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viii A58M-A/USB3 specifications summary Back Panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS Support DVD Operating System Support Form factor 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x HDMI ... Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFreen BIOS 3, F12 Printscreen function, F3 Shortcut function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Drivers ASUS Update ASUS utilities Anti-Virus software (OEM version) Windows® 8.1, 32-bit/64-bit Windows® 8, 32-bit...
viii A58M-A/USB3 specifications summary Back Panel I/O ports Internal I/O connectors BIOS Support DVD Operating System Support Form factor 1 x PS/2 mouse port (green) 1 x PS/2 keyboard port (purple) 1 x HDMI ... Flash ROM, UEFI AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, SM BIOS 2.7, ACPI 2.0a, Multi-language BIOS, ASUS EZ Flash 2, ASUS CrashFreen BIOS 3, F12 Printscreen function, F3 Shortcut function and ASUS DRAM SPD (Serial Presence Detect) memory information Drivers ASUS Update ASUS utilities Anti-Virus software (OEM version) Windows® 8.1, 32-bit/64-bit Windows® 8, 32-bit...
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... - - - HD audio shared - - - - - - - Assign an IRQ to the card. 3. PCIEx1_1 shared - - - - - - - shared - - - - Install the software drivers for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCIEx16_1 - - On Chip USB EHCI 1/2/3 - shared - - - - - 1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction PCI1 slot - - - - ...the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Turn on BIOS setup. 2. shared - - ...
... - - - HD audio shared - - - - - - - Assign an IRQ to the card. 3. PCIEx1_1 shared - - - - - - - shared - - - - Install the software drivers for this motherboard A B C D E F G H PCIEx16_1 - - On Chip USB EHCI 1/2/3 - shared - - - - - 1-10 Chapter 1: Product introduction PCI1 slot - - - - ...the system and change the necessary BIOS settings, if any. When using PCI cards on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Turn on BIOS setup. 2. shared - - ...
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... panel to support a 7.1-channel audio output. 8. DVI-D can't be used under a Windows® OS environment and after USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can securely store keys, digital certificates, passwords and data. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB...keyboard. 1.7.2 Internal connectors 1. TPM SB_SUS_STAT GND +3VSB SMBSCL LAD0 +3V LAD3 PCIRST# FRAME PCICLK A58M-A/USB3 PIN 1 RESET GPIO SERIRQ SMBSDA GND LAD1 LAD2 PWROWN GND A58M-A/USB3 TPM connector ASUS A58M-A/USB3 1-13 USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. DVI-D port. A TPM system also helps enhance network...
... panel to support a 7.1-channel audio output. 8. DVI-D can't be used under a Windows® OS environment and after USB 3.0 driver installation. • USB 3.0 devices can securely store keys, digital certificates, passwords and data. These two 4-pin Universal Serial Bus (USB...keyboard. 1.7.2 Internal connectors 1. TPM SB_SUS_STAT GND +3VSB SMBSCL LAD0 +3V LAD3 PCIRST# FRAME PCICLK A58M-A/USB3 PIN 1 RESET GPIO SERIRQ SMBSDA GND LAD1 LAD2 PWROWN GND A58M-A/USB3 TPM connector ASUS A58M-A/USB3 1-13 USB 2.0 ports 1 and 2. DVI-D port. A TPM system also helps enhance network...
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... from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to avail all motherboard features. Click Drivers, Utilities, Make Disk, Manual, Contact and Specials tabs to change at www.asus.com for updates. If Autorun is for better compatibility and system stability. 1.8.2 Support DVD...the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. ASUS A58M-A/USB3 1-19 Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The contents of ASUS motherboard. 1.8 Software support ...
... from the BIN folder. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to avail all motherboard features. Click Drivers, Utilities, Make Disk, Manual, Contact and Specials tabs to change at www.asus.com for updates. If Autorun is for better compatibility and system stability. 1.8.2 Support DVD...the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you can install to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. ASUS A58M-A/USB3 1-19 Visit the ASUS website at any time without notice. The contents of ASUS motherboard. 1.8 Software support ...
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...2 2.1 Managing and updating your motherboard's softwares, drivers and the BIOS version easily. With this utlity, you need to restore the BIOS in case you can also manually update the saved BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST. ASUS A58M-A/USB3 2-1 To launch EZ Update, click EZ Update... on the AI Suite 3 main menu bar. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 2.1.1 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that allows you ...
...2 2.1 Managing and updating your motherboard's softwares, drivers and the BIOS version easily. With this utlity, you need to restore the BIOS in case you can also manually update the saved BIOS and select a boot logo when the system goes into POST. ASUS A58M-A/USB3 2-1 To launch EZ Update, click EZ Update... on the AI Suite 3 main menu bar. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using the ASUS Update utility. 2.1.1 EZ Update EZ Update is a utility that allows you ...
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... presence of [RAID] to access devices on legacy operating systems (OS). [Disabled] The USB devices can be used under Windows® OS with the requested drivers installed. Configuration options: [AHCI] [IDE] SATA Port 5, 6 [RAID] This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is a monitor system. Set to [... you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [RAID], the ports can only be used under Windows® OS with the requested drivers installed. If SATA ports 5, 6 are configured as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a...
... presence of [RAID] to access devices on legacy operating systems (OS). [Disabled] The USB devices can be used under Windows® OS with the requested drivers installed. Configuration options: [AHCI] [IDE] SATA Port 5, 6 [RAID] This item only appears when OnChip SATA Type is a monitor system. Set to [... you want to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [RAID], the ports can only be used under Windows® OS with the requested drivers installed. If SATA ports 5, 6 are configured as Parallel ATA physical storage devices. [RAID] Set to [RAID] when you want to create a...
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...These settings only apply when Fast Boot is enabled. [Auto] For a faster POST time, PS/2 devices will disable fast boot. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from loading during POST. SATA Support [All Devices] [All Devices] All devices connected to load the network stack... driver during POST. [Enabled] Select to SATA ports will disable fast boot. [Boot Drive Only] Only boot drive connected to normal boot on the ...
...These settings only apply when Fast Boot is enabled. [Auto] For a faster POST time, PS/2 devices will disable fast boot. Network Stack Driver Support [Disabled] [Disabled] Select to skip the network stack driver from loading during POST. SATA Support [All Devices] [All Devices] All devices connected to load the network stack... driver during POST. [Enabled] Select to SATA ports will disable fast boot. [Boot Drive Only] Only boot drive connected to normal boot on the ...
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... of network devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Both, Legacy OpROM first] [Both, UEFI first] [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] [Ignore] Boot from Network Devices [Legacy OpROM first] Allows you to select the type of PCIe/PCI expansion devices that you want to ...launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] 2.8.9 Secure Boot Allows you to configure the Windows® Secure Boot settings and manage its keys to protect the system from Storage Devices...
... of network devices that you want to launch. Configuration options: [Both, Legacy OpROM first] [Both, UEFI first] [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] [Ignore] Boot from Network Devices [Legacy OpROM first] Allows you to select the type of PCIe/PCI expansion devices that you want to ...launch. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] 2.8.9 Secure Boot Allows you to configure the Windows® Secure Boot settings and manage its keys to protect the system from Storage Devices...
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...items displays the available devices. DB Management The db (Authorized Signature database) lists the signers or images of UEFI applications, operating system loaders, and UEFI drivers that you to delete the db file from your system. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Load db from File Allows you to load the downloaded db...structure with time-based authenticated variable. The number of devices installed in the system. • To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears. • To access Windows OS in the system. The DBX file must be loaded.
...items displays the available devices. DB Management The db (Authorized Signature database) lists the signers or images of UEFI applications, operating system loaders, and UEFI drivers that you to delete the db file from your system. Configuration options: [Yes] [No] Load db from File Allows you to load the downloaded db...structure with time-based authenticated variable. The number of devices installed in the system. • To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears. • To access Windows OS in the system. The DBX file must be loaded.