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...Vista™ only) Maximum shared memory of 512MB Supports HDMI™ Technology 1080P with the audio slot.) 2 x PCI 2.2 slots Chipset�s�u�p��p�o�r�t�s�: - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 - �6��x�...65533;n��u�a�l�f�o�r�t�h�e� Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). Crosshair II Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory VGA Expansion Slots Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 xii AMD® Socket AM2...
...Vista™ only) Maximum shared memory of 512MB Supports HDMI™ Technology 1080P with the audio slot.) 2 x PCI 2.2 slots Chipset�s�u�p��p�o�r�t�s�: - 1 x UltraDMA 133/100/66/33 - �6��x�...65533;n��u�a�l�f�o�r�t�h�e� Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists). Crosshair II Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory VGA Expansion Slots Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 xii AMD® Socket AM2...
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.... See pages 2-1 and 2-2 for details. 8+2 Phase Power Design ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design, with independent power to increase chipset voltages without any hassles! �S�e�e��p�a��...;g�e��5�-�3�2��f�o�r details. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction AI Booster 2 Overclocking has never been so fun with ROG's CPU Level Up! Upgrade your system to , and the motherboard...
.... See pages 2-1 and 2-2 for details. 8+2 Phase Power Design ASUS 8+2 Phase Power Design, with independent power to increase chipset voltages without any hassles! �S�e�e��p�a��...;g�e��5�-�3�2��f�o�r details. 1-2 Chapter 1: Product Introduction AI Booster 2 Overclocking has never been so fun with ROG's CPU Level Up! Upgrade your system to , and the motherboard...
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...system chassis to the gamers of overclocking configuration. When system malfunction occurs, the LCD Poster automatically detects device failure and translates the errors on the LCD during game play. Due to help make dialogues clearer and audible. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-3 Simply reboot the... presets. The SupremeFX II features unique audio innovations for details. ASUS O.C. Much more than simple frequency settings, this profile contains comprehensive and detailed tuning to frequency, voltages, and even timings to spot enemies in games to the chipset behavior, AC power ...
...system chassis to the gamers of overclocking configuration. When system malfunction occurs, the LCD Poster automatically detects device failure and translates the errors on the LCD during game play. Due to help make dialogues clearer and audible. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 1-3 Simply reboot the... presets. The SupremeFX II features unique audio innovations for details. ASUS O.C. Much more than simple frequency settings, this profile contains comprehensive and detailed tuning to frequency, voltages, and even timings to spot enemies in games to the chipset behavior, AC power ...
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...Fanless Design-Stack Cool 2 ASUS Stack Cool 2 is a fan-less and zero-noise cooling solution that allows you to provide sufficient airflow over the CPU power modules and chipset area when water-cooling or passive-cooling is a new feature present in the motherboard that lowers the temperature of... critical heat generating components. See page 4-43 for details. Unlike ordinary blue and white BIOS screen, this exclusive onboard switch allows gamers to ...
...Fanless Design-Stack Cool 2 ASUS Stack Cool 2 is a fan-less and zero-noise cooling solution that allows you to provide sufficient airflow over the CPU power modules and chipset area when water-cooling or passive-cooling is a new feature present in the motherboard that lowers the temperature of... critical heat generating components. See page 4-43 for details. Unlike ordinary blue and white BIOS screen, this exclusive onboard switch allows gamers to ...
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...Gamers. 1.3.3 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. See page 2-8 for details. AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard...believe in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (...
...Gamers. 1.3.3 Product highlights Republic of Gamers The Republic of Gamers consists only the best of Gamers, mercy rules are only for the weak, and bragging rights means everything. See page 2-8 for details. AMD® Socket AM2+ Phenom™ FX / Phenom X4 / Phenom X2 / Athlon™ X2 / Sempron™ CPU support This motherboard...believe in making statements and we welcome the best gamers to 5200MT/s via HyperTransport™ 3.0 based system bus. NVIDIA® nForce® 780a SLI chipset The NVIDIA® nForce 780a SLI chipset supports the NVIDIA® Scalable Link Interface (...
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.... • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. You may only recognize less than 3GB is recommended. • This motherboard does not support memory modules made up to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up of less than 3GB because the address space is then mapped for the dual-channel configuration... DIMM_B1 - - - Notes on memory limitations • Due to 8 GB on each slot. 64-bit Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition Windows® Vista x64 Edition ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-15
.... • Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. You may only recognize less than 3GB is recommended. • This motherboard does not support memory modules made up to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up of less than 3GB because the address space is then mapped for the dual-channel configuration... DIMM_B1 - - - Notes on memory limitations • Due to 8 GB on each slot. 64-bit Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition Windows® Vista x64 Edition ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-15
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...65533;h�e clr CMOS switch will shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can clear the CMOS memory of memory timing or chipset voltage and the power button fails to re-enter data. 2.6 Slide switch 1. If the system hangs due to overclocking of date, time...will not function if the jumper cap on the back I /O helps you to CPU overclocking. S5: Power off without +5VSB power (AC power loss); ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-23 The clr CMOS switch on the back I /O. 2. With the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature, shut down the system and clear CMOS simultaneously....
...65533;h�e clr CMOS switch will shut down and reboot the system so the BIOS can clear the CMOS memory of memory timing or chipset voltage and the power button fails to re-enter data. 2.6 Slide switch 1. If the system hangs due to overclocking of date, time...will not function if the jumper cap on the back I /O helps you to CPU overclocking. S5: Power off without +5VSB power (AC power loss); ASUS Crosshair II Formula 2-23 The clr CMOS switch on the back I /O. 2. With the C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall) feature, shut down the system and clear CMOS simultaneously....
