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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. xi
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... card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments. Install the software drivers for later use . Secure the card to install expansion cards. Turn on the slot. 5. When using PCI...
... card, configure it and make the necessary hardware settings for information on shared slots, ensure that the drivers support "Share IRQ" or that the cards do so may need IRQ assignments. Install the software drivers for later use . Secure the card to install expansion cards. Turn on the slot. 5. When using PCI...
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The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is for reference only. The following screen is enabled on your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. Visit the ASUS website at any time without ... features. The contents of the Support DVD to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 1.13.2 Support DVD information The Support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® XP ...
The DVD automatically displays the Drivers menu if Autorun is for reference only. The following screen is enabled on your computer. Double-click the ASSETUP.EXE to run the Support DVD Place the Support DVD into the optical drive. Visit the ASUS website at any time without ... features. The contents of the Support DVD to change at www.asus.com for better compatibility and system stability. 1.13.2 Support DVD information The Support DVD that comes with the motherboard package contains the drivers, software applications, and utilities that you install Windows® XP ...
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The AI Suite II Quick Bar appears. 2. ASUS M4A87T 2-1 The Drivers menu appears. 2. From the list, select either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). • This utility is available in the optical drive. From ... the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. • ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in the future. c. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using...
The AI Suite II Quick Bar appears. 2. ASUS M4A87T 2-1 The Drivers menu appears. 2. From the list, select either through a network or an Internet Service Provider (ISP). • This utility is available in the optical drive. From ... the Utilities tab, then click AI Suite II. 3. Follow the onscreen instructions to manage, save, and update the motherboard BIOS in Windows® environment. • ASUS Update requires an Internet connection either of the original motherboard BIOS file to a USB flash disk in the future. c. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using...
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ASUS M4A87T 2-9 For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on the screen. You cannot select an item that the item has a submenu. The driver developer may enable it then press to display the other items (Ai Tweaker, Advanced, Power, Boot, Tools, and Exit)... menu screen when there are items that menu. configurable, you can change the value of the selected item. Advanced CPU Configuration AGESA Version: 3.7.0.1 M4A87T BIOS Setup AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor Revision: C2 Cache L1: 512KB Cache L2: 2048KB Cache L3: 6MB Speed : 3000MHz HT...
ASUS M4A87T 2-9 For example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on the screen. You cannot select an item that the item has a submenu. The driver developer may enable it then press to display the other items (Ai Tweaker, Advanced, Power, Boot, Tools, and Exit)... menu screen when there are items that menu. configurable, you can change the value of the selected item. Advanced CPU Configuration AGESA Version: 3.7.0.1 M4A87T BIOS Setup AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 945 Processor Revision: C2 Cache L1: 512KB Cache L2: 2048KB Cache L3: 6MB Speed : 3000MHz HT...
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...Controller Interface). BIOS Information Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. 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... 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 the SATA connectors 1-6 in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system ...
...Controller Interface). BIOS Information Displays the auto-detected BIOS information. Processor Displays the auto-detected CPU specification. 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... 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 the SATA connectors 1-6 in this item to [IDE] instead of [RAID] or [AHCI] allows the system ...
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...NorthBridge Configuration Primary display Adapter [GFX-GPP-PCI] Allows you set the primary display adapter. Configuration options: [GFX-GPP-PCI] [GPPGFX-PCI] [PCI-GFX-GPP] ASUS M4A87T 2-19 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] C1E Support [Disabled] Enables or disables the CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system... 2nd Core [On] Enables or disables the second CPU core. GART Error Reporting [Disabled] This option should remain disabled for testing purpose. The driver developer may enable it for the normal operation. When this function.
...NorthBridge Configuration Primary display Adapter [GFX-GPP-PCI] Allows you set the primary display adapter. Configuration options: [GFX-GPP-PCI] [GPPGFX-PCI] [PCI-GFX-GPP] ASUS M4A87T 2-19 Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] C1E Support [Disabled] Enables or disables the CPU Enhanced Halt (C1E) function, a CPU power-saving function in system... 2nd Core [On] Enables or disables the second CPU core. GART Error Reporting [Disabled] This option should remain disabled for testing purpose. The driver developer may enable it for the normal operation. When this function.