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... back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard, 6 ports at midboard; Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots CrossFire™ Technology Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm multi-core CPUs Compatible with Intel® 06/05B/05A processors * Refer to 2 PATA devices Dual Gigabit LAN controllers...
... back panel) 12 x USB 2.0 ports (6 ports at midboard, 6 ports at midboard; Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula specifications summary CPU Chipset System Bus Memory Expansion Slots CrossFire™ Technology Storage LAN High Definition Audio IEEE 1394 USB LGA775 socket for Intel® Core™2 Quad / Core™2 Extreme / Core™2 Duo / Pentium® Extreme / Pentium® D / Pentium® 4 processors Supports Intel® next-generation 45nm multi-core CPUs Compatible with Intel® 06/05B/05A processors * Refer to 2 PATA devices Dual Gigabit LAN controllers...
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... and animated boot logos. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS using a USB flash disk without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility. See page 4-7 for the entire system. ASUS MyLogo 3 ASUS MyLogo 3 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. See pages 4-4 and 4-39 for details. This unique adapter eliminates the trouble of your BIOS in the motherboard that allows you to your favorite settings. See page...
... and animated boot logos. Simply launch this tool and update BIOS using a USB flash disk without preparing an additional floppy diskette or using an OS-based flash utility. See page 4-7 for the entire system. ASUS MyLogo 3 ASUS MyLogo 3 is a user-friendly BIOS update utility. See pages 4-4 and 4-39 for details. This unique adapter eliminates the trouble of your BIOS in the motherboard that allows you to your favorite settings. See page...
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... motherboard can only support up of the lower-sized channel for single-channel operation. • Always install DIMMs with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. ASUS Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-17 For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you want to run at DDR2-667 by default setting. The system maps the total size of 128 Mb chips. Populated Populated Populated DIMM_B2 - - - 2.4.2 Memory configurations You may install varying memory sizes...
... motherboard can only support up of the lower-sized channel for single-channel operation. • Always install DIMMs with lower latency, adjust the memory timing manually. ASUS Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-17 For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you want to run at DDR2-667 by default setting. The system maps the total size of 128 Mb chips. Populated Populated Populated DIMM_B2 - - - 2.4.2 Memory configurations You may install varying memory sizes...
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...;sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Failure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Align the card connector with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that they support. See Chapter 4 for details. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. ASUS Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-21 Make...
...;sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that you physical injury and damage motherboard components. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card To install an expansion card: 1. Failure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Align the card connector with the screw you removed earlier. 6. Remove the bracket opposite the slot that they support. See Chapter 4 for details. Install the software drivers for the card. 2. ASUS Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-21 Make...
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... you plug the rear chassis fan cable to the figure below for the location of the slots. 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. Refer to a PCIe x16 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard supports two ATI CrossFire™ PCI Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Refer to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN1/3 for the connector location. 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card...
... you plug the rear chassis fan cable to the figure below for the location of the slots. 2.5.5 PCI Express x1 slots This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. Refer to a PCIe x16 slot. 2.5.6 PCI Express x16 slots This motherboard supports two ATI CrossFire™ PCI Express x16 graphics cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications. Refer to the motherboard connector labeled CHA_FAN1/3 for the connector location. 2.5.4 PCI slots The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card...
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... support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with 500W to 600W power or above to this connector with more power-consuming devices. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-35 Digital audio connector (4-1 pin...
... support the motherboard power requirements with the following configuration: CPU: Intel® Pentium® Extreme 3.73GHz Memory: 512 MB DDR2 (x4) Graphics card: ASUS EAX1900XT Parallel ATA device: IDE hard disk drive Serial ATA device: SATA hard disk drive (x2) Optical drive: DVD-RW • If you want to use two high-end PCI Express x16 cards, use a power supply unit (PSU) that complies with 500W to 600W power or above to this connector with more power-consuming devices. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 2-35 Digital audio connector (4-1 pin...
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...Drivers menu appears. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) Refer to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4- Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to restore the BIOS in Windows...
...Drivers menu appears. 2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Install ASUS Update VX.XX.XX. 3. The ASUS Update utility is a utility that comes with the motherboard package. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using a bootable USB flash disk or the motherboard support DVD when the BIOS file fails or gets corrupted.) Refer to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) setup. 1. Installing ASUS Update To install ASUS Update: 1. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4- Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to restore the BIOS in Windows...
