User’s Manual
Table Of Contents
- Safety information
- Chapter 1: Product Introduction
- Chapter 2: Basic Installation
- Chapter 3: BIOS Setup
- 3.1 Knowing BIOS
- 3.2 BIOS setup program
- 3.3 My Favorites
- 3.4 Main menu
- 3.5 Ai Tweaker menu
- 3.6 Advanced menu
- 3.6.1 Platform Misc Configuration
- 3.6.2 CPU Configuration
- 3.6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 3.6.4 PCH Configuration
- 3.6.5 PCH Storage Configuration
- 3.6.6 PCH-FW Configuration
- 3.6.7 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 3.6.8 APM Configuration
- 3.6.9 USB Configuration
- 3.6.10 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.6.11 NVMe Configuration
- 3.6.12 HDD/SSD SMART Information
- 3.7 Monitor menu
- 3.8 Boot menu
- 3.9 Tool menu
- 3.10 Exit menu
- 3.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 4: RAID Support
- Chapter 5: Multi GPU Support
- Appendix
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WS C246 PRO specifications summary
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CPU
LGA1151 socket for Intel
®
Xeon
®
Processor E Family (Coffee Lake) /
Intel
®
9th/8th Generation Core™ i9/i7/i5/i3 processors / Intel
®
Pentium™
processors / Intel
®
Celeron™ processors*
Supports Intel
®
Turbo Boost Technology
* Refer to www.asus.com for Intel
®
CPU support list
Chipset
Intel
®
C246 Chipset
Memory
4 x DIMM, Max 128GB, DDR4 2666 / 2400 / 2133 MHz, ECC/ non-ECC
UDIMM*
Dual channel architecture
* Refer to www.asus.com for the Memory QVL(Qualified Vendors List)
Expansion slots
PCIEX1_1: PCI-E x1 slot, x1 Gen3 Link, from PCH
PCIEX16_1: PCI-E x16 slot, x16 / x8 Gen3 Link, from CPU
PCIEX16_2: PCI-E x16 slot, x8 Gen3 Link, switched from PCIEX16_1,
from CPU
PCIEX1_2: PCI-E x1 slot, x1 Gen3 Link, from PCH
PCIEX16_3: PCI-E x16 slot, x4 Gen3 Link, from PCH
PCIEX16_4: PCI-E x16 slot, x4 Gen3 Link, from PCH, shared with 4
SATA
VGA Output
1 x Integrated Graphics Processor
Multi-VGA output support: DVI-D / HDMI / DisplayPort / VGA
- Supports DVI-D with Max resolution 1920 x 1200@60 Hz
- Supports HDMI with Max resolution 4096 x 2160@24 Hz
- Supports DisplayPort with Max resolution 4096 x 2304@60 Hz
- Supports VGA with Max resolution 1920 x 1200@60 Hz
Multi-GPU support
Support AMD 3-Way CrossFireX™ Technology
Storage
Intel
®
C246 Chipset:
8 x SATA 6Gb/s with 1 x M.2 (PCI-E Gen3 x2 link, NGFF 2280 / 2260 /
2242 / 2230) or 7 x SATA 6Gb/s with 1 x M.2 (SATA 6Gb/s)
- 4 x SATA shared with PCIEX16_4
1 x M.2 (SATA 6Gb/s & PCIe Gen3 x4 link, NGFF 22110 / 2280 / 2260
/ 2242)
Intel
®
RST (Windows & Linux)
(Support software RAID 0, 1, 10 & 5)
(Support Intel
®
Optane memory)
LAN
1 x Intel
®
I210-AT GbE LAN
1 x Intel
®
I219-LM GbE LAN
(Supports teaming function)
USB
Intel
®
C246 Chipset
- 5 x USB 2.0 ports (5 from mid-board)
- 6 x USB 3.1 Gen 1 ports (2 from mid-board, 4 ports Type-A at back
panel)
- 2 x USB 3.1 Gen 2ports (1 Type-A port and 1 Type-C™ port at back
panel)