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...; BR Overheat Protection [90] The system automatically shuts down when the southbridge or PCIe bridge chipset is heated over the set temperature to set. Temperature Monitor Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Temperature... The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU, southbridge, PCIe bridge, motherboard, and OPT1/2/3 fan temperatures. These items are not user-configurable. Configuration optitons: [Disabled] [70] [80] [90] ASUS Crosshair II Formula 4-37 Voltage Monitor Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Voltage Monitor Select Menu Vcore ...
...; BR Overheat Protection [90] The system automatically shuts down when the southbridge or PCIe bridge chipset is heated over the set temperature to set. Temperature Monitor Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Temperature... The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU, southbridge, PCIe bridge, motherboard, and OPT1/2/3 fan temperatures. These items are not user-configurable. Configuration optitons: [Disabled] [70] [80] [90] ASUS Crosshair II Formula 4-37 Voltage Monitor Phoenix-AwardBIOS CMOS Setup Utility Power Voltage Monitor Select Menu Vcore ...
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... shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support NVIDIA HDMI Audio...
... shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program Installs the NVIDIA® chipset drivers for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5-2 Chapter 5: Software support NVIDIA HDMI Audio...
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To install the SATA hard disks for six independent Serial ATA channels. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-35 It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD ... each drive. Save your RAID configuration. To set the necessary RAID items in the NVIDIA® southbridge chipset. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to Advanced > MCP Storage ...on RAID configurations. Set the SATA Operation Mode item to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support DVD for details. 4. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and...
To install the SATA hard disks for six independent Serial ATA channels. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-35 It supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1, RAID 5 and JBOD ... each drive. Save your RAID configuration. To set the necessary RAID items in the NVIDIA® southbridge chipset. Boot the system and press during the Power-On Self-Test (POST) to Advanced > MCP Storage ...on RAID configurations. Set the SATA Operation Mode item to the RAID controllers user manual in the motherboard support DVD for details. 4. For optimal performance, install identical drives of the same model and...
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Due to complete the installation. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-43 Follow the succeeding screen instructions to chipset limitation, the Serial ATA ports supported by the NVIDIA chipset does not support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1.
Due to complete the installation. ASUS Crosshair II Formula 5-43 Follow the succeeding screen instructions to chipset limitation, the Serial ATA ports supported by the NVIDIA chipset does not support Serial Optical Disk Drives (Serial ODD) under DOS. Insert the floppy disk/USB device with RAID driver into the floppy disk drive/USB port. 2. To install the RAID driver in Windows® Vista™: 1.
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...the Hybrid Support item to turn off the system, disconnect your display from the dGPU, and connect your display to install the NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program. 7. Restart the system. 8. From the Windows® desktop, go to the Drivers menu to the onboard VGA port ...65533;n��S�e�l�f-�T�e�s�t�(�P��O�S��T�) to the dGPU. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive, and go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety to [Enabled]. To ...
...the Hybrid Support item to turn off the system, disconnect your display from the dGPU, and connect your display to install the NVIDIA Chipset Driver Program. 7. Restart the system. 8. From the Windows® desktop, go to the Drivers menu to the onboard VGA port ...65533;n��S�e�l�f-�T�e�s�t�(�P��O�S��T�) to the dGPU. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive, and go to Start > Control Panel > User Accounts and Family Safety to [Enabled]. To ...
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...keep beeping the speaker. Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into chipset. Measure CPU speed. 5. Detect CPU information including brand, type and CPU level (586 or 686). ASUS Crosshair II Formula A-1 Clear CMOS error flag 1. Initialize INT 09 buffer 1. Initialize multi-language 2. A.1... shadow RAM. Program CPU internal MTRR (Pentium class CPU) for 0-640K memory address. 2. Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM -Disable L2 cache -Program basic chipset registers Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache...
...keep beeping the speaker. Auto detect flash type to load appropriate flash R/W codes into chipset. Measure CPU speed. 5. Detect CPU information including brand, type and CPU level (586 or 686). ASUS Crosshair II Formula A-1 Clear CMOS error flag 1. Initialize INT 09 buffer 1. Initialize multi-language 2. A.1... shadow RAM. Program CPU internal MTRR (Pentium class CPU) for 0-640K memory address. 2. Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM -Disable L2 cache -Program basic chipset registers Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache...
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... MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize PS/2 Mouse Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Turn on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each 64K page. 1. Assign resources to enter Setup utility. If password is ... monitor error AI NET error Case open Clear EPA or customization logo. 1. A-2 Appendix: Debug Code Table Test 8259 functionality. Call chipset power management hook. 2. Initialize L2 cache for channel 2. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to items described in 40:hardware.
... MTRR of M1 CPU 2. Initialize PS/2 Mouse Prepare memory size information for function call: INT 15h ax=E820h Turn on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to smaller one in case the cacheable ranges between each 64K page. 1. Assign resources to enter Setup utility. If password is ... monitor error AI NET error Case open Clear EPA or customization logo. 1. A-2 Appendix: Debug Code Table Test 8259 functionality. Call chipset power management hook. 2. Initialize L2 cache for channel 2. On MP platform, adjust the cacheable range to items described in 40:hardware.