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..., Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology and Intel® Insider™ Supports up to three displays simultaneously Maximum shared memory 1024MB Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology... Turbo Boost Technology 2.0* * The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the next page) ix Integrated Graphics Processor - SABERTOOTH Z87 specifications summary CPU Chipset Memory Expansion slots VGA Multi-GPU support LAN LGA1150 socket for details. 2 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (...
..., Intel® Quick Sync Video, Intel® Clear Video HD Technology and Intel® Insider™ Supports up to three displays simultaneously Maximum shared memory 1024MB Supports NVIDIA® Quad-GPU SLI™ Technology Supports AMD® Quad-GPU CrossFireX™ Technology... Turbo Boost Technology 2.0* * The Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 support depends on the next page) ix Integrated Graphics Processor - SABERTOOTH Z87 specifications summary CPU Chipset Memory Expansion slots VGA Multi-GPU support LAN LGA1150 socket for details. 2 x PCI Express 3.0/2.0 x16 slots (...
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... and sync with flow valve Thermal Armor features the exclusive flow gate mechanism that displays real-time motherboard, CPU and VGA zone cooling status, and promotes extended system... accessed data or applications. ASUS provides extra SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports with enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of Green ASUS eco-friendly computing, reduces ...the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for the CPU. Extra SATA 6.0 Gb/s Support The Intel® Z87 Express Chipset natively supports the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) interface, delivering up response time, ...
... and sync with flow valve Thermal Armor features the exclusive flow gate mechanism that displays real-time motherboard, CPU and VGA zone cooling status, and promotes extended system... accessed data or applications. ASUS provides extra SATA 6.0 Gb/s ports with enhanced scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of Green ASUS eco-friendly computing, reduces ...the strategic USB 3.0 accessibility for the CPU. Extra SATA 6.0 Gb/s Support The Intel® Z87 Express Chipset natively supports the next-generation Serial ATA (SATA) interface, delivering up response time, ...
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... such as HD DVD and blu-ray discs, HDMI provides you with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through the connected DisplayPort cable with your 3D display, then you can sit back and enjoy a perfect 3D animation experience....resolution visuals through a single cable. Chapter 1 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1.7 Other special features DisplayPort Support DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard that delivers mulit-channel audio and uncompressed digital video up to 10.8 Gbps of bandwidth over standard cables, providing billions...
... such as HD DVD and blu-ray discs, HDMI provides you with ASUS vision of creating environment-friendly and energy-efficient products through the connected DisplayPort cable with your 3D display, then you can sit back and enjoy a perfect 3D animation experience....resolution visuals through a single cable. Chapter 1 1-6 Chapter 1: Product introduction 1.1.7 Other special features DisplayPort Support DisplayPort is a digital display interface standard that delivers mulit-channel audio and uncompressed digital video up to 10.8 Gbps of bandwidth over standard cables, providing billions...
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...Advanced Mode Chapter 3 Selects the Advanced mode functions Selects the boot device priority Displays the Advanced mode menus Selects the boot device priority Loads optimized default settings Displays the system properties of the basic system information, and allows you to the ...display language, system performance mode and boot device priority. To access the Advanced Mode, click Exit/Advanced Mode, then select Advanced Mode or press hot key for entering the BIOS setup program can be changed. Refer to the Setup Mode item in section 3.8 Boot menu for details. ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87...
...Advanced Mode Chapter 3 Selects the Advanced mode functions Selects the boot device priority Displays the Advanced mode menus Selects the boot device priority Loads optimized default settings Displays the system properties of the basic system information, and allows you to the ...display language, system performance mode and boot device priority. To access the Advanced Mode, click Exit/Advanced Mode, then select Advanced Mode or press hot key for entering the BIOS setup program can be changed. Refer to the Setup Mode item in section 3.8 Boot menu for details. ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87...
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... on top of the Advanced Mode. For changing the basic system configuration For changing the overclocking settings For changing the advanced system settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature, power status, and changing the fan settings. Boot Tool Exit For changing the system boot configuration For configuring options for experienced end...
... on top of the Advanced Mode. For changing the basic system configuration For changing the overclocking settings For changing the advanced system settings Monitor For displaying the system temperature, power status, and changing the fan settings. Boot Tool Exit For changing the system boot configuration For configuring options for experienced end...
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...are items that you delete all shortcut items from the F3: Shortcut list, the default shortcut items will reappear after your notes. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-5 To display the submenu, select the item and press . Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of the selected item. Configuration fields ... example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on the screen. Pop-up window Select a menu item and press to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for the menu items. If an item is a brief description of a menu screen when there are...
...are items that you delete all shortcut items from the F3: Shortcut list, the default shortcut items will reappear after your notes. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-5 To display the submenu, select the item and press . Scroll bar A scroll bar appears on the right side of the selected item. Configuration fields ... example, selecting Main shows the Main menu items. The other items on the screen. Pop-up window Select a menu item and press to display a pop-up window with the configuration options for the menu items. If an item is a brief description of a menu screen when there are...
