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...the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of such software and/or other Free Open Source Software Licenses. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF... three years after our last shipment of the product, either (1) for free by downloading it from http://support.asus.com/download or (2) for the cost of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and licensed under various Free...
...the product is repaired, modified or altered, unless such repair, modification of such software and/or other Free Open Source Software Licenses. ASUS PROVIDES THIS MANUAL "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF... three years after our last shipment of the product, either (1) for free by downloading it from http://support.asus.com/download or (2) for the cost of this manual, including the products and software described in it, may be distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY and licensed under various Free...
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...information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 AI Suite 3...4-3 4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5 4-6 4.6 ROG Audio features 4-22 4.7 Sonic Radar II 4-28 4.8 GameFirst III 4-30 4.9 KeyBot...4-33 4.10 ASUS Media Streamer 4-35 4.11 ASUS Disk Unlocker 4-37 4.12 RAMDisk...4-38 4.13 MemTweakIt 4-41 4.... 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-8 Appendices Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-4 v
...information 4-1 4.2.1 Running the support DVD 4-1 4.2.2 Obtaining the software manuals 4-2 4.3 Software information 4-3 4.4 AI Suite 3...4-3 4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5 4-6 4.6 ROG Audio features 4-22 4.7 Sonic Radar II 4-28 4.8 GameFirst III 4-30 4.9 KeyBot...4-33 4.10 ASUS Media Streamer 4-35 4.11 ASUS Disk Unlocker 4-37 4.12 RAMDisk...4-38 4.13 MemTweakIt 4-41 4.... 5-7 5.2.2 Creating a RAID driver disk in Windows 5-8 5.2.3 Installing the RAID driver during Windows® OS installation......... 5-8 Appendices Notices ...A-1 ASUS contact information A-4 v
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... not try to or from the system, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your retailer. If possible, disconnect all the manuals that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are using an adapter or extension cord. vi Contact a qualified service technician...
... not try to or from the system, ensure that came with the product, contact a qualified service technician or your retailer. If possible, disconnect all the manuals that the power cables for the devices are unplugged before the signal cables are using an adapter or extension cord. vi Contact a qualified service technician...
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... help you MUST follow to complete a task. . Italics Used to complete a task. Example: means that you must press the enclosed key. Keys enclosed in this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to emphasize a word or a phrase. Typography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to complete...
... help you MUST follow to complete a task. . Italics Used to complete a task. Example: means that you must press the enclosed key. Keys enclosed in this manual. DANGER/WARNING: Information to prevent injury to yourself when trying to emphasize a word or a phrase. Typography Bold text Indicates a menu or an item to complete...
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...and UDP throughput with a stealthy overlay display that improves audio experience when you connect your gaming and multimedia activities. Chapter 1 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-3 Sonic Radar II Sonic Radar II features the exclusive audio enhancement that simulates 7.1 channels even through a stereo (2.0-channel)... SoundStage Sonic SoundStage is an audio tuning software that enhances in . You can also manually allocate bandwidth and adjust priority settings of the four presets or manually fine tune your game. It has a customizable user interface with lower CPU utilization for...
...and UDP throughput with a stealthy overlay display that improves audio experience when you connect your gaming and multimedia activities. Chapter 1 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-3 Sonic Radar II Sonic Radar II features the exclusive audio enhancement that simulates 7.1 channels even through a stereo (2.0-channel)... SoundStage Sonic SoundStage is an audio tuning software that enhances in . You can also manually allocate bandwidth and adjust priority settings of the four presets or manually fine tune your game. It has a customizable user interface with lower CPU utilization for...
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...overclocking may operate at a higher frequency, refer to section 3.4 Extreme Tweaker menu for the OS can be about 3GB or less. Chapter 1 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-11 Check with the same CAS latency. b) Install a 64-bit Windows OS when you want to the memory address limitation on 32-bit...OS. For optimal compatibility, we recommend that you install memory modules of these memory modules depend on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you do any of the following: a) Use a ...
...overclocking may operate at a higher frequency, refer to section 3.4 Extreme Tweaker menu for the OS can be about 3GB or less. Chapter 1 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-11 Check with the same CAS latency. b) Install a 64-bit Windows OS when you want to the memory address limitation on 32-bit...OS. For optimal compatibility, we recommend that you install memory modules of these memory modules depend on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for manual memory frequency adjustment. • For system stability, use of memory, we recommend that you do any of the following: a) Use a ...
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... location of failsafe settings. A message will appear during the tuning process, the system continues memory tuning after turning on the ASUS website at www.asus.com after the whole tuning process, the DRAM_LED lights continuously. button does not function under Windows® OS environment. •... default settings. • We recommend that are not compatible with ones recommended in the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) in this user manual or on the computer. If the test fails, the system reboots and test the next set is not properly installed. button lights continuously...
... location of failsafe settings. A message will appear during the tuning process, the system continues memory tuning after turning on the ASUS website at www.asus.com after the whole tuning process, the DRAM_LED lights continuously. button does not function under Windows® OS environment. •... default settings. • We recommend that are not compatible with ones recommended in the Memory QVL (Qualified Vendors Lists) in this user manual or on the computer. If the test fails, the system reboots and test the next set is not properly installed. button lights continuously...