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... from and to the system. These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device :Not Detected Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block(Multi-Sector Transfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Type [Auto] Selects the type of Serial ATA devices.
... from and to the system. These values are specifically configuring a CD-ROM drive. Configuration options: [Auto] [0] [1] [2] [3] [4] 4-12 Chapter 4: BIOS setup Main BIOS SETUP UTILITY SATA 1 Device :Not Detected Select the type of the appropriate IDE device type. There is a separate sub-menu for each SATA device. Type [Auto] LBA/Large Mode [Auto] Block(Multi-Sector Transfer) [Auto] PIO Mode [Auto] DMA Mode [Auto] SMART Monitoring [Auto] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Type [Auto] Selects the type of Serial ATA devices.
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...to internally optimize the order of commands. If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the SATA devices installed in the system. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to...
...to internally optimize the order of commands. If you want to create a RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10, or the Intel® Matrix Storage Technology configuration from the Serial ATA hard disk drives, set or change the configurations for the Serial ATA connectors supported by allowing the drive to use the Serial ATA hard disk drives as [IDE] Sets the configuration for the SATA devices installed in the system. Configuration options: [Auto] [Disabled] [Enabled] 32Bit Data Transfer [Enabled] Enables or disables 32-bit data transfer. The AHCI allows the onboard storage driver to...
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...Min:06) Ratio Actual Value: 7 Options Auto Manual CPU Ratio Control [Auto] C1E Support [Enabled] CPU TM function: [Enabled] Vanderpool Technology [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech. [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Main Extreme Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration USB Configuration PCIPnP Configure CPU.
...Min:06) Ratio Actual Value: 7 Options Auto Manual CPU Ratio Control [Auto] C1E Support [Enabled] CPU TM function: [Enabled] Vanderpool Technology [Enabled] Execute Disable Bit [Enabled] Max CPUID Value Limit [Disabled] Intel(R) SpeedStep(tm) Tech. [Disabled] Select Screen Select Item +- Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit ESC Exit v02.61 (C)Copyright 1985-2007, American Megatrends, Inc. Main Extreme Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit CPU Configuration Chipset Onboard Devices Configuration USB Configuration PCIPnP Configure CPU.
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... set the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to enable or disable the High Definition Audio. Configuration options: [Turn on the audio standard that the front panel audio module supports. 4.5.3 OnBoard Devices Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron PATA/SATA Controller Marvell GigaBit LAN 1 LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN 2 LAN Boot ROM VIA 1394 LCD Poster Backlight(OS) LCD Poster Backlight(S5) [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Turn...
... set the front panel audio connector (AAFP) mode to enable or disable the High Definition Audio. Configuration options: [Turn on the audio standard that the front panel audio module supports. 4.5.3 OnBoard Devices Configuration BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Onboard Device Configuration High Definition Audio Front Panel Type J-Micron PATA/SATA Controller Marvell GigaBit LAN 1 LAN Boot ROM Marvell GigaBit LAN 2 LAN Boot ROM VIA 1394 LCD Poster Backlight(OS) LCD Poster Backlight(S5) [Enabled] [HD Audio] [Enabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] [Turn...
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...Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4-27 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled: None USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off feature. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] Allows you to change the USB-related features. 4.5.4 USB Configuration The items in this item is detected, the item shows None. The following items appear only when you to enable or disable the I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. Configuration options...
...Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4-27 BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced USB Configuration USB Devices Enabled: None USB Functions USB 2.0 Controller USB 2.0 Controller Mode BIOS EHCI Hand-off feature. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] USB 2.0 Controller Mode [HiSpeed] Allows you to change the USB-related features. 4.5.4 USB Configuration The items in this item is detected, the item shows None. The following items appear only when you to enable or disable the I/O port 60h/64h emulation support. Configuration options...
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When set to display the configuration options. Main Extreme Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI Version ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. Select an item then press to Enabled, the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4-29 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit...
