User manual ASUS CROSSHAIR III FORMULA

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Products and corporate names appearing in this manual may or may not be registered trademarks or copyrights of their respective companies, and are used only for identification or explanation and to the owners' benefit, without intent to infringe. ii Contents Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Remove the floppy disk then press <F1> to restart the system. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 14 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For C51MCP55-CROSSHAIR III FORMULA III FORMULA-00 Flash Type - Unknown Flash DATE:04/10/2006 File Name to Program: 0113. bin Flashing Complete Press <F1> to Continue Write OK F1 Reset No Update Write Fail ASUS Crosshair 4-7 4. 1. 5 Saving the current BIOS file You can use the AwardBIOS Flash Utility to save the current BIOS file. You can load the current BIOS file when the BIOS file gets corrupted during the flashing process. Make sure that the floppy disk has enough disk space to save the file. To save the current BIOS file using the AwardBIOS Flash Utility: 1. Press <Y> when the utility prompts you to save the current BIOS file. The following screen appears. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 14 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For C51MCP55-CROSSHAIR III FORMULA III FORMULA-00 Flash Type - Unknown Flash File Name to Program: 0113. bin Save current BIOS as: DATE:04/10/2006 Message: 3. Type a filename for the current BIOS file in the Save current BIOS as field, then press <Enter>. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 14 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For C51MCP55-CROSSHAIR III FORMULA III FORMULA-00 Flash Type - Unknown Flash File Name to Program: 0113. bin Checksum: D800H Save current BIOS as: old. bin DATE:04/10/2006 Message: Please Wait! 4. The utility saves the current BIOS file to the floppy disk, then returns to the BIOS flashing process. AwardBIOS Flash Utility for ASUS V1. 14 (C) Phoenix Technologies Ltd. All Rights Reserved For C51MCP55-CROSSHAIR III FORMULA III FORMULA-00 Flash Type - Unknown Flash DATE:04/10/2006 File Name to Program: 0113. bin Now Backup System BIOS to File! Message: Please Wait! 4-8 Chapter 4: BIOS setup 4. 1. 6 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 the motherboard support DVD or the floppy disk that contains the updated BIOS file. Prepare the motherboard support DVD or the floppy disk containing the updated motherboard BIOS before using this utility. Recovering the BIOS from the support DVD To recover the BIOS from the support DVD: 1. The utility displays the following message and automatically checks the DVD for the BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. BIOS ROM checksum error Detecting IDE ATAPI device. . . When found, the utility reads the BIOS file and starts flashing the corrupted BIOS file. Award BootBlock BIOS v1. 0 Copyright (c) 2000, Award Software, Inc. Configuration options: [Disabled] [720K , 3. 5 in. ] [1. 44M, 3. 5 in. ] - Chapter : BIOS setup 4. 3. 5 Primary IDE Master/Slave While entering Setup, the BIOS automatically detects the presence of IDE devices. Select a device item then press <Enter> to display the IDE device information. Main Phoenix-Award BIOS CMOS Setup Utility Primary IDE Master PIO Mode UDMA Mode Primary IDE Master Access Mode Capacity Cylinder Head Sector Transfer Mode [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] [Auto] 82 GB 39420 16 255 UDMA 5 Select Menu Item Specific Help Set a PIO mode for IDE device. Mode0 through 4 for successive increase in performance. F1:Help ESC: Exit : Select Item : Select Menu -/+: Change Value Enter: Select SubMenu F5: Setup Defaults F10: Save and Exit The BIOS automatically detects the values opposite the dimmed items (Capacity, Cylinder, Head, Sector and Transfer Mode). These items show N/A if no IDE device is installed in the system. PIO Mode [Auto] Sets the PIO mode for the IDE device. Configuration options: [Auto] [Mode 0] [Mode 1] [Mode 2] [Mode 3] [Mode 4] UDMA Mode [Auto] Disables or sets the UDMA mode. Configuration options: [Disable] [Auto] Primary IDE Master/Slave [Auto] Select [Auto] to automatically detect an IDE hard disk drive. If automatic detection is successful, the BIOS automatically fills in the correct values for the remaining fields on this sub-menu. If the hard disk was already formatted on a previous system, the setup BIOS may detect incorrect parameters. Configuration options: [None] [Auto] [Manual] ASUS Crosshair - Access Mode [Auto] The default [Auto] allows automatic detection of an IDE hard disk drive. Select [CHS] for this item if you set the IDE Primary Master/Slave to [Manual]. Configuration options: [CHS] [LBA] [Large] [Auto] Before attempting to configure a hard disk drive, make sure you have the correct configuration information supplied by the drive manufacturer. [. . . ] Click Properties to display the Display Properties dialog box. ASUS Crosshair - 5. From the Display Properties dialog box, select the Settings tab then click Advanced. 6. Select the NVIDIA GeForce tab. 7. Click the slider to display the following screen, then select the SLI multi-GPU item. Slider 8. Click OK when done. Chapter 6: NVIDIA® SLITM technology support The appendix explains the debug code on the LCD poster. Debug Code A Chapter summary A. 1 Debug Code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 A ASUS Crosshair A. 1 Code CPU INIT DET CPU CHIPINIT Debug Code Table Description CPU Initiation Test CMOS R/W functionality. Early chipset initialization: -Disable shadow RAM -Disable L2 cache (socket 7 or below) -Program basic chipset registers Detect memory -Auto-detection of DRAM size, type and ECC. -Auto-detection of L2 cache (socket 7 or below) Expand compressed BIOS code to DRAM Call chipset hook to copy BIOS back to E000 & F000 shadow RAM. [. . . ]