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.... • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to section SATA Configuration for details. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-39 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to create...
.... • Before creating a RAID set, refer to section RAID configurations or the manual bundled in the motherboard support DVD. • When using these connectors, set the SATA Mode item in the BIOS to section SATA Configuration for details. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 1-39 If you installed Serial ATA hard disk drives, you intend to create...
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... this user manual refers to "UEFI BIOS" unless otherwise specified. We strongly recommend that you change the default BIOS settings except in this motherboard. Inappropriate BIOS settings may result to run the BIOS Setup. • You have installed a new system component that requires further BIOS settings or update. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-1 In normal...
... this user manual refers to "UEFI BIOS" unless otherwise specified. We strongly recommend that you change the default BIOS settings except in this motherboard. Inappropriate BIOS settings may result to run the BIOS Setup. • You have installed a new system component that requires further BIOS settings or update. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-1 In normal...
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... Creates storage RAID and configures system overclocking Chapter 3 Enables or disables the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Displays the CPU Fan's speed. Click the button to manually tune the fans Loads optimized default settings Saves the changes and resets the system Click to go to Advanced mode Click to display boot devices... provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you installed to select the display language, system performance, mode and boot device priority. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-3
... Creates storage RAID and configures system overclocking Chapter 3 Enables or disables the Intel Rapid Storage Technology Displays the CPU Fan's speed. Click the button to manually tune the fans Loads optimized default settings Saves the changes and resets the system Click to go to Advanced mode Click to display boot devices... provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you installed to select the display language, system performance, mode and boot device priority. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-3
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...it to RAID mode. Use this button to select the language that you to section My Favorites for that menu. Click this button to manually tweak the fans to display in a Tree Map setup. Qfan Control(F6) This button above the menu bar allows you want to your...F3) This button above the menu bar contains the languages that you to change the motherboard's SATA mode from AHCI to MyFavorite menu. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-5 Menu bar The menu bar on any menu screen means that the item has a submenu. For changing the system boot configuration For configuring options...
...it to RAID mode. Use this button to select the language that you to section My Favorites for that menu. Click this button to manually tweak the fans to display in a Tree Map setup. Qfan Control(F6) This button above the menu bar allows you want to your...F3) This button above the menu bar contains the languages that you to change the motherboard's SATA mode from AHCI to MyFavorite menu. Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-5 Menu bar The menu bar on any menu screen means that the item has a submenu. For changing the system boot configuration For configuring options...
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... values can cause the system to malfunction The configuration options for this item to set the profiles supported by your memory modules for the system. [Manual] Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters. [X.M.P.] If you install memory modules supporting the eXtreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) Technology, choose this section vary depending on the...
... values can cause the system to malfunction The configuration options for this item to set the profiles supported by your memory modules for the system. [Manual] Allows you to individually set overclocking parameters. [X.M.P.] If you install memory modules supporting the eXtreme Memory Profile (X.M.P.) Technology, choose this section vary depending on the...
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... performance optimized by the installed memory module is set the BCLK (base clock) frequency to all cores. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-9 Chapter 3 When Ai Overclock Tuner is set to [XMP], the XMP mode supported by ASUS core ratio settings. [Disabled] This item allows you to set to 300.0 MHz. Filter PLL [Auto...than or equal to the 4-Core Ratio Limit. 4-Core Ratio Limit [Auto] Select [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually assign a 4-Core Limit value that must be higher than or equal to the 3-Core Ratio Limit. When the Ai Overclock Tuner is displayed. ...
... performance optimized by the installed memory module is set the BCLK (base clock) frequency to all cores. ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-9 Chapter 3 When Ai Overclock Tuner is set to [XMP], the XMP mode supported by ASUS core ratio settings. [Disabled] This item allows you to set to 300.0 MHz. Filter PLL [Auto...than or equal to the 4-Core Ratio Limit. 4-Core Ratio Limit [Auto] Select [Auto] to apply the CPU default Turbo Ratio setting or manually assign a 4-Core Limit value that must be higher than or equal to the 3-Core Ratio Limit. When the Ai Overclock Tuner is displayed. ...
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... ratio is set to 100:133. [100:100] The BCLK frequency to DRAM frequency ratio is set to automatically optimize the CPU Graphics Ratio or manually set the less Core Ratio Limit to [Auto]. If you assign a value for K-SKU CPUs to get the extreme overclocking capability. Internal PLL Overvoltage [Auto...
... ratio is set to 100:133. [100:100] The BCLK frequency to DRAM frequency ratio is set to automatically optimize the CPU Graphics Ratio or manually set the less Core Ratio Limit to [Auto]. If you assign a value for K-SKU CPUs to get the extreme overclocking capability. Internal PLL Overvoltage [Auto...
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...Auto] [Level 1] - [Level 9] The actual performance boost may vary depending on your CPU specification. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] DO NOT remove the thermal module. The following item appears only when the CPU VRM Switching Frequency is defined by Intel® specification... Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-15 External DIGI+ Power Control CPU Load-line Calibration [Auto] Load-line is set to [Auto]. The CPU working voltage decreases proportionally to set the power phase control of 50 KHz. The thermal conditions should be monitored. Select [Manual] to configure...
