User’s Manual
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Contents
Safety information ...................................................................................................... iv
About this guide .......................................................................................................... v
Package contents ....................................................................................................... vi
PRIME A520M-A specications summary ............................................................... vi
Chapter 1 Product Introduction
1.1 Before you proceed ...................................................................................... 1-1
1.2 Motherboard overview ................................................................................. 1-1
1.3 Central Processing Unit (CPU) .................................................................... 1-7
1.4 System memory ............................................................................................ 1-8
Chapter 2 BIOS and RAID Support
2.1 Knowing BIOS ............................................................................................... 2-1
2.2 BIOS setup program ..................................................................................... 2-2
2.3 ASUS EZ Flash 3 ........................................................................................... 2-3
2.4 ASUS CrashFree BIOS 3 .............................................................................. 2-4
2.5 RAID congurations ..................................................................................... 2-5
Appendix
Notices ..................................................................................................................... A-1
ASUS contact information ...................................................................................... A-6