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 the left PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.2 Installing an expansion card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.3 Installing a ASUS PIKE II card to the right PCIe riser card bracket
- 2.6.4 Installing an OCP 3.0 card to the OCP 3.0 slot
- 2.6.5 Installing an M.2 (NGFF) card
- 2.6.6 (optional) Installing the PFR module
- 2.6.7 Configuring an expansion card
- 2.7 Cable connections
- 2.8 Backplane cabling
- 2.9 Storage device configuration and cabling
- 2.10 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 Redfish Host Interface Settings
- 5.5.4 APM Configuration
- 5.5.5 Onboard LAN Configuration
- 5.5.6 Serial Port Console Redirection
- 5.5.7 CPU Configuration
- 5.5.8 PCI Subsystem Settings
- 5.5.9 USB Configuration
- 5.5.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 5.5.11 CSM Configuration
- 5.5.12 NVMe Configuration
- 5.5.13 SATA Configuration
- 5.5.14 AMD Mem Configuration Status
- 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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ASUS RS520A-E11-RS12U
Overclocking [Disabled]
Enable this item to increase the CPU’s clock. Please use an external PCIe storage controller
for your hard drives when enabling this feature.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Enabled]
Please note that overclocking might cause component damage or system crashes, which
may reduce the lifespan of the system and the CPU. Use this tool at your own risk.
Power Balancer [Disabled]
Allows you to dynamically adjust the frequency of all CPU cores based on their current
utilization, delivering better performance per watt for improved system energy efficiency.
Configuration options: [Disabled] [Auto] [Manual]
When setting Power Balancer to [Auto] or [Manual], make sure that you have the latest
ASUS Control Center software installed to support Power Balancer. Please see below for
recommended software versions:
- BMC: 1.1.57 version or above, or 1.2.11 version or above.
- ACC: 1.4.3.5 version or above.
The following item appears only when you set
Power Balancer to [Manual].
CPU Max frequency [XXXX]
The default value for this option will be the maximum supported frequency of the CPU
installed and may vary between different CPUs.