...Auto] [Level 1] - [Level 9] The actual performance boost may vary depending on your CPU specification. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual] DO NOT remove the thermal module. The following item appears only when the CPU VRM Switching Frequency is defined by Intel® specification... Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-15 External DIGI+ Power Control CPU Load-line Calibration [Auto] Load-line is set to [Auto]. The CPU working voltage decreases proportionally to set the power phase control of 50 KHz. The thermal conditions should be monitored. Select [Manual] to configure...
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...Decay Mode [Auto] Allows you to enable this item to improve the power saving on the Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator as it exits manual override mode. Higher value provides better power-saving condition. The values range from a load current oscillating near the switching frequency. Configuration ...] [Fast] Power Current Slope [Auto] Allows you to set the slew rate for the Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator as it enters manual override mode. It finds the balance between optimal regulating while staying below the current threshold. Power Saving Level 3 Threshold [Auto] Lower...
...Decay Mode [Auto] Allows you to enable this item to improve the power saving on the Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator as it exits manual override mode. Higher value provides better power-saving condition. The values range from a load current oscillating near the switching frequency. Configuration ...] [Fast] Power Current Slope [Auto] Allows you to set the slew rate for the Fully Integrated Voltage Regulator as it enters manual override mode. It finds the balance between optimal regulating while staying below the current threshold. Power Saving Level 3 Threshold [Auto] Lower...
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... its cache. CPU Cache Voltage Offset [Auto] This item allows you set the CPU Core Voltage to [Manual Mode]. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual Mode] [Offset Mode] Appear only when you to configure the CPU cache voltage offset value. Use or ... offset the voltage by a positive value. [-] To offset the voltage by a negative value. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual Mode] [Offset Mode [Adaptive Mode] Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-19 Increase when increasing Core Frequency. The values range from 1.050000V to adjust the value. Offset Mode Sign [+] [+] ...
... its cache. CPU Cache Voltage Offset [Auto] This item allows you set the CPU Core Voltage to [Manual Mode]. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual Mode] [Offset Mode] Appear only when you to configure the CPU cache voltage offset value. Use or ... offset the voltage by a positive value. [-] To offset the voltage by a negative value. Configuration options: [Auto] [Manual Mode] [Offset Mode [Adaptive Mode] Chapter 3 ASUS MAXIMUS VII HERO 3-19 Increase when increasing Core Frequency. The values range from 1.050000V to adjust the value. Offset Mode Sign [+] [+] ...
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... by a negative value. The voltage you to the CPU uncores including its PCIE controller and the PCU (power control unit). Use the or keys to [Manual Mode]. CPU System Agent Voltage Offset [Auto] This item allows you to configure the amount of the CPU including its cache. CPU Graphics Voltage Override...
... by a negative value. The voltage you to the CPU uncores including its PCIE controller and the PCU (power control unit). Use the or keys to [Manual Mode]. CPU System Agent Voltage Offset [Auto] This item allows you to configure the amount of the CPU including its cache. CPU Graphics Voltage Override...
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... V with a 0.0125 V interval. The values range from 1.2000 V to 1.0000 V with a 0.0125 V interval. • The values of the CPU PLL Voltage, CPU Manual Voltage, CPU Offset Voltage, iGPU Manual Voltage, iGPU Offset Voltage, DRAM Voltage, VCCSA Voltage, VCCIO Voltage, and PCH Voltage items are labeled in different color, indicating the risk levels...
... V with a 0.0125 V interval. The values range from 1.2000 V to 1.0000 V with a 0.0125 V interval. • The values of the CPU PLL Voltage, CPU Manual Voltage, CPU Offset Voltage, iGPU Manual Voltage, iGPU Offset Voltage, DRAM Voltage, VCCSA Voltage, VCCIO Voltage, and PCH Voltage items are labeled in different color, indicating the risk levels...
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Enables the CPU Q-Fan control feature in PWM mode for quiet CPU fan operation. [Turbo] Set to achieve maximum CPU fan speed. [Manual] Set to adjust the minimum CPU fan duty cycle. The following items appear only when you to 100%. CPU Upper Temperature [70] Use the or ... values range from 0% to set the CPU Fan Profile to [Auto]. The following items appear only when you to set the CPU Q-Fan Control to [Manual]. Chapter 3 3-42 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Duty Cycle (%) [100] Use the or keys to 100%. CPU Lower Temperature [40] Displays the lower limit of the CPU...
Enables the CPU Q-Fan control feature in PWM mode for quiet CPU fan operation. [Turbo] Set to achieve maximum CPU fan speed. [Manual] Set to adjust the minimum CPU fan duty cycle. The following items appear only when you to 100%. CPU Upper Temperature [70] Use the or ... values range from 0% to set the CPU Fan Profile to [Auto]. The following items appear only when you to set the CPU Q-Fan Control to [Manual]. Chapter 3 3-42 Chapter 3: BIOS setup Duty Cycle (%) [100] Use the or keys to 100%. CPU Lower Temperature [40] Displays the lower limit of the CPU...