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... motherboard USB port before entering Windows® OS. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on USB HDDs or flash drives, connect the drives to achieve a quiet and cool environment. 1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction MemOK! Fan Xpert ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows you to adjust both the CPU and... ambient temperatures caused by power surges from switching power supply unit (PSU). When installing it on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and flash drives with quick access to the Internet and key applications before turning on the computer. • The actual boot time depends on ...
... motherboard USB port before entering Windows® OS. • ASUS Express Gate supports installation on USB HDDs or flash drives, connect the drives to achieve a quiet and cool environment. 1-4 Chapter 1: Product introduction MemOK! Fan Xpert ASUS Fan Xpert intelligently allows you to adjust both the CPU and... ambient temperatures caused by power surges from switching power supply unit (PSU). When installing it on SATA HDDs, USB HDDs and flash drives with quick access to the Internet and key applications before turning on the computer. • The actual boot time depends on ...
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5. Connect the chassis power LED cable to the HDD. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector is read from or written to this connector. The IDE LED lights up when you to this connector. ... the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. ATX power button/soft-off the system power. 1-26 Chapter 1: Product introduction The system power LED lights up or flashes when data is for the HDD Activity LED. System warning speaker (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for system reboot without turning off button (2-pin...
5. Connect the chassis power LED cable to the HDD. Hard disk drive activity LED (2-pin IDE_LED) This 2-pin connector is read from or written to this connector. The IDE LED lights up when you to this connector. ... the chassis-mounted system warning speaker. ATX power button/soft-off the system power. 1-26 Chapter 1: Product introduction The system power LED lights up or flashes when data is for the HDD Activity LED. System warning speaker (4-pin SPEAKER) This 4-pin connector is for system reboot without turning off button (2-pin...
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... motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you need to launch the ASUS Update utility. c. Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS: 1. 2. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-1 Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUS Update > ASUS Update to restore the BIOS...
... motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in case you need to launch the ASUS Update utility. c. Place the support DVD into the optical drive. Updating the BIOS To update the BIOS: 1. 2. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-1 Click the Utilities tab, then click ASUS Update. From the Windows® desktop, click Start > Programs > ASUS > ASUS Update > ASUS Update to restore the BIOS...
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... click Next. b. ASUS EZ Flash 2 To update the BIOS using this utility, download the latest BIOS file from a BIOS file a. Press to update the BIOS without using an OS‑based utility. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.14 Current ROM BOARD: M4A88TD-M EVO VER: 0303 (H:00...Load [Tab] Switch [Up/Down/Home/End] Move [B] Backup [V] Drive Info [ESC] Exit 2. Before you to switch between drives until the correct BIOS file is found . Follow the onscreen instructions to enable it. The ASUS Update utility is capable of these two ways Press + during POST....
... click Next. b. ASUS EZ Flash 2 To update the BIOS using this utility, download the latest BIOS file from a BIOS file a. Press to update the BIOS without using an OS‑based utility. ASUSTek EZ Flash 2 BIOS ROM Utility V4.14 Current ROM BOARD: M4A88TD-M EVO VER: 0303 (H:00...Load [Tab] Switch [Up/Down/Home/End] Move [B] Backup [V] Drive Info [ESC] Exit 2. Before you to switch between drives until the correct BIOS file is found . Follow the onscreen instructions to enable it. The ASUS Update utility is capable of these two ways Press + during POST....
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... utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-3 Doing so can restore a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. The utility automatically checks the devices for details. Insert the support DVD to the floppy disk drive, if supported. • This function supports USB flash disks with motherboard models. You can...
... utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-3 Doing so can restore a corrupted BIOS file using this utility. The utility automatically checks the devices for details. Insert the support DVD to the floppy disk drive, if supported. • This function supports USB flash disks with motherboard models. You can...
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...prompt item by pressing the item number. The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. When the ASUS Logo appears, press to the USB port. Do not save them on the USB flash drive. • NTFS is not supported under DOS environment. Insert the support DVD into the optical... drive and select the optical drive as a backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. 2.1.4 The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you can use ...
...prompt item by pressing the item number. The succeeding utility screens are for reference only. When the ASUS Logo appears, press to the USB port. Do not save them on the USB flash drive. • NTFS is not supported under DOS environment. Insert the support DVD into the optical... drive and select the optical drive as a backup when the BIOS fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. 2.1.4 The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you can use ...
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... Extension 2. Press any key to the DOS prompt. The BIOS Updater backup screen appears indicating the BIOS backup process. Note Saving BIOS: ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-5 When BIOS backup is done, press any user-assigned filename with no more than eight alphanumeric characters for the filename and three alphanumeric characters ...filename] and press . Backing up the current BIOS To backup the current BIOS file using the BIOS Updater Ensure that the USB flash drive is any key to return to continue. The [filename] is not write-protected and has enough free space to save the file. 1.
... Extension 2. Press any key to the DOS prompt. The BIOS Updater backup screen appears indicating the BIOS backup process. Note Saving BIOS: ASUS M4A88TD-M EVO 2-5 When BIOS backup is done, press any user-assigned filename with no more than eight alphanumeric characters for the filename and three alphanumeric characters ...filename] and press . Backing up the current BIOS To backup the current BIOS file using the BIOS Updater Ensure that the USB flash drive is any key to return to continue. The [filename] is not write-protected and has enough free space to save the file. 1.
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... DMA channel resources for either PCI/PnP or legacy ISA devices and setting the memory size block for Legacy USB storage devices including USB flash drives and USB hard drives. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] OnBoard IDE Controller [Enabled] 1394 Controller [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard IDE controller. Configuration options: [No] [Yes] 2.5.5 The...
... DMA channel resources for either PCI/PnP or legacy ISA devices and setting the memory size block for Legacy USB storage devices including USB flash drives and USB hard drives. Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] OnBoard IDE Controller [Enabled] 1394 Controller [Enabled] Enables or disables the onboard IDE controller. Configuration options: [No] [Yes] 2.5.5 The...