User Manual

ASUS TUF Z370-PRO GAMING

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Chapter 1

1.1.6 Onboard buttons and switches

Onboardbuttonsandswitchesallowyoutone-tuneperformancewhenworkingonabareor

open-casesystem.Thisisidealforoverclockersandgamerswhocontinuallychangesettings

toenhancesystemperformance.

1. MemOK! button

InstallingDIMMsthatarenotcompatiblewiththemotherboardmaycausesystemboot

failure.IfthesystemfailstobootduringPOSTstageandtheDRAM_LEDnearthe

MemOK!buttonlightscontinuously,presstheMemOK!buttonuntiltheDRAM_LED

startsblinking.Systemwillbeginautomaticmemorycompatibilitytuningandrebootfor

successfulboot.

• Refertosection1.1.8 Onboard LEDsfortheexactlocationoftheDRAMLED.

• TheDRAM_LEDalsolightsupwhentheDIMMisnotproperlyinstalled.Turnoffthe

systemandreinstalltheDIMMbeforeusingtheMemOK!function.

• TheMemOK!buttondoesnotfunctionunderWindows

OSenvironment.

• Duringthetuningprocess,thesystemloadsandtestsfailsafememorysettings.It

takesabout30secondsforthesystemtotestonesetoffailsafesettings.Ifthetest

fails,thesystemrebootsandteststhenextsetoffailsafesettings.Theblinkingspeed

oftheDRAMLEDincreases,indicatingdifferenttestprocesses.

• Duetomemorytuningrequirement,thesystemautomaticallyrebootswheneach

timingsetistested.IftheinstalledDIMMsstillfailtobootafterthewholetuning

process,theDRAMLEDlightscontinuously.ReplacetheDIMMswithones

recommendedintheMemoryQVL(QualiedVendorsLists)atwww.asus.com.

• IfyouturnoffthecomputerandreplaceDIMMsduringthetuningprocess,thesystem

continuesmemorytuningafterturningonthecomputer.Tostopmemorytuning,turn

offthecomputerandunplugthepowercordforabout5-10seconds.

• IfyoursystemfailstobootupduetoBIOSoverclocking,presstheMemOK!button

tobootandloadtheBIOSdefaultsettings.AmessagewillappearduringPOST

remindingyouthattheBIOShasbeenrestoredtoitsdefaultsettings.

• WerecommendthatyoudownloadandupdatetothelatestBIOSversionfrom