The board BIOS

The POST screen shows us the full name of the motherboard along with the BIOS version installed on top; also here we can see the name of the CPU and its current running speed, the memory operating mode and its total quantity, but also information regarding the installed drives:



The BIOS is divided into various menus like Main, OC Tweaker, Advanced and so on; in the Main menu, we can see and set the system date/time, but also get information regarding the installed CPU and memory:



In the OC Tweaker menu, we can adjust the speed of the system by overclocking or underclocking it(in case we want to save power and we consider the system delivers more performance than we would really need); we can set each option manually or we can opt for enabling some preloaded profiles:



In the second part of the OC Tweaker menu, we can see the rest of the adjustable voltages, but also the three slots in which we can save our BIOS settings:



In the Advanced Settings menu, we can find some options related to the CPU configuration, Chipset configuration, Storage and so on:



In the CPU Configuration sub-menu, we can see detailed information regarding the installed CPU, and we can enable/disable options like Hyperthreading, Virtualization, SpeedStep, Turbo:



In the Chipset Settings sub-menu, we can set the Primary Graphics adapter, enable/disable the onboard audio or enable/disable the Good Night LED option:



In the same screen, we can select what application we have decided to install (the full version of the THX TruStudio PRO or the trial version of the X-Fi MB):



In the Storage Configuration sub-menu, we can enable/disable the SATAII and SATA3 controllers; here we can also configure the drives, depending on which port they are installed:



In the USB configuration sub-menu, the USB controllers can be enabled or disabled (including the USB 3.0 one):



In the H/W Monitor screen, we can see the current temperatures for the motherboard and CPU, the speeds of the installed fans and the voltages:



Each fan can be adjusted manually, or left on auto setting:



In the Boot menu, we can set various boot settings configurations or set the priority of the boot devices:



In the Boot Settings Configuration sub-menu, the full screen logo can be enabled or disabled (it can be left on auto so on each boot sequence it will change or can be chosen a specific one). Also in this menu we can select to boot from onboard LAN or enable Numlock on boot:



In the Security tab, we can set a supervisor password, but also a user password:



Finally, in the Exit tab we can choose to save or discard the changes and exit; here we also have an option to load some preset defaults: