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xi M4A87T specifications summary USB LAN BIOS Accessories Support DVD Form factor Supports up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at the back panel) Realtek® RTL8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 8Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, ACPI 2.0a, SM BIOS 2.5 2 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s cables 1 x I/O shield 1 x User Manual Drivers ASUS Utilities AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) ASUS Update Anti-Virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 8.4 in (30.5 cm x 21.3 cm) * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
xi M4A87T specifications summary USB LAN BIOS Accessories Support DVD Form factor Supports up to 14 USB 2.0/1.1 ports (8 ports at mid-board, 6 ports at the back panel) Realtek® RTL8111E PCIe Gigabit LAN controller featuring AI NET 2 8Mb Flash ROM, AMI BIOS, PnP, DMI 2.0, WfM 2.0, ACPI 2.0a, SM BIOS 2.5 2 x Serial ATA 6Gb/s cables 1 x I/O shield 1 x User Manual Drivers ASUS Utilities AMD OverDrive Utility (AOD) ASUS Update Anti-Virus software (OEM version) ATX form factor: 12 in x 8.4 in (30.5 cm x 21.3 cm) * Specifications are subject to change without notice.
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... the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that came with the PCI Express specifications. 1-18 Chapter 1: ...configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for the expansion card. Keep the screw for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that complies with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. See Chapter 2 for later use . Otherwise, ...
... the screw you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 1.8.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. Before installing the expansion card, read the documentation that came with the PCI Express specifications. 1-18 Chapter 1: ...configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for the expansion card. Keep the screw for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that complies with it by adjusting the software settings. 1. See Chapter 2 for later use . Otherwise, ...
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...and utilities that you can install to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled on your computer. The following screen is NOT enabled on your computer, browse the contents of the Support... Support DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to install If Autorun is for updates. The contents of the Support DVD to change at www.asus.com for reference only. To run the DVD. 1-30 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.13 Software support 1.13.1 Installing an operating system This ...
...and utilities that you can install to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is enabled on your computer. The following screen is NOT enabled on your computer, browse the contents of the Support... Support DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to install If Autorun is for updates. The contents of the Support DVD to change at www.asus.com for reference only. To run the DVD. 1-30 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.13 Software support 1.13.1 Installing an operating system This ...
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...utility that comes with the motherboard package. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update main screen appears. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you need to complete the installation. ASUS M4A87T 2-1 Copy the original motherboard BIOS using this ...utility. c. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore the BIOS in the future. Select Update BIOS from the Internet, then click Next. b. Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu...
...utility that comes with the motherboard package. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. The ASUS Update main screen appears. From the FTP site, select the BIOS version that you need to complete the installation. ASUS M4A87T 2-1 Copy the original motherboard BIOS using this ...utility. c. Follow the onscreen instructions to restore the BIOS in the future. Select Update BIOS from the Internet, then click Next. b. Place the support DVD in the optical drive. The Drivers menu...
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.... If an item is highlighted when selected. Refer to 2.2.7 Pop-up window. 2.2.7 Pop-up window with the configuration options for that menu. The driver developer may enable it then press to display a pop-up window Select a menu item then press to display a list of a menu screen when ...item has a submenu. Select Screen Select Item F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2010, American Megatrends, Inc. ASUS M4A87T 2-9 For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on a menu screen means that is a brief description of the field ...
.... If an item is highlighted when selected. Refer to 2.2.7 Pop-up window. 2.2.7 Pop-up window with the configuration options for that menu. The driver developer may enable it then press to display a pop-up window Select a menu item then press to display a list of a menu screen when ...item has a submenu. Select Screen Select Item F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2010, American Megatrends, Inc. ASUS M4A87T 2-9 For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on a menu screen means that is a brief description of the field ...
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The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • ... detects the items in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you install the optical dirve to the...
The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to enable advanced Serial ATA features that increases storage performance on random workloads by allowing the drive to internally optimize the order of commands. • ... detects the items in AHCI mode under the OS environment or during POST. • For Windows® XP OS, you have to install the AHCI driver, so that you could use a SATA optical drive to run the OS installation disk, we strongly recommend that you install the optical dirve to the...
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...or disables Microcode Updation. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU Core Activation [Auto] Allows you set the primary display adapter. The driver developer may enable it for the normal operation. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following items appear only when you to set ... [Enabled] Enables or disables the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet technology. Configuration options: [GFX-GPP-PCI] [GPPGFX-PCI] [PCI-GFX-GPP] ASUS M4A87T 2-19 Select [Disabled] to disable this item is enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during the system halt state to...
...or disables Microcode Updation. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] CPU Core Activation [Auto] Allows you set the primary display adapter. The driver developer may enable it for the normal operation. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] The following items appear only when you to set ... [Enabled] Enables or disables the AMD Cool 'n' Quiet technology. Configuration options: [GFX-GPP-PCI] [GPPGFX-PCI] [PCI-GFX-GPP] ASUS M4A87T 2-19 Select [Disabled] to disable this item is enabled, the CPU core frequency and voltage will be reduced during the system halt state to...