ASUS AIBOOSTER U User Manual

ASUS Ai Booster

The ASUS Ai Booster is an innovative application that allows overclocking
of system components in Windows® environment. This utility lets you
overclock the CPU either manually or automatically without the hassle of
entering the BIOS Setup.

NOTE. Ai Booster supports Windows® 2000/XP/2003 operating system.

Installing Ai Booster

The Ai Booster application is included in the support CD that came with
your motherboard package.

To install the Ai Booster:

1. Place the support CD into the optical drive. The Drivers installation
window appears if your computer has an enabled Autorun feature.

2. Click the Utilities tab, then click Ai Booster.

3. Follow the screen instructions to install.

Launching Ai Booster

To launch Ai Booster, click Start > All Programs > ASUS > AI Booster >
AI Booster. The Ai Booster interface appears.

If Autorun is NOT enabled in your computer, browse the contents of
the support CD to locate the file AIBooster.exe from the Utilities folder.
Double-click the AIBooster.exe to start installation.

After launching the application, the Ai Booster
icon appears in the Windows® taskbar.
Right-click this icon to close or restore the Ai
Booster interface.

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Ai Booster interface

The Ai Booster features a user-friendly interface similar to a car
dashboard. The interface displays various auto-detected system
component information allowing you to quickly assess, and if desired,
change the overclock settings.

CPU temperature

CPU voltage

CPU fan speed

Power and chassis fan speeds
System temperature
Memory and AGP voltages

Display Tuning panel

Preferences

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User presets
Silent mode

Performance mode
Restore defaults

Display Tuning panel

CPU monitoring panel

This panel displays the auto-detected CPU
front side bus (FSB), core and external
frequencies (in MHz), and multiplier and
CPU utilitization information.

NOTE. A second utilization bar appears below the CPU utilization bar if
the installed CPU supports the Intel® Hyper-Threading feature. You
must enable Hyper-Threading in the BIOS Setup before Ai Booster

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CPU monitoring dials

The CPU monitoring dials display the
CPU temperature (ºC), voltage, and
CPU fan speeds. The color indicator
(green turning red) shows the
minimum to maximum temperature,
voltage, and RPM values.

System monitoring panel

The Ai Booster also monitors and
displays the memory and AGP
voltages, system temperature, and
power supply and chassis fan
speeds. Use this display as reference
when overclocking the CPU or other
system components.

Click to open the Tuning panel

Before you overclock

Take note of the following precautions before you overclock the CPU, and
other system components.

CAUTION!

• Overclocking/underclocking may damage your system! These
procedures must be performed by experienced PC users only.

• You may either use the Ai Booster or the BIOS Setup to overclock
your system. DO NOT use both utilities at the same time do
overclocking.

• Make sure you have an efficient cooling system before you
overclock the CPU or other system components.

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