User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Hardware Information
- 2.1 Chassis cover
- 2.2 Air ducts
- 2.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU)
- 2.4 System memory
- 2.5 Storage devices
- 2.6 Expansion slot
- 2.6.1 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 1
- 2.6.2 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 2
- 2.6.3 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 3
- 2.6.4 Installing an expansion card to riser card bracket 4
- 2.6.5 Installing an OCP 3.0 slot baseboard and OCP 3.0 card to the riser card bracket
- 2.6.6 Installing an ethernet expansion card to the riser card bracket
- 2.6.7 Installing GPU cards (on selected models)
- 2.6.8 Installing an ASUS PIKE II card
- 2.6.9 Installing M.2 (NGFF) cards
- 2.6.10 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 SATA/SAS backplane cabling
- 2.9 Removable/optional components
- Chapter 3: Installation Options
- Chapter 4: Motherboard Information
- Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
- 5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
- 5.2 BIOS setup program
- 5.3 Main menu
- 5.4 Performance Tuning menu
- 5.5 Advanced menu
- 5.5.1 Trusted Computing
- 5.5.2 PSP Firmware Versions
- 5.5.3 APM Configuration
- 5.5.4 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.5 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.6 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.7 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.8 USB Configuration
- 5.5.9 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.10 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.11 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.12 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.13 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 5.5.14 iSCSI Configuration
- 5.6 Chipset menu
- 5.7 Security menu
- 5.8 Boot menu
- 5.9 Tool menu
- 5.10 Save & Exit menu
- 5.11 AMD CBS menu
- 5.12 Event Logs menu
- 5.13 Server Mgmt menu
- Chapter 6: Driver Installation
- Appendix
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Chapter 5: BIOS Setup
5.1 Managing and updating your BIOS
The following utilities allow you to manage and update the motherboard Basic Input/Output
System (BIOS) setup:
1. ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3
To recover the BIOS using a bootable USB flash disk drive when the BIOS file fails or
gets corrupted.
2. ASUS EzFlash
Updates the BIOS using a USB flash disk.
3. BUPDATER
Updates the BIOS in DOS mode using a bootable USB flash disk drive.
Refer to the corresponding sections for details on these utilities.
Recovering the BIOS from a USB flash drive
To recover the BIOS from a USB flash drive:
1. Insert the USB flash drive with the original or updated BIOS file to one USB port on the
system.
2. The utility will automatically recover the BIOS. It resets the system when the BIOS
recovery finished.
DO NOT shut down or reset the system while recovering the BIOS! Doing so would cause
system boot failure!
The recovered BIOS may not be the latest BIOS version for this motherboard. Visit the
ASUS website at www.asus.com to download the latest BIOS file.
Save a copy of the original motherboard BIOS file to a bootable USB flash disk drive in
case you need to restore the BIOS in the future. Copy the original motherboard BIOS using
the BUPDATER utility.
5.1.1 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 utility
The ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 is an auto recovery tool that allows you to restore the BIOS file
when it fails or gets corrupted during the updating process. You can update a corrupted BIOS
file using a USB flash drive that contains the updated BIOS file.
Prepare a USB flash drive containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this
utility.