NB Voltage [Auto] This item appears only when you set the CPU & NB Voltage Mode... item to [Manual] and allows you to set a fixed CPU/NB voltage. 3.3.11 CPU VDDA Voltage [Auto] Allows you to set a fixed CPU voltage. The values range from...
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...adjust the DRAM BG Scrub sub-item manually. [Max] Set to [Max] to adjust ECC mode automatically. [User] Set to [User] to set the DDR power down mode. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] ECC Configuration Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Advanced ECC Configuration ECC ...DCT Unganged Mode [Always] Configuration options: [Auto] [Always] Power Down Enable [Disabled] Enables or disables the DDR power down mode. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-23 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power Down Mode [Channel] This item appears only when you enable the previous item and ...
...adjust the DRAM BG Scrub sub-item manually. [Max] Set to [Max] to adjust ECC mode automatically. [User] Set to [User] to set the DDR power down mode. Configuration options: [Channel] [Chip Select] ECC Configuration Crosshair IV Formula BIOS Setup Advanced ECC Configuration ECC ...DCT Unganged Mode [Always] Configuration options: [Auto] [Always] Power Down Enable [Disabled] Enables or disables the DDR power down mode. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 3-23 Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] Power Down Mode [Channel] This item appears only when you enable the previous item and ...
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...fan automatically adjust depending on the CPU temperature. [Silent] S ets to [Silent] to minimize the fan speed for quiet Chassis fan operation.] [Manual] Sets to [Manual] to assign detailed fan speed control parameters. Configuration options: [40%] [50%] [60%] [70%] [80%] [90%] OPT Fan 1/2/3 Control...depending on the Chassis temperature. [Silent] S ets to [Silent] to minimize the fan speed for quiet CPU fan operation.] [Manual] Sets to [Manual] to select the power fan control mode. Chassis Q-Fan Function [Disabled] Allows you set the fan duty cycle. Power Fan ...
...fan automatically adjust depending on the CPU temperature. [Silent] S ets to [Silent] to minimize the fan speed for quiet Chassis fan operation.] [Manual] Sets to [Manual] to assign detailed fan speed control parameters. Configuration options: [40%] [50%] [60%] [70%] [80%] [90%] OPT Fan 1/2/3 Control...depending on the Chassis temperature. [Silent] S ets to [Silent] to minimize the fan speed for quiet CPU fan operation.] [Manual] Sets to [Manual] to select the power fan control mode. Chassis Q-Fan Function [Disabled] Allows you set the fan duty cycle. Power Fan ...
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The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to your computer, browse the contents of the user manual. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled ... an icon to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 The Manual menu contains the list of your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to display the ASUS contact information. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and...
The contents of the support DVD are subject to change at www.asus.com for updates. 4.2.1 Running the support DVD Place the support DVD to your computer, browse the contents of the user manual. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is NOT enabled ... an icon to locate the file ASSETUP.EXE from the BIN folder. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-1 The Manual menu contains the list of your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to display the ASUS contact information. Use the setup procedures presented in your hardware. • Motherboard settings and...
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Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create the AMD RAID driver disk. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
Click an item to open the folder of supplementary user manuals. AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64bit WinXP Driver Allows you to create the AMD RAID driver disk. 4.2.4 Make disk menu The Make disk menu contains items to create an AMD AHCI/RAID 32/64 bit WinXP Driver disk. 4.2.5 Manual menu The Manuals menu contains a list of the user manual. Install the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader from the Utilities menu before opening a user manual file. 4-4 Chapter 4: Software support Most user manual files are in Portable Document Format (PDF).
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... > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Launching AI Suite 1. Launch AI Suite by models. • Refer to restore the window. The AI Suite main window appears. 3. Using AI Suite Click each utility • The screenshots in this icon to the software manual in ...launch the utility, or click the Normal button to launch several ASUS utilities easily. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-19 Install AI Suite from the motherboard support DVD. 2. If you to restore system default settings. 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you minimize the application main window, click ...
... > ASUS > AI Suite > AI Suite v1.xx.xx. Launching AI Suite 1. Launch AI Suite by models. • Refer to restore the window. The AI Suite main window appears. 3. Using AI Suite Click each utility • The screenshots in this icon to the software manual in ...launch the utility, or click the Normal button to launch several ASUS utilities easily. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-19 Install AI Suite from the motherboard support DVD. 2. If you to restore system default settings. 4.3.4 ASUS AI Suite ASUS AI Suite allows you minimize the application main window, click ...
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...• Optimal: This mode adjusts the CPU fan speed with the ambient temperature. • Silent: This mode minimizes fan speed for quiet fan operation. • Manual: This mode allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan speeds according to different ambient temperatures and your PC's system loading. Launching Fan...DVD, launch Fan Xpert by double-clicking the AI Suite tray icon and then clicking the Fan Xpert button on the AI Suite main window. 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert Asus Fan Xpert allows you to change the CPU fan profile under certain limitation. 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support
...• Optimal: This mode adjusts the CPU fan speed with the ambient temperature. • Silent: This mode minimizes fan speed for quiet fan operation. • Manual: This mode allows you to adjust both the CPU and chassis fan speeds according to different ambient temperatures and your PC's system loading. Launching Fan...DVD, launch Fan Xpert by double-clicking the AI Suite tray icon and then clicking the Fan Xpert button on the AI Suite main window. 4.3.5 ASUS Fan Xpert Asus Fan Xpert allows you to change the CPU fan profile under certain limitation. 4-20 Chapter 4: Software support
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... Mode , the system shifts modes automatically according to choose from the motherboard support DVD, double-click the EPU tray icon to the software manual in real-time. ASUS EPU provides you with these modes to the current system status. EPU main menu Displays the following message if no VGA power saving engine...
... Mode , the system shifts modes automatically according to choose from the motherboard support DVD, double-click the EPU tray icon to the software manual in real-time. ASUS EPU provides you with these modes to the current system status. EPU main menu Displays the following message if no VGA power saving engine...
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... Turbo Key-two powerful tools that came with the motherboard package. Refer to the software manual in ASUS TurboV (except for detailed software configuration. Use the Save Profile function to display the TurboV EVO control panel. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-23 For system stability, all changes made in the support DVD or visit the...
... Turbo Key-two powerful tools that came with the motherboard package. Refer to the software manual in ASUS TurboV (except for detailed software configuration. Use the Save Profile function to display the TurboV EVO control panel. ROG Crosshair IV Formula 4-23 For system stability, all changes made in the support DVD or visit the...
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Read through the warning messages and click Yes to 3 times. Please do not operate or manually restart the computer during the tuning process. • After restarting OS, a message appears indicating the current overclocking result. Click the Auto Tuning tab and ...recommended. • The auto-tuned settings will be stored in system BIOS and will be applied in the next boot. 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support Using ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode The Auto Tuning Mode allows smart auto-overclocking. You can also click More Setting first to configure more overclocking parameters before...
Read through the warning messages and click Yes to 3 times. Please do not operate or manually restart the computer during the tuning process. • After restarting OS, a message appears indicating the current overclocking result. Click the Auto Tuning tab and ...recommended. • The auto-tuned settings will be stored in system BIOS and will be applied in the next boot. 4-24 Chapter 4: Software support Using ASUS TurboV Auto Tuning Mode The Auto Tuning Mode allows smart auto-overclocking. You can also click More Setting first to configure more overclocking parameters before...