User Guide
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 Extreme Tweaker menu
- 3.6 Advanced menu
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.6.2 Platform Misc Configuration
- 3.6.3 System Agent (SA) Configuration
- 3.6.4 ROG Effects
- 3.6.5 PCH Configuration
- 3.6.6 PCH Storage Configuration
- 3.6.7 USB Configuration
- 3.6.8 Network Stack Configuration
- 3.6.9 Onboard Devices Configuration
- 3.6.10 APM Configuration
- 3.6.11 HDD/SDD SMART Information
- 3.6.12 Intel(R) ThunderBolt
- 3.6.1 CPU Configuration
- 3.7 Monitor menu
- 3.8 Boot menu
- 3.9 Tool menu
- 3.10 Exit menu
- 3.11 Updating BIOS
- Chapter 4: Software Support
- 4.1 Installing an operating system
- 4.2 Support DVD information
- 4.3 Software information
- 4.4 AI Suite 3
- 4.5 Dual Intelligent Processors 5
- 4.6 ROG Audio features
- 4.7 Sonic Radar II
- 4.8 GameFirst III
- 4.9 KeyBot II
- 4.10 ASUS Media Streamer
- 4.11 RAMDisk
- 4.12 MemTweakIt
- 4.13 ROG CPU-Z
- 4.14 RAMCache
- 4.15 Lighting Control
- Chapter 5: RAID Support
- Appendix
ASUS MAXIMUS VIII EXTREME
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Chapter 3
3.2.1 EZ Mode
The EZ Mode provides you an overview of the basic system information, and allows you to
select the display language, system performance, mode and boot device priority. To access
the Advanced Mode, select Advanced Mode or press the <F7> hotkey for the advanced
BIOS settings.
The default screen for entering the BIOS setup program can be changed. Refer to the
Setup Mode item in section Boot menu for details.
The boot device options vary depending on the devices you installed to the system.
Selects the display language
of the BIOS setup program
Displays the CPU/motherboard temperature,
CPU voltage output, CPU/chassis/power fan
speed, and SATA information
Displays the system properties of the selected mode.
Click < or > to switch EZ System Tuning modes
Creates storage RAID and
configures system overclocking
Saves the changes
and resets the system
Click to display boot devices
Selects the boot device priority
Loads optimized default settings
Click to go to Advanced mode
Search on the FAQ
Displays the CPU Fan’s speed. Click
the button to manually tune the fans
Enables or disables the Intel
Rapid Storage Technology