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... Password item and press . 2. To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press when prompted to display other BIOS items. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-9 The configuration options for this section vary depending on the CPU and DIMM model you installed on top of the screen shows Not...
... Password item and press . 2. To clear the user password, follow the same steps as in changing a user password, but press when prompted to display other BIOS items. Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-9 The configuration options for this section vary depending on the CPU and DIMM model you installed on top of the screen shows Not...
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... the presence of commands. [RAID] Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Scroll down to display the other BIOS items. Chapter 3 SATA Mode Selection [AHCI] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE] Set to [IDE...
... the presence of commands. [RAID] Set to [RAID Mode] when you want to create a RAID configuration from the SATA hard disk drives. Scroll down to display the other BIOS items. Chapter 3 SATA Mode Selection [AHCI] Allows you to set the SATA configuration. [Disabled] Disables the SATA function. [IDE] Set to [IDE...
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... [448M] [480M] [512M] [1024M] ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-31 Chapter 3 When read/write of system memory allocated to select the amount of your hard disk errors occur, this function. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Graphics Configuration Allows you to select a primary display from iGPU, PCIE and PCI Graphics devices. ... - Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.6.4 System Agent Configuration Allows you to configure the System Agent Configuration parameters. Primary Display [Auto] Allows you to select the primary display from iGPU, and PCIe graphical devices.
... [448M] [480M] [512M] [1024M] ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-31 Chapter 3 When read/write of system memory allocated to select the amount of your hard disk errors occur, this function. Configuration options: [Enabled] [Disabled] Graphics Configuration Allows you to select a primary display from iGPU, PCIE and PCI Graphics devices. ... - Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] 3.6.4 System Agent Configuration Allows you to configure the System Agent Configuration parameters. Primary Display [Auto] Allows you to select the primary display from iGPU, and PCIe graphical devices.
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... detect this item. ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-39 Chapter 3 CPU Fan Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], CPU OPT Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], Chassis Fan 1/4 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], Assistant Fan 1/2 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU, chassis,... other BIOS items. CPU Temperature / MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU and motherboard temperatures. CPU core 0-3 Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage The onboard hardware ...
... detect this item. ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-39 Chapter 3 CPU Fan Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], CPU OPT Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], Chassis Fan 1/4 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A], Assistant Fan 1/2 Speed [xxxx RPM] or [Ignore] / [N/A] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU, chassis,... other BIOS items. CPU Temperature / MB Temperature [xxxºC/xxxºF] The onboard hardware monitor automatically detects and displays the CPU and motherboard temperatures. CPU core 0-3 Voltage, 3.3V Voltage, 5V Voltage, 12V Voltage The onboard hardware ...
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... Q-Fan Control to 100%. The values range from 20ºC to 100%. The values range from 0% to [Advance Mode] and [Auto]. CPU Lower Temperature [20] Displays the lower limit of the CPU temperature. Duty Cycle(%) [100] Use the or keys to adjust the minimum CPU fan duty cycle. Duty Cycle(%) [20...
... Q-Fan Control to 100%. The values range from 20ºC to 100%. The values range from 0% to [Advance Mode] and [Auto]. CPU Lower Temperature [20] Displays the lower limit of the CPU temperature. Duty Cycle(%) [100] Use the or keys to adjust the minimum CPU fan duty cycle. Duty Cycle(%) [20...
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The values range from 20% to 100%. Configuration options: [Ignore] [200 RPM] [300 RPM] [400 RPM] [500 RPM] [600 RPM] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-41 Chassis Lower Temperature 1/4 [40] Displays the lower limit of the chassis fan. [Standard] Set to make the chassis fan adjust automatically depending on the chassis temperature. [Silent] Set to minimize...
The values range from 20% to 100%. Configuration options: [Ignore] [200 RPM] [300 RPM] [400 RPM] [500 RPM] [600 RPM] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-41 Chassis Lower Temperature 1/4 [40] Displays the lower limit of the chassis fan. [Standard] Set to make the chassis fan adjust automatically depending on the chassis temperature. [Silent] Set to minimize...
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...] Allows your assistant fans to assign detailed fan speed control parameters. ASST Upper Temperature 1/2 [70] Use the and keys to 100%. ASST Lower Temperature 1/2 [40] Displays the lower limit of the assistant fan. [Standard] Set to make the assistant fan adjust automatically depending on the chassis temperature. [Silent] Set to minimize...
...] Allows your assistant fans to assign detailed fan speed control parameters. ASST Upper Temperature 1/2 [70] Use the and keys to 100%. ASST Lower Temperature 1/2 [40] Displays the lower limit of the assistant fan. [Standard] Set to make the assistant fan adjust automatically depending on the chassis temperature. [Silent] Set to minimize...
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... Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DirectKey Enable [Go to BIOS...] [Disabled] [Go to 10 seconds. The following items appear only when you set the Boot Logo Display to [Enabled]. You can only execute the POST delay time during POST. The following items appear only when you set the Boot Logo... Display to [Disabled]. This feature will only power on state of the NumLock to easily enter the BIOS Setup. Chapter 3 3-44 Chapter 3: BIOS setup The ...
... Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled] DirectKey Enable [Go to BIOS...] [Disabled] [Go to 10 seconds. The following items appear only when you set the Boot Logo Display to [Enabled]. You can only execute the POST delay time during POST. The following items appear only when you set the Boot Logo... Display to [Disabled]. This feature will only power on state of the NumLock to easily enter the BIOS Setup. Chapter 3 3-44 Chapter 3: BIOS setup The ...
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... better compatibility. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-45 Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] [Force BIOS] The third-party ROM messages will be displayed during the boot sequence. [Keep Current] The third-party ROM messages will be displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the Launch CSM...
... better compatibility. Configuration options: [Legacy OpROM first] [UEFI driver first] Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-45 Option ROM Messages [Force BIOS] [Force BIOS] The third-party ROM messages will be displayed during the boot sequence. [Keep Current] The third-party ROM messages will be displayed only if the third-party manufacturer had set the Launch CSM...
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...the selected device. The number of devices installed in Safe Mode, do any of the following: - Press when ASUS Logo appears. - Click an item to load the additional dbx from the available devices. Chapter 3 3-48 Chapter... 3: BIOS setup Press after POST. • To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears. Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from a storage device so that...with time-based authenticated variable. Boot Override These items displays the available devices. The dbx file must be loaded.
...the selected device. The number of devices installed in Safe Mode, do any of the following: - Press when ASUS Logo appears. - Click an item to load the additional dbx from the available devices. Chapter 3 3-48 Chapter... 3: BIOS setup Press after POST. • To select the boot device during system startup, press when ASUS Logo appears. Boot Option Priorities These items specify the boot device priority sequence from a storage device so that...with time-based authenticated variable. Boot Override These items displays the available devices. The dbx file must be loaded.
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ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-49 For more details, refer to configure options for special functions. 3.9 Tools menu The Tools menu items allow you to section 3.11.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2. 3.9.2 ASUS O.C. When you to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. Use the left/right arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], ...to store or load multiple BIOS settings. Profile This item allows you to confirm your choice. Select an item then press to display the submenu. 3.9.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility Allows you press , a confirmation message appears. Chapter 3 The Setup Profile Status items show Not Installed if...
ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-49 For more details, refer to configure options for special functions. 3.9 Tools menu The Tools menu items allow you to section 3.11.2 ASUS EZ Flash 2. 3.9.2 ASUS O.C. When you to run ASUS EZ Flash 2. Use the left/right arrow key to select between [Yes] or [No], ...to store or load multiple BIOS settings. Profile This item allows you to confirm your choice. Select an item then press to display the submenu. 3.9.1 ASUS EZ Flash 2 Utility Allows you press , a confirmation message appears. Chapter 3 The Setup Profile Status items show Not Installed if...
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...DOS environment 1. Download the latest BIOS file and BIOS Updater from the ASUS website at http://support.asus.com and save the BIOS file to a floppy disk due to boot using defaults Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-55 Insert the support DVD into the optical drive and select the optical... all SATA hard disk drives (optional). Before updating BIOS 1. Boot your computer. 3.11.3 ASUS BIOS Updater The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to the USB port. 2. The actual utility screen displays may not be same as the boot device. Please select boot device: SATA: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX USB ...
...DOS environment 1. Download the latest BIOS file and BIOS Updater from the ASUS website at http://support.asus.com and save the BIOS file to a floppy disk due to boot using defaults Chapter 3 ASUS SABERTOOTH Z87 3-55 Insert the support DVD into the optical drive and select the optical... all SATA hard disk drives (optional). Before updating BIOS 1. Boot your computer. 3.11.3 ASUS BIOS Updater The ASUS BIOS Updater allows you to the USB port. 2. The actual utility screen displays may not be same as the boot device. Please select boot device: SATA: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX USB ...
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The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. The AHCI/RAID Driver menu contains the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click the ...
The Utilities menu shows the applications and other software that the motherboard supports. Click an icon to display DVD/ motherboard information Click an item to display the ASUS contact information. The Manual menu contains the list of the user manual. The AHCI/RAID Driver menu contains the RAID/AHCI driver disk. Click the ...
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... media file type Click or tap to edit the playlist Click or tap to select receiver Tick to select source location Media files pane Displays the target receiver's name and the media file currently playing Click or tap to go back to Remote GO! window Click or tap ... Media Player. Using DLNA Media Hub To stream media files to remotely control your computer. Select and tap the receiver name. 3. Tap Enter to a DLNA display, enable the remote control functions in your smart device, tap DLNA Media Hub. 2. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support To do this, launch Windows...
... media file type Click or tap to edit the playlist Click or tap to select receiver Tick to select source location Media files pane Displays the target receiver's name and the media file currently playing Click or tap to go back to Remote GO! window Click or tap ... Media Player. Using DLNA Media Hub To stream media files to remotely control your computer. Select and tap the receiver name. 3. Tap Enter to a DLNA display, enable the remote control functions in your smart device, tap DLNA Media Hub. 2. Chapter 4 4-16 Chapter 4: Software support To do this, launch Windows...