When set to display the configuration options. Main Extreme Tweaker BIOS SETUP UTILITY Advanced Power Boot Tools Exit Suspend Mode Repost Video on S3 Resume ACPI Version ACPI APIC Support [Auto] [Disabled] [Disabled] [Enabled] Select the ACPI state used for system suspend. Select an item then press to Enabled, the ACPI APIC table pointer is included in the Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (APIC). Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 4-29 Change Option F1 General Help F10 Save and Exit...
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... the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 2.6 Slide switch for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to disabled password. To change the system security settings. again to change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula...
... the CMOS Real Time Clock (RTC) RAM. See section 2.6 Slide switch for information on top of at least six letters and/or numbers, then press . 3. Change Supervisor Password Select this item shows Installed. 4.7.3 Security The Security menu items allow you to disabled password. To change the system security settings. again to change the supervisor password, follow the same steps as in setting a user password. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula...
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... menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs...
... menu The drivers menu shows the available device drivers if the system detects installed devices. Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installs the Marvell Yukon Gigabit Ethernet Driver. USB 2.0 Driver Installs the Universal Serial Bus 2.0 (USB 2.0) driver. 5- Chapter 5: Software support ASUS InstAll - Installation Wizard for Drivers Launches the ASUS InstAll driver installation wizard. Install the necessary drivers to activate the devices. SoundMAX ADI Audio Driver Installs the SoundMAX® ADI1988 audio driver and application. Intel Chipset Inf Update Program Installs...
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... using only two identical hard disk drives. Refer to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to get higher performance, capacity, or fault tolerance provided by the ICH9R chip allows you want to boot the system from the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device...
... using only two identical hard disk drives. Refer to the surviving drive as a single drive but at a sustained data transfer rate, double that allows you to configure IDE and Serial ATA hard disk drives as RAID sets. 5.4.1 RAID definitions RAID 0 (Data striping) optimizes two identical hard disk drives to get higher performance, capacity, or fault tolerance provided by the ICH9R chip allows you want to boot the system from the support DVD to a floppy disk/USB device...
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... BIOS Setup. Refer to the power connector on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge chip. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 5-35 Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Go to display the configuration options. 4. For optimal performance, install identical drives...
... BIOS Setup. Refer to the power connector on entering and navigating through the Intel® ICH9R Southbridge chip. Enter the BIOS Setup during POST. 2. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 5-35 Connect a SATA power cable to the system or the motherboard user guide for details on each drive. 5.4.3 Intel® RAID configurations This motherboard supports RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 10 (0+1) and Intel® Matrix Storage configurations for a RAID configuration: 1. Go to display the configuration options. 4. For optimal performance, install identical drives...
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... RAID driver. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, make sure you to press the F6 key to create a RAID driver disk. 8. Follow succeeding screen instructions to boot from the optical drive." 7. Start Windows®. 2. To install the RAID driver in a RAID set. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 5-43 For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either a floppy disk or a USB device...
... RAID driver. 2. Place the motherboard support DVD into the optical drive. 5. When prompted to select the SCSI adapter to complete the installation. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to install, make sure you to press the F6 key to create a RAID driver disk. 8. Follow succeeding screen instructions to boot from the optical drive." 7. Start Windows®. 2. To install the RAID driver in a RAID set. ROG Maximus Formula (Special Edition) / Maximus Formula 5-43 For Windows® Vista™ operating system, use either a floppy disk or a USB device...
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During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-44 Chapter 5: Software support 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.
During the OS installation, select Intel ICH9R. 3. Follow the succeeding screen instructions to complete the installation. 5-44 Chapter 5: Software support 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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... FPU 1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for channel 2. Program early chipset according to smaller one in Setup is pressed Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM..... Example: onboard IDE controller. 4. Invoke video BIOS. 1. Initialize multi-language 2. Put information on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to 0) Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) 1. Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for 0-640K memory address. 2. Test...
... FPU 1. Program CPU internal MTRR (P6 & PII) for channel 2. Program early chipset according to smaller one in Setup is pressed Detect & install all IDE devices: HDD, LS120, ZIP, CDROM..... Example: onboard IDE controller. 4. Invoke video BIOS. 1. Initialize multi-language 2. Put information on L2 cache Program chipset registers according to 0) Display number of processors (multi-processor platform) 1. Reset keyboard except Winbond 977 series Super I/O chips. Test 8259 interrupt mask bits for 0-640K memory address. 2. Test...